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Barbara Ann Kipfer, Ph.D.

Author of The Order of Things and Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Century Thesaurus, 21st Century Spelling Dictionary, 21st Century Manual of Style (Dell/Laurel), The Order of Things (Random House), Dictionary of American Slang (with R. Chapman; HarperCollins), Sissons Word and Expression Locater (Prentice-Hall), The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology (Kluwer Plenum), the wish list and 1,400 things for kids to be happy about (both Workman) and the best-selling 14,000 things to be happy about (also Workman). She is also the editor of Roget's International Thesaurus, Sixth Edition (HarperResource). Her web pages are www.lexic akontent.com and www.thingstobehappyabout.com. Barbara holds a Ph.D. in linguistics (University of Exeter), a Ph.D. in archaeology (Greenwich University), a Master's in linguistics (Exeter) and a Bachelor's in physical education (Valparaiso University). She has worked for such companies as idealab!, Mindmaker, General Electric Research, IBM Research, Wang, Bellcore and Knowledge Adventure. W
r. Barbara Ann Kipfer is a Research and Dictionary Specialist with Ask Jeeves, the Internet question-answering service. She is the author of twenty-one books, including Roget's 21st
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Keir Magoulas and Kyle Kipfer: the people who helped me think onomasiologically during this project. Paul Magoulas: the person who helped me compile everything but the kitchen sink for this and spurred me on. Mark Dinan: the person who helped me computationally organize the data. Jack Heffron, David Borcherding, and Meg Leder: my supportive editors at Writer's Digest. Thank you: what each of these people deserves!^
INTRODUCTION
How to Use This Book

There is a word for your idea. We all know the frustration of trying to find the word for what we mean, locating the precise word for what we want to say. For people who have an idea, concept or definition but who do not know, cannot remember or are uncertain of the word, there is help in the form of Flip Dictionary. Why "flip"? Because this reference resource offers a reversed method for finding the right word for thousands of words and phrases describing people, places and things. On top of that, it is combined with thesaurus entries. Flip Dictionary contains thousands of definitions plus numerous tables covering major subjects such as architecture, art, dance, the human body, language, minerals, music, sports and more. It is a helpful book and fun to browse, too. How do you find what you want in Flip Dictionary7. Cue or clue words are the words you have in your mind (or on the tip of your tongue) that lead you to the target words. The compiler has selected the same familiar words that you, the user, would think of when trying to find the
Flip Dictionary takes you from a "meaning" you target words. The cue/clue words are carefully are aware of to the "word" you need. In framed in ways that make the target words readily findable. For example, you may want to know: bread, crescent-shaped: croissant doctor specializing in heart health and disease: cardiologist go off or explode: detonate goat, female: nanny goat shedding of feathers or skin: molt shovel used by pizzamakers: peel solve a puzzle: decipher
conventional, alphabetically arranged dictionaries, you have to know the word to read about its meanings. If you don't know the word, you cannot look it up in an alphabetical dictionary! An example of this is trying to find the adjectives used for the words "glove" (gauntlet, mitt) or "goat" (caprine, hircine, hircinous). Think of it: How would you find these in a standard alphabetical dictionary? But in Flip Dictionary, look under goat and you will find goat, like a: caprine, hircine, hircinous.
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INTRODUCTION
Though it would be impractical to provide every
such as flowers and flowering plants, types of boats,
possible cue/clue to a target word, Flip Dictionary church terms and Olympic sports are surveyed via includes the most probable and generative choices. The A'to-Z listings include components, concepts, ideas and parts. Even if you have never used a reverse dictionary, you'll come to understand what constitutes useful and unuseful cue/clue words. It is really easy to get the hang of it. Good bets are the more concrete cues/clues like ear, church, office, clear, emotion and soften. Less useful or unuseful cues/clues might generate too many entries. Examples like tiny, first and fat are cues/clues which could be used to describe hundreds of target words which would make it much harder to find the target word that you need. Words may have several cue/clue words to help ensure the users will find the word they need. For example: design using initial letters: monogram initials, in design: monogram letters as design, initial: monogram this format of presentation. The subject charts can be found in the A-to-Z text as close as possible to the main word's location (for example: flower, boat). One important thing to remember is that this book should be used in conjunction with a good dictionary, preferably a college-sized or unabridged dictionary. By looking up definitions in a traditional dictionary, you can be sure that you have found the right term for the idea you had in mind. Based on research in the author's Ph.D. dissertation, Flip Dictionary is compiled by well-known lexicographer Barbara Ann Kipfer, who holds a Master's and Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Exeter. Her doctoral thesis was entitled Towards the Onomasiological Dictionary : The Use of the Computer in Providing Diversified Access, and she has spent nearly twenty years in computational lexicography developing hierarchies of ideas and conThe tables of terms by subject cover prolific lists which do not require much definition. Subjects cepts for the natural language systems of IBM, Bellcore, Ask Jeeves and General Electric. W
A-line or shirtwaist: dress aardvark: antbear, anteater, earth pig, edentate, farrow aback: behind, sudden, suddenly, unaware, unawares, unexpectedly abacus: calculator, swan pan Abaddon: Apollyon, Hades, Hell, Sheol abaft: after, arear, astern, back, behind, rearward abalone: ear shell, mollusk, ormer, sea ear, shell abandon: abjure, chuck, depart, desert, discard, ditch, drop, flee, forsake, forswear, freedom, give up, junk, leave, leave in the lurch, liberty, license, maroon, neglect, quit, rashness, reject, remit, renounce, repudiate, resign, scrap, scuttle, stop, surrender, turpitude, vacate, waive, yield abandon (enthusiasm): lan, exuberance, spontaneity, wantonness abandon idea, habit, friendship: renounce, repudiate abandon position: abdicate, resign abandon something once held dear: forsake, reject abandon something valued for something else: forgo abandon to someone else: relinquish abandon totally: abscond, apostatize, defect, desert abandon under compulsion: surrender abandon undertaking: scuttle abandon, give up: relinquish abandoned: corrupt, denigrate, derelict, deserted, desolate, destitute, dissipated, dissolute, flagrant, forlorn, forsaken, humiliated, immoral, incorrigible, left, lewd, lost, put down, shameless, sinful, stranded, wanton abandoned child: foundling, orphan abandoned ship: hulk
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abandoned, deserted: forlorn abandoning of claim or right: waiver abandonment of principles or faith: apostasy abase: cower, demean, downgrade, humble, lower, malign, sink abash: bewilder, chagrin, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discourage, dismay, humble, mortify, put out, shame, upset abate: allay, alleviate, annul, assuage, deduct, die down, diminish, ease, ebb, end, eradicate, fall, invalidate, lessen, let up, lower, lull, mitigate, moderate, nullify, omit, quash, recede, reduce, relax, remit, slacken, slake, slow, subside, taper, vitiate, void, wane, weaken abatement: allowance, decrease, deduction, lessening, lull, myosis, rebate, reduction, relaxation, subsidence aberration: delusion, deviation, eccentricity, error, fault, hallucination, insanity, lapse, mania, quirk abbess's assistant: prioress abbey: church, cloister, convent, friary, hermitage, nunnery, priory, seminary abbey, head of: abbess, abbot abbof s assistant: prior abbreviate: abridge, clip, condense, contract, curtail, cut back, digest, epitomize, prune, shorten, simplify, truncate abbreviation or sign representing a word (e.g., $): logogram, logograph abbreviation pronounced as a word: acronym abbreviation pronounced letter by letter: initialism abdicate: abandon, demit, forgo, leave,
quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, retire, step down, surrender, vacate, withdraw abdomen: bay window, belly, middle, midriff, paunch, pot, pot belly, stomach abdomen cavity membrane lining: peritoneum abdomen network of nerves: solar plexus abdomen upper area below ribs: hypochondrium abdomen, concerning: gastric, ventral, visceral abdominal: ventral abdominal examination or surgery using a tubular endoscope: laparoscopy abdominal pain from muscle spasms: colic abdominal protrusion: hernia abduct: kidnap, shanghai, snatch, steal abecedarian: amateur, beginner, dabbler, fledgling, learner, neophyte, novice, tenderfoot abele or aspen: poplar aberrant: abnormal, anomalous, atypical, deviant, devious, different, disparate, peculiar, strange, unusual aberration: madness, oddity, psychopathic abet: advocate, aid, assist, back, countenance, egg, egg on, encourage, endorse, espouse, foment, further, goad, help, incite, instigate, second, support, sustain abettor: accessory, accomplice, auxiliary, coconspirator, confederate, conspirator, promoter, supporter abeyance: break, intermission, latency, letup, pause, respite, suspension abhor: abominate, despise, detest, disdain, dislike, eschew, execrate, hate, loathe, shun
ABHORRENCE - ABROGATE
abhorrence: antipathy, aversion, disgust, loathing, odium, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion abhorrent: hateful, odious, vile abide: await, delay, dwell, exist, last, live, pause, stand, stay, stomach, tarry, visit abide, go on unchanged: subsist abiding affection: love ability: aptitude, caliber, capacity, competence, dexterity, efficiency, energy, expertise, faculty, force, gift, ingenuity, knack, know-how, potential, power, proficiency, skill, strength, talent ability equal to demand: competence ability in certain direction: aptitude ability or character: caliber ability or expertise: acumen ability to carry out specific task: dexterity, skill ability to do quickly and well: efficiency ability to feel: sentience ability to instigate activity: initiative ability, exceptional: talent ability, great: knack, prowess ability, inborn: endowment, faculty, gift ability, unproven: potential abject: base, contrite, cringing, degraded, humble, ignorable, mean, miserable, paltry, poor, servile, slavish, submissive, wretched abjure: abandon, avoid, desert, disavow, disclaim, eschew, forswear, give up, recall, recant, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, spurn, withdraw ablaze: afire, aflame, ardent, blazing, burning, fiery, glowing, ignited, inflamed, radiant able: adept, apt, au fait, capable, clever, competent, dexterous, efficient, fit, good, learned, masterful, proficient, qualified, skillful, smart, strong, suitable, suited, talented, versatile, vigorous able and suitably qualified: competent, proficient able to read: literate able, extremely: adept, adroit ablution: bath, purification, wash abnegate: abjure, disclaim, eschew, forgo, forswear, refuse, reject, relinquish, renounce, waive abnormal: aberrant, anomalous, devi-
ant, eccentric, erratic, exceptional, extraordinary, irregular, offbeat, queer, rare, unnatural, unusual, weird abnormal and inconsistent: anomalous, incongruous abnormal breathing: rale abnormal from usual or natural: preternatural abnormal in sexual behavior: deviant, deviate, perverted abnormal or unconventional: aberrant, bizarre, divergent, eccentric, heretical, htroclite, heterodox, idiosyncratic abnormal plant swelling: gallnut abnormal position of a body part: ectopia abnormal, irregular: anomalous abnormal, outside ordinary: preternatural abnormality as a state or disease: pathology aboard: across, alongside, astride, athwart, on deck, present abode: address, apartment, cottage, domicile, dwelling, estate, flat, habitat, home, house, manor, residence, tenement abode of dead: Aalu, Aaru, Aralu, Hades, Heaven, Hell, Orcus, Perdition, Purgatory, Sheol, Valhalla abolish: abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, discontinue, do away with, eradicate, erase, exterminate, kill, nullify, quash, repeal, rescind, revoke, vacate, wipe out abominable: atrocious, damnable, disagreeable, execrable, heinous, horrid, loathsome, odious, revolting, vile abominable snowman: yeti abominate: abhor, despise, detest, execrate, hate, loathe, scorn abomination: anathema, antipathy, bte noire, crime, disgrace, disgust, horror, infamy, odiousness, outrage, plague, repugnance aboriginal: endemic, indigenous, primeval, primitive, primordial aboriginal Japanese: Ainu aborigine: autochthon, indigene, native, savage abortion: misbirth, miscarriage, termination abortion, bring on: induce, terminate abortion-inducing thing: abortifacient abortive: fruitless, futile, ineffective, unproductive, useless, vain
abound: crawl, flourish, overflow, swarm, teem abounding: abundant, alive, flush, jammed, packed, plentiful, replete, rich, rife abounding in shrubs: broomy abounding in small waves: choppy abounding with cattails: rush abounding with invective: epithetic about: active, almost, anent, approximately, apropos, around, as regards, astir, circa, concerning, in re, near, nearly, respecting, some, surrounding, throughout about to happen: imminent, impending about-face: flip-flop, reversal, switch, turnabout, volte-face above: aloft, atop, beyond, exceeding, extra, higher, north, on top, over, overhead, past, superior, supra, transcendent, upon above all: chiefly, especially, indeed, mostly, primarily above comparison: par excellence above everything in importance: paramount above in quality: par excellence above or on top of: surmounting above or previous: supra aboveboard: blunt, bona fide, candid, ethical, frank, honest, open, overt, truthful abracadabra: hocus-pocus, incantation, jargon, magic, mumbo jumbo, sorcery, spell abrade: annoy, chafe, corrode, erode, excoriate, file, fray, fret, gall, graze, grind, irritate, rasp, rub, ruffle, scrape abrading instrument: file abrasive: annoying, coarse, harsh, irritating, provoking abrasive material: emery, quartz, sandpaper abrasive mineral: corundum abreast: abeam, aligned, alongside, au courant, au fait, beside, contemporary, informed, modern, popular, side by side abridge: abbreviate, capsule, condense, curtail, diminish, lessen, limit, minimize, reduce, retrench, shorten, shrink, trim abridgment: compendium, decrease, digest, epitome, lessening, outline, precis, reduction, sketch, summary abroad: astir, astray, away, distant, forth, out, overseas abrogate: annul, cancel, dissolve, ne-
ABRUPT - ABUSE
gate, nullify, overrule, quash, remit, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, void abrupt: blunt, brief, brisk, brusque, fast, gruff, hasty, headlong, impetuous, impolite, precipitous, quick, rude, sharp, snippy, steep, sudden, swift, terse, unceremonious abrupt and sharp emphasis: staccato abrupt change: flip-flop abrupt in manner: curt abrupt tide rise: eagre abrupt withdrawal: cold turkey abrupt, brief: cursory abruptly cause: precipitate abruptly in music: subito abscess: botch, fistula, lesion, sore, ulcer abscond: absquatulate, bolt, decamp, elope, escape, flee, run, scram, skip, split, vanish absconded: escaped, fled absence: AWOL, deficiency, lack, leave, omission, truancy, vacuum, void, want, withdrawal absence of laws or rules: anarchy absence of life: abiosis absence or opposite of positive: negation absence without permission or notification: AWOL, French leave absent: away, empty, gone, lacking, missing, out, truant absent, while: in absentia absentee: truant absentminded: abstracted, daydreaming, distracted, distrait, dreaming, faraway, inattentive, oblivious, preoccupied, unseeing absentminded and idealistic: quixotic absentmindedness: woolgathering absolute: actual; arbitrary; autocratic; categorical; complete; definite; despotic; downright; explicit; imperious; implicit; in black and white; no ifs, ands or buts; perfect, positive; real; sheer; simple; stark; sure; total; true; unconditional; undoubted; utter; whole absolute and complete: rank, unadulterated, unequivocal absolute bottom: lowest absolute control by the government: totalitarianism absolute power: autarchy, autocracy absolute refusal: never absolute ruler who is kind: benevolent despot
absolute smallest: teeniest absolute, complete: categorical, plenary, unmitigated absolute, unquestioned: implicit, peremptory absolutely: amen, certainly, definitely, indeed, no way, positively, quite, really, thoroughly, truly, unequivocally, wholly, yes absolutely certain: cocksure absolutely necessary: vital absolutely not: no way absolution: amnesty, cleansing, disculpate, exculpation, forgiveness, pardon, release, remission absolution granted: shrift absolution, obtain or give: shrive absolve: acquit, clear, discharge, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, forgive, liberate, overlook, pardon, release, remit, vindicate absolved: forgiven absorb: assimilate, blot, combine, consume, digest, engage, enwrap, imbibe, immerse, incorporate, ingest, occlude, permeate, soak up, swallow, unite absorb as part or participant: assimilate, incorporate, integrate absorb by swallowing: ingest absorb completely: engross absorb gradually: osmosis absorb moisture: soak absorbed: engrossed, immersed, intent, involved, preoccupied, rapt, riveted absorbed by: into absorbed completely: rapt absorbed liquid: soakage absorbing gas or liquid: porous absorbs: digests, immerses, sops absorption: uptake absorption in thoughts: brown study absorption, opposite, where thin film accumulates on surface of solid, liquid: adsorption absquatulated: fled abstain: avoid, cease, deny, desist, eschew, fast, forbear, forgo, pass up, refrain, reject, spurn, teetotal, waive abstain from eating: fast abstainer: nonuser abstainer from alcohol: teetotaler abstaining from sex: celibate abstemious: abstinent, ascetic, austere, moderate, sober, sparing, straitlaced, temperate abstinence: abstention, fast, renunciation, restraint, self-denial The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
abstract: abstruse, brief, compendium, deduct, deed, detached, divert, elude, epitomize, esoteric, excerpt, expressionism, ideal, imaginary, obscure, pure, purloin, recondite, remove, separate, summarize, summary, theoretical, unreal, withdraw abstract and excessively complex: metaphysical abstract and imaginary: notional abstract and simplified: conventionalized abstract and symbolic: figurative abstract philosophy: metaphysics abstract sculpture: construction abstract, purely intellectual: noetic abstract, summary: precis abstracted: absentminded, absorbed, bemused, engrossed, oblivious, pensive, preoccupied abstracted essence: distillation abstraction treated as concrete thing: reify abstruse: abstract, complex, deep, esoteric, ideal, mysterious, obscure, perplexing, profound, recondite, remote, subtle absurd: asinine, crazy, foolish, inane, inept, irrational, kooky, loony, ludicrous, meaningless, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, silly, stupid, wacky absurd appearance: stultified absurd or self-contradictory statement: paradox absurd pursuit of idea or principle: reductio ad absurdum absurd, ridiculous: ludicrous absurd, senseless: irrational absurdity: charade, travesty absurdity of logical consequence: reductio ad absurdum abundance: affluence, amplitude, fullness, mass, oodles, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, profusion, prosperity, riches, store, surplus, wealth abundant: abounding, ample, brimming, copious, fertile, fruitful, galore, generous, lavish, lush, numerous, opulent, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, profuse, prolific, rich, rife, teeming abundant source: lode abundant stream: river abundant, numerous: galore abundant, plentiful: profuse, rife abuse: affront, bedevil, belittle, blaspheme, castigate, cruelty, curse, de5
ABUSE BY S A T I R E - ACCIDENTAL DEVELOPMENTS
fame, defile, derogate, desecrate, disparage, exploit, fault, flay, give the works, harm, hurt, injure, insult, invective, manipulate, maul, misapply, mistreat, misuse, obloquy, opprobrium, pervert, punish, scold, scurrility, slander, tax, violate, vituperation, wrong abuse by satire: lampoon abuse via words: invective abuse, manhandle: maul abuse, vilify: opprobrious, revile abusive: blasphemous, calumnious, corrupt, harsh, insolent, insulting, libelous, offensive, profane, rough, savage, scurrilous, vile abusive criticism: diatribe abusive in language: scurrilous abusive speech, addicted to: maledicent abusive words: diatribe, harangue, obloquy, vituperation abut: adjoin, border, flank, touch abutting: next to, adjacent abysmal: bottomless, boundless, dreary, endless, infinite, profound, unending abyss: bottom, cavity, chasm, crevasse, deep, deepness, depths, gulf, Hades, hell, inferno, pit, void acacia: babul, catechu, gum arabic, legume, locust, mimosa, myall, thorn, wattle acacia tree: koa academic: bookish, classic, collegiate, educated, erudite, formal, learned, pedantic, scholarly, theoretical academic conference: colloquium, seminar academic course without credit, attend: audit academic disciplines, general: liberal arts academic institution's approval: accreditation academic robes' white cloth strips: Geneva bands academic subjects, relating to two or more: interdisciplinary academic thesis for higher degree: dissertation academic year division: quarter, semester academy: academia, college, institute, institution, school, seminary, society, university Academy Award: Oscar acaudal: tailless accede: acknowledge, acquiesce, admit,
agree, allow, approve, assent, attain, comply, consent, enter, grant, permit, yield accelerate: advance, dispatch, expedite, forward, hasten, hurry, increase, precipitate, quicken, race, rev, rush, speed, speed up, stimulate accelerate, briefly: rev accelerated: increased, picked up, quick accelerator: activator, cyclotron, throttle accent: brogue, burr, cadence, dialect, drawl, emphasis, emphasize, ictus, inflection, intonation, mark, pitch, pulse, rhythm, sound, stress, throb, tonality, tone accent and vocabulary of regional or social group: dialect accent indicating stress of a spoken sound: acute accent accent on last syllable, word with: oxytone accent that is throaty: guttural accent, Irish: brogue accented and stressed: tonic accented in music: sforzando accentuate: bring out, emphasize, feature, intensify, sharpen, stress accentuate the negative: caricature accept: acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, agree, allow, approve, bear, believe, continue, endure, espouse, honor, ratify, receive, remain, reside, sojourn, submit, suffer, sustain, take, tolerate, understand, withstand accept a challenge: take a dare accept as a charge: take upon oneself accept as true: allow accept as valid: honor accept blame: take the rap accept decision: accede to, acquiesce in, comply with accept joyfully: adopt accept the consequences: face the music accept unconditionally: take as read accept, take for granted: postulate acceptability, meet standards of: pass muster acceptability, standard of: norm acceptable: adequate, all right, average, decent, palatable, pleasant, satisfactory, sufficient, suitable, viable acceptable and legal: valid acceptable to one's taste or mind: palatable acceptance as true: credence acceptance of agreement: accession The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
acceptance of decision: endorsement, sanction accepted: approved, believed, canonical, chosen, conventional, correct, customary, normal, popular, prevalent, proper, routine, sanctioned, standard, taken accepted everyday speech: vulgate accepted maxim: axiom accepted practice: praxis accepted widely: received accepting, passively: acquiescent, resigned accepts blindly: takes on faith accepts willingly: takes kindly to access: admittance, approach, attack, door, entrance, entree, entry, gate, increase, onset, paroxysm, passage, path, portal, ramp, right of way, road, route, spell, street, tunnel accessible: approachable, available, convenient, handy, nearby, obtainable, open, patent, pervious, procurable, public, reachable, unrestricted accession: acquisition, addition, agreement, approach, arrival, inaugural, increment, induction, installation accessories and adornment: trappings accessory: abettor, accompaniment, accoutrement, add on, additional, additive, adjunct, ally, appurtenance, assistant, attachment, auxiliary, component, concomitant, contributor, contributory, extra, helper, incidental, plus, secondary, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supplement, tool accessory for roasting: spit accident: calamity, case, catastrophe, chance, collision, contretemps, disaster, event, fate, fluke, hazard, incident, luck, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, wreck accident causing death: fatality accident from bad luck: mishap accident marker: flare accident, lucky discoveries by: serendipity accident, minor: fender bender accidental: adventitious, casual, chance, conditional, extraneous, extrinsic, fortuitous, haphazard, incidental, random, secondary, serendipitous, subordinate, unexpected, unintended, unintentional, unplanned accidental crack: leak accidental developments: vicissitudes
ACADEMIC DEGREES
Name/Abbreviation: Adjunct in Arts/Adj.A. Associate in Applied Science/A.A.S. Associate in Arts/A.A. Associate in Nursing/A.N. Associate of Science/A.S. Bachelor of Arts/A.B. or B.A. Bachelor of Arts in Education/B.A.Ed, or B.A.E. Bachelor of Arts in Library Science/B. A.L.S. Bachelor of Arts in Nursing/B.A.N. Bachelor of Business Administration/B.B.A. Bachelor of Chemical Engineering/B.C.E. or B.Ch.E. Bachelor of Civil Law/B.C.L. Bachelor of Divinity/B.D. Bachelor of Education/B.Ed, or Ed.B. Bachelor of Engineering/B.E. or B.Engr. Bachelor of Fine Arts/B.F.A. Bachelor of Laws/LL.B., B.L. .B. Bachelor of Literature/B.Litt. or B.Lit. or Lit.B. or Litt Bachelor of Medicine/B.M. or M.B. Bachelor of Music Education/B.M.E. or B.M.Ed. Bachelor of Music/B.Mus. Bachelor of Naval Science/B.N.S. Bachelor of Philosophy/B.Ph. or B.Phil, or Ph.B. Bachelor of Sacred Theology/S.T.B. Bachelor of Science/B.S. Bachelor of Science in Architecture/B.S.Arch. Bachelor of Science in Nursing/B.S.N. Bachelor of Theology/Th.B. Doctor of Arts/Arts.D. or D.A. Doctor of Business Administration/D.B.A. Doctor of Canon Law/J.C.D. Doctor of Chemistry/Ch.D. Doctor of Chiropractic/D.C. Doctor of Civil Law/D.C.L. Doctor of Dental Medicine/D.M.D. Doctor of Dental Surgery/D.D.S. Doctor of Divinity/D.D. Doctor of Education/D.Ed, or Ed.D. Doctor of Fine Arts/D.F.A. Doctor of Humane Letters/L.H.D. Doctor of Humanities/D.H. or H.H.D. Doctor of Juridical Science/S.J.D. or J.S.D. or D.J.S. or D.Jur.Sc. Doctor of Jurisprudence/].D. or D.J. or D.Jur. Doctor of Laws/LL.D. or Dr.LL. Doctor of Letters/Litt.D. or D.Lit. or D.Litt. Doctor of Medicine/M.D. Doctor of Ministry/D.Min. Doctor of Music/D.Mus. or Mus.D. Doctor of Musical Arts/A.Mus.D. Doctor of Natural Philosophy/Ph.N.D. Doctor of Optometry/O.D. Doctor of Osteopathy/D.O. Doctor of Pharmacy/Phar.D. or Pharm.D. Doctor of Philosophy/Ph.D. or D.Ph. or D.Phil. Doctor of Psychology/Psy.D. Doctor of Public Administration/D.P.A. Doctor of Public Health/D.P.H. Doctor of Sacred Theology/S.T.D. Doctor of Science/D.S. or Sc.D. or D.Sc. or S.E Doctor of Social Work/D.S.W. Doctor of Surgical Chiropody/D.S.C. Doctor of Theology/Th.D. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine/D.V.M. Education Specialist/Ed.S. Executive Master of Business Administration/E. Master of Applied Mechanics/M.A.M. Master of Architecture/M.Arch. Master of Arts in Education/M.A.E. or M.A.Ed Master of Arts in Library Science/M.A.L.S. Master of Arts in Teaching/M.A.T. Master of Arts/A.M. or M.A. Master of Business Administration/M.B.A. Master of Divinity/M.Div. Master of Education/M.Ed, or Ed.M. Master of Fine Arts/M.F.A. Master of Laws/LL.M. or M.L. Master of Letters/M.Litt. Master of Library Science/M.L.S. Master of Literature/M.Litt. Master of Materials Science/M.M.S. Master of Philosophy/M.Phil. Master of Planning/M.P. Master of Public Administration/M.P.A. Master of Religious Education/M.R.E. Master of Science for Teachers/M.S.T. Master of Science in Education/M.S.Ed. Master of Science in Nursing/M.S.N. Master of Science/S.M. or M.S. or M.Sc. or Sc. Master of Social Work/M.S.W. Master of Teaching/M.T. Master of Theology/M.Th. or Th.M. Abbreviation/Name: A.A./Associate of Arts A.A.S./Associate in Applied Science A.B./Bachelor of Arts A.M./Master of Arts A.Mus.D./Doctor of Musical Arts A.N./Associate in Nursing A.S./Associate of Science Adj.A./Adjunct in Arts Arts.D./Doctor of Arts B. A./Bachelor of Arts B.A.E./Bachelor of Arts in Education B.A.Ed./Bachelor of Arts in Education B.A.L.S./Bachelor of Arts in Library Science B.A.N./Bachelor of Arts in Nursing B.B.A./Bachelor of Business Administration B.C.E./Bachelor of Chemical Engineering B.C.L./Bachelor of Civil Law
ACADEMIC DEGREES continued

B.Ch.E./Bachelor of Chemical Engineering B.D./Bachelor of Divinity B.E./Bachelor of Engineering B.Ed./Bachelor of Education B.Engr./Bachelor of Engineering B.F.A./Bachelor of Fine Arts B.L./Bachelor of Laws B.Lit./Bachelor of Literature B.Litt./Bachelor of Literature B.M./Bachelor of Medicine B.M.E./Bachelor of Music Education B.M.Ed./Bachelor of Music Education B.Mus./Bachelor of Music B.N.S./Bachelor of Naval Science B.Ph./Bachelor of Philosophy B.Phil./Bachelor of Philosophy B.S./Bachelor of Science B.S.Arch./Bachelor of Science in Architecture B.S.N./Bachelor of Science in Nursing Ch.D./Doctor of Chemistry D. A./Doctor of Arts D.B.A./Doctor of Business Administration D.C./Doctor of Chiropractic D.C.L./Doctor of Civil Law D.D./Doctor of Divinity D.D.S./Doctor of Dental Surgery D.Ed./Doctor of Education D.F.A./Doctor of Fine Arts D.H./Doctor of Humanities D.J ./Doctor of Jurisprudence D.J.S./Doctor of Juridical Science D.Jur./Doctor of Jurisprudence D.Jur.Sc./Doctor of Juridical Science D.Lit./Doctor of Letters D.Litt./Doctor of Letters D.M.D./Doctor of Dental Medicine D.Min./Doctor of Ministry D.Mus./Doctor of Music D.O./Doctor of Osteopathy D.P.A./Doctor of Public Administration D.P.H./Doctor of Public Health D.Ph./Doctor of Philosophy D.Phil./Doctor of Philosophy D.S./Doctor of Science D.S.C./Doctor of Surgical Chiropody D.S.W./Doctor of Social Work D.Sc./Doctor of Science Dr.LL./Doctor of Laws D.V.M./Doctor of Veterinary Medicine E.M.B.A./Executive Master of Business Administration Ed.B./Bachelor of Education Ed.D./Doctor of Education Ed.M./Master of Education Ed.S./Education Specialist H.H.D./Doctor of Humanities J.CD./Doctor of Canon Law J.D./Doctor of Jurisprudence J.S.D./Doctor of Juridical Science L.H.D./Doctor of Humane Letters Lit.B./Bachelor of Literature Litt.B./Bachelor of Literature Litt.D./Doctor of Letters LL.B./Bachelor of Laws LL.D./Doctor of Laws LL.M./Master of Laws M.A./Master of Arts M.A.E./Master of Arts in Education M.A.Ed./Master of Arts in Education M.A.L.S./Master of Arts in Library Science M.A.M./Master of Applied Mechanics M.A.T./Master of Arts in Teaching M.Arch./Master of Architecture M.B./Bachelor of Medicine M.B.A./Master of Business Administration M.D./Doctor of Medicine M.Div./Master of Divinity M.Ed./Master of Education M.F.A./Master of Fine Arts M.L./Master of Laws M.L.S./Master of Library Science M.Litt./Master of Letters or Master of Literature M.M.S./Master of Materials Science M.P./Master of Planning M.P.A./Master of Public Administration M.Phil./Master of Philosophy M.R.E./Master of Religious Education M.S./Master of Science M.S.Ed./Master of Science in Education M.S.N./Master of Science in Nursing M.S.T./Master of Science for Teachers M.S.W./Master of Social Work M.Sc./Master of Science M.T./Master of Teaching M.Th./Master of Theology Mus.D./Doctor of Music O.D./Doctor of Optometry Ph.B./Bachelor of Philosophy Ph.D./Doctor of Philosophy Ph.N.D./Doctor of Natural Philosophy Phar.D./Doctor of Pharmacy Pharm.D./Doctor of Pharmacy Psy.D./Doctor of Psychology S.D./Doctor of Science S.J.D./Doctor of Juridical Science S.M./Master of Science S.T.B./Bachelor of Sacred Theology S.T.D./Doctor of Sacred Theology Sc.D./Doctor of Science Sc.M./Master of Science Th.B./Bachelor of Theology Th.D./Doctor of Theology Th.M./Master of Theology W
ACCIDENTAL HOMICIDE - ACCUSE
accidental homicide: chance-medley, manslaughter accidental occurrence: happenstance accidental or random: aleatory, contingent, haphazard accidental or unintended: impulsive, unpremeditated accidental transposition of initial sounds: spoonerism accidentally: inadvertently, unintentionally, unwittingly accidentally pours: spills acclaim: applaud, approbation, approve, bravos, cheer, commend, compliment, clat, extol, fame, glorify, hail, homage, honor, kudos, laud, ovation, plaudits, repute, salute acclaimed: hailed acclimate: accommodate, accustom, climatize, condition, habituate, harden, inure, season, toughen acclivity: elevation, hill, incline, rise, upgrade accolade: award, ceremony, compliment, decoration, encomium, eulogy, honor, hosanna, kudo, laudation, laurels, medal, praise, recognition, salutation, salute, tribute accommodate: adapt, adjust, board, change, comply, conform, contain, defer, give, help, hold, house, lend, modify, oblige, reconcile, serve, suit, tailor, yield accommodation for military: billet, canton, quarter accompany: assist, associate, attend, chaperon, conduct, convey, convoy, escort, follow, lead, supplement, usher accompany someone for propriety, protection: chaperon accompany troops, etc., for protection: convoy accompanying: concomitant, with accompanying thing: concomitant accomplice: abettor, accessory, associate, cohort, colleague, confederate, crony, flunky, helper, henchman, pal, partner accomplice in crime: abettor accomplice (poser) in con game: shill accomplish: achieve, attain, carry out, complete, consummate, effect, end, engineer, finish, fulfill, furnish, gain, implement, manage, perform, produce, put into effect, reach, realize, succeed, transact, win accomplished: able, adept, brilliant,
did, done, ended, expert, gifted, polished, proficient, proven, qualified, skilled, talented accomplished fact: fait accompli accomplished nicely: well done accomplisher: doer accomplishment: act, craft, culmination, deed, feat, learning, performance, realization, skill, success, triumph accomplishment, impressive: tour de force accomplishment, irreversible: fait accompli accomplishment, realization: fruition accord: accede, adjust, affinity, agree, allot, award, compliance, concede, concert, concur, conformity, consent, correspond, give, grant, merge, rapport, reconcile, tally, treaty, unison, volition accord in relationship: rapport accordant: assenting, attuned, coherent, congruous, consistent, consonant, corresponding, harmonious, parallel, suitable according to: la according to one view: in a sense according to the rules: by the book according to the value (in Latin): ad valorem accordingly: consequently, ergo, hence, then, therefore, thereupon, thus, whence, wherefore accordion-like instrument: concertina accost: approach, bother, confront, encounter, greet, hail, hound, meet, salute, solicit, speak, waylay account: advantage, basis, bill, bookkeeping, chronicle, client, commentary, count, customer, description, detail, discourse, esteem, estimate, explanation, history, inventory, invoice, item, ledger, narrative, rank, rate, recital, recitation, record, report, repute, story, tale, use, value, view, worth account book: ledger account detailing goods, services provided: invoice, statement account entry: item account of accident, described vividly: graphic account or record: tally account, alter to deceive: falsify account, settling of: reckoning accountable: amenable, answerable, culpable, explicable, responsible
accountant: actuary, adder, auditor, bookkeeper, clerk, controller, CPA, reckoner accounted: reported accounts, examine or adjust: audit accouter: array, attire, clothe, costume, decorate, dress, embellish, equip, furnish, gear, outfit, rig accredit: approve, assign, attribute, authorize, certify, charge, commission, confirm, empower, endorse, license, notarize, ratify, sanction, validate accredited: licensed accretion: accumulation, addition, coherence, enlargement, expansion, growth, increase, increment, rise accrue: acquire, amass, collect, earn, gain, grow, increase, multiply, redound, snowball, swell accumulate: aggregation, amass, backlog, fund, heap, interest, inventory, mass, pile, stack, stock, store, treasure accumulated beliefs: lore accumulated, as tears: welled up accumulates: piles up accumulating: hoarding accumulation: buildup, collecting, gathering accuracy or adherence to truth: veracity accuracy, demander of: stickler accurate: authentic, certain, correct, errorless, exact, meticulous, precise, reliable, right, true accurate and certain: unerring accurate and verbatim spelling or quote: sic accurate reproduction: fidelity accurate statement, etc.: verity accursed: abhorrent, abominable, damned, detestable, doomed, hellish, infamous, loathsome, odious, repugnant accusation: smear accusation against public official: impeachment accusation and blame: imputation accusation and persecution: witch-hunt accusation, acknowledgment of: touch accusation, bitter and mutual: recrimination accusation, false: aspersion, calumny accusation, reject or deny: repudiate accusation, stop and confront with: accost accusation, virulent: invective accuse: allege, arraign, attack, blame,
ACCUSE AND CHARGE WITH CRIME - A C Q U I S I T I V E
calumniate, charge, defame, denounce, finger, incriminate, inculpate, indict, recriminate, reproach accuse and charge with crime: indict accuse and imply guilt: incriminate accuse falsely: calumniate accuse mutually: recriminate accuse of crime, esp. treason: impeach accuse or criticize: tax accuse or inform against: denounce accuse with crime in court of law: arraign, indict accuser: complainant, incriminator, plaintiff, prosecutor accustom: acclimate, adapt, condition, drill, enure, familiarize, habituate, harden, inure, orient, toughen, want accustom to hardship: inure accustom, harden: condition accustomed to: acclimatized, attuned, habituated, inured, wont ace: adept, crackerjack, expert, flyer, hero, star, tip-top, topnotch, tops acerbate: embitter, envenom, exasperate, infuriate, irritate acerbic: acid, acrid, astringent, bitter, corrosive, harsh, sarcastic, sharp, sour, tart aces, double: ambsace acetic acid: corrosive, vesicant, vinegar ache: agonize, anguish, desire, grieve, hunger, long, mourn, pain, pang, smart, soreness, suffer, throb, yearn ache for: crave achieve: accomplish, actualize, attain, complete, earn, effect, fulfill, gain, get, obtain, reach, realize, succeed, triumph achieve or obtain: compass, encompass achievement: accomplishment, attainment, coup, deed, effort, feat, mastery, realization achievement with skill or strength: tour de force achievement, great: clat achievement, highest: meridian, pinnacle, summit, zenith achieves, as an agreement: hammers out aching: sore achromatic: achromous, colorless, diatonic, neutral acicula: spine acid: acerb, acetic, acetose, acetous, acetyl, acrid, acyl, alkali, amino, base, benzoic, benzyl, biting, bitter, boric, carbolic, corrosive, cyanic, fo-
lic, formic, iodic, lactic, malic, malonyl, oleate, oleic, pungent, sharp, sour, stannate, tart, tartaric acid-alkali indicator: litmus paper, pH test, phenolphthalein acid and base, reacting like: amphiprotic, amphoteric acid chemical: corrosive acid for etching on printing plate: mordant acid in apples: malic acid in lime: citric acid in protein: amino acid neutralizer (soluble base): alkali acid plus chemical compound which forms salt: base acid salt: ester, oleate, stannate acid used for bleaching: oxalic acidic: astringent, sour acidlike substance, theoretical: alkahest acids, bottle for: carboy acidulous: tart acknowledge: accept, admit, affirm, allow, answer, assent, avow, concede, confess, declare, disclose, divulge, own, proclaim, profess, recognize, reveal, tell, thank acknowledge gracefully: take a bow acknowledgment of appreciation: acme, top, tribute acme: apex, apogee, climax, crest, crown, culmination, height, heyday, maximum, peak, pinnacle, top, zenith acolyte: aide, altar boy, assistant, attendant, devotee, follower, helper, novice aconite: monkshood, wolfsbane acorn: balanoid, camata, camatina, mast, oak, seed acorn producer: oak acorn-shaped: balanoid acorn, cuplike base: cupule acorns as pig food: mast acquaint: advise, apprise, disclose, enlighten, familiarize, inform, introduce, notify, orient, present, teach, tell acquaintance: associate, cognizance, companion, comrade, conversance, conversancy, familiarity, friend, friendship, mate acquaintance, close: intimacy acquaintances: kith acquainted: conversant, familiar, informed, versed
ACIDS
acetic acid amino acid ascorbic acid bile acid carbolic acid carboxylic acid citric acid conjugate acid deoxyribonucleic acid essential fatty acid fatty acid folic acid formic acid free fatty acid hydrochloric acid lactic acid linoleic acid malic acid metenoic acid mineral acid monobasic acid nitric acid nitrohydrochloric acid organic acid pangamic acid para-aminobenzoic acid polyunsaturated fatty acid protonic acid prussic acid/hydrocyanic acid ribonucleic acid salicylic acid sulfuric acid tannic acid tartaric acid tribasic acid uric acidW acquiesce: abide, accede, accept, agree, allow, assent, concede, concur, conform, grant, submit, succumb, yield acquire: amass, attain, collect, contract, earn, gain, garner, gather, get, grab, have, learn, make, obtain, procure, reap, secure acquire a patina: age acquire by labor: earn acquire dishonestly: steal acquire fresh vigor: rally acquire knowledge: learn acquire sight unseen: buy a pig in a poke acquired relative: in-law, stepdaughter, stepson acquisition: gain acquisitive: covetous, greedy, prehensile, selfish
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ACQUIT - ACUMEN
acquit: absolve, amnesty, clear, discharge, excuse, exonerate, free, liberate, pardon, parole, release, reprieve, vindicate acrid: acidulous, astringent, biting, bitter, corrosive, harsh, irritating, pungent, reeking, sharp, stinging acrimonious: acerbic, acid, angry, belligerent, bitter, caustic, contentious, cross, harsh, irate, nasty, quarrelsome, rancorous, resentful, sharp, spiteful, stinging, surly, testy acrobat bar: trapeze acrobat who does somersaults, cartwheels: tumbler acrobat who twists limbs and body: contortionist acrobatic feats: splits acrobat's apparatus: trampoline, trapeze acronym for a social class: WASP across: altogether, athwart, beyond, opposite, over, sweeping, total, transverse, wholly across or crossways: athwart, transversely acrostic: acronym, cipher, composition, phrase, puzzle, wordplay acrostic with final letters of lines forming word: telestich acrostic with middle letters of lines forming word: mesostich acrylic: Orion act: behave, bestir, decide, deed, emote, exploit, fake, feign, have an effect, impersonate, perform, portray, pretend, represent, serve, simulate act amorously: coo act as middleman: broker act in entertainment: feat, function, gig, move, performance, play, skit, stunt, theatrical, turn, work act in law: decree, edict, ordinance, bill, statute acting as: qua acting award: Emmy, Oscar, Tony acting game: charade acting hastily: brash acting or provisional: interim, surrogate acting part: role acting profession: footlights, the boards, the stage acting ruler: regent acting technique emphasizing identifying with and individualizing character: Method acting, dramatic: histrionics action: adventure, affair, animation,
arena, battle, behavior, case, conduct, conflict, deed, enterprise, excitement, function, litigation, maneuver, means, motion, movement, proceeding, process, stadium, stage, step, suit, transaction, work action before firing: aiming action expressed by the verb: active action-film caper: stunt action resisting change or defeat: rearguard action action to avoid problems: evasive action action to minimize opposition, course of: tack action word: verb action, automatic or involuntary: automatism action, mental processes directed toward: conation action, receiving or being subjected to: passive action, spur to: incentive, inducement, motivation actions of pompous officials: bumbledom actions, devious: shenanigans activate: arouse, bestir, charge, energize, impel, prompt, raise, rouse, spark, start, vitalize activate mechanism with trigger or switch: actuate, trip activator, inspiration: spark plug active: alert, alive, animated, assiduous, awake, brisk, doer, dynamic, energetic, industrious, kinetic, lively, moving, nimble, peppy, quick, spirited, sprightly, spry, vigorous, vivacious, working, zippy active and energetic: indefatigable active and hardworking: diligent, industrious active and ready: alert, vigilant active and skillful: agile active and swift: nimble active and vigorous in old age: sprightly, spry active Washington group: lobby active, excessively: frenetic, hectic, hyperactive, manic active, no longer: extinct active, potentially: dormant, latent actively promoting cause: engage activity: action, ado, business, bustle, flurry, function, life, movement, occupation, pursuit, stir, tumult, undertaking, work activity or hobby: avocation, distraction, diversion
activity outside spacecraft: extravehicular activity actor: artiste, barnstormer, cast, comedian, company, diva, emoter, entertainer, extra, ham, hero, heroine, histrio, ingenue, lead, mime, mimic, mummer, performer, player, portrayer, prompt, role, stand-in, starlet, thespian, tragedian, trouper
RELATED TERMS
actor or cast reappearance to acknowledge applause: curtain call actor using only gesture and expression: mime actor who gives comedian lines: straight man actor who knows and can replace another in emergency: understudy actor who overacts: ham actor with much experience: trouper actor with nonspeaking role: supernumerary actor's adage: the show must go on actor's arena: stage actor's comment: aside actor's cue to speak, enter: catchword, line actors' entrances: stage doors actor's first appearance: debut actor's help: cue actor's remark to the audience: aside actor's singular speech: monologue, soliloquy actor's union: SAG actors, group of: condescension W acts: behaves, deeds, does, emotes acts of kindness: favors acts snobbish: puts on airs actual: authentic, bona fide, certain, concrete, extant, factual, genuine, indisputable, material, positive, prevailing, real, substantial, tangible, true, veritable actual, important: substantive actual, realized existence: entelechy actuality: being, existence, fact, reality, truth, verity actually: de facto actually existing: real actuate: agitate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, enact, enliven, impel, incite, inspire, instigate, motivate, propel, provoke, spark, start, stimulate, stir, trigger, urge acuity: keenness acumen: acuteness, astuteness, discern-
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ACUPUNCTURE, GENTLE CAUTERIZING - ADHERENCE
ment, insight, keenness, perception, percipience, perspicacity, sagacity, wisdom, wit acupuncture, gentle cauterizing: byssocausis, moxibustion acute: astute, canny, clever, crucial, discerning, extreme, incisive, ingenious, intelligent, intense, intuitive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, piercing, piked, pointed, quick, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, smart, subtle, urgent acute, keen: incisive acutely pleasing: exquisite ad lib: extemporaneous, extempore, impromptu, improvisational, off-thecuff ad-libbed: improvised ad rem: applicable, pertinent, straightforward adage: aphorism, apothegm, axiom, clich, dictum, homily, maxim, motto, precept, proverb, quip, saw, saying, truism adagio: lento adagio and allegro: tempi adamant: firm, hard, immovable, inflexible, relentless, rigid, stony, stubborn, unbendable, unyielding adapt: acclimate, accommodate, adjust, alter, arrange, assimilate, change, conform, convert, harmonize, inure, modify, qualify, reshape, shape, suit, tailor adapt and become absorbed: assimilate adapt or arrange music: transcribe adapt to hardship: inure adapt to new circumstance: orientate adaptable: adjustable, alterable, amenable, changeable, conformable, flexible, malleable, pliable, pliant, reconcilable, supple, tractable, versatile add: affix, amplify, annex, append, attach, augment, calculate, combine, compound, compute, connect, expand, figure, fuse, increase, join, plus, reckon, strengthen, subjoin, supplement, tally, tot, total add at end: append, subjoin, suffix add element: incorporate add on: affix, annex add-on: option add one's two cents: opine add something to reinvigorate: infuse add spice to life: vary add sugar to champagne: dose add territory: annex add to: enrich 12
add to complete: complement add to problem: compound add to the pot: ante add up: tot, total added a room: remodeled added and not essential: adscititious, adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic, superfluous added by steps: cumulative, incremental added clause on legislative bill: rider added clause or qualification: codicil added feature, not essential: adjunct added material at end of book: addendum, afterthought, annex, appendix, postscript, supplement added more news to: updated added more spirits: relaced added repetitious words: tautology added syllable at end of word: suffix added syllable at start of word: prefix added unnecessary words: pleonasm added wing: ell addenda: riders adder: asp addict: acidhead, aficionado, buff, druggie, enthusiast, fanatic, fiend, head, hophead, hound, junkie, mainliner, pothead, slave, user addicted or unchanging: chronic, compulsive, habitual, confirmed, inveterate addiction: compulsion, enslavement, fetish, fixation, obsession, surrender addiction to substance: dependence adding device with beads: abacus addition: accession, accretion, adjunct, amendment, annex, appendage, calculation, codicil, extension, extra, increase, joining, more, rider, suffix, summation, totaling addition and insertion: interpolation addition of syllable to end of word: suffix addition of syllable to front of word: prefix addition of syllable within word: infix addition or amendment to will: codicil addition to a document: rider addition to collection: accession addition to milk: sop addition, gradual: accretion addition, increase: increment addition, total reached in: summation additional: another, auxiliary, else, extra, more, other, supplemental, supplementary additional comment: footnote
additional item: accessory, fitment, fittings additional meanings: overtones additional money or bonus paid: premium additional part, unnecessary: appurtenance additional passage in book, music for formal close: coda additional proposition with little or no proof required: corollary additionally: also, and, plus addled: befuddled, bewildered, confused, flustered, foolish, giddy, muddled, silly address: abode, home, location, residence address in speech: accost, allocution, appeal, approach, call, converse, direct, discourse, dispatch, greet, hail, harangue, lecture, oration, petition, speak to, statement, talk address of absent or imaginary person: apostrophe address of post office for pickup: general delivery, poste restante address to graduating class: baccalaureate address, authoritative: allocution address, closing: valedictory address address, welcoming: salutatory address addressing dead or absent thing: apostrophe adds liquor to: laces adds quickly: slaps on adds to the pot: antes adds vitamins: enriches adduce: advance, allege, cite, document, mention, name, offer, present, produce, quote, submit, suggest, tender adduced: cited adept: acceptable, adroit, apt, artist, capable, consummate, dexterous, expert, handy, master, masterful, maven, professional, proficient, sharp, skilled, tolerable adept at many things: versatile adequate: ample, answerable, commensurate, competent, decent, effective, okay, plenty, possible, satisfactory, sufficient, suitable, tolerable adhere: cleave, cling, cohere, fasten, glue, stick adhered: clung, held, hewed adherence: attachment, cohesion, constancy, devotion, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, obedience
ADHERENT - ADORE
adherent: acolyte, ally, believer, disciple, follower, henchman, partisan, pupil, supporter, upholder, votary adhesive: bond, cement, clinging, epoxy, glue, gooey, mastic, mucilage, paste, stickum, sticky, tape, tenacious adhesive and sticky: viscid adhesive friction: traction adieu: adios, aloha, au revoir, cheerio, exit, farewell, good-bye, leavetaking, so long, ta-ta, valediction adipose: fat adiposity: corpulence adit: access, admission, approach, channel, entrance, entry, opening, passageway, stulm, tunnel adjacent: abutting, adjoining, against, beside, close, conterminous, juxtaposed, limitrophe, meeting, nearby, neighboring, next, tangent, touching adjective: dependent, gerundive, qualifier adjective and adverb degrees of comparison: comparative, superlative adjective denoting a maiden name: ne adjective describing noun just following it: attributive adjective mismatched with noun: hypallage, transferred epithet adjective or adverb: modifier, qualifier adjective separate from noun by linking verb: predicative adjective that is disparaging: epithet adjective used as noun: adnoun adjective, word limiting noun and placed just before: determiner adjoin: abut, append, attach, border, connect, contact, juxtapose, meet, neighbor, touch, unite, verge adjoins: abuts, meets, touches adjourn: close, defer, delay, disband, discontinue, dismiss, dissolve, postpone, recess, shelve, terminate adjudge: adjudicate, arbitrate, award, consider, decide, decree, determine, rate, referee, rule, settle adjudicated: ruled adjunct: accessory, addition, affix, annex, appendage, appendix, appurtenance, associate, colleague, complement, quality, subordinate, supplement adjure: appeal, beg, beseech, charge, entreat, exhort, implore, petition, plead adjust: accommodate, accustom, adapt, address, align, alter, arrange,
attune, balance, bend, change, conform, coordinate, correct, harmonize, modulate, move, rectify, regulate, reset, rig, set, straighten, suit, tailor, temper, trim, true, tune adjust and correct: rectify, redress, remedy adjust and temper: modulate adjust one's wheels: align adjust oneself: adapt adjust or adapt: modify, regulate adjust piano: tune adjust to new circumstance: orientate adjust to new environment: acculturate, assimilate adjust tone: modulate adjust wind instrument, organ pipes: voice adjust, as in sewing: ease adjust, as sails: trim adjusted: tuned adjusted again: reset adjusted and resigned to situation: reconciled adjuster: tuner adjustment: adaptation, orientation adjustment to cultural norms: acculturation, enculturation adjustment to environmental demands: reality principle adjutant: aide, assistant, auxiliary, helper, officer, stork administer: apply, boss, control, direct, dispense, distribute, dose, execute, furnish, govern, issue, manage, oversee, rule, superintend, supervise, treat administer extreme unction: anele administered medicine: dose administrative bureau: agency administrator: director, executor, executrix, officer, official, provost, trustee admirable: deserving, excellent, laudable, praiseworthy, splendid, venerable, worthy admirable, great: exquisite admiration and high regard: approbation, veneration admiration, deserving: commendable, estimable, laudable admiration, excessive: idolatry admire: adore, approve, dig, esteem, idolize, look up to, praise, prize, regard, respect, revere, treasure, value, venerate admire greatly: think the world of admired person or thing: cynosure, idol The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
admirer: backer, booster, buff, devotee, fancier, follower, lover, votary admirers: beaux admirers, group of: claque admiring one: adorer admission: access, charge, concession, confession, disclosure, entrance, entre, entry, gate, testimony, ticket admission ceremony orritual:initiation admission of guilt: mea culpa, peccavi admission qualifications or ceremony: matriculation admission ticket: ducat admit: accept, acknowledge, agree, allow, avouch, avow, concede, confess, declare, enroll, enter, grant, include, let in, own, permit, profess, receive, welcome admit defeat in election: concede admit frankly: avow admit to the ministry: ordain admittance: access, entry admitting or permitting something: susceptible admixture: alloy admonish: advise, alert, caution, chide, criticize, enjoin, lecture, rebuke, remind, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, upbraid, warn admonish strongly, appeal: exhort admonitory contraction: don't ado: bother, bustle, commotion, confusion, excitement, flurry, fuss, hassle, hubbub, hullabaloo, racket, ruckus, stir, tizzy, turmoil adobe: brick, clay, house, mudcap, tile adolescence: nonage, teens, youth, youthfulness adolescence, beginning of maturing in: puberty adolescent: callow, girl, green, immature, juvenile, lad, lass, minor, pubescent, teen, teenager, youthful adolescent, awkward: hobbledehoy adopt: accept, advocate, appropriate, approve, assume, borrow, choose, employ, enact, espouse, naturalize, pass, practice, receive, select, support, take adorable: charming, cuddlesome, cute, delightful, divine, irresistible, lovable, lovely, precious, sweet, winsome adoration: devotion, idolatry, veneration, worship adore: admire, cherish, enshrine, es-
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ADORN - ADVERTISEMENT
teem, exalt, glorify, honor, idolize, love, praise, revere, venerate, worship adorn: array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, begem, decorate, dignify, dress, embellish, enhance, enrich, furbish, garnish, glamorize, grace, ornament, primp, prink, trim adorn magnificently: emblazon adorn with raised figures: emboss adorned: arrayed, clad, graced, ornate, plumed adornment for Miss America: tiara adrift: afloat, aimless, astray, aweigh, derelict, insecure, loose, straying, wandering adroit: able, adept, artful, brainy, canny, clever, cunning, deft, dexterous, facile, handy, ingenious, intelligent, proficient, quick, resourceful, sharp, skillful, slick, smart adult: developed, elder, grown, mature, nubile, ripe, seasoned, tempered adult chicken: roaster adult elver: eel adult insect: imago adulterate: alter, counterfeit, debase, denature, dilute, doctor, falsify, mix, spike, spurious, taint, thin, water, weaken adulterous: extramarital adultery: criminal conversation, infidelity adultery partner cited in divorce case: corespondent adultery, encouragement of: connivance adultery, legal name: criminal conversation adultery, man who tolerates wife's: wittol adultery, man whose wife has committed: cuckold adumbrate: augur, bode, cloud, darken, foreshadow, foretell, indicate, intimate, mist, obfuscate, obscure, outline, portend, sketch, suggest advance: accelerate, aggrandize, allege, assign, better, boost, charge, cite, creep, elevate, encourage, forward, further, gain, hasten, help, improvement, inch, increase, lend, loan, overture, preferment, prepay, proceed, progress, promote, propose, raise, serve, upgrade, uplift advance arrival or announcer: bellwether, forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor, predecessor
advance by foot: stride advance explorer: outrider, scout advance into territory of another: encroachment, incursion, infringement, inroad, trespass advance notice giver for doom, disaster: Cassandra advance of a sea: onlap advance payment: ante advance showing: preview advance steadily: march advance to higher level: graduate advance, sudden and dramatic: quantum leap advanced: ahead, along, elderly, farthest, foremost, lent, liberal, precious, premature, progressive, tolerant advanced academic degree: doctorate advanced and experimental: avant garde advanced beyond years: precocious advancement: step advancing by degrees: gradation advantage: account, asset, avail, behalf, benefit, boot, edge, favor, gain, handicap, interest, lead, leverage, odds, opportunity, start, stead, superiority, use advantage held in reserve: ace in the hole advantage of an opportunity, person who takes: opportunist advantage of an opportunity, take: capitalize on, utilize advantage of another's generosity, person who takes: leech, parasite, spooner advantage of, person who is taken: cat'spaw, dupe, mark, patsy, stooge advantage of, unfairly take: exploit advantage or benefit: boon advantage over, gain: outflank advantage taken in mean way: cheap shot advantage, be of: avail advantage, have an effect to one's: redound advantage, something that can be turned to an: grist advantage, temporary: toehold advantage, use to greatest: exploit advantageous: auspicious, beneficial, benign, benignant, conducive, encouraging, expedient, favorable, gainful, profitable, valuable advantageous move, chance: gambit advantageous position: catbird seat The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
advent: approach, arrival, beginning, coming, commencement, incarnation adventitious: accidental, casual, extrinsic, foreign, fortuitous, nonessential adventure: chance, danger, enterprise, event, experience, exploit, feat, gest, hazard, quest, risk, saga, stunt, undertaking adventure story: conte, gest, saga adventure, heroic: exploit adventure, mischievous: caper, escapade adventurer: daredevil, gambler, mercenary, picard, picaroon, sportsman, swashbuckler adventurous: audacious, brash, brave, courageous, daredevil, daring, errant, hazardous, perilous, rash, reckless adventurous expedition: safari adverb ambiguously modifying two words: squinting modifier adverb of negation: not adversary: antagonist, anti, assailant, competitor, enemy, foe, opponent, rival, Satan adverse: against, conflicting, contrary, counter, critical, detrimental, difficult, disinclined, harmful, inauspicious, inimical, negative, opposed, opposite adverse, perverse: untoward adversity: affliction, calamity, catastrophe, hardship, misery, misfortune, setback, sorrow, tragedy, trial, trouble advert: attend, consider, notice, observe, refer advertise: announce, ballyhoo, blazon, boast, broadcast, declare, exploit, inform, notify, plug, proclaim, promote, publicize, publish, push, report, show advertise a product by public statement: endorse, pitch advertisement: banner, bill, blurb, broadside, circular, commercial, dodger, flyer, handbill, handout, insert, leaflet, notice, placard, promo, release, sign, skywriting, spot, stuffer, teaser
RELATED TERMS
advertisement and editorial: advertorial advertisement catchphrase: slogan advertisement catchy tune: jingle
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ADVICE - AFFICIONADO
advertisement distributed widely: circular, flyer, handbill, handout, notice advertisements, person who writes: copywriter advertising and publicity campaign: promotion advertising and publicity language: hype advertising display, large: billboard advertising measurement: agate line advertising medium: billboards, direct mail, magazine, press, radio, skywriting, television advertising offer for one item to lure to higher-priced item: bait and switch advertising promotion: buildup advertising sign: neon advertising symbol: logo advertising with quickly flashed images: subliminal advertising advertising, aggressive: hard sell advertising, sensational: ballyhoo "M advice: admonition, caution, consult, counsel, direction, guidance, information, instruction, intelligence, news, notice, opinion, pointer, rede, suggestion, tip, word advice or warning: monition advice, observer offering unwanted: kibitzer advice, seeking someone out for: consultation advisable: desirable, expedient, fitting, judicious, politic, proper, prudent, sensible, sound advise: acquaint, advocate, apprise, counsel, encourage, guide, inform, instruct, notify, post, recommend, rede, suggest, tell, urge, warn advise earnestly, recommend: admonish, exhort advise in Brit.: rede adviser: aide, coach, confidant, consultant, counselor, instructor, mentor, nestor, right-hand person, tipster, tout adviser and critic, harsh: Dutch uncle adviser on suitability of academic article: referee adviser or teacher: mentor advisers, unofficial, of ruler or businessperson: kitchen cabinet advising group: brain trust advising group, secret: camarilla
advisory: cabinet, committee, council, instructive, ministry, notice, panel, report, warning advocacy of cause: espousal advocate: advise, back, defend, espouse, favor, plead, promote, recommend, uphold, urge advocate as person: backer, barrister, champion, counselor, defender, intercessor, lawyer, paraclete, partisan, proponent, supporter advocate of an ideology: ideologue advocate of preservation: conservationist advocate unwisely: oversell advocates of the new: neos adz, adze: axe, hatchet, pickax aegis: armor, athena, auspices, backing, control, defense, guidance, protection, shield, sponsorship Aeneas mother: Aphrodite Aeneid author: Virgil Aeolian harp: lyre aeon: eternity aerate: aerify, charge, freshen, inflate, oxygenate, ventilate aerial: airy, atmospheric, dreamy, ethereal, imaginary, lofty, soaring, unreal, unsubstantial aerial conveyance: helicopter aerial for radio, TV: antenna aerial maneuvers: barrel roll, chandelle, snap roll, wingover aerial parade: flyby aerial railroad: el aerialist: tightrope walker aerialist's perch: trapeze aerie: brood, nest, penthouse aerie builder: eagle, eglet, erne, hawk aerie site: treetop aerobatic maneuver: zoom aerobics wear: leotards aeronaut: aviator, balloonist, pilot aerosol for substances: dispersant, propellant aerosol propellant, formerly: freon aerosol spray: mist Aesop's fables: morality tales aesthete: connoisseur, dilettante aesthetic: beautiful, esthetic, pleasing, tasteful aesthetic discernment: taste affable: accessible, agreeable, amiable, benign, charming, civil, complaisant, cordial, courteous, easygoing, genial, gracious, likable, pleasant, polite, social affair: action, activity, business, celeThe Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
bration, concern, endeavor, engagement, event, gala, gathering, issue, occasion, party, proceeding, shindig, transaction affair of honor: duel affair outside marriage: adulterous, extramarital affair, romantic: amour, liaison, love, relationship, romance, tryst affairs: matters affect: actuate, alter, assume, bluff, change, concern, counterfeit, cultivate, embrace, fancy, feign, frequent, hit, influence, move, operate, pretend, profess, simulate, stir, strike, sway, touch affect or influence: militate, redound affectation: airs, artifice, facade, fakery, hypocrisy, mannerism, pose, pretense, pretension, sham affected: afflicted, artificial, camp, changed, effete, genteel, impaired, influenced, involved, la-di-da, mincing, moved, overblown, precious, pretentious, recherch, stilted, touched, unnatural, upset affected by fungi: mildewed affected display of modesty: prudery affected manner: air affected readily: susceptible affected smile: smirk affected with tedium: bored affectedly coy: cutesy affectedly prim, dainty: mincing affectedly refined in manner, language: precious affecter of attitude to impress: poseur affecting or touching: pathetic, poignant affecting superiority: pretentious affecting the body generally: systemic affecting the mouth: oral affection: ailment, devotion, esteem, fancy, feeling, fondness, friendship, liking, love, malady, passion, propensity, regard, sickness, tenderness, virtue, warmth, weakness affection, excessive: dotage affection of, alienate the: estrange affectionate: adoring, amorous, ardent, caring, devoted, fond, loving, romantic, sentimental, tender, warm affectionate appellation: dearie affectionate touch: caress afferent: sensory affianced: betrothed, engagement, intended, plighted, promised afficionado: fan
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AFFICTION - AGAIN
affiction: heartache affidavit: attestation, deposition, document, jurat, statement affiliate: ally, associate, attach, branch, chapter, colleague, fraternize, group, join, merge, relate, subsidiary, unite affinity: accord, analogy, attraction, bias, connection, fancy, fellowship, fondness, liking, preference, propensity, rapport, relation, resemblance, similarity affirm: allege, assert, asseverate, attest, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, depose, maintain, predicate, profess, state, swear, testify, uphold, validate affirmation: yes affirmations of witnesses: testimony affirmative: amen, assertive, aye, categorical, conclusive, dogmatic, emphatic, ere, hopeful, nod, positive, predicative, yea, yeah, yes affirmative expressed by negating its opposite: litotes affirmative vote: aye, yea affix: anchor, annex, append, apply, attach, connect, fasten, glue, join, nail, paste, rivet, seal, staple, subjoin, unite affix attached before a word: prefix affix attached to the end of a word: suffix affix firmly: rivet affix name: sign afflict: annoy, beset, bother, burden, distress, gripe, hurt, oppress, pain, pester, plague, smite, torment, trouble, try, wound afflicted: ailed, cursed, depressed, distressed, doleful, dolent, grieved, impaired, stricken, suffering afflicted with mal de mer: seasick affliction: adversity, anguish, calamity, cross, distress, evil, grief, hardship, illness, malady, misery, misfortune, ordeal, pain, scourge, sickness, sorrow, trial, tribulation affliction caused by drudgery: housemaid's knee affluence: abundance, fortune, money, opulence, plentitude, prosperity, riches, wealth affluent: copious, flush, in the money, loaded, pecunious, rich, river, stream, tributary affluent gent: sugar daddy affluent one: have, nawab
afford: furnish, give, grant, incur, invest, manage, provide, risk, spare, supply, sustain, yield affording redress: remedial affray: altercation, assault, attack, battle, brawl, clash, disturbance, donnybrook, encounter, fight, fracas, melee, quarrel, riot, ruckus, scuffle, skirmish affright: alarm, daunt, fright, intimidate, panic, scare, spook, startle, terrify affront: abuse, anger, defamation, defy, disgrace, dishonor, humiliate, indignity, injury, insult, irritate, meet, nettle, outrage, provoke, slap, slight, slur, snub afghan: blanket, covering, coverlet, crochet, dog, throw aficionado: admirer, adorer, buff, devotee, enthusiast, fan, follower, hound, pupil, student afield: amiss, astray, beyond afire: ablaze, aflame, ardent, burning, flaming, flaring, ignited AFL partner: CIO aflame: on fire afloat: adrift, asea, buoyed, circulating, natant, operating, rumored, sailing afoot: abroad, astir, brewing, happening, walking afore: ere aforesaid: ditto afraid: aghast, alarmed, apprehensive, chicken, concerned, cowardly, craven, fainthearted, hesitant, loath, petrified, reluctant, scared, sorry, terrified, timid, timorous afreet: genie afresh: again, anew, de novo, encore, lately, newly, over, repeated aft: astern, behind, past, posterior, rear after: anon, back, behind, beyond, concerning, ex post facto, following, later, next, past, post, posterior, postscript, rearward, since, soon, subsequent after a bit: anon after a delay: at last after a loss: sad after-bath item: talc after death: posthumous after-dinner treats: mints after-event perception: hindsight, retrospect after taxes: net after the fact: ex post facto after the finish: postscript The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
AFRICAN TERMS
African antelope: addax, eland, gnu, impala, kudu, nagor, oribi, oryx, topi African cattle disease: nagana African fly: tsetse amulet or fetish: juju arrow poison: inee baboon: chacma butter tree: shea buttonless shirt: dashiki cat: civet cobra: asp dark skin pigment: melanin hartebeest: tora lily: agapanthus, aloe lute: oud magic: juju monkey: guenon, mona native village: stad nut tree: kola oasis: wadi oil-yielding tree: owala ravine: wadi snake: asp soldier: askari witchcraft: obeahW
after the manner of: la afterbirth: placenta, secundines afterdinner: postprandial aftereffect and reverberation: reprecussion aftereffects: sequela afterlife region for unbaptized babies and innocent souls: limbo afterlife region where sinners can atone: purgatory aftermath: consequence, impact, offshoot, outcome, payoff, remainder, result, sequel, upshot, wake aftermath of an earthquake: rubble aftermath, unfortunate: afterclap afternoon affair: tea afternoon nap: siesta afternoon show: matinee afternoon snacks, in London: afters afternoon, relating to: post-meridian afterthought: epilogue, postscript, reconsideration, sequel afterwards: eventually, following, later, subsequently, then, thereupon aga, agha: authority, chief, commander, leader, officer, official again: additionally, afresh, anew, besides, bis, de novo, encore, further, more, moreover, over, recur
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A G A I N A N D AGAIN - A G G R A V . again and again: ad nauseam again, from the beginning: de novo again, musical direction to perform: da capo again, poetically: anon against: anti, beside, concerning, facing, from, into, near, opposed, opposite, respecting, touching, upon, versus against change: conservative, reactionary against one's interests, welfare: adverse against the law: illegal, illegitimate, illicit against, argument: con against, strive: militate agape: ajar, amazed, astonished, awestruck, confounded, open, overwhelmed, shocked, staring, yawning agar source: kelp agate: achate, brazil, chalcedony, ider, landscape, marble, mib, quartz, ruby agatized mecca: petrified forest agave: aide, aloe, amole agave fiber: istle, pita, sisal age: aeon, century, cycle, duration, eon, epoch, era, generation, interim, lifetime, majority, millennium, period, span, time, years age, to: date, develop, grow, mature, mellow, ripen, wane, wither age according to years lived: chronological age age and length of life: longevity age as another, person of around same: coeval, contemporary age for study: era age for whiskey: seven years old age of girl who can agree to sex: age of consent age or era: epoch age, being legally under: minority, nonage age, reaching advanced: longevity age, retired due to: superannuated age, the spirit of the: Zeitgeist aged: anile, antiquated, antique, dated, elderly, feeble, hoary, infirm, passe, ripe, seasoned, senile, shot, timeworn, venerable aged and infirm: senile aged and respectable: venerable aged artificially: distressed aged beer: lager aged, discrimination against the: ageism ageless: dateless, enduring, eternal, timeless agency: bureau, cause, channel, charge, influence, means, medium, news, office, operation, vehicle agency for cartoons, columns, serials: syndicate agenda: calendar, docket, lineup, list, plan, plans, program, rota, schedule, slate, timetable agenda component: item agent: 10-percenter, advocate, assignee, ator, bailiff, broker, cause, channel, commissary, deputy, doer, emissary, envoy, executor, facient, facilitator, force, instrument, means, medium, middleperson, nark, operator, organ, proxy, seller, spy, steward, surrogate, underwriter agent assisting ruler, as king: viceregent agent for another: assignee, minister, proxy, vicar agent for buying and selling securities: broker agent in business matters: broker, factor, syndic agent-in-place: mole agent in sexual relationship: maquereau, panderer, pimp, procurer agent legally controlling property of another: trustee agent mediating matter: intermediary, ombudsman agent of illegal activity: agent provocateur agent or representative at conference: delegate agent or substitute: vicar agent running estate for someone: bailiff, steward agent secretly representing someone: dummy, front agent sent on mission: ambassador, emissary agent that changes others: catalyst agent, appoint as one's: depute agent, intermediary in espionage: cutout agent, powerful and advice-giving: eminence grise agent's fee or percentage: commission aggitated state: swivet agglomerate: aggregate, bunch, cluster, collection, lump, mass, mobilize, pile agglomeration: clot, coherence aggrandize: augment, boost, broaden, dignify, dilate, elevate, extend, glorify, increase, magnify, multiply, parlay, promote, widen
AGES, DECADES, ERAS

Age of Anxiety Age of Aquarius Age of Enlightenment Age of Man Age of Reason Ages of Humankind Air Age American Revolution Atomic Age Automobile Age Bronze Age Christian Era Classical Age Cold War Computer Age Copper Age Crusades Dark Age Depression Era Early Middle Ages Electronic Age Elizabethan Age Eolithic Age Era of Good Feeling Flapper Era Gay Nineties Gilded Age Golden Age Ice Age Industrial Revolution Iron Age Jacksonian Age Jazz Age Jet Age Mauve Decade Middle Ages Modern Age Naughty Nineties Postmodernism Prohibition Era Reconstruction Era Reformation Renaissance Roaring Twenties Roman Empire Silver Age Space Age Steel Age Stone Age Technological Age Victorian AgeW
aggravate: aggrieve, anger, annoy, enlarge, exacerbate, exasperate, gall,
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AGGRAVATE, MAKE WORSE - AGREEMENT, PERSON SIGNING
heighten, incense, increase, inflame, irritate, magnify, nag, nettle, peeve, rile, rouse, upset aggravate, make worse: exacerbate aggravating problem: teaser aggregate: accumulate, all, amount, blend, bulk, bunch, composite, gross, mass, sum, summation, total, unite, whole aggregation: assembly, association, cluster, combination, company, crowd, cumulation, flock, gang, gathering, group, herd, nest, quantity aggression: antagonism, assault, attack, fight, forceful, hostility, injury, invasion, offense, provocation, push, raid aggressive: ambitious, barbaric, bellicose, flip, intense, militant, pugnacious, scrappy, zealous aggressive and energetic: assertive, combative aggressive and lively: feisty aggressive and obnoxious: bumptious aggressive flirt: wolf aggressive, antisocial person: psychopath, sociopath aggressively seeking power: selfaggrandizing aggressor: antagonistic, assailant, attacker aggrieve: afflict, aggravate, annoy, distress, hurt, injure, maltreated, mournful, oppress, pain, persecute, trouble, try, woeful, wrong aghast: afraid, anxious, appalled, astounded, horrified, shocked, startled, stunned, stupefied, terrified agile: active, athletic, brisk, dexterous, dextrous, fast, fleet, keen, light, limber, lithe, nimble, quick, springy, spry, zippy agile deer: roe aging, growing old: senescent aging, study of: geriatrics, gerontology agitate: activate, alarm, bother, churn, convulse, debate, discompose, discuss, disquiet, drive, excite, fluster, goad, harass, harry, inflame, irk, irritate, liven, move, perturb, provoke, rattle, rile, rock, rouse, ruffle, seek, stir, trouble, upset agitate a liquid: slosh agitate violently: churn agitated: distraught, flustered, fluttered, roiled, seething agitated state: flap, snit
agitated style used as a musical direction: agitato agitating violently: turbulent agitation: bustle, commotion, confusion, emotional, ferment, flurry, flutter, fury, rampage, snit, storm, trepidation, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, violence agitation of feelings: tumult agitator: firebrand aglet: shoelace tip aglow: lit agnate: affiliated, allied, connate, kindred, like, related agnomen: alias, epithet, nickname, surname agnostic: doubter, empiricist, freethinker, heathen, infidel, skeptic, unbeliever ago: back, before, erst, gone, past, since agog: awestruck, breathless, bursting, eager, excited, expectant, impatient, keen, lively, thrilled agonize: ache, crucify, excruciate, fret, labor, lament, rack, strain, struggle agonizing and painful: excruciating agony: anguish, despair, distress, grief, heartache, misery, pain, pangs, sorrow, suffering, torment, torture, trial, tribulation agony, place or time of great: Gethsemane agora building: stoa agrarian: agricultural, campestral, natural, pastoral agree: accede, acquiesce, admit, allow, arrange, assent, attune, coincide, comply, concede, concur, congruous, consent, cooperate, equal, grant, harmonize, homologate, jibe, match, reconcile, square, submit, suit, unison, yes, yield agree and comply: accede, acquiesce, yield agree and match: accord, chime, coincide, comport, equate, harmonize, quadrate, square agree in opinion: concur agree or assent to: subscribe agree silently: nod agree to in patronizing way: condescend, deign agree with: correspond agree, concur: coincide agree, informally: jibe agreeable: acceptable, accord, alliance, amen, amiable, appealing, avowal, charming, charter, compliant, conThe Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
genial, consentient, consonant, dulcify, pleasant, pleasing, promise, willing, writ agreeable in manner: felicitous agreeable to idea: amenable, receptive agreeableness: complaisance agreeably sharp: tart agreed: assented, jibed, meshed agreed to by all: unanimous agreed to terms: met agreed upon: settled agreeing: congruent, in concert, in unison agreeing and conforming: pursuant to agreement: accord, accordance, arrangement, bargain, cartel, concurrence, consensus, consent, contract, covenant, deal, entente, indenture, lease, pact, partnership, rapport, treaty, understanding, unison agreement among nations: pact agreement among parts: compatibility, concord, conformity, congruity, consistency, consonance, coordination agreement and harmony: consonance agreement between church and state: concordat agreement between disputing parties: arbitration, conciliation, mediation agreement betweenrivals:accord, pact, treaty agreement by general public, mutual: entente agreement by two parties: bilateral, bipartite agreement in isolated features, otherwise different: analogy agreement of all: unanimity agreement on parties' word: gentleman's agreement agreement or contract: compact, covenant agreement pending final accord: modus vivendi agreement to partial payment: composition agreement to raise for cost of living: threshold agreement agreement, acceptance of: accession agreement, break an: infringe, renege on, violate agreement, contract or treaty: pact agreement, discuss terms of: negotiate agreement, express: assent agreement, formally reject: denounce agreement, general: consensus agreement, informal: entente cordiale agreement, person signing: signatory
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AGRICULTURAL AND GARDENING TOOLS

baler billhook binder blower brush cutter cant hook chisel plow colter combine crop duster cultivator dibble/dibber draw hoe edger flail grub hoe harvester hay rake hayfork hedge clipper hoe lawn mower loy mattock maul pick pickax pitchfork plow pruner pruning : saw rake reaper roller rototiller scuffle h hoe scythe shears shovel shredder sickle spade spading fork sprinkler tiller tractor trowel weed trimmer wheelbarrow
agreement, set condition of: stipulate agreement, summary of: aide-memoire agreement, unspoken understood: tacit agreement, willing: consent agricultural: agrarian, rural agriculture: agrology, agronomy, arviculture, dagan, farm, flora, gardening, grigit, grove, horticulture, orchard, picus, ranch, saturn, tillage, vacuna, vineyard agriculture device: baler, binder, caterpillar, combine, cultivator, drill, harrow, header, mower, plow, reaper, seeder, separator, thrasher, thresher, tractor agriculture goddess: Ceres agriculture, concerning: geoponic aground: beached, reefed, shipwrecked, stranded ague: fever, malaria, shivering aha: eureka ahead: advanced, before, beforehand, early, fore, foremost, forward, leading, one up, onward, preceding ahead of the times: avant-garde ahead of time: early aid: abet, advance, allay, alleviate, alms, assist, befriend, benefact, care, charity, coach, collaborate, facilitate, favor, forward, grant, help, relief, remedy, rescue, serve, subsidy, succor, uphold aid a felon: abet aid, subsidy: subvention aide: apprentice, assistant, asst., coadjutant, deputy, helper, orderly, second, sidekick, subordinate aiding and supporting: ancillary ail: ache, affect, afflict, bother, decline, falter, pain, upset ailing: ill, sick ailing Biblical outcast: leper ailment: acne, complaint, condition, disability, disease, disorder, ferment,
flu, food, illness, infirmity, malady, nourishment, nutriment, pabulum, pap, rash, sustenance, syndrome, weakness ailment symptom: ague ailurophobia: fear of cats aim: address, ambition, attempt, bent, course, covet, design, destination, direct, essay, goal, intend, intent, intention, level, objective, plan, point, sight, strive, target, want aim at: aspire aim or goal: terminus ad quern aimed at target: point-blank aimed to the consumer: marketed aimless: blind, careless, chance, drifting, erratic, goalless, haphazard, random, senseless, stray, undirected, vagabond, vagrant aimless and random: desultory aimless reverie: mooning aimless wandering: meandering aimlessly: idly aims for: shoots at ain't: is not, isn't air: aerate, affectation, agitated, aloft, appearance, aria, aura, broach, broadcast, cachet, demeanor, deportment, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, haughtiness, manner, melody, mien, proclaim, publish, semblance, song, speak, tell, tune, unsettled, vanity, vent, voice air-attack using low-flying planes: strafe air-bag alternative: seat belt air bubble: bleb air conditioner chemical: Freon air conditioning tube: duct air cushion, support on: levitate air deflector to increase drag, reduce lift: spoiler air hole: spiracle air maneuver: roll The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
AIR SPORTS
aerial skiing aerobatics aeromodeling air racing ballooning bungy jumping flying freefalling gliding hang gliding helicopter flying hydroplane racing kiting microlighting parachuting paragliding parasailing par ascending skydiving soaring sport parachuting air of atmosphere: atmo, atmosphere, breeze, draft, draught, ephyr, ether, helium, krypton, neon, nitrogen, oxygen, ozone, sky, smog, welkin, wind, xenon air of immediate area: ambient air or gas from something, release: deflate air pollutant: smog, soot air-pressure indicator: barometer air-quality watchdog agency: EPA air raid: blitz air-raid precaution: dimout air sleeve: windsock air speed, aerodynamic testing chamber for: wind tunnel air swirl: eddy air swirling around vertical axis: whirlwind air through room, push fresh: ventilate
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AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE - ALCOHOL
AIR FORCE RANK

Commissioned Officers General of the Air Force General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Enlisted Personnel Chief Master Sergeant Senior Master Sergeant Master Sergeant Technical Sergeant Staff Sergeant Senior Airman Airman First Class Airman Airman Basic W air traffic control device: radar air traffic, right of country to regulate its: cabotage air turbulence: shear, wash air vent: spiracle air, bacterium that can live without: anaerobe air, bacterium that needs: aerobe air, death due to lack of: asphyxia air, fear of fresh: aerophobia air, foul or polluted: miasma
air, fresh: ozone air, low-density: rarefied air, relating to: pneumatic air, very moist: humid, saturated airborne: aloft airs: arrogance, auras, front, hauteur, pomposity, pretense, songs, tunes, uppishness, vanity airship basket or enclosure: gondola airship, early self-propelled: dirigible airship, nonrigid buoyant: blimp airship, rigid long cylindrical: zeppelin airstream driven backward behind aircraft: slipstream airtight: closed, hermetic, impenetrable, sealed airy: animated, breezy, cheerful, cool, debonair, empty, ethereal, fresh, graceful, happy, haughty, jocund, light, lively, merry, rare, spatial, sprightly, tenuous, thin, visionary, vivacious airy fabric: mesh aisle: alley, avenue, clearing, corridor, lane, passage, passageway, path, walk, walkway aisle, covered: ambulatory ait: islet ajar: open, unlatched, unshut akidded: slued akin: affiliated, agnate, alike, allied, analogous, close, comparable, connate, correlated, kindred, related, similar alabaster or selenite: gypsum alacrity: avidity, briskness, celerity, dis-
patch, eagerness, enthusiasm, fervor, gaiety, nimbleness, rapidity, speed, willingness alarm: disturb, disturbance, excite, fear, outcry, panic, scare, startle, stress, surprise, trepidation, unnerve, upset alarm and upset: perturb alarm or bell: alert, buzzer, clock, gong, signal, siren, tocsin, warning, yell alarm, call to arms: alarum alas: ach, alackaday, interjection, pity, welladay, woe Alaskan bear: Kodiak albacore: tuna albacore, to a Briton: tunny Albania monetary unit: qintar albatross: gooney, handicap, hindrance, mallemuck, nelly, pelican, seabird albeit: altho, although, though, whereas, while Albion: Britannia, England, Great Britain album: anthology, book, collection, index, memento, portfolio, record, register, scrapbook albumen surrounds it: yolk alchemist's finesse: Midas touch alchemy: change, hermes, sorcery, transmutation, witchcraft, wizardry alcohol: allyl, butanol, butyl, ethanol, ethyl, glycerol, methanol, methyl
RELATED TERMS
alcohol ban in U.S. 1920-1933: Prohibition alcohol burner: etna
AIRCRAFT
aerodyne aerostat air cushion vehicle/ ACV air taxi airliner airplane airship amphibian autogrio balloon battleplane biplane blimp bogey bomber business jet carrier fighter chopper combat plane copter crop duster dirigible dive bomber double-prop fighter flying boat glider gyrodyne gyroplane hang glider heavier-than-air craft helibus helicopter helicopter gunship helium balloon high-altitude reconnaissance plane hot-air balloon hovercraft hydroplane interceptor jet jet bomber jet fighter jetliner jumbo jet kamikaze kite lighter-than-air craft monoplane ornithopter orthopter parachute parafoil paraglider pursuit plane pusher plane rotorcraft sailplane seaplane short takeoff and landing/STOL spy plane stealth bomber stealth fighter suicide plane supersonic transport/ SST tandem airplane tanker tilt-rotor torpedo bomber transport triphibian turbojet turboprop twin-prop ultralight vertical takeoff and landing/VTOL waterplane zeppelin^
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ALCOVE - ALFALFA
AIRCRAFT-RELATED TERMS
ability to fly faster than speed of sound: supersonic aerial machine-gun attack: strafe aerial maneuver: snaproll aerial trick: barrel roll, buzz, dive, hedgehop, loop, nosedive, roll, sideslip, tailspin aircraft: aerostat, airplane, balloon, blimp, chopper, copter, dirigible, drone, giro, glider, helicopter, jet, plane, whirlybird aircraft carrier: flattop, wasp aircraft circling at different altitudes, waiting to land: stack aircraft load: payload aircraft on single mission: sortie aircraft shelter: hangar aircraft for short: giro airline regulator: FAA airplane: aero, bomber, clipper, Enola Gay, fighter, glider, gyro, liner, mig, SST, transport, zero airplane access: ramp airplane seizure: skyjack airplane's control: joystick airport: aerodrome, airdrome, airfield, drome airport area: runway, taxiway, tower baton signaller for taxiing: marshaller boom caused by aircraft traveling at or faster than speed of sound: sonic boom compartment holding engines, guns, fuel: pod condensed water vapor, ice crystals in plane's wake: condensation trail, contrail, vapor trail conveyor for luggage, etc.: carousel conveyor for pedestrians: moving sidewalk, walkway course: vector alcohol drinking in moderation: temperance alcohol drunkenness: inebriety alcohol for drinking: aqua vitae, booze, cocktail, liquor, moonshine, spirits, whiskey, wine alcohol in intoxicating beverages: ethanol, ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol alcohol intake testing device: breathalizer alcohol or drug addiction: dependence, substance abuse alcohol or phenol compound: ester alcohol secretly to drink, add: spike alcohol shop in Prohibition: speakeasy alcohol solution of medicine: tincture alcohol to, add ethyl: denature alcohol, abstain from: teetotal alcohol, add to beverage: lace alcohol, drink: imbibe direct aircraft into crosswind: crab electronic recorder: black box, flight recorder empty aircraft: deadhead flight on combat mission: sortie flight path when awaiting clearance to land: holding pattern fly low to the ground: hedgehop funnel-shaped receptacle and probe towed behind aircraft: drogue glide in with engine turned off: volpane heavier-than-air aircraft: aerodyne housing for engine: nacelle instrument for measuring pressure changes caused by altitude: altimeter landing beyond or past runway: overshoot landing short of runway: undershoot lighter-than-air aircraft: aerostat movement on ground before takeoff, after landing: taxi open-ended sleeve to indicate direction of wind: air sock, wind cone, wind sleeve, windsock part affecting lift, stability: airfoil paved parking for aircraft: apron perfect landing: three-point landing permission to proceed: clearance quick takeoff to intercept enemy: scramble seat that hurls crew during in-flight emergency: ejection seat short for runway: tarmac surveillance airplane: AW ACS training device: simulator turn about vertical axis: yaw wing's arched surface: camber W alcoholism-induced liver disease: cirrhosis W alcove: arbor, compartment, corner, cranny, cubicle, dinette, niche, nook, recess, study alder: alnus, arn, shrub ale: beer, beverage, brew, lager, malt, nog, porter, stingo, stout, suds ale mug: toby ale/beer and ginger ale: shandygaff alehouse: bistro, cabaret, cafe, nightclub, pub, saloon, taproom, tavern alert: alive, awake, bright, eager, heedful, inform, keen, live, lively, nimble, observant, on one's toes, on the ball, on the qui vive, ready, sharp, spirited, up and doing, vigilant, wakeful, warn, wary, watchful alert cat: mouser alert watchman: argus alert, method of: alarm, signal, siren alfalfa: fodder, lucerne
alcohol, licensed seller of: victualer alcohol, refraining from drinking: abstinence alcohol, to make, sell illegal: bootleg alcohol, toxic: carbinol, methanol, wood alcohol alcoholic: bibulous, brewed, fermented, inebriated, intoxicating, sot, spiritous alcoholic appetizer: aperitif alcoholic beverage with water, dilute: rectify alcoholic drink: intoxicant, libation alcoholic drink, small: snifter, snort alcoholic drink, small measure for: jigger alcoholic drinks, habitually take: tipple alcoholic fit: delirium tremens, DTs alcoholic person: dipsomanic, wino alcoholic strength of spirits: proof alcoholism: alcoholophilia, dipsomania
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ALGA, ALGAE - ALLOW ONESELF TO SATISFY WHIM
alga, algae: algology, diatom, desmid, kelp, lichen, plankton, rockweed, seaweed, seawrack, stonewort algebra symbol linking two or more terms into unit: vinculum algebraic system of symbolic logic: Boolean algebra Algerian dollar: dinar Algerian governor: dey Algerian native: Orani algid: cold Algonquian Indian: Arapahoe, Cre, Miami, Sac alias: aka, anonym, epithet, handle, name, pen name, pseudonym alias letters: a/k/a, aka alias name: pseudonym alias of a sort: stage name alibi: excuse, explanation, pretext, proof, statement alien: different, extraterrestrial, foreign, foreigner, hostile, immigrant, invader, opposed, outlander, outsider, refugee, remote, strange, stranger alien craft: UFO alienate: detach, devest, disaffect, disunite, estrange, hostility, remise, separate, transfer, wean alienated: disaffected, estranged alight: aglow, arrive, bright, deplane, disembark, dismount, land, lighted, perch, radiant, rest, roost, settle align: adjust, affiliate, agree, join, level, marshal, regulate, straighten, true align, on parade: oress aligned with margin: flush alignment of three celestial bodies: syzygy alignment, in proper: register alike: comparable, congruent, ditto, equal, homogeneous, identical, parallel, same, similar, uniform alikeness by trait: common denominator alimony: allowance, maintenance, provision, settlement, upkeep aline: true alit: landed alive: abounding, active, alert, animate, animated, awake, aware, breathing, brisk, dynamic, eager, existent, extant, sprightly, spry, unexpired, vibrant, vigorous, vivid, zestful alkali counter: acid alkaline: alkali, antacid, borax, neutralizing, salty
alkaloid: caffeine, cocaine, codeine, ergot, eserin, harmine, heroin, morphine, quinidine, sinapin, strychnine alkaloid, from cinchona bark: aricine alkyl with five carbon atoms: pentyl all: aggregate, alone, altogether, complete, completely, entirely, every, everyone, everything, exclusively, full, gross, group, quite, solely, sum, thoroughly, total, totality, whole, wholly all around: everywhere, omnipresent, ubiquitous, under-the-sun all at one time: holus-bolus all-embracing: catholic all-embracing view: panoptic all-encompassing itinerary: grand tour all-girl events: hen parties all in: bleary, bushed, drained, exhausted, fatigued, pooped, spent, tired, weary all-knowing: omniscient all-male affair: stag all-nighter, pulling an: pernoctation all of ship's men: crew all one's holdings: portfolio all one's possessions: estate all-or-nothing ultimatum: take it or leave it all out: extensive, maximum, thorough, tooth and nail, unreserved all-out determination: hammer and tongs all over: concluded, ended, everywhere, finished, throughout, universal all over again: anew all possible: every all-powerful: omnipotent all right: adequate, agreed, average, good, hunky-dory, kosher, okay, roger, satisfactory, swell all stirred up: agog all the marbles: full deck all the more: a fortiori all the time: constantly all thumbs: awkward, inept all together: en bloc, en masse all together, in music: tutti all-weather covering: tarp all welcome: open house allay: abate, alleviate, appease, comfort, compose, diminish, ease, lull, mitigate, pacify, quiet, reduce, relieve, settle, soften, still allege: advance, affirm, assert, asseverate, attribute, aver, avow, claim, declare, impute, maintain, offer, plead, present, profess, say, state, testify The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
allegiance: ardor, devotion, duty, faithfulness, fealty, homage, honor, loyalty, obedience, obligation, tribute allegory: apologue, fable, moral, parable, story, symbol, tale allegro or largo: tempo allergic reactions, compound released in: histamine allergic response: reaction allergy indicator: hive, rash, urticaria allergy medicine: antihistamine allergy test on skin: scratch test allergy that signals discontinuation of a medicine or treatment: contraindication allergy, substance inducing: allergen alleviate: abate, assuage, blunt, diminish, ease, help, lessen, mitigate, palliate, relieve, slake, soften, subdue alley: byway, lane, oop, passage, passageway, path, slum, walk alliance: accord, affiliation, affinity, agreement, axis, bloc, bond, coalition, compact, covenant, federation, fusion, league, marriage, pact, partnership, treaty, union alliance of business concerns: consortium alliance of nations: axis alliance that is temporary: coalition, consortium allied: agnate, akin, alike, bound, cognate, connate, connected, joined, linked, related, similar, unified, united alligator pear: avocado alligator relative, crocodile of tropical America: caiman, cayman allocate: allot, allow, apportion, assign, distribute, divvy, earmark, give, mete, set apart, share, slice allot: accord, allocate, appoint, apportion, assign, award, design, dispense, distribute, give, grant, mete, ordain, prescribe, present, provide, reserve, share, specify allotment: quota, share allow: accept, acknowledge, admit, approve, authorize, bear, concede, confess, consider, defer, enable, endure, grant, let, oblige, pass, permit, stand, suffer, suppose, tolerate allow access: admit, let in allow license to something that meets standards: accredit allow oneself to satisfy whim: indulge
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ALLOW OR ENABLE - ALSO-RAN
allow or enable: authorize, empower, warrant allow or tolerate: countenance, sanction allowable: licit allowable and permissible: admissible, tolerable allowance: alimony, annuity, cut, deduction, discount, fee, gift, margin, odds, part, pension, portion, quota, ration, rebate, reduction, salary, sanction, share allowance for day's expenses: per diem allowance for waste: tret allowance for weight: tare allowance or concession: edge, handicap, permission, tolerance allowance or regular payment: stipend allowance paid to former lover, courtordered: palimony allowance, salary: stipend allowing extreme freedom: permissive allowing for differences: mutatis mutandis allows: enables, lets alloy: adulterate, amalgamate, compound, fuse, reduce alloy, black used to decorate other metal: niello alloy, copper and tin: oreide, ormolu, oroide, pewter alloy, copper and zinc: arsedine, tombac alloy, fusible, used to join metal parts: solder alloy, gold and silver: electrum alloy, lead and tin: pewter, terne alloy, main metal in: matrix alloyed thing: blend, brass, composite, metal, mixture allude: advert, connote, hint, imply, indicate, infer, insinuate, intimate, mention, point, refer, relate, suggest, touch on allure: angle, attract, bait, beguile, blandish, cajole, captivate, charm, coax, court, draw, entice, glamor, induce, influence, lead, lure, magnetize, persuade, seduce, sway, tempt, woo allurement: bribe alluring ad: teaser allusion: denotation, innuendo, insinuation, instance, intimation, mention, reference, remark alluvial deposit at river mouth: delta ally: accomplice, affiliate, assistant, associate, backer, colleague, comrade,
confederate, connect, friend, helper, join, partner, relative, supporter, unite ally with: side almighty: absolute, creator, eternal, extreme, great, mighty, omnipotent, powerful, puissant, supreme almond cookie: macaroon almond drink: orgeat almond-flavored liqueur: amaretto almond or pistachio: nut almond paste or confection: marzipan almond, loosen skin by scalding: blanch almond, pertaining to: amygdalaceous, amygdaloid almonds, served with: amandine almost: about, approximately, around, close, nearly, practically, quasi, roughly, virtually almost perpendicular: sheer alms: benefaction, charity, contribution, dole, donation, gift, handout, offering, pittance, relief alms box: area alms, pertaining to: eleemosynary almsman: beggar, panhandler, pauper aloe: lily, vera aloe derivative: aloin aloft: above, airborne, high, overhead, risen, skyward aloha: affection, farewell, goodbye, greeting, hello, love, salutation aloha gift: lei alone: aloof, apart, desolate, detached, exclusively, forlorn, hermit, incomparable, isolated, lonesome, one, removed, separate, single, solitary, solo, unescorted, unique, unparalleled alone and remote: cloistered, incommunicado, insulated, isolated, sequestered alone by choice: secluded, solitary alone one: solo alone (stage direction): solus alone, person who lives: hermit, recluse along: adjacent, ahead, also, approaching, beside, forward, lengthwise, likewise, near, onward, together, with alongside: abreast, abutting, against, adjacent, beside, contiguous, juxtaposed, near, next to, parallel, tangential aloof: alone, apart, arrogant, chilly, cold, cool, detached, distant, frosty, indifferent, offish, remote, reserved, uppity, withdrawn aloof contempt: disdain The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
aloud: audible, clearly, lustily, noisily, oral, vocal alough: mire alp: mount, mountain, pike, summit alpha: beginning, first, Greek letter, start alpha and omega: first and last; beginning and end alphabet: basics, elements, ideograph, letters, primer, rudiments, signs, symbols alphabet character set with each representing syllable: syllabary alphabet notches in reference book: thumb index alphabet of ancient Germans: runes alphabet of Celtics: ogham alphabet of most Western and central European languages: Roman alphabet of one language used for another: transliteration alphabet of pictures representing entire words or phrases: pictography alphabet of pictures used by ancient Egyptians: hieroglyphics alphabet of runes: futhark alphabet of symbolic characters representing entire words or ideas: ideography alphabet, small letters: lowercase alphabet, writing in letters of another: transliterate alphabetic board and planchette for receiving telepathic messages: Ouija alphabetic code used by radio operators: phonetic alphabet alphabetic writing system: orthography alphabetical: abecedarian alphabetize: sort Alpine farmhouse: chalet Alpine goat: ibex Alpine hogback: arete Alpine primrose: auricula Alpine refrain: yodel Alpine region: Tirol, Tyrol Alpine river: Rhone Alpine sled: luge Alpine wind: bise, bora, foehn alpinist's gear: piton already: before, beforehand, earlier, early, formerly, once, previously also: again, and, besides, ditto, further, including, likewise, more, moreover, plus, similarly, too, with, yet also known as: aka, alias also known as inverted saucer, to a chartist: dome also-ran: loser
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ALTAR - AMENITIES
altar: boys, chantry, sanctuary, shrine, tabernacle, table altar approaches: aisles altar area in Eastern Orthodox church: bema altar back with ornaments, lights, etc.: reredos, retable altar boy/girl: acolyte, thurifer altar canopy: baldachin, tester altar cloth: antependium, orale altar decorative tapestry: dossal, frontal altar for Mass: chantry altar platform: altar rail, predella altar screen: reredos altar stone: mensa altar vaulted canopy: ciborium altar, in astronomy: ara altarpiece of three parts: triptych alter: adapt, adjust, amend, change, convert, ego, modify, mutate, neuter, redo, reset, revamp, revise, transform, turn, vary alter a garment edge: rehem alter deceptively: doctor alter document to deceive: falsify alter female with hysterectomy: spay alter, as a manuscript: blue pencil alter, change: mutate alter, deter plans of another: dissuade alteration of document to invalidate it, intentional: spoliation alteration specialist: tailor altercation: argument, brawl, controversy, dispute, fight, melee, quarrel, rift, row, run-in, scrap, spat, squabble, strife, tiff, wrangle alternate: change, else, fluctuate, intermit, rotate, seesaw, shift, vary alternate, change places: interchange alternating: reciprocation alternative: either, elective, loophole, option, other, preference alternative plan: counterproposal alters an itinerary: reroutes alters form: reshapes alters the text by insertion: interpolates although: albeit, despite, whereas altitude: ceiling, elevation, loftiness altitude-measuring instrument: altimeter altogether: collectively, completely, entirely, in all, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly altogether and entirely: in toto altruism: benevolence, generosity, philanthropy altruistic effort: labor of love alum: grad
aluminum: alumina, epidote aluminum, chief ore of: bauxite always: constantly, continually, e'er, eternally, ever, everlastingly, evermore, forever, habitually, perpetually, uniformly always prepared: semper paratus always reliable one: standby always, in poetry: e'er, eterne amalgamate: alloy, blend, coalesce, combine, compound, consolidate, fuse, join, merge, mingle, unite amalgamation: pool amamentarium: inventory, stock, supply amanuenses: stnos amass: accumulate, assemble, collect, compile, gather, hoard, pile, stack, stockpile, store amateur: admirer, beginner, dabbler, dilettante, greenhorn, neophyte, novice, tyro, votary amateur professional: armchair general amateur radio operator: ham amatory: erotic amaurotic: blind as a bat amaze: astonish, astound, awe, confound, dumbfound, flabbergast, overwhelm, stagger, stun, stupefy, surprise amazement, paralyzing: consternation amazing: sensational amazing and hard to believe: incredible amazing and wonderful: prodigious amazing thing: marvel amazon: female, mythology, river, vixen, woman warrior Amazon lily: Star of Bethlehem amazon warrior: Hippolyta, Penthesilea ambassador: deputy, diplomat, emissary, envoy, intermediary, legate, messenger ambassador authorized to represent foreign government: plenipotentiary ambassador of Vatican: nuncio ambassador's document conveying credentials: letter(s) of credence amber: yellow ambiance: aura ambience: atmosphere, environment, mood ambiguity: doubtfulness, duplicity, entendre, evasion, obscurity ambiguity due to poor grammar: amphibology ambiguity from, remove: disambiguate
ambiguity in word: double entendre, polysemy ambiguous: cryptic, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, indefinite, uncertain, unclear, unsettled, unsure, vague ambiguous and oracular: delphic ambiguous language: equivocation, prevarication, temporizing, tergiversation ambiguous or evasive: equivocal ambiguous remarks: weasel words ambiguous talk: double-talk ambit: boundary, bounds, compass, extension, extent, range, scope, space, sphere ambition: aspiration, desire, dream, drive, end, goal, hope, intention, mark, plan, purpose, target ambition thwarted: blight ambition, excessive: folie de grandeur ambitions: aims, ends, hopes ambitious: ardent, aspiring, bold, demanding, eager, energetic, enterprising, keen ambitious soul: striver amble: dawdle, loiter, meander, mosey, pace, pad, ramble, rove, saunter, stroll ambrosia: delicacy, nectar, perfume ambrosial: aromal, delicate, delightful, fragrant, heavenly, luscious ambulatory: nomadic, walking ambush: ambuscade, assault, attack, await, camouflage, lurking, snare, surprise, trap, trick, waylay ameliorate: advance, better, help, improve, progress, promote, recuperate, reform, set up, uplift amen: approval, assent, certainly, exactly, response, so-be-it, truly, verily amenable: accountable, complaisant, cooperative, docile, liable, pliant, responsive, subdued, subject, tractable, willing, yielding amend: alter, better, change, correct, edit, improve, lift, polish, rectify, reform, repair, revise, right amendment to bill, verdict, contract: rider amends: alters, atonement, compensation, expiation, indemnity, payment, quittance, recompense, redress, reparation, requital, restitution amends, make: recompense, recoup, reimburse, requite amenities: comforts, conveniences, et-
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AMENT - ANACHRONISM, LATE DATE
AMERICAN INDIAN TERMS

arched hut of branches, bark, hides: wigwam ax: tomahawk baby: papoose beads used as money, ornament: peag, wampum cabin of logs and mud: hogan communal feast in Northwest: potlatch cone-shaped tent: tepee, tipi leather shoe: moccasin married male: sannup ritual ceremony: powwow temporary hut: wickiup terraced dwelling: pueblo tribe chief: sachem, sagamore wife, woman: squawk iquette, formalities, geniality, luxuries, mildness, niceties, pleasantries, refinement ament: catkin, cattail, idiot, imbecile, moron, simpleton amerce: fine, penalize, punish American: gringo, native, yankee American Beauties: roses American flag: Old Glory, Stars & Stripes American flag maker: Betsy Ross American idealized woman, 1890s: Gibson girl American motto: Land of the Free amethyst: onegite, purple, quartz amiability: bon homie amiable: affable, agreeable, charming, cordial, courteous, easy, engaging, friendly, genial, gracious, kind, pleasant, pleasing, polite, sociable, warm amicable: benevolent, brotherly, empathie, friendly, harmonious, peaceable amid: among, between, during, encompassed, midst, over, surrounded, throughout amino and nitric: acid amiss: askew, astray, awry, defective, erroneous, false, faulty, foul, haywire, ill, improper, inaccurate, incorrect, mistaken, unfair, wrong amity: accord, brotherhood, friendship, goodwill, harmony, simpatico, sympathy ammonia compound: amine, imide ammonia derivative: amide, amine, imine ammunition: arms, artillery, bombs,
cannonball, cartridge, charge, fuse, grenades, materiel, missiles, powder, rockets, round, shells, shot, shrapnel ammunition and weapons: munitions, ordnance ammunition slung over shoulder on belt: bandolier ammunition transport or two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle: caisson amnesia: blackout, fugue, stupor amnesty: absolution, condonation, forgiveness, immunity amoeba, ameba: animalcule, animalculum, bacteria, germ, organism, proteus, protozoan, virus among: amid, amidst, between, midst, with among other things: inter alia amongst: amid amor, amore, amour: Cupid, Eros, love amorous: affectionate, aphrodisiac, ardent, attached, erotic, lovirigKlustful, passionate, sexy, tender \ amorphous: formless, inchoate, irregular, nondescript, shapeless, undefined, vague amorphous mass: blob, glob amount: aggregate, bulk, chunk, comprise, cost, dosage, extent, lot, mass, measure, number, portion, price, quantity, store, sum, tab, total, unit, volume, whole amount absorbed: intake amount container lacks due to settling, leakage: ullage amount of increase: increment amount of medication: dose amount paid: ante amounting to: tantamount amour propre: egoism, narcissism, pride, vanity ampere unit: watt ampersand: &., and amphetamine: speed, upper amphibian: caecilian, caudate, frog, hyla, newt, proteus, rana, salamander, toad amphibian young: polliwog, tadpole amphibians and reptiles, study of: herpetology amphibole: edenite amphitheater: arena, auditorium, cavea, coliseum, grandstand, oval, stadium amphitheater or stadium passageway: vomitorium, vomitory amphora: jug, ornament, urn, vase amphora handle: ansa The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
ample: abundant, bountiful, broad, copious, extensive, full, galore, good, great, handsome, large, lavish, liberal, much, opulent, plentiful, plenty, rich, roomy, spacious, sufficient, vast, wide amplified: added amplify: augment, boost, dilate, expand, extend, increase, inflate, intensify, lengthen, pad, raise, swell, widen amply: richly ampoule: vial amputate: curtail, eliminate, excise, lop, remove, sever, truncate amputation: avulsion amputation pain or feeling where missing limb is: phantom limb amputation, surgical: ablation amulet: charm, fetish, luck, mojo, ornament, protection, saphie, talisman, token amuse: beguile, cheer, delight, distract, divert, engage, entertain, exhilarate, fascinate, gratify, interest, kill, please, tickle amuse greatly: slay amuse oneself: disport amuse with stories: regale amused: diverted, entertained amusement: disport, distraction, diversion, divertissement, fun, game, hobby, jest, lark, merriment, pastime, play, pleasure, recreation, relaxation, sport amusement center: penny arcade, shooting gallery amusement-park announcer of attractions: barker amusement park car driving game: bumper car amusement park elevated railway: roller coaster amusement park item: ride amusement park with theme: theme park amusement, for short: rec amusing: boffo, comical, delightful, droll, funny, humorous, laughable, ludicrous, merry, pleasant, priceless, ridiculous amusing person: card amusing story: anecdote amusing time: picnic anabasis: advance, expedition, headway, progress anachronism, early date: prochronism anachronism, late date: metachronism
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ANACONDA OR PYTHON - ANDEAN BEAST OF BURDEN
anaconda or python: boa anadem: chaplet, diadem, wreath anagogic: mystical, occult, symbolical anagram: cipher, game, logograph, puzzle anal swelling, itching: hemorrhoids, piles analgesic: anesthetic, anodyne, aspirin, codeine, opium, sedative, soother analgesic tincture: arnica analog of an allegory: apolog analogize: liken analogous: agreeing, akin, alike, allied, comparable, correlative, equivalent, kindred, like, related, resembling, similar analogy: comparison, congruence, metaphor, parallel, resemblance analysis: assay, audit, breakdown, brief, diagnosis, dissection, examination, finding, inquiry, reasoning, reduction, review, study, test analysis after the fact: postmortem analysis and attempted explanation of complex phenomena by comparison with simpler units: reductionism analysis of word or work: exegesis analysis opposite: synthesis analytical and detached: clinical analyze: assay, determine, dissect, evaluate, examine, inspect, parse, scrutinize, search, study, subdivide, weigh analyze a sentence: parse analyze in detail: anatomize, dissect analyzed grammatically: parsed analyzed ore: assayed anarchist: agitator, anti, insurgent, malcontent, mutineer, nihilist, radical, rvolter, revolutionary, terrorist anarchy: chaos, confusion, disorder, lawlessness, nihilism, nongovernment, rebellion, revolt, turmoil anathema: abhorrence, bane, censure, condemnation, curse, hate, imprecation, malediction, oath, pariah, phobia, taboo anatomic sac: bursa anatomical duct: vas anatomical passage: iter, ostia anatomical projection: lobe anatomical tissue: tela anatomy: analysis, biology, cytology, dissection, etiology, form, framework, histology, physiology, skeleton, structure, zoology ancestor: Adam, antecessor, ascendant, elder, Eve, forebear, forefather,
forerunner, patriarch, precursor, predecessor, primogenitor, procreator, progenitor, prototype, sire ancestor but in different lines, descended from same: collateral ancestor worship: manism ancestor, animal or plant species sharing features derived from common: clade ancestor, earliest known: primogenitor ancestors and family tree, study of: genealogy, lineage ancestors, derived from: hereditary ancestral: aval ancestral line: lineage, pedigree ancestral spirits in ancient Rome: Manes ancestry: antecedents, blood, derivation, descent, extraction, family, genealogy, heredity, heritage, lineage, line of descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, race, stock anchor: ballast, grapnel, hook, killick, sea anchor, sheet anchor anchor cable, hole in ship's bow for: hawse, hawsehold anchor hanging clear of the bottom: aweigh anchor or blight: stem anchor or towing rope or cable: hawser anchor place, available: anchorage anchor position: atrip anchor rope: rode anchor something, to: attach, bind, connect, dock, fix, moor, plant, rivet, tie anchor with three or more flukes for small vessel: grapnel anchor, light, for positioning: kedge anchor, lowest part: crown anchor, raise: trip, weigh anchor, sea: drogue anchor, small: killick anchorage: dock, harbor, haven, mooring, port, refuge, roadstead, slip, wharf anchored: moored anchovy: sardine anchovy and meat dish: salmagundi anchovy sauce: alec ancient: aged, age old, ancestral, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, classical, eld, elderly, historic, hoary, old, olden, pass, patriarchal, primeval, primitive, relic, senior, timeworn ancient and before Biblical flood: antediluvian ancient and gray-haired: hoary The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
ancient and outmoded: antediluvian, antiquated, obsolete, pass ancient and primitive: primeval, pristine ancient and stale: hoary, musty ancient artifact: antiquity, relic ancient bird: dodo ancient burial mound: tumulus ancient Celtic harp: rotte ancient chariot: essed ancient Dead Sea kingdom: Moab ancient drug of oblivion: nepenthe ancient Egyptian gateway: pylon ancient Egyptian rulers: pharaohs ancient Egyptian writing system: hieroglyphics ancient France: Gaul ancient galley: trireme ancient Greece or Rome, pertaining to: classical ancient Greek coin: obol ancient Greek jar: amphora ancient Greek marketplace: agora ancient harp: lyre ancient Hebrew: Lvite ancient inscriptions, study of: epigraphy ancient manuscript: codex ancient measure of 18 inches: cubit ancient Mesopotamian region: Sumer ancient Mesopotamian writing system: cuneiform ancient Persian governor: satrap ancient Peruvians: Incas ancient region of Asia Minor: Ionia ancient region of Babylonia: Sumer ancient region of Europe: Gaul ancient remains: ruin ancient road: iter ancient Roman church: basilica ancient Roman measure: pes ancient Roman official: edile ancient Roman portrait in wax: imago ancient ship: b ire me ancient time indicator: dial ancient times: antiquity, yore ancient, before historical records: immemorial, prehistoric ancillary: attendant, auxiliary, satellite, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary and: also, besides, connective, further, furthermore, including, moreover, plus and others: et al., et alii and sign (&): ampersand and so forth: etc. Andean beast of burden: llama
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ANDIRONS - ANGULAR
andirons: fire dogs Andorra monetary unit: centime, centimo, peseta android: automaton anecdotal collection: ana anecdote: ana, chestnut, episode, narrative, reminiscence, sketch, story, tale, yarn anemia fighter: iron anemia with lowered capacity for making red blood cells: aplastic anemia, pancytopenia anemic: bloodless, feeble, frail, lifeless, pale, watery, weak anemone: buttercup, flower, windflower anesthetic: analgesic, dope, drug, ether, general anesthetic, local anesthetic, morphine, narcotic, novocaine, opiate, palliative, sedative, spinal anesthetic gas: laughing gas, nitrous oxide anesthetic-induced state of semiconsciousness: twilight sleep anesthetic injected by spinal cord: epidural anesthetic, local: lidocaine, Novocain anesthetic, strong formerly used: chloroform, ether anew: afresh, again, de novo, fresh, lately, recently angel: cherub, darling, dear, guardian, lamb, messenger, saint, seraph, spirit; backer, sponsor angel appearance: visitation angel hair: pasta angel or cupid, chubby rosy-faced: amoretto, cherub, putto angel or incorporeal being: intelligence angel orders: angels, archangels, cherubim, dominations, dominions, powers, principalities, seraphim, thrones, virtues angel topper: halo angel, highest rank: seraph angelic: beautiful, celestial, cherubic, divine, heavenly, holy, innocent, pure, saintly, seraphic, sweet angels: cherubim anger: acrimony, aggravate, annoy, antagonize, bile, bridle, burning, choler, cross, dander, displeasure, enrage, exasperate, fury, gall, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, ire, irritate, mad, offend, outrage, provoke, rage, rancor, rankle, rile, ruffle, tantrum, temper, vex, vip, wrath
anger a little: irk, pique, rankle, vex anger and resentment: dudgeon, hackles, umbrage anger at injustice: indignation anger from being wronged, feeling of: grievance anger from disappointment, feeling of: chagrin anger to point of breach: alienate, antagonize, envenom, exacerbate anger, arouse: rankle anger, arousing quick: inflammatory anger, calming one's: allay anger, feeling or display of: acrimony, animosity, rancor anger, fit of: conniption, paroxysm, tantrum anger, ire: rile, rip anger, mild: asperity, irritability angered: irate, ired, riled, sore angered, easily: atrabilious, bilious, cantankerous, choleric, dyspeptic, fractious, inflammable, irascible, querulous, splenetic, volatile angle: aspect, bend, bevel, bias, bow, cast, dogleg, jockey, lean, phase, position, slant, standpoint, turn, twist, viewpoint angle added to another to measure 90 degrees: complement angle between lateral organ and stem that bears it: axil angle between lines or surfaces that is not ninety degrees: bevel, cant angle formed by junction of two members or parts: crotch angle formed by two intersecting planes: dihedral angle angle of leafstalk: axil angle of vision: slant angle or rate of inclination: gradient, slope angle, projecting: salient angled: trawled angler's basket: creel angler's gear: bait, creek, creel, rod and reel, rods angles in technical drawing, instrument for constructing: set square angles, instrument for measuring and constructing: protractor Anglo-Saxon person: atheling, esne, thane, thegn Anglo-Saxon serf: esne Anglo-Saxon tax: geld Anglo-Saxon thorn: edh angrily: hotly angry: annoyed, cross, exasperated, fuThe Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
rious, grim, heated, huffy, incensed, indignant, inflamed, irascible, irate, ired, ireful, livid, mad, outraged, perturbed, raging, resentful, riled, sore, upset angry argument: altercation angry behavior: bellicosity angry color: red angry criticism: invective, vituperation angry dispute: wrangle angry look: glare angry speech: diatribe, harangue, jeremiad, philippic, tirade angry stare: glower angry, moderately: disgruntled angry, sullen look: lower angry, unreasonably: petulant angry, very: apoplectic, incensed, in high dudgeon, livid anguish: ache, agony, despair, distress, dole, dolor, grief, heartbreak, misery, pain, pang, sorrow, torment, woe anguish, suffering: travail anguished: torn angular: abrupt, awkward, bony,
ANIMAL SPORTS
bronco busting bullfighting bull riding calf roping camel racing carriage driving cockfighting dog racing dogsled racing dressage equestrian sport falconry fishing greyhound racing harness racing horseback riding horse racing hunting pigeon racing point-to-point polo rodeo show jumping sled-dog racing steeplechasing steer wrestling three-day-event trotting vaulting W
ANGULAR DISTANCE FROM A FIXED REFERENCE, HORIZONTAL - ANNOY
ANIMAL TERMS
animal active at night: nocturnal animal active during the day: diurnal animal coat: fell, hair, hide, pelt, skin, wool animal coat band or ridge: cingulum animal disease that can be transmitted to humans: zoonosis animal doctor: veterinarian animal fat: lard, suet animal for heavy work: beast of burden, draft animal animal forms in art: zoomorphism animal in earliest stage of development: embryo animal life: fauna animal living with another species: inquiline animal missing its horns: pollard animal moving from one region to another: migrant animal naturalized in region: denizen animal pouch: marsupium, sac animal resembling plant: zoophyte animal science: ethology animal shell, as for turtle: carapace animal skin: pelt animal that lives by killing and eating victims: predator animal track: spoor animal without feet: apod animal worship: zoolatry animal/plant representative of new species: holotype animal/plant surviving earlier period: relict animals of a particular region or period: fauna crooked, gaunt, lanky, lean, pointed, rawboned, rough, scraggy, scrawny, sharp, skewed, thin angular distance from a fixed reference, horizontal: azimuth anima: psyche, soul, spirit animadversion: accusation, aspersion, blame, censure, criticism, faultfinding, flak, knock, observation, perception, slur animate: actuate, alive, arouse, energize, enhearten, enliven, ensoul, excite, exhilarate, inspire, invigorate, liven, perk, prompt, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, stir, vitalize, vivify animated: active, alive, brisk, dynamic, enliven, enthusiastic, glowing, happy, keen, live, lively, peppy, snappy, spirited, sprightly, vigorous, vivacious, vivid, zestful, zippy animation: action, glow, life, sparkle, vigor, zap, zing animation frame: eel animosity: anger, animus, antagonism, dislike, hate, hostility, malice, rancor, resentment animus: bile, hostility anise liqueur: pernod big, thick-skinned animal: pachyderm body of dead animal: carcass bred from two different species or varieties: hybrid collection of animals: menagerie, zoo concerning animals inhabiting land: terrestrial concerning animals inhabiting trees: arboreal concerning animals inhabiting water: aquatic, marine concerning treatment of animal diseases or injuries: veterinary enclosure for observation and research: vivarium enclosure: cage, pen, pig sty establishment of animal in new habitat: ecesis external parasites: epizoa harmful animal: vermin individual animal development: ontogeny mythical animal: centaur, dragon, griffin, hydra, loch ness, minotaur, phoenix, snark, sphinx, unicorn, yeti nose and jaws: muzzle, snout one-celled animal: amoeba, monad, protozoan preservation of an animal after death: taxidermy prevent female from reproducing: spay process of survival and adaptation: natural selection protective coloring: Batesian mimicry single-celled animal: protozoan study of animal behavior: ethology to cause to multiply or breed: propagate training to live among people: domestication warm-blooded and milk-fed animal: mammal 1! annotate: comment, define, explain, expound, footnote, gloss, illustrate, interpret, remark annotate between lines: interline announce: advertise, assert, blast, blazon, broadcast, declare, divulge, drum, foretell, herald, inform, introduce, post, present, proclaim, promulgate, publish, report, signify, sound, state, tell announce officially: declare, herald, proclaim, promulgate announce something secret: divulge announcement: blurb, briefing, bulletin, communiqu, declaration, decree, manifesto, message, notice, notification, proclamation announcement of new data: disclosure, revelation announcement, official: communiqu, proclamation announcer: anchorperson, broadcaster, emcee, newscaster annoy: aggravate, agitate, badger, bait, bother, bug, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, exasperate, faze; fret, gall, get, harry, heckle, ire, irk, irritate, molest, nag, nettle, offend, peeve, pester, pro-
ankle: astragalus, talus, tarsus ankle bone: talus ankle bumps on either side: malleolus ankle chains: fetters, manacles, shackles ankle covering over shoe: gaiter, spat anna: Indian coin annals: archives, chronicles, history, journal, publication, records annals entry: event anneal: fuse, harden, heat, strengthen, temper, toughen annelid: worm annex: acquire, add, affix, appropriate, arrogate, attach, connect, ell, extension, fasten, hook, join, procure, secure, seize, tag, unite, win, wing annihilate: crush, decimate, demolish, destroy, devour, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, kill, massacre, murder, negate, nullify, obliterate, rout, slay, squash annihilation of a people: genocide anniversary: celebration, commemoration, festival, recurrence anniversary, hundredth: centennial anniversary, thousandth: millenniary annoint: anele
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ANNOY OR TAUNT - ANTICIPATE voice, rile, tease, try, upset, vex annoy or taunt: heckle annoy or vex: irk annoyance: bother, disturbance, fly in the ointment, headache, inconvenience, irritant, nuisance, pest, tailtwister, thorn, worry annoyance, continuing: bugbear annoyed: bothered, irked, miffed, sore annoying: irksome, pesky, pestiferous, pestilential, pesty, vexatious annoying insect: gnat annoying person: gadfly annoying tap sound: drip annoying youngster: brat annoyingly slow: poky annual: anniversary, periodic, yearlong, yearly; flower, plant, weed annual baseball game: all-star annual golf classic: open annual payment of dividends, allowance, or income: annuity annual publication of reference data: almanac annul: abolish, abrogate, annihilate, blank, cancel, countermand, disaffirm, dissolve, erase, invalidate, negate, nullify, recall, repeal, rescind, undo, void annular coral island: atoll anodyne: anesthetic, narcotic, painkiller, sedative, soother, tranquilizer anoint: anele, bless, consecrate, crown, grease, rub, sanctify anoint in olden times: anele anointing in ritual: unction anointing liquid: oil anointing oil and balsam mixture: chrism anomalous: aberrant, abnormal, bizarre, deviant, eccentric, incongruous, peculiar, rare, strange, unusual anon: afterward, again, directly, ere long, immediately, later, presently, shortly, soon, then, tomorrow anonymous: incognito, nameless, secret, unidentified, unknown, unnamed, unsigned anonymous author for named author: ghostwriter anorak: parka anorexia, self-induced vomiting related to: binge-purge syndrome, bulimarexia, bulimia, bulimia nervosa another: added, additional, different, extra, fresh, further, more, second anpery: damask anserine bird: goose answer: acknowledge, argue, defense, fulfill, meet, plea, react, refute, reply, respond, response, retort, return, satisfy, say, serve, solution, suit, wisecrack answer in kind: retaliate answer in one syllable: monosyllable answer or response: antiphon, replication answer or retort: rejoinder, repartee, riposte answer sharply: retort answer, deliberately vague in: evasive answer, witty, that occurs to one when it is too late: esprit d'escalier answerable: accountable, amenable, chargeable, obliged, subject answered: rejoined answering objection or argument before it has been put forth: prolepsis ant: amazon, atta, carpenter, driver, emmet, pismire, soldier, termite ant adjective form: formic ant-eating: myrmecophagous ant genus: eciton ant male: ergataner ant mound: hill ant nest: colony, drone, formicary, mound ant queen: kelep, ponerine antaean: huge Antaeus father: Poseidon Antaeus mother: Gaea antagonism: animus, antipathy, competition, conflict, contention, dislike, friction, hatred, hostility, opposition, rancor, rivalry antagonist: adversary, attacker, battler, competitor, enemy, foe, match, opponent, rival antagonist, threatening: nemesis antagonistic: bitter, clashing, contrary, counter, dissonant, hostile, opposed, unfriendly antagonistic and hostile: inimical antagonistic reaction: backlash antagonize: oppose, set at odds ante: pay, pot, price, stake, wager anteater of Asia, Africa: pangolin antebellum: prewar antecedent: ancestor, blood, cause, earlier, foregoing, forerunner, former, line, past, precursor, predecessor, previous, prior, reason anted up: paid antedate: antecede, anticipate, backdate, precede antediluvian: ancient, antiquated, archaic, obsolete, old, timeworn antelope: agacella, blesbok, bongo, bushbuck, chamois, cnu, defassa, eland, gazelle, gnu, goa, grimme, hartebeest, impala, koba, lelwel, nagor, oribi, oryx, puku, reedbuck, springbok, takin, topi, tora, waterbuck antelope, four-horned: chikara, chousingha antelope, relative of the goral: elands, gnus, serow, serow antelopes antenna: aerial, feeler, palp, receiver, wire anterior: antecedent, atlantal, before, earlier, foregoing, former, forward, front, preceding, previous, prior anterior forearm bones: radii anthem: antiphony, chant, choral, melody, motet, music, psalm, responsory, song anthill or ant farm: formicary anthill, termite nest: termitarium anthology: album, analect, book, choice, collection, compilation, excerpts, garland, miscellany, selection, treasury anthology of literary extracts: chrestomathy anthology of one author's works: omnibus anthology of scholarly writings for occasion: festschrift anthology of various writings: collectanea, miscellany anthracite: coal anthropoid: ape, chimpanzee, gibbon, gorilla, humanoid, monkey, orang, orangutan, primate anti: adversary, against, antagonist, foe, opposed anti-flood embankment: levee anti-government: anarchic anti-guerrilla government action: counterinsurgency anti-intellectual: obscurant, philistine anti-smoking view: misocapnia antibody: lys in antibody carrier: serum antibody destruction of bacteria: lysis antic: comic, dido, droll, escapades, gambado, jape, joke, lark, ludicrous, playful, prank, romp, shenanigan, stunt anticipate: assume, augur, await, counter, expect, figure, forecast, fore-
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ANTICIPATE AND MAKE UNNECESSARY - A P E X
see, forestall, foretaste, hope, obviate, outguess, precipitate, predict, prepare, see anticipate and make unnecessary: obviate, preempt anticipate before something starts: prolepsis anticipation: augury, expectation, foresight, inkling, intuition, presentiment, readiness anticipatory: prevenient anticlimax: bathos anticommunist movement of 1950s U.S.: McCarthyism antidotal: alexipharmic antidote: antitoxin, antivenin, corrective, negator, neutralizer, preventive, remedy antidote to poison: mithridate antidote to poison from blood of immunized animal: serum antiestablishment: iconoclastic antifeminists: misogynists antifreeze chemical: ethylene glycol antipasto garnish: olive antipathy: abhorrence, allergy, animosity, antagonism, aversion, disgust, dislike, hatred, hostility, loathing, odium, rancor antipodal: contrary, counter, diametric, opposed, opposite antipodean avifauna type: emu antiquated: aged, ancient, antediluvian, archaic, dated, elderly, hoary, old, outdated, outmoded, outworn, pass, primitive antique: aged, artifact, classic, curio, heirloom, museum piece, old, relic, timeworn, venerable, vestige, vintage, virtu antique store offering: curio antiques expert: antiquary antiques, knowledge of or taste for: virtu antiques, pertaining to: antiquarian antiquing material: ager antiquity: eld, oldness antiseptic: alcohol, disinfectant, germicide, hygienic, iodine, iodol, peroxide, phenol, pure, purifying, sterile antisocial: alienated, anarchistic, hostile, introverted, misanthropic, rebellious, reclusive, solitary antisocial person: cacogen antisocial personality disorder, person with: psychopath, sociopath antithesis: antipode, contrast, opposite, reversal
antitoxin: antibiotic, antidote, serum, vaccine antler: deerhorn, horn, knob, point, rack, spike antler branch: prong, tine antler section: brow, crown, royal, snag, trestine antler, falling off like an: deciduous antler, flattened part of: palm antlike wood-eating insect: termite ants forcing ants of other group to do their work: helotism ants, study of: myrmecology ants, swarming like: formicate anus-controlling muscle: sphincter anus, area between genitals and: perineum anus, surgical creation of: colostomy anvil: bickern, converter, forge, includes, smithy, stithy anxiety: anger, angst, anguish, apprehension, butterflies, chagrin, concern, disquiet, disquietude, doubt, dread, fear, foreboding, fuss, jitters, misgiving, panic, suspense, worry anxiety about health, overactive: hypochondria anxiety and agitation: dither anxiety, persistently causing: niggling anxiety, sense of evil: foreboding, premonition anxiety, serving to reduce: anxiolytic anxious: antsy, apprehensive, ardent, atip, concerned, distraught, disturbed, eager, expectant, fearful, fraught, hyper, impatient, keen, overwrought, perturbed, restless, solicitous, uneasy, uptight, watchful, yearning anxious, in suspense: on tenterhooks any: each, either, every, much, part, quantity, some, whatever any which way: willy-nilly anybody: everyone, masses, someone anyhow: even so anyplace: wherever anything of value: asset anything that can go wrong will go wrong: Murphy's Law anyway: anyhow, nevertheless, random, regardless aorta: artery apace: posthaste, quickly, rapidly, speedily, swiftly apart: alone, aside, asunder, detached, dissociated, distinct, divorced, enisled, freely, individually, isolated, reserved, secluded, separate, separately, split
apart and in pieces: piecemeal apart from others: alone apart or into pieces: asunder apartment: abode, building, co-op, digs, dwelling, flat, pad, penthouse, rental, rooms, suite, tenement, unit apartment building or apartment owned and operated by tenants: co-op, cooperative apartment dweller: renter apartment for occasional use: pied-aterre apartment house with separately owned units: condominium apartment on three floors: triplex apartment on top floor of larger building: penthouse apartment on two floors: duplex apartment with rooms in straight line: railroad apartment, railroad flat apartment with tenant as owner of unit and joint owner of common elements: condo, condominium apartment, one-room furnished: bedsitter apartment, one-room with kitchenette, bathroom: efficiency apartment, part-time or temporary: pied--terre apathetic: blah, blase, cold, dull, flat, impassive, indifferent, inert, limp, listless, passive, phlegmatic, sluggish, stoic, unemotional, unfeeling, uninterested, unmoved apathy: coolness, detachment, disregard, doldrums, heedlessness, impassivity, languor, lassitude, lethargy, phlegm, torpor, unconcern ape: baboon, chimpanzee, gelada, gibbon, gorilla, orangutan, pongidae, simian; copy, emulate, imitate, impersonate, mime, mimic, mirror, parrot ape, chimpanzee, or gorilla: troglodyte ape, monkey, or human, pertaining to: primate ape, pertaining to: pongid, simian apelike and manlike: hominid aperu: conspectus, glance, insight, outline, sketch, syllabus aperitif: antipasto, appetizer, cocktail, drink aperture: chasm, cleft, crack, fissure, gap, hole, leak, opening, orifice, outlet, perforation, puncture, slit, slot, vent, window apes, group of: shrewdness, troop apex: acme, climax, crest, crown, cul-
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APHID EATER - APPENDAGE
mination, cusp, max, meridian, peak, pinnacle, point, quintessence, summit, tip, top, tops, vertex, zenith aphid eater: earwig aphorism: adage, apothegm, axiom, dictum, epigram, moral, motto, precept, proverb, saw, saying, slogan aphoristic: gnomic aphrodisiac made from beetles: cantharides, Spanish fly apian abode: hive apian matriarch: queen apiary: beehive, beehouse, hive apiary sound: hum apiece: each, individually, per, respectively, severally, singly apish: affected, emulative, slavish aplomb: assurance, balance, confidence, coolness, equanimity, nerve, nonchalance, poise, surety, tact apocalyptic: fateful, ominous, oracular, predictive, prophetic, revealing apocopate: elide apocryphal: counterfeit, disputed, doubtful, dubious, fabricated, false, fictitious, sham, unauthentic, unreal, untrue apodal fish: eel apogee: acme, apex, climax, crest, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith apologetic: atoning, contrite, deprecatory, expiatory, penitent, regretful, remorseful, supplicating, vindicatory apologetic person: Milquetoast apologue: allegory, fable, legend, parable, story apology: amends, atonement, excuse, explanation, penitence, regret, remorse, vindication apostate: deserter, disloyal, dissident, faithless, heretic, renegade, traitor, turncoat apostatize: secede apostle: Bartholomew, companion, disciple, evangelist, follower, James, Judas, Jude, Matthew, Matthias, messenger, Paul, Peter, Philip, pioneer, preacher, Silas, Simon, teacher, Thomas, witness apothecary: dispenser, druggist, gallipot, pharmacist apothecary unit: dram apothegm: adage, aphorism, axiom, dictum, maxim, moral, proverb, saying, truism apotheosis: ideal apotheosize: adore
appall: astound, daunt, disgust, dismay, faze, frighten, horrify, insult, repel, revolt, shock, stun, terrify appalling: alarming, awful, dire, dreadful, fearful, frightful, gross, outraged, shocking, terrible appanage: adjunct, endowment, perquisite, prerogative, privilege, right apparatus: appliance, contraption, device, doohickey, equipment, gadget, gear, gizmo, material, network, outfit, setup, tool, trappings, utensil apparatus, self-running: automaton apparel: adorn, attire, clothes, clothing, costume, dress, duds, embellish, furnishings, garb, garment, habit, robe, robes, suit, togs, vesture, wardrobe, wear apparent: blatant, clear, discernible, distinct, evident, glaring, likely, manifest, noticeable, obvious, ostensible, overt, patent, plain, probable, supposed, unequivocal apparent and obvious: manifest apparent but not real: superficial apparent meaning: purport apparently: reputedly apparently but not really: quasi apparently true but not really: specious apparition: appearance, bogeyman, bogie, delusion, eidolon, fantasy, ghost, haunt, hobgoblin, illusion, phantom, phenomenon, revenant, shadow, spirit, spook, wraith apparition of live person: wraith apparition or ghost: specter apparition series: phantasmagoria appeal: address, allure, approach, attraction, beauty, beg, beseech, bid, call, entice, implore, plea, plead, propose, request, seek, solicit, summon, supplicate appeal for: invoke, solicit appeal for help: SOS appeal for urgently: adjure, beseech, entreat, exhort, implore, supplicate appeal through mystery: mystique appeal, earnest: cri de coeur appeal, fascinating: allure, charisma appealing: agreeable, attractive, cute, emanate, engaging, entrancing, lovable, nice, pleading, present, tempting appealing to emotions: ad hominem, affective appealing to greed: ad crumenam appealing to prejudice: ad hominem appealing to sentiment: ad populum
appeals court decision, person who: appellant appear: arise, arrive, bob up, emerge, enter, issue, loom, materialize, occur, seem, show one's face appear and materialize: manifest appear between two things: intervene appear ominously: loom appear to do, falsely: purport appearance: advent, arrival, aspect, attitude, countenance, debut, demeanor, disclosure, display, facade, front, guise, illusion, look, manner, mien, physiognomy, semblance, shape, show, sight, state, view appearance changed by age, behavior, use: patina appearance-improving: cosmetic appearance of something else, adopt: mimic, simulate appearance of truth or reality: verisimilitude appearance or aspect: mien, visage appearance, character revealed by: physiognomy appearance, deceptive: faade, gloss, veneer appearance, demeanor: mien appearance, description of a person's: prosopography appearance, false: guise appearance, outward: guise, semblance appearance, spoiled in: deformed, disfigured, misshapen appearance, true: verisimilitude appeared: arose, came, emerged, looked, seemed appearing correct: specious appease: allay, assuage, conciliate, diminish, ease, gratify, mitigate, mollify, pacify, placate, please, quell, quiet, satisfy, slake, soften, solace, subdue, tranquilize appease and pacify: placate appease and receive goodwill: propitiate appease with lies: fob off appellation: cognomen, designation, epithet, handle, label, moniker, name, nickname, title append: add, add on, annex, attach, clip, fasten, fix, hang, join, subjoin appendage: accessory, addition, adjunct, antenna, ear, extension, extra, extremity, leg, limb, member, offshoot, parasite, rider, suffix, supplement, tab, tag, tail, wing
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APPENDIX - A P P O I N T OR ELECT NEW MEMBER TO GROUP
appendix: addendum, addition, epilogue, organ, postscript, rider, supplement, table appendix removal by surgery: appendectomy appendix to will: codicil appertain: apply, belong, concern, pertain, refer, relate, vest appetite: craving, desire, gluttony, gusto, hankering, hunger, liking, longing, lust, passion, penchant, propensity, taste, tendency, urge, wanting, zest appetite for living: zest appetite for nonfood substances: pica appetite impossible to satisfy: insatiable appetite-stimulating drink: aperitif appetite whetter: aroma appetite, having a large: ravenous, voracious appetite, increase: whet appetite, indulge the: sate, satiate appetite, voracious: edacity appetizer: antipasto, canap, cocktail, delicacy, hors d'oeuvre, munchies, sample, savory, snack, teaser, tidbit appetizer consisting of meats, cheese, fish, vegetables: antipasto appetizer of oysters wrapped in bacon on toast: angels on horseback appetizer, bread or cracker and spread: canap appetizer, Italian: antipasto appetizer, raw vegetable: crudits appetizing: savory, succulent, toothsome
appetizing but out of reach: tantalizing appetizing treat: bonne bouche applaud: acclaim, approve, boost, cheer, clap, compliment, encourage, endorse, extol, hail, kudo, plug, praise, root applause: accolades, bravos, cheers, clapping, hand, hurrahs, kudos, ovation, plaudits, praise applause or praise: acclaim, accolade applause, group hired to offer: claque applause, long and enthusiastic: ovation applause, reappearance of cast to acknowledge: curtain call apple acid: malic apple beverage: applejack, calvados, cider, juice apple center: core apple dessert: crisp, strudel apple growth retardant: alar apple of one's eye: darling, favorite, pet, pupil apple or fruit with several seed chambers and flesh: pome apple-pie maker: mom apple-pitter: corer apple pulp after pressing: pomace apple salad with celery, walnuts, raisins, in mayonnaise: Waldorf salad apple seed: pip apple, unripe: codling applesauce: baloney, bunk, fudge, hogwash, hokum, hooey, malarkey, nonsense, poppycock, pulp, rubbish appliance: apparatus, device, fixture, gadget, instrument, tool, utensil
applicable: apposite, befitting, fit, fitting, germane, kosher, meet, pertinent, proper, relative, suitable, useful applicable and pertinent: relevant applicant: appellant, aspirant, candidate, prospect, suitor applicant's preparation: resume application: appeal, blank, claim, debate, diligence, effort, employment, form, industry, operation, petition, play, relevance, study, usage, use application of branch of learning, practical: praxis apply: address, administer, allude, appeal, bend, bestow, commit, conform, cover, direct, employ, exercise, exert, fit, impose, overlay, persevere, pertain, petition, relate, rub, solicit, suit, superimpose, use, utilize apply an ax: hew apply badly: misuse apply bandages: dress apply for formally: petition, solicit apply force: exert apply oneself: knuckle down apply plaster: ceil apply unction: anele appoint: allot, arrange, assign, authorize, choose, commission, confirm, decree, delegate, designate, direct, elect, equip, furnish, inset, name, ordain, outfit, select, set, tap appoint as one's representative: commission, delegate, depute appoint or elect new member to group: co-opt
APPLES
Anna Arctic Arkansas Black Bailey Sweet Baldwin Belmont Ben Davis Blue Permain Braeburn Bramley Buckingham Collins Cortland Cox's Orange Pippin Criterion Delicious Doctor Dorset Golden Earliblaze Early Harvest Ein Shemer Empire English Sweet Freedom Gala Gideon Golden Delicious Golden Harvest Granny Smith Gravenstein Green Sweet Grimes Golden Hubbardston Idared Ingram Jersey Black Jerseymac Jonared Jonathan Lady Sweet Liberty Lodi Longfield Macoun Mcintosh McMahon Missouri Monroe Mutsu Newton Pippin Northern Spy Oldenburg Ortley Permain Pippin Porter Prima Priscilla Rambo Red Delicious Red Rome Redfree Rhode Island Greening Roman Stem Rome Rome Beauty Roxbury Russet Russet Saint Lawrence Sir Prize Snowapple Spartan Starkrimson Starr Stayman Twenty Ounce Tydeman's Red Virginia Beauty Wealthy Williams Winesap Winter Banana Yellow Transparent York Imperials
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APPOINT TO OR RECOMMEND FOR OFFICE - A R B I T R A R Y
appoint to or recommend for office: name, nominate appoint to position or to perform task: constitute, designate appointment: assignment, berth, date, engagement, job, meeting, office, position, post, rendezvous, station, tryst; nomination, nominee appointment and meeting place: rendezvous appointment book: calendar appointment for a specific time: date appointment, secret lovers': tryst apportion: allocate, allot, assess, assign, award, consign, deal, distribute, lot, mete, partition, prorate, quota, ration, share, split apportion differently: reallocate apportioned: dealt apportionment: allotment, allowance, dividend, division, measure, part, share apposite: germane, pertinent, relevant, suitable, timely appraise: adjudicate, analyze, assess, check, estimate, evaluate, gauge, inspect, judge, rate, survey, value appreciable: apparent, definite, discernible, evident, large, noticeable, obvious, tangible appreciate: admire, adore, enjoy, esteem, gain, increase, judge, like, love, prize, realize, recognize, respect, treasure, understand, value, welcome appreciation: admiration, enjoyment, gratitude, growth, recognition, testimonial, thanks, tribute appreciation for fine art: virtuosity appreciative: grateful apprehend: anticipate, arrest, bust, capture, catch, collar, comprehend, detain, fathom, foresee, get, know, nab, nail, perceive, recognize, see, seize, take, view apprehending: sensate apprehension: alarm, anticipation, anxiety, arrest, concern, dismay, distrust, doubt, dread, idea, intellection, misgiving, mistrust, suspicion, taking, trepidation, uneasiness, worry apprehension and doubt: misgiving apprehension and dread: angst apprehensive: afraid, anxious, conscious, fearful, jumpy, misgiving, morbid, nervous, stiff, suspicious, uneasy
apprentice: amateur, intern, learner, neophyte, novitiate, novice, pupil, rookie, student, tenderfoot, trainee apprenticed: articled apprise: acquaint, advise, disclose, enlighten, inform, notify, tell, value* warn apprised of: in on approach: access, address, adit, advance, approximate, avenue, come, feel, gate, impend, landing, loom, near, onset, overture, passage, procedure, reach, start, way approach a point from different directions: converge approach aggressively to speak to: accost approach boldly: waltz up to approach evasively: lead up to approach involving trial and error, selflearning: heuristic approach or bring up a problem: broach approach or come close to: approximate approach or proposal: overture approach prey stealthily: stalk approach slowly in trespass: encroach approach, means of: access approbation: admiration, applause, blessing, compliment, esteem, favor, praise, regard, respect, support appropriate: applicable, apt, convenient, deserved, due, fit, fitting, germane, meet, pertinent, proper, related, relevant, suitable, timely, worthy appropriate and applicable: relevant appropriate beforehand: preempt appropriate for purpose or time: felicitous, opportune, seemly appropriate ideas: plagiarize appropriate, to: annex, borrow, claim, confiscate, co-opt, earmark, embezzle, grab, pilfer, pirate, pocket, preempt, purloin, reserve, take, use, usurp appropriation: allotment, allowance, budgeting, seizure, stipend, subsidy, takeover approval: approbation, assent, blessing, consent, favor, liking, okay, permission, sanction, seal, support approval and praise: approbation, commendation, kudos, plaudits approval, official, of artistic work: nihil obstat approve: accept, accredit, admire, adopt, agree, allow, applaud, authorize, back, compliment, consent, en-
dorse, favor, handle, initial, like, okay, pass, ratify, sanction, sign, uphold, validate approve and support: countenance approve formally: endorse, ratify, sanction, validate approve of belief: subscribe approximate: about, almost, approach, close, estimate, guess, near, reach, resemble, similar, surmised approximated abbr.: est. approximately: about, almost, around, bordering, circa, generally, nearly, or so, practically, relatively, roughly, virtually approximately 18 inches: cubit approximation: ballpark figure appurtenance: accessory, addition, annex, apparatus, appendage, appendix, attachment, component apron: airstrip, cover, pinafore, protection, shield, smock, stagefront, tier apropos: about, appropriate, apt, concerning, correct, fit, fitting, meet, proper, relevant, seemly, suitable, timely apropos of: aline, in re apse: chevet apt: able, adept, alert, appropriate, apropos, astute, capable, competent, disposed, fitting, gifted, inclined, keen, likely, pat, pertinent, proficient, prone, quick, ready, savvy, skillful, talented, tendency aptitude: ability, capacity, disposition, flair, genius, gift, inclination, knack, leaning, propensity, talent aquainted, familiar with subject: conversant aquarium: fishbowl, pool, tank aquarium sediment in tank bottom: mulm aquatic grass: reed aqueduct: canal, channel, conductor, conduit, passage, pipeline, watercourse, waterworks arable: cultivable, farmable, plowable, tillable arachnid: harvestman, mite, scorpion, spider, tarantula, tick arachnid's creation: web Aran coal: peat arbiter: judge, maven, middleperson, moderator, referee, umpire arbitrary: absolute, autocratic, bossy, capricious, chance, erratic, high-
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ARBITRARY DECREE - AREA
ARABIAN TERMS
Arab chieftain: emir Arab garment: aba, burnoose Arab headdress band: agal Arab marketplace: suk Arab provincial governor: vali Arab quarter of Algiers: Casbah Arab sailing vessel: zebec Arabian arroyo: wadi Arabian confection: marzipan Arabian drink: boza Arabian gazelle: ariel Arabian kettledrum: atabal Arabic diacritical mark like apostrophe: hamza Arabic name for the supreme being: Allah handed, imperious, irrational, offhand, random, tyrannical, unreasonable, willful arbitrary decree: ukase arbitrate: decide, determine, intercede, mediate, negotiate, settle, smooth arbitrator: conciliator, mediator, moderator, referee, umpire arbor: axle, beam, bower, gazebo, pavilion, pergola, retreat, spindle, summerhouse arbor bower: pergola arbor with latticework roof: pergola arbor, in Spain: ramada arboreal marsupial: koala arc: arch, azimuth, bend, bow, curve, half-moon, halo, orbit, rainbow arc, ninety-degree: quadrant arcade: colonnade, gallery, passageway, skywalk arcade open on one side: loggia Arcadia: Eden, paradise, Utopia, Zion arcane: cabalistic, enigmatic, esoteric, mystic, occult, secret arch: bend, bow, bridge, curve, hump, ogee, ogive, span arch and lintel, recessed space between: tympanum arch essential: keystone arch or arbor, latticework: trellis arch rib: ogive arch that curves in reverse before the point: ogee arch arch, narrow and pointed: lancet arch archaeological excavation: dig archaeological find: ruins archaeological mound: barrow archaeological research location: site
archaeological tool: trowel archaic: ancient, antiquated, antique, dated, historic, obsolete, old, outmoded, pass, venerable archaic age: eld archaic cave: antre archaic cows: kine archaic miss: spinster archaic rascal: varlet archangel: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel archbishop, relating to: archipiscopal archdeacon, relating to: archidiaconal arched building or part of building: arcade arched handle: bail arched like bow: arcuate arched structure or covering: vault arched structure or fold, as brain, cave etc.: fornix arched surface of airfoil, road, ski, ship deck: camber archer: bowman, toxophilite archer's wood: yew archery contest: main archery target center: bull's-eye, clout archetype: example, exemplar, idea, ideal, model, original, paradigm, pattern, prototype archfiend: Satan archipelago member: isle architect: artist, author, builder, creator, designer, draftsperson, engineer, founder, innovator, planner archival unit: annal archive: chronicle, document, library, museum, papers, record, registry, scrolls, writings arcing throw: lob arctic: bitter, boreal, chilly, cold, cool, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, hyperborean, icy, nippy, polar Arctic abode: igloo Arctic fish: char arctic gear: snowshoe Arctic group: Inuits arctic gull: xema Arctic phenomenon: ice cap arctic region between ice cap and treeline: tundra arctic transportation: reindeer, sled arctic, frigid: hyperborean ardent: ablaze, avid, devoted, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, feeling, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, fond, impetuous, intense, keen, passionate, shining, spirited, steadfast, torrid, vehement, warm, zealous The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
ARCHITECTURAL TERMS
architectural drawing: rendu architectural order, Greek fluted colums, simple capitals: Doric architectural order, Greek ornate, bellshaped capitals: Corinthian architectural order, Greek scrolled capitals: Ionic architectural style: Adam, Doric, Ionic, Romanesque, Tudor architectural views: cross sections architecture: building, constitution, design, framework, planning architecture and design, science of: architectonics band: fascia block on which column/statue stands: plinth block that projects: dentil border: orle column: anta curve: groin dovetails: tenons fillet: orle, reglet gable: pediment harmony: eurhythmy leaf: acanthus moldings: ogees, tori person skilled at architectural drawing: draftsman, draftsperson pier: anta relating to architecture: tectonic relating to architecture style of region, culture, period: vernacular rooflike fronting or gable: pediment W ardent admirers: fans ardent and fervid: perfervid ardent and impetuous: vehement ardent and passionate: torrid ardor: animation, desire, devotion, lan, enthusiasm, feeling, fire, glow, gusto, heat, intensity, keenness, love, oomph, passion, spirit, verve, vivacity, zeal, zest ardor, intense: fervor arduous: backbreaking, difficult, exacting, exhausting, laborious, lofty, murder, steep, strenuous, tight, tiring, tough, trying, uphill arduous journey: trek arduous work: toil area: bailiwick, block, city, county, district, expanse, extent, field, locale, neighborhood, parcel, province,
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AREA CONTROLLED BY SOMEONE - ARGUMENT OR INVESTIGATION
ARCHITECTURAL STYLES
academic American colonial American Georgian Anglo-Saxon Art Deco Art Moderne Art Nouveau baroque Bauhaus Beaux Arts brutalism Byzantine Carolingian Chicago School Chinese churrigueresque classical Classical Revival colonial Colonial Revival Decorated Style early American early Christian early English early Gothic early Renaissance earthwork ecological Edwardian Style Egyptian Elizabethan Empire Style English English Georgian English Renaissance Federal Style flamboyant style French French Colonial Style French Renaissance functionalism Georgian German German Renaissance Gothic Greco-Roman Greek Greek Revival high Renaissance hi-tech Incan Indian International Style Islamic Italian Italian Gothic Jacobean Style Japanese Jesuit kinetic Louis Quatorze Style Louis Quinze Mannerism Mayan Medieval Mesopotamian Minoan Modernism Moorish Mudejar Style neoclassical neo-Gothic new brutalism Norman Palladianism Perpendicular Persian postmodernism Queen Anne Style Regency Renaissance rococo Roman Romanesque Romanesque Revival Romantic Spanish transitional Tudor Utopian Victorian Victorian Gothic W
range, realm, region, scene, section, sector, size, space, state, territory, township, tract, turf, vicinity, zone area controlled by someone: bailiwick, domain, dominion, fiefdom, parish, realm area drained by river, body of water: catchment area east of the nave: chancel area enclosed in a larger area: enclave area of activity: arena area of authority or competency: bailiwick area of competition: arena area of influence: sphere area of land: acreage, demesne, expanse, tract area served by school, hospital, etc.: catchment area area unclaimed and indefinite: noman's-land area unit: acre area where event occurred: locale area without trees: clearing arena: amphitheater, battlefield, bowl, coliseum, court, field, gridiron, hippodrome, oval, province, ring, rink, sphere, square, stade, stadium, stage arena bull: toro arena cheer: ol arena combatant of ancient Rome: gladiator arena for circus, horse shows: hippodrome arena for jousting: list
arena for sports, spectacles: amphitheater areola: halo, stoma arte: crag, crest, ridge argent: shining, silver, silvery, white argot: cant, dialect, idiom, jargon, ling, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular arguable: disputable arguable, subject to debate: moot argue: battle, bicker, claim, clash, conflict, contend, contest, cross, debate, disagree, discuss, dispute, expostulate, hassle, induce, maintain, moot, persuade, plead, quarrel, quibble, reason, remonstrate, spar argue a case: plead argue against: rebut argue against and disprove: rebut, refute argue and deny: controvert, gainsay, oppugn, repudiate argue and quarrel: bicker argue and reason against: expostulate, remonstrate argue back: counter, retort argue earnestly: contend argue earnestly about bad plan: expostulate argue in court: plead argue needlessly: cavil, quibble, split hairs argue noisily: wrangle argue price: haggle argue with: reason arguer about trivia: stickler The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
arguer for the sake of argument: devil's advocate arguer over small details: stickler arguing and proving irrelevant: ignoratio elenchi arguing with new evidence or on minor point: special pleading argument: altercation, beef, brawl, case, combat, controversy, debate, defense, difference, discourse, fight, flap, fuss, hassle, plea, plot, polemic, quarrel, reason, rhubarb, run-in, scene, spat, squabble, statement, stew, summary, tiff, words argument emphasizing single aspect of issue: special pleading argument fine point: quodlibet argument from general to particular, relating to: a priori, analytical, deductive argument from particular to general, relating to: a posteriori, empirical, inductive, pedagogical argument is based, proposition upon which an: premise argument of philosophical or theological issue: quodlibet argument of work, indicated in title: lemma argument on facts, to base an: predicate argument or debate rhet.: agon, tune argument or investigation, something said to be true for the purpose of: hypothesis, working hypothesis
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ARGUMENT OVER DOCTRINE, P R I N C I P L E - AROMATIC CASE
ARMOR TERMS
arm covering: rerebrace, vambrace armor: bulwark, covering, defense, guard, mail, plate, protection, sheath, shield, tace armor and full equipment of warrior: panoply armor for horse's head: chamfron armor for horse's neck: crinet, serene, tasse armor piece: tace bearer of armor for knight: armiger, squire chain mail garment: hauberk chest armor: breastplate, cuirass foot armor: poulaine garment worn over armor and bearing coat of arms: tabard helmet: armet, beaver, brow reinforce, crest, gorget, nose, skull, ventail, visor hinged piece on helmet: beaver hook-and-loop clasp: agraffe leg armor: greave, poleyn padded tunic worn under armor: gipon, jupon waist armor: tasset, tunic W
argument over doctrine, principle: polemic argument that is illogical, spurious, or complicated: casuistry, choplogic, sophistry argument that is series of incomplete syllogisms: sorites argument with implied premise or conclusion: enthymeme argument, able to withstand powerful: incontrovertible, irrefutable, unassailable argument, acknowledgment of a good: touch argument, convincing as in: cogent, compelling, incisive, trenchant argument, disprove or weaken an: invalidate, nullify, vitiate, void argument, false or illogical: paralogism argument, formal: debate argument, heated: altercation, confrontation, contretemps argument, intended to trap as in: insidious argument, involved in an: embroiled argument, irrefutable as an: ironclad, watertight argument, maintainable in: tenable argument, noisy: ruction argument, proposition maintained by: thesis argument, relating to: eristic argument, to cite as example or proof in: adduce argument, to put forward for the sake of: posit, postulate argumentation: forensics argumentative: agonistic, belligerent, contrary, disputatious, eristic, indicative, rhetorical, scrappy, shrill, testy, touchy arguments to arrive at truth, use of logical: dialectic
arguments, someone who likes to start: breedbate argus-eyed: alert argyles: socks aria: excerpt, melody, solo, song, tune aria, for one: solo arid: bald, bare, barren, boring, desiccated, dry, dull, dusty, flat, jejune, lean, lifeless, moistureless, parched, sere, spiritless, sterile, waterless, withered arid land: desert arietta: song, tune arise: accrue, appear, ascend, awake, begin, come up, derive, develop, emanate, emerge, happen, lift, mount, originate, proceed, raise, soar, spring, stand, stem, surge aristocracy: gentry aristocrat: blueblood, gentleperson, noble, nobleman, patrician, peer, ritzy arithmetic procedure to solve problem in finite number of steps: algorithm arithmetic result: quotient, sum, total arithmetic skills, to have: numeracy arithmetic, to solve problems in: calculate, cipher arm: bough, branch, extension, hook, inlet, instrument, limb, projection, spur, wing arm bone: humerus, radius, ulna arm (elbow to fingertip), ancient measure of length based on: cubit arm from shoulder to elbow: brachium arm in arm, walk: oxter arm joint: elbow, wrist arm long bone: humerus arm muscle: biceps, triceps arm or wing, relating to: brachial arm, to: enable, equip, fortify, furnish, pack, power, prepare, protect, strengthen, support; weapon
armada: fleet, flotilla, force, squadron, warships armadillo: apar, apara, mulita, pangolin, peludo, pichiciago, poyou, quirquincho, tatou, tatouay, tatu armament: defense, heat, munitions, ordnance, safeguard, security, shield, weapons armamentarium: apparatus, armory, arsenal, collection, equipment, store armband: armlet, brassard, brassaro, crape, crepe armchair back covering: antimacassar armchair strategists: retired generals armchair, upholstered: fauteuil armed attack: sortie armed band: posse armed conflict: war armed forces: ranks armistice: cessation, truce armlike extension on squid, octopus, etc.: tentacle armlike wing or flipper: brachium armoire: clothespress, repository, wardrobe armory: arsenal, center, depot, factory, field house, magazine, plant, range, warehouse armpit: axilla, oxter, underarm armpit, inflamed lymph node in: bubo armpit, relating to: alar, axillary arms bent outward with hands on hips: akimbo arms bound and helpless: pinioned arms cache: arsenal arms storage: arsenal aroma: bouquet, flavor, fragrance, odor, opdor, perfume, redolence, savor, scent, smell, spice aromatic: ambrosial, fragrant, fruity, odorous, olent, pungent, redolent, savory, scented, spicy, sweet aromatic case: sachet
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AROMATIC DRINK - ARRAY
ARMY TERMS
army: array, band, battalion, crowd, force, gang, horde, host, legion, militia, pack, soldiers, troops, warriors army composed of ordinary citizens: militia army food: mess army law enforcers: military police, MP army officers planning, coordinating, supervising operations: general staff army operations dealing with materiel and personnel: logistics army post: camp, fort army unit: brigade, company, detachment, detail, division, outfit, platoon, regiment, squad, troop camp follower peddling provisions: sutler department providing food and supplies: commissariat dismiss from army for disciplinary reasons, to: cashier eatery: mess hall enlisted man: doughboy, joe, NCO, private foot soldiers: infantry force into army, to: impress, press, press-gangforemost position in an army going into battle: vanguard government by the army: stratocracy officer: captain, colonel, general, lieutenant, major, sergeant officer responsible for food, clothing, equipment: quartermaster prohibit army or military control: demilitarize relating to army: martial, military W arranged in symbols for brevity: coded arranged in threes: tern, ternate arranged strategically: deployed arranged under subjects: topical arrangement: allocation, chart, composition, contract, design, disposition, distribution, format, grouping, index, layout, order, scheme, setup, terms, treaty arrangement by time: chronology arrangement of a project's details: logistics arrangement of elements by rank: hierarchy arrangement of elements of a set, ordered: permutation arrangement of five things (square and middle): quincunx arrangement of literary, artistic, or architectural elements: ordonnance arrangement of logs: raft arrangement of parts: configuration, conformation, posture arrangement of parts, harmonious: concinnity arrangement of troops: array arrangement or plan of book, entertainment: format arrangement, lack an organization or: arbitrary, haphazard, random arrangement, orderly and gradual: gradation arranger's container: vase arranges systematically: files arrant: blatant, brazen, downright, flagrant, gross, notorious, rascally, shameless, unmitigated, utter, vagrant, wicked array: adorn, apparel, arrange, assemblage, attire, clad, clothe, deck,
ARMY RANK
Commissioned Officers General of the Army General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Warrant Officers Chief Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer One Five Four Three Two
Enlisted Personnel Sergeant Major of the Army Command Sergeant Major Sergeant Major First Sergeant Master Sergeant Sergeant First Class Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Specialist Private First Class Private* aromatic drink: tea aromatic fragrance: balm around: about, circa, encircling, encompassing, enveloping, everywhere, nearby, surrounding, through
arouse: actuate, agitate, alarm, alert, animate, awake, bestir, call, challenge, excite, fire, foment, incite, inflame, kindle, pique, provoke, raise, rally, stimulate, stir, summon, thrill, whet arouse a memory or emotion: evoke arouse and thrill: intrigue arouse curiosity: pique arouse enthusiasm: wow arouse from sleep: waken arouse great enthusiasm: wow arouse interest or curiosity: intrigue arouse pleasurably: titillate aroused easily: hair-trigger arousing strong emotion: inflammatory, provocative arpeggio: division, flourish, roulade, scale arraign: accuse, blame, challenge, charge, cite, impeach, incriminate, indict arrange: adapt, adjust, align, aline, alphabetize, array, catalog, classify, codify, collocate, conclude, design, devise, edit, file, instrument, negotiate, orchestrate, order, organize, plan, position, prepare, rank, scheme, score, seriate, set, settle, sort, tabulate, tidy arrange beforehand: preset arrange elements for desired effect: orchestrate arrange in an order: align, catalog, codify, digest, dispose, organize arrange in correspondence with another: coordinate, correlate arrange in design or layout: format arrange in groupings: collocate arrange in soft folds: drape arrange together, side by side: collocate arranged in layers: laminar
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ARRAY OR CLASSIFY - ART
drape, dress, equip, furnish, garb, grouping, host, marshal, order, outfit, parade, robe, series, set, show array or classify: arrange arrears: claim, debt, indebtedness, IOUs, liability, obligation arrest: apprehend, bust, can, capture, collar, custody, detain, deter, grab, halt, hinder, imprison, incarcerate, intercept, jail, nab, nail, net, obstruct, pinch, restrain, run-in, secure, seize, stay, stem, stop arrest warrant: capias arrest with legal writ: attach arrest, informally: nab arrest, judicial writ to make an: warrant arrested, the state of being: custody arrival: advent, coming arrive: appear, approach, attain, come, dismount, flourish, land, occur, prosper, reach, set in, show, succeed, visit arrive at: get to, reach arrogance: affectation, bluster, conceit, egotism, haughtiness, hauteur, hubris, insolence, nerve, pomposity, pride, vanity arrogant: bossy, cocky, conceited, contemptuous, disdainful, egotistic, haughty, highfalutin, imperious, insolent, insulting, lofty, lordly, on one's high horse, overbearing, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, proud, snooty, supercilious, superior, uppity, vainglorious arrogant and domineering: imperious, peremptory arrogant and forward: bumptious, overweening, presumptuous arrogant in beliefs: dogmatic arrogant person new to higher status: nouveau riche, parvenu, upstart arrogate: assume, claim, commandeer, confiscate, demand, preempt, seize, sequester, take, usurp arrow: bolt, dart, direction, indicator, missile, pin, pointer, reed, rod, shaft, sprite, weapon arrow case: quiver arrow dart: shaft arrow for crossbow: quarrel arrow maker: fletcher arrow poison: curare arrow, blunt, used for target practice: butt arrow arrow, to feather an: fledge, fletch arrowlike: sagittal arrowroot: canna arrow's barbed head: fluke
arrow's feather: vane arrow's notch at end that fits onto bowstring: nock arroyo: brook, channel, creek, gorge, gully, ravine, stream, watercourse arsenal: armory, depot, dockyard, magazine, stock, stockpile, storehouse, supply, weapons arsenal stockpile: ammo arsenate of copper: erinite arsenic: chemical, poison arson: set fires arsonist: firebug, incendiary, pyromaniac art: baroque, business, classical, contrivance, craft, cubism, cultivation, cunning, expertise, faculty, fauvism, finesse, genre, humanities, impressionism, ingenuity, knack, learning, magic, methods, objectivism, oils, primitivism, profession, realism, renaissance, romanticism, science, skill, surreal, trade, vocation, wile
RELATED TERMS
art aficionado: aesthete art and literary movement concerning subconscious mind: surrealism art and technique of motion picture photography: cinematography art as an end in itself: autotelism art created by pasting objects on one larger object: collage art created directly on wall: mural art exhibit area: salon art exhibition covering artist's career: retrospective art expert, of a kind: restorer art for art's sake: ars gratia artis, l'art pour l'art art gallery or museum keeper: curator, custodian art grouping: genre art made by firing earthenware, porcelain, or brick at high temperatures: ceramics art movement departing reality and expressing feelings: Expressionism art movement of the 1950s and 1960s: pop art art movement to create moods through glimpses of subject: Impressionism art movement with curvilinear designs: art nouveau art movement with geometric forms and strong outlines: art deco art movement, expressionist and bright colors: Fauvism
art movement, foremost position in an: vanguard art not representing external reality: abstract, nonobjective, nonrepresentational art object collector: curioso art of defense: judo art style from 1550 to 1700 in Europe: Baroque art style from the eastern part of the Roman Empire: Byzantine art style of early twentieth-century with geometries: cubism art technique of carving a design below the surface of material: intaglio art transfer: decal art, appreciation of fine: virtuosity art, category of: genre art, cheap and sentimental: kitsch art, dabbler in: dilettante art, excessively sentimental: schmaltz art, expert in: connoisseur art, one highly sensitive to and appreciative of: aesthete artist: actor, composer, dancer, expert, master, painter, performer, professional, sculptor, singer, star, virtuoso artist or literary group: cnacle artist or writer not working for one employer: freelance artist studio: atelier artist, complete works of: corpus, oeuvre artist, unconventional: Bohemian artistic arrangement of elements: composition artistic article: objet d'art artistic category: genre artistic circle: clique, coterie artistic ethical or moral code: integrity artistic freedom: poetic license artistic imitator: epigone artistic merit, natural or nonartistic object found to have: objet trouv artistic merit, object of: objet d'art artistic people, as a class: intelligentsia artistic premise of literary work: donne artistic realism: verismo artistic rebirth: renaissance, renascence artistic work critically acclaimed but unsuccessful commercially: succs d'estime
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A R T E R I E S IN NECK - A R T I F I C I A L ENVIRONMENT, GROWN IN
ART MOVEMENTS
abstract expressionconcrete art geometric art naturalism postimpressionism ism constructivism Gothic art Neapolitan postmodernism action painting cubism graffiti art neoclassicism prehistoric art American Dada Harlem Renaissance neoexpressionism Pre-Raphaelitism Art Dco de Stijl Hellenistic art neoimpressionism primitive art Art Nouveau divisionism Hudson River school neoplasticism primitivism Ashcan school Dutch impressionism neoromanticism Quattrocento Barbizon school early Christian art International style New Objectivity rayonism baroque earth art Italian New York realism Bauhaus environment art Jugendstil nonrepresentational representational art Blaue Reiter, Der Etruscan art junk art art Raphaelitism body art expressionism kinetic art Northern rococo art Bolognese fauvism kitsch Renaissance art Roman British figurative art Luminism op art Romanesque art Brucke, Die Flemish Madrid Origine romanticism Byzantine art Florentine school mannerism Parisian Scottish Carolingian art fluxus metaphysical art perceptual abstracsocial realism Celtic art folk art Milanese tion surrealism classical abstraction Fontainebleau school minimal art photorealism symbolism classicism funk art modernism plein-air tachisme color-field painting futurism Nabis pointillism Venetian conceptual art of drama, music, genre painting narrative art pop art articles of little value, vorticismW artistic work poetry, artful: clever, contriving, crooked, miscellaneous: etc.: Gesamtkunstwerk cunning, deceitful, deceptive, deft, trantles, trantlums artistic works of person, early: dexterous, foxy, gifted, imaginative, articles of merchandise, pottery: ware juvenilia slick, slippery, sly, smart, smooth, articles, cartoons as sold by agency to artistic worth (or taste for artistic obstealthy, suave, tricky, underhand, numerous publications: syndication jects): vertu, virtu vulpine, wily articulate: clear, convey, distinct, eloartistically thought-of ordinary obquent, enunciate, express, fluent, forartful strategy: finesse, maneuvers ject: objet trouv mulated, intelligible, link, proartichoke center: choke, heart artistically unifying: esemplastic nounce, speak, state, utter, verbal, artichoke's cousin: cardoon artistry and great technical skill: vocalize article: item, matter, object, particular, virtuosity articulate clearly: enunciate piece, point, thing; column, compoartists ahead of their time, experiarticulated: spoken sition, doctrine, essay, feature, paper, mental: avant-garde articulated speech: enunciation piece, report, story; condition, stipuartist's garment: smock artifice: cageyness, chicanery, cunlation, term, terms artist's ideal: ethos ning, deceit, deception, gimmick, article alteration: revision artist's model, at times: nude hoax, intrigue, ploy, ruse, tactic, article first sentence or paragraph: lead artist's stand: easel trick, wile, wiliness article in constant use: the artist's work as a whole: oeuvre W artificial: assumed, bogus, counterfeit, article of food: viand ersatz, factitious, fake, false, feigned, article of property: chattel arteries in neck: carotid fictitious, hollow, imitation, insinarticle on specific, limited subject: arteries, hardening of: sclerosis cere, mock, phony, pretended, monograph artery: aorta, canal, carotid, conduit, pseudo, sham, simulated, spurious, article originally contained in larger coronary, course, highway, maxilsynthetic, unnatural publication: offprint lary, passage, path, road, route, street, artificial and counterfeit: postiche article, a or an, that makes the noun tube, vein artificial and imitation: ersatz unidentified: indefinite article artery beneath collarbone: subclavian artificial and not spontaneous: conarticle, biographical: profile artery going from heart: aorta trived, factitious, mannered, studied article, the, that makes the noun identi- artificial bank: levee artery going to head and neck: carotid fied: definite article artery layers: elastica artificial behavior: affectation, artery of lower limbs: iliac article, writer's name appearing above: pretentiousness artery wall thickening: atherosclerosis byline artificial environment, grown in: in artery wall, fatty deposit on: atheroma articles needed for movie scenes: props vitro
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A R T I F I C I A L GEM - A S P H Y X I A
artificial gem: paste artificial grass: Astroturf, synthetic turf artificial human being: android, automaton, golem, humanoid artificial limb or body part: prosthesis artificial male sopranos: castrati artificial sweetener: aspartame, cyclamate, saccharin artificial voice range: falsetto artificial, not natural: factitious artificially elegant speech or writing: euphuism artillery: battery, bazooka, cannon, force, guns, missiles, ordnance, rockets, weaponry artillery salute: salvo artillery vehicle: caisson artisan: builder, carpenter, craftsperson, master, plumber, professional artisan's workplace: shop artless: candid, childlike, direct, frank, guileless, humble, ingenuous, innocent, naif, naive, natural, open, plain, pure, trusting, unaffected, unschooled, unsophisticated artocarpus altilis: breadfruit arts and crafts: decorative arts arts and social science academic disciplines: humanities, liberal arts arts, fine: beaux arts arts, three-dimensional: plastic arts artwork considered bad taste: kitsch artwork used to illustrate text: graphics artwork with three panels hinged together: triptych artwork, critique or conceptualization of an: exegesis, interpretation arty: dainty, highbrow, imitative, imposing, overblown, popular, pretentious, superficial, tasteless arty person: aesthete arum-family plant: aroid as: because, being, equal, equally, essentially, like, now, similar, since, that, therefore, thus, when, while ascend: arise, aspire, climb, escalate, mount, progress, rise, scale, slope up, soar, sprout, tower ascendancy: control, domination, dominion, influence, mastery, power, prestige, success, superiority, supremacy, sway ascending: upward ascent: advancement, elevation, grade, incline, progress, ramp, rise, slope, spring, stairs, upgrade, uplifting ascertain: determine, discover, doublecheck, identify, learn, unearth, verify
ascetic: abstinent, anchorite, celibate, disciplined, eremite, essene, fakir, hermit, monk, recluse, severe, stark, stoic, strict, stylite, yogi ascot: scarf, tie ascribable: owing ascribe: accuse, allege, attach, attribute, blame, charge, cite, impute, infer, refer, reference ascribe and attribute: impute ascus: sac asea: addled, adrift, befuddled, bewildered, confused, puzzled, sailing, uncertain aseptic: barren, clean, lifeless, purifying, restrained, shrinking, sterile asexual: agamic, agamogenetic, parthenogenetic ash: cinder, clinker, ember, residue, soot, tree ash left from burned coal, charcoal: breeze ash or coal, smoldering: embers ash, larger pieces of residue left with: clinker ash, partially burned material not reduced to: cinders ash, pertaining to: cinerous ashamed: abashed, contrite, discomfited, embarrassed, flustered, humbled, humiliated, mortified, out of countenance, remorseful ashamed-looking: hangdog, shamefaced ashen: blanched, faded, ghastly, gray, pale, pallid, paly, pasty, wan, waxen ashes of cremated body: cremains ashes of dead, vault with niches for urns of: columbarium ashes, place for cremated body: cinerarium ashes, vase for cremated body: urn Asia rainy season: monsoon Asia and East in general: Orient aside: afar, alone, alongside, aloof, apart, away, beside, gone, obliquely, private, reserved, secretly, separate, tangent aside alone: apart, separate aside from: barring, besides, except, excluding aside to person or thing: apostrophe asinine: absurd, dense, doltish, idiotic, imbecilic, inept, lamebrained, mindless, senseless, silly, simple, simpleminded, stupid ask: adjure, beseech, call, claim, crave, demand, enquire, entreat, exact, ex-
pect, grill, implore, inquire, interrogate, petition, pray, press, question, quiz, request, seek, solicit, summon, utter ask for humbly, pray for: supplicate ask for or order needed supplies: requisition ask for urgently: adjure, beseech, entreat, exhort, petition, solicit, supplicate ask insistently: importune ask payment: bill ask questions and examine: interrogate ask questions for investigation: catechize ask special consideration: seek favor askance: askew, critically, crooked, cynically, doubtfully, sideways, skeptically asked: bade asked for and commanded by: at the behest of askew: ajar, amiss, aslant, asquint, atilt, awry, bent, cockeyed, crooked, distorted, knotted, lopsided, twisted, wry, zigzag asking: inquisitive, querying asking humbly: suppliant, supplicant asks for payment: duns asleep: dead, dozing, hibernating, idle, inactive, latent, motionless, napping, numbed, resting, slumbering, unaware, unconscious, unfeeling asleep or inactive for a time: dormant asocial person: loner asp: viper asparagus stalk: spear aspect: angle, appearance, bearing, carriage, countenance, face, facet, feature, form, look, mien, outlook, phase, point, prospect, semblance, side, situation, view aspect or side of subject: facet aspect, best or most appealing: beauty part aspen: poplar, quaking, quivering, trembling, wood aspen's shady cousin: cottonwood asperity: acrimony, bitterness, briskness, crabbiness, difficulty, hardness, harshness, hostility, sourness, tartness, unevenness aspersion: abuse, backbiting, baptism, calumny, innuendo, insult, invective, reproach, slander, slur asphalt: bitumen, blacktop, uintaite asphyxia: apnea
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ASPHYXIATE - A S S I Z E
asphyxiate: drown, smother, strangle, suffocate aspic: gel aspirant: applicant, candidate, competitor, hopeful aspirant to the throne: pretender aspiration: ambition, craving, desire, dream, goal, hope, ideal, pursuit, wish, yearning aspire: ascend, desire, hanker, long, mount, rise, seek, soar, thirst, tower, want aspirin alternative: acetaminophen, codeine, paracetamol aspirin poisoning: salicylism ass: burro, jackass, jenny ass or donkey, pertaining to: asinine ass, wild, in central Asia: onager assail: abuse, accuse, assault, beat, belabor, beset, bombard, encounter, invade, lambaste, malign, pelt, pound, scathe, set at, stone, storm, strike, whack assailant: aggressor, antagonist, assaulter, attacker, mugger assassin: executioner, gunman, gunwoman, hatchet man, hit man, hit woman, killer, murderer, slayer, triggerman, triggerwoman assassinate: slay assassination by government (secret): executive action assassination order euphemized: extreme prejudice assault: advance, aggression, assail, attack, beat, beset, bombardment, breach, bushwhack, charge, fight, incursion, invade, jump, onset, onslaught, push, raid, siege, slug, smite, storm, violate assault and rob: mug assay: analyze, appraise, check, determine, estimate, evaluate, examine, experiment, eyeball, offer, prove, rate, survey, test, undertake assayer: evaluator assemblage: aggregation, assembly, batch, bunch, cluster, collage, congregation, convoy, crew, crowd, gathering, herd, mass, pack, stock, swarm, throng, turnout assemble: build, call, collect, congress, construct, convene, couple, flock, gather, huddle, join, make, mass, meet, muster, piece, rally, recruit, summon assembled: amassed, massed, met assembly: audience, auditorium, body,
company, conclave, congress, convention, convocation, diet, forum, group, hall, junta, legislature, meeting, parliament, party, rally, session, society, tribunal, troop assembly in ancient Greek marketplace, place of: agora assembly of church officials: convocation, synod assembly, summon an: convene, convoke assent: accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, adhesion, admission, admit, agree, amen, aye, chorus, compliance, comply, concur, condescend, consent, endorsement, grant, nod, permission, sanction, yes, yield assert: advance, advocate, allege, argue, assure, aver, avouch, avow, champion, cite, claim, declare, defend, depose, emphasize, maintain, plead, pose, predicate, protest, state, stress, submit, support, uphold, utter, vaunt, vindicate, voice assert ownership: stake out a claim assertion: say-so assertion by negation of opposite: litotes assertion, arbitrary and not factually based: dictum, dogma, ipse dixit assertive: absolute, affirmative, aggressive, confident, dogmatic, forceful, positive, pragmatic, pushy, strident, sure assess: account, evaluate, rate, weigh assess a tax: levy assessment: dues, duty, fine, impost, reckoning, surtax, tariff, tax, valuation asset: advantage, benefit, credit, distinction, help, plus, treasure asset and money interchangeability: liquidity asset or property, extremely valuable: blue chip asset that cannot be perceived by senses: intangible assets: belongings, capital, credit, equity, estate, goods, money, property, resources, riches, valuables, wealth, worth assets into money, convert property or: realize asseverate: aver, avow assiduous: active, determined, devoted, diligent, earnest, hardwork-
ing, industrious, laborious, painstaking, persevering, persistent, plugging, steady, unwearied assign: adjudge, advance, affect, allocate, allot, allow, appoint, apportion, appropriate, ascribe, attribute, charge, choice, consign, convey, deed, delegate, depute, designate, detail, dispose, distribute, give, grant, order, rate, seal, select, set, sign, specify, tag, transfer assign and give out: allocate assign roles: cast assign to cause or source: affix, ascribe, attribute, impute, predicate assign work or duty: delegate, depute assignation: affair, appointment, engagement, meeting, rendezvous, tryst assigned functions: duties, tasks assigned period: term assigned task: stint assignment: authorization, chore, homework, mission, selection, task assignment, production: quota assimilate: absorb, adopt, alter, appropriate, blend, comprehend, grasp, integrate, learn, merge, metabolize, resemble, transform, understand assimilate mentally: digest assimilation of thoughts gradually: osmosis assist: abet, abetment, aid, avail, back, befriend, benefit, boost, collaborate, comfort, facilitate, help, plug, reinforce, support, sustain, uphold assist in wrongdoing: abet assistance or money to start a venture: grubstake assistance, emergency: succor assistance, financial: subvention assistant: abettor, adjutant, aide, aider, ally, apprentice, associate, colleague, confederate, deputy, hand, helper, henchman, lackey, partner, second, secretary, subordinate assistant and attendant: acolyte assistant doing wide range of duties: factotum assistant in enterprise or scheme: accomplice, collaborator, confederate assistant temporarily substituting for superior: deputy assistant to magician, scholar: famulus assistant to superior officer: aide-decamp assisting: ancillary, auxiliary, subsidiary, supplementing assize: assembly, court, decree, enact-
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A S S O C I A T E - ATHLETE'S BLACK PIGMENT UNDER EYES
ment, hearing, inquest, measure, ordinance, regulation, rule, session, trial, tribunal associate: adjunct, aide, ally, assistant, bracket, buddy, chum, cohort, colleague, companion, confidant, consort, counterpart, crony, federate, friend, helper, intimate, partner, peer, sidekick; connect, fraternize, hobnob, identify, join, link, mingle, relate, socialize associate closely with someone: consort, fraternize, hobnob associated with word or thing, idea: connotation association: affiliation, assemblage, bond, cabal, cartel, clan, club, coalition, combination, company, confederacy, conjunction, connection, converse, co-op, council, fraternity, gang, guild, intimacy, league, lodge, lyceum, order, partnership, pledge, pool, ring, society, sorority, syndicate, union association for business purposes: syndicate association of organisms of different species of mutual benefit: symbiosis association or fellowship: sodality association, word, nonliteral: connotation assort: categorize, clasify, class, group, rank, suit, type assorted: different, hybrid, motley, varied assortment: array, batch, collection, combo, diversity, group, kind, lot, medley, mlange, miscellany, mishmash, potpourri, set, variety assortment of type: fonts assuage: abate, alleviate, appease, comfort, diminish, ease, fill, lessen, lull, mitigate, modify, mollify, quiet, reduce, relieve, salve, slake, soften, solace, soothe, sweeten, tranquilize assume: accept, acquire, adopt, affect, appropriate, arrogate, believe, cloak, counterfeit, deduce, deem, endue, expect, guess, infer, mask, raise, simulate, speculate, suppose, surmise, take, take over, think, undertake, usurp assume control: take charge assume or assert truth of: posit, postulate, premise assume the character of: impersonate, pose assumed: affected, bogus, expected,
false, fictional, fictitious, hypothetical, putative, supposed, supposititious, tacit, understood assumed appearance or disguise: incognito assumed attitude: pose assumed character or part: role assumed name: alias assumed name or identity: incognito assuming: arrogant, brazen, egotistic, lofty, overbearing, presumptuous, pretentious, rude, superior assumption: premise assumption on evidence, facts: extrapolation assumption provisionally accepted: assurance, hypothesis assurance: affirmation, audacity, belief, boldness, brass, certairity, cockiness, confidence, coolness, credit, effrontery, faith, impudence, insurance, nerve, oath, promise, say-so, surety, trust, word assurance, give personal: attest to, vouch for assurance, written: guarantee, warranty assure: assert, attest, avouch, clinch, confirm, declare, encourage, lock, secure, strengthen, underwrite assure or guarantee: vouch assured air: lan assured person, in law: promisee asterisk: star astern: aft, back, behind, rear asteroid: meteorite asthmatic: pursy astir: about, active, afoot, alert, awake, moving, roused astonish: amaze, boggle, confound, daze, dazzle, flabbergast, floor, impress, perplex, startle, stun, surprise astonishing: breathtaking, confusing, eye-popping, fabulous, incredible, miraculous, shocking, spectacular, wonderful, wondrous astound: amaze, appall, astonish, confound, dumbfound, electrify, flabbergast, shock, stagger, stun, terrify astral: celestial, remote, sidereal, starlike, stellar, stellular, visionary astral bear: Ursa astray: abroad, adrift, afield, amiss, aside, awry, errant, faulty, lost, mistaken, wandering, wrong astringent: acerb, alum, binding, compressive, constrictive, contracting, elum, harsh, severe, sour, stern, styptic, tannin, tart The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
astringent fruit: sloe astringent mineral salt: alum astrologer's fortune-telling chart: horoscope astrologer's table of planet and star positions: ephemeris astrological aspect: trine astrological signs, point of transition between: cusp astrology diagram: zodiac astrology, configuration of planets at one's birth in: constellation astrology, horoscope for the time of one's birth in: nativity astrology, relative configuration of stars and planets at a given moment in: horoscope astrology, relative configuration of stars and planets in: aspect astrology's 12 divisions of the heavens: house, mansion, sign astrology's 12 divisions of the heavens bearing a name for a constellation: zodiac astronaut container: capsule astronaut from Russia: cosmonaut astronaut's return: reentry astronomer: stargazer astronomer's almanac: ephemeris astronomical alignment of three celestial bodies: syzygy astronomical altar: ara astute: acute, canny, crafty, cunning, discerning, foxy, keen, quick, sagacious, sharp, shrewd, skilled, smart, wily astute watchfulness: weather eye asunder: divided, riven, separated, split asylum: bedlam, cover, harbor, haven, institution, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, shelter asymmetric: distorted atelier: studio atheist: agnostic, heathen, nonbeliever, pagan atheist for particular religion: infidel atheist who is uncertain about existence of gods: agnostic atheistic: nullifidian atheistic belief that humans control their own destiny: humanism atheistic belief that reason is spiritual truth: rationalism athlete: jock athlete who shows off: hot dog athlete's black pigment under eyes: lampblack
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ATHLETE'S FOOT - ATTACK WITH C R I T I C I S M
athlete's foot: dermatophytosis, ringworm, tinea athletic: acrobatic, brawny, burly, energetic, muscular, powerful, robust, strong, vigorous, vital athletic body structure: mesomorphic athletic club: gym athletic competition of cross-country skiing and rifle marksmanship: biathlon athletic competition of swimming, bicycling, and distance running: triathlon athletic competition with automobile or horse steeplechase: gymkhana athletic competition with five events: pentathlon athletic competition with ten track events: decathlon athletic or gymnastic club: turnverein athletically vigorous: sthenic athletics: exercise, sport athodyd: ramjet athrob: sore athwart: across, against, crosswise atilt: alist Atlantic Ocean, this side of: cisatlantic atlas book of maps: missile atmosphere: aer, air, ambiance, aura, background, climate, envelope, environment, mood, nimbus, scene, sense, sky, spirit, tone
RELATED TERMS
atmospheric pressure, unit of: millibar W atoll: island, isle, reef atom: crumb, dot, fragment, infinitesimal, iota, jot, little, mite, molecular, mote, shade, speck, trace, whit atom or group of atoms with an electric charge by gaining or losing one or more electrons: ion atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron: radical atom or radical with other atoms, combining capacity of: valence atom splitting: nuclear fission atomic: energy, fission, fusion, granular, submarine, tiny atomic accelerator: betatron atomic clock that defines the second: cesium atomic clock atomic fusion at high temperatures, concerning: thermonuclear atomic nuclei and releasing energy, combining: fusion atomic nuclei in reaction, splitting heavy: fission atomic particle, negative charge: electron atomic particle, no charge: neutron atomic particle, positive charge: proton atomic reactor part: core atomize: destroy, grate, pulverize, reduce, smash, spray, vaporize atomizer, to convert liquid to spray in: nebulize atom's combining capacity: valence, valency atom(s) electrically charged: ion atoms having same atomic number but different mass numbers: isotope atoms held together by chemical forces: molecule atom's total protons and neutrons in nucleus: mass number atom(s) with at least one unpaired electron: radical atonal: unkeyed atone: answer, compensate, correct, expiate, repent, square atonement: amends, apology, expiation, penance, recompense, redemption, redress, reparation, restitution, satisfaction atonement, making: piacular atop: onto, up on, upon atop, poetically: o'er atrium: cavity, chamber, court, entrance, passage, room
atmosphere and weather science: meteorology atmosphere based on harmonious feelings: vibes, wavelength atmosphere of gloom: pall atmosphere of place, situation: ambience atmosphere of special power or mystery: mystique atmosphere over nation: airspace atmosphere starting around seven miles: stratosphere atmosphere, absorption of solar radiation heating the earth's: greenhouse effect atmosphere, cheerful and warm: amiable, congenial atmosphere, party: convivial atmosphere, poisonous: miasma atmosphere, thin and low-density upper: rarefied atmospheric balloon probe: sonde atmospheric pressure indicator on map: isobar, isopiestic atmospheric pressure, measuring instrument for: barometer
atrocious: abominable, awful, cruel, dark, diabolical, evil, fiendish, foul, frightful, gross, heinous, horrible, inhuman, loathsome, rank, rotten, ruthless, savage, terrible, ungodly, vile, violent, wicked atrocious actor: ham atrocious and wicked: flagitious, heinous atrophy: decaying, decline, deterioration, diminution, downfall, emaciation, wither atrophy's aftermath: weakening attach: addict, adhere, affiliate, affix, allocate, annex, append, appoint, arrest, associate, attribute, bind, cement, connect, fasten, fix, glue, hitch, indict, join, link, pin on, put, raid, seize, tether, tie on, weld attach a yoke or harness: inspan attach an atom: smash attach falsely: asperse attach property for paying debt: garnishee attached directly at base: sessile, stalkless attachment: accessory, affection, affinity, allegiance, amore, clamp, devotion, engagement, extension, fixture, inclination, lien, liking, love, loyalty attachment because of resemblance to parent: anaclisis attachment, immature, to something: fixation attack: accuse, action, affray, aggression, ailment, assail, assault, assay, bash, battle, begin, beset, besiege, blame, blitz, bombard, bout, charge, criticize, denounce, fight, fray, incursion, offense, onset, onslaught, paroxysm, raid, rush, set on, skirmish, slander, sortie, storm, strike, stroke, thrust attack from all sides: beleaguer, beset attack from low-flying aircraft: strafe attack in print: coup de plume attack in speech or writing: hatchet job attack in the back: stab attack on another's beliefs: polemic attack on custom, belief, institution held sacred: lse majest, lse majesty attack or invasion: incursion, irruption attack or set upon: sic attack out of revenge: reprisal, retaliation attack verbally: tear into attack violently and suddenly: assail, foray attack with criticism: flay
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ATTACK WITH SNOWBALLS - AUDACITY AND BOLDNESS
attack with snowballs: pelt attack, armed: fusillade, offensive, sally, salvo, sortie attack, armed, from the side: enfilade attack, biblically: stone attack, face an: bear the brunt attack, forceful: onslaught attack, harsh and critical in: blistering, scathing attack, in danger of: vulnerable attack, swift in war: blitzkrieg attack, violent: onslaught attacked or embroiled in controversy: embattled attacker: besieger attain: accede, accomplish, achieve, acquire, aspire, earn, fulfill, gain, hit, obtain, procure, reach, rise, secure, snag, strike, succeed, touch, win attainment: finish, mastery, reaping, skill, talent, wisdom attempt: aim, assay, begin, effort, endeavor, essay, experiment, seek, shot, stab, start, strive, trial, try, undertake, venture, wage attend: accompany, appear, assist, await, chaperon, come, consort, convoy, follow, guard, harken, hear, heed, listen, mind, minister, see, serve, shadow, tend, treat, wait, watch attend matins: pray attend regularly: frequent, haunt attendance: application, attention, company, crowd, gate, number, presence, regard, turnout attendant: assistant, associate, chamberlain, companion, escort, follower, guide, helper, maid, orderly, page, porter, related, servant, squire, subsequent, usher, valet, waitperson attendants of important person: cortege, entourage, retinue attention: concentration, consideration, courtesy, ear, heed, mindfulness, note, notice, obedience, observation, regard, respect, study, thought, vigilance attention diverter: red herring attention-getter: ahem, cry, hey, hist, psst, yo attention-getting: arresting, flashy attention-grabbing: upstaging attention, focused and exclusive: fixation attention, public: limelight attentive: alert, assiduous, awake, careful, circumspect, courteous, gallant,
glued, intent, interested, listening, on the qui vive, polite, respectful, studious, vigilant, wary, watchful attentive and hovering: solicitous attenuate: constrict, decrease, dilute, diminish, lessen, reduce, shrink, slender, tapering, thin, undermine, water, weaken attest: affirm, authenticate, aver, avow, concentration, confirm, consideration, corroborate, courtesy, diligence, indicate, invoke, mindfulness, observation, prove, show, subscribe, support, swear, testify, verify, vigilance, vouch, witness attic: cockloft, garret, loft, mansard attic under pitched roof: garret attire: apparel, clad, clothe, clothes, dress, garb, outfit, robe, threads, wardrobe attitude: action, angle, approach, behavior, disposition, feeling, frame of mind, manner, mind-set, mood, perspective, point of view, pose, position, posture, set, slant, stand, standpoint, tone, view attitude or inclination toward something, having: disposed, orientated, oriented attitude or posture: bearing, carriage, deportment attitude, having arrogant: cavalier attitude, reversal of: volte-face attitudes and character: ethos attitudinize: pose attorney: advocate, agent, barrister, chaser, counselor, factor, lawyer, proxy, solicitor attorney's sobriquet: esq attract: allure, bait, beckon, captivate, catch, charm, draw, enchant, engage, enthrall, entice, fascinate, influence, interest, invite, lure, pull, seduce, tempt attraction: affinity, allure, appeal, charisma, chemistry, draw, glamour, lure, magnet attraction, moving toward in: gravitate attractive: alluring, appealing, beautiful, bonny, captivating, cute, elegant, graceful, handsome, lovely, pleasant, pretty, sexy, winsome attractive and appetizing: succulent, toothsome attractive and bewitching: alluring, beguiling, captivating attractive and pleasing: personable, prepossessing, winsome
attractive and unusual: picturesque attractive but vulgar: garish, glossy, meretricious, specious attractive, flashily: meretricious attractive, photographically: photogenic attractive, sexually: foxy attractiveness, sensual: animal magnetism attribute: aspect, badge, feature, grace, idiosyncrasy, mark, peculiarity, property, quality, reputation, sign, symbol, talent, virtue attribute and ascribe: impute attribute without reason: arrogate attribute, to: allege, assert, bestow, blame, charge, place, point, refer attrition: friction, grief, penance, regret, remorse, repentance, rubbing, sorrow, thinning, weakening, wear attune: accord, adapt, adjust, agree, balance, compensate, harmonize, tailor, tune attuned to: hep atypical: novel, rare au courant: latest au naturel: naked, nude, undressed auburn-haired: henna, strawberry blonde, titian auction: barter, bidding, block, offering, public sale, sale, sell, trade, vendue auction action: bid auction bidder who raises prices for the owner: by-bidder auction of one collection of varied items: job lot auction participant: bidder auction where prices keep going lower: Dutch auction auction, lowest price fixed and announced at: reserve price auctioneer hammer: gavel auctioneer's word: going, sold audacious: adventurous, arrogant, brash, brazen, courageous, daredevil, daring, defiant, fearless, gutsy, hardy, imprudent, impudent, insolent, presumptuous, reckless, risky, rude, shameless, spirited, uncurbed, venturesome, wild audacity: assurance, boldness, brass, chutzpah, cockiness, courage, effrontery, fearlessness, gall, grit, guts, imprudence, insolence, moxie, nerve, sauciness, spirit, spunk audacity and boldness: chutzpah, effrontery
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AUDIBLE - AUTHOR'S ASSUMED NAME
audible: aloud, aural, discernible, distinct, hearable, heard, plain, resounding audible bounce: echo audible protest: plaint audibly: aloud audience: assembly, audition, clientele, crowd, ear, following, gallery, house, interview, listeners, market, patrons, public, spectators audience grabber: grandstand play audience poll on T V or radio program popularity: ratings audio: sound audio component: speaker, tape deck audio quality: tone audit: accounting, analysis, balance, check, estimate, examine, investigate, probe, reckon, report, review, scrutinize, survey audition: hearing, reading, test, trial, try out audition disk or tape: demo auditioned for a role: tried out auditor: accountant, actuary, bookkeeper, CPA, hearer, listener auditorium: amphitheater, arena, coliseum, room, theater auditory: otic auger: bore, borer, drill, gimlet, grill, tool aught: anything, cipher, nothing, zero, zilch augment: add to, amplify, build, deepen, develop, dilate, enhance, enlarge, exalt, expand, grow, heighten, improve, increase, inflate, multiply, rise, swell augmented: eked augur: anticipate, betoken, bode, conjecture, divine, forebode, foresee, foreshow, foretell, forewarn, harbinger, herald, indicate, intimate, omen, predict, predictor, presage, prophet, seer, signify augury: ceremony, forecast, forerunner, omen, portent, prognostic, ritual, sign, sortilege, token, warning august: baronial, brilliant, dignified, eminent, exalted, grand, majestic, monumental, noble, regal, solemn, splendid, stately, venerable auk genus: alca auntlike: amitular aura: air, ambience, aroma, aspect, atmosphere, emanation, feeling, glow, halo, mood, mystique, nimbus, odor, quality, scent, tone
aura of power or mystery to something: mystique aura or atmosphere, distinctive: karma aura or halo: nimbus aural: otic aurally incapable: deaf aureate: brilliant, flowery, golden, ornate, overblown, splendid, yellow aureole: corona, halo auricle: ear auricular: audible, hearsay, otic, phonic auricular projections: lobes auriculate: eared aurify: gild aurora: dawn, eos auspices: advocacy, aegis, backing, care, egis, guidance, influence, patronage, protection, signs, sponsorship, support auspicious: advantageous, encouraging, favorable, fortunate, golden, good, happy, hopeful, propitious, prosperous Aussie ratite: emu austere: ascetic, astringent, bitter, bleak, earnest, forbidding, formal, grave, hard, harsh, puritanic, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rough, serious, severe, sharp, spartan, stern, stiff, strict, unadorned austere person: ascetic austerity: rigor Australian eucalyptus: ironbark Australian wild dog: dingo Australia's back country: bush, outback authentic: actual, authorized, bona fide, certain, correct, credible, legitimate, original, proper, real, reliable, sure, true, trustworthy, valid authenticate: attest, confirm, document, endorse, guarantee, justify, prove, validate, verify, vouch authentication: seal authenticity lacking: apocryphal author: architect, compiler, creator, founder, ghostwriter, inventor, journalist, maker, novelist, playwright, poet, producer, scribe, source, wordsmith, writer author, list of works by or about: bibliography author, pertaining to: auctorial author, pertaining to unnamed: anonymous authored for another: ghostwrote authoritarian and nondemocratic form
of government: absolutism, autarchy, autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, totalitarianism, tyranny authoritarian order: ukase authoritarian person, rigid: martinet authoritative: authentic, commanding, conclusive, dictatorial, dogmatic, effectual, factual, imperious, imposing, learned, legitimate, magisterial, official, proven, ruling, scholarly authoritative and complete: definitive authoritative and dogmatic: magisterial authoritative and urgent: imperative authoritative by rank or office: ex cathedra authoritative order: decree, mandate, ukase authoritative principle, unsupported: dictum, dogma, ipse dixit authoritative rule of law: ordinance authoritative sayings: dicta authoritative spokesperson: oracle authorities, transfer of power from central to regional or local: devolution authority: command, competence, control, dominion, expert, force, government, importance, jurisdiction, kingpin, might, potence, power, regent, right, rule, say, say-so, scepter, source, sovereignty, strength, sway authority in fatherly way: paternalism authority of one's position, with the: ex cathedra authority, absolute: imperium authority, complete: carte blanche, supremacy authority, extent of: jurisdiction authority, former, now replaced: ancient regime authority, rod or staff carried as emblem of: verge authority, shared: collegiality authorization: fiat, mandate authorization to sell: dealership authorize: accredit, allow, approve, commission, delegate, empower, endorse, legalize, legitimize, let, license, okay, permit, ratify, rubberstamp, sanction, vest, warrant authorize and empower: warrant authorize to receive: agent, entitle authorized and officially recognized: accredited authorized representative: agent authors: scribes, sires author's abbreviation: ibid author's assumed name: nom de plume
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AUTHOR'S COMPLETE WORKS -AVIAN DELIGHT
author's complete works: canon, corpus, oeuvre authorship, of questionable: apocryphal autobiographical records: memoirs autobiography: diary, journal, letters, life, memoir, vita autochthonous: aboriginal, earliest, endemic, native autocracy: tsarism autocrat: czar, despot, dictator, mogul, monarch, ruler, sovereign, tsar, tzar autocratic: absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, despotic, oppressive, tyrannous autograph: endorsement, ink, John Hancock, name, pen, sign, signature autograph collector: philographer automatic: habitual, instinctive, intuitive, mechanical, natural, Pavlovian, predictable, robotic, routine, unconscious automatic and lifeless: mechanical automatic reaction: knee-jerk reaction automatic regulating device: servomechanism automatic response to stimulus: tropism automatically, device that controls machines: electric eye, photocell, photoelectric cell automation: android, computerization, golem, machine, robot automobile: car, convertible, coupe, heap, hot rod, jalopy, jeep, machine, racer, roadster, sedan
RELATED TERMS
automobile's radar detector: fuzzbuster automobiles taken as part payments: trade-ins W autonomous: independent, selfgoverned, separate, sovereign, uncontrolled autumn: fall, harvesttime, Indian summer, season autumn beverage: cider autumn implement: rake autumnal phenomenon: harvest moon auxiliary: accessory, additional, adjutant, aide, ally, ancillary, assistant, backup, branch, emergency, helper, partner, reserve, secondary, spare, subordinate, supporting auxiliary structure: annex avail: account, advantage, assistance, benefit, help, meet, profit, serve, suffice, use, utilize, value, work available: accessible, attainable, convenient, disposable, efficacious, feasible, free, handy, in hand, obtainable, on call, on tap, open, possible, present, procurable, ready, up for grabs, usable available money: funds available resources, make or provide from: improvise available supply: pool available, easily: accessible availing: using avalanche: cataclysm, deluge, flood, inundation, landslide, mudslide, slide, snowslide, torrent avant-garde: innovative, leaders, new, offbeat, original, pioneers, progrs* sive, trailblazing, trendsetting, van, vanguard avant-garde artist: arp avant-garde's antonym: arrire-garde avarice: avidity, cupidity, frugality, greed, rapacity, stinginess avarice and greed: cupidity avaricious: greedy avenaceous cereal: oats avenge: chasten, injure, punish, redress, retaliate, revenge, vindicate avenging: vindicatory avenue: access, alee, alle, approach, artery, drive, entry, gate, mall, means, opening, outlet, passageway, road, street, way aver: affirm, assert, avouch, claim, con-
AUTOMOBILE AND MOTOR SPORTS

autocross automobile racing demolition derby dirt car racing drag racing formula one racing go-carting Grand Prix GT/grand touring hot-rod racing Indy car racing midget racing motocross/scrambling motorcycle racing off-track racing rallying and cross-country racing sports car racing sprint car racing stock-car racing track-racing vintage car racing^ tend, declare, emphasize, insist, justify, maintain, predicate, proclaim, prove, state, swear, verify average: common, fair, humdrum, mean, medial, median, mediocre, medium, middle, norm, normal, ordinary, par, proportion, respectable, rule, so-so, standard, typical, usual average from the sum total divided by number of items: arithmetic mean, mean average out: equate average person: homme moyen sensuel average value in set of values: median averages: norms, pars avers: says, states averse: afraid, against, antagonistic, contrary, discinclined, hesitant, loath, opposed, reluctant, unfavorable averse to: allergic aversion: abomination, antipathy, disdain, disgust, dislike, distaste, dread, enmity, hatred, hostility, repugnance avert: avoid, deflect, deter, dodge, evade, foil, forestall, frustrate, halt, preclude, prevent, thwart, turn, veer avert and prevent: obviate avian abode: aerie, nest avian aggressor: bird of prey avian cooler: bird bath avian delight: suet
automobile accident, minor: fender bender automobile air deflector: spoiler automobile air valve: choke automobile clamp for illegal parking: Denver boot automobile long-distance race: rally automobile maneuver: U-turn automobile mishap: dent automobile modified for racing: stock car automobile one-piece back and window: hatchback automobile option: power steering automobile or demo follower: crat automobile outing: spin automobile race: drag automobile shelter: carport, garage automobile signal: blinker, signal light, turn signal automobile steeplechase: gymkhana automobile, defective since bought: lemon
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A V I A N FEATURE - AZURE G E M avian feature: beak, wing aviary: birdhouse, columbary, dovehouse, ornithon, volary aviate: fly aviation: aeronautics, navigation, piloting aviator: airman, airwoman, barnstormer, birdman, flier, flyboy, hotshot, pilot avid: anxious, ardent, covetous, craving, eager, grasping, greedy, hungry, impatient, insatiable, keen, ravenous, voracious, warm avidity: avarice, cupidity, enthusiasm, fervor, greediness, longing avocado: alligator pear avocado paste: guacamole avocation: amusement, diversion, hobby, occupation, pastime, recreation, sideline, thing avoid: abstain, avert, boycott, bypass, caress, circumvent, disregard, ditch, dodge, duck, elude, evade, forsake, preclude, refrain, shirk, shun, sidestep, skirt, withdraw avoid and escape: elude, parry avoid and outwit: circumvent avoid capture: elude avoid deceitfully: evade avoid doing: balk, eschew, shrink avoid gathering moss: roll avoid giving direct answers: fence, hedge avoid work: malinger avoid, as an issue: sidestep avoidable: evitable avoidance: annulment, eluding, evasion, flight, preventing, runaround, withdrawal avoidance of extremes: golden mean avoidance techniques: crisis management avoided a trial: settled avoider of paying: deadbeat avoiding publicity: inconspicuous, lowprofile, unobtrusive, unostentatious avow: acknowledge, affirm, announce, assert, avouch, concede, confess, grant, maintain, proclaim, profess, state, swear await: abide, anticipate, attend, expect, impend, pend, stay, sweat awaiting: in store, pending awake: active, alert, alive, arouse, attentive, careful, conscious, excite, heedful, mindful, rouse awake and aware: alert awake and doing: astir awaken: alert, rouse awakening: arousal, enlivening, eyeopener, rebirth, revival, stimulating award: accolade, accord, appoint, assign, bestow, booby prize, citation, decoration, diploma, grant, honor, judgment, kudos, laurels, medal, present, prize, scholarship, sheepskin, tribute award a rating: evaluate award or honor: citation, commendation award, propose for: nominate aware: alert, alive, apprised, cognizant, conscious, groovy, informed, intelligent, knowing, mindful, onto, sentient, upon, vigilant, watchful, wise aware and informed: cognizant, mindful away: abroad, absent, along, apart, aside, begone, directly, distant, elsewhere, endlessly, gone, missing, not in, off, out, tirelessly away from body part, carrying: efferent away from center: centrifugal away from shore: asea away from the land: seaward away from the wind: alee awe: alarm, amaze, bewilder, fascinate, fear, fright, intimidate, overcome, overpower, panic, quivering, regard, respect, scare, showboat, terrorize, trembling, wonder awe-inspiring: august, numinous, sublime awesome: amazing, appalling, breathtaking, dreaded, ghostly, grand, hairy, imposing, majestic, solemn, uncanny awesome and imposing: august, formidable, portentous awful: appalling, awesome, dire, fearful, frightful, gross, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, impressive, lousy, nasty, revolting, shocking, terrible, tremendous, ugly awful dream: nightmare awfully: badly, dreadfully, extremely, greatly, poorly, quite awkward: angular, backhanded, blundering, bumbling, bungling, butterfingers, clumsy, cumbersome, difficult, embarrassing, gauche, gawky, inconvenient, inept, klutzy, lubberly, lumbering, maladroit, ponderous, rustic, stilted, uncoordinated, uncouth, uneasy, ungainly, ungraceful, unskillful, unwieldy, wooden awkward or problematic situation: plight awkward person: bumpkin, galoot, hobbledehoy, lout awkward person on ship: landlubber awkward to move or use: cumbersome, ponderous, unwieldy awkwardly heavy: clunky awn: arista, seta awning: canopy, covering, marquee, protection, screen, shade, shelter, tent, velarium awry: agee, alop, amiss, askew, cockeyed, crooked, distorted, faulty, haywire, improper, oblique, off-center, slanting, snafu, uneven, wrong ax: can, cleaver, discharge, dismiss, fire, hatchet, poll, sack, tomahawk, twibil, twibill ax, notch in wood made by: kerf axed: fired axel: leap axillary: alar axiom: adage, aphorism, dictum, maxim, motto, precept, principle, proposition, rule, saying, sentence, truism, truth axiomatic and terse: sententious axis: alliance, axle, coalition, deer, fulcrum, hinge, pivot, pole, spindle, stem, support axle: arbor, axis, gudgeon, mandrel, pin, rod, shaft, spindle, wheel axle pin holding wheel on: linchpin axle pivot around which wheel turns: gudgeon axlike tool: adz ax-shaped: dolabriform ayah: chambermaid, governess, nurse, nursemaid aye: affirmative, always, continually, okay, vote, yes azure: celeste, cerulean, cloudless, cobalt, sky blue azure gem: lapis lazuli
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babassu or bacaba: palm Babbitt: alloy, boob, bourgeois, conformist, materialist, metal, philistine babble: blab, blabber, blat, blather, chat, chatter, coo, drivel, gab, gibber, gibberish, gossip, jabber, murmuring, mutter, nonsense, prat, prate, prattle, rant, rattle, talk, twaddle, yak babe in the wood: naif babel: bedlam, clang, confusion, din, discord, hubbub, hullabaloo, jargon, pandemonium, racket, tower, tumult, turmoil babies or children, nursery for: day-care center babies, produce: procreate, reproduce babies, produce many: philoprogenitive, prolific baboon: ape, babuina, chacma, mandrill, monkey babushka: kerchief, scarf, veil baby: babe, bambino, child, coddle, doll, fondle, humor, infant, kid, little, nestling, newborn, nipper, nurse, pamper, papoose, sissy, small, spoil, tot, wee, youthful
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baby and parent formation of close relationship: bonding baby basketlike bed: bassinet baby bed: bassinet, cradle, crib baby birth, blood and tissue discharged after: afterbirth, lochia baby birth, excrement discharged by baby just after: meconium Baby Boomer: baby born between 1946 and 1965 baby carriage: buggy, perambulator, pram, stroller baby clothing and accessories: layette baby delivered by surgery: Caesarean section
baby delivery: parturition baby develops, membranous organ in which: placenta baby develops, membranous sac enclosing embryo in which: amnion, chorion baby feet or bottom first, delivery of: breech baby fetus, procedure to test for genetic abnormalities of: amniocentesis baby fine downy hair: lanugo baby food: pap baby from conception to end of 8th week: embryo baby from end of 8th week till birth: fetus baby less than one month old: neonatal baby off mother's milk, to get: wean baby plastic nipple for sucking: pacifier baby powder: talc baby problem: colic baby rocker: cradle baby secretly exchanged for another: changeling baby-sits: minds baby-sitter: nana baby tightly in clothes or strips of cloth, wrap: swaddle baby to mother's placenta, cord linking: umbilical cord baby up and down on knee, bounce: dandle baby, carry unborn: gestate baby, deserted: foundling baby, Italian: bambina, bambino baby, Native American: papoose baby, surgical delivery of: Caesarian, Cesarean, Cesarean section, Cesarian
baby, temperature-controlled apparatus for premature: incubator babyish: childish, immature, infantile, puerile, silly, simple babylike cupid: amoretto baby's first cry when born: vagitus baby's footwear: bootee W baccalaureate: address, bachelor, degree, sermon baccarat variation: chemin de fer bacchanal: carnival, debauch, feast, frolic, merrymaking, orgy, party, reveler bacchant: satyr bachelor: celibate, eligible, oner, single, unattached, unmarried bachelor party: stag bachelor, desirable and worthy: eligible bachelor's degree: B.A., baccalaureate bachelors, group of: score bacillus: bacterium, bug, germ, microbe, virus back: abaft, abet, aft, arear, astern, dorsum, extremity, final, fro, hind, lumbar, posterior, postern, rear, spine, stern, tail back a loan: co-sign back-and-forth movement: alternation, reciprocation back and forth, send: shuttle, shuttlecock back and sides between lowest ribs and pelvis, concerning: lumbar back away and retreat: recede back away in fear: blench, flinch, recoil, wince back country: boondocks, hinterland, outback back down: admit, back off, balk, ebb, move away, recant, renege, retract, retreat, surrender, welsh, withdrawn, yield
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BACK END - BAD
back end: rear, stern back end of a ship: stern back financially: stake back gate: postern back in anatomy: dorsal back of head: occiput back of horse (etc.) between shoulder blades: withers back of neck: nape, nucha back of skull: inion back out: renege back pain: dorsodynia, lumbago back part of limb or organ: dorsum back problem area: iliac back talk: cheek, lip, mouth, sass back up a statement: corroborate, substantiate, validate back when standing or sitting, position of the: posture back, get: regain, retrieve back, pertaining to the: dorsal back, sprain or strain: rick, wrench back, upper, or dorsal surface of body segment of arthropod or insect: tergum backbite: abuse, abusive, backstab, badmouth, defame, denigrate, gossip, hurtful, lie, malicious, slander, spite, vilify backbone: character, courage, foundation, grit, guts, heart, mainstay, nerve, spirit, spunk, stamina, support, tenacity, will; spine, vertebrae backbone or spine, having: vertebrate backbone or spine, having no: invertebrate backbone, animal at some stage having a notochord: chordate backbreaker, supposed: straw backcombs hair: teases backcountry: boondocks, boonies, bush, farm, hinterlands, rural, sticks backdrop: scenery, scrim backed: endorsed, seconded backer: advocate, ally, angel, investor, patron, promoter, protagonist, sponsor, supporter, to it backer of cause: proponent backfire: backlash, boomerang, crash, fail, fizzle, flop, miscarry, react background: backdrop, credentials, culture, deeds, distance, education, experience, history, landscape, past, rear, rebound, scenery, setting, training, upbringing background music of entertainment: incidental music background of a lace design: fond
background or preceding cause, event: antecedent background or setting of event, text, or statement: context background, forming the immediate: ambient background, in the: inconspicuous, low-profile, unobtrusive, unostentatious backing: abetment, aegis, aid, assistance, auspices, endorsement, financing, grant, help, lining, support backlash: fizzle, reaction, recoil, retaliation, snag, tangle backless slippers: mules backlog: accumulation, assets, excess, inventory, reserve, stockpile, store, surplus backpack: haversack, hike, knapsack, pack, pouch backpack basket: pannier backside: behind, bottom, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derrire, fanny, hiney, keister, rear, seat, tush backslide: desert, deteriorate, fall, lapse, regress, relapse, return, revert backup: alternate, help, second, second string, spare, standby, substitute, supporting, understudy backward: arear, astern, bashful, behind, behindhand, dense, dimwitted, dull, fro, hesitant, laggard, loath, recessive, reluctant, retarded, retral, retrospective, reverse, shy, slow, sluggish, stupid, unapt, undeveloped, unwilling, withdrawn backward and remote place: backwater backward as forward, word(s) reading same: palindrome backward flow over propeller or of wave at beach: backwash backward in a ship: astern backward-looking: retrospective backward looking or bending: retroversion backward mentally: retarded backward movement: recoil, regression backward or reverse: recessive, regressive, retrograde, retrogressive backward reasoning: hysteron proteron backward students, for helping: remedial backward tending: retrograde backwater: bayou, ebb, holdback, retract, retreat, slack backwoodsman: bumpkin, hick, hillbilly, yokel
bacon: flitch, gammon, loin, pig, pork, pork bellies, porkslab, rasher bacon and egg sauce, served with: alia carbonara bacon or ham, thin slice of: rasher bacon, cured Italian: pancetta bacon, salted and cured side of: flitch bacon's partner: eggs bacteria: aerobe, bacilli, bacterium, bug, cocci, germ, microbe, organism, spirilla, virus bacteria away from external stimulus, responsive movement of: taxis bacteria by the antibody lysin, destruction of: lysis bacteria colony or growth for research: culture bacteria growth, point of: nidus bacteria that grows, feeds on organism: parasitic bacteria, capable of being decomposed by: biodegradable bacteria, disease-causing: pathogen bacteria, elongated spiral-shaped: spirillum bacteria, rod-shaped: bacillus bacteria, round or ovoid pathogenic: streptococcus bacteria, sewage tank in which waste is decomposed by anaerobic: septic tank bacteria, spherical parasitic: staphylococcus bacteria, spherical-shaped: coccus bacteria, spiral pathogenic: spirochete bacteria, substance that can destroy or inhibit: antibiotic bacterium that can live without oxygen: anaerobe bacterium that cannot live without oxygen: aerobe bactrian: camel bad: abandoned, aggravated, annoying, arrant, atrocious, awful, baleful, baneful, big, blemished, contaminated, contrite, corrupt, criminal, cruddy, dangerous, defective, deplorable, depraved, dire, disagreeable, displeasing, distressed, dreadful, evil, faulty, flagrant, foul, grave, gross, harmful, hazardous, hurtful, ill, immoral, inadequate, inauspicious, ineffective, inferior, lewd, lousy, mal, melancholy, misbehaving, nasty, naughty, no good, offensive, perverted, poor, repulsive, rotten, severe, sick, sinful, sorry, spoiled, tain-
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BAD ACTOR - BALANCE
ted, troublesome, unfavorable, unlucky, unpleasant, unruly, vicious, vile, wicked, worthless bad actor: ham bad air: smog bad and contemptible: abject bad and disappointing: meager, paltry bad and disgraceful: ignominious, sordid, squalid bad and evil: vile bad and hateful: obnoxious, odious, vile bad and improper: infelicitous, untimely, untoward bad and inferior: abysmal, deplorable, lamentable bad behavior: delinquency, misconduct, misdemeanor bad blood: anger, bitterness, enmity, feud, hate, rancor, resentment bad breath: halitosis bad buy: lemon bad check: kite bad cut: gash bad ending: doom bad faith, in: mala fide bad handwriting: cacography bad in behavior: discreditable, reprehensible bad loser: sorehead bad luck: ambsace, hoodoo, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap bad luck, something bringing: hoodoo, jinx, Jonah bad mood: pique bad-mouth: criticize, disparage, insult, slur, smear bad news, someone bringing: stormy petrel bad or stale: putrid, rancid bad person: caitiff, charlatan, knave, miscreant, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, villain bad play: flop bad points: demerits bad spelling: cacography bad temper: bile, ire bad-tempered: atrabilious, cantankerous, snarly, splenetic, surly, waspish bad-tempered outburst: tantrum bad-tempered person: crosspatch bad thing: bane bad to the core: rotten bad verse: doggerel bad, conspicuously: egregious, flagrant bad, extremely: abominable, atrocious,
diabolic, evil, execrable, flagitious, heinous, iniquitous, nefarious, pernicious, unredeemable bad, incorrigible person: blackguard, rotten apple badge: brand, emblem, ensign, insignia, kudos, laurels, mark, medallion, motto, pin, plaque, scepter, sign, symbol, token badge of rank or office: insignia badgelike rosette orribbons:cockade badger: annoy, bait, bandicoot, bother, brock, bully, chivy, harass, heckle, hound, huckster, irritate, nag, need, needle, pester, ride, tease, torment, worry badger burrow: sett badger group: cete badgerlike animal: ratel badinage: banter, fool, joking, joshing, kidding, raillery, repartee, ribbing, teasing badly: awry, carelessly, corruptly, crudely, defectively, dreadfully, faultily, feebly, harshly, ill, imperfectly, inadequately, ineptly, poorly, seriously, severely, shamefully, shoddily, unfavorably, unskillfully, unwell badminton object of play: shuttlecock badness: evil Baedeker: guidebook baffle: amaze, astonish, astound, balk, bewilder, circumvent, confound, confuse, confusion, daze, deceive, defeat, discomfit, disconcert, dumbfound, elude, evade, faze, foil, frustrate, mystify, outwit, perplex, puzzle, rattle, stump, thwart baffling problem: poser, puzzler bag full of treats: grab bag or suitcase: valise bag with shoulder strap, for back carrying: haversack, knapsack, rucksack bag, small, for carrying books: satchel bag, small, for carrying supplies: ditty bag bag, worn over one shoulder: haversack bag, worn over the back: knapsack bag, worn strapped on the back: backpack bagatelle: game, knickknack, toy, trifle, trinket baggage: arms, belongings, carriage, gear, impedimenta, luggage, munitions, packages, refuse, suitcases, tote, trunks, utensils baggage carrier: porter baggage handler at station: redcap The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
baggage, army: impedimenta baggy: bloated, droopy, flabby, limp, loose, puffed, roomy, sagging, unpressed baglike structure: sac bagnio: bath, bordello, brothel, cathouse, hothouse, prison, whorehouse bagpipe: doodlesack, drone, instrument, musette, zampogna bagpipe finger hole part: chanter bagpipe high shrill wail: skirl bagpipe monotone drone: bourdon, burden bagpipe pipe producing a single tone: drone bail: bailsman, bond, bucket, bulwarks, collateral, custody, deliver, dip, guarantee, hoop, lade, ladle, pawn, pledge, release, ring, scoop, secure, security, surety, throw bailed, as water: laded bailiff: agent, bobby, constable, deputy, magistrate, marshall, overseer, sheriff, steward bailiffs demand: silence bailiffs jurisdiction: bailiwick bailiwick: area, beat, diocese, district, domain, jurisdiction, neighborhood, province, realm, territory bait: allure, allurement, attack, badger, bite, bribe, chum, decoy, draw, entice, enticement, exasperate, feed, fulcrum, halt, harass, inducement, irk, lure, provoke, tempt, temptation, torment, trap bait and enticement: gudgeon bake: boil, broil, cook, dry, fire, fry, grill, harden, heat, parch, roast, simmer, stew, toast bake eggs: shirr bake meat: roast baked clay slab: tile baked ham garnish: cloves baker: chef, cook, roaster baker's dozen: thirteen baker's long-handled oven shovel: peel bakery emanation: aroma bakery item: bun, clair, pie, roll, tart, torte bakery or bread shop: boulangerie bakery, in France: patisserie baking dish: pan baking dish, earthenware: terrine balance: adjust, antithesis, composure, due, equality, equalize, equate, equilibrium, even, excess, hang, leftover, level, neutralize, offset, parity, pay,
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BALANCE AND CO MP EN SATE - B A L L I S T I C MISSILE HOUSING
poise, recoup, remainder, residue, rest, scale, square, stability, steadiness, total, weigh balance and compensate: offset balance and counteract: neutralize balance and offset: countervail, equiponderate balance as an opposite: counterpose balance exactly: poise balance in metabolism: homeostasis balance of forces: equilibrium, equipoise, stasis balance or counterbalance: equiponderate balance out: equate balance precariously: teeter balance sheet item: asset, cost balance, mental: equilibrium balance, movements to maintain: compensation balance, to adjust a: redress balanced: poised balanced and harmonious: Apollonian balanced arrangement of parts: symmetry balanced very delicately: precarious balancing point: fulcrum balcony: brattice, catwalk, deck, foyer, gallery, mezzanine, mirador, pergola, piazza, platform, porch, stoop, terrace, veranda balcony area: loge balcony for singers: cantoria balcony in theater: mezzanine balcony in theater, open: loggia balcony with extensive view: mirador bald: bare, barren, callow, crude, exposed, hairless, literal, naked, plain, shaven, sheared, simple, smooth, stark, unadorned, uncovered, undisguised balderdash: bosh, bull, bunk, claptrap, crock, drivel, jargon, malarkey, nonsense, poppycock, rigmarole, rot, trash, tripe balding from forehead back: receding baldness: alopecia, hairlessness, phalacrosis baldness on top of head: calvities baleful: apocalyptic, bad, calamitous, cold, coldhearted, deadly, destructive, evil, harmful, malicious, malign, ruinous, sinister, vindictive, wretched balk: baffle, bar, beam, bilk, block, check, cramp, defeat, demur, discomfit, falter, foil, frustrate, hinder,
hunch, impede, inhibit, loft, outwit, quibble, recoil, refuse, shy, stall, stumble, thwart, waver balky: contrary, loath, mulish, negative, obstinate, ornery, rebellious, stubborn, wayward ball before it bounces, strike a: volley ball in football or soccer, steal or gain back: intercept ball of fire: dynamo, genius, whiz ball of yarn, thread: clew ball or formal dance: promenade ball-shaped: conglobate ball where people wear masks: masque, masquerade ball, curved flight path of: trajectory ballad: canzone, ditty, lay, lied, poem, serenade, song, sonnet ballast: balance, brace, load, poise, sandbag, stabilizer, steady, stone, support, trim, weight ballet: choreography, dance, drama, pantomime
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BALL-AND-STICK SPORTS
bandy baseball bowls cricket croquet field hockey golf hurling lacrosse ptanque polo roller hockey rounders shinty softball stickball* ballet leap with legs wide apart in midair: ciseaux, pas ciseaux ballet leap with one leg beating against the other: cabriole ballet leap with the appearance of being suspended in midair: elevation ballet leap, degree of height in a: elevation ballet lover: balletomane ballet pose on one leg, other behind: arabesque ballet pose on one leg, other behind at right angle: attitude ballet position: arabesque, batterie, fouette, pointe ballet position, tiptoe: en pointe ballet sequence: adagio ballet short performance as interlude: divertissement ballet small steps on point: bourre, pas de bourre ballet stage director: rgisseur ballet star: toile ballet step: pas ballet step of gliding and bringing feet together: glissade ballet step of quick gliding step: chasse, pas chasse ballet that tells a tragic story: ballet d'action ballet traveling step: pas de bourre ballet turns: double, pirouette, single, tours, triple ballet warmup: battement W ballistic missile housing: silo
ballet clothing: costume, leotards, tights, toe shoes, tutu ballet dance for one: pas seul ballet dance for three: pas de trois ballet dance for two: pas de deux ballet dance performed on tiptoes: pointes, sur les pointes ballet dancer in groups only: figurant ballet dancer just below soloist: coryphe ballet dancer ranked below soloist, above corps: coryphe ballet dancer, female: ballerina ballet dancer, male: danseur ballet dancer, principal female: prima ballerina ballet dancer, principal male: danseur noble, premier danseur ballet dancers who perform as a group: corps de ballet ballet finale: coda ballet full turn on toe: pirouette ballet knee bend: pli ballet leap: entrechat, jet, saut ballet leap from one leg to the other: jet ballet leap from one leg, with legs beating together before landing: brise, pas de brise ballet leap with alternating leg crosses: entrechat ballet leap with calves beating together: batterie, battu
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BALLOON - BANKRUPT B U S I N E S S OR PERSON, SETTLE AFFAIRS OF
balloon: airship, bag, billow, blimp, distend, expand, gasbag, inflate, swell, zeppelin balloon basket, hot-air: gondola balloon for increased stability, heavy material in: ballast balloon-held instrument for gathering weather data: radiosonde balloon pilot: aeronaut balloon, cord to release gas from a: ripcord ballot: choice, elect, lineup, poll, tally, ticket, voice, vote, yea ballpark figure: estimate ball's horizontal twist/spin: English balls of fiber, become covered with: pill ballyhoo: advertise, buildup, hoopla, hype, plug, promote, propaganda, publicity, tout, trumpet balm: comfort, cream, cure, fragrance, lotion, lull, medicine, oil, ointment, perfume, potion, relief, solace, soother, spice, unction balmy: aromatic, bland, calm, fragrant, gentle, healing, mild, moist, pleasant, refreshing, soft, soothing, spicy, sunny, sweet, tropical baloney: bull, bunk, flapdoodle, hogwash, hooey, humbug, nonsense; sandwich balsam: copaiba, cream, fir, ointment, resin, storax, tolu, tree balustrade: handrail, post, rail bamboo sticks, fencing with: kendo bamboolike grass: reed bamboozle: buffalo, cajole, cheat, con, deceive, defraud, dupe, flimflam, fool, grill, hoax, humbug, puzzle, rook, snow, swindle ban: bar, block, boycott, condemn, denounce, denunciation, enjoin, exclude, exclusion, execrate, forbid, halt, interdict, invoke, malediction, outlaw, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, suppress, taboo, veto ban or exclude from participating: blackball, debar, excommunicate, ostracize banal: blah, clichd, commonplace, corny, dull, flat, hackneyed, humdrum, inane, insipid, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, silly, stale, trite, trivial, watery banal remark: clich, platitude banana: bunch, ensete, musa, plantain, saba banana fiber: abaca banana-like fruit: plantain
band: aggregate, bevy, bunch, bundle, collection, combo, company, crew, gang, garland, group, merge, orchestra, outfit, pack, posse, ring, set, symphony, troop band between moldings: fascia band of black worn for mourning: crape band of color on insect, plant: fascia band of decoration on upper wall of room: frieze band of musicians, singers, dancers, or actors performing together: ensemble band of people: cohort band of ribbon or metal worn as headband: fillet band of Zulu warriors: impi band together: herd band worn around the upper arm, cloth: brassard band, small jazz: combo bandage: bind, blind, blindfold, cast, cincture, clout, compress, dress, fillet, gauze, ligate, piaster, swaddle, swathe, tape, truss bandage of overlapping spirals to immobilize digit or limb: spica bandage or bind tightly: swaddle, swathe bandage to check bleeding, tight encircling: tourniquet bandaged: dressed, fasciate bandanna: handkerchief, kerchief, scarf, silk bandeau: bra, brassiere, fillet, strip bandit: bandido, banish, bravo, brigand, caco, crook, cutthroat, desperado, gangster, highwayman, marauder, outlaw, pirate, robber, thief band's stint: gig bandy: banter, barter, carriage, cart, discuss, exchange, spar, swap, toss, trade bane: blight, curse, death, downfall, evil, harm, injury, mischief, murder, nemesis, nuisance, pest, poison, ruin, torment, undoing, woe baneful: bad, deadly, dire, evil, fatal, harmful, hurtful, ill, malevolent, noxious, pestilent, poisonous, ruinous, venomous, vile bang: beat, blow, bounce, clap, clash, collide, crash, detonation, dock, drive, drub, echo, energy, excel, explosion, force, hit, kick, pound, rap, slam, sound, strike, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, wow bang of aircraft flying faster than speed of sound: sonic boom
banger: firecracker banging door sound: slam bangle: bracelet, charm, droop, fritter, knickknack, ornament, roam, tinsel, trinket, waste banish: abandon, ban, bar, condemn, deport, dismiss, dispel, displace, eject, exclude, exile, expatriate, expel, ostracize, oust, proscribe, relegate, rid banish or exclude: ostracize banish or exile: deport, expatriate, relegate banish or outlaw: proscribe banister: balustrade, handrail, railing, support banister, post supporting handrail at landing of: newel banister, posts of: baluster bank: acclivity, anthill, banco, bay, bench, brew, brink, coast, dike, dune, edge, elevation, embankment, fence, hill, levee, margin, mass, mound, pile, platform, ramp, ridge, rive, river, row, sand, shallow, shelf, shore, slope, stack, stage, strand, tier bank account, overdrawing a: O.D., O/D, overdraft bank aide: clerk, teller bank holding back river or irrigated field: levee bank loan, lowest rate of interest on: prime rate bank of earth to prevent floods: dike, embankment bank of earth to support roadway: embankment bank of protection or defense: barricade, bastion, breastwork, bulwark, earthwork, parapet, rampart bank of river, pertaining to: riparian bank of seats: tier bank on: rely bank paper: note bank room: vault bank, a check's passing through a: clearing bankroll: back, capitalize, currency, finance, funds, grubstake, stake, subsidize, wad bankroller: angel bankrupt: belly-up, broke, busted, default, depleted, destitute, devour, drain, failure, impoverished, insolvent, liquidation, on the rocks, penniless, ruin, ruined, sap, strip bankrupt business or person, settle affairs of: liquidate
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BANNED - B A R O M E T E R BASED ON CHANGES IN ATMOSPHERIC P R E S S U R E
banned: illegal, outlawed, taboo banned goods: contraband banner: banderole, colors, ensign, flag, foremost, gonfalon, headline, jack, pennant, standard; exemplary, leading, profitable, salient, surpassing banner feature: spangle banner on crosspiece: gonfalon banquet: carousal, dine, dinner, feast, festival, fete, jamboree, junket, meal, reception, regale, treat banquet with mock attacks on guest of honor: roast banquet, concerning a lavish: Lucullan banquet, person proposing toasts and introducing speakers at: toastmaster bantam: chicken, cock, combative, diminutive, dwarf, hen, little, petite, saucy, small, teeny, tiny banter: badinage, chaff, chitchat, fool, jest, jive, joke, jolly, josh, kid, mockery, persiflage, playfulness, pleasantry, rag, raillery, rib, ride, satirize, tease bantling: child banzai: attack, charge, cry, hello baobab: tree baobab fruit: monkey bread baptism: beginning, christening, cleansing, dunking, immersion, initiation, purification, ritual, sacrament baptism by pouring water on head: affusion baptism by sprinkling of water: aspersion baptism by total submersion in water: immersion baptism oil and balsam anointment: chrism baptism or church rite: sacrament baptism robe worn by baby: chrisom baptism tank or font: baptistry baptism, instruction received before: catechism baptismal receptacle: font baptize: admit, christen, cleanse, dip, dub, full, name, purify, sprinkle, term bar and restaurant: brasserie bar connecting wheels: axle bar during Prohibition: speakeasy bar fastened into loop or strap: toggle bar for ballet exercises: barre bar inside motor vehicle roof to prevent injury in rollover: roll bar bar manager or saloon keeper: publican bar of gold or metal made for storage, shipment: ingot
bar or barroom: lounge, saloon, taproom, tavern bar or pub, small private room in: snug bar used to brace a structure against side forces: strut bar with sink: wet bar bar, legally: estop bar, upright and principal support: stanchion barb: awn, beard, bristle, bur, burr, clip, cut, dart, file, hook, horse, insult, jag, jagg, kingish, point, projection, ridge, sarcasm, scoff, shaft, snag, spike, thorn barbarian: alien, boor, brute, bully, clod, goth, hoodlum, hooligan, hun, philistine, punk, rude, savage, uncivilized, untutored, vandal, vicious, wild barbarians, of old: huns barbarism: atrocity, brutality, cant, catachresis, corruption, cruelty, misuse, savageness, solecism barbarity: atrocity, boorishness, brutality, cruelty, ferocity, inhumanity, rudeness, ruthlessness, savagery barbarous: brutal, cruel, fell, ferocious, heartless, hunnish, ignorant, impolite, inhumane, mean, outlandish, primitive, rough, rude, ruthless, slavish, truculent, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultivated, unholy, unpolished, wild barbarous female: ogress barbecue: bake, broil, cookout, fireplace, grill, party, picnic, rtisserie, spit barbecue coal: briquette barbecue-style Japanese food: hibachi barbecue, rotating: rtisserie barbed spear: gaff barbed wire with points: razor ribbon barbed wire, obstacle composed of: cheval-de-frise, fraise barber: beautician, chirotonsor, coiffeur, cosmetologist, cut, haircutter, hairdresser, poller, scraper, shave, stylist, tonsor, tonsure, trim barber, pertaining to a: tonsorial bard: druid, minstrel, musician, poet, scald, scop, singer, troubadour, writer bare: all, alone, austere, bald, bareskinned, barren, callow, clear, cold, defenseless, desolate, disclose, divert, divest, divulge, empty, expose, exposed, meager, mere, naked, nude, paltry, plain, reveal, scanty, simple, stark, strip, stripped, threadbare, un-
adorned, unarmed, unclad, uncover, uncovered, undraped, undress, unfurnished, worn, worthless bare rocks: scars barefaced: audacious, blatant, blunt, bold, brash, brazen, candid, flagrant, frank, glaring, impudent, open, sassy, shameless, undisguised barefoot or wearing sandals: discalced barefooted: discalced, shoeless, unshod barely: almost, faint, hardly, just, narrowly, only, poorly, scantily, scarcely, slightly barely adequate: mere, scanty, so-so barely discernible or visible: faint barely perceptible: liminal barest trace: modicum, semblance barfly: alcoholic, carouser, drunk, lush, sot, stiff, tippler bargain: agreement, barter, buy, cheap, closeout, contend, contest, contract, covenant, deal, dicker, discount, giveaway, haggle, negotiate, pact, sale, steal, stipulate, struggle, trade, transaction bargain for: anticipate, contemplate, expect, imagine bargain-priced: bon march bargain, secure a: clinch bargaining unit: union barge: ark, boat, dory, ferry, flagship, flatboat, lighter, lumber, lunge, lurch, raft, scow, ship, thrust, tow, vessel barhopping: popination barium oxide: baryta bark: abrade, arf, bag, bay, cough, cry, holler, howl, roar, rub, shout, snap, solicit, woof, yap, yell, yelp; cortex, covering, rind, shell, skin bark like a dog: latrate bark, growing or living on: corticolous barley: food, grain, malt, seed barley appendage: arista barley bristle: awn barmy: flighty, foamy, foolish, frothy, loco, screwy, silly barn: bay, corral, hayloft, loft, outbuilding, shed, stable, stall, storehouse barnacle: appendage, bloodsucker, crustacean, freeloader, hanger-on, leech, parasite barnstorm: campaign, pilot, tour, troupe barnstormer: actor barometer based on changes in atmospheric pressure: aneroid barometer
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BARON - BASKET WEAVING, FIBER FROM WOOD AND OTHER MATERIALS FOR
baron: capitalist, king, magnate, mogul, noble, peer, tycoon baronet's wife: lady baroque: bizarre, elaborate, extravagant, flamboyant, gilt, grotesque, irregular, ornate, rococo barrack: base, camp, dormitory, garrison, hut, quarters barracks for military: casern, garrison barracks for slaves: barracoon barracuda: barry, becuna, fish, guaguanche, pelon, picuda, sennet, spet barrage: attack, barrier, bombardment, broadside, burst, cannonade, deluge, fire, hail, onslaught, outpouring, salvo, shower, torrent, volley barrel: butt, cask, cistern, container, cylinder, drum, fat, hogshead, hoop, hurry, keg, receptacle, rundlet, tub, tun, vat, vessel barrel bulge: bilge barrel for drawing or tapping, hole in: bunghole barrel maker or repairer: cooper, hooper barrel of gun, front of: muzzle barrel or cask holding around 100 gallons: hogshead, puncheon barrel or cask, stopper: spigot, spile barrel organ: hurdy gurdy barrel part: hoop, stave barrel rim, lip: chime barrel stave: lag barrel strips of wood forming sides: staves barrel support for when it is on its side: gantry barrel, drawing off or tapping from: draft barrel, small: firkin, kilderkin barrel, to draw off by piercing hole in: broach barrel, very large: tun barren: arid, badland, bare, childless, depleted, desert, desolate, dry, dull, effete, empty, exhausted, fallow, fruitless, impotent, infertile, jejune, meager, stark, sterile, stern, treeless, unfruitful, unproductive, useless, vain, vapid, waste, yeld barren and bleak: stark barren and fruitless: infecund, sterile barricade: bar, barrier, block, blockade, bulwark, close off, defend, fence, fortify, obstruction, stockade, stop, wall barrier: bar, barricade, bound, boundary, chain, confines, dam, defense, door, drawback, fence, fortress, gate,
gurdle, handicap, hedge, hurdle, limit, line, moat, obstruction, palisades, parapet, rail, railing, restraint, roadblock, screen, stockade, trench, wall barrier of floating logs: boom barrier of stakes: palisade barrier, curtain, or screen: traverse barrier, incapable of being overcome, as a: insuperable, insurmountable barring: besides, but, excepting, excluding, saving barrister: advocate, attorney, counsel, counselor, lawyer, solicitor barroom: cafe, dramshop, lounge, pub, saloon, taproom, tavern barrow: bank, dune, grave, gurry, hill, hog, mote, mound, mountain, pile, pushcart, trolley, tumulus bartenders, group of: blarney barter: bargain, chop, commerce, dicker, exchange, haggle, hawk, permute, reciprocate, sell, swap, trade, traffic, truck, vend basal: basic, beginning, easy, elementary, fundamental, initial, lowest, necessary base and degraded: ignoble, sordid base argument on facts: predicate base-forming compound: amine base of column, statue: pedestal, plinth base of the thumb: thenar based on earlier example: derivative based on eight: octal baseless: false, gratuitous, groundless, idle, pointless, reasonless, unfounded, untenable, unwarranted baseness and vileness: turpitude bash: bat, beat, blast, blow, blowout, clobber, dent, mash, party, smash, strike, swat, wallop, whop, wingding bashful: blushing, coy, daunted, demure, diffident, dismayed, embarrassed, humble, modest, reserved, retiring, sheepish, shrinking, shy, timid, unassertive basic: abecedarian, central, chief, elemental, essential, fundamental, inherent, key, main, primary, rudimentary, underlying, vital basic beliefs: ethos basic component of matter: atom basic constituent: element basic cultural character: ethos basic element of a word: root basic element or skill of subject: rudiment basic facts: data
basic metal: ore basic nature of something: hypostasis, quintessence basic neutralizes acid basic structure of organization or system: infrastructure basic underlying principle: axiom, elixir, postulate, premise basically: at least, au fond, essentially, firstly, fundamentally, mostly, primarily, radically basil: herb, ocimum, plant, royal, tulasi basilica: church, shrine, temple, title basilica part: apse, nave basin: bay, bowl, crater, depression, dish, dock, font, lagoon, lavatory, marina, pan, receptor, reservoir, sink, stoup, tank, tub, valley, vessel, washbowl, watershed basin for ceremonial ablution: piscina, sacarium basin for holy water: font, stoup basin for washing private parts: bidet basis: antecedent, axiom, bed, bottom, cause, core, essence, footing, foundation, ground, groundwork, heart, motive, premise, principle, proof, reason, root basis and fundamental principle: hypostasis basis for action or belief: rationale basis for discussion or conclusion: premise basis for plot development: donne basis or fundamental principle: anlage, bedrock, substratum basis, conceptual structure or system built from a: superstructure bask: bathe, delight, enjoy, indulge, laze, loll, lounge, rejoice, relax, relish, revel, sun, wallow, warm basket: ark, barrel, bassinet, bin, canasta, cesta, chest, container, cradle, crate, dosser, hamper, pannier, receptacle, scull, scuttle, skep basket carried on back: pannier basket for fishermen, wicker: creel basket for picnic: hamper basket material: osier, reed basket of flowers or fruit, architectural ornament of: corbeil basket of hot-air balloon: gondola basket over bicycle wheel: pannier basket weaving, fiber from palm for: raffia basket weaving, fiber from wood and other materials for: chip
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BASKET WEAVING, PL ANT SHOOTS LIKE WILLOW F O R - B A T H O R H O T T U B
BASEBALL TERMS
advance to first base after four balls: base on balls, walk baseball terms: assist, bag, bat, batter, battery, bean, bench, blooper, bottom, bullpen, bunt, circuit, cleanup, count, curve, delivery, diamond, double, drive, dugout, error, fan, field, force, foul, full count, grounder, high, hit, home, homer, infield, inside, knuckler, lob, mound, out, outfield, outside, peg, pinch hit, pitch, plate, pole, popout, popup, putout, RBI, run, sacrifice, save, score, sidearm, single, sinker, slide, spitball, squeeze, stance, stretch, strike, strikeout, swing, triple, walk, wild, windup baseballs caught in practice: shagging batter stance with front foot closer to plate: closed stance batter stance with front foot farther from plate: open stance batter, fourth in lineup: cleanup batter, not playing field: designated hitter, DH blunder: error catcher error allowing runner to advance: passed ball decision to put out runner rather than batter: fielder's choice diamond inside: infield face mask flap hanging down over neck: goat's beard game portion with two teams coming to bat: inning games between same teams on one day, two: doubleheader glove: mitt hit back to pitcher: comebacker hit in practice, tossing ball up and hitting it: fungo hit that bounces into stands or is interfered with by spectator: ground rule double hit that is an out but advances a runner: sacrifice hit, between infield/outfield: Texas Leaguer hit, hard and horizontal: line drive hit, rolling on ground: ground ball, grounder hit, weak: blooper hitter that hits right- and left-handed: switch hitter home run with runners on all bases: grand slam intentionally batted softly into infield: bunt minor league: bush league officials: ump, umpire out when runner is out when forced from his base by a hit and fails to reach next base safely: force-out basket weaving, plant shoots like willow for: wicker basket weaving, willow twigs for: osier basket, large and covered: hamper basket, large wicker: pannier basket, laundry: hamper basketlike furniture, furnishings: wickerwork basketry: caning basketry twigs: osier bass: alto, black, deep, fish, jewfish, low, singer, voice bass accompaniment played on the keyboard instrument: basso continuo, figured bass, thoroughbass outfield between center/left and center/right: power alleys oversock: stirrup sock pitch by right-hander that curves right or left-hander that curves left: screwball pitch error allowing runner to advance: wild pitch pitch in the strike zone: strike pitch outside strike zone and not swung at: ball pitch that curves sharply down as it approaches home plate: sinker pitch that is fast and curves slightly: slider pitch that suddenly drops as it approaches home plate: splitfingered fastball pitch thrown fast but is slow in movement: changeup pitch thrown intentionally close to batter: brushback pitch pitch thrown wide to catcher to entice runner to steal: pitchout pitcher: hurler pitcher and catcher team: battery pitcher illegal motion: balk pitcher that relieves early in game: long man, long reliever pitcher who replaces another: reliever pitcher's area: bullpen play catching runner off base: pickoff play to not swing at pitch: take play trapping runner between bases: rundown play where third-base runner tries to score as soon as pitch is thrown: suicide squeeze, squeeze play player bench in shelter: dugout player intercepting throw in from outfield: cutoff man player who bats for pitcher: designated hitter player, substitute: utility player positions: catcher, center-field, first-base, left-field, pinchhitter, pitcher, right-field, second-base, shortstop, thirdbase rule applicable when there are runners at 1st, 2nd or 1st, 2nd, 3rd with fewer than two outs that catchable infield fly is automatic out: infield fly rule runner advancing while pitching in progress: stolen base strip in outfield: warning tracks bat: beat, beetle, billy, binge, blow, bludgeon, bop, brick, clobber, club, cudgel, flutter, hit, racket, sock, spree, stick, strike, stroke, swat bat direction and distance sensory system: echolocation bat winglike membrane: patagium bat wood: ash batch: array, assemblage, bunch, bundle, collection, group, lot, mass, mixture, parcel, quantity, sort, volume bath: cleansing, dip, plunge, shower, spa, sponge, toilet, tub, wash bath for sitting in: sitz bath bath or hot tub: Jacuzzi
bassinet: cradle, crib, perambulator, pram bassoon and contrabassoon: reeds bassoon's cousin: oboe basswood: linden bastard: adulterated, artificial, bantling, baseborn, fake, false, fatherless, galley, hybrid, illegitimate, impure, lowbred, mongrel, scoundrel, spurious baste: batter, beat, cane, cook, lambaste, lard, pelt, punish, roast, season, sew, stitch, tack, thrash bastion: citadel, fort, mainstay, pillar, rock, stronghold
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BATH OR TOILET, COMMUNAL - BEACH SHOE
BASKETBALL TERMS
basketball nicknames: eager, hoopster basketball terms: backboard, backcourt, cage, dribble, dunk, field goal, free throw, front court, jump ball, key, layup, pass, rebound, stuff, tap, timeout, tip-in bouncing: dribble defense with two players on side of free-throw lane and one man-to-man: box and one dribbling violation: steps, traveling, walking free throw: foul shot goal made by thrusting ball forcefully down in basket: slam dunk interference at backboard or rim: goaltending loss of possession: turnover marked area between free-throw line and basket: key, lane man-to-man length of court defense: full-court press offense moving ball quickly toward basket: fast break offense with screen and turn to receive pass: pick and roll officials: ref, referee, umpire rule that offense must move to front court within 10 seconds: 10-second rule rule that offense must try for a goal within 30 seconds of possession: 30-second rule rule that players may not remain in key more than three seconds: 3-second rule shot taken from line after a foul: free throw shot, not touching backboard, rim, net: air ball shot, one-handed close to basket: layup shot, one-handed over head: hook shot shot, while jumping in air: jump shotW
bath or toilet, communal: latrine bath sponge: loofah bath, cleansing: ablution bath, Finnish steam: sauna bath, steam: sauna, Turkish bath bathe: bask, douse, immerse, irrigate, lave, permeate, pervade, rinse, shower, soak, submerge, suffuse, tub, wash, wet bathhouse: cabana bathing suit: bikini, maillot, one-piece, string bikini, swimsuit, trunks, twopiece bathroom: can, commode, head, John, latrine, lav, restroom, sudatory, toilet, wc baths in ancient Rome, room for hot: caldarium baths of ancient Greece and Rome, public: thermae baths or bathing, pertaining to: balneal baths or bathing, science of: balneology batiklike dyeing technique: tie-dye baton: bend, billy, bourdon, cudgel, nightstick, rod, scepter, staff, stick, truncheon, wand batrachian: amphibian, frog, toad bats, pertaining to: chiropteran, vespertilian batten: down, enrich, fix, gloat, prosper, thrive, tie batter: assault, beat, bombard, bruise, clobber, concoction, cripple, crush, demolish, dent, destroy, hammer, hit, hitter, maim, paste, pound, pummel, ram, shatter battered car: heap, jalopy batter's position: stance
battery: army, artillery, assault, bombardment, brigade, cell, division, grid, group, ring, series, violence battery cables used to start car: jumper cables battery chemical action, referring to: galvanic, voltaic battery conductor of electric current: electrode battery ionizing substance: electrolyte battery opposing magnetic points: poles battery terminal: anode battle: affray, blitzkreig, bombard, brush, campaign, carnage, clash, combat, competition, conflict, contend, contest, crusade, duel, encounter, engagement, fight, fray, hostilities, joust, meet, press, skirmish, sortie, strife, struggle, warfare battle-ax with two sharp edges: twibil battle characterized by bloodshed, carnage, of a: internecine battle cry of a kamikaze pilot: banzai battle flag: oriflamme battle formation: deployment, phalanx battle rallying point flag: standard battle-ready: armed battle, minor: skirmish batty: crazy, deranged, foolish, insane, loco, nuts, silly, wacky bauble: bead, doodad, gewgaw, gimcrack, knickknack, novelty, plaything, toy, trifle, trinket bawdy: dirty, foul, lewd, obscene bawl: bellow, boohoo, cry, howl, shout, weep bawl out: rail, read the riot act bay: bank, compartment, cove, creek,
enclose, fiord, fleet, gulf, haven, hole, indentation, inlet, recess, sinus, window; horse, roan; howl, yawp; laurel, tree bay city: port bay formed by shoreline, wide: bight bay on shoreline of sea/river/lake, small: cove bay tree: laurel bay window: oriel bay, stream leading into land: inlet baylike body of water connecting larger bodies of water: sound baylike body of water extending inland to meet mouth of river: estuary baylike body of water partially enclosed by land: gulf baylike body of water separated from sea by sandbars or coral reefs: lagoon bayonet: knife, pierce, stab, weapon bayou: backwater, brook, creek, outlet, river, stream bazaar: canteen, emporium, exposition, fair, fete, market bazaar stall: booth bazoo: kazoo, mouth, talk bazooka or onager: launcher be-all and end-all: acme, aggregate, entirety, everything, ultimate beach: bank, coast, ground, moor, ripa, sand, seaside, shingle, shore, strand beach bag: tote beach bathhouse/tent: cabana beach cover: sand beach gravel of large smooth pebbles: shingle beach hazard: undertow beach shoe: flip-flop, thong, water shoe
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BEACH TOPOGRAPHY - BEATITUDE
beach topography: dunes beach washer: neap tide beach, shoreline (in Latin): ripa beached: ashore, on shore beacon: cresset, flare, guide, lighthouse, mark, seamark, sign, signal, signpost, warning, watchtower bead: bauble, bubble, chaplet, drop, foam, globule, prayer, rosary, sight, sparkle, trinket bead at end of decade on rosary: paternoster beads, group of ten prayer: decade beads, Native American currency: peag, wampum beads, rosary with five decades or string of: chaplet beads, string of five to fifteen decades of prayer: rosary beady starch from root of cassava: tapioca beak: bill, mandible, neb, nib, nose, peak, proboscis, rostrum, schnozzle, snout, spout beaker: bareca, cup, glass, vessel beam: chevron, emit, flash, gleam, glow, laser, light, radiate, ray, shine, smile; bar, girder, joist, rafter, stud, support beam-amplifying device: laser beam as foundation or support for structure, heavy: pile beam as main support, horizontal: girder beam as support or connector, long heavy: stringer, summer beam as upper member of window or door and supporting structure: lintel, summer beam extending wall to wall: crossbeam beam fastener: rivet beam of light: ray beam projecting beyond fulcrum and fixed at only one end: cantilever beam supporting floor or ceiling, parallel horizontal: joist beaming: aglow, cheerful, gay, joyous, lucent, radiant, rosy, shining bean: caster, frijol, frijole, haricot, kidney, lentil, lima, soya; brain, head, noggin, skull bean curd: torn bean sprout source: mung bean beanery drink: java bear: brown bear, bruin, cub, grizzly, koala, polar bear bear a grudge against: resent
bear down: defeat, exert, overpower, push, stress bear impact of: bear the brunt of bear the cost: defray bear witness: attest bear young, as sheep: yean bear, pertaining to: ursine bear, to: abide, afford, allow, behave, breed, bring, carry, conduct, constellation, drive, endure, forebear, lug, press, produce, put up with, render, stand, suffer, support, sustain, thrust, tolerate, tote, transport, yield beard: awn, barb, fuzz, goatee, stubble, whiskers beard, long and rectangular: patrician beard on chin only: goatee bearded: barbate, barbed, hairy, hirsute, pogionate, shaggy, unshaven, whiskered bearded plant or animal: barbate beardlike hair by ears: sideburns bearing: address, air, allure, aspect, attitude, behavior, birth, carriage, conduct, countenance, course, direction, front, habit, look, orient, poise, port, posture, pressure, producing, support, track, trend, way; aim, importance, influence, meaning, purport, relation, significance, thrust, weight bearing multiple young: multiparous bearing no trade name: generic bearing or behavior: comportment, demeanor, deportment, manner, mien bearing weapons: armed bearing while walking: gait bearing young by eggs that hatch outside the body: oviparous bearing young by eggs that hatch within the body: ovoviviparous bearing young not by eggs: viviparous bearing, part of machine shaft or axle supported by: journal bearings, finding one's: orientation bearings, having lost one's: disoriented bearlike: ursine bears, concerning: ursine bears, group of: sloth beast: animal, barbarian, brute, cad, creature, demon, fiend, gargoyle, hun, lion, monster, pig, savage, tiger, varmint beast of burden: ass, burro, camel, llama, mule, pack animal beast, like a wild: theroid beastlike: feral, theriomorphic beastly: abominable, animal, awful, bad, boorish, brutal, brutish, disgustThe Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
ing, dreadful, feral, foul, gross, inhuman, loathsome, nasty, obscene, offensive, sadistic, swinish, vulgar beasts, concerning: bestial beat: accent, area, assault, assignment, baff, bang, bash, bashed, baste, bat, batter, beatnik, beetle, belt, best, better, blister, blow, bolt, bray, buffet, cadence, cane, canvass, churn, clink, clobber, club, cob, conquer, cotton, crush, cudgel, defeat, ding, douse, drub, dump, excel, exhaust, exhausted, fan, fatigue, fatigued, fight, filch, flap, flax, flog, fluctuate, hammer, hamper, haze, hit, ictus, kaput, knock, lambaste, lash, lick, lump, malleate, maul, meter, outrun, overcome, pant, patrol, pelt, pound, pulsate, pulse, pulsed, pummel, quiver, raddle, repel, repulse, rhythm, ripple, round, rout, scat, scoop, shellac, shellack, slam, squash, strike, stroke, suppress, surpass, switch, tack, tap, thrash, thresh, throb, throbbing, thump, tired, top, trounce, trump, vanquish, wave, whip, whop, win, worst beat around the bush: equivocate, hedge, prevaricate, temporize beat back: repel beat it: begone, fled, get out, go, leave, out, scat, scram, shoo, skedaddle, vamoose beat or cudgel: fustigate beat person running between them, punishment with two lines to: gauntlet beat rapidly: palpitate beat rhythmically: pulsate beat severely: trounce beat the odds: turn the tide, upset beat to a story: scoop beat with a stick: caned beat with club: bludgeon, cudgel beat with fists: pommel, pummel beat with force: pelt beat with hand, tool, weapon: smite beat with stick: drub, flail, lambaste beat with stick on soles of feet: bastinado beat with whip: flagellate, flay, flog, scourge beat, defeat: drub beaten by the tortoise: hare beating or rapping, repetitive: rataplan beating or sound of beating: percussion beatitude: blessedness, bliss, ecstasy, euphoria, exaltation, happiness, joy
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BEATNIK - BEEF CUTS FROM RIB
beatnik: beat, bohemian, dropout, hippie, maverick, peacenik beats a birdie: eagle beats a deuce: three beats decisively: shellacs beau: admirer, beaux, blade, boyfriend, bravery, buck, caballero, coxcomb, cupidon, dandy, dude, escort, fellow, flame, gentleman, guy, honey, lover, spark, steady, suitor, sweetheart, truelove beau ideal: example, model, standard beau monde: aristocracy, elite, fashion, society beautiful: angelic, attractive, belle, blithe, bonny, charming, choice, cute, dcore, delicate, elegant, elite, exquisite, fair, fine, freely, gorgeous, graceful, handsome, lovely, poetic, pretty, radiant, ravishing, splendid, stunning beautiful and delicate: exquisite beautiful and sensual: voluptuous beautify: adonize, adorn, bedeck, deck, decorate, embellish, enhance, garnish, gild, glamorize, grace, prune beauty parlor: hairdresser, salon beauty, concerning: esthetic beauty, lover of: esthete beauty, physical: pulchritude beauty, study of: esthetics beaver: kit, plew, skin beaver den: lodge beaver hat: castor beaver project: dam beaverlike animal: ratel because: being, for, inasmuch, since, so, that, therefore, thus because of: owing because of one's official position: ex officio beckon: ask, bid, bidding, bow, call, coax, command, curtsey, curtsy, entice, gesture, motion, nod, salutation, summon, tempt, wave beck's partner: call becloud: camouflage, conceal, confound, confuse, darken, fog, hide, muddy, mystify, obscure, overcast, perplex, puzzle become: accord, adorn, augment, befall, befit, behoove, betide, change, enhance, evolve, flatter, get, grace, grow, heighten, pass, rise, shift, suit, turn into, wax become accustomed to: enure become apparent: emerge become corroded: rust
become dim: fade become envious: turn green become ill: sicken become indistinct: blur become irate: get one's dander up become limp: wilt become motionless: freeze become tiresome: pall become too large for: outgrow become visible: emerge become weary: tire become wedged: jam becoming: appropriate, attractive, befitting, convenient, decorum, fit, flattering, gainly, good, handsome, right, suitable, tasteful, worthy becoming larger: waxing becoming old: aging becoming pass: on the way out bed: bassinet, berth, bunk, cot, couch, cradle, crib, davenport, double bed, feather bed, hay, king-size bed, lodging, mattress, pad, pallet, queen-size bed, rollaway, sack, stretcher, twin; base, basis, bottom, foundation, matrix; channel, layer, row, stratum; garden, plot bed and couch, Japanese mattress: futon bed board: slat bed in the morning, dragging oneself out of: dysania bed of canvas or netting suspended from supports: hammock bed of coal: seam bed of roses: ease bed of straw mattress: paillasse, pallet, palliasse bed on casters that rolls under another bed: trundle bed bed that closes into wall: Murphy bed bed-wetting: enuresis bed, canopy over: tester bed, confined or staying in: accouchement, confinement, lying-in bed, decorative hanging from under mattress of: bedskirt bed, narrow hard: pallet bed, old-fashioned pan of coals or hot liquid for warming a: warming pan bed, posture or position in: decubitus bedazzle: astound, awe, bewilder, blind, captivate, daze, enchant, overwhelm, stagger, stun bedbug family: cimex bedding: afghan, bedclothes, bedspread, blanket, comforter, cover, duvet, linen, pillow, quilt, sham, sheets The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
bedeck: adorn, array, decorate, embellish, gem, grace, ornament, trim bedevil: abuse, annoy, bewitch, harass, harry, hex, irk, muddle, pester, tease, torment, worry bedight: clad bedim: becloud, blur, cloud, darken, fade, fog, gloom, mist, obscure bedlam: asylum, chaos, confusion, din, furor, lunatic, madhouse, madness, noise, racket, riot, tumult, turmoil, uproar bedraggled: limp bedridden: ailing, confined, disabled, feeble, ill, incapacitated bedridden, not: ambulatory bedrock: base, basis, bottom, ground, substratum bedroom: berth, boudoir, chamber, compartment, cubicle, flat bedroom clock type: alarm bedsore: decubitus bedspread: comforter, counterpane, quilt bedspread case or covering: duvet bee-eating: apivorous bee fertilizing queen but doing no work: drone bee food: flowers, nectar bee genus: apis bee group: colony, swarm bee mixture of nectar (honey) and pollen as bee food: beebread bee product: honey bee substance secreted by workers that feed larvae: royal jelly bee type: bumblebee, carpenter, cuckoo, honeybee, worker bee young: grubs bee, having a stinger as a: aculeate beef cattle male: steer beef cured by drying and smoking: biltong, charqui, jerky beef cut from tenderloin, fillet of: tournedos beef cuts: brisket, chuck, cutlet, flank, loin, porterhouse, quarter, roast, round, rump, shank, short rib, shoulder, side, sirloin, steak beef cuts from brisket: brisket, shank crosscuts beef cuts from chuck: blade steak, chuck short ribs, eye roast, pot roast, shoulder steak beef cuts from flank: flank steak beef cuts from rib: rib roast, rib steak, rib-eye steak
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BEEF CUTS FROM ROUND - BEGINNING OF PROJECT
beef cuts from round: eye of round roast, round steak, rump roast, top round steak beef cuts from short loin: Porterhouse steak, T-bone steak, tenderloin steak, top-loin steak beef cuts from short plate: plate-skirt steak beef cuts from sirloin: pinbone sirloin steak, sirloin steak, tip roast beef fillet in sour cream sauce served on a bed of noodles: beef stroganoff beef in bun, spicy ground: sloppy joe beef industry: ranching beef marinated in vinegar, water, wine, spices: sauerbraten beef smoked and thinly sliced, dried: chipped beef beef unit: side beef, double sirloin cut of: baron beef, raw: steak tartare beef, thin strips of fat in: marbling beefs: grievances beefy: brawny, bulky, hefty, husky, robust, stolid beehive: apiary, hive, skep beehive of straw: skep beekeeper: apiarist, apiculturist beelike: apian beep: honk, page beeper: pager beer: ale, barley, beverage, bock, bottled, brew, brewer, brewsky, case, dark, glass, grog, hops, keg, kvass, lager, liquor, malt, mug, near, pitcher, porter, stein, stout, suds, swanky, yard, yeast
RELATED TERMS
beer and bar mat collector: tegestologist beer barrel: keg beer brewing pulp: mash beer can or coffee cup sleeve: zarf beer flavoring: hops beer foam: barm beer from keg, draw: draft, tap beer glass: stein, toby beer hall: rathskeller beer ingredient: barley, hops, malt beer maker: brewer beer mug which may have hinged lid: stein beer without pausing, swallow: chugalug beer, heating to kill microorganisms in: pasteurization beer, low-hop: lager beerlike: malty W
beet: beetrave, beta, borscht, chard, mangel, mangold, sugar, vegetable beet soup: borscht beet with large yellowish root: mangelwurzel beetle: battledore, bug, chafer, dor, drive, elater, firefly, golach, goldbug, Japanese, June bug, ladybug, meloe, prinoid, scarab, skipjack, stag, tumblebug, weevil beetle sacred in ancient Egypt: scarab beetle secretion: trehala befall: bechance, become, betide, come, develop, gel, hap, happen, occur, pertain, transpire befits: suits befitting: appropriate, apt, becoming, conforming, correct, just, kosher, right, seemly, suitable befog: cloud, conceal, confound, confuse, dim, enshroud, mystify, obscure, puzzle before: afore, ahead, already, antecedent, anterior, avant, back, earlier, ere, facing, first, former, forward, front, heretofore, hitherto, past, preceding, previously, prior, rather, sooner, till, vanward before and earlier: anterior before another in a job, person who goes: predecessor before another, person or thing that comes: forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor before birth: antenatal, prenatal before birth, in uterus: in utero before maturity: teenage before noon: ante meridiem, antemeridian before now: heretofore before or introductory: prelatory, preliminary, preparatory before the Civil War: antebellum before the Flood: antediluvian before, suggest or indicate: foreshadow, portend, presage befoul: contaminate, corrupt, defile, dirty, malign, pollute, slander, soil, stain befoul with mud: bemire befriend: abet, advise, aid, assist, back, benefit, defend, embrace, favor, help, protect, support, sustain befuddle: addle, baffle, confuse, daze, distract, fluster, inebriate, intoxicate, muddle, mystify, stun, stupefy, unsettle beg: adjure, ask, beseech, bid, bum,
cadge, coax, crave, entreat, hustle, mooch, nag, panhandle, petition, plead, pray, request, solicit, supplicate, urge beg for for another: intercede beg for persistently: importune beg the question: evade beg urgently: implore beget: afford, bear, breed, bring, create, engender, father, generate, germinate, procreate, produce, sire, spawn, yield beggar: almsman, almswoman, asker, bidder, bum, canter, deadbeat, freeloader, hobo, impoverish, indigent, leech, mendicant, moocher, palliard, panhandler, pauper, pleader, rogue, ruin, scrounger, sponger, suppliant, supplicant, vagabond, vagrant, wretch beggarly: bankrupt, cheap, cheesy, despicable, indigent, infamous, low, mean, paltry, petty, poor, sorry, vulgar, wretched begin: arise, attack, bud, commence, create, dawn, emanate, embark, enter, germinate, inaugurate, initiate, institute, introduce, lead, open, originate, rise, set, set in, setin, spring, start, trigger begin a discussion: broach begin officially: inaugurate beginner: amateur, apprentice, candidate, debutante, entrant, fledgling, founder, freshman, greenhorn, neophyte, novice, postulate, recruit, rookie, student, tenderfoot, tiro, trainee, tyro beginner in learning: abecedarian, novice beginner in religion: novitiate beginner's crucial test: pons asinorum beginning: alpha, birth, cause, commencement, conception, dawn, day, day one, debut, egg, elementary, embryonic, entrance, foundation, genesis, germ, heart, inception, initial, initiation, kickoff, new, onset, origin, outset, rise, root, seed, spring, start beginning and end: alpha and omega beginning in development: embryonic, inchoate, incipient, nascent beginning of a course of action or performance: debut beginning of a word, phoneme or syllable added to: prothesis beginning of project: inception, outset
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BEGINNING OR FIRST IN TIME SEQUENCE, CONCERNING - BELATED
BEERS
abbey ale cream ale home brew mead schwarzbier ale crystal malt ice beer melomel specialty malt all barley beer dark beer India pale ale Munchener spruce beer all malt beer diat pils kellerbier near beer starkbier altbier doppelbock kolsch needled beer steam beer amber ale dort krausen nonalcoholic beer stout barley wine dortmunder kriek nonalcoholic malt Trappist Berliner weisse draft beer kristall weizen beverage tripel beer Bire de Garde draught beer kruidenbier nut brown ale ur-bock bitter dry beer Kulmbacher beer oatmeal stout Vienna beer bitter stout dunkel beer kumiss obergarig weiss bittersweet dunkel weissbier kvass old ale weizenbier bock beer eisbock lager oscura wheat beer brown ale faro Iambic beer pale ale white beer bruised beer festbier light ale pilsener witbier caramel malt fire-brewed beer light beer poker beer zwickelbierW cask-conditioned ale framboise loster bier porter chicha genuine draft maibock rauchbier copper ale gueuze malt liquor saison craft-brewed beer hefe weizen marzen Scotch ale mand, desire, direction, edict, inbehave different than normal: deviate beginning or first in time sequence, junction, mandate, order, promptbehave like someone is inferior: condeconcerning: primordial ing, rule, solicitation, wish scend, deign, patronize beginning or origin: conception, crebehind: abaft, aft, after, afterward, arbehave theatrically: emote ation, genesis ear, arrear, astern, backing, backbeginning or source: seed behavior: action, air, attitude, bearing, ward, buttocks, derrire, fanny, hicode, comport, conduct, decorum, beginning or start: onset ney, instigating, laggard, late, losing, deed, demeanor, deportment, etibeginning or starting point: terminus a past, posterior, rear, rump, seat, quette, guise, manner, mien, morals, quo tardy, trailing, tush, ward port, routine, tact, tenue beginning to appear: incipient behind closed doors: in camera behavior modification: conditioning beginning, from the: de novo behind in payment: arrears, in debt beginnings: alphas, kickoffs, onsets, orbehavior principle: ethic behold: catch, consider, discern, earbehavior standards: mores igins, seeds mark, ecce, eye, gaze, hold, look, behavior theory, cause-and-effect: begins to knit: casts on maintain, notice, observe, perceive, determinism begone: away, depart, hightail, leave, regard, retain, scan, see, sight, view, behavior treatment with unpleasant off, out, scat, scoot, scram, shoo, voila, wait, watch, witness stimuli connected to bad habits: averskiddoo, vamoose beholden: accountable, bound, gratesion therapy begrimes: smudges ful, indebted, obliged, owing behavior, artificial: affectation, begrudge: covet, envy, grumble, behoove: befit, benefit, fit, need, ought, pretentiousness loathe, pinch, resent proper, require, suit, suitable behavior, code of: protocol beguile: amuse, bluff, burn, charm, beige: brownish, camel, color, cream, cheat, coax, con, deceive, delude, di- behavior, distinctive: eccentricity, foiecru, khaki, tan ble, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, quirk vert, elude, entertain, entrap, evade, behavior, having or concerning bad: in- being: actuality, angel, animal, beflatter, foil, fool, fox, gyp, lure, macause, creature, entity, esse, essence, decorous, insubordinate, restive, unneuver, manipulate, mislead, seduce, existence, human, life, living, matbecoming, unruly, unseemly trick, vamp ter, mortal, nature, one, ontology, orbehavior, noisy and rough: boisterous begun, barely: inchoate ganism, person, present, reality, self, behavior, overemotional: melodrama behalf: account, advantage, aid, assissoul, spirit, standing, subsistence, sutance, benefit, defense, interest, mat- behavior, proper: decorous preme, thing ter, part, profit, sake, side, support behead: behemoth, big, decapitate, debelabor: assail, beat, buffet, cudgel, behave: act, bear, carry, comport, concollate, execute, guillotine, kill drub, hammer, lash, ply, pound, reitduct, demean, deport, direct, funcbeheading device: guillotine erate, thrash, work tion, gesture, handle, manage, manbehemoth: beast, giant, huge, leviabelated: deferred, delayed, late, overager, react, regulate, restrain, treat, than, mammoth, monster due, remiss, tardy work behest: bid, command, decree, de-
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BELCH - BELOW-THE-WAIST FLOUNCE
belch: burp, eruct, eructation, expel, hiccup, rasp, repeat, spew, vent, vomit beldam: crone, hag beleaguer: annoy, assault, beset, besiege, blockade, bother, harass, invest, nag, persecute, plague, surround belfry: campanile, carillon, clocher, dome, tower, turret belfry denizen: bat belie: belong, besiege, betray, camouflage, color, contradict, contravene, counterfeit, deceive, defame, deny, disguise, disprove, distort, falsify, hide, negative, pertain, slander, surround belief: admission, assurance, axiom, certainty, confidence, conviction, credence, credo, creed, doctrine, dogma, ethos, faith, feeling, gospel, hope, idea, -ism, mind, opinion, persuasion, position, reliance, religion, sect, tenet, theory, trust, view
RELATED TERMS
belief at variance with established beliefs: heresy, heterodoxy, unorthodoxy belief considered to be absolutely true: article of faith, dogma belief contrary to established doctrine: heresy belief in a creator: deism belief in a god: theism belief in God without denying others: henotheism belief in more than one god: polytheism belief in supernatural: tabu belief in the miraculous: supernaturalism belief in virtue of hard work: work ethic belief maintained as true: tenet belief not substantiated: factoid belief or strongly held opinion: conviction, persuasion belief that is necessary: article of faith belief that one is ill, false: hypochondria, valetudinarianism belief with little evidence: credulity belief, concerning: doxastic belief, declare a: profess belief, express approval of: espouse, subscribe belief, express or declare personal: testify belief, false: delusion
belief, unquestioning religious or ideological: fundamentalism beliefs: creeds, -isms, tenets beliefs and doctrines of a system: ideology beliefs and values of a people: mythos beliefs of others, respect for and recognition of: tolerance, toleration beliefs or religious principles: creed, doctrine, tenet, credo, testament beliefs, defense or justification of: apologia beliefs, firmly established as: entrenched believabilty: credence believable: acceptable, authentic, conceivable, credible, likely, plausible, possible, straight, trustworthy believe: accept, accredit, affirm, assume, buy, consider, credit, deem, hold, imagine, judge, opine, suppose, swallow, theorize, think, trust believe, unwilling to: incredulous, skeptical believer: adherent, admirer, apostle, devotee, disciple, supporter, zealot believer in one god: theist believer in strong central government: statist believer or follower: adherent believers in the here and now: realists believing according to a religion or philosophy: sectarian believing too easily: credulous, gullible, naive W belittle: criticize, decry, denigrate, depreciate, detract, diminish, discredit, disdain, disparage, downgrade, knock, minimize, pan, put down, slight, sneer, squash bell: chime, church bell, cowbell, curfew bell, dinner bell, doorbell, gong, school bell, tocsin, tower bell
RELATED TERMS
bell tower: belfry bell tower, freestanding: campanile bell, metal bar inside: clapper, tongue bell, to ring slowly and solemnly: knell, toll bells at morning, noon, night: angelus bells, ringing of a set of: carillon, peal, tintinnabulation W belles lettres: classics, literature bellicose: belligerent, combative, hostile, mad, militant, pugnacious, rebellious, scrappy, warlike belligerent: adversary, aggressive, antagonistic, aroar, bellicose, combative, contentious, fierce, fighting, hostile, hot, litigious, mean, nasty, ornery, pugnacious, quarrelsome, warlike, warring, wrangling bellow: bark, bawl, bell, blare, bluster, call, clamor, cry, holler, roar, rout, saul, scream, shout, shriek, vociferate, yap, yawp, yell bellowing: a roar bellwether: doyen, forerunner, guide, lead, leader, sheep belly: abdomen, breadbasket, bulge, gut, pot, stomach, tummy belly button: navel, umbilicus belly laugh: boff, ha ha belly nerves and ganglia: solar plexus belly of mammal: venter belong: accord, affiliated, appertain, apply, bear, concern, correlate, fit, harmonize, in here, match, pertain, relate, set, vest belong as essential part: inherent, integral, intrinsic belong as part or adjunct: appertain, pertain belongings: appendages, assets, effects, estate, family, gear, goods, household paraphernalia, possessions, property, things beloved: admired, adored, boyfriend, cherished, darling, dear, flame, girlfriend, idol, inamorata, love, pet, precious, revered, spouse, steady, sweetheart, turtle dove, valentine below: beneath, down, downstairs, downward, inferior, infra, less, lower, subordinate, under, underneath below earth's surface: nether below in text: infra below the speed of sound: transonic below-the-waist flounce: peplum
bell is suspended, wooden block from which: stock bell regulating nighttime outings: curfew bell ringer: campanologist, sexton bell ringing, art of: campanology bell-shaped: campanulate bell-shaped cover for plants: cloche bell signal or alarm: tocsin bell sound: chime, dong, peal, ting bell sounded regularly: tolling bell tolling for death: knell
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BELOW THRESHOLD OF CONSCIOUS PERCEPTION - BESET WITH TROUBLE
below threshold of conscious perception: subliminal belt: area, band, bandoleer, bash, beat, blow, cincture, circle, circuit, clobber, conveyor, cummerbund, encircle, encompass, girdle, girth, highway, invest, mark, passage, region, ring, sash, strait, strap, strip, stripe, surround, tract, waistband, whack, zone belt buckle loop for excess belt: keeper belt buckle tongue: tang belt carrying goods: conveyor belt belt for hernia patient: truss belt for sword or bugle: baldric belt or sash for monk or nun habit: cincture belt or sash worn with dinner jacket: cummerbund belt with cartridge pockets: bandoleer belt, encircle with a: gird bemoan: deplore, grieve, lament, mourn, pity, regret, rue, sorrow, wail bemoaning one's lot: singing the blues bemuse: addle, confuse, distract, fluster, overwhelm, stun bemused: pixilated bench: bar, board, court, discard, ledge, pew, seat, settee, sideline, stool, tribunal bench with storage underneath, highbacked: settle bench, long upholstered: banquette benchmark: criteria, example, gauge, model, standard, touchstone, yardstick bend: angle, arch, bow, buckle, compel, crimp, crouch, curvature, curve, direct, divert, fasten, flex, incline, kink, lean over, loop, persuade, ply, refract, sag, stoop, submit, tilt, turn, twist, wind, zigzag bend easily, able to: flexible, limber, lissom, lithe, malleable, pliable, pliant, supple bend in a river: bight bend in river, U-shaped: oxbow bend in stream or river: meander bend knees, as in worship: genuflect bend of a body part: flexure bend the elbow: tope bend, curve in and out: sinuate bend, sharp and elbowlike: dogleg bend, twist: writhe bendable and flexible: pliable bender: binge, spree, toot bending easily, limber: lithe bending of joint: flexion
bending of light or heat ray: refraction bending or bent part: flection bending or winding: flexuous bends in a mountain road: esses bends in divers: aeroembolism, caisson disease, decompression sickness beneath: below, inferior, lesser, lower, subordinate, under, underground beneath one's dignity: inexpedient, infra dig, infra dignitatem benediction: amen, approval, bless you, blessing, grace, gratitude, invocation, praise, prayer, thanks, thanksgiving benefaction: alms, approbation, benevolence, charity, donation, endowment, gift, grant, gratuity, kindness, philanthropy, present benefactor: aid, angel, donor, friend, grubstaker, helper, humanitarian, patron, promoter, savior, sponsor, usee beneficial: advantageous, desirable, enjoyable, favorable, gainful, good, healthful, helpful, lucrative, profitable, remunerative, salutary, serviceable, useful, valuable beneficiary: donee, heir, heiress, lagatee, legatee, recipient, successor, usee, user benefit: advance, advantage, aid, assist, avail, befriend, behalf, better, blessing, boon, boost, boot, concert, deserve, emolument, enhance, exhibition, gain, gift, help, improve, interest, performance, perk, profit, raffle, relieve, sake, service, use, utility, welfare benevolent: altruistic, benign, caring, charitable, chivalrous, considerate, generous, good, humane, kind, liberal, loving, philanthropic, unselfish benign: affable, amiable, benedict, benevolent, bland, charitable, favorable, genial, gentle, good, gracious, harmless, healthful, kind, mild, salutary, slight, tender, wholesome bent: aim, angled, aptitude, bias, bound, bow, braced, contorted, course, crank, crooked, curvature, curved, decided, declined, determined, direction, flexed, hooked, hunched, insistent, leveled, pronate, prone, set, settled, stooped, swayed, turned; disposition, energy, flair, genius, gift, impetus, inclination, knack, leaning, nose, penchant, prejudice, proclivity, propensity, purpose, talent, taste, tendency, trend
bent backward: retroflex bent beyond resiliency: sprung bent in flight: arced bent into a curve, in heraldry: enarched bent like hook: uncinate bent out of shape: cortorted bent over: astoop benumb: blunt, chill, cumber, daze, deaden, desensitize, numb, stun, stupefy bequeath: bequest, bestow, commend, commit, demise, donate, endow, give, grant, leave, legate, offer, testament, transmit, will bequest: bequeath, dower, endowment, estate, gift, heritage, inheritance, legacy, will berate: abuse, blister, castigate, censure, chastise, chide, jaw, lash, nag, objurgate, rail, revile, sail into, scold, scorch, score, upbraid bereave: deprive, dispossess, divest, leave, oust, rob, sadden, strip bereavement: affliction, death, distress, sorrow bereft: destitute, devoid, fleeced, forlorn, lacking, lorn, lost, missing, poor, robbed beret: tarn berry-bearing: bacciferous berry segment or division: acinus, drupe berry used as medicine: cubeb berry with thick leathery rind, as citrus fruit: hesperidium berry, clustered as raspberry and mul-: aggregate berrylike: baccate berserk: amok, crazy, demented, distraught, enraged, frenzied, mad, maniacal, violent, wild berth: appointment, bed, billet, bunk, dock, harbor, job, mooring, niche, office, place, position, profession, situation, slip, upper, wharf berth or hand: upper beryl: emerald, gem, green, jewel, yellow beseech: adjure, appeal, ask, beg, entreat, implore, invoke, obsecrate, petition, plead, pray, solicit, sue, supplicate beseeching: suppliant beset: allot, arrange, assail, attack, beleaguer, besiege, blockade, bug, circle, harass, harry, hound, infest, obsess, obstruct, pester, plague, ply, sail, siege, spend, storm, surround beset with trouble: in hot water
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BESIDE - BEVEL SURFACE
BERRIES
bilberry bearberry blackberry black raspberry blueberry boysenberry buffalo berry candleberry checkerberry cloudberry cranberry currant dangleberry dewberry elderberry gooseberry huckleberry Juneberry lingonberry loganberry mulberry partridgeberry raspberry sala berry serviceberry shadberry strawberry whortleberry W beside: abreast, abutting, adjacent, adjoining, along, alongside, aside, by, contiguous, except, excluding, juxtaposed, near, next, opposite, tangential, with besides: added, additional, also, and, beyond, but, else, except, extra, furthermore, moreover, otherwise, plus, then, too besides and in addition: withal besiege: annoy, assail, assault, attack, belay, beleaguer, beset, blockade, close in on, confine, embattle, girt, nag, pester, plague, siege, solicit, storm, surround, trap besmirch: blacken, blot, defile, discolor, dishonor, slander, smear, smudge, soil, stain, taint besotted: buzzed, cooked, drunk, inebriated, infatuated, intoxicated, sloshed, smashed, wasted, zonked bespangle: adorn, decorate, dot, embellish, garnish, light, sequin, sprinkle, star, stud, trim bespatter: blot, condemn, dash, dirty,
malign, muddy, reproach, scatter, slur, soil, sparge, spot, sprinkle, stain, stigmatize bespeak: accost, address, announce, argue, arrange, ask, attest, cite, discuss, engage, exclaim, foretell, hint, imply, indicate, request, reserve, show, speak, stipulate best: ace, bad, boss, champion, choice, conquer, cream, defeat, edge, elite, exceed, excel, excellent, finest, foremost, greatest, largest, most, nonpareil, optimum, outdo, outmatch, outstrip, paramount, par excellence, peerless, pick, pip, preeminent, primo, surpass, top, topnotch, unsurpassed, utmost, vanquish best of its kind: vintage best of the best: crme de la crme best or highest quality: gilt-edged best part: highlight best, the: elite bestial: barbaric, brutal, brutish, cruel, depraved, filthy, low, ruthless, vile, wild bestow: accord, add, allot, allow, apply, award, bequeath, beset, confer, deal, deliver, devote, dispense, dispose, divide, donate, entail, entrust, extend, gift, give, grant, harbor, present, put, quarter, render, tribute, use bestow abundantly: rain down bet: ante, chance, gamble, lay, lottery, odds, play, pledge, pot, raffle, risk, speculate, stake, staked, wage, wager, wagered bet choosing 1st, 2nd place finishers: perfecta bet choosing 1st, 2nd place finishers in no particular order: quiniela bet choosing 1st, 2nd, 3rd place finishers: trifecta bet doubling the stakes after a loss: martingale bet on race in which backers share in total wagered: parimutuel bet on winners in two races: daily double bet original wager and its winnings on a subsequent event: parlay bet taker or card dealer: croupier bet with little chance of winning: long shot bet, minimize loss by counterbalancing: hedge bte noire: abomination, bogeyman, bugaboo, dread, hate, ogre, outcast, plague, terror
bethink: consider, deliberate, devise, mind, recall, recollect, reflect, remember, reminisce betide: become, befall, befit, chance, develop, fall, happen, occur, presage, transpire betimes: anon, early, occasionally, prematurely, seasonably, shortly, sometimes, soon, speedily betoken: assert, bespeak, betide, denote, express, forebode, foreshadow, import, indicate, note, omen, presage, show, signify, symbolize, witness betray: abandon, accuse, beguile, blab, blow, cross, deceive, delude, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, falsify, finger, mislead, peach, rat, reveal, seduce, sell, sing, snare, snitch, spill, squeal, tattle, tell, traduce, undo betrayal: breach, chicanery, deception, dishonesty, disloyalty, perfidy, sellout, treason betrayer: informer, Judas, nark, rat, skunk, stoolie, traitor, turncoat betroth: affiance, assure, bind, contract, engage, espouse, pledge, promise, vow better: advance, aid, ameliorate, amend, bigger, choice, correct, desirable, elevate, exceed, excel, excelling, finer, good, greater, half, healthier, improve, increase, more, outdo, preferable, promote, rectify, safer, superior, support, surpass, top, well, win, wiser, worthier better from illness, get: convalesce, recuperate better than average: above par better than no loaf: half better, make or become: ameliorate betterment: correction, improvement, mastery, melioration, reform, revision betterment of world: meliorism betting consideration: odds betting system where winners receive share of total bet: parimutuel, totalizator, tote between: amid, amidst, among, average, betwixt, halfway, intermediate, intervening, within between cities: interurban between lines: interlinear betwixt: amidst bevel: angle, bezel, blow, cant, chamfer, diagonal, edge, incline, miter, mitre, oblique, ream, slanted, slope bevel surface: chamfer
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BEVERAGE - BILLIARD B A L L ' S RECOIL
beverage: ade, ale, beer, cider, cocktail, cocoa, coffee, cola, cooler, cordial, draft, drink, eggnog, green tea, grog, ice tea, juice, lager, lemonade, liquid, liquor, malted, milk, nectar, negus, nog, pop, potable, potion, punch, seltzer, soda, tea, tonic, treat, water, wine beverage of chocolate syrup, milk, soda water: egg cream bevy: assembly, band, collection, company, covey, crew, crowd, flight, flock, gathering, group, herd, pack, party, school, swarm, troupe bewail: bemoan, cry, deplore, grieve, lament, moan, mourn, repent, rue, sigh, sorrow, weep beware: avoid, cave, eschew, heed, mind, notice, shun, spend, warning bewilder: abash, addle, amaze, amuse, astonish, baffle, bother, buffalo, confound, confuse, daze, dazzle, distract, embarrass, floor, fluster, fog, foil, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, perplex, puzzle, rattle, stun, stupefy, surprise, upset bewildered: asea, bemused, at sea, lost, perplexed bewildered and worried: distraught bewitch: allure, attract, bedevil, captivate, charm, control, dazzle, delight, enchant, entice, fascinate, hex, hook, hypnotize, jinx, spellbind, spook, thrill, trick, voodoo, wile beyond: above, across, after, aside, besides, free, further, hereafter, hope, moreover, otherwise, outside, over, past, question, remote, superior, ultra, yonder beyond a doubt: proven beyond improvement: ideal beyond one's legal power: ultra vires beyond ordinary perception: transcendent beyond plump: obese beyond reasonable limits: inordinate beyond reclaim: lost beyond the call of duty: supererogatory beyond words: ineffable bias: awry, bent, bigotry, color, declination, diagonal, disposition, favoritism, incline, influence, intolerance, leaning, narrowness, oblique, partiality, parti pris, preconception, predetermine, predilection, prejudice, prepossess, procedure, propensity, skew, slant, slope, standpoint, sway, tendency
biased: partial, partisan, tendentious biased and intolerant: bigoted bibelot: curio Bible books accepted as Holy Scripture: canon bible of information carried around: vade mecum Bible study and interpretation: hermeneutics biblical book of prayers: psalter biblical critical interpretation: exegesis biblical disclosure of God's will or religious truth: revelation biblical interpretation: hermeneutics biblical mystical interpretation: anagogy bicker: altercate, argue, assail, attack, battle, brawl, contention, dispute, fight, haggle, quarrel, rattle, scrap, skirmish, spar, squabble, tiff, war, wrangle bicuspid: tooth bicycle: bike, cycle, mountain, racing, tandem, ten-speed, two-wheeler, wheel bicycle basket fastened to rack over wheels: pannier bicycle built for two: tandem bicycle with big front wheel and tiny rear wheel: penny-farthing bicycle with one wheel: unicycle bicycle, old-fashioned, with pedals attached to front wheel: velocipede bid: adjure, announce, ask, beckon, beg, call, charge, command, declare, direct, invitation, invite, offer, order, pray, price, proclaim, proposal, request, reveal, summon, warn, wish bid made on goods or services: tender biddy: hen bide: await, continue, dwell, endure, face, linger, remain, reside, stay, suffer, tarry, tolerate, wait, withstand bids, simultaneous, resolved by coin flip: matched and lost bier: catafalque, coffin, grave, hearse, pyre, support big: adult, altruistic, boastful, bold, bulky, chief, eminent, enormous, fat, generous, gigantic, grand, great, gross, heavyweight, hefty, huge, important, imposing, jumbo, large, leading, magnanimous, major, massive, mature, mighty, outstanding, pompous, pregnant, pretentious, roomy, tall, tremendous, vast big bang, matter that may have existed before: ylem
big leaguer: pro big piece: hunk, slab big shot: bigwig, celebrity, magnate, mogul, somebody, titan, tycoon, VIP big toe: hallux big top: tent, three-ring circus big-word user: lexiphanes bigfoot: omah, sasquatch, yeti bighearted: benevolent, charitable, generous, liberal, openhanded, unselfish Bighorn sheep: argali bight: angle, bay, bayou, bend, corner, curve, gulf, inlet, loop, noose, road bignoniaceous tree: catalpa bigot: hypocrite, intolerant, racist, zealot bigotry: bias, ignorance, intolerance, prejudice, racism, sexism bigwig: mogul, nabob, pooh-bah, VIP bijou: gem bike: cycle, pedal biker's backrest: sissy bar bikini top: bra bilge: balderdash, bull, malarky, rot, rubbish, trash bilk: balk, bamboozle, cheat, con, deceive, defraud, dodge, dupe, escape, fleece, flimflam, frustrate, gyp, hoax, shake, swindle, trick bill: flyer, placard, post, poster, program, score; act, document, law, petition, statute; buck, dollar, fin, five, greenback, note, sawbuck, ten; beak, neb, nib bill for goods or services: charge, check, debt, dun, fee, invoice, reckoning, statement, tab bill for payment, submit: render bill of exchange: trade acceptance bill of fare: carte, menu bill or account, settling of: reckoning bill to legislators, presentation of: reading bill to pay: debt bill, clause added to legislative: rider bill, legislator proposing or supporting: sponsor billet: appointment, ballot, bar, bearing, berth, camp, canton, document, dwelling, enroll, firewood, harbor, house, hut, job, letter, lodge, log, loop, note, notice, office, order, pass, pollack, position, post, quarter, quarters, requisition, residence, slab, strip, ticket billiard ball's recoil: draw
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BILLIARD SHOT, BALL HITS CUSHION FIRST - B I S H O P OF HIGHEST RANK IN A PROVINCE OR COUNTRY
billiard shot, ball hits cushion first: bricole billiard shot, cue ball strikes two balls: carom billiard shot, cue held perpendicular: mass billiard stick: cue billiard table green cloth: baize billiards term: break, bridge, cannon, carom, chalk, cue, cue ball, cushion, eight ball, english, mass, miscue, miss, pocket, rack, rotation, run, scratch, string billingsgate: abuse billionth of second: nanosecond billow: bounce, breaker, crest, float, ripple, roll, sea, surge, swell, toss, wave billowing sail: spinnaker bills: duns, nebs, ones, paper money, tabs billy club: bat, baton, bludgeon, nightstick, stick bin: basket, bing, box, bunker, cart, container, crate, crib, frame, hamper, hutch, receptacle, stall, store, trough, within bin for storing corn: crib bin or bigerine lead-in: glo binary: double, dual binary compound of oxygen with an element: oxide binary group: byte binaural system: stereo bind: bandage, cement, confine, constrict, difficulty, dilemma, fasten, fetter, gird, hogtie, hold, jam, join, lash, obligate, predicament, secure, stick, tape, tie, unite bind books: oversew bind tightly in bandage or cloth: swaddle, swathe bind tightly in device: fetter, pinion, shackle bind wheat: sheave bind with rope: lash binder: band, bond, cover, folder, frame, girder, guarantee, lever, notebook, tape binding: astringent, belt, cord, edging, fastener, limiting, mandatory, necessary, obligatory, restraining, restrictive, ribbon, rope, stringent, tape, tether, tying, valid binding, act of: ligature bindlestiff: tramp binge: affair, bat, bender, blow, blowout, bow, bust, carousal, cringe, fling,
hit, indulge, indulgence, jag, obeisance, party, soak, splurge, spree, tear, toot binge eating disorder: bulimia biochemical catalyst of protein in cells: enzyme biographical essay: profile biography: account, bio, diary, history, journal, life, memoir, recount, saga biography of one's own life: autobiography, memoirs biography of person written by that person: autobiography biological angle: axil biological development of individual: ontogeny biological factor: gene biological groups: genera biological similarity in form of organisms with different ancestry: isomorphism biological unit: cell biologically deteriorating, esp. in man: dysgenic biologically occurring in different regions: allopatric biologically occurring in same region: sympatric biology and technology, study of: biotechnology, ergonomics, human engineering, human factors engineering biology branch dealing with heredity in plants and animals: genetics biology classification: taxonomy biology classification, subdivision of genus: species biology degeneration, the opposite of evolution: devolution biota: life bipartite: dual biped: man birch relative: alder birchbark: canoe bireme's propeller: oar birth: bear, beginning, burden, delivery, extraction, genesis, lineage, naissance, nascence, nascency, natal, nativity, origin, parentage, spring birth and circumstances of a birth: nativity birth but not hereditary, concerning condition existing from: congenital birth by abdominal surgery: Caesarean section birth by eggs that hatch outside body: oviparous
birth by eggs that hatch within body: ovoviviparous birth by sheep or goats: yean birth control: condom, contraception, foam, pill, sponge, vasectomy birth feet or butt first: breech birth membranes and placenta expelled: afterbirth, logia, secundines birth or beginning of something: genesis birth to live offspring, not eggs: viviparous birth to only boys, giving: arrhenotokous birth to only girls, giving: thelyotokous birth to prematurely, give: slink, slip birth, amniotic sac covering baby's head at: caul birth, buttocks first: breech delivery birth, pertaining to: natal, puerperal birth, pertaining to time after: postnatal, postpartum birth, pertaining to time before: antenatal, prenatal birth, pertaining to time just before birth (five months before, one month after): perinatal birth, present from: innate birth, referring to the place of one's: native birthday calculation: genethialogy birthmark: blemish, feature, hemangioma, mole, naeve, nevus, spiloma, strawberry mark birthmark or congenital skin growth: nevus, stigma birthplace: motherland birthstone: gem biscuit: bake, bun, cake, cookie, cracker, dog, gem, hardtack, muffin, pentile, pretzel, roll, scone, snap, wafer, zwieback biscuit, brittle and salted, in knots and other shapes: pretzel biscuit, hard, for military: hardtack bisect: cross, divide, fork, furcate, halve, intersect, naive, separate, split bisexual in organs or characteristics: androgynous, hermaphrodite bishop assisting another bishop or ordinary: suffragan bishop district: diocese bishop just below patriarch in Eastern Orthodox Church: metropolitan bishop of certain sees in Eastern Orthodox Church: patriarch bishop of highest rank in a province or country: primate
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BIRDING TERMS
African birds: coly, fink, hammerhead, marabou, quelea, taha, tock, touraco, unbrette Antarctic birds: penguin, skua aquatic birds: auk, cob, cormorant, dabchick, duck, ern, flamingo, goose, grebe, gull, loon, mew, penguin, petrel, small, swan, tern, terne Arctic birds: auk, dovekey, fulmar, guillemot, skua Asian birds: brambling, courser, dotterel, fng huang, funghwang, lapwing, mine, myna, parakeet, pitta Australian birds: arara, bellbird, boobook, bushlark, bustard, cassowary, coachwhip, emu, friarbird, frogmouth, leipoa, lorikeet, lory, lyrebird, manucode, pardalote, pitta, roa, waybung beak: rostrum bird: ani, avis, blackbird, bluebird, bluejay, boatbill, bobolink, bobwhite, brant, bulbul, bullfinch, bustard, buzzard, catbird, chicadee, crow, daw, eagle, egret, emu, erne, falcon, finch, flicker, flier, goldfinch, grosbeak, halcyon, hobby, hoopoe, hummingbird, ibis, jackdaw, kingbird, kinglet, kite, lark, linnet, marten, mocker, nun, oriole, owl, partridge, peacock, pewee, pheasant, phoebe, pie, plover, raven, redstart, redwing, robin, rook, ruff, sandpiper, shrike, skylark, snipe, sparrow, starling, swallow, tanager, terek, tern, thrasher, thrush, tit, vireo, warbler, waxwing, woodpecker, wren bird call: caw, cheep, coo, twee bird class: aves bird dog: setter bird food: bread crumbs, seeds, suet bird genus: alca, apatornis, certhia, crax, otis bird house: aviary bird marsh: coot, crane, rail, snipe, sora, stilt bird of legend, rising from ashes: phoenix bird of Paradise: apus, manucode bird of peace: dove bird of prey: accipiter, eagle, eaglet, elanet, erne, falcon, goshawk, harpy, hawk, kite, osprey, owl, owlet, raptor, vulture bird of prey's claw: pounce, talon bird parts: bill, knee, lora, lores, mala, neb, nib, pecten, pileum, pinion, rostra, syrinx bird shelter: cote bird sound: peep, tweet, twitter bird stomach: gizzard, ventriculus bird that cannot fly: ratite bird that has just acquired flight feathers: fledgling bird too young to leave nest: nestling bird trill: tiralee bird wing: pinion bird with an eerie cry: loon bird young: birdikin, chick, flapper, fledgling, gull, nestler, nestling, piper, poult, squab birdlike: avian birdlike reptile: pterodactyl bird's beak: neb bird's behind: curpin 66 bird's crop: craw bird's egg expert: oologist bird's head tuft: crest bird's home: nest birds (in Latin): aves bird's rump: uropygium bird's thumb: alula birdwatcher looking for rare species: twitcher birdwatcher shelter: blind Central American birds: booby, corvine, crow, curassow, daw, guan, ibis, jacamar, macaw, magpie, puffbird, rave, raven, rook clean feathers as a bird, to: preen concerning being a helpless, naked and blind newborn bird: altricial concerning bird active at twilight or before sunrise: crepuscular concerning bird adapted for running: cursorial concerning bird leaving nest a short time after hatching: nidifugous concerning bird remaining in nest until ready to fly: nidicolous concerning bird without flight feathers: callow, unfledged concerning birds: avian, avine, ornithic, volucrine concerning large order of perching birds and songbirds: passerine concerning nonmigratory bird: sedentary dip lightly and quickly into water, to: dap distinctive color on throat of bird: gorget diving birds: auk, dipper, grebe, merganser, petrel fertilizer made of bird dung: guano European birds: amsel, ani, avocet, bargoose, bittern, brambling, bustard, chepster, chiffchaff, darr, daw, dotterel, emeu, emu, gallinule, garganey, gled, godwit, goldfinch, goosander, haybird, kestrel, kite, lammegeyer, linnet, loriot, mag, mall, marten, martlet, mavis, merle, merlin, mew, missel, nun, nuthatch, ortolan, ouzel, peregrine, qua, redcap, redstart, rook, sakeret, serin, stag, starnel, tarin, terek, terin, turtledove, whaup, whewer, wheybird, whimbrel, whitterick, windle, winnel, witwall, yite extinct birds: didus, dodo, mamo, moa, offbird, solitaire feathers: plumage flightless birds: aptryx, cassowary, dodo, emu, kakapo, kiwi, moa, ostrich, penguin, ratite, rhea game birds: duck, goose, grouse, merganser, partridge, pheasant, quail, turkey, wildfowl, woodcock Hawaiian birds: ava, iiwi, io, iwa, koae, mamo, moho, omao Indian birds: adjutant, baya, bulbul, luggar, peacock large enclosure for birds: aviary male birds: cob, cock, drake, gander, peacock, rooster, torn Mexican birds: jacamar, jacana, towhee mythical birds: fng huang, hansa, phoenix, roc, simurgh New Zealand birds: aptryx, ihi, kaka, kakapo, kea, kiwi, kulu, moa, morepork, notornis, poe, ruru, tit), tui, weka North American birds: bittern, coot, crane, egret, flamingo, junco, robin, stork, swift, wren
BISHOP OF HIGHEST RANK UNDER POPE - B I T T E R N E S S , TO CAUSE
BIRDING TERMS
opening for intestinal, genital, urinary tract: cloaca pertaining to birds: avian, ornithic pouch for food storage in bird gullet: craw, crop poultry birds: chicken, duck, goose, hen, pheasant, pigeon, rooster, turkey rare birds: rara avis sea birds: albatross, auk, avocet, curlew, eider, ern, erne, gannet, gony, gull, pelican, petrel, plover, puffin, rail, ree, ruff, sandpiper, seagull, shearwater, snipe, solan, sora, stilt, tern, wader songbirds: bobolink, canary, cardinal, crow, finch, jay, lark, linnet, mavis, mocking, nightingale, oriole, oscine, restart, robin, shama, shrike, sparrow, starling, thrush, tit, vireo, whippoorwill, wren sound of birds chirping and singing at once: chavish South American birds: anna, ara, boatbill, caracara, cariama, chaja, guacharo, guan, hia, hoactzin, mina, myna, mynah, toco, toucan, trumpeter bishop of highest rank under pope: patriarch bishop of Rome: pope bishop robe: chimar, chimre bishop throne: cathedra bishop to another see, transfer: translate bishop with ordinary jurisdiction over specified territory: ordinary bishop with some power over suffragan: metropolitan bishop, light blow on cheek given at confirmation service by: alapa bishop, term or office of: episcopate bishop, to make a: consecrate, miter, ordain bishopric: episcopacy, episcopate, see bishop's area of jurisdiction: diocese bishop's assistant, esp. one who may succeed bishop: coadjutor bishop's crosier: staff bishop's district or churches: bishopric, diocese, see bishop's headdress: mitre bishop's seat in ancient churches: apse bishop's staff: crosier bishop's wear: alb bishops, concerning: episcopal bison: aurochs, buffalo, ox, oxen, urus, wisent bison hybrid: catalo bistro: bar, barroom, cabaret, caf, discotheque, nightclub, restaurant, tavern bit: ace, atom, bite, blade, bridle, check, chip, crumb, curb, drill, fracsticky substance used to capture birds: birdlime study of birds: ornithology talking birds: myna, mynah, parrot tropical birds: ani, barbet, cacique, manakin, motmot, quetzal, quezal, tody, toucan, trogon, waxbill unfledged birds: eyas, gor, gorlin, nestling upper or lower part of beak: mandible wading birds: avocet, bittern, crane, egret, flamingo, heron, ibis, jacana, rail, sandpiper, snipe, stilt, stork waxy beak swelling as of parrot: cere web-footed birds: albatross, auk, avocet, avoset, drake, duck, gander, goose, loon, mure, puffin, razorbill, swan West Indian birds: ani, tody wrinkly skin hanging from the throat of a bird: wattle W
tion, fragment, iota, item, jiffy, jot, mite, molecule, morsel, ort, part, particle, portion, quantity, restraint, scatch, scrap, shred, smidge, smidgen, snap, snip, speck, spell, splice, tad, time, tittle, tool, trifle, wee, while bit of burning coal: ember bit of cloud: wisp bit of color: tinct bit of data: stat bit of dust: mote bit of fried bread: crouton bit of gossip: item, ondit bit of info: fact bit of news: item bit or small amount: driblet, modicum, moiety, pittance, sliver, snippet bit part or role: cameo bit, tiny: iota, scintilla, semblance, smidgen, soupon, tincture, vestige bite: bait, cheat, chew, chomp, corrode, crunch, cut, decay, eat, food, gash, gnaw, hold, impress, lacerate, meal, mouthful, nibble, nip, pierce, pinch, puncture, rust, seize, smart, snack, snap, sting, taste, trick, wound; allotment biting: acid, acrid, astringent, bitter, caustic, cold, corrosive, cutting, incisive, mordant, nipping, penetrating, pungent, raw, sarcastic, scathing, severe, sharp, stinging, trenchant biting comment: barb biting in speech: acerbic, caustic, incisive, mordant, pungent
biting in taste: acrid, pungent biting insect: gnat biting one's fingernails, habit of: onychophagy biting wit: irony bits of noodle dough: farfel bitter: acerb, acid, acrid, acrimonious, afflictive, austere, bad, bleak, caustic, crabby, cruel, distasteful, grievous, harsh, hostile, irate, keen, malicious, nasty, offensive, painful, piercing, poignant, resentful, sardonic, severe, sharp, sore, sour, stinging, tart, unpleasant, virulent bitter accusation in return: recrimination bitter alcoholic liquid used in cocktails or as tonic: bitters bitter and critical: scathing, virulent, vitriolic, vituperative bitter attitude: animus bitter beer: ale bitter in attitude or speech: acrimonious, caustic, rancorous bitter in taste or smell: acrid, astringent bitter or tart: acerbic, acetous, acidulous, sour bitter orange: Seville orange bitter plant: aloe bitterness: acerbity, acrimony, agony, anguish, animosity, antagonism, asperity, enmity, hostility, malevolence, malice, poignancy, rancor, rue, scorn, severity, sourness, virulence, wormwood bitterness, to cause: fester, rankle
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BLACK
blue black Brunswick black carbon coal black ebony ink jet jet black lampblack night black pitch black pure black raven sable sloe black sootW bituminous: coal bivalve: brachipod, clam, cockle, mollusk, mussel, oyster, scallop, spat bivouac: camp, encamp, encomp, tape bizarre: absurd, antic, curious, eccentric, extravagant, fanciful, fantastic, grotesque, kinky, odd, offbeat, outlandish, outr, peculiar, queer, ridiculous, strange, weird, wild bizarre quality: oddness blab: babble, betray, blabber, chat, chatter, gab, gossip, jabber, rat, reveal, sing, snitch, spill the beans, squeal, tattle, tell, tell on, yak blabbermouth: bigmouth, busybody, chatterbox, magpie, tattletale, windbag black: atrocious, dark, dirty, dismal, dusky, fuliginous, forbidding, gloomy, grim, inky, mournful, murky, oppressive, sinister, sooty, spotted, subfusc, sullen, swarthy, unclean black-and-blue mark: bruise, ecchymosis black-and-green tea: oolong black and white: achromatic black-and-white animal: zebra black-and-white cutout or drawn portrait outline: silhouette black-and-white mix: gray black-and-white whale: orca black and white, spotted or patched: piebald, pinto black and white, with shading: chiaroscuro black box ending article: end slug black box of aircraft: flight recorder
black cloud: pall black cuckoo: ani black culture pride: ngritude black currant liqueur: cassis black evening jacket: dinner jacket, tuxedo black eye: shiner black-fin snapper: sesi black fur: sable black gold: oil black hole boundary: event horizon black ice: glaze ice black-ink item: asset black magic: diabolism, necromancy, obeah, occult, sorcery, voodoo, witchcraft, wizardry black magic involving the dead: necrolatry black magic practitioner: warlock, witch black mark: blot, demerit black or white or neutral: achromatic, monochrome black out: censorship, conceal, darken, eclipse, erase, faint, shade black performers, first publisher of music by: Motown black person considered subservient to whites: Uncle Tom black sheep: deviate, reprobate black tea: pekoe black, glossy: piceous black, in poetry: ebon blackball: ban, banish, bar, blacklist, boycott, exclude, expel, ostracize, shun, snub blackberry or raspberry bush: bramble blackbird: ani, daw, merl, merle, nerl, thrush blackboard: slate blackboard accessory: eraser blacken: cloud, darken, defame, defile, disgrace, malign, slander, smear, soot, stain, stigmatize, sully, tar blackest black: ebon blackguard: cad, knave, louse, lowlife, rascal, scoundrel, shag, vagabond, vagrant, villain blackhead: comedo blackhearted: evil blacklist: ban, banish, bar, blackball, boycott, exclude, expel, ostracize, shun, snub blackmail: bleed, bribe, coerce, extort, payoff, ransom, shakedown, squeeze, threaten blackmail by buying stock and threatening takeover: greenmail
BLACKSMITH TOOLS
anvil ball peen hammer blower chisel clinch cutter clincher clipping hammer cold chisel creaser cross peen hammer dipper drift drill fileflatter floor mandrel forge fuller hammer hardie hoof gauger hoof tester hot chisel mandrel nipper post drill post vise power hammer pritchel puncher rasp set hammer sledgehammer straight peen hammer swage swage block swedge swedge block tongs treadle hammer viseW blackness: nigrescence blackout sketch: skit blacksmith: anvil, horseshoer, plover, shoer, smithy blacksmith furnace: forge blacksmith hammer: fuller blacksmith or horseshoer: farrier blacksmith's equipment: anvil blacksmith's stock in trade: horseshoes blacksmith's workshop: smithy blackthorn: sloe bladder: bag, blister, inflate, pocket, pouch, sac, vesicle bladder exam: cystoscopy bladder inflammation: cystitis
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BLADDER OR BOWEL LACK OF CONTROL - BLEND
bladder or bowel lack of control: incontinence bladder or gallstone: cystolith, urinary calculus, urolith bladder removal by surgery: cystectomy bladder-shaped: ampullaceous bladder, urinary or gall-: vesica blade: bit, blow, bone, cutlass, cutter, edge, gallant, grain, knife, leaf, oar, propeller, razor, scapula, scythe, sickle, spear, spire, sword blade of leaf, petal: lamina blade of oar or paddle: palm blade of propeller, turbine, windmill: vane blade of skate or sled: runner blade on stick for mixing batter or spreading: spatula blade side: edge blade surface of chisel: bezel bladed tool: adze blah: bland, boring, bunk, drab, dull, flat, humdrum, lifeless, monotonous, nonsense, tedious, uninspiring, vapid, yawn blame: accusation, accuse, admonish, ascribe, call, castigate, censure, challenge, charge, chide, condemn, criticize, culpability, fault, guilt, hurt, impute, inculpate, liability, onus, rebuke, reprehension, reproach, reprobation, reprove, revile blame for wrongful act: incriminate, inculpate blame is mine: mea culpa blame of others, one made to bear: scapegoat, whipping boy blame or charge: censure, inculpate, reprehend, reproach, reprove blame or guilt, pronounce free from: absolve, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate blame or rebuke: censure, disapproval, reproof blame, offer excuses to lessen: extenuate blamed person who didn't do it: scapegoat blameless: clear, faultless, good, immaculate, innocent, irreproachable, perfect, pure, righteous, spotless, unimpeachable, unstained, upright blameworthy: culpable, deplorable, discreditable, heinous, imputable, reprehensible blanch: argent, bleach, chalk, fade, lighten, pale, recoil, whiten, whitewash, wince
blanched: ashen, paled bland: affable, amiable, benign, blah, courteous, dull, flat, gentle, gracious, ingratiating, insipid, kind, lenient, mild, oily, smooth, soft, suave, tasteless, tranquil, unexciting, urbane bland diet: pap blandish: allure, beguile, cajole, charm, coax, entice, flatter, urge, wheedle blank: abyss, annul, bare, blind, break, clean, clear, colorless, empty, expression, form, fruitless, frustrate, hollow, idle, muddled, omission, scoreless, shot, skip, space, unfilled, vacant, void blank and uncomprehending: glassy blank check: carte blanche blank disk to be stamped for coin: flan blank space: lacuna blanket: afghan, coat, comforter, cover, coverlet, film, layer, mask, poncho, quilt, serape, sheet, stroud, sweeping, throw, wrap blare: blast, blaze, boom, fanfare, noise, peal, roar, scream, shout, toot, trumpet blarney: butter, cajole, coax, exaggeration, flatter, flattery, line, softsoap, wheedle blas: apathetic, bored, casual, indifferent, nonchalant, sated, satiated, unexcited, weary blaspheme: swear blasphemous: impious blasphemy: anathema, calumny, cursing, desecration, execration, impiety, irreverence, malediction, profanation, profanity, sacrilege, scoffing, shaming, swearing, violation, vituperation blast: attack, bang, blight, blow, blowout, bluster, bomb, criticize, detonation, discharge, dynamite, explode, explosion, gale, gust, lambaste, outburst, party, pop, proclaim, ruin, shatter, shell, shindig, stunt, trumpet, wind blatant: brawling, brazen, clamorous, coarse, conspicuous, deafening, flagrant, gaudy, gross, loud, noisy, obtrusive, obvious, overt, shameless, vocal, vociferous, vulgar blatant publicity: ballyhoo blather: babble, blither, chatter, nonsense, prattle, stir blaze: bonfire, brilliance, burn, coruscate, declare, effulgence, fire, firebrand, flame, flare, flash, glare,
gleam, glory, glow, holocaust, illuminate, pioneer, rush, shine, shot, sparkle, torch blazer: coat, jacket blazing: afire, aflame, fiery blazing a trail: pioneering blazon: adorn, announce, blare, boast, broadcast, deck, declare, depict, description, display, embellish, exhibit, inscribe, proclaim, publish, shield, show bleach: blanch, decolor, etiolate, fade, lighten, purify, sun, whiten bleach or dry in sun: insolate bleach, oxygen used in: ozone bleacherite: fan bleachers: benches, boxes, grandstand, scaffold, seats, stand bleaching vat: kier bleak: austere, barren, bitter, blay, blighted, cold, cutting, depressing, desolate, dim, dismal, dour, drear, dreary, gloomy, gray, grim, joyless, melancholy, pale, pallid, raw, stark bleak and barren: stark blear: blur, darken, deceive, dim, dull, faint, fog, mislead, obscure, protrude bleat: baa, blat, blather, bluster, cry, fuss, gripe, maa, whine bled: ran bleed: agonize, blackmail, drain, exhaust, extort, extract, exude, fleece, flow, gush, hemorrhage, leak, overtax, pity, run bleeding, heavy: hemorrhage bleeding, hereditary disorder of unstoppable: hemophilia bleeding, pencil to stop: styptic pencil bleeding, point to apply pressure to stop: pressure point bleeding, stopping or slowing: astringent, hemostatic, styptic bleep out: erase blemish: birthmark, blackhead, blame, blister, blot, blotch, blur, breach, crack, defacement, defame, default, defect, deficiency, deformity, dent, discredit, disfigure, eyesore, failing, fault, flaw, freckle, hurt, impair, imperfection, injure, mar, mark, mole, pimple, pockmark, scar, slur, smirch, speck, spot, stain, stigma, sully, taint, vice, want, wart, zit blemish or stain: maculation blemishes: mars, scars, stains, taint blend: amalgam, amalgamate, associate, blind, blot, brew, combine, commingle, compound, concoction,
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BLEND AND COMBINE- BLOOD (FLUID) cream, dazzle, fit, fuse, fusion, harmonize, incorporate, integrate, join, meld, merge, mesh, mingle, mix, mixture, olio, pollute, shade, spoil, stain, synthesize, unite blend and combine: coalesce, fuse, interlace blend and reconcile schools of thought: syncretize blend different readings of text: conflation blend of two words, e.g. chortle: portmanteau word blend or adjust alcohol by adding water or another liquid: rectify blend two vowels: syneresis blended, old style: admixt blender: mixer, toner bless: absolve, adore, anele, aneles, anoint, approve, baptize, celebrate, confirm, consecrate, cross, dedicate, eulogize, extol, favor, felicitate, give, glorify, grace, grant, guard, hallow, praise, preserve, protect, sanctify, thank bless you in German: gesundheit bless, old-style: anele blessed: beata, benedict, blissful, consecrated, divine, endowed, exalted, hallowed, happy, holy, joyful, revered, sacred, sanctified, venerated blessed with: endowed blessedness: beatitude, nirvana blessing: approval, benedicite, benediction, benison, boon, bounty, consent, felicity, gift, godsend, grace, okay, praise, thanks, windfall, worship blessing or benefit: boon blessing, act of: benedicite, benediction, benison blight: affliction, bane, blast, cripple, destroy, disease, eyesore, frost, frustrate, kill, mar, nip, plague, rot, ruin, rust, smut, spoil, wither blimp: airship, balloon, fatso, zeppelin blind: aimless, ambush, bandage, benight, blank, blend, camouflage, cloak, concealed, dark, daze, dazzle, deceitful, decoy, defective, dull, eclipse, eyeless, front, hidden, hood, hoodwink, ignorant, incomplete, inebriated, insensate, intoxicated, involved, misleading, myopic, nearsighted, obscure, secret, senseless, shortsighted, shutter, sightless, unaware, unseeing blind alley: blockade, cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, standstill blind components: slats blind for window: jalousie, screen, shade blind reading method: Braille blind spot: scotoma, optic disk blind with adjustable horizontal slats: jalousie blind with adjustable, overlapping horizontal slats: Venetian blind blind, as a falcon or hawk: seel blind, nearly: purblind blinder: blindfold, bluff, flab, hood, obstruction, shade blindfold: bandage, blinder, blink, concealed, dark, darken, heedless, obscure, reckless blinding light: glare blindly believing in theory: doctrinaire blindness for blue and yellow: tritanopia blink: bat, blindfold, blush, bypass, condone, falter, flash, flicker, glance, gleam, glimmer, ignore, neglect, nictate, nictitate, omit, overlook, peek, shine, shun, sparkle, squint, trick, twinkle, wink blink quickly and involuntarily: palpebrate blintze: crepe, pancake blip: censor, echo, glitch, spot, tap bliss: contentment, delight, ecstasy, eden, euphoria, gladden, gladness, glory, happiness, heaven, joy, jubilation, nirvana, paradise, pleasure, rapture, Utopia bliss, concerning a state of: connubial blissful: blessed, blithe, divine, dreamy, ecstatic, elated, elysian, enchanted, euphoric, glorified, happy, holy, in seventh heaven blissful and blessed: beatific blister: abscess, beat, blain, bleb, blob, boil, bubble, bulla, canker, castigate, cyst, lambaste, lash, sac, scorch, vesicate, vesicle blister-producing: vesicant blister pus: serum blister with pus: abscess, pustule blistering: hot blithe: bonny, carefree, cheerful, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, jocular, jolly, jovial, joyous, lively, merry, radiant, vivacious, winsome blitz: attack, blitzkrieg, bombardment, football, offensive, raid, red dog, strike blizzard: blow, gale, snowfall, snowstorm, squall, whiteout, wind bloat: balloon, expand, inflate, puffy, swell bloated: arrogant, pompous, stuffy, swollen, turgid blob: blemish, blister, blobule, blot, boil, daub, dollop, drop, lump, mark, mass, pimple, postule, splash, splotch, wen bloc: alliance, cabal, clique, coalition, combination, faction, group, party, ring, union block: annex, bar, barricade, blockade, buckler, cake, check, clog, cob, cube, dam, deter, estop, fill, foil, frustrate, hamper, hinder, hindrance, impass, impede, inhibit, intercept, nudge, oblong, obstacle, obstruct, obstruction, occlude, oppose, outline, plug, prevent, road, row, spike, square, stonewall, stop, street, stump, stymie, thwart block a blow or hit: parry blockade: bar, barricade, barrier, beleaguer, beset, block, checkpoint, closure, dam, embargo, fence, obstruct, obstruction, restriction, roadblock, siege, snag, wall blockbuster: hit blocked with fluid: congested blockhead: ass, beefhead, bonehead, bust, chump, dolt, dummy, dunce, fool, halfwit, hardhead, harebrain, idiot, jackass, knucklehead, moron, nincompoop, ninny, noodle, numskull, oaf, screwball, tomfool, yutz blocking of thoughts or desires: repression, suppression bloke: chap, gent, skate blond: ash, bleached, blonde, color, fair, flaxen, gold, golden, light, platinum, sandy, straw, towheaded, yellow blond-haired peoples of Scandinavia: Nordic blood (family): brother, family, friend, kin, kinship, kinsman, lineage, pedigree, race, relation blood (fluid): cell, clot, fluid, gore, hemoglobin, life, lifeblood, sap, serum, stock RELATED TERMS blood clot drifting in bloodstream and then getting lodged: embolus blood clot in heart, blood vessel: thrombosis
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blood clot that gets lodged in blood vessel or chamber of heart: thrombus blood clotted from wound: gore blood clotting: coagulation blood component: plasma, serum blood conveyer: aorta blood deficiency: anemia blood-filtering and -storage organ: spleen blood flow of wound, to stop: stanch, staunch blood flow, stopping or slowing: hemostatic, styptic blood fluid: plasma blood in arteries, concerning: arterial blood in veins, concerning: venous blood infection: septicemia blood not immunologically compatible: incompatible blood of the gods: ichor blood or liquid, to be filled with excess: engorged blood or liquid, to become clotted or curdled as: coagulate blood or liquid, to become soaked: welter blood poisoning: pyemia, septicemia, toxemia blood pressure measuring instrument: sphygmomanometer blood pressure, technique for regulating: biofeedback blood pressure, very high: hypertension blood pressure, very low: hypotension blood purification by artificial means: hemodialysis, renal dialysis blood-red: incarnadine blood relationship: consanguinity blood settling in lower part of organ: hypostasis blood-sugar excess: hyperglycemia blood-sugar shortfall: hypoglycemia blood supply, death of tissue from obstruction of: infarction blood vessel and nerve network: plexus blood vessel dilation caused by weakening of vessel wall: aneurysm blood vessel outer covering: adventitia blood vessel, minute: capillary blood vessel, larger: artery blood vessels and heart, pertaining to: cardiovascular
blood, concerning: hemal, hematic, hemic blood, consisting of: sanguinary blood, injection or tranfer of: transfusion blood, patient giving: donor blood, presence of nitrogen bubbles in: decompression sickness, the bends blood, problem-causing substance in: cholesterol blood, study of: hematology blood, to oxygenate the: ventilate bloodbath: carnage, massacre, purge, slaughter, war bloodless: anemic, cold, lifeless, pale, pallid, passionless, torpid, unfeeling bloodletting: phlebotomy, venesection bloodshed: death, gore, killing, murder, violence bloodshed on large scale: carnage bloodshed, pertaining to: sanguinary bloodsucker: freeloader, leech, parasite, sponge, tick, vampire bloodthirsty: barbaric, carnal, cruel, murderous, ruthless, sanguinary, sanguine, savage, vicious bloody: bleeding, crimson, cutthroat, damned, ferocious, gory, murderous, wounded W bloom: blossom, blow, blush, bud, develop, flare, floret, flourish, flower, flush, grow, luster, sprout, thrive blooming: rosy blooming of plants: anthesis blooming twice or more per season: remontant blooper: blunder, boner, bungle, error, goof, mistake blossom: blob, bloom, bud, burgeon, develop, effloresce, flourish, flower, grow, mature, open, prosper, spike blossoming: efflorescence, florescence blossoming late: serotinous blot: absorb, blemish, blend, blob, blotch, blue, daub, defect, discolor, disgrace, dry, eclipse, efface, flaw, impair, mar, obliterate, obscure, onus, reproach, smear, smudge, smutch, soil, speck, spot, stain, stigmatize, sully, tarnish blot out: delete, erase, expunge blotch: acne, blemish, blot, dab, eruption, mark, patch, smear, smirch, smudge, splotch, spot, stain, stigma
BLOOD DISEASES
anemia aplastic anemia blood poisoning blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome Cooley's anemia decompression sickness/caisson disease/bends edema/dropsy hematic disease hemolytic anemia hemophilia hemorrhagic anemia Hodgkin's disease internal bleeding leukemia lymphoma pernicious anemia Raynaud's disease septicemia sickle cell anemia thalassemia toxemia W
blotchy: mottled, spotted blotto: oiled, stewed blouse: casaque, middy, shell, shirt, smock, top, tunic, waist blouse frills on front: jabot, ruffle blouse or dress with fitted waist that blouses out: blouson blouselike garment gathered at waist: tunic blow: assault, bang, bash, beat, belt, blast, bluster, boasting, bump, calamity, clout, clump, concussion, conk, destroy, disaster, drub, hit, jab, jolt, knock, lash, misfortune, pop, punch, rap, shatter, shock, slam, slap, slug, sock, sound, storm, swipe, thump, wallop, whack blow gently: waft blow in puffs: whiffle blow one's horn: brag, honk blow one's mind: awe blow one's top: rage, rant, rave blow up: balloon, bomb, dynamite, exaggerate, explode, fly off the handle, inflate, outburst, rage, rave blow up, as a volcano: erupt blowhard: boaster, braggart, gascon, windbag blowhole of whale: spiracle blowout: bash, feast, gala, leak, meal, party, rupture, shindig, spree, valley
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air force blue aquamarine azure baby blue blueberry bluebonnet bright blue calamine blue cerulean cobalt blue Copenhagen blue cornflower cyan dark blue deep blue Delft blue Dresden blue electric blue flag blue gentian gray blue greenish blue Havana lake Helvetia blue huckleberry hydrangea ice blue Indanthrene indigo jouvence kingfisher blue lapis lazuli light blue lucerne lupine marine midnight blue milori Napoleon blue navy blue pale blue peacock blue perse powder blue Prussian blue purple blue reddish blue robin's-egg blue royal blue sapphire saxe blue sea blue sky blue slate blue smalt smoke blue steel blue teal blue turquoise ultramarine Venetian blue water blue Wedgwood blue wisteria woad zafferW
blubber: blub, cry, fat, flab, flitch, nettle, seethe, sob, swell, swollen, thick, wail, weep, whale, whimper, whine bludgeon: bat, clobber, club, coerce, cudgel, hit, stick, truncheon blue (emotion): dejected, despondent, downcast, gloomy, glum, low, melancholy blue blood: aristocrat, elite, noble, socialite blue dye: anil, indigo, woad blue flower: ageratum, cornflower, larkspur, scilla blue-green: aqua blue heron: crane blue jean: dungaree blue-pencil: abridge, alter, condense, cut, delete, edit, revise bluefin or bonito: tuna bluefish: shad bluegrass instrument: banjo bluenose: prig, prude blueprint: chart, diagram, draft, map, plan, schematic, sketch, strategy blues: depression, dumps, melancholy, music bluff: abrupt, assume, bamboozle, bank, blunt, boast, brag, burly, candid, cliff, crusty, curt, deceive, facade, fool, fraud, front, gruff, hill, hoax, impolite, outspoken, pretend, rude, sham, trick bluish gray: slate bluish green: aqua bluish, as skin: livid blunder: balk, blooper, blotch, boggle, boner, botch, break, bull, bumble, bungle, confuse, disturbance, err, error, failure, fault, flounder, flub, goof, mess, mismanage, mistake, muddle, oversight, slip, stir, stumble, wallow
blunder or slip of the tongue: lapsus linguae blunder or social mistake: faux pas, gaffe blunder worth laughing about: boner, howler blundering: maladroit blunt: bald, bluff, curt, dampen, deaden, depressed, downright, dull, explicit, flat, frank, hebitate, insensitive, numb, obtuse, plain, pointblank, pointless, rounded, stupid, weaken blunt and direct: point-blank blunt and dull: obtuse blur: blear, blemish, blob, blot, cloud, confuse, dim, disfigure, fog, mackle, mask, obfuscate, smear, smudge, soil, spot, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint blurb: ad, advertisement, announcement, brief, commendation, puff, spot blurry: indistinct blurt out: blat blush: appearance, color, crimson, glance, gleam, glow, pink, redden, rose, rouge, tinge blush to face, apply: raddle, reddle, ruddle blushing: bashful, coy, embarrassed, flushing, modest, red, rosaceous, rosy blushing crow, e.g.: spoonerism blushing, as skin: erubescence bluster: babble, bellow, blast, blow, blubber, boast, bully, confusion, huff, intimidate, noise, rage, rant, roar, storm, swagger, swash, threaten, tumult, turbulence blustering: stormy Bo Peep's responsibility: sheep
boar: barrow, gore, hog, hoggaster, hogget, sanglier, sus, swine, wild boar, pertaining to: procine, suidian board: accommodate, house, keep, lodge, mount; authority, cabinet, commission, council, management, panel, tribunal; eats, food, meals, plank, provisions, table board for a bed: slat board-meeting list: agenda board of thin wood sheets glued together: plywood board used with planchette to spell out spiritualistic messages: Ouija board with handle for holding plaster, mortar: hawk board with one thicker edge, used for roofing and walls: clapboard, weatherboard boarder: lodger, roomer boarding house: pension boardlike: rigid boards arranged for nailing together into box, barrel: shook boards with advertisement worn by a person: sandwich board boast: blow, blow one's horn, bluster, bounce, brag, clamor, clamour, crow, display, exult, flaunt, flourish, gab, gasconade, glorify, glory, own, rave, shovel, strut, toot one's own horn, vaunt boaster: blow off, blowhard, bouncer, braggart, cracker, crower, egotist, gascon, rodomont, ruffler, skite boastful: arrogant, big, bragging, cocky, conceited, egotistic, gasconade, glorious, loudmouth, pompous, pretentious, rodomontade, swellheaded, vain, vainglorious
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BOAT TERMS
anti-submarine boat disguised as merchant ship: Q-boat, Q-ship boat or yacht club chairperson: commodore boat servicing others at sea: tender boat-shaped: scaphoid boat with double hull and sails: catamaran boat with triple hull and sails: trimaran boatman: barger, canoeist, deckhand, gondolier, hobbler, huffier, mate, oarsman, paddler, poler, yachtsman boat's designated spot: slip bottom: keel bumper: fender carried in unnavigable waterway: portaged Chinese or Japanese small flat-bottomed boat junk: sampan Chinese flat-bottomed boat: junk crane: davit crosswise rower's seat: thwart dock for pleasure craft: marina dragging fishing net: trawler fishing boat: smack framework extending beyond gunwale: outrigger front: fore, prow gondolier's song: barcarole interior wall: bulkhead intersection of side and bottom: chine landing: pier name plate: escutcheon narrow, light racing boat: scull oarlock: rowlock, thole open spaces at front and rear of seats: sheets pole projecting from bow: bowsprit propellers: oars race: regatta seat for oarsman: thwart stairs between decks: companionway steerman in rowing: cox, coxswain triangular sail in front of mainsail: jib, spinnaker upper edge of side: gunnel, gunwale W body parts corresponding in evolutionary origin but not function: homologous body parts corresponding in function but not evolutionary origin: analogous body passage or channel: duct, vas body process of energy production: metabolism body processes replaced by electronic or mechanical components, of: bionic body representation with skin removed, anatomical: ecorche body side: flank body structure and appearance: physique body waste matter: egesta body, affecting entire: systemic body, big-boned and muscular: mesomorphic body, broad and powerful: mesomorphic body, concerning the abdomen or lower surface of: ventral body, in zoology: soma body, involving: corporal, corporeal, somatic body, lacking a: disembodied, incorporeal body, lean and frail: asthenic body, one, or thing: some body, pertaining to the: corporal, somatic body, preoccupied by: carnal
boastfulness: braggadocio, jactitation, rodomontade boasting: braggadocio, fanfaronade, gasconade, rodomontade bob: ball, bounce, bow, buff, buffet, bunch, clip, curtsy, cut, dance, dib, duck, float, hop, jeer, jest, leap, mock, nid, pendant, refrain, seesaw, shake, shilling, sled, tap, trick, weight, wobble, worm; haircut, hairdo bobbin: braid, coil, cord, cylinder, pin, quill, ratchet, reel, spindle, spool bobble: error bobby socks: anklets bobolink: ortolan bock and lager: beer bode: augur, forecast, foreshow, foretell, herald, indicate, message, offer, omen, portend, predict, signify, stop bodice tying behind neck, skimpy: halter bodily: actual, carnal, completely, corporal, entirely, fleshly, physical, sensual, solid, somatic, substantial, tangible, totally bodily desires, concerning sexual and: carnal, sensual bodily form to something, giving of: avatar, embodiment, incarnation bodily form, having: incarnate bodily pouch: bursa bodily processes 24-hour rhythm: circadian rhythm body: anatomy, argument, assemblage, association, being, bulk, cadaver,
carcass, company, core, corporation, corpse, extent, flesh, form, foundation, frame, fuselage, group, heavenly, hull, majority, mass, nave, object, person, remains, stem, stiff, substance, torso, trunk
RELATED TERMS
body awareness: coenesthesis, kinesthesia body between hip and neck: torso, trunk body cavity of skull filled with air: sinus body cavity or tube, saclike: cul-de-sac body chemical that stimulates others: pheromone body disorder caused by emotion: psychosomatic body duct: vas body duct or canal, minute: canaliculus body fluid: humor body frame: torso body health and strength: constitution body in time of disease: habitus body into abnormal positions, person who can twist: contortionist body language: kinesics body organ or part, unnecessary but remaining from earlier human development: vestige body organs, necessary: vitals body part for healing, continuous stretching of: traction
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TYPES OF BOATS AND SHIPS

airboat cruiser inboard paddle wheeler smack aircraft carrier currach/curragh Indiaman paddleboat speedboat amphibious landing cutter inflatable passenger steamer square-rigger craft dahabeah/ ironclad patrol boat steamboat argosy dahabeeyah/ jackass rig pink/pinkie/pinky steamer ark dahabiah jangada pinnace steamship banana boat dandy jet boat piragua/pirogue stern-wheeler barge destroyer jolly boat pirate ship submarine bark dhow junk polacre submarine chaser/ bark/barque dinghy kayak pontoon subchaser barkentine diving boat keelboat powerboat supertanker bateau dory ketch pram swamp boat battle cruiser dreadnought knockabout prison ship tall ship battleship dredger lateen privateer tanker bilander drift boat launch proa/prau/prahu tartan bireme dromond life raft PT/patrol torpedo tender brig dugout lifeboat boat/mosquito torpedo boat brigantine escort vessel lighter boat/motor torpedo towboat bucentaur faltboat liner boat tramp steamer bullboat felucca longboat punt trawler bumboat ferry longship Q-ship trimaran cabin cruiser fishing boat lugger quinquereme trireme caique flagship luxury liner racing boat troopship canal boat flatboat mailboat raft tug canoe foldboat man-of-war randan tugboat caravel/caravel le/ fore-and-after medical ship refrigeration ship U-boat carvel freighter merchant ship/merresearch vessel umiak/oomiak cargo liner frigate chant vessel riverboat underwater craft cargo ship galiot/galliot minelayer rowboat vaporetto carrack galleass minesweeper runabout vedette carrack/carack galleon monitor sailboard warship catamaran galley motorboat sailboat weather ship catboat galliot motorized fishing vessailer whaleback clipper/clipper ship gig sel/MFV sailing dinghy whaleboat coble gondola nuclear-powered sub- sailing vessel whaler cockboat/cockleboat gunboat marine sampan wherry cockleshell hermaphrodite brig nuggar schooner windjammer collier hospital ship ocean liner scow workboat container ship houseboat oil tanker scull xebec/zebec/zebeck coracle hovercraft oiler shallop yacht corsair hoy outboard shell yawlW body, slight and slender: body of heavy or fatty build: endomorbody of troops: force corvette hydrofoil/hydroplane outrigger sidewheeler phic, pyknic ectomorphic body of water: bay, channel, gulf, lacrabber iceboat packet skiff body, stocky and round: pyknic body of knowledge: lore goon, lake, ocean, pond, pool, resercruise ship icebreaker paddle streamer sloop body's inherent timing or cycles: bio- body of laws: voir, river, sea codex logical clock W body of a vessel: hull body of beliefs: ethos, lore body of dead animal: carcass body of dead person: cadaver, corpse body of ore: lode body of soldiers: array body of strong and muscular build: mesomorphic body of thin and weak build: ectomorphic, leptosomic body or form, rebirth in another: reincarnation bodybuilding artificial hormone: anabolic steroid bodybuilding by muscle contraction without moving limbs: isometrics
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BOG - BOND VALUE ON SECURITY
bog: backwater, cess, everglade, fen, gog, marsh, mire, moor, morass, ooze, quag, quagmire, sink, slough, slue, sump, swamp, wetlands bog bird: snipe bog down: delay, halt, impede, mire, stall bog product: peat boggle: alarm, baffle, balk, blunder, botch, bungle, dissemble, dumbfound, embarrass, falter, foil, frighten, hesitate, jib, muff, overwhelm, perplex, scare, shy, stagger boggy: mossy bogus: artificial, counterfeit, fake, false, fictitious, forged, imitation, phony, pseudo, sham, spurious bogus gemstone: paste bohemian: artsy, arty, beatnik, dilettante, eccentric, hippie, maverick, nonconformist boil: abscess, blob, blotch, pimple, sore; bubble, burble, burn, cook, effervesce, fester, inflame, poach, simmer, steam, stew boil and condense: decoct boil and condense repeatedly: reflux boil gently: simmer boil or scald food briefly as a preliminary cooking step: blanch boil partially: parboil boil slowly: simmer, stew boil, pus-filled: furuncle boiled, hulled corn: hominy boiler: cauldron, copper, furnace, geyser, kettle, retort boiling, steep or soak without: infuse boisterous: blustering, burly, clamorous, coarse, disorderly, excessive, excitable, furious, loud, loudmouthed, massive, mischievous, noisy, obstreperous, roaring, rough, rowdy, rude, stormy, strong, turbulent, unruly, unyielding, vehement, violent, vociferous, wild and wooly boisterous and disorderly: raucous boisterous declamation: rant bote: caf bold: abrupt, adventurous, arrogant, assured, audacious, big, bodacious, brash, brassy, brave, brazen, bright, colorful, confident, courageous, daring, dashing, dauntless, defiant, fearless, fierce, forward, fresh, hardy, haughty, heroic, immodest, imprudent, impudent, insolent, intrepid, large, manly, massive, powerful, pre-
sumptuous, resolute, rude, spunky, steep, stout, striking, strong, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, wise bold and fearless: impudent, intrepid bold and indecent: immodest boldly against: defiant boldness: assurance, audacity, bravery, brazenness, confidence, courage, daring, effrontery, grit, hardihood, hardiness, impudence, intrepidity, nerve, presumption, valor, vigor bole: tree trunk bolero: vest bollix: misdo bolster: aid, assist, boost, cushion, help, maintain, pad, pillow, prop, reinforce, strengthen, support, uphold bolt: bar, fasten, fastener, latch, lock, nut, pin, rivet, rod, secure, shackle, shaft, toggle; lightning bolt, thunderbolt bolt and spring-loaded toggle, threaded: molly, toggle bolt bolt, to: consume, devour, gorge; dart, decamp, desert, flee, flight, run, rush, sprint, stampede bomb: atom, blare, bombard, bust, destroy, device, dud, egg, failure, fiasco, flop, grenade, hydrogen, nuclear, pass, projectile, shell
RELATED TERMS
bomb, fire: incendiary bomb, napalm bomb bomb, remove fuse from: deactivate, defuse W bombard: assault, attack, batter, beset, besiege, blitz, blitzkrieg, bomb, pelt, pound, shell, strike bombardment, heavy: cannonade bombast: bluster, boasting, cotton, exaggeration, pad, padded, rage, rant, rave, rhapsody, rhetoric, stuff, stuffed, turgidity bombastic: balderdash, flamboyant, flatulent, flowery, fluent, grandiloquent, grandiose, heroic, highfalutin, inflated, overblown, pompous, ranting, rhetorical, tumid, turgid, vocal, wordy bombastic language: fustian, rant bombing mission: air raid bombing, concentration of: saturation bombing, sustained: barrage bombs and bullets: ammo bombs, rapid discharge of weapons or: salvo bombycid, bombyx: eri bon vivant: epicure, gourmet, hedonist, sport, sybarite bona fide: authentic, genuine, legal, legitimate, real, valid bonanza: eldorado, eureka, jackpot, mine, mint, windfall bonbon: candy, caramel, confetti, cream, dainty, sweet bond: adhesive, agreement, allegiance, association, bail, binder, blue, bound, cement, certificate, chain, composure, constraint, contract, covenant, duty, engage, fasten, friendship, guarantee, irons, knot, ligament, ligature, link, marriage, network, nexus, obligation, security, shackle, surety, tie, union, vinculum, vow bond by governmental agency, unsecured long-term: debenture bond earning: accrued interest bond-issue span: average life bond issue that may be redeemed before maturity: callable bond bond or common relation: ligament, vinculum bond possibly lacking pledge of assets: debenture bond servant: slave bond value on security: face value
bomb dropped from air, releasing explosives widely: cluster bomb bomb exploding into jagged pieces: fragmentation bomb bomb from low-flying aircraft: strafe bomb in bottle with flammable liquid: Molotov cocktail bomb of flammable liquid and rag wick, makeshift: Molotov cocktail bomb or charge: depth bomb or shell fragments: shrapnel bomb part containing explosive: warhead bomb that destroys life but spares property: enhanced radiation bomb, neutron bomb bomb used to break down gate or wall, small: petard bomb working off fission of heavy atomic nuclei: atomic bomb, fission bomb bomb working off fusion of light nuclei: fusion bomb, thermonuclear bomb bomb, ancient fire: Greek fire bomb, explode as a: detonate
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BOND WITH LOW RATING, HIGH YIELD - BOOST
bond with low rating, high yield: junk bond bond with principal and interest guaranteed by other company: guaranteed bond bond without owner's name registered with issuing company, payable to any holder: bearer bond bondage: captivity, chains, enslavement, helotry, restraint, serfdom, servitude, slavery, thrall, yoke bondsman of old: esne bone: acetabulum, astragalus, calcaneus, carpal, cervix, chorax, clavicle, coccyx, coxa, cranium, dorsa, femur, fibula, frontal, humerus, ilium, ischium, jugal, lumbar, malar, mandible, maxilla, metacarpal, metatarsal, nasal, occipital, os, parietal, patella, pelvis, phalange, pubis, radius, rib, sacrum, scapula, shin, skull, sphenoid, sternum, talus, tarsal, temporal, tibia, ulna, vertebrae, zygomatic
RELATED TERMS
bone: os bone and teeth basis: calcium bone at lower end of spine: coccyx bone cavity: fossa bone component: ossein bone decay: caries bone disease of elderly when bones become extremely porous: osteoporosis bone formation: ossification, osteogenesis bone-forming process: ossification bone out of joint, to put a: dislocate bone projection that attaches to muscle or tendon: tuberosity bone surgery or grafting: osteoplasty bone through which nerves or blood vessels pass, passage in: foramen bone to correct deformity, surgical fracture of: osteoclasis bone with porous structure, concerning: cancellate bone, carved or engraved whale or ivory: scrimshaw bone, cavity or chamber in: antrum bone, consisting of: osseous bone, end of long: epiphysis bone, having a large rounded knoblike end like wrist: capitate bone, having a small knoblike end: capitulum bone, knobbed end of bone that fits together with another: condyle bone, pertaining to: osteal
bone, shaft of long: diaphysis bone, small cavity or depression in: fossa, fovea bone, surgical division of: osteotomy bone, thin layer of: lamella, lamina bone, to creak as a: crepitate bone, turn to: ossify bone, very small: ossicle bone/muscle surgery: orthopedics bones and fossils, study of ancient: paleontology bones and musculoskeletal system, medicine dealing with manipulation of: osteopathy bones connected by muscles: syssarcosis bones from fish or meat, to remove: bone, fillet bones of dead are placed, building where: charnel, charnel house bones of dead receptacle/vault: ossuary bones, branch of medicine dealing with: orthopedics bones, fibrous tissue connecting and moving: ligament bones, study of structure and function of: osteology bones, tissue at joints between: cartilage W bonehead: blockhead, clod, dunce, fool, idiot, imbecile, moron, nincompoop, nitwit boner: blooper, blunder, bungle, error, faux pas, goof, mistake, slip boneyard: cemetery, dump, grave, stock, store bonhomie: camaraderie bonita or albacore: tuna bonkers: bats, gaga bonnet: blue, cap, capote, chapeau, coronet, cover, decoy, hat, headdress, headgear, hood, string bonny: beautiful, fair, fine, gay, goodlooking, handsome, healthy, merry, plump, pretty, ravishing, strong bonsai tree: ming bonus: allowance, award, benefit, boon, bribe, compensation, dividend, gift, gratuity, gravy, perk, premium, prize, reward, signing, subsidy, tip bonus on top of salary: premium bonus or benefit from investment or favor: dividend bonus or tip: gratuity
bonus to one's job: fringe benefit, perk, perquisite bony: angular, hard, lank, lanky, lean, osteal, sclerous, scrawny, skinny, stiff, thin, tough bony head cavity: sinus boo: catcall, decry, heckle, hiss, holler, hoot, jeer, raspberry boob: ass, dunce, fathead, fool, goof, goon, idiot, imbecile, jerk, nitwit booboo: gaffe, goof, lapse, slip booby hatch: asylum, can, cooler, hoosegow, jail, madhouse boodle: bilk, cheat, chisel, crowd, flimflam, graft, loot, plunder, swag boogieman: ghoul boohoo: coo, cry, fret, hoot, snivel, sob, weep book, to: arrest, charge, indict; hire, reserve, schedule bookish: academic, educated, highbrow, learned, pedantic, scholarly, studious bookkeeper: accountant, auditor, clerk, CPA bookkeeping record book: ledger bookkeeping system with each transaction as credit and debit: double entry bookmaking figures: odds boom: bang, blast, clap, crash, expansion, explode, flourish, grow, jib, pole, prosperity, resound, roar, spar, support, thrive, thunder, upturn boomerang: backfire, backlash, kalie, kiley, projectile, rebound, recoil, reverse, ricochet, wango boom's antithesis: bust boon: advantage, benefit, benign, blessing, bounty, congenial, donation, favor, favorable, festive, fun, gay, gift, godsend, good, grant, intimate, jovial, kind, merry, offering, prayer, present, prosperous, windfall boondocks: backwoods, boonies, bush, country, hinterland, sticks, wilderness boor: barbarian, buffoon, cad, churl, clod, clodhopper, clown, countryman, dork, goon, hick, lout, lummox, oaf, peasant, roughneck, rustic, slave, villein, yokel boorish: awkward, bourgeois, churlish, cloddish, clownish, clumsy, coarse, crass, crude, gawky, inurbane, rough, rude, uncivil, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, ungracious, unpolished, vulgar boost: abet, advance, aid, amplify, as-
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alveolar arch or bone navicular bone or scaphoid bone anklebone or talus or astragalus occipital bone anvil or incus olecranon process or funny bone astragalus or anklebone or talus palate bone backbone or spinal column or spine or vertebral column palatine bones big toe or hallux parietal bone breastbone or sternum patella or kneecap or kneepad calcaneus or heel bone pectoral girdle or pectoral arch calf bone pectoral arch or pectoral girdle carpal bones or carpus or wrist pelvic girdle carpus or carpal bones or wrist pelvis cheekbone or zygomatic bone or malar bone periotic bone chinbone petrosal bone or petrous bone clavicle or collarbone phalanx/phalanges or finger bones coccyx or tailbone pisiform collarbone or clavicle premaxillary costa pterygoid bone cranium pubic bone or pubis cuboid bone pubis or pubic bone ethmoid bone radius femur or thighbone rib fibula sacrum finger bones or phalanx/phalanges scaphoid bone or navicular bone floating rib scapula or shoulder blade frontal bone sesamoid bones funny bone or olecranon process shinbone or tibia gladiolus shoulder blade or scapula hallux or big toe semilunar bone or lunate bone hammer or malleus skull haunch bone sphenoid bone heel bone or calcaneus spinal column or spine or backbone or vertebral column hipbone or innominate bone spine or backbone or spinal column or vertebral column humerus stapes or stirrup bone hyoid bone sternum or breastbone ilium stirrup bone or stapes incus or anvil styloid bone or styloid process innominate bone or hipbone styloid process or styloid bone ischium tailbone or coccyx jawbone or mandible talus or anklebone or astragalus kneecap or kneepad or patella tarsal or tarsus bones kneepad or kneecap or patella tarsus bones or tarsal lacrimal bones temporal bone lunate bone or semilunar bone thighbone or femur malar bone or zygomatic bone or cheekbone tibia or shinbone malleus or hammer trapezium mandible or jawbone trapezoid manubrium triquetrum mastoid bone or mastoid process ulna mastoid process or mastoid bone vertebra maxilla vertebral column or spinal column or spine or backbone maxillary vomer metacarpal bones or metacarpus wrist or carpus or carpal bones metacarpus or metacarpal bones xiphisternum or xiphoid or xiphoid process metatarsal bones or metatarsus xiphoid or xiphisternum or xiphoid process metatarsus or metatarsal bones zygomatic bone or malar bone or cheekbone W nasal bone The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary 77
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BONE OR JOINT DISEASE

achondroplasia arthritis bursitis degenerative joint disease fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva fibrositis fibrous dysplasia frozen shoulder gout housemaid's knee lumbago muscular rheumatism myeloma osteoarthritis osteogenesis imperfecta osteomyelitis osteoporosis Paget's disease Perthes disease pulled muscle repetitive strain injury (RSI) rheumatism rheumatic fever rheumatoid arthritis rickets scoliosis slipped disk synovitis tendonitis tennis elbow W sist, back, commend, elevate, encourage, endorse, exalt, foster, further, help, hoist, improve, increase, laud, lift, plug, praise, promote, promotion, push, raise, rise, up, upgrade booster: promoter boot: bootie, buskin, casing, covering, cowboy boot, footwear, galoshes, shoe, sock, waders, Wellington; discharge, dismissal, eject, evict, fire, kick, oust, punt boot covering leg to knee: Wellington boot boot metal spikes for rough terrain: crampons boot of a British car: trunk boot of seal or reindeer skin: mukluk boot out: evict booth: box, cabin, crame, cubbyhole, house, kiosk, loge, nook, shed, shop, stall, stand, table booth or newstand: kiosk booth or theater box: loge
bootleg: alcohol, booze, clandestine, hooch, illegal, illicit, liquor, moonshine, smuggle bootless: fruitless, futile, idle, nouse, unavailing, useless, vain, worthless bootlick: brownnose, fawn, flatter, grovel, toady booty: gain, graft, loot, pelf, pickings, pillage, plunder, prize, spoils, swag booze: alcohol, bout, cocktail, drink, grog, hooch, liquor, spree booze by the yard: ale boozer: alcoholic, drunk, drunkard, lush, sot, sponge, toper, wino bordeaux: claret, wine border: abut, bound, boundary, braid, brink, coast, costa, curb, dado, edge, edging, end, extremity, flank, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, impale, line, lip, margin, neighbor, outline, outskirt, periphery, plait, rim, side, sideline, skirt, strip, surround, threshold, trim, verge border area: rimland border-crossing certificate: carnet border for a picture: frame border in heraldry: orle border marker: terminus border of fabric, woven: selvage border on: abut border or contrasting edge: limbus border or outskirts: periphery, precinct, purlieu border or rim, raised to keep out water: coaming border, evenly wavy: scalloped bordering: abutting, adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, juxtaposed, tangential borderline: ambiguous, ambivalent, inexact, marginal, unclear, undecided, vague, verge bore: annoy, bummer, cloy, drag, fatigue, irk, nuisance, pall, tire, vex, wimp; auger, bit, caliber, drill, eagre, gauge, hole, penetrate, perforate, pierce, poke, prick, punch, size, tap, terebrate, thrust, tool, tunnel boreal: arctic boredom: apathy, disinterest, dullness, ennui, fatigue, lethargy, tedium, weariness boring: blah, colorless, displeasing, drag, dry, flat, humdrum, irksome, mundane, piercing, tedious, tiresome, tiring, wearisome boring and tedious: wearisome boring routine: rut
boring speech pattern: singsong boring tool: auger, awl, reamer born: congenital, delivered, hatched, inbred, inherent, innate, nascent, natural, ne born out of wedlock: bastard, illegitimate, misbegotten, spurious, supposititious born with: inherent born, just having been: nascent born, pertaining to region where one was: native borne: braved, carried, endured, narrow, produced, rode, tolerated, toted borne by the wind: eolic boron compound: boride borosilicate of aluminum: tourmaline borough: burg, castle, citadel, county, district, fortress, parish, precinct, town, township, village borrow: adopt, copy, hostage, loan, mooch, pawn, pirate, plagiarize, pledge, steal, substitute, surety, take, tap, use borrowed money on: pawned borrower's property pledged toward repayment: collateral borrowing from a variety of previous ideas or works, work: pasticcio, pastiche, potpourri borrowing from a variety of sources: eclectic borscht base: beets boscage: copse bosh: tommyrot bosom: beloved, breast, bust, cherished, chest, circle, close, dear, desire, embrace, emotions, heart, inclination, intimate bosom friend: alter ego boss: awesome, bully, bur, chief, cushion, direct, director, employer, excellent, foreman, groovy, head, headman, kingpin, knob, knop, leader, manage, manager, master, order, overseer, owner, pad, politician, shield, superior, supervise, supervisor bossy: cow, dictatorial, domineering, tyrannical botany: cytology, ecology, genetics, horticulture, phytography, phytology botch: blow, blunder, boggle, bumble, bungle, err, fail, fiasco, flub, fumble, goof, hash, jumble, make a hash of, mar, mend, mess, misdo, mux, sore, spoil both: alike, couple, equally, pair, two both comb, form: ambi, amphi
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additional material added upon discovery of omission: addenda, addendum additional material at end: appendix address book to a person, to: dedicate appearing in passages: passim blank leaf in front or back: flyleaf blank margin between two facing pages: gutter book burner/destroyer: biblioclast book carried as handy reference: vade mecum book containing cases and resource material: casebook book containing comprehensive articles on a wide range of subjects: encyclopedia book containing Mosaic laws: deuteronomy book dealing with earlier events than those in previous book: prequel book dealing with events after those in previous book: sequel book-devouring: bibliophagic book for account recording: ledger book for recording favorite quotes, passages, thoughts: commonplace book book leaf: page book of articles serving as a tribute or memorial: festschrift book of defined words in alphabetical order: dictionary, glossary, lexicon book of little value: pap book of manuscripts: codex book of maps: atlas book of passages to be read at church service: lectionary book of prayers, church service: breviary book of synonyms and antonyms: thesaurus book or article on single subject: monograph book or Bible peddler: colporteur book or passage missing a particular letter: lipogram book printed before 1501: incunabulum book producer that prepares works for publishers: packager book providing step-by-step instructions: enchiridion, handbook, manual book that achieves sudden success after a quiet beginning: sleeper book with rules of punctuation, spelling, etc.: stylebook book with various versions of a text: variorum bookbinder's leather: roan, skiver bookbinding cardboard: pasteboard bookbinding fine parchment: vellum bookbinding with leather on spine and corners: half binding bookcase, double-faced: range bookplate inscription "from the library of": ex libris book's blank leaf at beginning, end: flyleaf books dealing with unusual, often pornographic, topics: curiosa book's leaves before binding: quire books printed before 1500 AD: incunabula bookseller of old and rare volumes: antiquarian booksellers: colporteurs bookworm: wonk catalog: bibliotheca children's reader: hornbook classification number in library: call number classification system for libraries: Dewey decimal system, Library of Congress classification cloth hardcover: clothbound collector or lover: bibliophile commentary on book: apparatus criticus cover ornamental lining: doublure cover: jacket criticism or review: critique dealer in rare books: bibliopole decorative design at beginning or end of chapter: vignette dedication written in gift book: inscription end section with explanation: epilogue excessive book collecting: bibliomaniac excessive devotion to books: bibliolatry extract major parts, to: gut gather material from sources, to: compile hardcover: casebound illustration facing title page: frontispiece installment before publication: fascicle jacket publicity notice: blurb large, scholarly book: tome layout, design, size: format left-hand, even-numbered pages: verso list of corrections: corrigenda, errata listing of names, addresses, telephone numbers, and other data: directory look rapidly through pages: riffle, skim lurid or sensational book: pulp notches for alphabetical reference: thumb index older books kept in print by publisher: backlist passage used in separate publication: excerpt, extract published after author's death: posthumous read carefully or study, to: peruse, pore over remove objectionable material, to: bowdlerize, censor, expurgate right-hand, odd-numbered pages: recto shortened version of book: abridgment, condensation surplus book, sold at discount: remainder title, heading, or initial letter printed in red decorative lettering: rubric Types of Books almagest almanac annals anthology armorial atlas Baedeker bestiary Bible bilingual dictionary biographical dictionary 79
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breviary cambist catalog catechism chapbook children's book children's dictionary classic coffee-table book college dictionary coloring book commonplace book concordance cookbook dictionary directory encyclopedia etymological dictionary festschrift field guid foreign-language dictionary formulary gazetteer guidebook handbook herbal hornbook how-to book idioms dictionary both houses together: congress both sides of something, be on: straddle bother: ado, aggravate, ail, annoy, badger, bewilder, bug, confuse, disturb, fret, fuss, goad, harass, hassle, headache, irritate, molest, nag, nuisance, pain, perplex, pest, pester, provoke, puzzle, tamper, taunt, tease, trouble, try, upset, vex, worry bother and disturb: discommode, fluster, incommode, pother bother or inconvenience: incommode bothered: irked, nettled, pestered bothersome insect: gnat bottle: ampul, canteen, carafe, carboy, container, cruet, decanter, ewer, flagon, flask, glass, jug, magnum, phial, preserve, restrain, vessel, vial bottle adjunct: pourer, stopple bottle for perfume, small: flacon bottle for serving oil, vinegar, or salad dressing: cruet bottle for serving water or wine: carafe, decanter bottle for wine, large: flagon
incunabulum index lectionary lexicon manual missal monograph novel omnibus pharmacopoeia/dispensatory picture book primer psalter reference book reprint rhyming dictionary Roget's Thesaurus schoolbook sports book storybook telephone book textbook thesaurus trade book trilogy unabridged dictionary usage dictionary vade mecum variorum W bottle or container with stopper, small: phial, vial bottle top with crimped edges: crown cap bottle with two handles used by ancient Romans: ampulla bottleneck: barrier, clog, congestion, gridlock, impasse, jam, logjam bottom: abyss, basal, base, basis, bed, bedrock, butt, buttocks, can, derrire, dregs, essence, fanny, floor, foot, foundation, ground, groundwork, lowland, root, rump, seat, sediment, surface, underneath, underside bottom facet of a gem: culet bottom-heavy shape: pear bottom layer: substratum bottom line: end, net, payoff, total bottom or foundation, solid: bedrock bottom point of business cycle or statistical graph: trough bottomless pit: abyss bough: arm, branch, leg, limb, offshoot, sprig, twig bought in a thrift shop: secondhand bouillabaisse: stew boulevard: avenue, concourse, drag, highway, road, street, way bounce: boast, bob, bound, carom, discharge, eject, elasticity, evict, expulsion, fire, hop, jump, knock, leap, rebound, resilience, ricochet, sack, scold, spirit, spring, strike, terminate, thump, vault, vitality bounce back: rebound, recoil bounce off hard surface quickly: carom, ricochet bounce or jolt: jounce bounces, to hit a ball before it: volley bouncing stick as toy: pogo stick bound: certain, committed, compelled, confined, constrained, destined, going, liable, obligated, prepared, tied; apprenticed, indentured, inhibited, secured bound by an oath: sworn bound, as cotton: baled boundary: ambit, barrier, border, confines, define, dole, edge, end, environs, extent, fence, frontier, hedge,
BOUNDARY BETWEEN ADJACENT THINGS, COMMON - B O Y WHO HAS SEXUAL RELATION SHIP WITH MAN
horizon, limit, line, march, margin, mete, perimeter, precinct, rim, term, termination, verge, wall boundary between adjacent things, common: interface boundary between shore and ocean: strand line boundary line of circle: circumference boundary marker: terminus boundary of figure, area: perimeter boundary of language groups, dialects: isogloss boundary or limit: pale, parameter boundary or outer limits: outskirts, parameters, perimeter, periphery, purlieus boundary separating conditions: threshold boundary, external: ambit, bourn, circuit, compass boundary, of sorts: pale boundary, restrict within limit or: circumscribe boundary, setting of: delimit, demarcate boundary, sharing a: coterminous bounder: cad, lout, roue bounding main: ocean boundless: endless, eternal, everlasting, great, immeasurable, infinite, limitless, measureless, unconfined, undending, unlimited, unmeasured, untold, vast bountiful: abundant, ample, aplenty, fertile, free, galore, generous, good, lavish, liberal, lush, munificent, plentiful, plenty, rich bounty: allowance, award, bonus, boon, charity, donation, fee, generosity, gift, goodness, grant, gratuity, kindness, largess, largesse, munificence, pay, premium, present, reward, subsidy, virtue bouquet: aroma, arrangement, aura, balm, boutonnire, compliment, corsage, essence, fragrance, nosegay, odor, perfume, posy, scent, spray bourgeois: boorish, capitalistic, common, commonplace, mediocre, middle-class, ordinary, stupid bout: attack, attempt, binge, booze, carouse, circuit, clash, conflict, contest, essay, fight, fray, job, match, period, round, set to, siege, spell, spree, term, trial, turn boutique: ship, shop, tara boutonnire of a sort: corsage bout of otalgia: earache
bovine: cow, oxen bovine bunch: herd bovine feature: dewlap bow: arc, arch, archer, bend, bent, buckle, cave, concede, crescent, cross, crush, curtsy, curve, defer, dip, duck, fiddle, fold, greeting, inflict, knot, nod, rainbow, ribbon, salaam, stem, stoop, submit, succumb, tie, turn, weapon, yield bow as greeting: salutation bow by performers, second: curtain call bow down in worship: genuflect bow of stringed instrument rebounding: spiccato bow or curtsy: obeisance bow or lie down in worship or adoration: prostrate bow part: hawse bow-shaped: arced bow, Indian: namaste bow, low Chinese: kowtow bow, low Muslim: salaam bowdlerize: edit bowed: arched, bent, bulging, curved, hunched, rounded bowel or bladder lack of control: incontinence bowels: belly, colon, depths, entrails, guts, innards, intestines, stomach bowels, fiber-rich food for: roughage bowels, medicine to move: cathartic, laxative, purgative bowels, remove the: disembowel, eviscerate, exenterate bower: abode, alcove, anchor, arbor, chamber, cottage, dwelling, jack, joker, knave, nook, pergola, retreat, shelter bowl: amphitheater, arena, basin, beaker, container, crater, cup, helping, pan, saucer, stadium, tureen, urn, vessel bowl for grinding to powder with pestle: mortar bowl of fruit, to an artist: still life bowl-shaped depression: crater bowl-shaped stir-fry pan: wok bowl with handle, shallow: porringer bowler hat: derby bowling terms: frame, ninepin, skittle, spare, split, strike, tenpins bowwood: yew box: barge, bin, boist, bunker, caddy, cage, carton, case, casket, chest, coffin, confine, container, crate, crib,
encase, enclose, pack, package, receptacle, seat, stall, till, tray, trunk, wrap box-elder genus: acer box for practice: spar box of stationery and writing materials: papeterie box-office draw: star box-office flop: bomb box-office success: smash box, strong: coffer boxcars, in dice: sixes box/case for tobacco or cigars: humidor boxed: cased, crated, spared boxer 112 pounds or less: flyweight boxer 126-134 pounds: featherweight boxer of lightest weight divisions: bantamweight, featherweight, flyweight boxer or wrestler 113-118 pounds: bantamweight boxer or wrestler 119-126 pounds: featherweight boxer or wrestler 127-135 pounds: lightweight boxer or wrestler 136-147 pounds: welterweight boxer or wrestler 148-160 pounds: middleweight boxer or wrestler 161-175 pounds: light heavyweight boxer or wrestler over 175 pounds: heavyweight boxer, professional: pugilist boxer's combination: one-two punch boxer's deformed ear: cauliflower ear boxer's garb: robes boxer's milieu: ring boxes fitting into larger boxes: Chinese boxes boxing: pugilism boxing official: referee boxing ring: arena boxing terms: bantam, blow, bout, feint, fighter, fisticuffs, glove, heavyweight, jab, knockout, match, prizefighting, pug, pugilism, pugilist, punch, sparrer, TKO boxing victory based on points: decision boxing victory with fight stopped by referee: technical knockout boxing, pertaining to: fistic boy (Spanish): muchacho boy: bat, buck, buddy, chap, child, junior, knave, lad, nipper, page, rascal, servant, son, tad, urchin, valet, waiter, youngster, youth boy who has sexual relationship with man: catamite
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BOY WHO LIED - BRANCH OR TWIG USED IN BASKET WEAVING, FLEXIBLE
boy who lied: Pinocchio boy, homeless: gamin, urchin, waif boycott: avoid, blackball, blacklist, embargo, exclude, ostracize, protest, reject, shun boyfriend: beau, date, fellow, fianc, flame, inamorato, lover, steady boys and girls, giving birth to both: ampherotokous boy's voice change: ponticello boys, giving birth to only: arrhenotokous brace: arm, bind, buttress, case, clench, couple, crutch, duo, fasten, fortify, gird, leg, mark, nerve, prop, rafter, reinforce, splint, stay, steady, steel, stiffen, strengthen, support, suspender, tie, truss, yoke; pair, two brace counterpart: bit brace oneself: bite the bullet brace pair: prop, truss bracelet: armlet, band, bangle, chain, charm, handcuff, ring, trinket bracing: arousing, brisk, crisp, exhilarating, invigorating, quickening, refreshing, stimulating, tonic bracken and maidenhair: ferns bracket: ancon, category, class, classify, compare, corbel, couple, fixture, group, join, level, prop, sconce, shelf bracket for candle, wall: sconce bracket of stone, wood, brick to support arch or other architecture: cantilever, corbel, truss bracket used for decoration and support for shelf or cornice: console bracket, metal: gusset brackets in punctuation ( ): parentheses brackets in punctuation { }: braces brackets in punctuation [ ]: square brackets brackets in punctuation < >: angle brackets brackish: saline brad: nail brae: hillside brag: blow, blow one's own horn, blow your own horn, boast, bounce, braggart, crow, defy, display, exaggerate, exult, flourish, gasconade, hotdog, huff, pretense, strut, swagger, threaten, vaunt braggadocio's forte: ego braggart: bigmouth, blatherskite, blowhard, boast, boaster, brag, braggadocio, cracker, crower, egotist, gasbag, gascon, loudmouth, rodomont, windbag
bragging: thrasonical bragging talk: gasconade braid: band, border, cue, deceitful, entwine, fancy, interlace, interweave, knit, lace, mesh, moment, ornament, pigtail, plait, plat, pleat, reproach, ribbon, snatch, soutache, start, string, tress, trick, trim, trimming, twine, twist, weave braid on military uniform: aiguillette braid that trims fabric: soutache braid, narrow flat and often plastic: gimp, guimpe, guipure braid, narrow, for trimming: bobbin braid, ornamental looped fastening: frog braid, zigzag: rickrack braided cord: sennit braided cord on military uniform left shoulder, ornamental: fourragre braided hairstyle: dreadlocks braided linen tape: inkle braise: sear braised veal shanks, Italian: osso buco brake: anchor, block, bridle, check, curb, decelerate, delay, drag, hinder, impede, rein, retard, skid, slow, stop brake part: shoe brake with friction pads pressing on disc of wheel: disc brake brakes operated by compressed fluid: hydraulic brakes bramble: brier, burr, bush, nettle, prickers, rough, sage, shrub, thorn branch: affiliate, annex, arm, bough, bow, bureau, bush, creek, department, district, diverge, divide, fork, leg, limb, member, offshoot, out, outlet, part, ramification, section, snag, sprig, spur, stem, stream, twig branch comes out of tree, point where: node branch of biology dealing with form and structure of organisms: morphology branch of chemistry dealing with brewing and fermentation: zymurgy branch of geology dealing with rocks: petrology branch of knowledge: discipline, subject branch of linguistics dealing with speech sounds and their representation: phonetics branch of linguistics studying meaning of words: lexicology branch of mechanics dealing with effects of forces on motion of bodies: dynamics, kinetics
branch of mechanics studying motion but not forces or bodies' mass: kinematics branch of medicine concerned with old age: geriatrics branch of medicine concerning mouth and its diseases: stomatology branch of medicine dealing with blood and blood-producing organs: hematology branch of medicine dealing with bones: orthopedics branch of medicine dealing with causes or origins of disease: etiology branch of medicine dealing with classification of diseases: nosology branch of medicine dealing with feet: podiatry branch of medicine dealing with infants and children: pediatrics branch of medicine dealing with nervous system: neurology branch of medicine dealing with pregnancy and childbirth: obstetrics branch of medicine dealing with skeletal system, muscles, joints, ligaments: orthopedics branch of medicine dealing with the skin: dermatology branch of medicine dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system: urology branch of medicine dealing with women's health care: gynecology branch of medicine interpreting or establishing facts for law case: forensic medicine branch of medicine involving urinary system: urology branch of medicine involving X rays and radiation: radiology branch of medicine treating eyes: ophthalmology branch of medicine treating the nose: rhinology branch of philosophy studying the nature of knowledge: epistemology branch of physical science: optics branch of psychology studying pleasant and unpleasant states of mind: hedonics branch of theology concerned with end of the world: eschatology branch of theology dealing with the end of the world: eschatology branch of zoology concerning fish: ichthyology branch or twig used in basket weaving, flexible: wicker
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BRAIN-RELATED TERMS
brain: bean, berebrum, cranium, intellect, mind, psyche, skull, wits brain canal: iter brain disorder with motor, sensory, psychic attacks: epilepsy brain exam: EEG, electroencephalogram brain half: hemisphere brain inflammation: encephalitis brain of vertebrate: encephalon brain opening: pyla brain parts: alba, aula, cerebrum, cortex, dura, encephalon, iter, lura, meninges, pericranium, pia brain related: cerebellar, cerebral, encephalic brain ridge between grooves: convolution, gyrus brain sections: cerebrums brain surgeon: neurosurgeon brain wave of alert waking state: beta rhythm, beta wave brain wave of awake and relaxed state: alpha rhythm, alpha wave brain wave: brainchild, brainstorm, idea brainless: asinine, dumb, foolish, mindless, senseless, silly, stupid, thoughtless, witless brains or intellect: gray matter brainstorms: ideates brainwash: alter, control, convert, convince, influence, persuade brainwashed assassin: Manchurian candidate brainy: smart electrical impulse-measuring instrument: EEG, electroencephalograph hemorrhage causing stroke: apoplexy, cerebral hemorrhage hormone that reduces pain sensations, affects emotions: endorphin injury by jarring causing brief unconsciousness: concussion pertaining to the brain: cerebral surgery to sever nerve tract: lobotomy technology's attempt to simulate brain functions in computers: artificial intelligence, bionics three membranes enclosing brain and spinal cord in vertebrates: meninges treatment with electric current: ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock therapy Brain or Neurological Disease Alzheimer's disease amnesia amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/Lou Gehrig's disease Ataxia-Telangiectasia atrophy attention deficit disorder/ADD autism Batten disease Bell's palsy bilateral paralysis catalepsy catatonia cerebral palsy Charcot-Marie-Tooth chorea delirium tremens/DTs dementia diplegia Down's syndrome/mongolism dyslexia encephalitis epilepsy general paralysis general paresis grand mal Guillain-Barre syndrome headache hemiplegia Huntington's disease/Huntington's chorea hydrocephalus/water on the brain leukodystrophy meningitis migraine Moebius syndrome motor-neuron disease multiple sclerosis (MS) muscular dystrophy myasthenia gravis narcolepsy neuralgia neurilemmitis neuritis neuropathy numbness palsy paralysis paraplegia paresis Parkinson's disease partial paralysis petit mal poliomyelitis/infantile paralysis porphyria postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome quadriplegia rabies/hydrophobia sciatica shingles/herpes zoster spasm spina bifida spinal muscular trophy stiff man syndrome Sydenham's chorea/Saint Vitus' dance thoracic outlet syndrome tic tic douloureux Tourette's syndrome tremor trigeminal neuralgia toxoplasmosis trigeminal neuralgia twitch*
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BRANCH OUT - BREAD
branch out: divaricate, fork branch out into numerous subdivisions without main axis: deliquesce branch-trunk angle: axil branch/twig, tough and flexible: withe branched: ramose branches, arrangement of: ramification branches, having: brachiate, forked, furcate, ramate, ramose branches, spreading out widely like: patent, patulous branching into equal parts: dichotomy branchlike: ramiform brand: character, emblem, hallmark, kind, label, make, mark, name, sign, sort, species, stamp, trademark brand ID: logo brand marked on criminal or slave: , stigma brand name: trademark brand new: mint, unused brand, discounted, not made by major company: generic branding: cautery brandish: display, flash, flaunt, flourish, flutter, glitter, irradiate, shake, show, swagger, swing, wave, wield brandy: Alexander, applejack, cognac, eau de vie, grappa, marc, sidecar, stinger brandy distilled from grape residue: marc brandy from white wine of France: cognac brandy glass: pony brandy measure: dram brandy or whiskey: aqua vitae brannigan: altercation, bender, brawl, fight, quarrel, ruckus, spree bran or fiber in diet: roughage brant: goose brash: attack, bold, brazen, cocksure, cocky, forward, impetuous, impulsive, indiscreet, irascible, nervy, presumptuous, rash, reckless, sassy, storm, tactless, thoughtless, uppity brass: audacity, brazen, confidence, effrontery, gall, impudence, nerve, officer, top; alloy brass hat: bigwig brass instrument: cornet, horn, tuba brass rubbings expert: chalcotript brass tacks: details, essentials, facts, meat brass worker: brazier brass, green coating forming on: patina, verdigris brasserie: eatery
brassy: arrant, arrogant, blatant, bold, brazen, impudent, outspoken, showy brat: apron, child, cloak, clothing, garment, holy terror, imp, infant, rascal, scum, spoiled, urchin bravado: bluster, boasting, braggadocio, bravery, daring, gasconade, pomp, pride, storm, swagger bravado, reckless: Russian roulette brave: adorn, boast, bold, breast, cavalier, challenge, confident, courageous, dare, daring, dashing, dauntless, defiance, defy, endure, excellent, face, fearless, gallant, game, good, gutsy, hardy, heroic, intrepid, manly, soldier, stalwart, stomach, stout, stouthearted, superior, swagger, unafraid, undaunted, unflinching, valiant, venturesome, virtuous, warrior, withstand, yeomanly brave and chivalrous: gallant, valiant, valorous brave and daring: audacious, venturesome brave and spirited: feisty brave fighter: warrior brave when drunk: pot-valiant brave, very: stalwart, undaunted, unflinching bravery: boldness, bravado, courage, fortitude, gallantry, grit, guts, heroism, spirit, spunk, valor, valour bravery and daring: emprise bravery and strong will: fortitude, tenacity bravery in battle: prowess bravery pretended: bravado bravery, award or honor for: commendation brawl: affray, altercation, argument, bicker, broil, complain, dispute, disturbance, dogfight, donnybrook, fight, fisticuffs, fracas, fray, free-forall, melee, quarrel, revile, riot, row, ruckus, rumble, scuffle, shindy, spat, squabble, strife, tiff, tumult, upheaval, uproar, wrangle brawn: breadth, clout, flesh, might, moxie, muscle, ruggedness, strength brawny: beefy, bulky, husky, muscular, powerful, robust, stalwart, strong, sturdy, tough bray: heehaw brazen: arrogant, bold, brass, brassy, callous, chintzy, cocky,flashy,forward, immodest, impudent, loud, metallic, sassy, shameless, unashamed Brazil parrot: ara
Brazilian ballroom dance of African origin: samba Brazilian jazz and samba music blended together: bossa nova Brazilian palm: assai Brazilian timber tree: apa breach: assault, blemish, breaking, chasm, chip, cleft, crack, dispute, disruption, dissension, flaw, force open, fracture, gap, harbor, hiatus, hole, infraction, infringement, inroad, interruption, interval, offend, opening, parting, pause, quarrel, rift, rupture, split, transgress, trespass, violate, violation, wound breached: open bread: brown, bun, corn, crouton, diet, dough, fare, food, French, Italian, lite, loaf, malt, multigrain, pita, potato, pumpernickel, roll, rye, soda, sourdough, squaw, staple, sustenance, toast, wheat, white, wholegrain, whole-meal, zwieback
RELATED TERMS
bread and butter: career, job, keep, living, profession, work bread-and-butter: basic bread baked, then sliced and toasted: zwieback bread braided and eaten by Jews: challah, hallah bread crumbs and cheese melted on dish: au gratin bread dunked in gravy, sauce, etc.: brewis, sippet, sop bread in French: pain bread ingredient: yeast bread made without yeast or leavening agent: unleavened bread of cornmeal and baked soft: spoon bread bread of Eucharist, consecrated: host bread or bakery item oven shovel: peel bread portion: slice bread spread: butter, jam, jelly, marmalade, oleo bread unit: loaf bread, agent that causes batter or dough to rise for: leaven bread, braided loaf of: challah bread, crescent-shaped: croissant bread, dark sour rye: pumpernickel bread, flat cornmeal: corn pone, johnnycake, jonnycake bread, flat round toasted: crumpet bread, Genoese flat: focaccia bread, Greek flat: pita, pitta
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TYPES OF BREAD
bagel brioche brown bread challah cheese bread corn bread croissant dinner roll egg bread English muffin flatbread French bread Irish soda bread Italian bread matzo nut bread oatmeal bread plain white roll poppy-seed plait potato bread pumpernickel bread raisin bread rye bread salt-rising bread sliced white sandwich bread soft roll sourdough bread starch-reduced bread Vienna bread white bread whole-wheat bread W bread, hard, of flour and water: hardtack, sea biscuit, sea bread, ship biscuit bread, protein mixture substituted for flour in: gluten bread, sweet: pannettone bread, sweetened and toasted: zwieback bread, toasted and crisp: croutons bread, unleavened: matzo, matzoh, tortilla bread, unleavened pocket: pita W breadfruit: rima breadnut tree: ramon breadth: amplitude, broadness, diameter, dimension, extent, gamut, latitude, range, scope, span, spread, stretch, width breadwinner: earner break: alienation, alter, announce, blank, blunder, boon, breather, bruise, burst, bust, chip, cleave, cleft,
crack, crackle, crevice, cripple, crumble, cut, cutoff, dash, defeat, destroy, disable, disrupt, division, down, eradicate, escape, exhaust, fissure, flee, fold, fraction, fracture, gap, hiatus, impair, in, intermission, interrupt, interruption, interval, invalidate, lapse, lull, off, opening, opportunity, out, pause, penetrate, pick, pierce, plow, pluck, point, rent, respite, rift, ruin, rupture, separate, separation, sever, shatter, shot, slip, smash, snap, stop, tame, tear, transgress, wound break a code: decipher, decode, decrypt break a habit: wean break apart: fracture, reave, rend, rupture, sunder break away: dissociate, part break away from organization: secede break bread: eat break by splitting: cleave, rend, rift break down into parts: decompose, disintegrate break for schoolkids: recess break hole in: stave break in: burglarize, condition, interject, interrupt, intrude, invade, train, trespass break in continuity: interregnum break in continuity and return to earlier episode: flashback break in the shoreline: ria break into pieces: crumble, pulverize, spall break into spray: atomize, vaporize break loose: escape break of day: dawn, daybreak, mourning, sunrise, sunup break off: cease, snap break off association: disaffiliate, dissociate break open: burst, rupture break or gap: hiatus, interval, lacuna break or pause: caesura, intermission, interruption, recess, respite break or split in layer: spall break out: arise, bolt, escape, flee, flight, getaway, recrudesce, start break/pause in line of verse: caesura break suddenly: snap break the cipher: decode break the resistance: soften up break the surface of soil: scarify break through or explode: erupt break up: crack, smash break up group: disband break up group into factions: Balkanize The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
break up into parts: resolve break up surface of: scarify break up, as a glacier: calve break with: bolt, secede breakable: brittle, delicate, flimsy, fragile, frail, weak breakable and brittle: frangible, friable breakdown: analysis, collapse, crash, diagnosis, failure, itemization, mishap, nervous, smashup breakdown and ruin: debacle breakdown of social order: anomie breaker: billow, destroyer, roller, surf, wave breakfast area: nook breakfast fare: bagel, bran, cereal, Danish, eggs, flapjack, French toast, granola, oatmeal, omelet, pancakes, sausages, toast breakfast, in France: petit dejeuner breakfast, late: dejeuner breakfast, pertaining to: jentacular breaking a promise: reneging breaking in: irruption breaking the law: breach, contravention, infraction, infringement, transgression, violation breaking the law by public official: malfeasance, malversation breaking up or dividing: fissiparous breakneck: daredevil, fast, quick, reckless, risky, speedy breakout: escape breakthrough: advance, boost, development, discovery, find, improvement, leap, progress breakup: disband, divorce, part, separate, separation, split breakwater: mole, seawall breakwater or small jetty: groin, mole breast: bosom, brave, bust, chest, emotions, encounter, heart, mammilla, udder breast area that is darker around nipple: areola breast/chest, pertaining to: pectoral breast enlargement in male, abnormal: gynecomastia breast examination for diagnosis: palpation breast examination for diagnosis by X ray: mammogram, mammography breast fluid preceding production of milk: colostrum, foremilk breast of woman: poitrine breast removal surgery: mastectomy breast separation line: cleavage breast, surgical removal of: mastectomy 85
BR EAST, S U R G I C A L REMOVAL OF TUMOR OF - B R I D G E STRUCTURE SUPPORTING CON DU IT OR CANAL
breast, surgical removal of tumor of: lumpectomy breastbone: sternum breastfeeding, produce milk as in: lactate breastplate of armor: cuirass, plastron breasts, concerning the: mammary breasts, hollow between woman's: cleavage breath: aroma, blow, breeze, exhalation, gasp, huff, lifeblood, pant, pause, puff, respite, second, sigh, smell, vapor, wheeze, whiff, wind breath, bad: halitosis, ozostomia breath, having bad: saprostomous breathe: articulate, aspire, emanate, exhale, exist, fan, inhale, instill, live, murmur, pant, puff, respire, sigh, speak, utter, whisper breathe heavily: gasp, pant breathe in: inhale breathe noisily, as dog following scent: snuffle breathe or blow into: insufflate breathe or sigh: suspire breathe out: exhale, expire breather: break, lull, pause, recess, respite, rest breathers: inhalers, lungs breathing: alive, respiration breathing and snoring, having heavy: stertorous breathing apparatus: lungs, nares breathing apparatus, underwater: aqualung breathing difficulty due to swelling: emphysema breathing hole in some fishes, insects: spiracle breathing rattle: rale breathing space: room breathing that is interrupted: apnea breathing that is labored: dyspnea breathing, abnormally fast: hyperpnea, hyperventilation breathing, abnormally slow: hypopnea breathing, cutting of artificial opening for: tracheotomy breathing, harsh vibrating: stridor breathing, having difficulty in: labored breathing, relating to: asp ira tory breathing, temporary absence or cessation of: apnea breathing, unconsciousness or death from restricted: asphyxiation breathless: agasp, airless, astounded, dead, eager, excited, exhausted, keen, spent, stale, tense
breathtaking: amazing, astonishing, awesome, hair-raising, impressive, stunning, thrilling breeches: pants breeches loose above knee and tight below: jodhpurs breed: class, family, ilk, kind, lineage, lot, offspring, species, stock, strain, type, variety breed by natural reproduction: propagate breed created from two varieties or species: hybrid breed rapidly and abundantly: pullulate breed, to: bear, beget, create, cultivate, engender, hatch, multiply, nourish, nurture, originate, procreate, produce, raise, rear, reproduce, sire, spawn, train breeding: behavior, civility, conduct, culture, descent, development, education, extraction, genealogy, instruction, line, manners, mating, origin, rearing, schooling, training, upbringing breeding of special animals and plants: stirpiculture breeding place of bacteria: nidus breeding, horse or animal kept for: stud breeding, study of improvement of human race by selective: eugenics breeze: air, aura, blast, blow, breath, cruise, current, draft, freshen, gale, glide, gust, report, sail, stir, whisper, wind, zip; ease, pushover, snap, waltz breezy: airy, brisk, carefree, debonair, easygoing, fresh, lively, racy, relaxed, sunny, vivacious, windy brevity: briefness, conciseness, crispness, laconism, pointedness, shortness, succinctness, terseness brew: ale, beer, beverage, blend, boil, concoct, distill, ferment, gather, grog, hatch, liquor, make, miscellany, mix, pour, potation, prepare, suds; contrive, devise, plot, prepare brew coffee: perk brew tea: steep brewer's need: malt, vat brewing and fermentation, branch of chemistry dealing with: zymurgy brewing, fermentable mixture used in: mash bribable and corrupt: venal bribe: allurement, bait, blackmail, bonus, buy, corrupt, douceur, entice,
extort, fee, fix, gift, graft, grease, hire, kickback, meed, offer, oil, payola, sop, steal, suborn, tempt bribe as appeasement: sop bribe into doing something illegal: suborn bribe money fund: slush fund bribe or conciliatory present: douceur bribe to commit perjury: suborn bribe to keep quiet: hush money bribe to promote something: payola bribe, small, or tip: baksheesh bribery, open to: mercenary, venal bric-a-brac: artifacts, knickknacks, ornaments, trinkets brick: adobe, block, house, layer, oven, stone, tile brick carrier: hod brick laid parallel to wall face: stretcher brick laid perpendicular to wall face: header brick of charcoal, small: briquette brick or stone worker: mason brick, sun-dried: adobe bricks, cement or mortar for filling in between: grouting, pointing bricks, horizontal layer or row of: course bridal: connubial, espousal, hymeneal, marriage, nuptial, shower, song, wedding bridal attendant who is married: matron of honor bridal attendant who is not married: maid of honor bridal cache: hope chest bridal wreath: spirea bride: bridle, loop, newlywed, rein, tie, wife bride's money or property turned over to new husband: dowry bride's outfit: trousseau bridge: auction, band, bascule, catwalk, connect, contract, cross, game, link, overpass, pont, pontoon, span, suspension, tie, traverse, trestle, union, viaduct, way bridge counterbalanced so one end raises while the other is lowered: bascule bridge fare: toll bridge framework: trestle bridge made of ropes, suspension: joola bridge or stretch over: span bridge over another roadway: overpass bridge pillar at junction of spans: pier bridge structure supporting conduit or canal: aqueduct
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bridge supporting framework: trestle, truss bridge supports, section between: span bridge term: bid, rebid, ruff, slam bridge that can be raised: drawbridge bridgework: denture bridle: bit, blinder, brake, bride, check, control, curb, direct, govern, guard, guide, halter, harness, leash, muzzle, rein, repress, restrain, restraint, rule, subdue, suppress, swagger bridle adjuncts: blinders bridle part: bit, martingale, rein bridle-path debris: road apples brief: abridge, abridgment, abrupt, advise, argument, blurb, case, charm, common, compact, compendium, compose, concise, condensation, condense, condensed, crisp, curt, few, fleeting, invoice, letter, limited, list, mandate, memorandum, momentary, outline, passing, quick, short, succinct, summary, syllabus, temporary, terse, transitory, update, writ brief and curt: brusque brief and meaningful: laconic, succinct brief and pithy: terse brief and without notice of detail: cursory brief appearance in entertainment: cameo brief attention: short shrift brief comment: note brief drama: playlet brief nap: forty winks, siesta brief pause: rest brief period of time: moment brief quarrel: spat brief skirt: mini brief summary: recap brief swim: dip brief talk: chat brief treatise: tract brief try: stab brief view of a work: synopsis briefcase: etui briefness: brevity brig: boat, guardhouse, jail, prison, ship, slammer, stockade, vessel brigade: army, company, corps, crew, detachment, outfit, posse, regiment, squad, unit brigadier general: one-star general brigand: bandit, desperado, highwayman, hoodlum, marauder, outlaw, pillager, pirate, robber, soldier, thief brigandage: banditry
bright: ablaze, acute, aglow, alert, animated, apt, beamy, blazing, brilliant, cheerful, cheery, clear, clever, cloudless, colorful, flashing, forward, fresh, gay, glad, gleaming, glistening, glittering, illustrious, intelligent, light, lively, lucent, lucid, luminous, optimistic, precocious, promising, psychedelic, quick, radiant, ringing, rosy, sharp, shining, smart, sparkling, splendid, sunny, transparent, twinkling, vivid, wise, witty bright and clear: lucid, vivid bright and flashy: garish, gaudy bright-colored plaid: tattersall bright from rubbing or polishing: burnished bright idea: brainstorm bright light: glare, neon bright, brilliant: incandescent brighten: animate, cheer, clear, enliven, gild, illuminate, intensify, irradiate, lift, light, lighten, liven, polish, shine brighten by rubbing: furbish brighter stars: novas brightest star in the sky: Sirius brightly colored birds: tanagers brightly colored butterfly: red admiral brightly colored lizard: agama brightness: brilliance, clarity, clearness, clat, flame, gleam, gloss, luster, radiance, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor brilliance in ability: virtuosity brilliance or radiance: refulgence brilliance, great: clat brilliant: bright, celebrated, clever, dazzling, distinguished, eminent, gay, genius, gifted, glittering, glorious, glossy, good, incandescent, keen, learned, lucent, luminous, pyrotechnic, radiant, shining, signal, smart, sparkling, wise brilliant action or achievement: coup, masterstroke brilliant and glowing: effulgent, incandescent, resplendent brilliant and sparkling: coruscating, scintillating brilliant coloring: flame brilliant green: emerald brilliant marine fish: wrasse brilliant red: scarlet brilliant star: nova brilliant stroke: coup brilliant young person: child prodigy, wunderkind
brilliantly colored fish: opah brilliantly plumed bird: macaw brim: bluff, border, brink, edge, hem, lip, margin, ocean, overflow, rim, sea, verge, water brim on front of cap: visor brimless hat: toque brimming: crowded, flooded, flush, full, jammed, swelling brine: alkali, blue, main, marinade, ocean, saline, salt, sea brine for pickling: souse brine ingredient: salt bring: accompany, bear, carry, convey, deliver, escort, fetch, institute, lead, lug, procure, produce, summon, take, transport bring a catch to shore: reel in bring a price: sell bring about: accomplish, achieve, attain, cause, create, do, effect, establish, evoke, make, organize, realize, start, transact bring about quickly: precipitate bring around: convert, convince, cure, get, induce, revive bring back: effect, recall, recollect, remember, restore, retrieve, return, revive, surrender, transact bring back to health: restore bring back to life: reanimate, regenerate, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, revivify bring cargo aboard: lade bring down: drop, humble, level, overthrow bring down on oneself: incur bring forth: adduce, ean, originate, spawn, yean bring forth young (animal): ean, yean bring home the bacon: earn bring in: acquire, earn, get, gross, import, realize, reap, report, usher, yield bring in forcefully: intertrude bring into accord: attune bring into agreement: aline bring joy to: elate bring legal action: sue bring off: accomplish, achieve, complete, execute, perform, succeed bring on: incur bring out: declare, display, educe, elicit, publish, state, tell bring relief to: assuage bring the cymbals together: clang bring to a certain strength by concentration: gradate bring together: accumulate, amass,
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blend, combine, compile, conflate, consolidate, harmonize, join, rally, unite bring up: discuss, educate, fear, foster, nurse, nurture, offer, raise, rear, regurgitate, train, vomit bring up partly digested food: regurgitate bring upon oneself: incur brings in a fish: lands brings into harmony: attunes brink: bank, border, boundary, brim, edge, end, eve, limit, lip, margin, point, rim, sea, shore, verge briny: ocean, saline, salty, sea brisk: active, agile, alert, alive, animated, breezy, busy, chipper, crisp, energetic, fast, fresh, gay, keen, lively, nimble, nippy, perky, quick, refreshing, sharp, smart, snappy, spirited, spry, stimulating, vivacious, walk, yern, zippy brisk and lively: jaunty brisk run: trot briskly: apace briskly in music: vivace bristle: anger, arista, barb, brush, feeler, fiber, fume, hair, ruffle, seta, strut, stubble, toast, whisker bristle prefix: seti bristled: awned bristlelike appendage: arista bristles: aristae, awns, seta, setae bristles, covered with: barbellate bristles, rough with: hispid bristling of body hair: horripilation, piloerection bristly: echinate, hispid, setaceous, setal, setose, spiny Britain, poetically: Albion British bag: portmanteau British car trunk: boot British dictionary, famous: OED, Oxford English Dictionary British elevator: lift British fellow: chap British hood: bonnet British late-morning snack: elevenses British noblemen: peerage British parliament member, not leader: backbencher British prison: gaol British pub: local British railway vehicle: carriage British sausage: banger British streetcar: tram British stroller: pram British subway: tube
British truck: lorry British TV: telly British weapon: sten brittle: brash, breakable, candy, crisp, crispy, crumbling, crunchy, delicate, eager, feeble, fickle, fragile, frail, irritable, nervous, perishable, prim, short, slight, weak broach: approach, begin, cut, dress, drift, incision, interject, introduce, mention, moot, open, ouch, pierce, pin, prick, publish, spindle, spool, spur, stab, submit, suggest, tap, veer, violate, voice broad: ample, coarse, deep, evident, expansive, extensive, full, general, large, liberal, nonspecific, obvious, plain, roomy, spacious, sweeping, thick, tolerant, universal, vast, wide broad and inclusive: compendious, comprehensive broad bean: fava, lima broad expanse: acre, ocean broad flat stone: slab broad geological basin: tala broad jump: long jump broad-minded: flexible, latitudinarian, lenient, liberal, magnanimous, open, progressive, receptive, tolerant broad pardon: amnesty broad sash: obi broad street: avenue, parkway broad-topped hill: loma broad valley: dale broadcast: air, aired, announce, communicate, declare, newscast, program, publish, radio, report, send, show, sow, sown, strew, strewn, televise, television broadcast again: replay broadcast channel: airway broadcast interruption: newsflash broadcast on television and radio simultaneously: simulcast broadcaster, news: anchor broader: wider broadheaded: brachycephalic broadly elliptical: oval broadside: poster brobdingnagian: big, colossal, giant, gigantic, huge, immense, mammoth, tremendous broccoli part: floret brochure: book, circular, flyer, pamphlet, tract brochure of institution: prospectus brocket: deer The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
broil: bake, burn, char, grill, heat, roast, sear broiled to excess: charred broke: bankrupt, busted, destitute, down and out, flat, insolvent, penniless, poor, strapped broken: arm, burst, busted, cracked, crushed, damaged, defective, disconnected, discouraged, dispersed, down, erratic, fractured, fragmentary, incomplete, injured, kaput, leg, rent, rough, ruined, ruptured, shaken, shattered, subdued, tamed, torn, weak broken and destroyed: kaput broken-arm support: sling broken bits: debris, smithereens broken down: decrepit, dilapidated broken foundation stones: riprap broken grain spike: chob broken-hearted: inconsolable broken husks of cereal grain: bran broken-off piece: cantle broken piece of pottery, glass: shard, sherd broker: agent, broacher, dealer, factor, intermediary, jobber, marriage, merchant, middleperson, negotiator, realtor, scalper, stock broker holding securities in his/her name rather than client: street name broker on floor of stock exchange, working for others: two-dollar broker brokerage, fraudulent: bucket shop bromide: banality, clich, commonplace, compound, platitude, saw, sedative, stereotype, trite brontophobia: fear of thunder bronze: aes, alloy, brownish, bust, copper, metal, statue, tan bronze drinking bowl: mazer bronze or silver gilt: vermeil bronze, greenish coating on: patina, verdigris brooch: bar, cameo, clasp, clip, jewelry, ornament, pin, shield brooch with head in profile: cameo brood: agonize, contemplate, daydream, dwell, eat one's heart out, fret, languish, meditate, mope, ponder, pout, sulk, weep, worry; breed, children, clutch, family, flock, fry, hatch, incubate, issue, litter, multitude, nest, offspring, progeny, race, young brood of pheasants: nid, nide, nye brooding: moody
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acorn butternut amber caf au lait anthracene camel auburn chestnut autumn leaf chocolate bay cinnamon beaver coffee beige Cologne brown biscuit copper bistre dark brown brindle doeskin bronze Dresden brunet dun brunette earth buff ecru burnt almond fallow burnt umber fawn brook: creek, ghyll, gutter, rill, river, run, runnel, rush, stream, watercourse brook or creek, small: beck, bourn, bourne, burn, creek, arroyo brook or stream, small: rivulet, runnel brook trout: char brooklet: rill broom: besom, brush, mop, splinter, swab, sweep, whisk broth: bouillon, bree, consomm, soup, stock, water broth garnished with vegetables cut in thin strips: julienne broth, clear: bouillon brothel: bawdyhouse, bordel, bordello, cathouse, crib, lupanar, stew, whorehouse brothel manager: madam, pimp brother: billy, blood, bro, bub, buddy, cadet, comrade, fellow, fra, friar, kin, mate, monk, pal, peer, relative, sibling, twin brother or sister: sibling brother, murder of: fratricide brotherhood: association, clan, club, fellowship, fraternity, gang, guild, lodge, order, society, sodality, union brotherly: affectionate, amicable, fraternal, friendly, kind, love, neighborly, tender brouhaha: ado, fracas, melee, row, setto, to-do, uproar brow: bound, brim, brink, eye, forehead, front, ridge, rim, slope, temple, top brow of a hill, to Scots: snab fox nutria sorrel fulvous oatmeal tan fuscous orange brown tanaura hazel otter taupe khaki pale brown tawny leather peat brown terra-cotta light brown peppercorn toast liver brown pongee topaz mahogany putty tortoiseshell manila raffia umber maple sugar raw sienna Vandyke brown Mars brown raw umber walnut mink red brown yellow-brown W mocha rust nougat sandalwood nutbrown seal nutmeg sepia browbeat: bully, coerce, cow, depress, brush aside: disregard, neglect, reject, disconcert, frighten, harass, hector, slight, snub, spurn henpeck, intimidate, nag brush off: cut, deny, dismissal, reject brown bag: sack brush up: cram, polish, refresh, reread, review, study brown-haired: brunette brusque: abrupt, bluff, blunt, cavalier, brown in fat: fry curt, discourteous, frank, gruff, harsh, brown paper wrapping: kraft impolite, rough, rude, short, snippy, brown seaweed: kelp surly, terse, violent brown-winged butterfly: satyr brusquely: tersely browned bread: toast brutal: atrocious, barbarous, beastly, brownie: cake, cooky; elf, fairy, Girl bestial, bloody, caddish, callous, carScout, pixie nal, coarse, cruel, ferocious, gross, inbrownish gray: taupe human, ruthless, savage, severe, unbrownish purple: puce civil, unfeeling brownish red: terra-cotta brute: animal, beast, demon, feral, brownish yellow: amber fiend, force, ogre, physical, ruffian, brow's curve: arch savage, scoundrel browse: brut, crop, feed, flip, forage, brutish: insensate glance, graze, nibble, pasture, scan, bryophite: moss shop, skim, thumb bubble: air, bead, blister, blob, blubber, bruise: abuse, bash, batter, black, boil, deceive, delusive, effervesce, breach, break, contusion, crush, empty, fizz, foam, froth, globule, perdent, disable, ecchymosis, hurt, incolate, popple, sac, seed, seethe, simjury, maim, mangle, mar, maul, mer, slosh, speculation, suds, trifle pound, pulverize, shiner, welt bubbliness: effervescence, lan bruise on impact: contuse bubbling with excitement: ebullient, brume: fog, mist exuberant brunette: brown, brown-haired, brububbling, excited: aboil net, dark, swarthy, tanned bubbly beverage: champagne, club brunt: assault, attack, blow, burden, soda, mineral water, soda, soda water clash, crux, force, impact, jar, jolt, buccaneer: corsair, freebooter, pirate, shock, stress, tension rifler, robber, rover, spoiler, viking brush: broom, clash, clean, comb, conbucket: bail, barrel, cage, can, cheat, flict, encounter, fight, fray, graze, container, drench, hurry, kettle, pail, groom, hair, paint, rub, scuffle, sidescoop, skeel, swindle, tub, vessel swipe, skim, skirmish, stroke, sweep, bucket handle: bail tooth, touch, undergrowth, whisk The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary 89
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BUDDHIST TERMS
attainment of wisdom and compassion: nirvana Buddhist disciple: ananda Buddhist monk: arhat, dalai lama, lama, mahatma, poongee, talapoin, yahan Buddhist or Hindu religious law: dharma Buddhist terms: bhikku, bhikshu, bo tree, bodhi, bodhissatva, dharma, karma, krikaya, mani, mantra, nirvana, prayer wheel, raga, stupa, sutra, tantra, tope concept of birth-death-rebirth: samsara cylinder inscribed with prayers: prayer wheel dome-shaped monument: stupa, tope geometric design: mandala high priest and ruler of Tibet and Mongolia: Dalai Lama mystical literature: tantra scriptural narrative: sutra, sutta sect believing enlightenment is achieved through meditation, selfcontemplation, intuition: Zen Buddhism sum of person's lifelong actions, one's fate: karma temple: wat tower: pagoda verbal formula repeated in meditation, prayer: mantra^ bucket, iron: kibble buckle: bend, bow, clasp, contend, curl, distortion, down, fasten, grapple, kink, struggle, twist, under, warp, yield; belt, fastener buckle down: work buckle metal prong: chape buck's mate: doe buckthorn: cascara buckwheat: kasha bucolic: bumpkin, farmer, herdsman, hick, idyl, local, naive, pastoral, poetic, rural, rustic, simple bucolic poem: eclogue bud: blossom, bourgeon, bulb, button, child, develop, eye, flower, gem, germ, germinate, grow, incipient, pip, seed, shoot, sprout, youth bud of plant embryo: plumule buddy: brother, chum, companion, comrade, crony, friend, mate, pal, partner, sidekick
buddy-buddy: chummy, close, cozy, friendly, intimate budge: convince, fur, move, movement, persuade, propel, push, stir budget: allocate, allowance, amount, estimate, finances, funds, pack, plan, program, ration, resources, stock, store, wallet buff: devotee, enthusiast, expert, fan; polish, rub, shine, smooth; bare, naked, nude buffalo: anoa, ami, bamboozle, bewilder, bison, frustrate, gazelle, hamper, meat, ox, puzzle, stag, stump buffalo and domestic cow hybrid: cattalo buffer: backstop, bumper, cushion, fender, pad, safeguard, screen, zone buffet: bar, batter, beat, blow, box, cuff, jolt, lambaste, slap, smite, spank, strike, thrash, toss; brunch, cupboard, dinner, lunch, meal, sideboard, smorgasbord, spread, supper buffet or sideboard furniture: credenza buffoon: antic, bozo, buffo, clown, comic, droll, fool, harlequin, humorist, idiot, jerk, jester, mime, mummer, playboy, prankster, ridicule, stooge, wag buffoonery: j apery bug: ant, beetle, flea, fly, gnat, hemipter, insect, June bug, lightning bug, mite, mosquito, spider; bug, flaw, germ, virus bug, to: annoy, bother, eavesdrop, harass, harry, irk, nag, needle, pester, rile, tease, wire, wiretap bugaboo: alarm, bogey, bogeyman, bugbear, fear, goblin, hobgoblin, ogre, scare, scarecrow, specter buggy: caboose, carriage, cart, demented, foolish, infested, nutty, pram, shay, vehicle, wagon bugle: bead, call, clarion, cornet, horn, instrument, trumpet bugle alert: call to arms bugle call at sunset when flag is lowered: retreat bugle call for lights out or at funeral: last post, taps bugle call in evening to summon to quarters: tattoo bugle call in morning to summon awake: reveille build: assemble, body, construct, create, develop, engineer, erect, establish, expand, fabricate, fashion, form,
found, frame, increase, make, manufacture, physique, put up, raise, rear, shape, undertake, up build up: amass builder: architect, artisan, carpenter, contractor, erector, maker, mason builder's fastener: nail building: apartment, architecture, barn, casa, casino, castle, church, construction, dwelling, edifice, fabric, factory, hotel, house, hut, library, museum, palace, pile, storehouse, structure, temple, tenement, theater
RELATED TERMS
building addition: ell building and construction, relating to: tectonic building and equipment for activity: facility building beam: girder, I bar building block: adobe, brick, stone building circular and domed room: rotunda building commemorating heroes: pantheon building destruction: demolition building floor: story building front: facade building housing library: athenaeum building inspection: assessment, survey building material of overlapping boards: clapboard, weatherboard building material of sun-dried bricks: adobe building material of twigs and clay: wattle and daub building of sun-dried bricks or stone, Native American: pueblo building or physical structure: fabric building settling: subsidence building site: lot building supervisor: janitor, super, superintendent building timber: beam building with stone or brick: masonry building with tiered seats around arena: amphitheater building wood: timber building, added section to: annex building, foundation of stone: stereobate building, front of: facade, frontispiece building, historical and protected: landmark, national historic site building, large and imposing: edifice building, ready-made part of: module
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building, run-down apartment: tenement building, to declare open a: dedicate building, to demolish: raze building, to restore a: renovate buildings and land: real estate, real property, realty buildings, person who climbs: stegophilist 1? buildup: accretion buildup of tissue fluid: edema built in advance and then assembled: prefabricated built in at the supports: encastre built poorly: jerry-built built to specifications: custom-built bulb: bud, corm, expansion, garlic, globe, knob, lamp, node, nub, onion, plant, root, seed, swell, tuber, tulip bulb segment: clove bulblike underground stem: bulblet, corm bulbous lily plant: star of Bethlehem bulge: appendage, bag, belly, bilge, billow, blister, bloat, bug, bump, cask, dilate, expand, extend, flask, growth, hump, knob, lump, pouch, projection, protrude, protuberance, swell, swelling, wallet bulging: convex, protuberant bulging and swollen: tuberous, tumescent, tumid, turgid bulging eyes, with: ophthalmic bulging rear of skull: inion bulk: aggregate, amount, body, cargo, dimension, expand, extent, figure, heap, heft, hulk, largeness, lump, magnitude, majority, mass, massiveness, might, pile, power, quantity, size, substance, sum, swell, volume bulky: awkward, beefy, big, burly, clumsy, corpulent, cumbersome, enormous, gross, heavy, hefty, huge, large, massive, obese, ponderous, stout, substantial, voluminous, weighty bull, relating to: taurine bulldoze: browbeat, bully, cow, dig, drive, flatten, force, grade, intimidate, level, push, ram, scoop, threaten, thrust bulldozer: earthmover bullet: ammunition, ball, cartridge, fast, hurry, lead, missile, pellet, shot, sinker, slug, tracer, zip bullet, diameter of tube or bore of gun for: caliber
bullet, rebound off hard surface, like: ricochet bulletin: announcement, communiqu, flash, memo, message, notice, poster, program, release, report, scoop, statement bullets and guns, study of: ballistics bullets, missiles, rockets, science of: ballistics bullfight cheer: ol bullfight locale: corrida bullfight point at which kill is made: moment of truth bullfight short red cape: capa, capote, muleta bullfight wound: gore bullfight, horseman who lances bull's neck in: picador bullfighter: banderillero, matador, picador, toreador, torero bullfighter who kills bull: matador bullfighter with cape: capeador bullfighter, principal: matador, toreador, torero bullfighter's assistant inserting darts: banderillero bullfighting fan: aficionado bullfighting large dart: banderilla bullfighting move of presenting and moving cape: pase, pass bullfighting move of swinging cape slowly away from bull: veronica bullhead: sculpin bullheaded: headstrong, obstinate, pigheaded, stubborn bullish: taurine bullish trend: upturn bull's-eye: center, precisely, pulley, target, window bully: annoy, antagonize, bluster, boss, bounce, bravo, browbeat, bullock, coerce, dashing, domineer, dragoon, excellent, frighten, good, great, harass, huff, intimidate, meany, menace, oppress, punk, ride, ruffian, tease, terrorize, tyrranize, tyrant, victimize bullying: despotic, domineering, imperious bulrush: reed, tule bulwark: bastion, breakwater, buffer, citadel, defend, defense, fence, fort, fortress, fortification, guard, parapet, protect, rampart, secure, shield, stronghold, support, wall bum: drone, frolic, hobo, idle, idler, loafer, lounge, mooch, panhandler, sponge, tramp, vagabond The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
bumble: bee, blunder, bobble, botch, bramble, bungle, jumble, muffle, stumble, veil bumbling: inept bummer: beggar, flop, moocher, washout bump: bang, blow, bounce, clash, collide, concussion, demote, dislodge, downgrade, hit, impact, jar, jolt, knock, lump, node, nodule, oust, pothole, protrusion, protuberance, replace, smash, strike, swelling, thud, thump bump into: collide, encounter, hit, luck, meet, stumble bump off: assassinate, finish, kill, liquidate, murder bump or tiny nipplelike projection on tongue or other body part: papilla bump, small: knurl, node, nodule bumped, poker-style: upped bumper label: sticker bumpkin: clod, clodhopper, clos, country, hayseed, hick, lout, lummox, oaf, rube, yokel bumptious: aggressive, arrogant, bold, brazen, cocky, conceited, insolent, obtrusive bumpy: bouncy, jolting, rocky, rough, uneven bun: biscuit, bread, roll bun or knot of hair at back of woman's head: chignon bunch: aggregate, assemble, assortment, batch, body, bouquet, bundle, clump, cluster, collection, crew, crowd, flock, glob, group, herd, lot, mass, mob, pack, quantity, scad, set, swarm, wad bunch of flowers: bouquet, nosegay, posy bundle: bag, bale, band, bind, bunch, collection, fortune, group, lade, lot, pack, package, packet, parcel, pile, roll, sheaf, tie, wad bundle of hides: kip bundle of twigs, sticks, branches: faggot bundle, small: fascicle bungle: blunder, boggle, botch, bumble, butcher, err, flub, foozle, fumble, goof, misdo, mismanage, mistake, muff, slip, spoil bungling: inept bunk: balderdash, baloney, bed, berth, billet, bull, cot, foolishness, hay, hogwash, hokum, hooey, lodge, malarky, nonsense, sleep, trough, twaddle
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BUNKER - BURY
bunker: army, bin, dugout, hold, sandtrap, shelter, trap bunkum: bunk, hooey, rot bunt: bat, butt, meet, push, shove, spearhead, strike, tap bunting: scrim buoy: bell, dan, elate, elevate, float, marker, raise, signal, support, sustain, uplift buoyancy: elasticity, resilience buoyant: airy, animated, cheerful, elastic, floating, gay, happy, hopeful, joyous, light, lighthearted, lilting, lively, resilient, spirited, springy, unsinkable, vivacious, volatile buoyant and optimistic: sanguine bur: sticker burble: babble, boil, bubble, chatter, confuse, gush, jabber, yak burden: afflict, aggravate, albatross, bother, capacity, care, cargo, charge, clog, debt, duty, encumber, grievance, hamper, handicap, impede, impedimenta, imposition, lade, load, millstone, onus, oppress, overhead, pile, saddle, strain, stress, tax, trouble, try, vex, weight, worry burden of proof: onus, onus probandi burden or impediment: encumbrance burden with: saddle burden, discouraging: incubus burdened: laden, loaded, taxed burdens and drawbacks: impedimenta burdensome: arduous, demanding, difficult, grievous, grinding, heavy, onerous, oppressive, troublesome, weighty bureau: agency, branch, chest, chiffonier, department, desk, division, dresser, office bureau of drawers, esp. with mirror: chiffonier bureaucrat: apparatchik, civil servant, official, politician bureaucratic routine: red tape burgeon: bloom, blossom, bud, expand, flower, grow, increase, mushroom, prosper, snowball, sprout, thrive burglar: crook, prowler, robber, safecracker, thief, yegg burglar crowbar: jimmy burglarize: rob burglary: break-in, caper, crime, felony, heist, larceny, robbery, theft burial: deposition, entombment, funeral, interment, rites, sepulture burial chamber: grave, sepulcher, tomb, vault
burial chamber formed by two or more vertical stones supporting horizontal one: dolmen burial chamber hidden underground: catacomb, hypogeum burial chamber in large building: mausoleum burial chamber under church: crypt, vault burial ground: boneyard, catacomb, cemetery, grave, graveyard, necropolis, potter's field, pyramid, tomb burial mound, beehive-shaped: tholos burial mound, earth-covered: barrow, tumulus burial site, ancient, of earth or stones: barrow, mound, tumulus burial site, ancient, with large upright stones: cromlech, dolmen burial wrap for body: shroud buried mound of ancient refuse: kitchen midden, midden burlap: bag, cloth, fabric, gunny, sacking, wrapping burlap bag: gunnysack burlap source: jute burlesque: caricature, comedian, comedy, exaggerate, farce, lampoon, mime, mimic, mock, overact, parody, revue, ridicule, satire, slapstick, spoof, strip, takeoff, travesty, vaudeville burlesque composition: amphigory burlesque imitation of serious work: parody burly: beefy, big, brawny, bulky, hearty, heavy, hefty, husky, imposing, muscular, portly, stocky, stout, sturdy burn: anger, bake, beat, blaze, brew, broil, brown, cauterize, char, cheat, chisel, combust, consume, cremate, desire, fire, flame, flicker, incinerate, kindle, oxidize, parch, raze, scald, scorch, sear, singe, skin, smolder, squander, sting, sun, swindle, tan, tingle, waste burn a bit: char burn a corpse to ashes: cremate burn balm: aloe burn brightly: blaze, flare burn intensely: deflagrate burn low and unsteadily: gutter burn midnight oil: lucubrate burn tissue: cauterize burn to ashes: incinerate burn, cause to: ignite, kindle burn, scab of: eschar burned dummy: effigy The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
burned substance: cinder, clinker burner for lab experiments: Bunsen burner burning: ablaze, afire, aflame, alit, angry, ardent, arduous, blaze, boiling, combustion, consuming, desire, eager, exciting, fervent, fervid, feverish, fiery, fire, flame, flaming, glaring, glowing, hot, inflaming, intense, irritating, on fire, shining, sizzling, stinging, torrid, urgent burning and caustic: vitriolic burning at the stake: auto-da-f burning brightly: aflame burning bush: wahoo burning coal: ember burning material to start fire: kindling, tinder burning of fuel: combustion burning of property, criminal: arson burning readily: flammable, inflammable burning, as a chemical: caustic, corrosive burnish: brighten, buff, furbish, glaze, gloss, luster, polish, rub, shine, wax burnt sugar: caramel burp: belch, eruct burr: accent, briar, buzz, circle, cut, halo, knob, notch, nut, pad, rib, ring, sticker, tunnel, washer, whetstone burro: ass, donkey, jackass burrow: cave, couch, delve, den, dig, excavate, hole, mine, mole, passage, root, shelter, tube, tunnel burrowing canine: terrier burrowing insectivore: mole burrowing rodent: gopher bursa: sac bursar: cashier, cashkeeper, controller, paymaster, purser, treasurer burst: blast, blew, blow, break, broken, bust, damage, erupt, explode, explosion, fit, flash, gush, injury, interrupt, out, outbreak, pop, puncture, rupture, rush, scat, shatter, spasm burst along seam: dehisce burst forth: erupt burst in violently: irrupt burst of energy: spasm burst of flame: flare burst of gunfire: barrage, fusillade burst open: rupture burst or discharge, quick: volley burst or outburst: salvo bursting forth: efflorescence bursting in: irruption bury: conceal, cover, embed, engross,
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BUS R I D E R ' S TICKET - BUTTONHOLE
entomb, hide, immerse, inhume, inter, inundate, overwhelm, plant, repress, rivet, shroud, sink, stash, submerge bus rider's ticket: transfer bus station: depot bus, large sightseeing: charabanc bush: backcountry, backwoods, bosch, branch, clump, cluster, forest, grove, league, outback, plant, shrub, thicket bush dog: dingo bush fence: hedge bushed: beat, exhausted, fatigued, pooped, spent, tired, worn bushwa: baloney, bull, bunk, hogwash, hooey, nonsense, poppycock, rubbish, trash bushwacker: bandit, guerilla, outlaw, pioneer, scythe, sniper bushy: bushman, furry, hairy, shaggy, woolly business: activity, affair, art, bag, beeswax, calling, capital, care, career, cause, commerce, concern, custom, disturbance, duty, employment, enterprise, establishment, field, firm, game, industry, job, occupation, office, outfit, partnership, patronage, profession, racket, situation, syndicate, task, trade, trading, traffic, transaction, venture, vocation, work
RELATED TERMS
business owner or owner-manager: proprietor business symbol or trademark: logo business that hires nonunion members and requires union membership by a date: union shop business venture launched or financed by issue of stocks or bonds: flotation business, exclusive control over market or: monopoly businesses, combining of separate: consolidation businesslike: careful, diligent, earnest, efficient, intent, organized, professional, purposeful, routine, serious businesslike and practical: pragmatic businessperson between producer and retailer: middleman businessperson who starts companies, develops ideas: entrepreneur businessperson, important: magnate, tycoon business's impressive and successful product: flagship W buss: kiss bust: arrest, bankrupt, break, burst, capture, fail, failure, flop, flunk, lemon, loser, nab, pinch, raid, reduce, ruin, tame; bosom, breast, bronze, chest, sculpture, statue bustle: activity, ado, agitation, clamor, clatter, commotion, dash, flurry, frisk, furor, fuss, haste, hubbub, hustle, racket, rumpus, scamper, scurry, stir, to-do, tumult, turmoil, unrest, uproar, whirlwind busy: absorbed, active, assiduous, at work, attentive, brisk, diligent, distracting, employed, energetic, engaged, hopping, humming, industrious, intent, laborious, lively, nosy, occupied, sedulous, swamped, tireless, unavailable, untiring, working busy and energetic: dynamic, vibrant busy and hectic: frantic busy and persevering: assiduous, diligent, sedulous busy one: ant, bee, doer, goer busybody: blabbermouth, buttinsky, fussbudget, gossip, meddler, pragmatist, pry, quidnunc, rubberneck, snoop, snooper, yenta but: besides, except, however, just, mere, nevertheless, nonetheless, only, otherwise, save, still, unless, yet
business activities, undertake a variety of: diversify business agent: factor business as registered company, to form a: incorporate business association for purpose of joint enterprise: consortium, syndicate business association of companies to monopolize or control: cartel business branch or licensee: franchise business controlled by another: subsidiary business controlling others: holding company business corporation of different companies in diversified fields: conglomerate business deal: transaction business executives, recruitment of: head-hunting business operation expenses: overhead business organization's twelvemonth accounting period: fiscal year
but as a word expressing opposition: adversative, disjunctive but as a word joining others: coordinating conjunction butcher: botch, bungle, executioner, kill, killer, merchant, murder, murderer, mutilate, ruin, slaughter, slay butcher knife: cleaver butcherbird: shrike butler: valet butlers, group of: sneer butt: adjoin, behind, bottom, buck, buttocks, cart, cask, cigar, cigarette, derrire, end, fanny, flounder, goat, head, hinge, horn, in, joint, jolt, patsy, project, push, ram, rump, shaft, stub, stump, sucker, target, thrust, tush, victim butte: mesa butter: beurre, fat, flatter, food, ghee, ghi, margarine, oil, oleo, ram, spread butter dab: pat butter for pastry making: shortening butter maker: churner butter, clarified Indian: ghee butter, pertaining to: butyraceous butter, purify: clarify buttercup: anemone butterfat: cream butterfingered: awkward, bungling, careless, clumsy butter-finger's cry: oops butterfly: admiral, alfalfa, aphrodite, apollo, arthemis, buckeye, christmas, giant, grayling, kiho, lepidopteran, monarch, morpho, red admiral, satyr, skipper, swim stroke, tiger, underwing, ursula, viceroy, zebra butterfly in cocoon: chrysalis, pupa butterfly kin: moth butterfly or moth: lepidopteran butterfly or moth expert: lepidopterist butterfly transformation into moth: metamorphosis buttery: dairy buttinski: interloper, pest buttocks: behind, bottom, breech, buns, butt, derrire, fanny, fundament, heinie, keister, nates, rear, rump, seat buttocks, fat: steatopygia buttocks, shapely: callipygian button: badge, bauble, buckle, bud, chin, emblem, fastener, fasten, hook, knob, pearl, stud button ridge: knurl buttonhole: accost, approach, detain, eyelet, loop, slip, stop 93
BUTTONHOLE BLOSSOM - BYWORD
buttonhole blossom: carnation buttonhole site: lapel buttress: abutment, bolster, boost, brace, pad, pier, pile, prop, reinforce, stay, strut, support, uphold buttress that juts out: flying buttress buxom: bosomy, bouncing, built, busty, curvaceous, full-figured, hefty, plump, robust, shapely, stacked, voluptuous buy: acquire, bargain, bribe, chap, coup, gain, get, market, purchase, ransom, redeem, score, secure, shop, trade buy a round or meal for: treat buy back: redeem buy now, pay later: charge it buy or spend, itch to: emacity buy things, uncontrollable desire to: oniomania buyer: agent, client, consumer, customer, patron, prospect, purchaser, shopper, sucker, vendee
buyer beware: caveat emptor buying and selling for quick profit, risky: speculation buying and selling sacred things: simony buying of goods for resale at profit: forestall buyout strategy, at times: tender offer buzz: call, drone, gossip, hearsay, hiss, hum, notion, phone, ring, rumor, saw, scandal, telephone, whir, whisper buzz and hum: bombinate, drone buzzard or hawk: buteo buzzing in ear: tinnitus by: along, alongside, apart, beside, close, concerning, handy, near, past, per, through, toward, via by and by: anon, down the road by chance: accidental, coincidental, fortuitous, haphazard, random, serendipitous by degrees: gradual by memory: rote
by-product: aftermath, offshoot, spinoff by sight: ocular by the very fact: ipso facto by the way: apropos, en passant, incidentally, parenthetically by virtue of one's official position: ex officio by way of: via bygone: ago, ancient, archaic, backward, departed, forgotten, former, obsolete, old, olden, oldfangled, past bylaw: rule bypass: avoid, detour, dodge, ignore, miss, omit, shun, shunt, sidestep, skip bypath: byway, lane, pathway, shortcut, trail, way byre: barn bystander: eyewitness, observer, onlooker, passerby, spectator, witness byword: adage, axiom, byname, catchword, dictum, epithet, motto, nickname, phrase, proverb, rule, saw, saying, slogan
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caama fox: asse cab: carriage, hack, hansom, locomotive, taxi cabal: camarilla, camp, circle, clan, clique, collusion, conspiracy, coterie, council, faction, intrigue, junta, party, plot, ring, scheme cabalistic: esoteric, mysterious, mystic, occult, strange, supernatural caballero: cavalier, escort, gentleman, horseman, knight, lover, senor cabaret: bote, caf, club, discotheque, nightclub, restaurant, speakeasy, tavern cabbage: coleslaw, colewort, kale, sauerkraut cabbage and mayonnaise salad: cole slaw cabbage appetizer: egg roll cabin: booth, boy, caboose, camp, coach, cottage, den, hut, lodge, log, shack, shanty, shed, stateroom cabin, private, on ship or train: stateroom cabin, ramshackle: shanty cabinet: armoire, board, box, bureau, case, chest, chiffonnier, closet, committee, commode, console, council, cupboard, dresser, file, kitchen, ministry, vanity cabinet for displaying objects: tagre cabinet for stereo, TV: console cabinet member's office or post: portfolio cabinet of unofficial advisers to head of government: kitchen cabinet cabinet with projecting front: breakfront cable: boom, chain, coaxial, cord, link, rope, stitch, telegram, television, wire cable car: tram cable car of ski lift car: gondola
cable car, aerial: telpher cable is wound, cylindrical apparatus on boat around which: capstan cable railway: funicular cable/rope for mooring, towing: hawser cable/rope for steadying, securing: guy cablegram: wire cache: bury, conceal, cover, hide, hoard, kitty, reserve, secrete, stockpile, store, storehouse, treasure cachet: capsule, design, distinction, prestige, seal, stamp, stature, status cackle: babble, blab, chackle, chat, chatter, cluck, crow, gab, giggle, gossip, jaw, laugh, laughter, snicker, titter, twaddle cacophonous: discordant, dissonant, harsh, noisy, off-key, raucous, sour, strident cacophony: din, noise cactus: agave, airampo, bleo, cereus, chaute, chende, chichipe, cholla, Christmas, cochal, easter, mescal, moon, nopal, peyote, plant, porcupine, rainbow, saguaro, snake, snowdrop, spider, succulent, sun, toad, xerophyte cactus feature: spine cactus or plant with water-storing leaves: succulent cactus producing narcotic drug: mescal, peyote cad: boor, bounder, creep, cur, dastard, heel, louse, lout, masher, rascal, rotter, scoundrel, villain, worm cadaver: body, carcass, corpse, remains, stiff cadaverous: corpselike, deathly, emaciated, gaunt, ghastly, haggard, pale, shadowy, wasted caddishly: basely cadence: beat, count, inflection, lilt,
measure, meter, metre, modulation, pace, pulse, rhythm, sound, swing, tempo, tone cadence call: hep cadet: junior, midshipman, plebe, recruit, student, youth cadge: beg, bum, hawk, huckster, mooch, panhandle, peddle, scrounge, sponge cadre: core, force, frame, framework, group, infrastructure, nucleus, panel, staff, unit caducity: age, feebleness, lapse, perishable, senility, transitory caesura: break, interruption, interval, pause, rest, stop caf: bar, cabaret, cafeteria, coffeehouse, diner, estaminet, nightclub, restaurant, saloon, tavern, teahouse caf with entertainment: cabaret caf, small: estaminet cafeteria or lunchroom at entertainment studio: commissary caffeine or other agent causing increased activity: stimulant caffeine-yielding tree: kola cage: basket, box, brake, bucket, chantry, confine, coop, enclosure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, mew, pen, pound, prison cage for molting hawks: mew cage for small plants and animals: terrarium cage, large, for birds: aviary cagey: astute, canny, crafty, cunning, discreet, foxy, sharp, shrewd, sly, wary, wily caisson: box, case, chamber, chest, float, wagon caitiff: base, cowardly, dastard, despicable, louse, mean, rat, scoundrel, vile, wicked cajole: beguile, blandish, brownnose,
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CAKE - CALLER TO PRAYER coax, con, entice, flatter, jolly, lure, persuade, sweet-talk, tease, tweedle, wheedle cake: bake, bar, block, bun, coagulate, coffeecake, compress, crust, cupcake, clair, food, harden, lump, mass, pastry, patty, set, slab, solidify, thicken, torte, wedge cake of cornmeal deep-fried: hush puppy cake or bread mold filled with fruit, sponge: charlotte cake or pastry, rich: torte cake pastry filled with custard cream: napoleon cake soaked in rum and syrup: baba au rhum cake soaked in rum, sherry or brandy and layered with jam, jelly or custard: trifle cake tier: layer cake topping: icing cake, almond-flavored sponge: angel food cake cake, chocolate, dense and sometimes with nuts: brownie cake, chocolate, with apricot jam and chocolate icing: Sacher torte cake, coffee, with fruit and nuts: kuchen cake, decorated small and square-cut: petit four cake, elaborate sweet: torte cake, fruit, for mid-Lent, Easter and Christmas: simnel cake, rich and small, made in shellshaped mold: madeleine cake, rich, with many eggs, little flour, and chopped nuts: torte cake, small piece of frosted and decorated pound or sponge: petit four cake, unsweetened and soft: crumpet cake, very light sweet: sponge cake cake, yeast, with candied fruit peels and raisins: panettone cakes and other sweets: confectionery Cakewalk: cinch, dance, march, prance, rout, strut calabash: gourd calaboose: brig, clink, cooler, hoosegow, jail, jug, lockup, pen, prison, slammer calamitous: adverse, afflictive, bitter, cataclysmic, catastrophic, deadly, deplorable, dire, direful, disastrous, dismal, distressful, evil, fatal, miserable, ruinous, sad, tragic, unfortunate, unlucky, woeful, wretched calamity: accident, adversity, affliction, blow, catastrophe, disaster, hardship, ill, misadventure, misery, misfortune, mishap, ruin, scourge, sorrow, storm, tragedy, wreck calash: hat calcium oxide: lime calculate: add, aim, anticipate, assess, average, cipher, compute, consider, count, determine, devise, divide, enumerate, estimate, evaluate, expect, figure, forecast, multiply, number, plan, project, rate, subtract, tally, think calculate again: recast calculated: artful, careful, cautious, computed, computing, contriving, crafty, cunning, safe, scheming, sly, wily calculating: deliberate, measured, planned, premeditated, risk, studied calculating bead device: abacus calculating procedure using a finite number of steps: algorithm calculation: adjustment, answer, ciphering, computation, deduction, estimation, forecast, logistics, precaution, prediction, prudence, reckoning, result, totaling calculation based on inference: dead reckoning, guesswork calculator: abacus, computer, table calculator of risks in insurance: actuary calculator's register for counting and accumulating data: accumulator caldron: boiler, cauldron, kettle, pot, vat calembour: pun calendar: agenda, almanac, annal, chronology, diary, docket, Gregorian, journal, Julian, log, menology, ordo, program, schedule, slate, timetable calendar before the one with leap years: Julian calendar calendar of a church: menology calendar of events: docket calendar of weather and tide information, etc.: almanac calendar with leap years: Gregorian calendar calendar, first day of the month in Roman: calends calendar, most common: Gregorian calendar, to insert a day into a: intercalate calf: dogie, dolt, fatling, foreleg, maverick, muscle, veal, yearling, youth calf meat: veal calf or lamb skin, untanned: kip calf prematurely born: slink calf that is sterile born as twin of bull calf: freemartin calf, female, between one to two years old: stirk calf, inner lining of fourth stomach of: rennet calf, of a hand-reared: cade calf, stray or motherless: dogie calf s cry: blat, bleat caliber: ability, capacity, character, class, degree, dignity, grade, merit, prestige, prominence, quality, rank, scope, skill, stature, talent, value, weight, worth; bore, diameter, gauge calico cat's adversary: gingham dog calico pony: pinto call: accuse, address, alarm, announce, appeal, appoint, arouse, assemble, baptize, bid, buzz, challenge, claim, collect, command, convene, cry, decree, demand, designate, dial, dub, elect, entitle, hail, identify, impeach, invite, invoke, muster, name, nominate, order, page, phone, plea, proclaim, reason, request, ring, rouse, shout, solicit, stop, style, subpoena, summon, telephone, title, utter, visit, vocation, waken, yell, yodel call for: crave, demand, entail, need, page, request, require, suggest, want call for aid or witness: invoke call for earnestly: invoke call for help: SOS call for silence: shush call forth: awaken, command, elicit, evoke, summon call in question: dispute, oppugn call off: cancel, end, halt, scrub call on: visit call on for help or inspiration: invoke call or whistle, derisive: catcall call out: cry, holler, muster, shout, yell call to: address, greet, hail call to account or chastise: call on the carpet call to arms: alarum call to order: begin, convene, open call to the riders: all aboard call to troops: muster call together to meet: convoke call upon: ask, invite, request, urge, visit call, in poker: see calla lilies: aroid, arum caller to prayer: muezzin
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C A L L I N G - C A N A L DAM TO R A I S E OR D I V E R T
WATER
calling: appellation, art, business, career, condition, convocation, craft, devotion, employment, function, job, lifework, mtier, mission, naming, occupation, position, profession, pursuit, rank, shouting, station, summons, trade, undertaking, utterance, vocation, work calling or summons to a type of work: vocation callous: apathetic, brawny, cold, cruel, hard, hardhearted, horny, indifferent, insensitive, obtuse, stubborn, torpid, tough, unfeeling callow: bald, bare, crude, green, immature, infantile, juvenile, marshy, naive, raw, shallow, tenderfoot, unfledged, youthful callow youth: teen calm: abate, allay, appease, assuage, charm, collect, collected, complacence, composed, cool, cool-headed, defuse, dispassionate, docile, ease, easy, easygoing, equable, fair, gentle, halcyon, harmonious, hush, impassive, levelheaded, low-key, lull, mild, nonchalant, pacify, passive, pastoral, patient, peace, peaceful, placate, placid, quell, quiescent, quiet, rest, restful, restrain, sedate, serene, silence, smooth, sober, soothe, steady, still, stoic, subdued, temperate, tranquil, tranquilize, unconfused, undisturbed, unexcited, unmoved, unruffled calm and detached: aloof, indifferent, phlegmatic, staid calm and quiet: halcyon, serene, tranquil calm and rational: Apollonian, self-possessed, unruffled calm and soothe: allay, assuage, quell calm and tranquil: halcyon, impassive, placid, serene calm and unemotional: dispassionate, impassive, imperturbable, placid calm and well-behaved: sedate calm down: abate, quell, subside calm in difficult time: fatalistic, philosophical, stoical calm or pacify: appease, conciliate, mollify, placate, propitiate calm period: lull calm personality: equanimity, eventemperedness, sangfroid calm state: composure, repose calm under pressure: cool calming: ataractic, sedative
calming agent: bromide calmly: evenly calmness: ataraxia, composure, coolness, equanimity, peacefulness, placidity, poise, quietness, repose, sangfroid, serenity, stillness, tranquility caloric output: heat calories without nutrition: empty calories calumet: peace pipe, pipe calumniate: accuse, asperse, blacken, blaspheme, defame, libel, malign, revile, scandalize, slander, slur, smear, vilify calyx: husk, leaf, petal, sepal cam: askew, awry, cog, crooked, cylinder, disk, shaft, tappet, trippet camaraderie: brotherhood, cheer, fellowship, friendliness, jollity, sociability camarilla: advisers, cabal, clan, clique, council, junta, mob, ring camber: arch camel: ship of the desert camel driver: camaleer, sarwan camel relative: llama camel, Arabian, with one hump: dromedary camel, Asian, with two humps: bactrian camel's hair fabric: aba cameo ornament in low relief: anaglyph camouflage: cloak, conceal, cover, deceptive, disguise, fake, hide, masquerade, screen, smokescreen camouflage naturally existing in some animals: Batesian mimicry, protective coloring camouflage or resemble closely, to: mimic, simulate camouflage, concerning coloration serving as natural: apatetic camouflaged: hidden camouflaging: apatetic camp: barrack, bivouac, tape, fire, ground, lodging, quarters, settlement, shelter, siege, tent; mod, pop, wild camp bed: cot camp structure: tent camp, temporary, often without shelter: bivouac campaign: barnstorm, canvass, crusade, drive, muckrake, offensive, operation, politick, run, solicit, warfare campaign for a cause: crusade campaign motto or catchphrase: slogan campaign of revenge: vendetta campaign to solicit votes: canvass The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
CAMERA TERMS
camera for filmmaking: cinematograph camera stand with one leg: monopod camera stand with three legs: tripod camera that makes instant photograph: Polaroid camera with view of finished print: single lens reflex, SLR cameraman's lamp: arc closeup without losing focus: zoom lens device determining the distance of an object: range finder device limiting the amount of light passing through lens: aperture device regulating duration of exposure: shutter device regulating light traversing the lens: diaphragm, stop eye of the camera: lens follow movement, to: pan lens system receiving light from object and forming the image: objective lens with 180-degree field of vision: fisheye lens move a camera lens toward or away from a subject, to: zoom picture-taking push button: shutter release print made from film: photo, photograph, snapshotW campanile: belfry, steeple, tower camper's groundsheet: tarp campfire leavings: ashes campus: college, field, grounds, quad campus accommodation: dorm, dormitory campus area: quad campus building: dorm, hall, lab campus celebration: homecoming campus greenery: ivy campus-related: parietal campus social organization: fraternity, sorority can: container, cup, jug, receptacle, tin, vessel can/cup, small: cannikin can opener: key canaille: commoners, masses, mob, rabble, riffraff, unwashed canal: aqueduct, bottleneck, channel, conduit, ditch, drain, duct, erie, Panama, strait, Suez, towpath, trench, tube, watercourse canal boat: gondola canal dam to raise or divert water: weir
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CANAL FOR WATER, A R T I F I C I A L - CANDY
canal for water, artificial: sluice canal or channel for water, bridgelike: aqueduct canal or channel, stretch of water between bends in: reach canal part: lock canal used by animals towing boats, path along: bridlepath, towpath canals connecting Superior and Huron: Soo canap spread: pt canard: exaggeration, fabrication, fib, hoax, lie, rumor, spoof, swindle canary: bird, dance, fink, informer, singer, songbird, squealer, stoolie, wine, yellow canary's kin: serin cancel: abolish, abort, abrogate, annul, ax, call off, dele, delete, drop, efface, end, erase, invalidate, negate, nullify, omit, quash, recall, remit, remove, revoke, scrub, trash, vitiate, void cancel a claim or belief: abjure, disavow, recant, renounce, retract cancel a law: repeal, revoke cancel a liftoff: scrub cancel an order or command: countermand, rescind cancel common factors in fraction's numerator and denominator: reduce cancel or erase: delete, efface, expunge cancel or postpone: remit cancel or rescind: recall, revoke cancel passenger's place: bump cancelled as uncollectible: written off cancer: carcinoma, chemotherapy, corruption, disease, malignancy, radiation, sarcoma, sickness, tumor cancer-causing: carcinogen cancer growth, secondary: metastasis cancer moving to other parts of body: metastasis cancer of blood: leukemia cancer of cervix test: Pap smear, Pap test cancer treatment by drugs: chemotherapy cancer treatment by radiation: radiotherapy cancer, of inoperable: terminal cancer, subsiding or abatement of symptoms of: remission cancer, with no: benign cancerous and metastasizing: malignant cancerous growth: carcinoma cancerous molelike tumor: melanoma
candelabrum, Jewish 7-branch: menorah candescent: dazzling, glowing, hot, luminescent, shine, white candid: aboveboard, artless, blunt, clear, direct, fair, frank, genuine, guileless, honest, honorable, immaculate, impartial, just, open, outspoken, pure, sincere, splendid, straightforward, truthful, unconcealed candidate: applicant, aspirant, bidder, campaigner, contender, nominee, postulant, prospect candidate list: slate candidate, unknown, who wins: dark horse candied or iced: glac candied potato: yam candle: bayberry, bougie, chandelle, dip, light, roman, stick, tallow, taper, wax candle burning low or almost out: gutter candle kept burning in church: vigil light candle part: wick candle, slender or small: taper candle, to extinguish: douse, snuff candleholder: candelabra, chandelier, girandole, lampad, menorah, pricket, sconce candleholder for Jewish traditions, nine- or seven-branched: menorah candleholder, large branched ceiling: chandelier candleholder, ornamental branched: girandole candlelight: glim candlemaker or seller: chandler candlenut tree: ama candles, hard fat used to make: tallow candlestick on wall bracket: sconce candlestick with several branches: candelabrum candlestick with spike for holding candle: pricket candlestick, large ornamental: flambeau candor: brightness, brilliance, fairness, frankness, honesty, impartiality, innocence, integrity, kindliness, kindness, openness, purity, sincerity, veracity candy: bar, bonbon, brittle, caramel, chocolate, comfit, confection, congeal, crystallize, flatter, fondate, fudge, granulate, gumdrop, jawbreaker, jelly bean, kiss, licorice, loi-
CANCERS
anal cancer benign tumor bladder cancer bone cancer brain cancer breast cancer cancerous growth cancerous tumor carcinoma cervical cancer colon cancer colorectal cancer epithelioma esophagus cancer eye cancer gall-bladder cancer gastric cancer Hodgkin's disease innocent tumor intumescence kidney cancer larynx cancer leukemia liver cancer lung cancer lymphoma malignant tumor melanoma metastatic tumor mouth cancer multiple myeloma nasopharynx cancer neoplasm neuroblastoma oral cancer ovarian cancer pancreatic cancer primary growth prostate cancer rectal cancer salivary glands cancer sarcoma secondary growth skin cancer stomach cancer testicular cancer throat cancer thyroid cancer tumor uterine cancer uveal cancer vaginal cancer vulvar cancer
CANDY COATING - CAPABLE OF BEING TURNED OUTWARD
lipop, mint, nougat, praline, rock, sourball, sugarcoated, sweet, sweeten, sweetmeat, taffy, toffee candy coating: drage candy filled with cream, fruit, or nuts, chocolate: bonbon candy stick: cane candy with nuts and fruit: nougat cane: bamboo, beat, birch, flog, hickory, hit, lance, pikestaff, pipe, pole, punish, rod, scourge, staff, stem, stick, strike, sugar, whip cane-cutting knife: machete cane used by armed forces officer: swagger stick cane used for wickerwork etc.: rattan cane used to punish: ferule canine: chow, coyote, cur, dingo, dog, eyetooth, fox, hound, hyena, lobo, mutt, pooch, pup, wolf canine neighbor: bicuspid canine pest: flea canine tooth: cuspid, eyetooth canine with blue-black tongue: chow canker: boil, cancer, consume, corrode, corrupt, decay, infect, lesion, pollute, sore, stain, tarnish, ulcer cannabis: dope, grass, hashish, hemp, marijuana, pot, reefer, tea, weed canned: fired cannibal: anthropophagite, anthropophagus, brute, headhunter, maneater, primitive, savage canning jar: Mason cannon: artillery, ball, bastard, bit, crack, firearm, gun, howitzer, mortar, ordnance, pickpocket, pompom, robinet, thief cannon emplacement in low-roofed building: pillbox cannon pivots, pin on which: trunnion cannon plug or cover: tampion cannon with high trajectory, medium velocity: howitzer cannon, artillery: ordnance cannon, cluster of iron balls fired from: grapeshot cannonade: barrage, battery, blitz, bomb, bombardment, burst, salvo, shower, volley cannons are fired, platform or mounds from which: barbette cannot be erased: indelible canny: able, astute, cagey, careful, carefully, clever, cozy, cunning, dexterous, fortunate, frugal, gentle, ingenious, knowing, lucky, prudent,
sagacious, sharpwitted, shrewd, skillcanton: billet, corner, county, district, division, part, quarter, section, ful, sly, thrifty, wary, watchful, wily, subdivision wise cantor: chanter, hazan, leader, precencanoe: almadia, ballam, birch, boat, tor, singer, soloist, vocalist bungo, coracle, currane, dugout, iroCanuck: Canadian, French Canadian gue, kayak, pitpan, proa, skiff, waka canvas: artwork, burlap, duck, oil, canoe float: outrigger painting, picture, sail, sails, tarp, tarcanoe from tree trunk: pirogue paulin, tent canoe with opening for paddler: kayak canvas as waterproof covering: canon: axiom, catalog, code, comtarpaulin mand, constitution, criterion, decicanvas cot suspended in the air: sion, decree, doctrine, dogma, edict, hammock law, list, maxim, model, precept, canvas holder: easel principle, regulation, rule, standard, canvas shelter: tent statute, tenet canvass: agitate, analyze, campaign, canon mark: presa case, check, debate, discuss, electioncanonical: accepted, authorized, cuseer, examine, hawk, investigate, pedtomary, legal, orthodox, proper, dle, poll, scrutinize, search, seek, sift, sanctioned solicit, study, stump, survey canonical hour at dawn: matins, with canyon: arroyo, divide, glen, gorge, lauds grand, gulch, gully, ravine, valley canonical hour at nine A.M.: terce caoutchouc: India rubber canonical hour at noon: sext cap: arrest, barrect, beanie, beret, best, canonical hour at six A.M.: prime better, bonnet, climax, coif, cork, canonical hour at three P.M.: none cornet, cover, crest, crown, detonacanonical hour just before bedtime: tor, dome, excel, fez, hat, headgear, compline headpiece, helmet, hood, kepi, lid, canonical hour of early evening: vespers montero, mortarboard, outdo, outcanonical hours: nones shine, pass, seal, seize, summit, surcanonized woman: seton pass, taj, tip, top, topee, trump, turcanopy: awning, baldachin, cover, covban, yarmulke ering, hood, marquee, pavilion, cap back flap for neck protection: shade, shelter, sky, tester, umbrella havelock canopy for bed or pulpit: tester cap containing gunpowder that excanopy for processions or over altar, plodes when struck: percussion cap dais, throne: baldachin cap part: earlap, visor canopy or awning for boat, cart, wagon: cap with a pompon: tarn tilt cap with bells for jester: foolscap canopy or large tent: pavilion cap, flat and round: beret cans of film: reels cap, flat top, with snap: touring cap cant: argot, dialect, idiom, jargon, lancap, knit and navy blue, for sailors: guage, lingo, patter, pomposity, prewatch cap tense, slang, vernacular, vocabulary, cap, Moslem, felt with tassel: tarboosh vulgarism cap, Russian, covering head and neck: cantaloupe: fruit, melon, muskmelon balaclava cantankerous: choleric, contentious, cap, stiff and square, for clergy: biretta cranky, crochety, fretful, irritable, capability: ability, aptitude, art, capacmalicious, mean, ornery, sour, surly ity, competence, craft, efficacy, cantata solo: aria knack, means, potential, skill, talent canteen: bar, bottle, cantina, commiscapable: able, accomplished, adept, sary, flask, jug, k.t., p.x., thermos apt, can, competent, effective, expecanter: beggar, bum, drifter, gallop, jog, rienced, expert, fitted, masterly, prolope, pace, rack, run, trot, vagabond, ficient, qualified, skilled, suited, up whiner to canticle: ode capable of being split apart: divisible cantina snack: taco, tamale capable of being turned outward: canting: alist reversible
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CAPABLE OF MODIFICATION - CARAVAN STOPPING PLACE
capable of modification: adaptable capable of working: viable capable person: adept capacious: abundant, ample, broad, commodious, comprehensive, considerable, expandable, extensive, full, generous, large, massive, plentiful, roomy, spacious, vast, wide capacious bag: tote capacitance unit: farad capacity: ability, aptitude, bulk, burden, caliber, capability, competence, content, extent, faculty, full, gift, intellect, knack, limit, potential, power, room, size, skill, space, spread, strength, talent, volume capacity to be reassigned: transferability caparison: adorn, clothing, covering, deck, decoration, harness, trappings cape: cloak, mantilla, mantle, poncho, shawl, stole, tabard cape antelope: eland Cape Cod architecture: salt box cape fox: asse caper: adventure, antic, cavort, dance, devilment, dido, escapade, fling, frisco, frisk, frolic, gag, gambado, gambol, hop, jump, lark, leap, mischief, monkeyshine, prance, prank, romp, shenanigans, skit, spring, stunt, trip capillary: blood vessel, hairlike, minute, slender, tension, tube capital: a-one, basic, cairo, cap, cash, central, chief, city, dominant, excellent, foremost, funds, good, great, headquarters, leading, letter, main, major, money, paramount, principal, prominent, resources, scrumptious, serious, stake, stock, supreme, top, vital, wealth, weighty capital letter: majuscule, uppercase letter capital letter, not: lowercase letter, minuscule capital punishment: death penalty, electrocution, gas, guillotine, hanging, lethal injection, murder capitalism: competition, democracy, economics, free enterprise, free market, government capitalist: businessperson, entrepreneur, financier, investor, plutocrat, tycoon capitalize: back, bankroll, exploit, finance, fund, gain, profit, sponsor, stake, subsidize
capitol: center, dome, legislature, statehouse capitulate: agree, bow, cave, cede, concede, enumerate, fall, fold, headline, submit, succumb, surrender, yield caprice: antic, capriccio, craze, crotchets, fad, fancy, humor, impulse, inconsistent, kink, mood, notion, quirk, sudden, temper, trait, vagary, whim, whimsey, whimsy, willfulness capricious: arbitrary, changeable, crotchety, dizzy, doddy, erratic, fanciful, fantastic, fickle, flighty, fluky, iffy, impulsive, inconsistent, moody, quirky, unstable, unsteady, volatile, wavering, wayward, whimsical capricious and willful: wayward capsize: coup, invert, keel, overthrow, overturn, roll, upset capsule: abridged, ampule, cartridge, case, cockpit, condensed, dose, membrane, outline, pill, pod, sheath, shell, tabloid, time captain: boh, boss, centurion, chief, commander, foreman, governor, guide, head, headman, headwaiter, leader, manager, master, officer, pilot, principal, skipper caption: cutline, explanation, heading, headline, legend, subtitle, title, underline caption or description for map or chart: legend captious: capricious, contrary, crabby, crafty, critical, cross, cynical, demanding, fault-finding, fretful, insidious, irascible, mean, nit-picking, ornery, peevish, perverse, petulant, sarcastic, severe, testy captivate: allure, attract, bewitch, capture, catch, charm, dazzle, draw, enamor, enamour, enchant, entertain, enthrall, fascinate, hook, hypnotize, infatuate, lure, mesmerize, overtake, please, seduce, spellbind, subdue, take, win captive: enslaved, hostage, imprisoned, incarcerated, oppressed, prisoner, slave captivity: bondage, confinement, custody, duress, enslavement, imprisonment, serfdom, servitude, slavery, thrall, thralldom capture: apprehend, arrest, bag, captivate, catch, collar, corral, cop, get, grab, hook, land, nab, nail, net, obtain, prize, seize, snag, snare, take, trap, win
car: armored, auto, automobile, basket, buggy, cable, chariot, coach, convertible, coupe, dragster, full-size, hardtop, hatchback, heap, hotrod, jalopy, jeep, limousine, midsize, motor, nash, race, railroad, roadster, sedan, station wagon, subcompact, trailer, train, trolley, vehicle, wheels
RELATED TERMS
car air deflector: spoiler car blinker lights: hazard light car collision exhibition: demolition derby car electrical system that activates vehicle: ignition car framework on which body is attached: chassis car gears and associated parts: gear box, transmission car loss of value through age, wear: depreciation car old-fashioned footboard: running board car passenger seat opening out from rear: rumble seat car phone: cellular phone, mobile phone car procession: motorcade car springs and insulation: suspension car stop in parking lots, concrete: bumper stop, car stop, curb bumper, tire stop, wheel stop car traveler: motorist car turn signal light: indicator car with a rumble seat: roadster car with folding roof: convertible car with folding roof over rear seat: cabriolet, landau car with front and back seats: sedan car with souped-up engine: hot rod car with two doors: coupe car with upward-opening rear door: hatchback car, airstream behind moving: slipstream car, long: limousine car, low framework on casters for working under: cradle, creeper car, old and run-down: jalopy car, to remove serviceable parts from: cannibalize, strip ^ caravan: band, convoy, fleet, journey, line, motorcade, parade, procession, safari, travel, trek, trip caravan stopping place: oasis
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CARAVANSARY - CAREFUL
CARD GAMES
all fours baccarat beggar-my-neighbor bezique Black Maria blackjack/twentyone/vingt-et-un Boston brag bridge (auction, contract, duplicate) canasta casino chemin de fer clubs concentration cooncan/conquian crazy eights cribbage Earl of Coventry cart eights euchre fan-tan faro fish five hundred gin gin rummy go fish hearts high-low-jack loo Michigan monte nap/napoleon old maid ombre patience pinochle piquet poker (blind, Caribbean stud, draw, knock, Pai Gow, straight, strip, stud) Pope Joan primero quadrille racing demon rouge et noir rummy sevens seven-up skat slapjack snap solitaire solo speculation tarok war whist*
caravansary: hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn, khan, lodge, resthouse, serai carbohydrate: cellulose, complex, compound, dextrose, glucose, glycogen, maltose, simple, starch, sugar carbon: charcoal, coal, coke, copy, element, graphite, lead, replica, soot carbon compounds, referring to: organic carbon copy: twin carbon dioxide depletion: hyperventilation carbon-producing: carboniferous carbon residue: soot carbonaceous: organic carbonate: aerate, burn, char, scorch, sear carbonated: effervescent carbonized material: peat carbuncle: abscess, boil, pimple, sore, stones carcass: body, cadaver, carrion, corpse, stiff carcinoma: cancer, malignancy, tumor card: birthday card, business card, chart, map, menu, plan, postcard, program, schedule, tally, ticket; ace, trump, wild card; comedian, joker card dealer at gambling table: croupier card dealer's push: stuss card for fortune-telling: tarot card for learning: flash card card-game authority: Hoyle card game breaking a tie: rubber card game for three: skat card game for two: cart, jass, war card game observer who makes comments: kibitzer card-game preliminary: cut card game situation when winner has double the opponent: lurch
card game terms: ace, auction, bid, book, bue, cat, check, cut, deal, deuce, draw, duplicate, flush, hand, holding, international, jack, joker, king, knave, pair, pass, pic, progressive, queen, raise, royal, skat, slam, straight, suit, ten, tenace, trump, widow, wild card game, casino, played against bank: baccarat, chemin de fer card of a suit that outranks other suits for a deal or game: trump card that is jack, queen, king: court card card that is the only one of its suit in player's hand: singleton card, to play a trump: ruff cardboard box: carton cardboard on which a picture is mounted: mount cardboard used in bookbinding: pasteboard cardinal: basic, central, chief, cleric, cloak, essential, fundamental, head, highest, important, key, main, number, preeminent, principal, ruling, underlying, uppermost, vital; red cardinals that elect the pope, body of: College of Cardinals, Sacred College cardinals, assembly of: consistory cards by releasing two piles into one, to shuffle playing: riffle cards left on table after deal: stock, talon cards of the trump suit, the four or five highest: honors cards to increase chance of winning, to prearrange a deck of: stack cards, fortune-telling by: cartomancy cardsharp: blackleg care: alarm, anxiety, attention, auspice, burden, business, caution, cha-
grin, cherish, concern, cure, desire, diligence, direction, dismay, distress, dole, duty, effort, enthusiasm, foster, grief, guard, guardianship, heartache, heed, keeping, lament, like, management, mind, minister, nurse, nurture, oversight, pains, reck, regard, sadness, safekeeping, solicitude, sorrow, tend, tension, thought, tribulation, trust, tutelage, watchfulness, wish, worry care and attentiveness, offering: solicitous care for: fancy, foster, guard, like, love, mind, minister, nurse, nurture, relish, tend care or guardianship of a minor: custody, tutelage careen: bend, cant, incline, keel, lean, list, lurch, pitch, slant, slope, stagger, sway, swing, tilt, tip, veer, weave career: bag. business, calling, course, field, gallop, job, livelihood, occupation, path, profession, pursuit, racket, road, run, trade, vocation, walk of life, work career advance: office promotion career and education, summary of: curriculum vitae, CV, resume career-determining test: aptitude test career is promoted by influential person, one whose: protg carefree: blithe, breezy, careless, dgag, easy, easygoing, gay, indifferent, insouciant, lighthearted, nonchalant, reckless, relaxed, sans souci, untroubled, wild careful: accurate, advertent, alert, anxious, attentive, canny, cautious, chary, conservative, considerate, diligent, discreet, economical, exact,
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CAREFUL AND CAUTIOUS - CARNIVAL
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
angina pectoris arteriosclerosis atheroma athlete's heart blood clot Buerger's disease cardiac arrest cardiac disease cardiac hypertrophy carditis chest pain congenital heart disease congestive heart failure coronary heart disease coronary thrombosis dyspnea embolism enlarged heart fatty degeneration of the heart hardening of the arteries exquisite, frugal, gingerly, guarded, heedful, intent, leery, meticulous, mindful, observant, painstaking, particular, provident, prudent, respective, safe, scrupulous, thorough, thoughtful, thrifty, vigilant, wary, watchful careful and cautious: chary, judicious careful and conscientious: assiduous, diligent, punctilious, scrupulous, sedulous careful and precise, extremely: fastidious, meticulous careful and tactful: circumspect, discreet, judicious, politic, prudent careful and watchful: vigilant careful consideration: advisement careful financially: provident careful in speech: circumspect, discreet, prudent, tactful careful not to reveal feelings: noncommittal carefully: gingerly carefully picked jury: blue ribbon panel carefully receive and consider seriously: take under advisement carefully selected: handpicked careless: absentminded, casual, cool, disorderly, easy, forgetful, haphazard, hasty, heedless, improvident, imprudent, inadvertent, inattentive, indifferent, injudicious, irresponsible, languid, lax, listless, messy, neglectful, heart attack heart disease heart failure heart trouble hypertension/high blood pressure hypotension/low blood pressure infarction low blood pressure mitral stenosis myocardial infarction palpitation pericarditis phlebitis rheumatic heart disease stroke tachycardia valvular lesion valvulitis vascular disease weak heart W
negligent, nonchalant, rash, reckless, regardless, remiss, slack, slipshod, slovenly, spontaneous, supine, thoughtless, unconcerned, unfit, unheeding, unmindful, untidy, unwary, wasteful careless and impulsive: impetuous, precipitate careless and negligent: reckless, lax, remiss careless and unmindful: heedless careless and untidy: slipshod, slovenly careless in unintentional way: inadvertent careless or sloppy person: sloven carelessly done: negligent, remiss, slipshod caress: coddle, cosset, coy, embrace, feel, flirt, fondle, hug, kiss, massage, neck, pat, pet, stroke, touch, toy caretaker: concierge, curator, custodian, housekeeper, janitor, keeper, super, watchman caretaker of building: concierge, custodian, janitor, porter, superintendent caretaker of collection: conservator, curator, custodian careworn: distressed, exhausted, fatigued, haggard, jaded, troubled, tuckered cargo: bulk, burden, contents, freight, goods, haul, lading, load, payload, shipment, truckload cargo and passengers of craft: payload
cargo and passengers, list of: manifest cargo and wreckage floating in water: flotsam cargo found washed ashore: jetsam cargo in hold of ship, to stow or pack: steeve cargo thrown into water with buoys for later recovery: lagan cargo thrown overboard to lighten ship: jetsam cargo, large reusable receptacle for: container caribou or elk: deer caricature: art, burlesque, cartoon, copy, exaggeration, farce, lampoon, mimic, mock, overdo, parody, satire, skit, takeoff, travesty carillon: angelus, belfry, bell tower, bells, chimes, glockenspiel, peal carmine: cherry, color, crimson, red, scarlet carnage: annihilation, blitz, bloodshed, butchery, havoc, holocaust, massacre, murder, slaughter carnal: animal, bodily, corporeal, earthly, erotic, fleshly, immoral, lewd, lustful, material, obscene, sensual, sensuous, sexual, temporal, wanton, worldly carnation or pink: dianthus carnelian, e.g.: gem carnival: carny, circus, fair, festival,
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CARNIVAL ATTRACTION - CARTOON OVAL FOR PRINTED WORDS OF CHARACTER
fete, fiesta, jamboree, mardi gras, merrymaking, revelry, show, sideshow carnival attraction: ride carnival performer of disgusting acts: geek carnivore: bear, cat, civit, coon, cougar, coyote, dingo, dog, easel, ermine, feline, ferret, fox, hyena, jackal, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, marten, mink, mongoose, ocelot, opossum, otter, panda, possum, puma, raccoon, sable, seal, skunk, tiger, tigress, weasel, wolf carnivorous: flesh-eating, predatory, rapacious carol: ballad, chorus, dance, ditty, hymn, noel, sing, song, warble carom: bounce, bump, glance, graze, rebound, ricochet, skim, strike carousal: banquet, bender, binge, carouse, debauchery, drunk, feast, festival, frolic, jamboree, orgy, revel, romp, shindy, spree carouse: drink, hell, party, quaff, revel, riot, spree, wassail carp: bother, cavil, censor, censure, chatter, complain, condemn, criticize, fuss, henpeck, knock, nag, nibble, nitpick, quibble, rant, scold, speak, talk; fish carpe diem: seize the day carpenter: artisan, builder, cabinetmaker, framer, joiner, mason, woodworker; carpenter ant, carpenter bee carpenter's tool: adze, auger, awl, file, hammer, plane, rasp, sander, saw carpentry groove: dado carpentry joint: miter, tenon carpet: covering, fabric, flying, indoor, magic, matting, outdoor, Persian, rug, shag, tapestry, tapis carpet with thick, rough pile: shag carpet, fringe around Oriental: selvage carpet, long narrow: runner carpet, pileless densely patterned: Aubusson carpet's cut or uncut loops of yarn forming the surface: pile carpet's underlayer for padding, resilience, or insulation: underlay, underlayment carping remark: barb carpus: wrist carriage (attitude): air aspect, attitude, bearing, behavior, conduct, de-
meanor, deportment, execution, front, gesture, look, manner, mien, poise, posture carriage (vehicle): buggy, chaise, chariot, coach, conveyance, hack, rig, stroller, transport, vehicle, wagon
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carriage trade: aristocracy, elite, quality, society, upper class carriage, 2- or 4-wheeled, drawn by horse: buggy carriage, 2-wheeled, drawn by horse: gig carriage, 2-wheeled, drawn by horse with covered elevated driver's seat in rear: hansom carriage, 2-wheeled, drawn by horse with folding top and rear groom platform: cabriolet carriage, 4 horses, driven by one person: four-in-hand, tallyho carriage, 4-wheeled and 2 seats facing forward: surrey carriage, 4-wheeled and sideways seats: droshky carriage, 4-wheeled, closed box with front driver's seat: brougham carriage, 4-wheeled, facing seats, folding top, front driver's seat: barouche carriage, 4-wheeled, simple flat platform: buckboard carriage, 4-wheeled, with folding back section: landau W carried: borne, carted, drifting, lugged, toted, transported, wafted carried away: elated, rapt carried on: kept it up, raged, transacts, waged carried out (campaign): waged carrier: aircraft, airline, barge, bearer, bus, car, courier, emissary, flattop, mail, mailman, mailwoman, messenger, pigeon, plane, porter, postman, postwoman, rack, railroad, ship, teamster, toter, train, truck, yoke carrier of disease or germs: vector carries onriotously:carouses carrion: bones, cadaver, carcass, corpse, corrupt, loathsome, remains, rotten, vile carrot: enticement, plant, reward, root, top carrot-family plant: anise carrot-top: redhead carry: bear, behave, bolster, bring, cart, conduct, contain, continue, convey,
convoy, derive, extend, guide, haul, have, hold lead, lug, move, pack, poise, prevail, produce, schlepp, send, shoulder, stock, supply, support, sustain, take, tote, transfer, transmit, transport, undergo carry along: bring carry and drag: schlepp carry away: abduct, kidnap, remove, steal, transport carry away with delight: entrance carry on: continue, endure, engage, horseplay, perform, persist, proceed, rage, rail, rant, rave carry on board: lade carry out: accomplish, act, complete, do, effect, enact, execute, fulfill, implement, obey, transact carry out business: transact carry person face down by arms and legs: frog march carry weapon diagonally across body: port carryall: satchel, tote, valise carrying a weapon: armed carrying electric current easily: superconductive carrying inward or toward center: afferent carrying outward or away from center: deferent, efferent carrying, act or instance of: portage cart: bring, carry, chariot, convey, dray, haul, lug, sulky, tote, trolley, truck, trundle, tumbler, vehicle, wagon, wain, wheelbarrow cart for prisoners to be executed during French Revolution: tumbrel cart with two wheels for passenger, pulled by person: ricksha, rickshaw carte blanche: authority, freedom, license, permission, power carte du jour: menu cartel: bloc, challenge, contract, defy, federation, group, letter, mob, monopoly, pact, paper, pool, ring, ship, syndicate, trust cartilage: gristle, tissue cartilage under dog's tongue: lytta cartograph: map cartographer: mapper carton: bin, box, case, container, crate, packet, receptacle carton material: cardboard cartoon: animation, caricature, comic strip, drawing, sketch cartoon oval for printed words of character: balloon 103
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CARVING, CUTTING, EDGED AND POINTED TOOLS

adz awl ax bill blade bodkin bolster chisel burin butcher knife carving knife chisel cleaver clipper cold chisel drove/boaster firmer chisel gouge graver hardy hatchet hook jackknife knife machete masonry chisel paring chisel pick pinking shears pipe cutter punch razor router scissors scorper scraper scythe shears sickle square-end chisel wire cutter W
cartoon portrait: caricature cartoon single scene: frame cartoonlike drawing: caricature cartridge: blank, bullet, capsule, case, cassette, cylinder, shell, tube cartwheel: coin, handspring, somersault, tumble, turn a handspring caruncle: comb carve: chip, chisel, cut, dissect, engrave, etch, incise, mold, saw, sculpt, sculpture, sever, shape, slice, split, whittle carved figure beneath surface of metal or stone: intaglio carved gem: cameo carved in relief: embossed carved ivory, stone, shells: scrimshaw carved post: totem pole carving on an ornament in low relief: anaglyph carving or engraving of gems: glyptics casa: dwelling, house Casanova: admirer, cad, Don Juan, ladies' man, lothario, lover, lover boy, paramour, romeo, roue, wolf, womanizer cascade: cataract, falls, gush, rapids, spout, tumble, waterfall case as an example, to mention a: cite case establishing rights for suspects: Miranda case for business papers: attach, briefcase case for carrying cosmetics: vanity case case for carrying loose papers, etc.: diplomatic pouch, portfolio case for small articles: etui case history of patient, complete: anamnesis case or example: instance case used as a standard for subsequent legal cases: precedent case with no loopholes or flaws, of a: ironclad, watertight cash: backnote, brass, bread, capital,
change, clink, coin, coinage, currency, dinero, dough, draw, funds, long green, money, principal cash drawer: till cash extraction: debit cash in: redeem cash payment made when client uses broker's credit for purchase: margin cash, available: liquidity cash, lacking: illiquid cashews and pecans: nuts cashier: boot, bursar, can, cast, clerk, discard, expel, fire, oust, purser, reject, teller, treasurer casing: boot, coffin, covering, frame, lining, sheath, skin, tire cask: barrel, bulge, butt, casket, casque, firkin, hogshead, keg, pipe, tub, tun, vat cask material: oak cask or barrel, small: firkin, kilderkin cask stopper: bung cask, half-barrel: kilderkin cask, vent plug of: spigot, spile casket: box, case, cask, chest, coffer, coffin, pall, tomb casket platform: bier casque: helmet casserole: goulash, hash, potluck casserole of white beans and meats or poultry: cassoulet casserole, covered earthenware: marmite cassiterite or cinnabar: ore cassock: soutane cassolette: ramekin cassowary kin: emu cassowary, for one: ratite cast: actors, characters, company, players cast about: contrive, hunt, search, seek cast aspersions upon: slur cast assignment: part cast away: abandon, discard, jilt, reject, scrap, shed, strand
CASTLE TERMS
battlement's notch between merlons: crenel battlement's toothlike part between crenels: merlon castle: bastille, chateau, citadel, fort, fortress, manor, mansion, palace, rook, stronghold, villa castle designs: concentric castle, motte-and-bailey castle, mound castle castle feature: turret castle impossible to capture or enter forcibly, of a: impregnable castle keeper: castellan, chtelain, chatelaine, constable castle or manor house: chateau castle protecting city: citadel castlelike: castellated exterior defense: drawbridge, moat ledge between parapet and moat: berm opening in projecting battlement: machiocolation projecting turret: bartizan rear gate: postern steep slope in front of castle: escarpment, glacis tower at drawbridge/gate: barbican tower or keep: donjonW
cast down: abase, dejected, depressed, disgraced, dispirit, droopy, humbled, humiliated, lower, sadden, sink cast-iron frying pan, type of: spider cast lots: ballot cast metal: ingot cast off: discard, free, repudiate, shed, unfasten, untie cast off dead skin: molt, slough cast off sweetheart: jilt cast out: banish, eject, exile, expel, ostracize, oust cast out evil spirit: exorcise cast-out matter: jecta, refuse
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cast up: add, disgorge, measure, spew, total, vomit castaway: derelict, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, renegade, shipwreck, waif caste: breed, class, degree, grade, position, race, rank, standing, status caste, highest Hindu: Brahman castigate: admonish, bash, berate, censure, chasten, chastise, chide, criticize, flog, lambaste, lash, pummel, punish, ream, reprimand, revise, scare, scathe, subdue, thrash casting matrix: mold casting of spell: conjunction, incantation, invocation casting, molding done in criminal investigation: moulage castrate: alter, caponize, change, emasculate, fix, geld, mutilate, neuter, spay, sterilize castrated and fattened male chicken: capon castrated male horse: gelding castrated male sheep: wether castrated man: eunuch castrated mature male pig: stag castrated rooster: capon castrated young pig: barrow casts off: molts casual: accidental, aloof, blas, carefree, chance, contingent, dgag, desultory, easygoing, fortuitous, free and easy, homey, idle, impromptu, incidental, indifferent, informal, insouciant, loose, natural, nonchalant, occasional, offhand, random, relaxed, stray, uncertain casual and by chance: adventitious, contingent, fortuitous casual and disorganized: haphazard, indiscriminate, lackadaisical casual and hasty: cursory, perfunctory casual and minor: incidental casual and random: desultory casual and spontaneous: impromptu, off-the-cuff casual and unplanned: unpremeditated casual carpeting: throw rug casual greeting: hi casual look: glance casual onlooker: passerby casual sex, having: promiscuous casual way, walk in: meander, saunter casual, relaxed: easygoing casually: informally casualties, prioritized: triage casualty: accident, blow, chance,
death, disaster, fatality, hazard, injury, loss, misfortune, mishap, victim, wounded casualty of talking pictures: vaudeville casuistry: chicanery, deceit, delusion, evasion, fallacy, sophistry cat: cheetah, civet, cougar, feline, jaguar, kitten, kitty, leopard, lion, lynx, manx, panther, puma, puss, pussy, tiger, tigress cat breed: alley, Angora, Calico, Cheshire, Civet, Himalayan, longhair, Maltese, Manx, Persian, shorthair, Siamese, tabby cat burglar: robber cat family: feline cat female: grimalkin, lioness, queen, tigress cat in heat, to cry like: caterwaul cat purring or heavy trilling sound: hirrient cat sound: meow, purr cat whiskers: vibrissae cat, adult female: catta, queen cat, old female: grimalkin cat, pertaining to: feline cataclysm: calamity, cemetery, collapse, crypt, disastrous, ruin, tomb, tragic, vault catacomb: chamber, passageway catafalque: bier, box, casket, coffin catalog: arrange, book, brief, catalogue, classify, directory, enumerate, file, flyer, index, inventory, itemize, list, price list, prospectus, record, register, roll, roster, schedule, sort, tally catalog of literary works or paintings with critical notes: catalogue raisonne catalyst: activator, goad, incentive, motivation, spark, spur, stimulus, synergist catamaran: float, raft, sailboat, vessel catamount: puma catapult: ballista, fling, heave, hurl, launch, onager, propel, slingshot, throw catapult, ancient: ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet cataract: cascade, deluge, downpour, eye disease, falls, flood, rapids, waterfall catastrophe: accident, blow, calamity, cataclysm, disaster, doom, emergency, fatality, fiasco, misfortune, mishap, tragedy catastrophe, very destructive: Armageddon catatonic state: coma
catcall: boo, bronx cheer, heckle, hiss, hoot, jeer, raspberry, razz catch: apprehend, arrest, attract, bag, bait, bust, capture, clamp, clasp, clip, clutch, comprehend, corner, detect, develop, draw, drawback, entangle, entrap, get, grasp, haul, hitch, hoax, hold, intercept, ketch, knack, land, lasso, marry, nab, nail, net, overtake, pass, receive, seize, snag, snap, snare, snatch, stop, surprise, trap, trick, wed catch a disease: contract catch clothing on something sharp: snag catch fire: ignite catch fly balls: shag catch on: assimilate, discover, fathom, get, grasp, learn, see, snag catch or capture: apprehend, ensnare, nail catch sight of: espy, spot, spy catch up with (ship): forereach catchall abbreviation: et al., etc. catcher's gear: mitt catches forty winks: naps catching: captivating, communicable, contagious, epidemic, infectious, taking catching (disease): infectious catchphrase: jingle, motto, slogan catchword: byword, clich, cue, maxim, motto, phrase, slogan catchy: appealing, captivating, fitful, popular, tricky categorical: absolute, certain, emphatic, explicit, flat, specific, sure, unequivocal, unmitigated, unqualified categorize: class, classify, pigeonhole, rate, sort category: class, classification, division, family, genre, genus, grouping, heading, kind, order, rank, rubric, species, type catena: chain cater: feed, help, humor, indulge, pamper, provide, purvey, serve, spoil, supply cater to someone's lower tastes: pander caterpillar: aweto, butterfly, canker, larva, moth, tractor, woolly bear, worm caterpillar limb: proleg caterpillar or tadpole: larva caterpillar track: tread caterpillar, for a while: pupa caterwaul: bawl, cry, scream, wail, whine, yell catfight: tiff 105
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CATHOLICISM TERMS
abode of unbaptized infants' souls and those who died before Christ was born: limbo annual calendar with instructions for each day: ordo authorized version of Bible: Vulgate book of hymns, prayers for canonical hours: breviary caps of Catholic clergy: biretta, calotte, zucchetto Catholic doctrine that bread and wine of Mass become body and blood of Christ: transubstantiation church's central administration: curia consecrated bread or wafer of Eucharist: host division administering missions and missionaries: propaganda ecclesiastical court: rota laypeople's society or association: sodality mass for deceased: requiem meeting of cardinals and pope to announce papal acts: consistory meeting of cardinals to elect new pope: conclave minor offense that does not cause damnation: venial sin official appointed to present arguments against beatification or canonization: devil's advocate proclamation of deceased as a saint: canonization proclamation of deceased to be blessed: beatification proclamation that a book is not damaging: nihil obstat recitation of prayers for 9 consecutive days: novena remission of punishment still due for absolved sin: indulgence rite for sick or injured in danger of dying: extreme unction, anointing of the sick service manual: ordo sin so horrible that it causes damnation: mortal sin state in which dead souls expiate their sins and are purified: purgatory title for first canonization: venerable title for male cleric: Monsignor title for person in first stage of canonization: Venerable title of Benedictine and Carthusian monks: Dom tribunal: rotaW
catfish: bagre, banjo, cusk, flathead, mud, pout, raad, shal, sucker catharsis: abreaction, cleansing, purgation, release cathartic: cleansing, laxative, purgative, purifying, senna cathedral: basilica, church, duomo, sanctuary, temple cathedral and its grounds: close, precinct, purlieu cathedral center: nave cathedral feature: alcove, rose window cathedral gallery over side: triforium cathedral instrument: organ cathedral section: apse cathedral town: ely, see cathedral upper wall with windows: clerestory cathode's opposite: anode catholic: broad, charitable, ecumenical, general, global, inclusive, liberal, papal, tolerant, universal, unsectarian, whole cation: ion catkin: ament catkin producer: pussywillow tree catlike: feline, quiet, silent, stealthy catlike carnivore: civet catnap: doze, forty winks, siesta, sleep, snooze catnip: cataria, catnep, catwort, nep cat's dismissal: scat cat's-eye gem: chatoyant cat's paw: pad
cat's-paw: breeze, bulrush, cloud, dupe, gull, matreed, patsy, pawn, rush, stooge, tool cattail land: marsh cattle: beasts, beefs, bovid, bulls, calves, cows, herd, kine, livestock, longhorn, neat, oxen, steers, stock
RELATED TERMS
cattle and other mammals that chew the cud and are hoofed: ruminant cattle and sheep disease, serious: anthrax, murrain cattle assemblage: drove, herd cattle barrier: stile cattle brand: buist, duff cattle breed: Angus, Ayrshire, Beefmaster, Belted, Bradford, Brahman, Brangus, Brown Swiss, Charbray, Charollaise, Devon, Durham, Dutch, Dutch Belted, Guernsey, Hereford, Jersey, Longhorn, Red Polled, Shorthorn, Sussex, Water Buffalo, Zebu cattle dealer or driver: drover cattle enclosure: corral, kraal cattle feed: mash, provender cattle genus: bos cattle herder: cowboy, cowhand, cowpuncher cattle in panic-stricken rush: stampede cattle movement, seasonal: transhumance cattle of poetry: kine
cattle rope: lasso cattle roundup: drift, rodeo cattle stall: drib cattle steal: rustle cattle trough: manger cattle viral disease: rinderpest cattle with rod, to drive: goad cattle, male: bull cattle, pertaining to: bovine, taurine cattle, young: calf, heifer, yearling W cattleman: cowboy, cowpuncher, drover, gaucho, wrangler catty: backbiting, bitchy, evil, feline, hateful, malicious, mean, nasty, spiteful, venomous catwalk: bridge, footway, walkway caucus: assembly, council, election, gathering, meeting, powwow, primary, session caudal: back, posterior, rear caudal appendage: tail caudex: stem caught in the act: in flagrante delicto, red-handed caught off guard: startled caulk or grout: filler caulking agent: oakum cause: agency, agent, aim, basis, belief, bring on, business, call, case, concern, conviction, create, disease, effect, effectuate, encompass, engender, goal, ideal, induce, key, lawsuit, let, mainspring, malady, motive,
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move, movement, object, occasion, origin, originate, precipitate, principle, produce, prompt, provoke, purpose, reason, root, source, spur, suit cause a result: redound cause and bring about: induce, invite, precipitate cause-and-effect theory: determinism cause and effect, undesirable and progressing: vicious circle cause attrition: erode cause external to the body, having a: exogenous cause for discussion: topic cause internal to the body, having a: endogenous cause is independent of human will, philosophy that: determinism cause of hay fever: allergy cause of war: casus belli cause or chief motivator: fountainhead, mainspring cause or origin of disease, determination of: etiology cause or precipitator of process or event: catalyst cause or provoke: foment, instigate cause trouble: agitate cause, adopt or support a: espouse cause, believer or supporter of: adherent cause, militant zeal for a: evangelism cause, person who argues for: apologist cause, tending to: conducive, contributive cause, without apparent external: spontaneous causes and origins, study of: etiology caustic: abrasive, acerb, acid, acrid, acrimonious, alkaline, astringent, biting, bitter, burning, corrosive, crisp, cutting, gnawing, ironic, lye, malevolent, mordant, pungent, rough, sarcastic, satirical, scathing, severe, sharp, stinging, tart, vitriolic caustic and biting: pungent caustic in tone: acrid caustic substance: lye cauterize: brand, burn, char, sear, singe caution: admonish, admonition, advice, anxiety, attention, calculation, care, caveat, counsel, diligence, discretion, exhort, flag, forecast, forewarn, heed, hint, notify, providence, prudence, reservation, vigilance, wariness, warn, warning, watchfulness caution color: amber
cautious: alert, canny, careful, chary, circumspect, conservative, discreet, guarded, leery, mindful, moderate, prudent, safe, scrupulous, vigilant, wary cautiously: carefully, gingerly cavalcade: caravan, column, drill, journey, march, parade, procession, safari, sequence, spectacle cavalier: arrogant, brave, caballero, chevalier, cocky, curt, disdainful, escort, fine, frank, gallant, gay, haughty, horseman, knight, lofty, nonchalant, offhand, proud, rider, soldier, supercilious cavalry: army, horsemen, horses, knighthood, lancers, rangers, soldiers, troops cavalry horse: charger cavalry mount: steed cavalry soldier: hussar, lancer cavalry sword: lance, saber, sabre cave: antre, cavern, cavity, cellar, collapse, cove, crumple, crypt, den, give, grot, grotto, hole, hollow, lair, luster, overturn, plunge, rear, toss, upset cave drawing or rock painting: pictograph cave dweller: bat, bear, hermit, lion, troglodyte cave entrance exposed to daylight: twilight zone cave explorer: spelunker cave icicle-like deposit growing up from floor: stalagmite cave icicle-like deposit hanging down from roof: stalactite cave in: buckle, collapse, crumple, founder, implode, sink, submit, succumb, yield cave or cavern in a mountainside or cliffside: cove cave or cavern, small: grotto cave researcher: speleologist cave study: speleology cave underground chamber/passageway: catacomb cave, large, or underground chamber: cavern caveat: admonition, alarm, alert, beware, caution, don't, flag, notice, sign, warning caveman: troglodyte cavern: cave, cavity, croft, den, grotto, hole, hollow, subterrane cavernous: broad, deep, gaping, hollow, huge, immense, vast, wide, yawning caviar: delicacy, eggs, relish, roe
caviar makers: beluga, sturgeon cavil: belittle, bicker, carp, criticize, exception, haggle, nitpick, objection, quibble cavities in anatomy: antra cavities in skull by nose: sinuses cavities or cells, pitted with: faveolate, honeycombed cavity: antrum, atrium, bag, bursa, cave, cavern, chamber, crater, decay, dent, depression, excavation, grotto, hole, hollow, mine, orifice, pit, pocket, sac, sink, sinus, vacuum, vein, vesicle, void cavity filled with fluid around joints of body: bursa cavity filled with fluid or gas bubble: vesicle cavity with one opening: cecum cavort: caper, frolic, gambol, horseplay, play, prance, revel, romp, sport cay: ait, isle, islet cayenne: red pepper Cayuse: horse CBer's name: handle C D player sensor: laser cease: abate, abstain, cessation, culminate, desist, discontinue, end, finish, halt, lapse, pause, peter, quit, refrain, rest, stop, suspend, terminate cease-fire: armistice, truce cease, at sea: avast ceaseless: continual, endless, enduring, everlasting, incessant, nonstop, perpetual, unending, unremitting, untiring cedar: deodar, evergreen, sabine, savin, tree, wood cedar genus: cedrus, juniperus, thuja cede: abandon, assign, award, fold, give, grant, leave, relinquish, renounce, resign, submit, surrender, transfer, waive, yield ceding or surrendering: cession ceiling: acme, covering, dome, lid, limit, lining, maximum, plafond, plaster, roof ceiling and wall, curved junction between: cove, coving ceiling beam: rafter ceiling or vault, decorative sunken panel in: coffer ceiling with painted or carved design: plafond ceiling with recessed panels: lacunar ceiling, arched: vault ceiling, branched lighting fixture suspended from: chandelier
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ceiling, decorated: plafond ceiling, sculptured ornament suspended from Gothic: pendant Celebes buffalo: anoa celebrate: applaud, bless, cheer, commemorate, eulogize, extol, feast, glorify, honor, keep, laud, observe, paint the town red, praise, proclaim, rejoice, revel, ritualize celebrate loudly: maffick, revel, roister celebrated: distinguished, eminent, famed, famous, glorious, illustrious, important, kept, noted, observed, popular, prominent, renowned, venerable celebration: anniversary, birthday, ceremony, exultation, festival, fete, fiesta, gala, jamboree, jubilance, jubilation, jubilee, party, rite, triumph celebration or celebratory outing: junket celebration, drunken orriotous:bacchanal, carousal, revelry, saturnalia, wassail celebration, festive: shindig, shindy celebration, solemn: commemoration celebratory feast course: fatted calf celebrity: dignitary, fame, heavyweight, hero, hotshot, lion, luminary, name, notable, personage, prestige, renown, repute, somebody, star, superstar, VIP celebrity banquet with mock attacks on guest of honor: roast celebrity, to treat like a: lionize celerity: haste, hurry, hustle, legerity, quickness, rapidity, speed, swiftness, velocity celery-like vegetable: rhubarb, udo celery unit: stalk celestial: angelic, astronomical, beatific, blissful, divine, empyreal, empyrean, ethereal, heavenly, holy, olympian, planetary, sky, spiritual, supernal, supernatural, uranic celestial being: angel, cherub, god, goddess, seraph celestial body: comet, moon, nebula, orb, planet, star, sun celestial journey: ascension celestial movement: rotation celestial sighting: comet celibacy: abstinence, chastity, purity, unwed, virginity celibate: chaste, continent, pure, unmarried, virginal, virtuous cell: bacterium, cellule, egg, embryo,
germ; cage, chamber, compartment, cubicle, dungeon, group, hold, jail, lockup, prison, unit, vault cell biology: cytology cell constituent: DNA, RNA cell destruction: cytolysis cell division in sexually reproducing organism: meiosis, mitosis cell division producing blastula from fertilized ovum: cleavage, segmentation cell division that is asexual: fission cell formed by union of two gametes: zygote cell living matter: protoplasm cell membranous tissue forming most surfaces of body and organs: epithelium cell part: centriole, chloroplast, chromosome, cytoplasm, lysosome, membrane, nucleus, vacuole cell study: cytology cell substance: linin cell tissue of fingernail, toenail, tooth: matrix cell, blood: hemocyte, red, white cell, reproductive: gamete cell, sperm: spermatozoon, zoosperm cellar: basement, cave, downstairs, storeroom, subterrane, vault Celsius: centigrade, thermometer cement: adhesive, bind, cohere, concrete, epoxy, fasten, glue, imbed, join, lime, lute, mastic, mortar, paste, putty, solder, solidify, stick, unify, unite, weld cement mixture for filling and finishing masonry: grouting, pointing cement mixture for waterproofing walls: pargeting cement, tuff used in hydraulic: trass cemetery: boneyard, catacomb, charnel, churchyard, golgotha, graveyard, litten, mortuary, necropolis, polyandrium, potter's field cemetery, large: necropolis cemetery, poor people's: potter's field cnobite: celibate, monastic, monk, nun, religious censor: bleep, blip, blue-pencil, control, critic, delete, edit, forbid, purge, restrict, suppress, withhold censor a text: blue-pencil, bowdlerize, expurgate censor or prohibit: interdict, proscribe censor speech: muzzle
censorious: abusive, blameful, carping, critical, denouncing, disparaging, faultfinding, reproachful, severe censure: accuse, admonish, attack, berate, blame, carp, castigate, challenge, charge, chasten, chide, condemn, criticize, disallow, disapproval, flame, impeach, judge, rebuff, rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, tirade censure and rebuke: inveigh, reprimand, reproach, upbraid census: count, enumeration, list, number, poll, tally census taker: enumerator centaur: chiron, man-horse, nessus Centennial State: Colorado center: axis, capital, core, eye, focalize, focus, halfway, headquarters, heart, hotbed, hub, mean, mid, middle, midmost, midpoint, midst, nave, nucleus, pivot, point center in common: concentric center of attention: cynosure, focal point, foci, focus center of power or energy: ganglion center of wheel, fan, propeller: hub center or core around which parts are grouped: nucleus center part: core center, branch out from: diverge center, having a common: concentric center, move toward a: converge center, moving away from: centrifugal, efferent center, moving toward: afferent, centripetal center, not situated at or in the geometric: eccentric center, without: acentric centers of activities: hotbeds centigrade: Celsius, degree, scale, thermometer centipede: arthropod, boat, chilopoda, insect central: among, basic, capital, chief, dominant, essential, focal, foremost, fundamental, inner, interior, key, leading, main, median, mid, middle, pivotal, primary, prime, significant central cylinder of a stem: stele central element: core, hub, linchpin, nucleus, omphalos central part: core, focal point, gist, omphalos central point: node, pivot central star: sun
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CENTRALIZE - CHAIRPERSON
centralize: accumulate, assemble, concentrate, condense, focus, gather, streamline centrally, asea: amidships centrifugal: divergent, efferent, radiating, spiral, spreading cents per ounce, for example: unit cost century: age, one hundred, sicle, years century-and-a-half observance: sesquicentennial century plant: agave, aloe, pita, sect century's end: fin de sicle cephaloped: cuttlefish, mollusk ceraceous: waxy ceramic: brick, clay, earthenware, porcelain, pottery, stoneware, tile, tiles ceramic oven: kiln ceramic square: tile ceramist's oven: kiln cereal: barley, bran, buckwheat, corn, farina, food, grain, millet, mush, oat, oatmeal, oats, porridge, ragi, rice, rye, soybean, wheat cereal addition: raisin cereal container: bowl cereal of untoasted rolled oats and dried fruit: muesli cereal plant by air current, to separate the grains or seeds of: winnow cereal plant fungus: ergot cereal plant, to separate the grains or seeds of: flail, thresh cereal seed coat: bran cerebral: brain, highbrow, intellectual, mental, psychic ceremonial: conventional, formal, lofty, mannered, ritual, stately ceremonial act: rite ceremonial drumroll and fanfare: ruffle and flourish ceremonial garb: robe, vestment ceremonial procession: cavalcade, cortege ceremonial washing of hands: ablution ceremonious: civil, dignified, exact, grand, grandiose, lofty, precise, proper, punctilious, respectful, solemn, stiff, studied ceremony: accolade, celebration, custom, display, etiquette, formality, function, liturgy, marriage, observance, occasion, pageant, parade, prodigy, protocol, rite, ritual, show, sign, solemnity, state ceremony and etiquette: decorum, propriety ceremony as a memorial: commemoration
ceremony marking major life change: rite of passage ceremony of admission: initiation ceremony of conferring authority: induction, investiture ceremony to show something new: unveiling ceremony, formal opening: commencement, dedication, inauguration ceremony, pretentious or hypocritical: mummery ceremony, to perform a formal: solemnize ceresin: wax cerise: red certain: actual, apodictic, bound, categorical, clear, cocksure, conclusive, exact, firm, fixed, indubitable, real, secure, stated, sure, true, unequivocal, unmistaken certain and accurate: unerring certain and incapable of failing: infallible certain and unavoidable: inevitable certain and unquestionable: apodictic, incontrovertible, indubitable certainly: absolutely, hardily, indeed, really, san doute, surely, to be sure, truly, verily, without doubt, yes certainty: actuality, assurance, certitude, confidence, conviction, credence, dogmatism, fact, faith, firmness, foregone, sureness certificate: bond, check, credential, declaration, deed, diploma, document, license, permit, statement, testimony, ticket, verify, voucher certificate for graduation: diploma certificate of indebtedness: debenture certificate of stock or money claim: scrip certificate of transfer: bill of sale certificate price: par value certified to a standard: accredited certifies by oath: attests certify: affirm, approve, assure, attest, authenticate, avow, confirm, depose, determine, endorse, guarantee, license, notarize, swear, testify, verify, warrant, witness cessation: armistice, ceasing, conclusion, ending, halt, intermission, interruption, interval, let up, letup, lull, pause, recess, remission, respite, rest, stop, stoppage, suspension, termination, truce cessation of hostilities: truce cessation of practice: disuse cesspool or sewer: cloaca The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
cetacean: beluga, cete, dolphin, grampus, inia, mammal, narwal, orca, porpoise, whale chafe: abrade, anger, annoy, banter, bother, excite, fret, friction, fume, gall, grind, harass, incense, inflame, injury, irk, irritate, nettle, rage, rub, scold, scratch, vex, wear chafe with friction: rub chaff: banter, bran, debris, jest, joke, josh, kid, rag, ride, taunt, tease, trash, waste chagrin: dismay, displeasure, dissatisfaction, humiliation, irritate, mortify, shame chain: bind, bond, bracelet, cable, chatelaine, collar, connect, constrain, embrace, enslave, fasten, file, gang, handcuff, iron, join, leash, link, manacle, moor, network, restrain, saw, secure, sequence, series, set, shackle, string, tether, tie, train; chain mail chain crosspiece: toggle chain of events, things: concatenation chain of flowers, paper,ribbonin loops: festoon chain or clasp for attaching keys, watch to waist: chatelaine chain or connected series: catena chain or outline of events: scenario chain ring: link chain together: catenate, concatenate chains for confinement: fetters, manacles, shackles chair: bench, office, preside, recliner, rocker, seat, sedan, stool, throne chair back slat: splat chair carried on poles by footmen, enclosed: sedan chair chair fabric covering: upholstery chair leg, rolling ball on: caster chair on long pole used for punishment: ducking stool chair part: arm, rung chair rung: stave chair with high spoked back and splayed legs: Windsor chair chair, high back, high side pieces: wing chair chair, leather, armless: Barcelona chair chair, long reclining: chaise lounge chair, thick deep upholstered: club chair chairperson: director, emcee, executive, head, moderator, monitor, speaker, supervisor, toastmaster
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CHALCEDONY - CHANGE, ONE THAT P R E C I P I T A T E S
chalcedony: agate, carnelian, gem, hematite, jasper, mineral, onyx, opal, opaline, quartz, sard, stone chalet: cabin, cottage, house, hut chalice: ama, calix, cup, goblet, grail chalk: blanch, bleach, crayon, draw, sketch, talc, whiten chalk up: achieve, acquire, earn, obtain, score, win chalk used in paint, ink, putty: whiting chalklike crayon: pastel chalky: calcareous chalky antacid: magnesia chalky silicate: talc chalky with calcium or calcium salts, process of becoming: calcification challenge: accuse, appeal, arraign, brave, call, censure, charge, claim, confront, controvert, dare, defy, demand, exception, forbid, invite, objection, protest, provoke, query, question, reclaim, reproach, slap, stump, summons, test challenge for inexperienced person: pons asinorum challenge the validity, truth of: impeach, impugn challenge to do battle, with throwndown glove: gage challenge to duel: throw down the gauntlet challenger: contender, darer, defter, disputer challenging: hard chamber: alcove, apartment, assembly, atrium, bedroom, bower, caisson, camarilla, camera, cave, cell, compartment, crypt, cubicle, flat, hall, hollow, legislature, parlor, room, solar, vestibule chamber music group: string trio chamberlain: attendant, camerlengo, lord, officer, servant, steward, treasurer, wilt chamberpot in chair or box: commode chamois: antelope, chammy, cloth, fabric, leather, shammy, skin champ at the bit: fret champagne: bubbly, wine champagne bottle's metal bands over cork: agrafe, coiffe champagne bucket: icer champagne designation, moderately dry: sec champagne mixed with orange juice: mimosa champagne, dry: brut champion: ace, advocate, assert, 110
backer, challenge, combatant, defend, defender, fighter, first-rate, greatest, hero, heroine, medalist, outstanding, protect, squire, titleholder, unbeaten, undefeated, victor, winner champion of cause: advocate, proponent championship: advocacy, crown, cup, defense, pennant, Stanley Cup, Super Bowl, supremacy, title, World Cup, World Series chance: accident, accidental, adventitious, adventure, case, casualty, contingent, fate, fluke, fortuitous, fortuity, fortune, gamble, hap, haphazard, happen, happening, hazard, lot, lottery, luck, mishap, odds, opportunity, outcome, outlook, possibility, probability, raffle, random, risk, stake, stumble, unplanned, venture, wager chance and unexpected: accidental, inadvertent, incidental, unplanned, unpremeditated chance change: vicissitude chance occurrence: happenstance chance or speculation basis, on a: on spec chance to buy, first: first refusal chance, fortunate discoveries by: serendipity chance, happening by: aleatory, arbitrary chances: prospects chancy: auspicious, dangerous, dubious, erratic, hairy, iffy, perilous, precarious, risky, rocky, touchy, tricky chandelier: candelabrum, candleholder, fixture, light, luster chandelier glass pendant: luster chandelier lit by gas: gasolier change: adapt, alter, alteration, amend, break, castrate, commute, conversion, convert, correction, deviate, deviation, difference, diversity, evolve, innovation, metamorphosis, modify, move, mutate, rearrange, remove, replace, revamp, reversal, revise, revision, shift, specie, substitute, swap, switch, transfer, transform, transition, transpose, turn, variation, vary, veer; cash, coin change and adapt: acclimatize, orient, orientate change and vary: diversify, variegate change appearance of: transfigure change channels: click, dial, zap change course: reroute, veer
change form or quality of: transmute change from preferred to common: conversion change from wafer and wine to body and blood in Eucharist: transubstantiation change in attitude or direction: 360, about-face, turnaround, U-turn, volte-face change in form, character: metamorphosis change in order of letters in word development: metathesis change in tone or pitch: inflect, modulate change into different shape: transmogrify change of heart: conversion, reversal change of life: climacteric, menopause change of mind on impulse: caprice, whim change one substance to another: transubstantiate change or increase, big and sudden: quantum jump, quantum leap change or movement, constant: flux change or reverse in order or position: transpose change or transform: commute, convert, mutate, transmute change or vary often, irregularly: fluctuate change places: alternate, interchange change repeatedly back and forth: alternate, fluctuate, oscillate, vacillate change sides: apostatize, defect, tergiversate change someone's convictions by coercion: brainwash change someone's plans by persuasion: dissuade change that is completely opposite: about-face change the order of: permute change the wording: edit change to another state: metamorphosis, transition change to improve or adjust: modify, regulate change tuxedo to tux, for example: apocopate change, abrupt and radical: quantum leap, upheaval change, complete: transformation, permutation change, constant: flux change, marked: metamorphosis, transfiguration, transmogrification change, one that precipitates: catalyst
CHANGE, TO BRING ABOUT A - CHARACTERIZED BY VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
change, to bring about a: militate changeable: alterable, ambivalent, amenable, capricious, convertible, erratic, fickle, fitful, giddy, impulsive, inconsistent, inconstant, irregular, irresolute, labile, mercurial, mobile, mutable, uncertain, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variant, volatile changeable and transformable: mutable changeable in luster: chatoyant changeable into other forms: protean changeable person: chameleon changed residence: moved changeless: constant, enduring, fixed, invariable, regular, same, stable, steadfast, steady changeover: alteration, conversion, shift, switch, transition changes in life, sudden or unexpected: vicissitudes changes opinions to prevailing ones, one who: opportunist, timeserver, trimmer changes to better or more complex form, gradual process by which something: volution changing and unstable: turbulent, vertiginous changing-color animal: chameleon changing course: digressive, tangential changing easily to adapt: adaptable, pliable changing in behavior or attitude: capricious, erratic, fickle, skittish, whimsical changing in color: iridescent, opalescent changing in shape, form, meaning: protean changing land use: rezoning changing pattern: kaleidoscope changing rapidly, intricately: kaleidoscopic changing set of colors: kaleidoscope changing, constant: inconstancy, levity changing, constantly: musical chairs changing, not: changeless, immutable changing, open to: labile, mutable changing, shifting situation: musical chairs changing, unpredictably: mercurial, quicksilver, volatile channel: aqueduct, arroyo, artery, canal, canyon, chase, conduct, conduit, ditch, drain, drill, duct, flume, flute, furrow, gat, groove, guideway, gutter, inset, instrument, main, medium, passage, pipe, river, route,
send, sinus, steer, strait, stream, tideway, transmit, trough, tube, vein, watercourse channel cut in earth by running water: gully channel for carrying water, artificial: flume channel for conveying substance: duct channel for drainpipes or wiring: chase channel for sewer or drain crossing road or embankment: conduit, culvert channel for water overflow: spillway channel for water under road: culvert channel into larger area: debouch channel joining two large bodies of water: strait channel of fast-moving water: race chant: anthem, cant, canticle, cantillate, carol, chorus, croon, hallel, hymn, intone, intonation, intone, plainsong, psalm, sing, song, trill, tune, vocalize, warble, worship chant of charms or spells: incantation chant, Gregorian: plainsong chanted hymn: canticle chanticleer: rooster chantilly: lace chaos: anarchy, babel, bedlam, chasm, confusion, disorder, entropy, jumble, lawlessness, mess, pandemonium, shambles, snafu, turmoil, unruliness, uproar, void chaos and disorder: Chinese fire drill chaotic: confused, disordered, helterskelter, muddled, riotous, turbulent chap: baby, band, barter, bloke, boy, buyer, chink, chip, chop, cleft, cove, crack, customer, dry, fellow, fissure, gent, gentleman, jaw, knock, lad, lover, man, mash, redden, roughen, split, strike, stroke, trade, youth chapeau: hat chapel: bethel, chantry, church, oratory, sanctuary, shrine, tabernacle, vestry chapel for masses and prayers for benefactor: chantry chapel for seafarers: bethel chapel, private prayer: oratory chaperon: attend, companion, duenna, escort, governess, guard, guardian, guide, hood, matron, oversee, protector, safeguard chaplain: clergyman, clergy woman, minister, padre, pastor, preacher, priest, rabbi, reverend
chaplet: band, bead, circle, coronet, crown, diadem, fillet, garland, necklace, ornament, rosary, wreath chapman: buyer, dealer, merchant, peddler, trader chapped: raw chapter: affiliate, assembly, body, branch, episode, era, lodge, meeting, member, period, phase, section, topic chapter lead-in: epigraph char: blacken, broil, burn, carbonize, scorch, sear, singe, trout character: appearance, aspect, attribute, bent, brand, card, constitution, courage, eccentric, engrave, essence, ethic, ethos, fame, fiber, figure, identity, impress, intelligence, kind, lead, letter, logo, mold, nature, oddball, original, part, personality, quality, reputation, repute, role, sign, sort, soul, spirit, stamp, star, style, symbol, temperament, tone, trait, type, weirdo character assassination: smear character or mark, distinctive: impress character or personality: disposition, humor, temperament character printed slightly above another: superior, superscript character printed slightly below another: subscript character who makes comments: raisonneur characteristic: attribute, cast, distinctive, feature, inborn, inclination, individuality, inherent, mannerism, mark, nature, peculiarity, property, quality, special, symbolic, tendency, trademark, trait, typical, unique characteristic making up for fault: mitigating factor, redeeming feature, saving grace characteristic mark: stamp characteristic practice: habit characteristic quality: flavor, lineament, stamp, style characteristic, typifying factor: parameter characterization, often disparaging: epithet characterize: define, delineate, depict, describe, designate, distinguish, imprint, indicate, mark, outline, pigeonhole, portray, represent, symbolize, typecast, typify characterized by bribery: venal characterized by volcanic eruptions: pelean
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C H A R A C T E R L E S S - CHATTY
characterless: nondescript characters in literary work: dramatis personae, personae character's thoughts and feelings presented: stream of consciousness charade: disguise, enigma, fake, game, picture, pretense, puzzle, riddle, trick charcoal grill: hibachi charcoal, pan for burning: brazier charcoal, small block of: briquette charge: accuse, allege, arraign, arraignment, attack, bid, burden, challenge, chastise, command, commission, credit, custody, demand, duty, fill, finger, gripe, impeach, impute, incriminate, indict, injunction, instruction, invade, levy, load, management, mandate, onset, onslaught, order, overload, penetrate, rush, saddle, sortie, storm, weigh; bill, cost, damage, debit, dues, expense, fee, price, rate, tab, tarrif, toll charge at nightclubs for entertainment: cover charge charge of wrongdoing: accusation, imputation charge or accuse of crime: indict charge or cost, extra: surcharge charge or work for less than a rival: undercut charge public official with crime: impeach charge that weighs most heavily against accused, part of: gravamen charge with an offense: indict charge with wrongdoing: arraign, indict charge, to clear of a: exculpate, exonerate chargeable: answerable, burdensome, liable, responsible, troublesome charged: accused, debited, emotional, excited, filled, laden, live, loaded, purposeful, tense charged atom: anion, ion charged meson: muon charged with a crime: indicted charger: accuser, biga, buggy, car, cart, char, dish, horse, instrument chariot, mount, platter, steed charisma: allure, appeal, charm, dazzle, fascination, gift, glamour, magnetism, pizzazz, power charitable: alms-giving, altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, forgiving, generous, giving, humane, kind, kindly, lenient, liberal, philanthropic, sympathetic, thoughtful
charitable gift: benefaction, donation, oblation, offertory charity: alms, almsgiving, assistance, compassion, donation, fund-raising, generosity, gift, goodwill, handout, kindness, love, mercy, philanthropy, pity, relief charity for mankind: philanthropy charity, one who offers: sponsor charity, one who receives: beneficiary charity, to pledge money to a: subscribe charivari: serenade charlatan: cheat, faker, fraud, imposter, medicaster, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack, sham Charlotte dessert: russe charm: agreeable, allay, allure, appeal, attract, attraction, bait, beauty, beguile, bewitch, calm, captivate, caract, charisma, conjure, control, delight, draw, enamor, enamour, enchant, enthral, enthrall, entice, entrance, fascinate, flatter, freet, freit, glamour, grace, lucky, magic, magnetism, melody, please, saphie, seduce, seduction, song, soothe, sorcery, spell, subdue, summon; amulet, fetish, juju, talisman charm and sensual appeal: animal magnetism charming: adorable, agreeable, alluring, attractive, beautiful, beguiling, captivating, cute, delicate, electrifying, enchanting, enticing, glamorous, inviting, lovely, ravishing, seductive, titillating, winning, winsome charming and simple: naive, rustic chart: blueprint, design, devise, diagram, document, draft, explore, graph, map, outline, plan, plat, platform, plot, project, record, scheme, table chart of pie-shaped wedges: pie chart chart of rectangular bars: bar chart, bar graph chart or diagram with stages: flowchart chart with growth, value changes in lines: graph charter: agreement, commission, constitution, deed, grant, hire, lease, license, member, pact, permit, privilege, rent, sanction chary: careful, cautious, dear, discreet, economical, frugal, guarded, hesitant, leery, prudent, reluctant, re-
served, safe, scant, scrupulous, shy, sparing, suspicious, treasured, vigilant, wary chase: catch, follow, gallop, harass, harry, hound, hunt, pursue, pursuit, quarry, shadow, shag, shoo, track chase fly ball: shag chasm: abyss, aperture, arroyo, blank, canyon, cavity, cleft, crater, crevasse, fissure, gap, gorge, gulf, hiatus, oversight, pit, rift, void chasse: step chaste: celibate, clean, continent, decent, honest, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, moral, proper, pure, refined, spotless, undefiled, vestal, virginal, virtuous, wholesome chasten: abase, castigate, censure, chastise, correct, discipline, humble, humiliate, punish, rate, refine, reprimand, reprove, scold, smite, subdue, upbraid chastening rod: ferule chastise: accuse, admonish, beat, berate, blame, cane, castigate, chasten, correct, discipline, flog, lash, pummel, punish, ream, rebuke, reprove, scold, scourge, spank, strap, taunt, thrash, whip chastity: abstinence, celibacy, devotion, goodness, honor, innocence, integrity, modesty, morality, purity, virginity, virtue chat: babble, cackle, causerie, chatter, chew the rag, confabulate, conversation, converse, coze, dally, dialogue, gab, gabble, gibber, gist, gossip, jabber, palaver, point, prate, prattle, rap, schmooze, speak, talk chat or informal conversation: causerie chateau: castle, estate, house, manor, mansion, villa Chateaubriand: beef, steak, tenderloin chattel: belongings, capital, effects, gear, goods, property, slave, wares chatter: babble, blab, blabber, brabble, cackle, chat, chipper, chitchat, clack, gab, gabble, gibber, goosecackle, gossip, jabber, jaw, palter, prabble, prate, prattle, rattle, schmoose, shake, talk, talk a blue streak, tattle, twaddle, verbiage, yak, yap chatterbox: blabbermouth, busybody, clack, gossip, magpie, talkative, windbag chatty: friendly, gabby, garrulous, gossipy, loquacious, talkative, verbose, windy, wordy
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CHAUVINISM - CHEESE WITH A WHITISH RIND AND SOFT CENTER
chauvinism: cheesy, chintzy, economical, fanatical, jingoism, nationalism, partiality, patriotism, petty, prejudice, worthless cheap: abject, bargain, chintzy, common, depreciated, gaudy, inexpensive, inferior, poor, price, purchase, schlock, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, stingy, tacky, tight, trashy, vile cheap and showy: brassy, brummagem, catchpenny, gaudy, tawdry cheap cigar: stogie cheap dress: frippery cheap fiction: dime novel cheap imitation: fake, pinchbeck cheap talk: claptrap cheap whiskey: red-eye cheap wine: vin ordinaire cheapen: adulterate, belittle, corrupt, debase, denigrate, devaluate, diminish, downgrade, reduce cheapest in price: wholesale cheat: artifice, baffle, bamboozle, beguile, bilk, chicanery, chisel, con, cozen, crib, crook, deceive, defraud, delusion, deride, dodge, doodle, dupe, euchre, fake, fiddle, finagle, finesse, flam, fleece, flimflam, fling, fool, fraud, gouge, gudgeon, gyp, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, imposter, jilt, liar, mislead, mountebank, mulct, plunder, quibble, renege, rogue, rook, scammer, scamp, scoundrel, screw, sham, shark, shaver, short, shyster, snooker, spoil, swindle, take, trick, victimize, welsh cheat by reneging on agreement: double-cross cheated, easily: credulous, gullible cheating: chicanery, duplicity cheating on taxes by concealing profits: skimming check: abort, allay, arrest, audit, balk, block, brake, bridle, confirm, constrain, control, curb, daunt, defeat, delay, detain, deter, examination, frisk, hinder, hindrance, hold, impede, inhibit, leash, limit, mark, monitor, neutralize, oppose, probe, quell, quench, rein, repel, repress, reprove, restrain, restraint, review, setback, stall, stay, stem, stifle, still, stop, study, stunt, supervise, survey, taunt, test, verify, withhold; bill, certificate, stub, tab, tally
check and confirm: authenticate, corroborate, substantiate, validate, verify, vet check design: checkerboard, hound'stooth, plaid, tattersall check earlier than date of writing, to date a: antedate check endorser: payee check flow of: stanch, staunch check later than date of writing, to date: postdate check off of list: tally, tick check on: keep tabs on, monitor check or other document, place one's signature of agreement on: endorse check out and authenticate: vet check someone's ID: card check stub, money order stub: counterfoil check, bad: kite check, blank: carte blanche checkered: diversified, mosaic, motley, patchwork, pied, plaid, quilted, tessellated, varied, variegated checkmate: corner, countermove, defeat, frustrate, gain, outwit, stop, thwart, triumph, undo Cheddar shredder: grater cheek: audacity, boldness, brashness, crust, effrontery, gall, impudence, nerve, sauciness, temerity cheek meat: jowl cheekbone: jugal, malar, zygoma, zygomatic bone cheeks or mouth, concerning the: buccal cheeky and arrogant: audacious, brazen, bumptious, impertinent, impudent, insolent, obstreperous, presumptuous, sassy, saucy, temerarious cheep: chipper, chirp, chirrup, peep, pip, shrill, squeak, tattle, tweet, twitter, yap cheer: acclaim, animate, applaud, bravo, brighten, cherish, clap, comfort, console, drink, elate, encourage, exhilarate, feast, food, gaiety, happiness, heart, hearten, hope, hospitality, hurrah, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, merriment, ole, ovation, rah, refresh, rejoice, root, shout, solace, support, uplift, yell cheer and invigorate: enliven cheer up: liven cheer word: rah cheerful: airy, blithe, bouncy, bright, buoyant, cadgy, cheery, chipper, chirpy, comfortable, contented, en-
livening, gay, genial, glad, happy, hearty, jocund, jolly, lighthearted, lightsome, lively, merry, pleasant, riant, roseate, rosy, sanguine, sprightly, sunny, upbeat cheerful in atmosphere: congenial, gemutlich cheerful readiness: alacrity cheerful tune: lilt cheerleader tuft of material: pompom, pompon cheerless: austere, bleak, cold, comfortless, dejected, depressing, dismal, dispirited, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, glum, gray, melancholy, sad, solemn, sullen cheese and beer melt on toast: Welsh rabbit cheese and bread crumbs and browned, covered with: au gratin cheese-and-crumb crust: au gratin cheese covering: rind cheese dish: cake, fondue, omelet, rarebit, souffle cheese eaten with bread etc., hot melted: fondue cheese holder: crock cheese hung in strips to cure: provolone cheese in a red jacket: edam cheese like Roquefort: gorgonzola cheese made from ewes' milk and matured in caves: Roquefort cheese made from skimmed or whole milk, white: Neufchatel cheese-making byproducts: whey cheese-making process: ageing cheese making, ruminant stomach lining extract used in: rennet cheese melted and eaten with bread: fondue cheese melted over boiled potatoes and bread: raclette cheese orginally made by Trappist monks, semihard: Port Salut cheese pastry baked and served individually: ramekin, ramequin cheese prepared or converted by special process: process cheese cheese section: wedge cheese served in lasagna, cottage: ricotta cheese served on pizza: mozzarella cheese types: hard, processed, semihard, soft, very hard cheese with a creamy center, soft: Camembert cheese with a whitish rind and soft center: Brie
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CHEESE WITH A WRINKLED RIND AND BLUE-GREEN MOLD - CHEMISE
CHEESE
American Cottage cheese Banon Cream cheese Bel Paese Danish blue Bleu cheese Dolcelatte Bleu de Bresse Dunlop Blue cheese Edam Blue Cheshire Edelpilzkase Boursin Emmenthaler Brick Epoisses Brie Feta Caciocavallo Fontina Caerphilly Fromage Camembert Gloucester Cheddar Goat cheese Cheshire Gorgonzola Chvre Gouda Chevret Gruyre cheese with a wrinkled rind and bluegreen mold: Stilton cheese with large holes, Norwegian: Jarlsberg cheese with small holes, Swiss: Emmenthaler, Gruyre cheese with strong odor and flavor: Limburger cheese, blue: bleu cheese cheese, concerning: caseic, caseous cheese, dessert: mascarpone cheese, formation of: caseation cheese, goat's milk: fromage de chvre cheese, grated: Parmesan, parmigiano cheese, hard and yellow English: Cheshire cheese, Italian: Parmesan cheese, Italian blue: Gorgonzola cheese, mild cheddar: jack cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, mild Limburger: Liederkranz cheese, mild semisoft and creamy: Munster cheese, milk or cream, beer, and seasoning melted on bread: Welsh rabbit, Welsh rarebit cheese, protein that forms: casein cheese, red-or yellow-rinded Dutch: Edam cheese, semisoft, mild Italian: Bel Paese cheese, smoked: provolone cheese, turn into: casefy cheeselike: caseous cheesy: caseous, cheap, inferior, poor, shabby, sleazy, trashy, worthless chef master: cordon bleu chefs hat: toque, toque blanche Havarti New England Sage Sapsago Hoop cheese Parmesan Smoked cheese Jaalsberg Pecorino Stilton Jack cheese Pont l'Eveque String cheese Jarlsberg Port Salut/Port du Swiss Lancashire Salut Teleme Leicester Pot cheese Tillamook Liederkranz Provolone Tilsiter Limburger Quargel Tome au raisin Liptauer Rat cheese Vacherin Livarot Red Windsor Velveeta Maroilles Ricotta White Mimolette Romano WensleydaleW Monterey Jack Roquefort Mozzarella Saint Marcellin Muenster Saint Nectaire Neufchatel Samsoe chemical: acid, alkali, amide, azine, chemical element loses electrons and vabase, boride, catalyst, compound, ellence is increased: oxidation ement, ester, imine, metamer, purin, chemical element's number of protons sal, salt in nucleus: atomic number chemical action, a burning or eating chemical elements table: periodic table away by: corrosive, cuastic chemical force holding atoms, ions tochemical change with gain of electrons: gether: chemical bond reduction chemical formula showing atoms' and chemical combination of substance with bonds' arrangement: structural oxygen: oxidation formula chemical compound: amide, amine, chemical gradual absorption or assimidiene, diol, enol, ester, imine, isolation: osmosis mer, oxide chemical group 0 that is inert: argon, chemical compound decomposition with helium, inert gas, krypton, neon, noelectricity: electrolysis ble gas, radon, xenon chemical compound decomposition with chemical happening: reaction water: hydrolysis chemical method of determining soluchemical compound formed from simtion's concentration by adding repler compounds or elements: synthesis agent: titration chemical compound that reacts with chemical mixture of liquids inseparable acids to form salts: base by distillation: azeotropic mixture chemical compound with repeated chemical reaction where hydrogen is linked units of molecules: polymer added or oxygen removed: reduction chemical compound with same elements chemical reaction, something that in same proportions but different slows: inhibitor atom arrangement: isomer chemical substance affecting reaction chemical compound's common name: but not itself changing: catalyst trivial name chemical substance used to detect, meachemical compound's descriptive name: sure, examine or produce substance in systematic name reaction: reagent chemical compounds, carbon: organic chemical suspension of fine particles in fluid: colloid chemical compounds, noncarbon: inorganic chemical warfare weapon: nerve gas chemical dispersion of solid particles in chemically inactive: inert liquid: suspension chemically refine or purify: rectify chemical dissolving or wearing away: chemise: camisole, dress, lingerie, shirt, corrosion smock, undergarment
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chemistry dish for culture: petri dish chemistry, medieval: alchemy cherish: admire, adore, appreciate, caress, cling, coddle, comfort, cultivate, embrace, esteem, fondle, foster, guard, harbor, honor, hug, indulge, inspirit, like, love, nestle, nourish, nurse, nurture, pamper, pet, preserve, prize, protect, revere, save, support, sustain, treasure, value cherry in fermented juice: maraschino cherry red: cerise cherry types: Amarelle, Bigarreau, Bing, Duke, Gean, Lambert, Marasca, Maraschino, Mazzard, Morel, Morello, Napoleon, Oxheart cherry, dark sour: Morello cherub: amoretto, angel, cupid, saint, seraph, spirit chess moment with no advantageous move: zugzwang chess moment with no safe move: stalemate chess opening move with minor piece: gambit chess piece exposed to possible capture, of a: en prise chess pieces: bishop, castle, horse, king, knight, man, pawn, queen, rook chess player, beginner: patzer chess player's explanation of piece adjustment: j'adoube chess position where king can move into check and no other piece can move: stalemate chess position where king is attacked and has no move, thus ending game: checkmate chess position where player is forced to make an undesirable move: zugzwang chess terms: castle, checkmate, debut, draw, en prise, endgame, fianchetto, fidate, gambit, gardez, j'adoube, mate, move, opening, scacchic, stalemate, zugzwang chest: area, ark, basket, box, bureau, cabinet, casket, chiffonier, coffer, coffin, commode, container, cupboard, dresser, fund, hamper, hutch, locker, receptacle, safe, shrine, strongbox, treasury, trunk; bosom, breast, bust, front, thorax, trunk chest between neck and abdomen: thorax chest noise: rale chest of drawers or cabinet, low: commode
chest of drawers, high with mirror: chiffonier chest of drawers, short-legged: lowboy chest of drawers, two-sectioned: highboy chest pain from lack of oxygen in heart: angina pectoris chest protector: bib, rib, ribcage chest rattling, whistling sound: rhonchus chest sound, high vibrating or whistling: stridor chest, pertaining to the: pectoral chesterfield: coat, overcoat, topcoat; couch, davenport, divan, sofa chestnut: bay, brown, clich, color, horse, joke, sorrel, tree chestnut genus: castanea chestnut horse: roan chevalier: cadet, cavalier, gallant, gentleman, horseman, knight, lord, noble chevron: badge, bar, beam, glove, insignia, mark, molding, stripe, zigzag chew: bite, champ, chomp, crush, cud, deliberate, eat, gnaw, grind, manducate, masticate, mull, munch, nibble, ponder, ruminate chew and swallow: eat chew humble pie: eat one's words chew noisily: champ, chomp, munch chew out: berate, castigate, criticize, rail, scold, upbraid chew the cud: ruminate chew the fat: chat, chitchat, converse, gab, gossip, talk chew the scenery: emote chewable nut: betel chewing gum ingredient: chicle chewing muscle: masseter chewy candy: caramel chewy, lightly cooked (pasta): al dente chic: chichi, classy, dapper, elegance, elegant, faddish, fashionable, modish, nifty, posh, smart, stylish, swank, trendy, trim, up-to-date, vogue chicanery: artifice, cheating, cunning, deceit, deception, dishonesty, fraud, hocus-pocus, ploy, ruse, trick, trickery, wile chichi: arty, flamboyant, frilly, grandiose, pompous, pretentious, showy, splashy, swank chick: child, girl, moppet, sprout, woman, youngster chickadee: titmouse chicken: afraid, coward, gutless, sissy,
timid, yellow; biddy, broiler, capon, chick, chicky, cock, cockerel, fowl, fryer, hen, poultry, pullet, rooster chicken-and-leek soup: cock-a-leekie chicken and vegetables, Cantonese: moo goo gai pan chicken cooked in red wine: coq au vin chicken heart, liver, gizzard: giblets chicken house: coop chicken Italian style: chicken cacciatore, chicken parmighiana chicken or veal layered with ham, cheese: cordon bleu chicken pieces grilled on a skewer: yakitori chicken pox: varicella chicken wings and legs before cooking, to tie up: truss chicken, castrated male: capon chicken, few months old: spring chicken chicken, pertaining to: gallinaceous chicken, young: poulet, poult chickpea and fava bean balls, fried: falafel chickpea dip: hummus chickpea plant: gram chickpeas and fava beans patties, deepfried: falafel, taameyya chicks' mother: biddy, mother hen chicle product: chewing gum chicory: bunk, herb, plant, radicchio, root, witloof chicory's cousin: endive chide: admonish, berate, blame, castigate, censure, criticize, lecture, rail, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, upbraid, wrangle chief: arch, big, bigwig, boss, capital, captain, central, cock of the walk, commander, crucial, dominant, duce, duke, elder, eminent, first, foreman, foremost, great, head, high, honcho, key, king, kingpin, leader, lord, main, major, master, paramount, pooh-bah, predominant, preeminent, premier, preponderant, president, prime, principal, prominent, rector, ring leader, ringleader, ruler, sachem, supreme, vital chief commodity: staple chief constituent of teeth: dentine chief executive of a city: mayor chief of Native American tribe: sachem chief person: kingpin chief support: mainstay chiefly: mainly 115
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chiffonier: bureau, cabinet, chest, commode, cupboard, dresser chignon: bun, hairdo, knot, twist child: adolescent, babe, baby, bambino, bantling, ben, boy, brat, bud, cherub, chick, cub, daughter, descendant, girl, imp, infant, kid, lad, lass, minor, moppet, offspring, orphan, page, progeny, scion, son, squirt, tad, tadpole, toddler, tot, tyke, urchin, waif, youngster, youth
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child as part of a family tree: descendant child care center: day care, nursery child guardianship: custody child home alone: latchkey child child in early adolescence, of a: pubescent child murder: infanticide child murder by parent: filicide child of one's father by a previous marriage: half brother, half sister child on a knee, to bounce: dandle child or an heir: scion child under legal guardianship: ward child with extraordinary talent: prodigy child, abandoned: foundling, waif child, exceptional: prodigy, wunderkind child, of an unusually mature: precocious child, poor: guttersnipe, ragamuffin, urchin child, unweaned: suckling child, young: nipper, shaver, tyke, youngster W childbirth: confinement, delivery, labor, lying-in, nativity, parturition, producing, travail childbirth aide: midwife childbirth discharge: afterbirth, placenta, secundines childbirth incision to make delivery easier: episiotomy childbirth pains: labor, travail childbirth with drugs, hasten onset of: induce childbirth, care of women before, during, and after: obstetric childbirth, father's ritual simulating mother's: couvade childbirth, involuntary shortening of abdominal muscles in: contraction childbirth, relating to: puerperal
childbirth, serious condition involving coma and convulsions before or after: eclampsia childbirth, time of: accouchement childhood years: formative years childish: asinine, babyish, childlike, credulous, foolish, frivolous, immature, infantile, juvenile, kiddish, naive, petty, puerile, puling, senile, silly, simple, young childish comeback: is so children and descendants of a person: offspring, posterity, progeny children, aversion or dislike of: misopedia children, producing many: philoprogenitive, prolific children, to produce: procreate, reproduce children's diseases, science of: pediatrics child's bringer of sleep: sandman child's food guard: bib child's nurse: caretaker, nanny, nursemaid child's relation to parents: filial Chile capital: Santiago chill: arctic, cold, coldness, cool, dampen, depress, dispirit, distant, fever, freeze, frigid, frosty, gelidity, glacial, hostile, ice, nip, raw, refrigerate, rigor, shake, shiver chill out: relax chill, shivering or trembling caused by a: rigor chilled: iced chilled brown dessert: chocolate mousse chiller: eerie, frightening, horror show, shocker, thriller chilling: frigorifie, icy, on ice chills and fever: ague chilly: algid, aloof, arctic, biting, bleak, cold, cool, crisp, drafty, freezing, frigid, frosty, nippy, raw chilly and wet: dank chime: accord, agreement, bell, concord, cymbal, edge, gong, harmony, jingle, knell, melody, peal, ring, sound, ting, toll chime in: declare, interrupt, offer, remark, state, tell chimera: delusion, dream, fabrication, fantasy, illusion, mirage, monster chimerical: absurd, delusive, fabulous, fanciful, fantastic, fictional, imaginary, mythical, unfounded, unreal, Utopian, visionary, wild
CHINESE TERMS
Chinese ancient bow: kowtow Chinese beverage: tea Chinese boat: bark, junk, sampan Chinese calculator: abacus Chinese cooking pan: wok Chinese decoration: chinoiserie Chinese dog: chow Chinese domino-like game: mahjongg Chinese dumpling: dim sum, shumai, wonton Chinese female force: yin Chinese fruit: kumquat, lichee, mandarin Chinese language, culture, civilization study: sinology Chinese masculine force: yang Chinese medicine: acupuncture Chinese philosophy: Tao Chinese physical exercises: tai chi Chinese puzzle with triangles, square, rhomboid: tangram Chinese temple: pagoda Chinese transliteration into Roman alphabet: Pinyin Chinese weaponless self-defense: jujitsuW chimney: fireplace, flue, funnel, furnace, gully, hearth, lum, pipe, smokestack, stack, tube, vent chimney accumulation: soot chimney duct: flue chimney man: sweep chimney, windscreen for: bonnet chimp or gorilla: great ape chimpanzee: animal, anthropoid, ape, bonobo, chimp, monkey, primate, troglodyte chimp's relative: orang chin: button, chat, chitchat, jaw, mandible, mentum, rap, talk chin whiskers: goatee chin, concerning the: genial, mental chin, divided: cleft chin chin, having a double: buccula chin, having prominent: prognathous chin, well-positioned: orthognathous china: ceramic, crockery, dishes, earthenware, porcelain, pottery, service, tableware, ware china, thin and delicate: eggshell china chine: back, backbone, cleave, meat, spine chink: aperture, bore, cash, chinkle,
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cleft, coin, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure, gap, gash, jingle, money, rent, rift, rime, slit chintzy: cheap, gaudy, mean, petty, sleazy, stingy, tight chip: bit, chaff, chisel, chunk, clip, coin, crack, cut, damage, flake, flaw, fragment, hew, marker, money, nick, pare, piece, scrap, shard, shaving, splinter, token, whittle chip from stone or ore: spall chip in: ante, contribute, help, interpose, pay, subscribe chipmunk: chippy, gopher, rodent, squirrel chipmunk snack: acorn chipped off: flaked Chippendale: cabinetmaker chipper: alert, alive, chatter, cheerful, chirp, cockey, energetic, frisky, gay, happy, lively, perky, pert, sprightly, spry, twitter chirography: calligraphy, handwriting, penmanship, writing chiromancer's reading matter: palm chirp: call, cheep, chipper, chirrup, chirt, chitter, peep, pipe, sing, sound, tweet, twitter chirp by rubbing body parts together: stridulation chirrup: call, cheep, chipper, chirt, chitter, peep, pipe, sing, sound, tweet, twitter chisel: bargain, bilk, carve, cheat, chip, cut, defraud, engrave, form, gouge, gyp, intrude, knife, rook, sculpture, shape, tool chisel for rough hewing, stonemason's: drove chisel handle: helve chisel roughly: boast chiseler: cheat, crook, fake, swindler chisel's slanted surface: bezel chit: bill, check, child, draft, infant, IOU, kid, memo, memorandum, moppet, note, offspring, sprout, tab, voucher chitchat: babble, banter, bytalk, chatter, conversation, drivel, gossip, prattle, talk chivalrous: brave, considerate, courageous, courteous, gallant, generous, gentle, heroic, honorable, knightly, noble, polite, valiant chivalrous and idealistic: quixotic chivalry: courage, fairness, knighterrantry, knighthood, valor chive's relative: onion
chivy: annoy, badger, bait, bother, chase, chivvy, confusion, harass, hound, hunt, pursue, pursuit, race, scamper, tease, torment chloride: chemical, compound, ester, muriate, salt chlorine: bleach, disinfectant, element, halogen chloroform: anesthetic, kill, poison, solvent, toxic chocolate brown: mocha chocolate substitute: carob chocolate tree: cacao choice: alternative, assortment, deciding, decision, druthers, election, judgment, option, pick, preference, selection, substitute, variety, verdict, voice, volition; best, better, cream, delicate, elite, excellent, exquisite, fine, flower, picked, popular, preferable, prime, rare, select, uncommon, winner choice and excellent: vintage choice between equally undesirable options: dilemma choice between what is offered and nothing: Hobson's choice choice gossip: tidbits choice group or class: elite choice stocks: blue chips choice word: and/or, either, else, nor, or else choice, of one's free: voluntary choice, power to make a responsible: discretion choir entering church: procession choir gallery or balcony: loft choir leader: cantor, precentor choir leaving church: recession choir music unaccompanied: a cappella choir of four male a cappella voices: barbershop quartet choir or chorus: chorale choir performing short pieces, small: glee club choir, singer in: chorister choke: asphyxiate, block, clog, close, congest, constrict, crack, fail, fill, gag, hinder, impede, lose, neckcloth, obstruct, plug, silence, smother, stifle, stoppage, strangle, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring choke to death: strangle choker: necklace choler: anger, bile, ire, wrath choleric: angry, belligerent, cranky, cross, enraged, grouchy, grumpy,
huffy, impatient, irascible, irate, mad, peevish, quarrelsome, testy, touchy, wrathful cholesterol lowerer: bran cholesterol raiser: fat cholesterol source: eggs chomp: bite, chew, crunch, masticate Chong's partner: Cheech choose: adopt, cull, decide, determine, elect, embrace, fancy, opt, pick, prefer, select, take, vote choose actors: cast choose as preference: elect, favor, single out choose between: differentiate, discriminate, distinguish choose from a collection: cull, select choose with care: handpick choosing based on need: triage choosy: eclectic, fastidious, finicky, fussy, particular, picky, selective chop: axe, barter, carve, change, chip, cleave, cleft, crack, cut, dice, gash, grade, hack, hew, knock, lop, meat, mince, quality, sever, slash, slit, split chop finely: mince chop up: hash chop, frilly paper on end of meat: frill, papillote chop-chop: fast, lickety-split, promptly, quickly, rapidly, tout de suite chopper: axe, dicer, mincer, molar chopper blade: rotor choppy: chapped, jerky, ripply, rough, violent, wavy choral love song: madrigal chord: accord, cord, harmonize, major, minor, music, nerve, note, rope, string, tendon, tone, triad chord tones played in rapid succession: arpeggio chords moving in progression to a harmonic close: cadence chore: assignment, duty, effort, errand, housework, job, scutwork, stint, task, work choreography: composition, dancing chores that have to be done, irksome: metutials chorography: chart, diagram, mapmaking, mapping chortle: cackle, chuckle, giggle, laugh, snicker, snort chorus: accord, agreement, carolers, choir, concert, consensus, echo, ensemble, harmony, melody, refrain, response, singers, song, unison chorus of song: burden, refrain 117
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chosen: called, elect, elected, elective, elite, named, picked, preferred, selected, tabbed, voted chosen few: elite chosen freely: voluntary chosen from a variety of sources: eclectic chow: bye, dog, eats, food, grub, meal, mess, victuals Christ: God, Jesus, Lord, Messiah, Savior, Son christen: baptize, bless, immerse, name Christian: charitable, devoted, disciple, faithful, pious, religious
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Christian 16th-century reform movement: Reformation Christian 40-day period of penitence: Lent Christian act, sacred: sacrament Christian creed in Mass: Credo Christian era: A.D., C.E., Common Era Christian fellowship handshake: kiss of peace Christian Holy Communion: Eucharist Christian love: agape Christian prayer in Mass starting "Glory be to God": Gloria Christian prayer in Mass starting "Holy, holy, holy": Sanctus Christian prayer in Mass starting "Lord have mercy": Kyrie Christian prayer in Mass to Christ as Savior: Agnus Dei Christian precept: Golden Rule Christian sacrament of Eucharist: communion Christian Science practitioner: healer Christian teachings: gospel Christian worship, pertaining to enthusiastic: charismatic, Pentecostal Christianity, of one who rediscovers: born-again ^ Christmas: festival, holiday, nativity, Noel, Xmas, yule, yuletide Christmas carol: noel Christmas display of Jesus' birth: crche Christmas message: good will to men Christmas-tree decoration: star chromosome constituent: DNA chronic: confirmed, constant, continual, continuous, fixed, habitual, in-
bred, incessant, incurable, intense, lasting, lingering, prolonged, recurring, routine, severe, stubborn, usual chronic illness: dysphoria chronicle: account, annals, archives, describe, diary, epic, history, journal, narrative, record, register, saga, story, tell chronological: classified, consecutive, dated, ordered, sequential, successive, tabulated chronology of tree rings: dendrochronology chronometer: clock, hourglass, metronome, timekeeper, timepiece, timer, watch chrysanthemum leucanthemum: ox eye chubby: chunky, flabby, fubsy, heavyset, overweight, plump, pudgy, rolypoly, rotund, round, tubby chuck: cast, cluck, discard, dismissal, ditch, fling, food, hurl, jerk, junk, oust, pat, pitch, scrap, shed, throw, toss; beef, roast, stew meat chuck-wagon fare: grub chuckle: cackle, chortle, exult, giggle, laugh, snicker, teehee, titter chum: associate, buddy, companion, comrade, confidant, crony, friend, mate, matey, pal, pard, sidekick chump: blockhead, boob, dolt, fool, goof, lunkhead, oaf, sap, sucker chunk: gob, mass, piece, portion, slab, slug, wad, whang chunky: beefy, chubby, dumpy, husky, lumpy, plump, squat, stocky, stout, stubby chunky part: slab churl: boor, cad, carle, ceorl, chuff, countryman, haskard, husband, knave, lout, miser, niggard, peasant, rustic, serf, skimper, tightwad, villain, yokel churlish: blunt, boorish, crabbed, crabby, crude, crusty, grouchy, gruff, lowbred, mean, ornery, rough, rustic, sullen, surly, uncivil, ungracious, violent, vulgar churlish in sports: poor loser churn: agitate, beat, ferment, foam, shake, stir, swirl, vessel, whip churn up: rile chute: cascade, channel, flume, parachute, ramp, rapid, rush, slide, slope, trough, tube, watercourse, waterfall chutzpah: audacity, gall, nerve cicada: locust cicatrice, cicatrix: scar
cicerone: conductor, guide, mentor, pilot cider: alcohol, apple, beverage cigar: belvedere, boquet, bouquet, cheroot, claro, corona, Havana, panatela, perfecto, smoke, stogie, stogy, tobacco, toby, weed
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cigar band collector: brandophilist cigar case: humidor cigar end: ashtip, ette cigar tobacco leaf case: wrapper cigar, cheap and thin: stogy cigar, dark and strong: maduro cigar, high-quality Cuban: Havana cigar, long and thin: panatela, panatella cigar, long slim and inexpensive: stogie cigar, square-cut at both ends: cheroot cigar, strong and dark: maduro cigar, tapered at both ends: corona, perfecto W cigar-shaped shell: torpedo cigarette: biri, butt, cubeb, fag, gasper, puff, reefer, smoke cigarette breathing in: inhale cigarette remains: ash cigarette residue: tar cigarfish: scad cilium: eyelash, hair, lash cinch: assure, belt, breeze, certainty, fasten, girth, grip, piece of cake, pushover, sash, snap cincture: band, belt, collar, encircle, enclosure, girdle, girth, surrounding cinder: ash, ashes, clinker, coal, dross, embers, gray, scoria, slag, soot cinema: bijou, film, flick, motion picture, movie, moviehouse, picture, screen, show, theater cinema, early: nickelodeon cinema, early small: cinematheque cinematic event: premiere, sneak preview cinnabar: red cinnamon bark: cassia cinnamon stick: quill cipher: aught, blank, code, cryptogram, decode, figure, letter, nada, naught, nil, nonentity, nothing, null, number, symbol, unravel, zero, zilch, zippo circa: about, approximation, around, near, roughly circle: bowl, circlet, circuit, circulate,
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aisle: ambulatory announcement: banns arches above side aisles: triforium architecture/decoration, study of: ecclesiology area: apse, nave area behind altar: retrochoir assembly: synod attendant and usher: verger attendees: laity baptism basin: font bell: angelus bell tower not attached to church: campanile benches: pews building with nave, clerestory, transept, apse, side aisles: basilica calendar: ordo, rota candle or light kept burning: altar light, vigil light caretaker: sexton ceremonial washing of hands: lavabo ceremony or ritual: liturgy chanting by monks: Gregorian chant chapel dedicated to Virgin Mary: Lady Chapel choir-sung reply: response church: basilica, congregation, creed, edifice, faith, house of God, sanctuary, sect, synaxis, temple church-and-state conflict: Kulturkampf church fathers' writings: patristics, patrology Church of England member: Anglican church or cathedral with special privileges: basilica church or chapel for prayer: oratory church or temple, another name for: tabernacle church workers: abbot, altarboy, beadle, bishop, clergyman, curate, deacon, dean, elder, lector, minister, ostiary, pope, prelate, presbyter, priest, primate, reader, reverend, sacrist, sexton, vicar, warden churches derived from Byzantine Empire church: Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox Church clergy stipend: prebend code of law: canon community of bishop: diocese concerning: ecclesial, ecclesiastical conference: convocation, synod construction with altar on eastern end: orientation council: rota, synod corrupt buying of pardons: simony crossing near choir: transept devotional composition sung in liturgy as response: antiphon dignitary of high rank, authority: prelate division: diocese, episcopacy, episcopate, parish, prelacy, sacerdotum, see, synod doorkeeper: ostiary entrance hall at western end: narthex faction split: schism gallery over side aisle: triforium garments of officials: vestments grounds: precinct group: choir, communion, confession, denomination, elders instrument: organ intersection of nave and transept in cruciform: crossing jurisdicition: see kneeling bench: prie-dieu large Christian church: basilica laws: canons Mass that does change daily, parts of: proper Mass that does not change daily, parts of: common, ordinary membership: laity, laymen, laypeople, laypersons membership, cut off from: excommunicate midsection: nave modernization of ideas: aggiornamento niche for vessels: ambry, fenestella nonreligious and inappropriate for, to make: defile, desecrate, profane of or relating to the church: ecclesiastical of or relating to the worldwide Christian church: ecumenical office: chancellery, chancery officer: elder one-tenth of one's income contributed to church: tithe parts of a church: aisle, altar, apse, apses, balcony, belfry, bell tower, bema, bench, cantoria, chancel, chapel, clerestory, font, galilee, narthex, nave, oratory, pew, pulpit, reredos, sacristy, solea, steeple, transept, vestry plate: paten platform or dais: tribune projecting side, often vaulted: apse, chevet property destruction: defilement, desecration, profanation, sacrilege pulpit: ambo room with vestments: sacristy, vestry rule by prelates: prelacy rule or custom: rubric sacred, to declare something: consecrate, dedicate, sanctify seat: pew semicircular projection behind altar: apse sentence spoken as reply to versicle: response sentence spoken to be followed by response: versicle service: baptism, communion, evensong, liturgy, mass, matin, nocturn, novena, rite, vespers service asking for God's blessing: benediction service of late afternoon or evening: vespers service reading desk: lectern spire at intersection of nave and transepts: flche stall's hinged seat: miserere, misericord stone basin: piscina, sacrarium symbol: icon * tower: steeple tower with bell: belfry tribunal: rota upper wall with windows: clerestory vault or underground chamber: crypt, undercroft vestibule, portico: narthex vow of faith to a church: covenant wall with sacrament repository: ambry, aumbry with high side aisle roofing: hall church W 119 The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
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circumference, collet, compass, cordon, corona, coronet, cycle, disc, disk, encircle, enclose, encompass, equator, girdle, globe, gyre, halo, hoop, lap, loop, orb, orbit, pivot, radius, realm, revolution, revolve, ring, ringlet, rink, rotary, rotate, round, set, sphere, spiral, surround, swirl, system, turn, twirl, wheel; associates, clique, companions, company, coterie, crowd, fraternity, friends, group, insiders, sorority circle around a point: gyrate, spin circle around, to draw a: circumscribe circle boundary: circumference circle dance: farandole, hora circle of light: halo circle of people with common interest: coterie circle of prehistoric stone slabs: cromlech circle of stone or wooden uprights, ancient: henge circle on earth's surface passing through poles, imaginary: meridian circle part: arc, curve circle whose circumference rolls along circumference of fixed circle: epicycle circle with locked arms in folk dance: hora circle, flattened or elongated: elliptical circle, trace the outline of a: describe circle's circumference in relation to diameter: pi circles having a common center, of: concentric circles in diagram used to represent relationships between sets: Venn diagram circles overlap, area where two overlapping: eccentric circlet: band, bangle, bracelet, headband, hoop, ring, wreath circuit: ambit, area, beat, boundary, circumference, compass, course, cycle, dap, district, excursion, hookup, jaunt, lap, loop, orbit, revolution, robert, round, route, tour, track, whirl, zone circuit on microchip, electronic: integrated circuit circuitous: ambiguous, circular, complicated, crooked, curved, deceitful, devious, indirect, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, rambling, round about, roundabout, serpentine, turning, twisted, underhand, wandering, winding
circular: annular, bill, brochure, complete, curved, flyer, handbill, insert, leaflet, pamphlet, perfect, publication, ringed, round, roundabout, rounded, spheroid, spinning circular Buddhist or Hindu design: mandala circular graph divided into sections: pie chart circular or revolving: gyral circular or ring-shaped figure, part, marking: annulus circular panels: roundels circular plate: disc circular wall: tambour circular work of art: tondo circulate: air, broadcast, disperse, distribute, flow, mix, move, promulgate, propagate, publish, radiate, report, rotate, rove, spread, turn circumference: ambit, arc, border, boundary, bounds, circuit, edge, girth, limits, outline, perimeter, periphery, rim, surround, verge circumference section: arc circumference, as waist: girth circumlocution: euphemism, periphrase, periphrasis, rambling, redundancy, roundabout, verbality, verbiage, winding, wordiness circumscribe: bound, confine, curb, define, delineate, encircle, enclose, encompass, fence, impede, limit, restrain, restrict, surround, trammel circumspect: alert, attentive, cagey, canny, careful, cautious, chary, deliberate, discerning, discreet, guarded, observant, safe, wary, watchful, wise circumstance: affair, coincidence, condition, destiny, detail, element, environment, event, fact, factor, fate, happening, incident, item, occurrence, opportunity, particular, point, position, situation, state circumstances reversed: peripeteia, peripetia, peripety circumstantial: accurate, ceremonial, contingent, deduced, detailed, exact, incidental, inferential, minute, nonessential, particular, precise, presumed circumvent: avoid, baffle, balk, bypass, cheat, check, deceive, defraud, detour, dupe, elude, encompass, entrap, evade, foil, fool, frustrate, mislead, outwit, overreach, prevent, stymie, surround, thwart, trick
circus: amphitheater, arena, bazaar, big top, carnival, cirque, hippodrome, ring, show, spectacle circus bar: trapeze circus big guy: strong man circus canvas: big top, tent circus covering: tarp circus horseback performer: equestrian circus launching springboard: teeterboard circus ring: arena circus star: ringmaster cirque: basin, circle, circlet, circus cistern: cavity, chest, reservoir, sac, tank, tub, vat, vessel, well citadel: acropolis, bastion, castle, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, manor, stronghold, tower citation: award, encomium, honor, mention, notice; cite, excerpt, quotation, reference; allegation, summons, writ cite: adduce, allege, arouse, arraign, call, credit, document, excerpt, extract, indicate, mention, name, note, notify, praise, quote, refer, repeat, specify, subpoena, summon, tell cities making urban complex, group of large: conurbation, megalopolis citified: urban citizen: burgess, burgher, civilian, commoner, denizen, inhabitant, national, native, occupant, resident, settler, subject, taxpayer, villager, voter citizen of world: cosmopolite citizen, middle-class: burgher citizens' proposition of a new law to electorate: initiative citizens' rights, study of: civics citizenship rights, to give: enfranchise citizenship, to grant: naturalize citric quality: tang citron: cdrat, fruit, lemon, lime, rind, tree, watermelon, yellow citrus drinks: ades citrus-fruit unit: crate city: megalopolis, metropolis, municipality city area, poor: ghetto city blight: slum city center: downtown city electoral division: district, precinct, ward city map: plat city-state: polis city, concerning a: civic, municipal, urban city, fortification guarding: citadel
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CITRUS FRUIT
citron clmentine grapefruit kumquat lemon lime mandarin naartje orange ortanique pomelo satsuma shaddock tangelo tangerine W civef s cousin: genet civic: borough, civil, community, local, national, public, urban, urbane civic disorder: riot civic pride: boosterism civil: affable, civic, civilized, complaisant, cordial, courteous, courtly, cultivated, diplomatic, discreet, formal, gracious, laic, mannerly, obliging, polished, polite, politic, refined, respectful, suave, urbane civil affairs magistrate: syndic civil disorder: riot civil liberties advocate: libertarian Civil War, concerning period after U.S.: postbellum Civil War, concerning period before U.S.: antebellum civil wrong: tort civilian: citizen, commoner, noncombatant, nonmilitant, pacificist, practitioner, subject civilian clothes: civvies, mufti civilians armed in military emergency: levy en masse civility: affability, amenity, comity, compliance, courtesy, decorum, politeness, propriety, respect, tact civilization: cultivation, culture, development, education, mores, people, progress, refinement, society civilization, of the ancient Greek or Roman: classical civilize: acquaint, cultivate, develop, educate, enlighten, humanize, idealize, improve, polish, refine, tame, teach, train, uplift clack: babble, blab, cackle, chatter, clatter, cluck, gossip, jaw, prate, prattle, rattle, yak
clad: adorned, arrayed, attired, clothed, covered, dressed, face, garbed, robed, sheathed clad, old style: drest claim: acclaim, allege, ask, assert, aver, birthright, call, case, challenge, charge, declare, demand, dibs, elicit, exact, lien, maintain, mine, name, ownership, postulate, pretence, pretend, pretense, privilege, proclaim, profess, property, right, take, title, vindicate claim as an attribute or quality of something: predicate claim as being true or the basis of an argument: postulate, premise claim as due: demand claim on property as payment or security for debt: lien claim positively: affirm, assert, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow claim to a privilege or right: pretension claim to have the intention of doing: profess, purport, purpose claim voluntarily, to give up: relinquish, waive claim without or before proof: allege claim without permission: appropriate, arrogate claim, to disprove a: invalidate claim, to refuse to pay a: repudiate claimant: petitioner, plaintiff, pretender clairvoyance: cryptesthesia, discernment, ESP, extrasensory perception, feeling, insight, premonition, sixth sense, telepathy clairvoyant: intuitive, medium, perceptive, prophet, psychic, seer, telepathic, visionary clam: base, bivalve, clamp, clasp, crash, grasp, hush, mollusk, mussel, quahog, shellfish; dollar clam type: cherrystone, geoduck, giant, hard, little neck, quahog, razor, round, soft, steamer, stuffed clam, large littleneck: cherrystone clam, young of quahog: littleneck clamant: blatant, clamorous, dire, imperative, pressing, urgent clammy: cool, damp, dank, moist, slimy, sticky clamor: bellow, blare, boast, brouhaha, bunk, commotion, cry, din, discord, hubbub, hullabaloo, noise, outcry, racket, roar, ruckus, shout, tumult, uproar, wail, yell
clamorous: aroar, blatant, loud, noisy, rackety clamp: block, bolt, brace, clasp, clench, fasten, fastener, grapple, grip, hold, holdfast, lock, nail, pin, secure, snap, vise clamping device: chuck clan: band, brotherhood, circle, class, clique, coterie, cult, family, fraternity, gang, gens, group, horde, house, kinfolks, party, race, ring, sect, sept, society, stock, tribe, unit clan chief: thane clan members: septs clan or kinship group: phratry, tribe clan symbol: totem clandestine: artful, back stairs, cloaked, concealed, covert, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, hidden, illicit, secret, sly, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underground clandestine meeting: tryst clandestine subversive organization: fifth column clang: call, clank, ding, jangle, noise, peal, resounding, ring, sound clangor: blare, noise, peal, plare clangorous: loud clank: bang, clang, clatter, clink, ring, sound clannish: akin, close, exclusive, narrow, secret, sectarian, select, united clap: applaud, bang, boom, chatter, cheer, clack, clink, crack, explosion, flap, peal, praise, roar, slap, smack, strike, stroke, thunder clapper, clicking instrument: castanets claptrap: baloney, bull, bunk, drivel, fustian, hogwash, hokum, hooey, humbug, insincerity, malarkey, nonsense, poppycock, pretension, trash claret, for one: red wine clarified butter, of India: ghee clarify: analyze, clean, cleanse, clear, delineate, elucidate, enlighten, explain, illuminate, interpret, irradiate, purify, rarefy, refine, settle, simplify clarinet: instrument, reed, wind, woodwind clarinet low register: chalumeau clarinet socket: birn clarinet's cousin: oboe clarion: acute, clear, definite, inspiring, ringing, sharp clarity: accuracy, brightness, brilliance, clearness, explicitness, literacy, openness, precision, radiance clash: affray, argue, bang, battle, brawl,
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collide, collision, conflict, contrast, crash, differ, disagree, discord, dispute, dolt, feud, fight, impact, interfere, jar, melee, scandal, showdown, slam, strife, strike, struggle clasp: brooch, buckle, clamp, clench, cling, clip, clutch, constrain, embrace, entwine, fasten, fastener, fold, grab, grasp, grip, hasp, hold, hook, hoop, hug, infold, lock, pin, secure, surround class: bracket, breed, caste, category, circle, clan, denomination, description, division, family, fashionable, form, gauge, gender, genre, genus, grade, group, hierarchy, ilk, index, kind, order, position, race, rank, rating, sect, sort, species, standing, status, style, subject, type, variety class-conscious insects: ants class for slower learners, of a: remedial class in society: caste class member who isn't graded: auditor class of travel: steerage class or category of art, film, literature, music: genre class or category title: rubric class or level in hierarchy: stratum class, individual instruction or: tutorial class, of a higher: superordinate class, of a lower: subordinate class, poorest working: proletariat classes: genera classic: ancient, composition, flawless, ideal, masterpiece, model, old, perfect, prime, standard, time-honored, top, venerable, vintage classical: academic, chaste, elegant, Greek, Latin, masterly, pure, Roman, scholastic, simple, standard, traditional classical ballroom dance: waltz classical music, lover of: longhair classical pillar: stela classification: analysis, arrangement, category, confidential, division, family, file, genre, genus, grade, group, niche, order, rank, rate, rating, sort, species, system, taxonomy classification by status, rank, ability: hierarchy classification in science: taxonomy classification into categories: distribution classification of diseases: nosology classification of organisms based on shared ancestry: cladistics
classification or title of group: denomination, designation classification that is scaled or stepped: gradation classification, common name as opposed to taxonomic name of organism: vernacular name classification, pertaining to an entire: general, generic classification, system of Latin names in organism: binomial nomenclature, Linnaean nomenclature classification, system of names in a: nomenclature classification, uncapitalized Latin adjective or noun after genus name in organism: specific epithet, trivial name classifications of organisms: class, division, family, genus, kingdom, order, phylum, species classified: labeled, sorted, typed classified according to naturalist Linnaeus' system: Linnaean classified into a hierarchy: stratified classify: alphabetize, arrange, assort, catalog, categorize, codify, distribute, divide, grade, group, label, list, number, pigeonhole, range, rank, register, segregate, size, sort, type classify into a more comprehensive category: subsume classify into systematic arrangement: catalog, codify, digest classify too minutely: oversort classify under: subordinate, subsume classroom competition: spelling bee classroom jottings: notes classy: chic, elegant, fashionable, posh, slick, smart, stylish, tony clatter: babble, bang, blatter, chatter, clack, clutter, commotion, disturbance, gabble, gossip, noise, prattle, rattle, roar, turmoil clause: article, conclusion, condition, dependent, heading, independent, part, passage, phrase, point, provision, proviso, rider, sentence, stipulation, term, ultimatum clause acting as a noun, dependent: noun clause clause identifying modified noun or phrase: restrictive clause modifying a noun or pronoun, dependent: adjective clause clause modifying a verb, dependent: adverb clause
clause or amendment to document or record: rider clause that can stand alone: independent clause, main clause clause that cannot stand alone: dependent clause, subordinate clause clause that describes but does not identify meaning of modified noun: nonrestrictive clause, subordination of one to another: hypotaxis clauses with no coordinating or subordinating conjunctions between: parataxis clavicle: collarbone claw: chela, clutch, dig, foot, grasp, griff, grope, hand, hook, lacerate, maul, nail, nipper, paw, scrape, scratch, seize, sere, slash, talon, tear, unguis, ungula claw of bird of prey: pounce, talon claw of lobster, crab, scorpion: chela, pincer clay: adobe, ali, argil, bole, brick, clunch, cob, earth, gait, gault, kaolin, loam, loess, marl, mud, ochre, paste, pottery, rabat, tiles clay and firing it at high temperatures, material made by shaping: ceramic, china clay and sand, rock intermediate between: silt clay or brown earth used as pigment: bole, sienna, umber clay or clay mixture used in making porcelain or pottery, moist: paste, pate clay pigeon shooting: skeet, trapshooting clay pot: olla clay pottery: ceramics clay target: skeet clay used by potters: argil, terra-cotta clay used for ceramics: kaolin, terra alba clay, potter's tool for shaping: pallet clay, sun-dried: adobe clay, thinned potter's: slip clayey mixture: loam clayey rock: shale clayey soil: marl claylike: fictile, marly claylike substance used in materials: fuller's earth clean: antiseptic, bathe, brightly, butterworth, chaste, cleanse, clear, clearly, dexterous, disinfected, dust, empty, entirely, guiltless, hygienic, immaculate, innocent, kosher, laundered, mop, perfect, pure, purify, ren-
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ovate, sanitary, sanitized, scour, scrub, smart, smug, speckless, spotless, spruce, squeaky, sterile, swab, tidy, trim, unadulterated, undefiled, unsoiled, untarnished, vacuum, wash, wholesome, wipe clean a pipe: ream clean a windshield: defog clean and flawless: immaculate clean and restore: refurbish clean and trim: preen clean-cut: chiseled, defined, explicit, outlined, wholesome clean furniture: dust clean rugs: beat clean slate: tabula rasa clean the deck: swab clean the skillet: scour clean the slate: erase clean, totally: immaculate, pristine, sterile cleaner: abrasive, ammonia, antiseptic, bleach, borax, cleanser, detergent, janitor, polish, purer, soap, whiter cleanse: absolve, baptize, brush, clarify, deterge, disinfect, erase, expurgate, free, heal, purge, purify, refine, rinse, scour, scrub, soap, sterilize, sweeten, wash cleansing of a system: cathartic, purgative cleansing of pity and fear: catharsis cleansing substance: detergent clear: absolve, acquit, alert, apparent, articulate, bright, brighten, candid, clarify, clarion, clean, cloudless, convinced, crystal, definite, discharge, disengage, disentangle, distinct, earn, elucidate, erase, evident, exempt, exonerate, explicit, extricate, free, gain, glaring, innocent, intelligible, legible, lighten, limpid, lucent, lucid, net, obvious, open, over, overt, pellucid, plain, positive, profit, purify, release, relevant, rid, settle, sharp, smooth, sunny, translucent, transparent, unblock, unconfused, unhampered, unmistakable, unobscured, vacate, vindicate, vivid, void clear a profit: net clear a tape: erase clear a windshield: defog, deice clear and comprehensible: intelligible, lucid, pellucid, perspicuous clear and comprehensible in one way only: unequivocal clear and intelligible: limpid clear and intense: vivid
clear and loud: clarion clear and obvious: evident, manifest, palpable, patent clear and sharp: cogent, incisive, trenchant clear and specific: manifest clear and straightforward: explicit clear and transparent: crystalline, diaphanous, limpid, lucid clear and unambiguous: unequivocal clear-cut: apparent, categorical, chiseled, concise, decisive, definite, distinct, evident, exact, explicit, lucid, obvious, open, sharp, trenchant, unconfused, unquestioned clear from accusation: acquit clear of a charge or blame: absolve, acquit, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate clear of accusation: acquit, exonerate, vindicate clear of the bottom, as an anchor: atrip clear out: decamp, eliminate, hightail, remove, scram, skedaddle, sort, vamoose clear profit: net clear semantically, to make: disambiguate clear sky: ether clear the blackboard: erase clear the throat audibly: hawk clear up: brighten, decipher, explain, improve, resolve, settle, solve, untangle clear, to make: clarify, elucidate clearance: approval, authorization, consent, headroom, permission, sale clearheaded: alert, astute, awake, perceptive, sensible clearing: assart, glade, opening, tract clearly: apparently, conspicuously, evidently, noticeably, obviously, plainly, seemingly, signally, surely, unmistakably clearly described: graphic clearly expressed: explicit, lucid, luminous, pellucid, perspicuous clearness: clarity cleat: batten, bitt, block, bollard, chock, metal, spike, spurlike, support, wedge, wood cleavage: break, cleft, crevice, division, gap, schism, separation, slit, split cleave: adhere, bisect, break, carve, chop, cleft, cling, clove, cut, divide, hack, join, link, part, pierce, remain, rend, rift, rip, rive, separate, sever, shear, slice, slit, split, sunder, tear, whack
cleaver: axe, foe, hatchet, knife, meat-ax, river cleft: aperture, breach, break, chasm, chink, cleave, clove, crack, cranny, crevice, crotch, divide, divided, division, fissure, flow, forked, fracture, gap, gorge, indentation, opening, ravine, recess, reft, rift, rima, rive, riven, split, torn, trough cleft into two parts: bifid clemency: compassion, fairness, forgiveness, humanity, indulgence, kindness, leniency, mercy, mildness clement: benevolent, benign, calm, easy, forgiving, gentle, indulgent, kind, lenient, merciful, mild, peaceful, warm clench: clamp, clasp, clinch, clint, close, clutch, grapple, grasp, grip, grit, hold, tighten clergy: canonry, cardinalate, clerics, cloth, deaconry, ministry, priesthood, rabbinate clergy of rights, to strip: defrock, unfrock clergy school: seminary clergy, concerning: clerical clergy, to authorize as: ordain clergyman/woman: bishop, blackcoat, canon, cardinal, cassock, chaplain, cleric, clerk, deacon, dean, dignitary, ecclesiastic, evangelist, father, minister, missionary, monk, monsignor, nun, padre, parson, pastor, pontiff, preacher, presbyter, priest, rabbi, rector, reverend, vicar clergyman's residence: manse clergyperson assisting communion: conclbrant clergyperson officiating service: celebrant clergyperson's residence: rectory clergyperson's salary: prebend, stipend clerical calendar: ordo clerical cap: biretta clerical cloak: amice, orale clerical cloak, clasped at neck: cope clerical cloak, knee-length and white: surplice clerical cloak, white: alb clerical garment, sleeved, worn over alb: dalmatic clerical garment, sleeveless as mantle at communion: chasuble clerical garment, sleeveless, hanging from shoulders: scapular clerical scarf: tippet clerically garbed: in vestment
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CLERGYPEOPLE
archbishop archdeacon archpriest bishop brother canon cardinal chancellor chaplain cleric confessor curate Dalai Lama deacon deaconess dean ecclesiastic elder eparch evangelist exarch father friar imam metropolitan minister monk monsignor Mother Superior nun ordinand padre parson pastor pontiff pope preacher prebendary precentor prelate primate prior proctor provost rabbi rebbe rector reverend rural dean sexton suffragan swami televangelist vicarW
clerk: accountant, agent, assistant, auditor, bookkeeper, cashier, cleric, employee, layman, receptionist, recorder, registrar, salesman, salesperson, saleswoman, scholar, secretary, steno, stenographer, teller, typist clever: able, active, acute, adroit, agile, alert, apt, artful, astute, bright, clean, clear, creative, cunning, cute, deft, dexterous, dextrous, discerning, foxy, funny, gifted, habile, handsome, handy, imaginative, ingenious, intelligent, inventive, keen, nimble, obliging, penetrating, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, politic, pretty, quick, shrewd, skillful, slick, sly, smart, talented, witty clever and intelligent: apt, astute, receptive clever and inventive: cunning, ingenious, resourceful clever and wise: judicious, prudent, sagacious, sapient clever remark: bon mot, epigram cleverly sly: arch cleverly stylish: chic cleverness and initiative: gumption, ingenuity cleverness and insight: acumen clich: adage, banality, bromide, buzzword, hackneyed, motto, slogan, stereotyped, timeworn, trite, truism clich or catchword of group: shibboleth clich-ridden: sententious, trite clich that is self-evident truth: truism clich, unoriginal: bromide, commonplace, platitude clichd and moralizing talk: homily clichd and unused metaphor: dead metaphor clichd idea: received idea click: agree, bang, beat, clack, match, succeed, tick click beetle: dor, elater, elaterid clicking musical instrument: castanets client: buyer, consumer, customer, dependent, patient, patron, shopper, user clientele: cortege, following, patronage, public, regulars cliff: bluff, cleve, crag, escarpment, face, hill, hillside, ledge, rock, scar, scarp, slope, wall cliff at rim of plateau: scarp cliff chamber: cave cliff edge: precipice cliff high above body of water: headland, promontory The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
cliff made from erosion: escarpment cliff on side of hill: scar cliff projecting into water: headland cliff, debris at base of: scree, talus cliff, steep: bluff cliffs, line of: palisades climate: ambience, attitude, aura, condition, environment, feeling, mood, temper, tone, weather climate good for one's health, of a: salubrious climate with small temperature range, of a: equable, maritime climate, adjust to a new: acclimatize climate, of a mild: temperate climax: acme, apex, apogee, ascend, cap, conclude, crisis, culmination, finish, gradation, highlight, peak, pinnacle, summit, top, zenith climb: ascend, ascent, clamber, crawl, creep, escalate, mount, rise, scale, shin, soar, struggle climb a pole: shin climb awkwardly: clamber, scramble climb by clasping with arms and legs: swarm climb or scale a fortification: escalade climb to top of: ascend, surmount climber of buildings: stegophilist climber's gear: piton climber's goal: arte climbing cactus: queen of the night climbing palm: rattan climbing plant: bine, bryony, creeper, ivy, liana, liane, vine climbing plant is trained to grow, arbor or passageway on which: pergola climbing plant is trained to grow, latticework on which: trellis climbing plant threadlike structure for grasping: tendril clinch: bind, clamp, clench, cling, clutch, complete, conclude, confirm, culminate, decide, embrace, establish, fasten, grapple, grasp, grip, hug, ice, nail, rivet, scuffle, seal, secure, seize, win cling: adhere, bond, cherish, clasp, cleave to, clinch, cohere, cohesion, depend, embrace, fasten, hang, hold, hug, last, linger, maintain, persevere, stick, trust clinging: adhesive, osculant, tenacious clinging mollusk: limpet clinic: dispensary, hospital, infirmary clink: bang, beat, brig, calaboose, can,
CLINQUANT - CLOSURE
clap, cooler, guardhouse, hoosegow, jail, jingle, latch, lockup, noise, pokey, prison, ring, sound, tinkle clinquant: glittering, gold, showy, tinsel clip: abbreviate, barb, block, bob, clasp, clutch, crop, curtail, cut, decrease, diminish, embrace, encompass, excise, fasten, fastener, hinder, hit, hold, hook, mow, nip, overcharge, pace, prune, punch, reduce, scissor, shave, shear, shorten, snip, sock, swindle, time, trim, truncate; rate clipper: boat, sailboat, shearer, ship, vessel clique: bloc, cabal, camarilla, camarilla, circle, clan, club, conclave, coterie, crew, crowd, faction, gang, group, insiders, mob, ring, set, site cloak: aba, blind, burnoose, camouflage, cape, capot, capote, coat, conceal, cover, disguise, dissemble, garment, guise, hide, mant, manta, manteau, mantilla, mantle, mask, obscure, palliate, poncho, portmanteau, pretext, robe, screen, shawl, shelter, shield, shroud, tabard, veil, wrap cloak with opening for head, blanketlike: poncho clobber: beat, belt, defeat, drub, lick, pound, rout, shellac, slam, slug, smash, stomp, strike, trounce, wallop, whip, whop cloche or toque: hat clock: alarm, attain, Big Ben, chronometer, cuckoo, digital, grandfather, hit, hourglass, indicator, meter, odometer, ornament, punch, realize, recorder, speedometer, stopwatch, sundial, time, timepiece, timer, wallop, watch clock clear cover: crystal clock device emitting light when diode applies voltage: LED clock display with electrically stimulated liquid crystals: LCD, liquidcrystal display clock face: dial clock mechanism in timepieces: escapement clock that strikes the hour: repeater clock with dripping water, ancient: clepsydra clock with hand and dial display: analog clock with number display: digital clock, precision: chronometer clock, subatomic accurate: cesium clock
clock, swinging device regulating a: pendulum clocks and watches, study of or art of making: horology clockwise: deasil clockwork: consistency, precision, regularity clod: blockhead, bumpkin, clown, dimwit, divot, dolt, dull, dummy, earth, fool, goop, lout, lump, moron, nerd, numskull, oaf, soil, stupid, yokel clodhopper: boor, boot, bumpkin, hick, lummox, oaf, plowman, redneck, rustic, shoe clog: barrier, block, blockage, check, choke, close, curb, dance, difficulty, encumbrance, fetter, gum, halt, hamper, hindrance, impede, jam, load, lump, obstruct, overload, overshoe, plug, restrain, restraint, shackle, snag, stop, stop up, trammel, weight; shoe cloister: abbey, aisle, arcade, convent, enclosure, friary, hall, hermitage, lamasery, monastery, monastic, nunnery, order, passageway, retreat, sanctuary, seclude, sequester, shelter, stoa cloister courtyard: garth cloister resident: monk cloister walkway: alure cloistered: alone, confined, hermitic, isolated, recluse, secluded, sequestered, shielded, solitary, withdrawn clone: android, copy, double, duplicate, replica clone original: ortet close: adjourn, bar, barricade, block, button, cap, cease, clench, complete, completion, conclude, conclusion, connect, context, culmination, discontinue, end, extreme, extremity, finale, finish, link, quit, seal, secure, shut, slam, snug, stop, termination, windup close (adj.): accurate, adjacent, allied, approaching, avaricious, cheap, compact, congested, convenient, cramped, dense, familiar, friendly, imminent, intimate, loving, narrow, near, nearby, packed, parsimonious, precise, proximate, secretive, similar, snug, stagnant, stingy, thick, tight; airless, muggy, musty, stale close again: reseal close and touching: contiguous close at hand: near close attention: care, heed
close behind: at one's heels close by: anear, near close call: near miss close connection: liaison close friendship: intimacy close meeting or session: adjourn close observer: eyewitness close of play, poem or speech at: epilogue close of speech, formal summary as: peroration close off: occlude, seal close or climax of drama or narrative: denouement close shave: squeaker close tightly: seal close to: abutting, adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, near close to the action: ringside close together: chockablock, juxtaposed close watch: surveillance closed: bankrupt, exclusive, folded, locked, private, resolved, settled, shut closed carriage: landau closed-minded: inflexible, obstinate, pigheaded, rigid, stubborn closed or secret: in camera closed session of commission, legislature: executive session closed to other beliefs: intolerant closed to outside influence: impervious closefisted: cheap, clinging, near, stingy, tenacious, tight closely: almost, barely, carefully, nearly closely associated: intimate closely contested: nip and tuck closely packed: dense closemouthed: bashful, quiet, reserved, secretive, sedate, silent, taciturn, withdrawn closeness: intimacy, nearness, propinquity, proximity, secrecy, stinginess, strictness closeness or nearness: propinquity, proximity, vicinity closest relative: next of kin closet: ambry, armary, cabinet, chamber, coatroom, conceal, confidential, cuddy, cupboard, hidden, locker, nearest, pantry, private, recess, room, safe, secret, storeroom, theoretical, wardrobe closure: agreement, bound, cessation, conclusion, confinement, containment, cover, enclosure, end, finish, limit, plug, seal, sealing 125
CLOT - CLUMP
clot: agulate, array, blockage, blockhead, clod, clodder, clump, cluster, coagulate, coagulum, concrete, congeal, curd, embolus, gel, gout, group, grume, jell, lump, mass, solidify, thicken, thrombus clot formation: infarction cloth: bolt, bunting, drapery, fabric, material, remnant, shroud, swatch, textile, upholstery cloth for arms of sofa, chair: antimacassar cloth in loose folds: drapery cloth left over after roll has been used or sold: remnant cloth on furniture: upholstery cloth on lap of bishop at mass, ordination: gremial cloth piece, sample: swatch cloth roll: bolt cloth scraps: oddment, offcut cloth sewn at edge of garment as lining or decoration: facing, selvage cloth strips hung as decoration: bunting cloth wrapping corpse: shroud cloth, diagonal cut across grain of: bias cloth, knot or lump in: burl, slub clothe: accouter, adorn, apparel, array, attire, bedrape, clad, couch, cover, deck, don, dress, endow, endue, garb, gown, guise, habilitate, habit, outfit, rig, robe, swathe, tog, vest, vesture clothe richly: caparison clothed sloppily: dishabille
RELATED TERMS
clothes suitable for either sex: epicene, unisex clothes, civilian: civvies, mufti clothes, dealer of men's: haberdasher clothes, high-fashion: haute couture clothes, item to be worn with: accessory clothes, matching set of: ensemble, outfit clothes, nice: finery, regalia clothes, relating to: sartorial clothier: tailor clothing: accoutrements, apparel, furnishings, garb, habiliments, togs, vests, wear clothing and insignia of authority: investment clothing-related: sartorial W cloud: befog, befuddle, billow, blacken, blemish, blur, cirrus, confuse, cover, cumulus, darken, distort, dust, film, fog, gloom, haze, hide, mist, nebula, nimbus, obfuscate, obscure, ominous, overcast, perplex, screen, shade, shadow, smog, stigma, stratus, sully, swarm, taint, tarnish, thunderhead, vapor, veil cloud-nine state: euphoria cloud of dust or gas in outer space: nebula cloud, fluffy or woolly as a: flocculent cloud, to: obfuscate, obnubilate cloudburst: deluge, downpour, rainstorm, storm, torrent cloudless: azure, bright, clear, fair, sunny cloudy: dark, dimmed, dismal, dreary, dull, filmy, gloomy, gray, hazy, indistinct, lowery, murky, nebulous, nubilous, obscure, opaque, overcast, shady, turbid, vague cloudy radiance surrounding deity: nimbus clout: bandage, bash, bat, beat, blow, clod, club, hit, influence, nail, power, pull, punch, slap, slug, smite, sock, strike, swat, target, thrash, whack clover with four leaves: quatrefoil clover with three leaves: shamrock, trefoil clown: boor, bozo, buffoon, bumpkin, card, comedian, comic, cut up, Emmet Kelly, fool, harlequin, hick, ignorant, jester, joke, lout, merryandrew, mime, punchinello, rustic, stooge, wisecracker, zany
TYPES OF CLOUDS
cloud, before thunderstorm: thunderhead cloud, dense and white with domed top and flat base: cumulus cloud, fleecy and globular: cirrocumulus cloud, globular and in groups: stratocumulus cloud, hazy and fine: cirrostratus cloud, long and fibrous, foretelling storm: mare's tail cloud, low-forming and even at bottom: stratus cloud, streaks of precipitation under: virga clouds, study of: nephology clouds, wind-driven: rack, scudW
clothes: apparel, attire, baggage, bedclothes, casual, civvies, clothing, costume, dress, duds, formal, garb, garments, gear, habiliments, outfit, rags, raiment, regalia, sportswear, suit, threads, togs, vestments, vesture, wardrobe, wear, work clothes designer: couturier, modiste clothes for monk: habit clothes for mourning: weeds clothes for new baby: layette clothes model or life-size dummy: mannequin clothes of a theater or performing group: wardrobe clothes of minister or priest: canonicals, vestments clothes of opposite sex, person who wears: cross-dresser, transvestite clothes of servants: livery clothes on pointed object, to tear: snag clothes rack: valet
clown around: play the fool clowns, group of: pratfall cloy: glut, gorge, nail, overdo, overfill, pall, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, surfeit club: bat, baton, billy, blackjack, mallet, nightstick, staff, stick, truncheon, weapon, association, brotherhood, bunch, circle, clique, fraternity, gang, hangout, lodge, order, sorority, team, union club for beating: bastinado, blackjack, bludgeon, truncheon club membership, vote against someone for: blackball club-shaped: clavate, claviform club used by law enforcement: billy club, blackjack, nightstick, truncheon club with spiked metal head: mace club, local branch of: chapter club, to: baste, fustigate clubfoot: talipes clublike weapon: mace cluck: call, clack, click, dumb, hen, naive, nitwit, sound, stupid clucking of turkeys: drintling clue: answer, evidence, fingerprint, guide, hint, idea, indicate, inkling, innuendo, intimation, key, lead, notify, sign, suggestion, telltale, tip, trace, warn clump: agglutinate, array, blob, bunch, bush, clunch, cluster, galumph, group, heap, hodgepodge, lumber, lump, mass, scuff, stomp, thud, thump
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Coats/Overgarments academic gown academic hood academic robe afghan anorak Aquascutum raincoat bachelor's gown balmacaan benjamin blazer blouse bolero bomber jacket box coat Burberry burnoose/burnous bush jacket caftan/kaftan cagoule camelhair coat cape cape let capote capuchin car coat cardigan cardinal cassock chesterfield chiton chlamys claw hammer cloak coach coat combat jacket cowl cutaway denim jacket dinner coat/jacket djellabah/djellaba/ jellaba/galabia doctor's gown dolman double-breasted jacket doublet down jacket dress coat duffle coat duster Eton jacket fitted coat flyaway jacket frock fur coat fur-lined coat gaberdine greatcoat hacking jacket haik happi coat hauberk himation Inverness jean jacket jerkin Joseph jubbah judge's robe/gown kimono kirtle longcoat lounge coat mackinaw mackintosh raincoat manteau mantelet mantilla mantle mantua Mao jacket maxicoat mess jacket/monkey jacket/shell jacket monk's robe Norfolk jacket pallium parka peacoat/pea jacket pelerine pelisse peplos/peplus peplum petersham pilot jacket poncho Prince Albert raglan raincoat rebozo redingote reefer jacket robe roque laure safari jacket serape shawl shell jacket shooting jacket single-breasted jacket ski jacket slicker slop smock smoking jacket soutane spencer spiketail coat sport coat sports jacket stole surcoat swallow-tailed coat tabard tail coat tails tippet toga topcoat topper trench coat tunic tuxedo coat/jacket ulster watch coat windbreaker wraparound Dresses and Skirts A-line skirt backless dress backwrap ball gown ballet skirt body dress bouffant skirt bridal gown cage cheongsam chiton coat dress cocktail dress crinoline culottes dinner dress/gown dirndl divided skirt evening dress/gown farthingale fillebeg flared skirt flounce formal frock full skirt gathered skirt gored skirt gown granny dress grass skirt gymslip harem skirt hobble skirt hoop skirt housedress hula skirt johnny jumper kilt kirtle lavalava mantua maternity dress maxiskirt microminiskirt microskirt midiskirt miniskirt Mother Hubbard muumuu overdress overskirt pannier pantdress pantskirt party dress peasant skirt peplum petticoat pinafore pleated skirt princess dress riding skirt sack sari sarong sheath shift shirtdress slit skirt split skirt sport skirt straight skirt strapless dress sundress sweater dress tank dress T-dress tea gown tennis skirt tent dress tight skirt tube dress tunic dress tutu wedding dress/gown wrap dress wrap skirt wraparound Hosiery ankle sock anklet argyles athletic sock bobbysocks boot sock boothose crew sock dress sheer fishnet stocking footlet garter stocking halfhose knee-high knee-hose knee-sock leg-warmer lisle hose maillot mesh stocking nylons pantyhose rayon stocking seamless stocking sheer stockings sheers shin sock silk stockings slouch sock sock stocking stocking hose stretch stockings support hose sweat sock tights trunk hose tube sock varsity sock Religious Attire alb amice capuche cassock chasuble cincture clerical collar cope cotta cowl dalmatic Geneva bands
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Geneva gown habit maniple miter mozzetta/mozetta pallium rochet scapular soutane stole surplice tippet tunicle vestment wimple Shirts aloha shirt basque blouse blouson body shirt bush shirt bustier button-down shirt camise camp shirt coat shirt dashiki dickey doublet dress shirt evening shirt flannel shirt garibaldi gipon habit shirt hair shirt halter Hawaiian shirt hickory shirt jersey long-sleeved shirt middy blouse overblouse plaid shirt polo shirt pourpoint pullover romper rugby shirt sark shell shirt-jacket shirtwaist short-sleeved shirt sport shirt
sweatshirt tank top tee-shirt/T-shirt top tube top turtleneck work shirt Suits black tie bodysuit boiler suit business suit camouflage suit casual suit cat suit double-breasted suit dress suit flight suit foul-weather suit gray flannel suit jogging suit jumpsuit/jumper leisure suit lounge suit mod suit monkey suit one-piece suit pants suit pinstripe suit playsuit rain suit riding suit sack suit seersucker suit shirt suit shirtwaist suit single-breasted suit ski suit snowsuit spacesuit sports suit summer suit sun suit sweat suit swimsuit tailored suit tank suit three-piece suit town-and-country suit track suit tropical suit trouser suit tuxedo tweed suit two-piece suit
wet suit zoot suit Sweaters bolero bulky cable-stitched sweater cardigan cashmere sweater crewneck sweater desk sweater fisherman's sweater hand-knit Irish knit jersey knitted sweater knittie poor boy sweater pull-on sweater pullover shoulderette ski sweater slip-on slipover Sloppy Joe topper turtleneck sweater V-neck sweater woolly Swimwear bathing suit bikini coverup jams maillot monokini one-piece bathing suit string bikini swimming trunks swimsuit swimwear tank suit thong trunks two-piece bathing suit wetsuit Undergarments athletic supporter bandeau bikini underpants bloomers
bodice body stocking body wear boxer shorts bra brassiere breechclout/ breechcloth/ loincloth briefs bustle BVDs camisole chastity belt chemise chemisette combination codpiece corselet corset crinoline crotchless panties cup diaper drawers farthingale foundation garment G-string garter belt girdle halter-top intimate apparel Jockey shorts jockstrap knickers leotard liberty bodice lingerie loincloth long underwear/long Johns merry widow negligee padded bra pannier pantalets/pantaletts panties panty-girdle pantyhose pasties peek-a-boo peignoir petticoat pettipants push-up bra scanties
shimmy shorts skivvies slip sports bra spencer step-ins support garment tank top teddy tee-shirt/T-shirt thermal underwear truss underclothes underdrawers underpants undershirt undershorts underskirt undervest undies union suit unitard unmentionables uplift brassiere Uniforms blues clerical dress clerical garb continentals dress blues dress whites fatigues firefighter's uniform full dress khaki military uniform nauticals nun's habit nurse's uniform olive-drab/OD police officer's uniform prison uniform regimentals sailor suit school uniform scrub suit soldier suit sports team uniform stripes undress whites*
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CLUMP OF GRASS - COAT WITH SOFT, ADHESIVE S U B S T A N C E
clump of grass: sod clump of grass, hair: tuffet, tuft, tussock clumsily handle: botch, bungle clumsiness: butterfingers clumsy: awkward, blundering, blunt, bulky, bumbling, bungling, cumbersome, gauche, gawky, ham-handed, heavy-handed, hulky, inept, inexpert, klutzy, lumbering, maladroit, ponderous, stiff, stumbling, tactless, ungainly, unhandy, unwieldy clumsy in movement: awkward, gawky, uncoordinated, uncouth, ungainly clumsy person: bumpkin, clodhopper, duffer, galoot, klutz, lummox, oaf, palooka, schlemiel, stumblebum cluny or alenon: lace cluster: accumulate, band, bunch, clump, cluther, collection, conglomerate, converge, flock, gather, group, heap, knot, lump, mass, package, swarm, tuft cluster fruit: grape cluster of flowers at end of stalk: truss cluster of threads: tuft clusters of flowers on a stem: racemes clutch: catch, clam, clasp, claw, clench, clinch, control, coupling, embrace, fist, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, nab, retain, seize, snatch, talon clutter: bustle, confusion, dirty, disarray, disorder, hodgepodge, litter, mess, rummage, strew coach: advise, adviser, direct, drill, guide, help, instruct, instructor, mentor, prepare, prime, ready, teach, train, tutor; bus, cabin, carriage, stagecoach, vehicle coach dog's place of origin: Dalmatia coadjutor: aide coagulate: clabber, clod, clot, concrete, congeal, cotter, curd, curdle, gel, harden, jell, set, solidify, thicken coagulates: curds, gels coagulation: clot coal: ash, carbon, char, charcoal, cinder, ember, fuel, smut, spark, stoke
RELATED TERMS
coal mine car: tram coal mine waste: slag coal mine, combustible gas occurring naturally in: firedamp coal miner: collier coal mining by stripping off soil rather than sinking shaft: strip mining coal residue used as fuel: coke coal scuttle: hod coal size: pea coal types: anthracite, bituminous, cannel, hard, lignite, peat, pit, soft coal, bituminous, with much smoke: cannel coal, dense shiny: anthracite, hard coal coal, inferior: culm coal, mineral, with smoky yellow flame: bituminous coal, soft coal coal, small block of: briquette coal, smokeless fuel: coke coal, soft brownish-black: brown coal, lignite coal, solid residue from burning: clinker W coal-producing: carboniferous coalesce: amalgamate, associate, blend, combine, fraternize, fuse, incorporate, integrate, join, merge, mix, unite coalition: alliance, association, bloc, combination, conjunction, faction, federation, fusion, league, merger, syndicate, trust, union coarse: bawdy, birald, blatant, brutal, callow, common, crass, crude, dirty, disgusting, filthy, foul, gross, gruff, hard, harsh, homespun, immodest, impure, indecent, indelicate, inelegant, inferior, lewd, loose, loud, low, mean, obscene, offensive, rank, raucous, raunchy, raw, repulsive, ribald, rude, scatological, thick, unchaste, uncouth, unpolished, unrefined, vile, vulgar coarse file: rasp coarse wheat: emmer coarse, glazed thread: gimp coarse, matted wool: shag coarse, stiff hair: seta coarsely ground corn: meal coast: bank, beach, border, land, littoral, seaboard, seashore, seaside, shore, strand; cruise, freewheel, glide, sail, skirt, sled, slide coast feature: bleach, cave, cliff, dune, headland, lagoon, marsh, stack coast indenture: cove
COAST GUARD RANK

Commissioned Officers Admiral Vice Admiral Rear Admiral (upper half) Rear Admiral (lower half) Captain Commander Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Lieutenant Junior Grade Ensign Enlisted Personnel Master Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer First Class Petty Officer Second Class Petty Officer Third Class Seaman Seaman Apprentice Seaman Recruit It
coal black:jet coal-burning stove: brazier coal deposit: seam coal distillate: tar coal grade: briquette, broken, chunk, duff, egg, lump, nut, pea, stove coal layer: seam coal lump: cob coal mine: colliery, drift, seams, shaft, strip
coastal inlet: estuary, firth coastal sea inlet, narrow and between steep cliffs: fjord coasts, concerning: littoral coat: cape, chesterfield, cloak, cutaway, duster, garment, jacket, overcoat, parka, reefer, robe, swallowtail, tails, toga, tunic, vesture; rind coat fabric: tweed coat food with flour, etc., to: dredge coat in one piece with sleeves: raglan coat lapel: revers coat metal for protection: anodize coat of arms: crest, ensign, heraldry, insignia, pennant, shield coat of arms, person entitled to: armiger coat of arms, possessing: armigerous coat of arms, shield bearing: escutcheon coat of arms, tunic emblazoned with: tabard coat of seed: tegmen coat on material, to put a thin layer or: laminate, veneer coat parts: collar, cuff, lapel, pocket, sleeve coat with gelatinous or glutinous substance: size coat with hood and fastened with toggles: duffle coat coat with plaster, cement: parget, render coat with soft, adhesive substance: daub
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COAT WITH TAILS - COFFEE
coat with tails: cutaway coat worn over other garments, sleeveless: cloak, mantle coat, living: bark, bloom, fur, hair, hide, husk, integument, mantle, membrane, pelage, pellicle, pelt, rind, shell, tegument, wool coat, mammal: pelage coat, nonliving: crust, daub, enamel, glaze, laminate, layer, overlay, plaster, plate, veneer coated with carbon: sooty coating: blanket, covering, crust, film, glaze, layer, patina, skin, veneer coating of substance on surface of solid or liquid: adsorption coating on new coins, waxy: bloom coating on plums, etc., waxy: bloom coating, membrane, or film on substance: pellicle coats of arms, concerning: armorial coats of arms, profession, study, or art involved with: heraldry coax: beg, beguile, blandish, cajole, con, dupe, entice, flatter, hook, implore, induce, influence, inveigle, lure, manipulate, persuade, press, soothe, tease, tempt, urge, wheedle cobalt: azure, blue, element cobbler: botcher, chuckler, dessert, nag, pie, saddler, shoemaker, soler cobra: asp, naja, snake, uraeus cobweb: fiber, gossamer, labryinth, mesh, net, network, spiderweb, trap cobweb mesh: gossamer cocaine, streetwise: snow coccyx: tailbone cock: capon, chanticleer, chicken, fowl, rooster cock-and-bull story: canard, fabrication, falsehood, fib, lie, untruth, whopper, yarn cock spur in cockfights: gaff cockapoos: dogs cockatoo feature: crest cockchafer: oakweb, oakwes cocked (hat): arake cocked items: hats cocked or cracked: half cockeyed: absurd, alop, askew, awry, crooked, drunk, goofy, inebriated, topsy-turvy, intoxicated, lopsided, ludicrous, tilted, weird cockle: bivalve, mollusk, pucker, ripple, shell, wrinkle cockpit: cabin, compartment, pit, quarters
cockpit transparent cover or window: canopy cocksure: arrogant, brash, certain, cocky, conceited, confident, positive, sure, vain cocktail: appetizer, Bloody Mary, boilermaker, daiquiri, drink, gimlet, highball, horse, Manhattan, margarita, martini, Molotov, pina colada, pink lady, sidecar, stinger, wine cocktail drink made of tequila and salt around therimof the glass: margarita cocktail garnishment: olive cocktail hour: happy hour cocktail of sweet vermouth, whiskey, bitters: Manhattan cocktail with onion: Gibson cocky: arrogant, brash, cocksure, conceited, crouse, egotistical, hotdogging, jaunty, pert, presumptuous cocoa: bean, beverage, brown, chocolate, hot coconspirator: ally coconut cookie: macaroon coconut family: arecaceae, palmae coconut husk fiber: coir coconut meat, dried: copra coconut product: milk, oil cocoon: covering, encase, envelop, pod, swaddle, wrap cocoon, pupa in: chrysalis cod kin: hake coda: end coddle: baby, brew, caress, cook, cuddle, fondle, humor, indulge, mollycoddle, nurse, pamper, pet, poach, simmer, spoil code: canon, cipher, codex, custom, ethics, instructions, law, precept, regulation, secret, signal, standards code decipherment: cryptanalysis code for radio operators, pilots: phonetic alphabet code for words, Alpha through Zulu, in communication: alphabet code code of laws, complete: legal code, pandects code signaled with flags: semaphore code talk where first consonant is put at end of word and "ay" is added: pig Latin code types: area, blue, book, Morse, name, penal, red, zip code, to break a: decipher, decode, decrypt code, to put into: encipher coded message decoded: plaintext
coded writing: cryptogram, cryptography codes, study of: cryptography, cryptology codfish, young: scrod codger: crank, dodo, eccentric, elderly, fellow, galoot, miser codicil: addition, appendix, modifier, postcript, rider, sequel, supplement codify: arrange, categorize, classify, condense, digest, index, order, rank, summarize, systematize coerce: blackmail, bulldoze, bully, compel, constrain, cow, dominate, dragoon, drive, enforce, extort, force, intimidate, make, menace, pressure, push, repress, restrain, restrict, suppress, terrorize, threaten, urge coercion: compulsion, constraint, duress, force, intimidation, persuasion, violence coercion, feeling: duress coexistence: conjunction, harmony, order, peace coffee: caf, cappuccino, chicory, decaffeinated, demitasse, drip, espresso, instant, Java, mocha
R E L A T E D TERMS
coffee bean sediment: grounds, grouts coffee cake with fruits and nuts: kuchen coffee container, glass with black rim and top: hottle coffee cup, holder for a handleless: zarf coffee-flavored: mocha coffee mixed or topped with steamed milk or cream, espresso: cappuccino coffee or espresso, small cup of strong: demitasse coffee or other drink with caffeine: stimulant coffee pot: urn coffee served with milk: caf au lait coffee stimulant substance: caffeine coffee substitute or additive, plant used as: chicory coffee with caffeine removed: decaffeinated coffee with frothed milk or cream: cappuccino coffee with milk: caf au lait coffee, black: caf noir coffee, high-quality: mocha coffee, in a diner: Java
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COCKTAILS AND MIXED DRINKS

Adam and Eve Cape Codder gin and tonic Mexican coffee Seabreeze a day at the beach caudle gin fizz mimosa Seven and Seven after dinner cocktail cement mixer gin highball mind eraser sex on the beach Alabama slammer champagne cocktail gin rickey mint julep shandy Alaska cocktail champagne cooler gin sling morning cocktail shrub alexander Chapel Hill gin sour Moscow mule sidecar cocktail Allegheny cherry blossom gluhwein mudslide Singapore sling Americana chi-chi godfather Narragansett slam dunk angel's kiss clamato cocktail godmother negus slippery nipple Bacardi cocktail classic cocktail golden Cadillac New York cocktail sloe gin fizz B& B cobbler grasshopper nutcracker smash Bahama mama coffee grasshopper greyhound nutty professor snake bite banshee coffee old-fashioned grog old-fashioned snowball Basin Street cooler Harvard cocktail orange blossom sombrero bay breeze Cooperstown Harvard cooler orgeat soother cocktail beachcomber cocktail Harvey Wallbanger passion mimosa southern lady bee stinger Cuba libre highball peach sangaree southern peach Bellini daiquiri hole-in-one peppermint pattie spritzer Bermuda Rose Daisy Dueller Hollywood Peter Pan cocktail stinger Betsy Ross damn-the-weather Honolulu cocktail Pimm's cup syllabub/sillabub between the sheets cocktail hot buttered rum pina colada Tang B-52 death by chocolate hot toddy pink lady tequila sunrise bijou cocktail depth charge hurricane pink squirrel Thanksgiving special black Maria dingo income tax cocktail planter's punch thoroughbred cooler Black Russian dirty banana Indian summer platinum blonde toasted almond black velvet dixie julep Irish coffee posset toddy bloody Caesar dream cocktail Jack Rose pousse cafa Tom and Jerry Bloody Mary dry martini kamikaze prairie oyster Tom Collins blue Hawaiian eggnog Kentucky blizzard presbyterian to the moon blue lagoon English highball Kentucky cocktail Princeton cocktail tropical special blue margarita Fifth Avenue King Alphonse punch velvet hammer blue whale firefly Kir quaalude virgin Mary bocce ball fizz Kir royale Ramos gin fizz vodka and tonic Bombay cocktail flip liberty cocktail red death vodka gimlet Boston cocktail foxy lady Long Island iced tea rickey vodka martini bourbon and water frapp look out below Rob Roy Wassail bourbon on the rocks French connection Louisville lady rum and coke whiskey sour brandy Alexander frozen daiquiri lover's kiss rum cooler white lady brandy fizz frozen Margarita madras rusty nail White Russian brandy smash fuzzy navel mai-tai salty dog white satin Bronx cocktail gentleman's cocktail Manhattan sangre white spider buck's fizz Georgia mint julep Margarita sangria wild thing bull and bear Georgia peach martini San Juan cooler wine cooler bull's eyesmall cup of strong, Gibson Mary Pickford O'Hara wu-wu coffin: box, casing, casket, pall, pine coffee, black: coffeepot with hot water forcedScarlett up bull's milk gimlet cocktail soda Yale cocktail through central tube to filter scotch back andbox, demitasse sarcophagus, urn bullshot gin and bitters melon ball W scotch on the rocks down: percolator coffee, strong, brewed by forcing coffin carrier at zombie funeral:^pallbearer buttered gin and sin merry widow screwdriver steamrum through ground beans: coffin of stone: sarcophagus coffer: box, caisson, case, casket, chest, espresso coffin platform: bier, catafalque depository, hutch, strongbox, treacoffeepot basket holding grounds: cog: cajole, cam, cheat, connect, desury, trunk biggin ceive, fang, gear, lie, prong, subordi-
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COGENT - COLLAPSE
nate, tenon, tooth, wedge, wheedle, wheel cogent: convincing, effective, forcible, influential, justified, legitimate, momentous, persuasive, potent, powerful, solid, strong, trenchant, valid cogitate: brainstorm, consider, contemplate, deliberate, imagine, meditate, mull, muse, plan, ponder, reason, reflect, ruminate, speculate, study, think cognate: affiliate, akin, alike, allied, close, common, kindred, related, similar, universal cognizance: attention, awareness, bearing, cognition, grasp, heed, insight, jurisdiction, knowledge, mark, notice, observation, perception, recognition, regard cognizant: alive, apprehensive, awake, aware, conscious, enlightened, hip, informed, intelligent, knowing, sensible, versed cognomen: epithet, handle, moniker, name, nickname, surname, title cognoscente: authority, connoisseur, critic, expert, insider, judge, specialist cohere: agree, bind, blend, cement, cleave, cling, combine, concur, conform, connect, dovetail, fit, glue, join, relate, solidify, stick, suit, unite coherent: clear, logical, lucid, orderly, rational, sound, understandable cohort: accomplice, ally, associate, buddy, chum, comrade, fellow, friend, mate, partner, sidekick coif: afro, arrange, cap, cover, hairdo, headdress, hood, skullcap coiffure: afro, beehive, braids, buzz, da, dreadlocks, dreads, flattop, haircut, hairdo, hairstyle, perm, pigtails, ponytail, shag, trim coiffure designer: stylist coil: confusion, convolution, corkscrew, curl, difficulty, encircle, entwine, fuss, intertwine, loop, ringlet, roll, rotate, scroll, skein, spiral, spire, tense, tumult, twine, twist, whorl, wind, windup, wreathe coil of yarn, thread, rope: hank, skein coil on shell: volution coiled: helicoid, tortile coiled or ring-shaped: circinate coiled together: convolute, convoluted coin: besant, bezant, bezzo, bob, caramel, carolus, cash, castellano, cent, change, chink, currency, cuyne, dan-
diprat, daric, denarius, die, dime, disme, doit, doubloon, ducat, eagle, florin, groat, groschen, krugerrand, lap, louis d'or, metal, mint, moidore, nickel, noble, obol, ora, ori, pina, quarter, quoin, rap, real, rial, rosa, sequin, sesterce, solidus, sou, sovereign, specie, stater, striver, taler, tanner, tara, thaler, tickey, token, zecchino coin blank: flan, planchet coin chest at a mint: pyx coin chute: slot coin collecting: numismatics coin collector: numismatist coin fake: brummagem, counterfeit coin grooves on edge: engrailing, fluting, milling, reeding coin "heads" side: obverse coin-in-the-slot restaurant of yore: automat coin inscription: legend coin part without lettering or design: flan coin parts: head, obverse, tail, verso coin space below central design, giving date and place of engraving: exergue coin "tails" side: reverse, verso coin unit of value: denomination coin word: mint, neologize coinage: coined, invention, mintage, neologism coincide: accord, agree, coexist, concur, correspond, harmonize, jibe, sync, synchronize, tally coincidence: accident, chance, concourse, concurrence, conjunction, fate, fluke, parallelism coincidence in pitch: unison coincidence of events that seem to be meaningfully related: synchronicity coincident: ancillary, attending, concomitant, concurring, consonant, contemporary, coordinate, simultaneous coincidental: accidental, casual, chance, circumstantial, unintentional, unplanned coinciding in scope, meaning, time: coextensive, congruent, coterminous coinciding or simultaneous occurrence: concurrence, conjunction coined money: specie coining money, engraved piece used for: die coins and medals, study of: numismatics coin's circular inscription: circumscription The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
coins, paper cylinder of: rouleau coins, revenue from the minting of: seigniorage colander: bowl-shaped, sieve, sifter, strainer, utensil cold: algid, arctic, bleak, brisk, chilled, chilly, cool, crisp, freezing, frigid, frosty, frozen, gelid, glacial, hyperborean, nippy, penetrating, raw, refrigerated, shivers, unheated, wintry; flu, virus cold Adriatic wind: bora cold and austere: clinical cold and gloomy in temperament: saturnine cold and reserved: aloof cold and unemotional: aloof, apathetic, distant, impassive, indifferent, insensible, phlegmatic, reserved, spiritless, unemotional, unfeeling, unfriendly cold-blooded: brutal, callous, cruel, diabolical, evil, heartless, insensitive, poikilothermic, ruthless, satanic, savage, unfeeling cold cuts, pickles, etc., informally: deli cold feet: alarm, cowardice, doubt, fear, fright, nerveless, panic cold or chilly: algid cold plus wind: windchill factor cold shoulder: ignore, refuse, scorn, shun, slight, snub cold sore: herpes labialis cold soup: gazpacho cold spell: snap cold sweat: anxiety, fear, jitters, nervousness, panic, shock, trepidation, worry cold turkey: quitting, stop, withdrawal cold water, shock of: curglaff cold-weather response: brr cold, abnormally low body temperature from exposure to: hypothermia cold, freezing: hyperborean, icy cold, head: coryza coldlike condition of inflamed mucous membranes: catarrh colic: bellyache, gripe, pain, stomachache coliseum: amphitheater, arena, bowl, hippodrome, stadium, theater collaborate: aid, assist, conspire, cooperate, interface, join collaborating: colluding, in cahoots collaborator with enemy: quisling collapse: breakdown, buckle, cave, crash, crumple, debacle, deflate, dis-
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COLLAPSE INWARD VIOLENTLY - COLOR-CHANGING LIZARD
integrate, downfall, failure, fall, fold, founder, prostration, ruin, ruination, topple, wilt, wreck collapse inward violently: implode collapse or sink down: cave in, founder, subside collapse upon itself: telescope collapsible plan, situation, structure: house of cards collar: apprehend, assemble, capture, catch, chain, gill, grab, nab, nail, order, seize, shackle, sort, tackle, tree; band, Eton, jabot, neckband, necklace, neckpiece, ruff, torque, turtle neck, vandyke collar necklace: choker collar necklace of twisted metal: torque collar piece to attach to leash: terret collar stiffener: stay collar, high stiff: mandarin collar, ornamental: gorget collarbone: clavicle collate: arrange, bestow, bracket, compare, integrate, sort, verify collateral: added, ancillary, bond, concomitant, guarantee, indirect, pledge, secondary, security, subordinate, subsidiary collateral evidence: admincle collation: meal, repast colleague: aide, ally, assistant, associate, buddy, cohort, compatriot, confrere, consort, crony, partner, teammate collect: accrue, accumulate, acquire, aggregate, amass, assemble, call, compile, congregate, contract, flock, garner, gather, get, glean, gropu, hoard, impound, levy, muster, obtain, pile, pool, raise, save, sheave, stockpile, tax collect and gather: embody, garner collect money: pass the hat collect on a surface: adsorb collected: aggregate, calm, clustered, composed, confident, cool, cool as a cucumber, levelheaded, peaceful, poised, quiet, serene, sober, unflappable collected literary excerpts: analects collection: acquisition, aggregate, ana, anthology, array, assemblage, assembly, assortment, batch, bevy, bundle, caboodle, cancionero, clan, cluster, collation, conger, crowd, gathering, group, mass, medley, olio, omnibus, pile, reportory, set, sorite, store, suite
collection during religious ceremony: offertory collection of anecdotes: ana collection of complete writings of author: corpus, oeuvre collection of extracts to teach language: chrestomathy collection of hay: bale collection of miscellaneous items to be sold in one lot: job lot collection of offerings at church: offertory collection of Old Norse poems: edda collection of performances: repertory collection of poetry: epos collection of things: congeries collection of treasure: trove collection of various items: accumulation, assemblage, compendium, congeries, conglomeration, miscellany, motley, potpourri, stockpile collection of various writings: anthology, chrestomathy, collectanea, omnibus collection, heterogenous: conglomerate collective: aggregate, composite, consolidated, cumulative, group, joint, multiple, mutual, shared collective farm, Israel: kibbutz collective farm, Russia: kolkhoz collector of antiques: antiquary collector of art: connoisseur, virtuoso collector of books: bibliophile collector of butterflies, moths: lepidopterist collector of coins, money, medals: numismatist collector of matchbooks or matchboxes: phillumentist collector of postcards: deltiologist collector of stamps, postmarks: philatelist college: academy, institution, lycee, school, university college athlete's nonvarsity year for extended eligibility: redshirt college dining hall: cafeteria, refectory college education: tertiary education college enrollment: matriculation college financial officer: bursar college first-year student: freshman college fourth-year student: senior college girl: coed college graduate: alumna, alumnae, alumni, alumnus, bachelor, doctor, master college second-year student: sophomore
college terms: academic, alma mater, class, collegiate, fraternity, lectu^. major, minor, semester, seminar, sorority, term, tutorial college third-year student: junior collide: bang, bump, carom, clash, conflict, crash, disagree, hit, impinge, jolt, meet, strike collision: accident, blow, butt, clash, contact, crackup, crash, encounter, impact, insurance, pileup, shock, smashup collocate: arrange, collect, compile, gather, parallel, place, position colloid: gel colloquial: casual, common, conversational, familiar, informal, ordinary, particular, plain, vernacular colloquy: chat, conference, conversation, converse, debate, dialogue, discussion, parley, talk collude: abet, collaborate, connive, conspire, devise, plot, scheme collusion: agreement, cahoots, complicity, connivance, conspiracy, fraud, graft, scheme colon: colonist, farmer; intestine; line, punctuation colonial: immigrant, pilgrim, pioneering colonic or ileac: intestinal colonization: settlement colonize: establish, found, gather, migrate, populate, settle, transplant colonnade: stoa colony: band, community, dominion, group, outpost, province, satellite, settlement, swarm colony type: penal colophon: device, inscription color: cast, dye, hue, paint, pigment, shade, stain, tincture, tinge, tint, tone; flag color band on organism: fascia color blending or gradation: sfumato color blindness: achromatism, achromatopsia, daltonism, dichromatism, insensitive, monochromatism, oblivious color blindness with confusion of green and red: daltonism, protanopia color blindness with inability to see blue, yellow: tritanopia color blindness, complete: monochromatism color change: versicolor color changing: iridescent, opalescent color-changing lizard: chameleon
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color knotted cloth: tie-dye color matter mixed with material to form paint: pigment color or shade: hue, tincture, tint color permanently: tint color primary: black, blue, red, white, yellow color range: palette color rings: areolas color sensation produced by another sensation such as hearing: synesthesia color separator: prism color to make a hue, percentage of: saturation color, achromatic: beige, black, gray, neutral, white color, concerning: chromatic color, light and delicate: pastel color, secondary: green, orange, purple color, slight trace of: cast, tinge color, slight variation in: nuance color, study of: chromatics color, to spread with: suffuse colorant: dye, pigment colored: biased, bigoted, distorted, dyed, hued, misrepresented, painted, prejudiced, prismatic, stained, tinted colored differently in various parts: particolored colored flare: fusee colored flower part: corolla colored for identification purposes: color-coded colored lithographs: chromos colored minerals: spinels colored ring: areola colorful: animated, bright, brilliant, dynamic, flashy, gay, glamorous, jazzy, loud, psychedelic, vivid coloring: coloration, complexion, guise, influence, quality, shading coloring agent: dyer, smalt, toner coloring chemical of body: melanin, pigment coloring of animal, referring to protective: apatetic coloring parts of cloth, technique for: tie-dye coloring that protects animal: cryptic coloring colorless: achromatic, albino, anemic, ashen, blanched, blank, bleached, drab, dull, faded, lifeless, neutral, pale, pallid, plain, prosaic, transparent, wan, white colorless gas: argon, methane colorless or neutral: achromatic colorless or pale: pallid 134
colorless, odorless chemical: alum colors mixed to make white or gray: complementary colors colors of rainbow, changes in: iridescence colors of the rainbow, having all: multicolored, prismatic colors, having a variety of: motley, particolored, pied, polychrome, varicolored, variegated colors, having blotches of different: piebald, pinto colors, pertaining to: chromatic colors, range of rainbow: spectrum colossal: behemothic, big, enormous, gigantic, grand, great, huge, humungous, immense, mammoth, monstrous, monumental, vast colt: beginner, filly, fledgling, foal, gun, horse, pistol, revolver, sapling, yearling, youngster column: brace, file, formation, line, monolith, parade, pilaster, pillar, post, procession, row, shaft, stack, support, totem; article column or page width: measure column or pedestal base: socle column or pillar, top part of: capital column parts: base, capital, shaft column shaped like female: caryatid column types: Corinthian, Doric, Egyptian, Gothic, Ionic, Roman column used, style of architecture based on: order columnist: commentator, correspondent, journalist, newspaperman, newspaperperson, newspaperwoman columns or tables, arranged in: tabular columns, regularly spaced: colonnade coma: blackout, insensibility, lethargy, sleep, slumber, somnolence, stupor, torpor, trance, unconsciousness comatose: catatonic, drowsy, drugged, insensible, lazy, lethargic, listless, soporific, torpid, unconscious comb: brush, card, clean, curry, groom, probe, rake, ransack, search, smooth, sweep, tease comb for horse: currycomb comb hair from ends toward scalp: tease comb on animal, like wattle: caruncle combat: action, argument, battle, bout, brush, clash, conflict, contend, contest, controversy, cope, duel, encounter, fight, fray, joust, oppose, repel, resist, scuffle, strife, struggle, war, withstand combat between two persons: duel
combat between knights on horseback: joust, tilting match combat pilot: ace combatant: battler, champion, dueler, fighter, serviceman, serviceperson, servicewoman, soldier combative: agonistic, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, hawkish, militant, pugnacious, scrappy combed wool: carded combination: affiliation, aggregate, alliance, amalgam, association, blend, bloc, brew, cartel, coalescence, coalition, combine, combo, composite, composition, composure, compound, concoction, confederacy, conjunction, consort, ensemble, faction, gang, key, lock, merger, mix, pact, party, pool, ring, synthesis, unification, union combination of events, circumstances: conjuncture combination of substances: amalgam combine: add, affiliate, amalgamate, bind, blend, coalesce, combination, compound, condense, conjoin, conjure, consolidate, construct, cooperate, couple, dub, fuse, group, intermix, join, marry, merge, merger, mingle, mix, pool, splice, unite combine and reconcile differing philosophies: syncretize combine in proper order: collocate combine or merge: incorporate, meld combine with gas: aerate combined action for greater effect: synergism, synergy combined interests or corporations: amalgamation, consolidation combines efforts or resources: pools combining capacity of atom or radical: valence combining separate elements to coherent whole: synthesis comblike: ctenoid combustible: burnable, excitable, explosive, fiery, flammable, fuel, gas, inflammable, volatile combustible heap: pyre combustible material: fuel combustible pile: pyre combustible substance: tinder combustion: agitation, burning, candescence, consuming, cremation, fire, heat, ignition, incineration, oxidation, tumult, volatile come: accrue, advance, amount, appear, approach, arise, arrive, befall,
COME ABOUT - COMFORTER
COMBAT SPORTS AND MARTIAL ARTS

aikido arm wrestling/wrist wrestling/Indian wrestling boxing capoeira fencing freestyle wrestling Greco-Roman wrestling Greek boxing haphido Iaido jousting judo jujitsu/jiujitsu karate kendo develop, emanate, emerge, enter, extend, grow, happen, loom, mature, occur, proceed, reach, spring, transpire come about: happen, occur, result come across: discover, find, notice, uncover come after: ensue, follow, succeed come again: revisit come along: accompany, attend, improve, mend, progress, recover come apart: detach, disintegrate, rend, separate come around: rally, slue come at: achieve, attack, charge, grasp, reach, rush come before: antecede, antedate, precede, predate, sooner come before in time, order, rank: precede come between: alienate, divide, interpose, meddle, part, separate come clean: acknowledge, admit, confess, fess up, reveal come forth: emanate come forward: appear, emerge, volunteer come from: arise, derive, emanate, result, stem come in: arrive, enter, finish, intrude come in first: best come in third: show come into office: accede come into one's own: blossom come into open: debouch, emerge come into sight: emerge, loom come into view: appear, emerge, show, surface come into view ominously: loom kenipo kick boxing kung fu ninjutsu professional wrestling savate self-defense sumo wrestling tae bo tae kwon do t'ai chi tang soo do Thai kick boxing wrestling wu shu/wushuW comely: agreeable, attractive, beautiful, becoming, bonny, charming, decent, fair, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, gratifying, handsome, lovely, not hard to look at, personable, pleasing, pretty, proper, stunning, suitable comestible: eatable, edible, esculent, food, provisions, victual comet head center: nucleus comet head, cloud around nucleus of: coma comet, point farthest from sun in orbit of: aphelion comet, point nearest sun in orbit of: perihelion comfort: aid, alleviate, assist, cheer, console, ease, encourage, endure, enliven, gladden, help, pleasure, reassure, refresh, relief, relieve, serenity, solace, soothe, strengthen, succor, support, sympathize comfort and relieve: allay, alleviate, assuage, palliate comfort or sympathy: consolation, solace comfort with refreshment and warmth: couther comfortable: acceptable, adequate, ample, at home, cheerful, comfy, complacent, contented, cozy, easy, gratifying, pleasant, relaxed, rich, satisfied, snug, suitable, wealthy, well-off, well-to-do comfortable and easy: cushy comfortable and roomy: commodious comfortable for living: habitable comfortable spot: niche comforter: afghan, blanket, cover, pacifier, puff, quilt, scarf, sympathizer
come last: lag come off: break, click, develop, severed, succeed, transpire come-on: bait, decoy, inducement, lure, seduction, teaser, temptation come-on gesture: wink come out: appear, conclude, disclosed, emerge, leak, protrude, revealed come out of a toaster: pop up come through: accomplish, achieve, deliver, endure, persist, prevail, succeed, survive, weather the storm come to: awaken, recover, recuperate, total, waken come to pass: betide, eventuate, happen, occur, transpire, turn out come to terms: agree come together: assemble, collide, gather, join, meet, unite come upon: discover, find, identify, locate comeback: answer, quip, rally, rebound, recovery, repartee, reply, response, resurgence, return, revival, triumph comedian: actor, amuser, card, clown, comic, entertainer, fool, humorist, jester, joker, prankster, wag, wisecracker, wit comedian's partner: stooge, straight man comedown: anticlimax, collapse, crash, descend, dive, fall, land, letdown, reduce, setback, worsen comedy: burlesque, farce, humor, revue, satire, sitcom, slapstick, travesty comedy missile: coconut cream pie comedy, boisterous: slapstick comedy, exaggerated: farce comeliness: prettiness
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comforting: anodyne comforts: amenities comfy: homey, snug, soft comic: card, comedian, droll, funny, humorist, ironic, joker, laughable, ludicrous, wag, wit comic opera: bouffe, opera buffa comic parody: spoof comic playlet: skit comic verse: doggerel comical: amusing, capricious, crazy, droll, entertaining, farcical, funny, goofy, humorous, jocular, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, silly, ticklish, whimsical, witty, zany coming: advent, approaching, arrival, certain, deserved, future, imminent, impending, likely, next, on the way, progressing, promising coming from without: extraneous coming in continually: influx coming into existence: incipient coming out: debut coming together: concourse, confluence, crowd coming up: ahead comma: interval, mark, pause, punctuation comma, error in use: comma fault, comma splice comma, used much: close punctuation command: adjure, appoint, authority, beck, behest, beken, bid, bidding, call, charge, commission, compel, conquer, control, demand, dictate, direct, direction, domineer, duty, edict, enjoin, exact, expertise, force, govern, impose, influence, instruction, knowledge, manage, mandate, master, might, officer, ordain, order, ordinance, power, prescribe, proclamation, regulate, request, restrain, rule, supremacy, sway, tell command a horse: geed command level: echelon command or order: enjoin command post: helm command, old style: hest commanded: bade commandeer: appropriate, arrogate, confiscate, grab, hijack, seize, snatch, take, usurp commandeer transportation: hijack commander: boss, captain, chief, commandant, czar, emperor, general, guru, head, kingpin, leader, master, officer, ruler
commander of King David's army: Amasa commanding: authoritative, magisterial, ordering commandment: commanded, edict, law, mandates, mitzvah, order, precept, rule commandment word: thou, unto comme ci, comme a: so-so commemorate: celebrate, hail, honor, immortalize, keep, memorialize, observe, remember, salute, solemnize commemoration: memorial commemorative pillar: stele commence: arise, begin, found, inaugurate, incept, initiate, launch, open, originate, set in, spring, start commencement: admission, alpha, beginning, celebration, dawn, genesis, graduation, kickoff, onset, opening, outset, start commencement headgear: mortarboard commend: acclaim, adorn, applaud, approve, bequeath, bestow, boost, commit, compliment, entrust, eulogize, extol, give, ingratiate, laud, praise, recommend, relegate, support, yield commendable: deserving, excellent, exemplary, honorable, laudable, notable, praiseworthy, worthy commendation: acclamation, accolade, award, honor, plaudit, tribute commendatory: laudatory commensurate: adequate, appropriate, balanced, corresponding, equal, equivalent, even, parallel, proportional, square comment: animadvert, annotation, commentary, criticize, discourse, discuss, editorial, explain, expound, illustrate, interject, notate, note, observe, opinion, reflection, remark, say, statement, talk, wisecrack, word comment in book margins: annotation, marginalia comment in interruptive way: interject, interpose comment in passing: obiter dictum comment on another's action or choice: second-guess comment on in detail: descant, discourse, expound comment, object getting: conversation piece comment, very critical: animadversion commentary: account, analysis, criti-
cism, critique, exegesis, explanation, explanatory note, exposition, gloss, review, treatise commentary on text: gloss, scholium commentary, formal: discourse, disquisition commentator: analyst, annotator, announcer, columnist, correspondent, critic, expositor, observer, reporter, writer commenting character: raisonneur comments explaining a book, introductory: preface comments written at the beginning of a book: introduction commerce: barter, business, exchange, industry, marketing, retailing, trade, traffic commercial: advertisement, exploited, mercantile, popular commingle: amalgamate, blend, combine, fuse, integrate, join, merge, mix, unite commiserate: compassionate, console, empathy, pity, sympathize commiseration: empathy, pity commission: agency, allowance, appoint, assignment, authorize, board, brokerage, charge, charter, command, compensation, consign, constitute, delegate, demand, deputize, dispensation, duty, establish, fee, hire, instruction, license, mandate, mission, obligation, office, ordain, order, payment, permit, royalty, stipend, task, trust, warrant, work commissions and costs to purchaser of securities: load commit: allot, assign, bequeath, bind, command, confide, consign, delegate, entrust, give, invest, perpetrate, place, practice, pursue, refer, relegate, write down commit crime: perpetrate commit irrevocably to course of action: cross the Rubicon commit perjury: lie commitment: bond, duty, guarantee, obligation, pledge, promise, warranty committed: earnest, engage committee: board, body, bureau, council, gathering, group, junta, jury, panel, trustees committee business: agenda committee for determining actions to follow: steering committee committee for specific purpose: ad hoc committee
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committee, number of people required for a vote by: quorum commode: bathroom, cap, chiffonier, cupboard, dresser, toilet, washstand commodious: ample, big, capacious, comfortable, convenient, fit, handy, roomy, serviceable, spacious, suitable, wide commodities of exchange: market commodity: article, asset, chattel, goods, lot, possession, product, quantity, staple, stock, ware common: average, banal, base, bourgeois, cheap, coarse, conventional, current, customary, daily, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, generic, habitual, hackneyed, informal, joint, mean, mediocre, monotonous, mutual, normal, ordinary, ornery, plain, plebeian, popular, prevailing, prevalent, regular, shared, stale, trifling, trite, trivial, typical, universal, unrefined, usual, vulgar common and frequent: predominant, prevailing, prevalent, regnant, rife, widespread common and prevalent in area: endemic common and shared: joint, mutual, reciprocal common boundary or connection: interface common commodity: necessity, staple common conjunction: and, but, or common contraction: aren't, didn't, hasn't, isn't, it's, tis common everyday speech: vernacular, vulgate common fund: pool common good: commonweal common law: custom, precedent, system, tradition common name of organism: trivial name common notion: received idea common number or range in mathematical set: mode common opinion or position: consensus common or standard speech of people: demotic, vernacular, vulgate common people: commonalty, hoi polloi, lowest common denominator, populace, proletariat, ruck common people of Rome: plebeian, plebs common people, concerning: demotic common person indifferent to culture, style: philistine
common sense: judgment, mother wit, nous, prudence, realistic, reason, sensible, soundness, wisdom common stock earnings affected by interest, dividends: leverage commoner: citizen, civilian, peasant, pleb, plebe, student commonly: frequently, generally, often, popular, regularly, routinely, usually, widely commonplace: banal, clichd, daily, dull, everyday, exoteric, garden, hackneyed, humdrum, mainstream, mundane, obvious, ordinary, plain, prosaic, stale, stereotyped, tolerable, trite, trivial, truism, uneventful, unimportant, usual, worn commonplace and basic: bread-andbutter commonplace and dull: stodgy commonplace idea: clich commonplace statement: platitude commonplace theme: motif, topos commonwealth: community, nation, people, public, republic, res publica, society, state commotion: ado, agitation, alarm, brouhaha, bustle, clatter, confusion, disorder, disturbance, excitement, flap, flare, flurry, fluster, fracas, fray, fuss, heat, hurry, mutiny, pandemonium, pother, racket, revolt, riot, row, stir, storm, tempest, to-do, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, uprising, uproar communal bath: hot tub commune: advise, area, chat, collective, communicate, confer, consult, conversation, converse, cooperative, debate, discuss, divulge, kibbutz, parley, participate, reveal, share, talk communicable: catching, contagious, expansive, infectious, pandemic, sociable, talkative, transferable, transmittable communicate: answer, bestow, broadcast, converse, convey, correspond, disclose, dictate, divulge, impart, inform, interface, network, reach, reveal, signal, talk, tell, write communicate with others, unable to: incommunicado communication: bulletin, communiqu, connection, contact, conversation, directive, ESP, exchange, ideas, intelligence, language, letter, link, message, news, note, radiogram, report, telegram
communication between different groups within organization: liaison communication between minds: telepathy communication by beams sent through glass or plastic fiber: fiber optics communication by gesture and expression, study of: kinesics communication by gossip: grapevine communication system for emergency: hotline communication, extrasensory: telepathy communication, nonverbal and unconscious: body language communication, supplementing of verbal: paralinguistic communication, without means of: incommunicado communications system of teletypewriters: telex communion: affinity, agreement, church, communication, concord, confession, conversation, converse, creed, denomination, eucharist, faith, fellowship, harmony, mass, religion, sacrament, sect, share, talk, union, unity communion box for consecrated bread: ciborium, monstrance, ostensory, pyx communion box for wine: ampulla, cruet communion bread: Eucharist, host, Sacrament communion bread in thin disk: wafer communion breaking of bread: fraction communion calling for bread, wine consecration: epiclesis communion cloth covering chalice: pall communion cloth for table: corporal communion cloth for wiping celebrant's lips: purificator communion consecrated bread, wine: species communion cup for consecrated wine: ama, chalice communion given to dying person: viaticum communion kiss of peace: pax communion lifting of bread, wine: elevation communion of bread dipped in wine: intinction communion of Eastern churches: liturgy communion offering to God: oblation, offertory communion plate: paten
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communion plate for bread: paten communion service: mass communiqu: announcement, bulletin, cable, communication, dispatch, letter, message, note, report, wire Communism: Bolshevism, Collectivism, Leninism, Marxism Communism emblem: hammer and sickle Communist: commie, comrade, Leninist, Maoist, Marxist, pinko, red Communist party supporter: fellow traveler Communists and sympathizers, persecution of suspected: McCarthyism, witch hunt community: association, body, brotherhood, city, colony, commonwealth, district, enclave, fellowship, fraternity, hamlet, identity, likeness, nation, neighborhood, people, polity, population, province, public, society, sodality, state, town, township, village commute: alter, change, convert, decrease, exchange, interchange, metamorphose, shorten, substitute, trade, transform; drive, fly, ride, travel compact: agreement, alliance, bargain, bond, brief, case, close, compressed, concentrate, concise, concord, condense, consolidate, conspiracy, contract, covenant, cram, dense, federation, firm, hard, packed, pact, pithy, short, small, snug, solid, solidify, stuffed, succinct, tamp, terse, thick, tight, trim, understanding compact body: phalanx compact white gypsum: alabaster companies grouped for a business interest: consortium, syndicate companies grouped in a corporation, multi-interest: conglomerate companion: accomplice, amigo, associate, attendant, buddy, chaperon, chum, cohort, comate, compadre, comrade, crony, escort, fellow, friend, husband, mate, matey, pal, partner, peer, playmate, sidekick, spouse, wife companion, reliable: boon companion companionship: camaraderie, esprit de corps, fraternity, society, sodality company: actors, assembly, association, band, body, business, circle, clique, companionship, concern, concourse, consort, core, corporation, crew, crowd, enterprise, fellowship, firm,
flock, gang, gathering, group, guest, horde, host, mob, outfit, parrots, partnership, party, society, squad, team, throng, troop, troupe, visitor company association to control business: cartel, trust company controlled by another: subsidiary company/corporation breakup or selling of holdings: divestiture company of theater actors: repertory company of workmen: crew company producing books or entertainment for another company: packager, producer company trademark or symbol: logo company using capital to invest in other companies: investment trust company with, keep: consort, fraternize, hobnob company, to form a: incorporate comparable: analogous, close, corresponding, equivalent, like, parallel, similar, tantamount comparative: approaching, approximate, equal, near, qualified, relative, rival, than compare: analyze, assimilate, collate, confer, contrast, correlate, equate, estimate, examine, inspect, liken, match, ponder, relate, scale, weigh compared with: vis-a-vis comparison: allegory, analogy, collation, connection, contrasting, distinguishing, examination, likeness, metaphor, parable, similarity, simile comparison degrees for adjectives, adverbs: comparative, positive, superlative comparison for experiment, standard of: control comparison not possible: disparate, dissimilar, incongruous comparison showing similarities between different entities: analogy comparison, test or standard used for: yardstick compartment: alcove, bay, berth, bin, bunker, cell, chamber, cubicle, division, hold, locker, niche, nook, pigeonhole, section, stall compass: area, boundary, bounds, circle, circuit, circumference, confine, enclose, environ, field, horizon, radius, range, reach, scope, sphere, surround; instrument compass deflection by magnetic influence: deviation
compass holder on boat: binnacle compass points icon: compass card, compass rose compassion: benevolence, clemency, condolence, consideration, empathy, heart, humanity, lenity, mercy, pity, remorse, sorry, sympathy, tenderness compassionate: humane compassionate one: good Samaritan compatible: agreeable, congenial, congruous, consistent, fitting, harmony, reconcilable, simpatico, suitable, together compatible, to make: reconcile compel: bind, cause, coerce, command, constrain, dragoon, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, force, hale, impose, influence, make, move, necessitate, oblige, overpower, persuade, press, require, squeeze, tell, urge compelling: fascinating, irresistible compendium: abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, aperu, brief, compilation, digest, epitome, handbook, list, outline, sketch, summary, syllabus, synopsis compensate: agree, atone, balance, correct, indemnify, neutralize, pay, recompense, recoup, redeem, refund, reimburse, remunerate, repay, restore, reward, satisfy, square, tally compensate and pay back: reimburse, requite compensate and pay for: remunerate compensate and right a wrong: redress compensate for: countervail, offset compensate for damage or loss: indemnify, recompense, reimburse compensation: allowance, amends, bonus, counterpoise, damages, fee, income, indemnity, offset, pay, payment, redress, remuneration, restitution, reward, salary, satisfaction, settlement, stipend, wage, wages compensation and repayment: amends, redemption, redress, reparations, restitution compensation for damage, loss: indemnity compensation for hurt feelings: solatium compensation or pay: emolument compete: battle, challenge, clash, contend, contest, encounter, face, fight, match, oppose, pit, rival, strive, vie competent: able, adept, apt, capable, complete, effective, expert, fit, good,
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meet, proficient, qualified, sane, skilled, smart, sufficient, suitable, trained, worthy competition: conflict, contention, contest, debate, emulation, game, match, opposition, race, rivalry, sport, struggle, tournament competition with all competitors playing each other: round robin competition with prize: sweepstakes competition, athletics: gymkhana competition, relating to: agonistic competitor: adversary, antagonist, challenger, combatant, contestant, emulator, enemy, entry, foe, opponent, opposition, player, rival competitor who fills in or is outsider: ringer competitor finishing poorly: also-ran compile: abridge, accumulate, add, amass, anthologize, arrange, assemble, collect, compose, consolidate, cull, edit, gather complacent: calm, comfortable, confident, contented, egotistic, satisfied, self-assured, self-satisfied, serene, smug complacently: smugly complain: beef, bellyache, bemoan, bewail, brawl, carp, cavil, crab, criticize, deplore, fret, fuss, gripe, groan, grouch, grouse, grumble, grunt, kick, lament, moan, object, protest, rail, squawk, whine, yammer, yelp, carp, fret, kvetch, poor-mouth, repine, whine complain bitterly: rail complain or object: expostulate, remonstrate complaining: querulous, whining complaint: accusation, ailment, criticism, disease, disorder, exception, grievance, gripe, illness, infirmity, malady, objection, peeve, plaint, protest complaint about injustice: grievance complaint in literary form: jeremiad complaint or protest to authorities: demarche complaint, to register a: lodge complaints to agency, investigator of: ombudsman complement: addition, balance, completion, counterpart, crew, enrichment, gang, mate, obverse, supplement, whole complete: absolute, accomplish, achieve, all, carry out, circular, close,
conclude, consummate, done, effect, end, end up, ended, entire, every, execute, fill, finish, flawless, full, fulfill, implement, implicit, mature, perfect, realize, ripen, settle, teetotal, terminate, thorough, total, uncut, utter, whole, wholehearted complete and absolute: outright, unmitigated complete and authoritative: definitive complete and thorough: circumstantial, comprehensive, detailed, exhaustive complete arms and armor: panoply complete confidence: certitude complete failure: fiasco complete happiness: bliss complete surprise: bolt from the blue complete view: panorama complete, absolute: plenary, unmitigated complete, as a surrender: unconditional completely: a fond, all, from the ground up, in all, in toto, thoroughly completely active: full-fledged completely addled: asea completely exhausted: spent completely opposite: polar completeness: fullness, integrity, plenitude, plenum completion of process, time needed for: turnaround completion, steps toward: inroads complex: anxiety, complicated, composite, compound, convoluted, cryptic, difficult, entangled, fear, hard, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, manifold, mixed, network, perplexed, phobia, puzzling, sophisticated, syndrome, tangled complex and intellectual: metaphysical complex of a boy for his mother or girl for her father, emotional: Oedipus complex complexion: appearance, aspect, color, glow, hue, look, makeup, state, temper, texture, tinge, tint, tone complexion problem: acne complexion, ruddy: florid, flushed complexion, sickly yellow: sallow compliance: acquiescence, agreement, civility, concession, conformity, consent, docility, harmony, obedience, passivity, submission compliant: docile, easy, flexible, manageable, meek, tractable, willing, yielding complicate: arduous, bewilder, confound, confuse, embrangle, entangle, The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
intricate, involve, jumble, obfuscate, perplex, puzzle, ravel, tangle, troublesome complicated: complex, convoluted, difficult, disordered, elaborate, embroiled, hard, intricate, involuted, knotty, labyrinthine, reticular, snarled, sophisticated complicated state of affairs: imbroglio, plight, predicament complication: catch, confusion, convolution, development, difficulty, dilemma, drawback, entanglement, fly in the ointment, hitch, illness, intricacy, involution, obstacle, problem, ramification, snag, snarl, tangle compliment: adulation, applaud, commend, commendation, congratulate, eulogy, extol, flattery, gratuity, kudos, laud, notice, praise, respects, salute, sentiment, tribute compliment that is not meant or is insulting: left-handed compliment comply: abide, accede, accommodate, accord, acquiesce, agree, apply, bend, conform, courteous, fold, follow, mind, obedient, obey, observe, submit, yield comply temporarily: procrastinate, temporize component: basic, constituent, element, factor, fundamental, ingredient, inherent, item, member, part, piece, substance, unit, vector compos mentis: sane compose: accord, adjust, alleviate, arrange, author, brief, build, calm, compound, comprise, concoct, conform, constitute, construct, control, create, design, dispose, fashion, form, formulate, make, orchestrate, originate, pacify, pen, produce, quiet, redact, relax, restrain, settle, soothe, write compose, printwise: typeset composed: calm, collected, composite, compound, controlled, cool, demure, placid, poised, quiet, sedate, serene, staid, together, tranquil, unflappable, unruffled composer: author, bard, compositor, elegist, lyricist, monodist, musician, odist, poet, wordsmith, writer composer's works that are numbered: opus composite: combo, compound, hybrid, medley, mixture, mosaic, synthesized composition: accord, aggregate, archi-
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COMPOSITION FOR EIGHT INSTRUMENTS OR VOICES - COMPUTER
tecture, arrangement, article, combination, compound, concerto, concoction, congruity, conjunction, constitution, construction, creation, design, ditty, drama, essay, tude, fantasia, formation, invention, lesson, makeup, manuscript, melody, mixture, opus, paper, piece, play, score, structure, style, symphony, synthesis, theme, thesis, work, writing composition for eight instruments or voices: octet composition for five instruments or voices: quintet composition for four instruments or voices: quartet composition for nine instruments or voices: nonet composition for one's voice: scena composition for seven instruments or voices: septet composition for six instruments or voices: sextet composition for three instruments or voices: trio composition for two instruments or voices: duet, duo composition in free and irregular form, often improvisatory: rhapsody composition in three or four contrasting form movements for one to four instruments: sonata composition intended to be used for practice: tude composition intended to depict definite events, scenes, or images: program music composition mimicking style of another: parody composition or hymn for the dead: requiem composition sung unaccompanied and based on sacred text: motet composition that repeats the main theme at least three times and alternates subordinate theme: rondo composition with melodic themes introduced systematically and contrapuntally: fugue composition with the same melody being repeated by different voices starting at different times: canon, round compost: blend, composition, compound, fertilizer, manure, mixture, mulch, pile, soil composure: balance, calmness, collectedness, control, coolness, equanim-
ity, even temper, poise, posture, quiet, repose, sangfroid, serenity, stability, tranquility compound: acerbate, aggregate, alloy, amalgam, amalgamate, augment, blend, combine, commixture, complex, compose, composite, compost, compute, concoction, confection, constitute, enclosure, ester, fusion, goulash, increase, join, jumble, link, meld, multiple, residence, settle, substance, synthesize, unite, worsen compound having only hydrogen and carbon: hydrocarbon compound made up of components: composite compound, breaking down a: analysis compound, forming a: synthesis comprehend: absorb, appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, attain, click, comprise, conceive, conclude, contain, digest, discern, embody, embrace, fathom, get, get the drift, grasp, imagine, involve, know, perceive, read, realize, savvy, see, sense, understand comprehensible: clear, coherent, conceivable, intelligible, lucid, unambiguous, understood comprehension independent of senses: ESP, extrasensory perception comprehensive: blanket, broad, compendious, complete, concise, copious, encyclopedic, expansive, extensive, full, grand, inclusive, large, thorough, umbrella, wide comprehensive price: flat rate compress: abbreviate, abridge, astringe, bale, bandage, bind, compact, condense, consolidate, constrain, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, curtail, deflate, dehydrate, embrace, epitomize, firm, flatten, press, shrink, squeeze, stuff, summarize compressed air, run by: pneumatic comprise: compose, comprehend, constitute, contain, cover, embody, embrace, enclose, form, hold, imply, include, involve compromise: agreement, compound, concession, deal, endanger, give and take, hazard, negotiate, risk, sellout, settle, truce compromise, discuss or negotiate to buy time or to: temporize compromise, temporary: modus vivendi compromising out of weakness: accommodating, accommodationist
comptroller: accountant, auditor, controller, treasurer compulsion: addiction, coercion, compelled, constraint, drive, duress, force, impulse, necessity, need, obligation, obsession, urge compulsion to talk: logorrhea compulsive and habitual: pathological compulsive preoccupation: obsession compulsively neat or detailed: analretentive compulsory: binding, coercive, imperative, mandatory, obligatory, prerequisite, required, statutory, unavoidable compulsory in requirement: involuntary compulsory service: conscription compunction: anxiety, concern, conscience, contrition, misgiving, penitence, pity, qualm, regret, remorse, repentance, sorrow, sympathy compute: add, calculate, count, enumerate, estimate, figure, number, reckon, sum, tally computer: brain, calculator, machine
RELATED TERMS
computer display area: screen computer feature, often: data bank computer illness: virus computer information fed or entered: input computer information printed: output, printout computer linked to Internet, Web, service provider: online, on-line computer machinery: hardware computer products not yet existing: vaporware computer program code written as a fix: patch computer programs: software computer science: cybernetics computer-screen symbols: icons computer symbol, moving and blinking: cursor computer terms: access, analog, code, compatible, data, debug, digital, hardware, input, memory, output, program, programmer, silicon chip, simulation, software computer, easily understood and used: user-friendly computerized, robotic or mechanical autonomy: artificial intelligence computers and human nervous system, study of: cybernetics
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COMRADE - CONCLUDING MUSICAL PASSAGE
computers or computing devices that can be integrated, of: compatible W comrade: ally, associate, brother, buddy, chum, companion, confidant, crony, fellow, friend, mate, pal, partner, peer, sidekick, tovarish con: against, anti, bamboozle, bilk, bluff, cheat, convict, deceive, direct, dupe, examine, fool, guide, gyp, know, learn, master, mislead, opposed, peruse, rap, regard, rook, scam, snooker, steer, study, swindle, trick, versus con game: bunko, hoax, scam, sham concatenation: chain, connection, coupling, integration, link, nexus, sequence, series, union concave: arched, bowlike, cupped, depressed, dished, hollow, saddlebacked, scooped, sunken conceal: bury, cache, camouflage, cloak, closet, couch, cover, disguise, dissemble, dissimulate, ensconce, feign, harbor, hide, mask, pretend, screen, secrete, shroud, stash, stow, veil, withhold conceal flaw or failure: whitewash conceal intentions or plans, actions to: smokescreen concealed: abstruse, blind, blindfold, clandestine, covert, hid, hidden, incognito, latent, occult, perdue, privy, recondite, secret, unseen concealed priority: hidden agenda concealment of facts, calculated: subreption concealment of profits: skimming concealment of real activities: cover-up concealment of wrongdoing by public official: misprision concede: accord, acknowledge, admit, agree, allow, confess, grant, own, quit, recognize, relinquish, resign, surrender, vouchsafe, waive, yield conceit: arrogance, ego, egotism, pomposity, pride, self-esteem, snobbery, vanity conceited: arrogant, bragging, bumptious, cocky, egotistical, ham, loudmouth, narcissistic, opinionated, overweening, pompous, prideful, proud, self-opinionated, smug, snobbish, snooty, vain, vainglorious, whimsical conceited person: egomaniac conceive: apprehend, begin, comprehend, comprise, contrive, create, de-
sign, develop, devise, dream, envisage, envision, form, formulate, frame, ideate, imagine, make, plan, ponder, realize, start, suppose, suspect, think, understand, visualize concentrate: accumulate, assemble, attend, center, centralize, compact, condense, conglomerate, consolidate, essence, examine, fixate, focus, gather, intensify, mass, meditate, pile, scrutinize, thicken, unify concentrate and thicken: inspissate concentrate, inability to: aprosexia concentrated: condensed, deep, dense, engrossed, intense, intent, potent, real, reduced, robust, straight, undiluted, whole concentrated essence of thing: quintessence concentrated form to normal strength, to bring a: reconstitute concentrating psychic energy on something: cathexis concentration: absorption, application, array, convergence, diligence, extract, fixation, focusing, study concentration of a solution, method of determining: titration concentration on single subject or idea: ide fixe, monomania concentration, excessive: hyperprosexia concept: brainchild, conviction, idea, image, notion, opinion, slant, theory, thought conception: apprehension, beginning, belief, comprehension, design, fertilization, genesis, idea, image, impregnation, impression, inception, invention, notation, origin, plan, purpose, start conception in female who is already with child: superfetation conceptualization: idea conceptualize: ideate concern: affair, affect, anxiety, apprehension, attentiveness, bear, behold, bother, burden, business, care, cause, charge, company, consideration, corporation, distress, disturb, establishment, firm, implicate, interest, involve, matter, misgiving, pertain, regard, solicitude, touch, trouble, unease, worry concerned: active, affected, anxious, distressed, fearful, involved, solicitous, worried concerned with knowledge: gnostic concerned with public works: edilian
concerning: about, anent, as to, asto, in re, in the matter of, rem concerning birth: natal concerning finance: economic concert: accord, agreement, chorus, collaboration, concord, cooperate, entertainment, gig, harmony, performance, plan, recital, show, tune, union, unite concert circuit: tour concert hall: auditorium, music hall, odeon, odeum, theater concert performance by soloist: recital concert series, purchase of tickets for: subscription concert sponsor or producer: impresario concerted: combined, joint, mutual, prearranged concession: acquiescence, admission, allowance, assent, boon, buyback, compromise, condescension, favor, gambit, giveback, grant, lease, permit, privilege, rollback, yielding conch or carapace: shell concha: ear concierge: attendant, doorman, janitor, porter conciliatory: appeasing, calm, forgiving, gentle, giving, irenic, lenient, mollifying, placating, placid, reassuring concise: abbreviated, abridged, brief, compact, compedious, comprehensive, condensed, crisp, curt, epigrammatic, in a nutshell, laconic, pithy, pointed, precise, short, succinct, summary, terse concise in expression: aphoristic, compendious, elliptical, gnomic, laconic, pithy, succinct, terse, to the point concise summary: abstract conciseness: brevity conclave: assembly, huddle, meeting, parley, secret meeting, session conclude: achieve, arrange, cease, clinch, close, complete, confine, decide, deduce, determine, discontinue, end, figure, finish, gather, infer, judge, limit, reason, resolve, rule, settle, speculate, stop, suppose, terminate conclude an argument: have the last word conclude from evidence: infer conclude from incomplete evidence: conjecture concluding musical passage: coda
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CONCLUSION - CONE MIDSECTION
conclusion: closure, end, finale, finding, finish, opinion, outcome, period, result conclusion by reasoning: deduction, inference conclusion following stated condition: apodosis conclusion is drawn, proposition from which: premise conclusion on basis of evidence: generalization conclusion that does not follow from evidence: non sequitur conclusive: absolute, certain, cogent, compelling, convincing, decisive, definite, definitive, final, irrefutable, last, obvious, revealing, telling, ultimate conclusive test: acid test, litmus test conclusively, more: a fortiori concoct: brew, compose, compound, cook, create, devise, fabricate, formulate, frame, hatch, intrigue, invent, originate, perfect, plan, plot, prepare, scheme, vamp concocting secretly: hatching concoction: brew concomitant: accessory, accompanying, associate, attendant, belonging, coincident, companion, concurrent, conjoined, connected, consort, contributing, fellow, satellite, synchronous, synergistic concord: accord, agree, agreement, amity, communion, concert, consensus, consent, consonance, cooperation, covenant, friendship, harmony, oneness, pact, peace, protocol, rapport, treaty, unison, unity concourse: assemblage, company, concursion, confluence, conjunction, crowd, foyer, gathering, junction, linkage, merging, passageway, path, street, throng concrete: actual, cement, coalesce, combine, compound, congeal, factual, firm, harden, material, particular, precise, real, solid, solidify, tangible, unite concrete components: gravel, sand, water concrete mineral materials: aggregate concrete parking barrier: bumper stop, car stop, curb bumper, tire stop, wheel stop concrete, not: abstract concubine: harem, odalisque, slave concupiscent: erotic
concur: accord, acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, band, chime, coincide, collaborate, combine, consent, cooperate, jibe, join, meet, unite concurrent: allied, associated, coeval, coexistent, coincident, compatible, concomitant, consistent, mutual, parallel, simultaneous, synchronous, united concurrent symptoms: syndrome concussion: blow, bump, clash, collision, crash, impact, injury, jolt, pounding, trauma condemn: adjudge, banish, belittle, blame, castigate, censure, convict, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, detest, disapprove, doom, judge, knock, proscribe, punish, reproach, sentence condemn to penalty: sentence condemnation: blaming, censure, denunciation, doom, judgment, rebuke, reprobation condensation: abridgment, brief, digest, precipitate, rainfall, reduction, summary, synopsis condense: abbreviate, abridge, boil down, capsulize, chop, compact, compress, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cut, decoct, digest, diminish, edit, epitomize, harden, inspissate, lessen, reduce, shorten, shrink, thicken, trim, unite condensed compendium: digest condenser for distillation: rectifier condescend: concede, deign, oblige, patronize, stoop, submit, unbend, vouchsafe condiment: catsup, herb, horseradish, ketchup, mustard, pepper, relish, salt, sauce, seasoning, soy, spice condition: agreement, angle, article, case, cause, circumstances, estate, exception, fettle, limitation, mode, occasion, plight, position, predicament, premise, provision, proviso, rank, requisite, rote, situation, state, station, status, stipulation condition implied, contained, or stated: conditional condition in clause, leading to apodosis/ conclusion: protasis condition of agreement, to state as: stipulate condition of being damp and heavy: sogginess condition of difficulty: dilemma, plight, predicament, quandary
condition required or necessary, prior: prerequisite, presupposition condition, clause in document making a: proviso condition, existing: status quo conditional: contingent, depending, iffy, qualified, tentative conditional member of hypothesis: antecedent conditional release: parole conditional sentence, main clause of: apodosis, consequent conditional sentence, subordinate clause of: antecedent, protasis conditioning with immediate reward or punishment: operant conditioning conditioning with stimulus inducing response: classical conditioning condolence: comfort, commiseration, compassion, pity, ruth, solace, sympathy condone: absolve, excuse, forget, forgive, ignore, overlook, pardon, remit, tolerate condor's nest: aerie conducive: accessory, beneficial, contributory, favorable, helpful, useful conduct: accompany, action, administer, attitude, bear, bearing, behave, behavior, carriage, carry, channel, charge, comport, comportment, conduit, control, convey, convoy, deed, demeanor, deportment, direct, escort, execute, funnel, govern, government, guidance, guide, lead, manage, mien, move, operate, oversee, pilot, plan, proceeding, regimen, regulate, rule, send, show the way, steer, strategy, superintend, supervise, transact, usher, wage conduct oneself inconspicuously: efface conductor: aqueduct, bandleader, cathode, cicerone, collector, convoy, copper, director, escort, guard, guide, impresario, leader, maestro, material, motorman, propagator, transmitter conductor's directing stick: baton conductor's platform: dais, podium, rostrum conduit: aqueduct, cable, canal, channel, conduct, drain, duct, gully, main, passage, pipe, sewer, trough, tube, watercourse, wire cone: bobbin, conoid, container, fissure, funnel, object, pyramid, solid, spire, strobile cone midsection: frustum
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CONE OR PYRAMID WITH TOP SLICED OFF - CONFLICTING
cone or pyramid with top sliced off: fulstrum cone-shaped or funnel-shaped: infundibuliform cone-shaped headdress: cornet cone-shaped pile of straw or hay: cock cone-shaped receptacle: cornucopia cone-shaped roll or yarn or thread on spindle: cop cone-shaped tent: teepee cone-shaped or top-shaped: turbinate conelike mound of volcano: cinder cone Conestoga wagon: prairie schooner confab: chat confection: bonbon, candy, caramel, compound, dainty, delicacy, gum, icing, jelly, marmalade, mixture, praline, preparation, preserve, sherbert, sweet, sweetmeat, taffy confection containing mixed fruits: tutti-frutti confection, molded ground almond or almond paste: marzipan confederate: abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, assistant, associate, auxiliary, cohort, collaborator, colleague, comrade, conjure, conspire, leagued, pal, partner, reb, rebel, syndicated, unite confederate soldier: reb, rebel confer: advise, award, bestow, brainstorm, commune, compare, comprise, consult, contribute, converge, deliberate, discuss, donate, endow, give, grant, invest, meet, parley, powwow, present, provide, speak, talk, treat confer a knighthood: dub conference: association, collation, colloquy, comparing, congress, consultation, convention, conversation, council, discussion, forum, huddle, interview, league, meeting, organization, palaver, parley, powwow, seminar, symposium, talk conference of highest level officials: summit conference of scholars: colloquium, seminar, symposium conference or conversation, formal: colloquy conference's published transcripts: proceedings confess: acknowledge, admit, attest, aver, avow, concede, confide, declare, disclose, divulge, grant, own, own up, recant, reveal, shrive, sing, unload
confess or hear confession: shrive confession: admission, assertion, avowal, communion, creed, disclosure, profession, revelation, shrive, statement confession heard by priest: shrift confession of sin: mea culpa, peccavi confessor: penitent confidant or confidante: adviser, amigo, crony, friend, intimate confide: admit, believe, commit, confess, entrust, intimate, relegate, tell, trust confidence: aplomb, assurance, backbone, belief, boldness, conviction, courage, credence, credit, effrontery, faith, guts, hardihood, heart, hope, morale, nerve, personal, poise, reliance, secret, spirit, spunk, sureness, trust confidence game: scam, sting confidence man: sharper confidence, cause to lose: demoralize, dishearten confidence, lacking: diffident, shy, timid confidence, to boost someone's: bolster confident: assured, bold, brash, certain, cocksure, cocky, constant, courageous, determined, fearless, hardy, hopeful, intrepid, presumptuous, reliant, sanguine, secure, smug, sure, trustful, trusting, trustworthy, undaunted confidential: classified, covert, esoteric, hushed, hush-hush, intimate, personal, private, privy, secret, trustworthy confidential conversation: tte--tte confidentially: between you and me, entre nous configuration: apparatus, arrangement, contour, design, figure, form, gestalt, outline, pattern, shape confine: astrict, bind, border, bottle up, bound, boundary, cage, circumscribe, constrain, coop, corral, cramp, dam, detain, encage, enclose, ground, hold, hurdle, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, limit, lock, pen, regulate, repress, restrain, restraint, restriction, scope, seal, shorten, stint, tether, tie confine in jail: incarcerate confine with shackles: bind, pinion confine within walls: immure confined: bedridden, caged, hampered, ill, indisposed, limited, pent, sick
confinement: accouchement, captivity, childbirth, constraint, curb, custody, detention, durance, immuration, imprisonment, internment, isolation, limitation, lying-in, parturition, restraint confines: boundary, bounds, dimensions, environs, limits, pens, range, region confining item, rope: tether confirm: affirm, approbate, approve, assure, attest, authenticate, bless, certify, clinch, corroborate, countersign, endorse, establish, firm, fortify, OK, prove, ratify, reinforce, sanction, seal, settle, strengthen, substantiate, sustain, uphold, validate, verify, vouch, warrant confirm as genuine or true: attest, authenticate, sustain, verify, vouch for confirm authorization: ratify, sanction, validate confirm with evidence: corroborate, substantiate confiscate: appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, impound, preempt, seize, sequester, take, usurp confiscate for military use: commandeer confiscate into legal custody: embargo, impound, levy, sequestrate confiscate property: attach, expropriate conflagrant: afire conflagration: blaze, burning, conflict, fire, holocaust, inferno, war, wildfire conflict: action, animosity, antagonism, argument, battle, bout, brush, clash, collision, combat, competition, contend, contest, contrast, controversy, difference, disagree, discord, dispute, dissension, duel, encounter, faction, fight, fray, friction, hostility, melee, mutiny, oppose, rebellion, rift, scuffle, setto, strife, struggle, tug-of-war, war, warfare conflict and confrontation: crossfire conflict and strife: discord, dissension conflict between two laws: antinomy conflict between two parties: discrepancy, disparity, dissonance, incongruity conflict with blocked resolution: deadlock, stalemate conflict within organization: faction, internal dissension conflict, minor military: skirmish conflicting: adverse, against the grain,
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CONFLICTING FEELINGS OR ATTITUDES, HAVING CONJECTURE at cross purposes, at loggerheads, at variance, clashing, contradictory, contrary, discordant, in dispute, incompatible, inconsistent, opposing, warring conflicting feelings or attitudes, having: ambivalent conflicting natures, having two: diophysitic conflicting tendency or movement: crosscurrent conflicting, totally: incompatible, irreconcilable confluence: assembling, concourse, conflux, conjunction, crowd, flowing, gathering, junction, meeting, union conform: accommodate, acquiesce, adapt, adjust, agree, apply, assent, comply, compose, correspond, fit, follow, harmonize, obey, settle, submit, suit, tailor, toe the line, yield conform strictly: toe the line conform, forcing to: procrustean conformable: agreeable, alike, amenable, matching, obedient, submissive, suitable conformation: adaptation, configuration, figure, harmony, outline, shape, structure conforming: congruent, in accordance with, in line, pursuant conformity: accord, acquiescence, affinity, agreement, congruity, consistency, decorum, docility, harmony, likeness, obedience, resemblance, submission, willingness confound: addle, amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, bewilder, confuse, consume, destroy, disconcert, dismay, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, flabbergast, frustrate, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, rattle, refute, spoil, stun, stupefy, surprise, waste confrere: comrade confront: accost, beard, brave, challenge, dare, defy, encounter, face, meet, oppose, repel, resist, threaten confrontation: battle, clash, conflict, contest, dispute, showdown confuse: addle, amaze, baffle, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, blend, blunder, cloud, complicate, confound, daze, disarrange, discombobulate, discompose, disconcert, disorient, disrupt, distract, divert, dumbfound, embroil, fluster, frustrate, fuddle, jumble, maze, misinform, mislead, mix up, muddle, muddy, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, obscure, perplex, puzzle, rattle, snarl, stump, stupefy, throw off, unhinge, upset confuse in understanding: obfuscate, obscure confuse or fluster: confound, discombobulate, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance confused: addled, addlepated, asea, at sea, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, chaotic, discombobulated, disconcerted, disorganized, disoriented, foggy, hazy, helter-skelter, incoherent, indiscriminate, lost, misled, mistaken, muddy, mystified, nonplussed, obscure, perplexed, puzzled, random, stupefied, tumultuous, unglued, vague confused and chaotic: haywire confused and dazed: dizzy, woozy confused fight: melee confused situation: imbroglio, morass, predicament, quagmire, shambles, snafu confused talk: galimatias confusedly: helter-skelter, pell-mell confusing place: maze confusing situation: three-ring circus confusion: agitation, anarchy, babble, bedlam, blunder, bluster, chagrin, chaos, Chinese fire drill, clutter, commotion, deray, disarray, disorder, disturbance, dither, farrage, flutter, fuss, havoc, hodgepodge, hubbub, huddle, hullabaloo, imbroglio, jumble, katzenjammer, maelstrom, mare's nest, mess, mix-up, moil, muck, muddle, pandemonium, perturbation, pother, razzle-dazzle, riot, rumpus, shambles, snafu, snarl, trepidation, tumult, turmoil, uproar, welter confusion and dizziness: vertigo confusion and fuss: bedlam, brouhaha, commotion, furor, havoc, hubbub, hullabaloo, mayhem, pandemonium, tumult confusion of people: melee confusion of words because of similar sound: malapropism confusion, state of: tsimmes confute: confound, contradict, counter, deny, disprove, expose, invalidate, negate, overcome, overwhelm, rebut, refute, silence congeal: cake, clot, coagulate, concrete, condense, curdle, freeze, gel, gelalinize, harden, jell, refrigerate, set, solidify, stiffen, thicken congenial: affable, agreeable, compatible, cordial, delightful, friendly, good, kindred, like, pleasant, simpatico, social, sympathetic congenital: connate, hereditary, inborn, inbred, inherent, innate, intrinsic conger: eel congested: blocked, clogged, crowded, gridlocked, packed, plugged congestion: bottleneck, crowding, gathering, jam, overcrowding, snarl, stoppage conglomerate: accumulation, agglomerate, amass, assemblage, assemble, assorted, cartel, clustered, combine, composite, group, heap, mass, melded, pile, stack, trust, varied congratulate: compliment, felicitate, laud, praise, salute, toast congratulations for retort or point made: touch congratulatory drink: toast congregant's seat: pew congregate: assemble, collect, convene, converge, flock, gather, mass, meet, muster, rendezvous, swarm, teem congregation: assembly, audience, body, brethren, church, churchgoers, collection, flock, following, gathering, group, laity, mass, meeting, parish, parishioners, plovers, swarm congregation, belonging to: lay, secular congregation, religious: communion, confession, denomination congregational response: amen congress: assembly, brotherhood, caucus, conclave, convention, convocation, council, diet, fellowship, league, legislature, meeting, parliament, sisterhood, synod congruity: accord, agreement, coherence, compatible, concord, conformity, consistency, consonance, harmonious, symmetry conic section: ellipse conical stone heap: cairn conical utensil: funnel coniferous tree: cedar, fir, larch conjecture: assumption, belief, conceive, conclusion, deem, estimation, fancy, guess, hypothesize, idea, imagine, inference, judgment, opine, opinion, plot, presume, speculate,
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CONJUGAL - CONSERVE
speculation, supposition, surmise, suspect, suspicion, theory, think, view conjugal: bridal, connubial, hymeneal, marital, married, matrimonial, nuptial, spousal, wedded conjunction: and, but, either/or, neither/nor, or conjunction joining words, phrases of equal status: coordinating conjunction conjunction omission: asyndeton conjunction repetition: polysyndeton conjunction that connects similar grammatical elements: coordinating conjunction conjure: adjure, appeal, charm, combine, command, conspire, contrive, crave, exorcise, imagine, implore, importune, invoke, pray, raise, summon, supplicate, voodoo conjure up spirit: evoke conjurer: enchanter, juggler, mage, magician, sear, shaman, sorcerer, warlock, witch, wizard conjurer's rod: wand conk: decease, die, fail, faint, fungus, hit, knock, stall, straighten, swat connect: affiliate, ally, associate, attach, bind, bridge, chain, cohere, combine, correlate, couple, fasten, interface, interlock, join, link, marry, meet, merge, network, rapport, relate, tie, unite, wed connect in series: catenate, concatenate connect neatly: dovetail connect with a crime: implicate connected with one another, to be: communicate connecting pipe: header connecting tissue: pons connection: affiliation, affinity, alliance, association, attachment, bond, coherence, conjunction, contact, continuity, coupling, family, hookup, intermediary, junction, kinship, link, nexus, relationship, relative, relevance, seam, tie, union connive: abet, blink, collude, conspire, finagle, foment, incite, intrigue, machinate, plan, plot, scheme, wink connive with: abet connoisseur: authority, bon vivant, buff, cognoscente, collector, critic, epicure, expert, gourmet, judge, maven, mavin, specialist, virtuoso
connoisseur of food, wine: bon vivant, epicure, gastronome, gourmet connoisseur of the arts: virtuoso connotation: coloring, essence, hint, implication, intent, meaning, overtone, spirit, suggestion connote: imply, indicate, insinuate, signify, spell connubial: bridal, conjugal, hymeneal, marital, married, matrimonial, nuptial, spousal, wedded conquer: achieve, acquire, beat, best, checkmate, clobber, cream, crush, daunt, defeat, down, humble, lick, master, occupy, overcome, overpower, overthrow, prevail, rout, subdue, subjugate, succeed, surmount, tame, triumph, vanquish, victor, whip, win conquer and occupy territory: annex conqueror: champion, conquistador, hero, master, subjugator, victor, winner conqueror, Spanish, of New World: conquistador conquest: catch, defeat, enchantment, invasion, mastery, rout, score, victory consanguinity: affilation, affinity, blood, brotherhood, kinship, lineage, relationship, sisterhood conscience: compunction, heart, inwit, morals, principles, psyche, qualm, scruples, sense, thought, virtue conscience, guilty: compunction, misgiving, qualm, scruple conscience, not guided by: unconscionable conscientious: assiduous, careful, diligent, dutiful, exact, fair, faithful, honest, just, meticulous, painstaking, pious, punctual, reliable, scrupulous, sedulous, upright conscientious, extremely: meticulous, punctilious, scrupulous conscious: alert, alive, attentive, awake, aware, cognizant, deliberate, feeling, felt, intentional, keen, knowing, perceptive, sensible, sentient conscious and sane moment: lucid interval, lucid moment conscious of being observed: selfconscious conscious of information: cognizant, informed, knowledgeable conscious perception: apperception
conscious perception, below the threshold of: subliminal consciously done: wittingly consciousness: awareness, concern, knowledge, mind, realization, sentience consciousness to express subconscious, suspension of: automatism consciousness, below the threshold of: subliminal consecrate: anoint, bless, dedicate, deify, devote, exalt, glorify, hallow, honor, make holy, ordain, sanctify, seal, venerate, vow consecrator: anointer consecutive: after, continuous, ensuing, following, progressive, serial, succeeding, unbroken consensus: accord, harmony, unanimity, unity consent: accede, accord, acquiesce, acquiescence, agree, allow, allowance, approve, assent, authorization, blessing, comply, concede, permission, permit, submit, yield consent, passive: sufferance consequence: account, aftereffect, aftermath, cachet, concern, consecution, consideration, effect, end, event, fallout, fruit, importance, issue, moment, outcome, payback, prestige, prominence, rank, repercussion, result, sequel, sequela, stature, weight, worth consequence, logical: corollary consequent: ensuing, following, indirect, rational, resultant, sound consequential: big, crucial, eventful, important, meaningful, pompous, substantial consequently: ergo, therefore, thereupon, wherefore conservation: care, cherishing, husbandry, managing, preservation, protection, saving, storage conservative: bourgeois, cautious, diehard, guarded, moderate, old guard, old liner, reactionary, right-winger, safe, square, stable, traditional conservative in politics: Tory conservative person: fogy, mossback, prig conservative, extremely: reactionary conservatory: academy, glasshouse, greenhouse, nursery, school conserve: guard, hoard, husband, maintain, preserve, protect, safeguard, save, scrimp, skimp, squirrel, sustain
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conserves: jams consider: adjudicate, analyze, believe, cogitate, consult, contemplate, debate, deem, deliberate, entertain, estimate, examine, expend, heed, impute, inspect, judge, meditate, mull, muse, note, ponder, reason, reckon, reflect, review, speculate, study, think, weigh consider anew: rethink consider carefully: ponder, reflect consider real: hypostatize consider seriously: take under advisement considerable: abundant, ample, bountiful, capacious, important, large, major, notable, noteworthy, remarkable, several, significant, substantial, super considerate: attentive, benevolent, careful, concerned, generous, gentle, heedful, kind, mild, mindful, observant, polite, prudent, respectful, sympathetic, tactful, thoughtful consideration: advisement, aspect, attention, cause, commission, concern, importance, incentive, mercy, motive, notice, perk, point, reason, recompense, regard, respect, review, reward, scrutiny, thought considered or called so by oneself: selfstyled consign: address, allot, assign, authorize, commission, commit, confide, delegate, deliver, deposit, devote, entrust, forward, give, mail, recommend, relegate, remand, remit, send, shift, ship, transfer, yield consist: abide, comprise, contain, dovetail, exist, harmonize, hold, include, inhere, lie, reside, stand consistency: adherence, body, coherence, composition, concord, congruity, consonance, density, firmness, harmony, regularity, stability, symmetry, uniformity, union, unity, viscosity consistency and agreement: concord, concurrence consistent: changeless, congruous, consonant, constant, dependable, even, expected, firm, harmonious, logical, persistent, regular, same, steady, suitable, unfailing, uniform, unvarying consistent and agreeing: conformable, in unison consistent and matching: congruous, consonant, coordinated, corresponding
consistent and unchanging: chronic, inveterate, reliable, steadfast, undeviating, unregenerate, unwavering consistent relationship, of a: compatible consistent, to make conflicting things: reconcile consisting of a turbine: turbo consisting of minute granular concretions: acinose consolation: cheer, comfort, compassion, relief, solace, sympathy console: allay, alleviate, cabinet, calm, cheer, comfort, encourage, lift, relieve, solace, soothe, support, table, tranquilize consolidate: amalgamate, blend, centralize, coalesce, combine, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, fortify, fuse, harden, join, merge, pool, reinforce, solidify, strengthen, unify, unite consonance: accord, agreement, chime, chorus, concord, harmony, unity consonant: agreeable, alike, coincident, compatible, congruous, consistent, harmonious, letter, parallel, phoneme, resonant, similar, sonant, suitable, unified consonant before vowel with high vowel sound: glide, semivowel consonant directly following a vowel: postvocalic consonant or combination with breath friction: spirant consonant sound: apical, click, dental, frontal, glide, glottal, nasal, palatal, retroflex, spirant, trill, voiced, voiceless consonant sound lengthened like a vowel: liquid consonant sound repeated in stressed syllables: alliteration consort: accompany, accord, agree, aide, assembly, associate, association, colleague, companion, concert, conform, conjunction, correspond, escort, fraternize, group, harmonize, husband, join, mate, mingle, partner, play, sidekick, spouse, tally, unite, wife conspicuous: apparent, blatant, celebrated, clear, discernible, distinctive, distinguished, eminent, evident, famous, flagrant, flashy, important, loud, manifest, marked, notable, noticeable, notorious, obvious, outstanding, patent, plain, pointed, prominent, salient, signal, striking, visible
conspicuous public situation: limelight conspicuously wrong: egregious, flagrant conspiracy: agreement, cabal, collusion, confederacy, connivance, coup, covin, intrigue, machination, plan, plot, scheme, treason conspiratorial group: cabal conspire: agree, collude, complot, concur, confederate, conjure, connive, consort, contrive, cooperate, devise, join, league, machinate, plot, scheme conspiring: in cahoots constancy: adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, fixedness, fortitude, honesty, integrity, loyalty, stability, tenacity constant: certain, chronic, confident, continual, continuous, dependable, durable, endless, enduring, eternal, even, everlasting, faithful, firm, fixed, forever, habitual, incessant, invariable, lasting, loyal, nonstop, permanent, perpetual, persistent, regular, relentless, solid, stable, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, sustained, true, uniform, unvarying, unwavering constant and long-lasting: abiding, durable, persistent constant and not stopping: incessant, unflagging, unremitting constant and unchanging: invariable, regular constant and uniform: chronic, inveterate, unregenerate consternation: alarm, amazement, anxiety, confusion, dismay, distraction, distress, dread, fear, fright, horror, panic, shock, terror, trepidation, wonder constipated: costive constipation medicine: cathartic, laxative, purgative constituent: citizen, component, division, element, factor, ingredient, integral, item, member, part, piece, portion, unit, voter constitute: appoint, authorize, commission, compose, compound, comprise, create, determine, develop, draft, embody, enact, establish, fix, form, found, legislate, make, ordain, set, shape constitution: being, build, character, composition, custom, enactment, essence, establishment, health, nature,
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CONSTELLATIONS
constellation of the Air Pump: Antlia constellt on of the Lesser Lion or Little Lion: Leo Minor constellation of the Altar: Ara constellt! on of the Lion: Leo constellation of the Archer: Sagittarius constellt-,ion of the Lizard: Lacerta constellation of the Balance of Scales: Libra constellt ton of the Lynx: Lynx constellation of the Berenice's Hair: Coma Berenices constellt! on of the Lyre: Lyra on of the Microscope: Microscopium constellation of the Bird of Paradise: Apus constellt ion of the Net: Reticulum constellation of the Bowl or Cup: Crater constellt on of Noah's Dove or Dove: Columba constellation of the Bull: Taurus constellt on of the Northern Crown: Corona Borealis constellation of the Centaur: Centaurus constellt on of the Octant: Octans constellation of the Chained Lady: Andromeda constellt!ion of the Painter's Easel: Pictor constellation of the Chameleon: Chamaeleon constellt on of the Pair of Compasses: Circinus constellation of the Charioteer: Auriga constellt on of the Peacock: Pavo constellation of the Clock: Horologium constellt Lon of the Ram: Aries constellation of the Colt or Filly: Equuleus constellt on of the River or Eridanus: Eridanus constellation of the Crab: Cancer constellt on of the Sails: Vela constellation of the Crane: Grus constellati on of the Scorpion: Scorpius constellation of the Crow: Corvus constellt ion of the Sculptor's Shop or Sculptor: Sculptor on of the Serpent: Serpens constellation of the Dolphin: Delphinus constellt on of the Serpent Holder or Serpent-Bearer: constellation of the Dragon: Draco constellt us constellation of the Eagle: Aquila constellati on of the Sextant: Sextans constellation of the Engraver's Chisel or Sculptor's Tool: Ophiucl on of the Shield: Scutum Caelum constellt on of the Ship's Compass or Mariner's Compass: constellation of the Fabulous Bird: Phoenix constellt on of the Southern Cross: Crux constellation of the Fishes: Pisces constellt on of the Southern Crown: Corona Australis constellation of the Fly: Musca Pyxis on of the Southern Fish: Piscis Austrinus constellation of the Flying Fish: Volans constellt on of the Southern Triangle: Triangulum constellation of the Fox: Vulpecula constellati on of the Square or Rule or Straightedge: Norma constellation of the Furnace: Fornax constellt;ion of the Stern: Puppis constellation of the Gilthead of Swordfish or Goldfish: constellt on of the Swan: Cygnus Dorado Australe on of the Table Mountain: Mensa constellation of the Giraffe: Camelopardalis constellt on of the Telescope: Telescopium constellation of the Goat: Capricornus constellt on of the Toucan: Tucana constellation of the Great Dog: Canis Major constellt on of the Triangle: Triangulum constellation of the Greater Bear or Big Dipper: Ursa Major constellati on of the Twins: Gemini constellation of the Hare: Lepus constellatiion of the Unicorn: Monoceros constellation of Hercules: Hercules constellt on of the Virgin: Virgo constellation of the Herdsman: Bootes constellt on of the Water Bearer: Aquarius constellation of the Hero: Perseus constellt on of the Water Serpent or Sea Serpent: Hydra constellation of the Hunter: Orion constellt on of the Water Snake: Hydrus constellation of the Hunting Dogs: Canes Venatici constellt on of the Whale: Cetus constellation of the Indian: Indus constellati on of the Winged Horse: Pegasus on of the Wolf: Lupus W constellation of the Keel: Carina constellt: constellation of the King: Cepheus constellt constellation of the Lady in the Chair or Cassiopeia or constellati constraint: bond, captivity, coercion, organization, physique, stamina, constrain: check, clasp, coerce, comQueen: Cassiopeia constellt compulsion, confinement, distress, state, structure, temper, vitality; pel, compress, confine, constrict, constellation of the Lesser Bear or Little Dipper: Ursa Minor constellt, duress, force, modesty, necessity, obcurb, deny, deprive, deter, distress, charter, code, law constellation of the Lesser Dog or Little Dog: Canis Minor ligation, pressure, reserve, restraint, constitutional: congenital, essential, enforce, fain, force, impel, inhibit, shyness, suppression, timidity inborn, inherent, innate, intrinsic, limit, oblige, oppress, press, ravish, lawful, legal, natural, organic, stroll, repress, restrain, restrict, secure, constrict: astringe, bind, choke, comsquash, stifle, subdue, urge, violate walk press, confine, constipate, constrain,
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constringe, contract, cramp, curb, grip, hamper, inhibit, limit, restrict, shrink, squeeze, strangle, tense, tighten construct: arrange, assemble, build, combine, compose, create, devise, engineer, envision, erect, fabricate, fashion, form, frame, make, originate, rear construction: architecture, building, creation, design, development, inference, makeup, structure, version construction, science of: tectonics constructive: beneficial, effective, helpful, practical construe: analyze, comprehend, decipher, deduce, explain, expound, infer, interpret, parse, render, resolve, translate consul: delegate, emissary, envoy, magistrate, minister, official, representative consult: advise, ask, brainstorm, confer, consider, counsel, decision, deliberate, determine, devise, discuss, huddle, meeting, negotiate, refer consultants: advisors consume: absorb, annihilate, burn, crush, deplete, destroy, devour, dissipate, down, drink, dwindle, eat, engage, engross, exhaust, expend, gulp, hoover, inhale, monopolize, perish, ravage, scarf, squander, swallow, use, use up, utilize, waste consumer: buyer, client, customer, eater, purchaser, shopper, user consumers persuaded by mass media: admass consuming: eating consummate: absolute, accomplish, achieve, complete, conclude, crown, culminate, effect, exquisite, finish, fulfill, ideal, perfect, perform, ripe, undisputed consumption: decay, depletion, destruction, devouring, drinking, eating, expenditure, phthisis, TB, tuberculosis, use, waste contact: abut, acquaintance, approach, collision, communication, connection, contiguity, contingency, get to, impact, join, junction, meet, meeting, network, rapport, reach, relate, touch, touching, union contact and sharing, professional: networking contact at single point: tangent
contact, spread by: communicable, contagious contagion: contamination, corruption, disease, epidemic, illness, infection, miasma, pestilence, poison, pox, taint, virus contagious: catching, communicable, epizootic, infectious, spreading, transmittable contagious diseases, widespread: epidemic contain: accommodate, bound, check, comprehend, comprise, control, embody, embrace, enclose, harness, have, hold, house, include, keep, restrain, retain, stifle, stop, subsume contain and include: comprise, encompass, incorporate contain sacred thing: enshrine contain, include: comprise contained as essential part of: implicit, inherent, integral container: bag, barrel, basket, bin, bottle, box, bucket, cage, can, canister, canteen, capsule, carafe, carton, case, cask, casket, crate, crib, cup, decanter, drum, flask, hamper, hod, holder, inkwell, jug, keg, magnum, pail, pod, pot, pouch, purse, receptacle, sack, shaker, silo, tank, tin, tub, urn, vase, vat, vial container for flowers: vase container for fluid: ampulla, cistern, cruse, receptacle, reservoir container for living organisms: terrarium container for miscellanea: catchall container for molten metal: crucible container for oranges: crate container for sacred thing: reliquary container for tea: caddy container of misfortunes: Pandora's box container's weight deducted to find contents' weight: tare containing iron: ferric containing tin: stannic, stannous contaminate: adulterate, befoul, blight, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deprave, desecrate, foul, infect, poison, pollute, soil, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, vitiate contemn: abhor contemplate: consider, deliberate, examine, inspect, meditate, muse, plan, ponder, probe, propose, reflect, regard, ruminate, scrutinize, speculate, study, survey, think, view, weigh
contemplation: awareness, consideration, deliberation, gazing, intention, meditation, musing, observation, prayer, purpose, scanning, speculation, study, thought contemplation of navel: omphaloskepsis contemplative: meditative, ruminant, thoughtful contemporary: abreast, aversion, coetaneous, coeval, current, dispite, hatred, modern, newfangled, recent, stigma, voguish contempt: disdain, disgrace, disrespect, hatred, indignation, mockery, odium, scorn, shame, slight, sneer contempt, to show: depreciate, disparage contemptible: abject, base, beggarly, cheap, crass, despicable, disgusting, dishonorable, evil, hateful, infamous, low, mean, paltry, petty, pitiful, revolting, sad, scummy, scurvy, shabby, sneaking, sordid, sorry, vile, worthless, wretched contemptuous: arrogant, cavalier, condescending, derisive, disdainful, haughty, insolent, insulting, sardonic, scornful, supercilious contemptuous behavior: contumacy contemptuous expression: sneer contend: argue, assert, avow, bargain, battle, brawl, buffet, bustle, claim, combat, compete, conflict, contest, cope, cross, debate, dispute, encounter, face, fight, maintain, oppose, quarrel, reason, skirmish, squabble, struggle, tug, vie, vindicate, wage contend orally: argue content: amount, capacity, essence, gist, meaning, text, volume; appeased, calm, cozy, ease, gratify, happy, peace, please, satiate, satisfy, smug contention: altercation, argument, beef, combat, competition, conflict, contest, controversy, debate, difference, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, explanation, feud, fight, flak, friction, ground, opinion, rebellion, riot, rivalry, rumpus, scrap, squabble, strife, struggle, tiff, war, wrangle contentious: argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, cantankerous, carping, disputatious, hostile, militant, perverse, pugnacious, quarrelsome, rabulisic, wrangling
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contentment: bliss, comfort, complacency, ease, gladness, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction contest: action, affray, agon, altercation, argue, argument, battle, bee, bout, challenge, clash, combat, compete, competition, conflict, contend, debate, defend, dispute, duel, encounter, feud, fight, fray, game, match, meet, oppose, pitt, protest, question, race, resist, rivalry, skirmish, spar, strife, strive, struggle, tiff, tournament, trial, vie, warfare contest prizes: stakes contest where all competitors play each other: round robin contest won without much opposition: walkaway contest, to forfeit a: default contestant: adversary, candidate, challenger, combatant, competitor, contender, defendant, enterer, entrant, entry, finalist, participant, player, prospect, rival, warrior context: background, climate, framework, matrix, meaning, situation, substance, vocabulary contiguous: abutting, adjacent, besides, bordering, close, meeting, nearby, neighboring, touching continent: abstinent, celibate, chaste, mainland, pure, restrained, restrictive, temperate continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America contingency: accident, chance, crossroads, emergency, event, fortuity, incident, juncture, likelihood, odds, possibility, predicament, prospect, uncertainty contingent: accidental, body, casual, chance, conditional, delegation, dependent, detachment, empirical, fortuitous, likely, possible, provisional, unanticipated, unpredictable continual: ceaseless, connected, constant, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, incessant, lasting, perennial, permanent, perpetual, recurrent, unbroken, unceasing, unremitting, unwaning continuance: adjournment, continuity, duration, endurance, extension, extent, longevity, perseverance, postpone, procedure, sequel, stay, term continuation, uncontrollable: perseveration
continue: abide, add, carry, connect, endure, exist, extend, go on, last, live, maintain, outlast, persevere, persist, proceed, prolong, pursue, reestablish, remain, renew, resume, run on, stay, survive, sustain continue a subscription: renew continue after break: resume continue despite obstacles, setbacks: persevere, persist continue steadily: persist continue to exist: subsist, survive continue unchanged: abide, subsist continue, to cause to: perpetuate continued story: serial continuing: chronic, incessant, ongoing continuing story: saga, serial continuing through year: perennial continuity: chain, cohesion, connection, endurance, flow, linking, progression, stamina, succession continuity interrupted by previous episode: flashback continuous: nonstop, pitiless, relentless continuous belief: perseverance, steadfastness continuous change: flux continuous flow: stream continuous procession: stream continuum of four dimensions: spacetime contort: bend, coil, convolute, curve, deform, disfigure, distort, gnarl, knot, turn, twist, warp, wrest, writhe contorted face: grimace contour: characteristic, curve, figure, form, graph, line, lineament, outline, profile, shape, silhouette, structure contour feather: penna contraband: acquire, banned, bootleg, cause, deflate, develop, illegal, illicit, moonshine, piracy, prohibited, smuggled, unlawful contraception, surgical cutting of sperm ducts for: vasectomy contraception, surgical tying of fallopian tubes for: tubal ligation contraception, withdrawal as: coitus interruptus contraceptive: preventative, prophylactic contraceptive for men: condom contraceptive for women: birth-control pill, cervical cap, diaphragm, intrauterine device, IUD, the Pill contract: abbreviate, abridge, catch, concentrate, condense, constrict,
constringe, curtail, lessen, limit, narrow, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, wrinkle; agreement, arrangement, bond, compact, convention, covenant, deed, lease, obligation, pact, pledge, promise, stipulation, treaty; come down with, incur, engage, get contract between master and apprentice: indenture contract for tenure: lease contract invalid, to make a: invalidate, nullify, vitiate, void contract stipulation: term contract, amendment to: endorsement, rider contract, section of a: clause contract, something done, given, or promised that is in effect a: consideration contract, to require as condition in: stipulate contract, to run out, as a: expire contradict: belie, call into question, controvert, counter, deny, differ, disaffirm, disclaim, disprove, dispute, gainsay, impugn, negate, oppose, oppugn, rebut, refute, repudiate contradiction: antilogy, conflict, contravention, denial, disagreement, discrepancy, gainsaying, inconsistency, paradox contradiction between two laws, conflict of authority: antinomy contradictory: against, antagonistic, antipodean, contrary, diametric, incompatible, inconsistent, opposite, polar, reverse contradictory feelings: ambivalence, cognitive dissonance, dissonance contradictory phrase: oxymoron contradictory statement that may be true, seemingly: antinomy, paradox contraption: apparatus, contrivance, device, gadget, instrument, machine, thing, tool contrary: adverse, antagonistic, antipodal, averse, balky, conflicting, converse, counter, disagreeable, discordant, discrepant, hostile, insubordinate, nonconforming, opposed, opposite, ornery, paradoxical, perverse, polar, rebellious, refactory, reverse, stubborn, unfavorable, unpopular, wayward contrast: antithesis, comparison, devi-
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ate, differ, difference, dissimilarity, divergence, diversity, mismatch, opposite, separate, show up contrast as literary technique: chiaroscuro contravene: breach, contradict, defy, deny, disregard, gainsay, hinder, infringe, offend, oppose, overstep, repudiate, spurn, thwart, transgress, tresspass, violate contribute: aid, assist, augment, bestow, cause, donate, endow, factor, furnish, further, give, help, provide, strengthen, submit, subscribe, subsidize, supply, tend, tender contribution: alms, article, benefaction, charity, donation, gift, grant, handout, input, offering, payment, present, share, supplement, writing contribution by persons unknown, of a: anonymous contributor: donor contributor to blood pressure reading: systole contributor to result or process: factor contrite: apologetic, compunctious, humble, penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sorrowful, sorry contrition: penitence contrivance: apparatus, appliance, artifice, contraption, creation, design, device, doodad, doohickey, gadget, gear, gizmo, instrument, invention, machine, plan, project, scheme, shift, tool, widget contrive: accomplish, achieve, agitate, brew, concoct, connive, conspire, construct, consult, contend, design, devise, engineer, fabricate, fake, fashion, finagle, fudge, intrigue, invent, machinate, make, manage, maneuver, manipulate, plan, plot, project, scheme, wangle control: bridle, check, clout, command, conduct, contain, curb, direct, discipline, dominate, domination, dominion, govern, grasp, guide, handle, hold, influence, juice, jurisdiction, leash, manage, mangagement, manipulate, mastery, monopoly, ordinance, overlook, power, predominate, preside, regulate, regulation, rein, restrain, rule, steer, subdue, supervise, sway control a force: harness control artfully: manipulate control completely: dominate, monopolize
control or authority: dominion, jurisdiction, sovereignty control to a standard: regulate control, bodily: continence control, loss of bodily: palsy control, resistive to: restive, turbulent control, to bring under: subjugate, subordinate controlled and prescribed course: regimen controlling position: helm, preeminence, tiller controversial: arguable, contended, debatable, disputatious, eristic, polemic, polemical, questionable, suspect controversy: altercation, argument, beef, contention, debate, difference, disagreement, discussion, dispute, flak, quarrel, row, spat, strife, tiff, wrangle controversy, major: cause clbre controvert: argue, belie, challenge, contest, contradict, counter, debate, deny, dispute, gainsay, moot, oppose, question, rebut, refute contumacious: haughty, insolent, mutinous, ornery, riotous, unruly contumely: abuse, arrogance, contempt, disdain, humiliation, insolence, insulting, remark, reproach, rudeness, scorn contusion: bruise, bump, injury, knock, mouse conundrum: enigma, mystery, paradox, poser, puzzle, question, riddle convalesce: improve, mend, recover, recuperate, rejuvenate, restore, revive convene: assemble, call, congregate, convoke, gather, meet, muster, open, rally, sit, summon, unite convenience: amenity, appliance, availability, benefit, comfort, ease, enjoyment, leisure, luxury, preference, service, usefulness convenient: accessible, adaptable, agreeable, appropriate, at hand, available, beneficial, favorable, handy, helpful, nearby, proper, ready, suitable, useful convenient to one's self: expedient conveniently arriving person or event in plot: deus ex machina convent: abbey, cloister, community, easy, monastery, nunnery, priory, retreat, sanctuary convent apartment: cell
convention: agreement, assembly, caucus, conference, congress, contract, convocation, custom, delegates, etiquette, gathering, meeting, members, practice, precept, protocol, rule, tradition, treaty, usage convention address: keynote convention attendee: delegate convention site: hall conventional: accepted, ceremonial, common, contractual, correct, customary, decent, developed, established, everyday, formal, middlebrow, normal, orthodox, proper, regular, routine, standard, traditional, trite, typical, usual conventional image: stereotype conventional in approach: academic conventional medicine: allopathy conventional trend: mainstream conventionalize: stylize conventions: mores conventions, being in accord with: comme il faut conventual: nun converge: assemble, concentrate, concur, focus, gather, join, meet, merge, rally conversant: abreast, acquainted, adept, au fait, awake, aware, cognizant, experienced, expert, familiar, hip, informed, practiced, proficient, skilled, versed conversation: association, chat, chitchat, colloquy, communication, confabulation, conference, dialogue, discourse, discussion, exchange, gossip, interchange, palaver, parley, repartee, shoptalk, talk conversation about trivial matters: small talk conversation between two: dialogue, tte--tte conversation by one: monologue conversation marked by exchanging witty retorts: repartee conversation or discussion, formal: colloquy conversation participant: collocutor, interlocutor conversation with wit: repartee conversation, departure in observation from: aside, digression, excursus, parenthesis conversation, informal: causerie, chat conversation, lively: badinage, banter, gabfest conversation, of a small-talk: phatic
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conversation, person involved in: interlocutor conversational: colloquial conversationalist, boring: macrologist conversationalist, dinner-table: deipnosophist converse: antipode, antithesis, association, chat, chin, colloque, commune, confer, consort, convert, dialogue, exchange, obverse, opposite, palaver, parley, reverse, speak, talk conversion: adaptation, alteration, change, flux, metamorphosis, mutation, switch conversion of assets: liquidation convert: acetalize, adapt, alter, amend, brainwash, change, commute, converse, disciple, follower, modify, neophyte, novice, persuade, proselytize, reform, renew, resolve, restore, reverse, revise, sway, transform, translate, transpose, turn convert illegal monies to legal-looking form or place: launder convert impulse to socially acceptable one: sublimate convert in shape: transmogrify convert or attempt to convert to a religion, cause: proselytize convert to a religion: neophyte, proselyte convert with indoctrination: brainwash convertible furniture: sofa bed convex: arched, bent, bowed, bulging, curved, gibbous, outcurved, protuberant, raised, rounded convex moldings: ovoli, ovolos, tori convey: alienate, assign, bear, bequeath, bring, carry, cart, communicate, conduct, convoy, deliver, devise, dispose, give, grant, guide, impart, import, lead, mean, move, project, relate, remove, reveal, send, steal, support, take to, tell, tote, transfer, transmit, transport, will conveyance: airplane, auto, automobile, bus, car, carriage, carrying, cart, charter, conduct, deed, grant, railroad, sled, trailer, train, transfer, transit, transport, trolley, truck, vehicle, wagon conveying a warning: monitory conveyor of goods: dray convict: adjudge, attain, attaint, captive, con, condemn, criminal, culprit, felon, find, inmate, jailbird, lifer, malefactor, prisoner, prove, sentence, timeserver
conviction: belief, certainty, confidence, creed, dogma, faith, fervor, mind, opinion, position, principle, sentiment, tenet, view; sentence convince: assure, change, get across, persuade, prove, satisfy, sell, sway convincing: authentic, believable, cogent, conclusive, evident, influential, persuasive, plausible, potent, powerful, sound, telling, valid convivial: cheerful, entertaining, festal, festive, friendly, gay, genial, hilarious, jocular, jolly, jovial, joyous, lively, merry, vivacious convocate: gather convocation: assembly, calling, caucus, concourse, congress, convention, council, gathering, meeting, synod convoke: assemble, call, cite, convene, gather, meet, muster, request, summon convolute: cloud, coil, contort, intricate, loop, snaking, spiral, tangle, twist, wind convoy: accompany, attend, carry, convey, escort, formation, guard, guide, lead, manage, pilot, protection, safeguard, usher convulsion: attack, commotion, contraction, disturbance, epilepsy, fit, furor, laughter, paroxysm, seizure, shaking, spasm, throe, tottering, tumult, uproar convulsive: spasmodic convulsive breath: gasp convulsive seizure while carrying unborn child: eclampsia convulsive twitch: tic coo: murmur, sound, utter, woo cooing birds: doves cook: bake, baker, barbecue, baste, boil, braise, broil, chef, concoct, contrive, curry, develop, fix, fry, grill, happen, heat, make, microwave, parboil, poach, prepare, process, roast, saut, sear, servant, simmer, steam, stew cook/boil gently in water: coddle cook up: brew, contrive, devise, formulate, invent, plot, scheme cooked simply or uncooked: au naturel cookery and cooking, pertaining to: culinary cookie: biscuit, brownie, cake, confection, gingersnap, macaroon, Oreo, snap, sugar, Toll House, wafer cookie made with almond paste or coconut: macaroon
cookie with a lot of butter or shortening: shortbread cookie, chewy, with coconut or almonds: macaroon cookie, flat brittle, made with ginger and molasses: gingersnap cooking: cordon bleu, cuisine, gastronomy, haute cuisine, magirics cooking pot, airtight and fast: pressure cooker cooking terms: al dente, au bleu, bake, bard, blanch, bouche, bouillon, bouquet, broil, brl, chine, coddle, culinary, devil, dredge, farci, flamb, fry, garni, jardiniere, marinade, marinate, medallion, parboil, puree, saut cooking tools: broiler, casserole, colander, dutch oven, galley, griddle, kitchen, pan, pot, ramekin, range, roaster, rtisserie, skillet, spatula, steamer, stove, terrine, trivet, tureen, wok cooking, high-quality: cordon bleu, haute cuisine cooking, particular style of: cuisine, gastronomy cooking, pertaining to: culinary cookout: barbecue, barbeque cool: algid, chill, chilly, cold, frigid, gelid, ice, nippy, refrigerate; moderate, temperate; assured, calm, collected, composed, confident, dandy, deliberate, poised, relaxed, sedate, serene; excellent, sensational cool and indifferent: apathetic, indifferent, nonchalant, placid, unconcerned, unemotional, unexcited, unflappable, unfriendly, unmoved, unresponsive, unruffled, unsociable cooler: ade, container, drink, icebox, icer, jail, lockup, prison, refrigerant, refrigerator cooling substance: refrigerant coolness: aplomb, assurance, calmness, cold, composure, indifference, nerve, sangfroid, serenity coop: cage, confine, corral, cramp, enclosure, hutch, jail, pen, prison, yard; co-op, cooperative cooperate: agree, assist, band, coadjute, collaborate, combine, concur, conduce, contribute, join, participate, play ball, tend, unite cooperate secretly: collude, connive, conspire cooperate with and indulge: gratify, pander to cooperating: compatible, in tandem
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cooperation: concert, partisanship, partnership, synergy, teamwork, union cooperation, insincere: lip service cooperative: accommodating, amenable, complaisant, compliant, considerate, helpful, obliging, synergetic, tractable cooperative arrangement: reciprocity cooperative farm in Israel: kibbutz cooperative farm in Russia: kolkhoz cooperative instinct: altruism, selflessness, symbiosis coordinate: adapt, adjust, alike, arrange, correlate, equal, equivalent, harmonize, integrate, mesh, organize, reconcile, synchronize, tune coordination: agility coordination effort: liaison coordination, lack of: apraxia, ataxia cootie: crab louse cop: officer, patrolman, patrolwoman, policeman, policewoman cope: canopy, chapel, cloak, complete, confront, contend, cover, deal, dress, encounter, endure, equal, face, handle, manage, match, notch, strive, struggle, survive, vault, weather cope with: grapple copies' multiple pages in order, to put: collate, decollate copies, to make three: triplicate copious: abundant, affluent, ample, bountiful, exuberant, flowing, full, galore, generous, lavish, lush, numerous, overflowing, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, profuse, replete, rich, wordy copper, greenish coating on: patina, verdigris coppice: bosk, copse, firth, forest, grove, growth, regrow, thicket, underwood, wood, woodland cop's club: billy copse: grove, thicket copulate: breed, cohabit, fornicate, join, mate, unite copy: ape, carbon, cheat, clone, counterfeit, ditto, duplicate, echo, edit, effigy, emulate, facsimile, follow, forgery, image, imitate, imitation, issue, likeness, mime, mimeograph, mimic, mirror, parrot, personify, phony, plagiarize, redraft, remake, replica, reprint, reproduce, reproduction, simulate, takeoff, trace, tracing, transcribe, transcript, Xerox copy in greatly reduced size: miniature
copy in longhand: engross copy machine substance: toner copy machine, old-fashioned: duplicator, mimeograph copy manuscripts, person whose job is to: amanuensis, scribe, scrivener copy of a bond: oyer copy of academic record: transcript copy of creator's work: replica copy of proceedings: transcript copy on smaller scale: replica, reproduction copy or adapted from others: derivative, unoriginal copy or exact reproduction: facsimile copy or forge, to: counterfeit copy process: photocopying, xerography, Xerox copy someone's elses writings or ideas and pass off as one's own: plagiarize copy, corrected clean: fair copy copy, exact genetic: clone copycat: ape, aper, mime copying machine for diagrams: pantograph copyright or patent, expired: public domain copyrighted material, unauthorized use of: infringement, piracy, plagiarism coquet or coquette: coy, dally, flirt, fool, philander, toy, trifle, vamp, wanton coral: horny, limestone, madrepore, pink, polyp, red, skeleton, zoophyte coral island: atoll, cay coral island or reef that encircles lagoon: atoll coral of a lobster: roe coral or sea anemone: polyp coralridge:reef coral rock parallel to coast, separated by lagoon: barrier reef cord: band, bind, bond, cable, fabric, fiber, laniard, lanyard, line, measure, nerve, rope, sennet, spinal, string, tendon, thread, twine, wire, wood, yarn cord for securing, binding: lashing cord for trimming: bobbin cord from fetus to placenta: umbilical cord cord of Arab headdress: agal cord on left uniform shoulder, braided: fourragre cord or belt: cincture cord unit: log cord used to strangle: garrote cord, elastic, for securing items: bungee cord, shock cord
cordage fiber: hemp, istle, jute, kenaf, pita, sisal cordial: agreeable, amiable, courteous, drink, friendly, genial, gracious, hearty, hospitable, liqueur, polite, real, sincere, sociable, vigorous, vital, warm, zealous cordial flavoring: anise cordial liqueur: amaretto, anisette, Benedictine, Chartreuse, Cointreau, Grand Marnier, Kahlua, ouzo, sambuca, triple sec cordiality: amenity, ardor, empressement, friendliness, geniality, heartiness, pleasantness, regard, sociability, sympathy, warmth Cordillera: range cordlike decoration: piping cordon: cord, group, guard, ribbon, shrub, stringcourse, tree corduroy rib or ridge: wale cordwood measure: stere core: base, center, cob, essence, focus, gist, guts, heart, hub, kernel, meat, middle, nodule, nub, nucleus, pith, root, staple, substance core group: cadre core of anything: heart core or central idea: gist, gravamen cork: bobber, close, float, oak, phellem, plug, seal, shive, spike, stop, stopper, stopple cork in bottle of champagne, wire cage holding down: agraffe, coiffe cork tree: oak cork, of or resembling: suberose corker: crackerjack, dandy, excellent, humdinger, lulu, oner, remarkable, whiz corkscrew: coil, entwine, spiral, twist, wind cormorant: bird, gluttonous, gourmand, greedy, rapacious, ravenous corn: cob, ear, grain, Indian, kernel, maize, mealie, mealy, nubbin, samp corn bread or cake: pone corn cover: husk corn liquor, illegally distilled: mountain dew corn meal: masa corn or wart: papilloma corn product: bread, grist, hominy, meal, pone, tortilla corn unit: ear, kernel corned-beef dish: hash corner: angle, bend, cranny, edge, el-
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CORDIALS AND LIQUEURS

absinthe alcohol blanc amaretto Amer Picon anisette Asiago BandB Benedictine bitters Calvados cassis Chamborel Chartreuse chocolate liqueur Cointreau crme de bananas crme de cacao crme de cassis crme de framboise crme de menthe crme de noyeaux crme de violette curaao Drambuie Frangelico Galliano Goldschalger Grand Marnier Irish cream Irish Mist Kahlua Kir kummel Malibu Mandarine Napoleon Marachino Midori mocha liqueur pastis Pimm's ratafia rock and rye Sabra sambuca schnapps sloe gin Southern Comfort Strega Tia Maria triple sec tuaca VandermintW
bow, ell, junction, niche, nook, recess, retreat, spot, trap, veer; monopoly corner of building, outer: cant corner or nook by fireplace: inglenook corner, cut off a: bevel, chamfer cornered: at bay, treed cornerstone: base, basis, coigne, foundation, marking, quoin, support cornet: headdress, horn, instrument, trumpet cornflower: bachelor's button, ixia cornice: band, crown, drip, eave, frame, furnish, geison, molding cornice molding: cyma cornmeal: atole cornmeal bread: johnny cake cornmeal cake: pone cornmeal dough deep-fried: hush puppy cornmeal mush: polenta, porridge cornrows: braids cornstalks as fodder, hay made from clover: stover cornucopia: abundance, horn, the horn of plenty, ornament, receptacle corny: banal, clichd, dated, sentimental, square, stale, stupid, trite corolla component: petal corollary: analogy, conclusion, consequent, deduction, effect, inference, proposition, result, theorem corona: aureole, cigar, circle, crown, halo, light, ring, rosary, tiara, wreath coronary tissue death: infarction coronation: accession, ceremony, crowning, inauguration coroner's investigation: inquest, inquiry coronet: anadem, band, chaplet, circle, crown, diadem, headband, headdress, tiara, wreath corporal: anatomical, bodily, corporeal, physical, punishment, rank, tangible
corporal's boss: platoon sergeant corporate insignia: logo corporation: association, business, combination, company, enterprise, firm, syndicate, trust corporation holding other's securities: holding company corporation ordinance: bylaw corporation with varied industries: conglomerate corporation's total securities issued: capitalization corporeal: actual, bodily, carnal, corporal, material, physical, real, somal, somatic, substantial, tangible corps: band, brigade, company, division, outfit, squad, troop, unit corpse: body, cadaver, carcass, remains, stiff corpse burning for disposal: cremation corpse deep-freezing technique: cryonics corpse examination: autopsy, necropsy, postmortem corpse for research: cadaver corpse from a grave, to remove: disinter, exhume corpse of animal: carcass corpse storage room or building: morgue, mortuary corpse with chemicals, to preserve: embalm corpses, feeding on: necrophagous corpulent: blimp, bulky, chubby, fat, fleshy, heavy, husky, large, obese, overweight, plump, portly, rotund, stout, tubby, weighty corpus: body, bulk, capital, compilation, mass, principal, whole, writings corpuscle deficiency: anemia corral: confine, coop, enclosure, fence, pen, round up, stockade, surround correct: accurate, adjust, amend, bet-
ter, castigate, change, chastise, check, edit, emend, exact, fit, fix, improve, inform, nice, perfect, precise, proper, punish, rectify, redress, reform, regulate, remedy, repair, reprove, revamp, revise, right, true, truthful, upgrade correct and proper: comme il faut, kosher correct text: emend correct, always: infallible, unerring correct, to confirm as: attest, corroborate corrected or improved, capable of being: corrigible correction: adjustment, alteration, discipline, modification, punishment correction made for variation in judgment, reasoning: personal equation correction, note to ignore: stet corrections in book: corrigenda, errata corrective: remedial, remedy, salutary corrective action: disciplinary action, punishment correctly inferred or deduced: valid correctness of judgment: rectitude correlate: associate, compare, coordinate, equate, match, parallel correlation: analogue, correspondent, equivalence, relationship correlative conjunction: nor correlative of if and then: else correspond: accord, agree, answer, coincide, communicate, complement, conform, equal, fit, harmonize, jibe, match, parallel, reply, resemble, respond, square, suit, tally, write correspond to: comport with, conform with correspondence: agreement, analogy, bulletins, coherence, congruity, correlation, epistle, letters, mail, messages, parallelism, similarity
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CORRESPONDENCE AND HARMONY - COUNCIL correspondence and harmony: congruity, consistency, consonance correspondence in math, rule of: function correspondence of number, case, gender, and person between words: agreement correspondence of set to set by rule: mapping correspondent: conformable, contributor, correlation, equivalent, freelancer, journalist, match, pen pal, reporter, suitable, writer corresponding and matching: coincident, coinciding corresponding in function but not structure, origin: analogous corresponding in position, value, structure, function: homologous corresponding in size, extent, duration, degree: commensurate corresponding person, thing: counterpart, vis--vis corridor: aisle, areaway, couloir, foyer, gallery, hall, hallway, passageway, path corroborate: attest, authenticate, back, confirm, establish, prove, strengthen, substantiate, support, sustain, validate, verify corrode: bite, canker, consume, corrupt, decay, destroy, deteriorate, eat, eat away, erode, gnaw, oxidize, rust, scour, waste, wear away corrosive: abrasive, acerbic, biting, caustic, destructive, erosive, mordant, sarcastic, venomous corrugated: creased, crinkled, crumpled, folded, grooved, ridged corrugated metal hut, arched: Quonset hut corrupt: abusive, adulterate, bad, bribe, contaminate, corrode, crooked, debase, debauch, defile, defiled, degrade, demoralize, deprave, dishonest, evil, falsified, flagitious, fraudulent, immoral, impure, low, mar, on the take, pervert, poison, pollute, profligate, ravish, rot, rotten, spoil, stain, subvert, taint, underhanded, unethical, venal, vile, violate, vitiate corrupt and degraded: peccant, putrid, rotten, scrofulous, venal corrupt innocent person, to: debauch corrupt official: highbinder corruptible: venal corrupting: evil, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilent corrupting thing: blight, canker corruption: debauchery, evil, fiddling, fraud, graft, impropriety, jobbery, payola, turpitude, vice corruption in government or business: graft, malversation corruption in public office: graft, jobbery corruption, fund used for: slush fund corruption, moral: depravity corruption, source of spreading: canker corsair: buccaneer, freebooter, marauder, picaroon, pirate, robber corset: belt, bodice, control, girdle, laced, restrict, stays, support, undergarment cortege: caravan, line, procession, retinue, train cortex: bark, layer, peridium, rind corundum: emery coruscate: beam, blaze, flash, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, radiate, sparkle cosa nostra: mafia, mob, syndicate co-sign: vouch cosmetic: beautify, blush, cream, decorative, eye shadow, henna, liner, lipgloss, lipstick, makeup, maquillage, mascara, nail polish, pomade, powder, restorative, rouge, superficial cosmic: catholic, cosmopolitan, global, huge, immense, infinite, limitless, planetary, universal, vast cosmonaut: astronaut cosmopolitan: cosmic, cultured, ecumenical, global, sophisticated, universal, urbane, worldly cosmopolitan person: cosmopolite cosmos: creation, earth, flower, galaxy, globe, harmony, nature, order, realm, scheme, stars, structure, universe, world cosset: caress, cuddle, fondle, lamb, love, pamper, pet, spoil cost: charge, damage, estimate, expenditure, expense, fee, harm, loss, pain, penalty, price, sacrifice, suffering, toll, value cost, additional: surcharge costly: damaging, dear, disastrous, exorbitant, expensive, extravagant, gorgeous, high, lavish, opulent, precious, priceless, rich, ruinous, splendid, steep, sumptuous, valuable costs of operating a business: overhead costs, cut back on: economize, retrench costs, to undertake payment of: defray costume: apparel, attire, clothes, clothing, disguise, dress, ensemble, garb, getup, guise, outfit, robe, suit, uniform costume ball with masks: masquerade costume department of theater: wardrobe cot: bed, bedstead, berth, bunk, cabin, cottage, couch, covering, dwelling, house, hut, sheath, shelter, stall, stretcher coterie: circle, clan, clique, club, gang, junto, ring, set, society cottage: bungalow, cabin, chalet, dwelling, guesthouse, house, hut, lodge, maisonette, shack, shanty, shelter cottage cheese: smearcase cotton bundle: bale cotton fabric: calico, canvas, chintz, denim, duck, etamine, leno, lisle, muslin, nankeen, organdy, percale, pima, sateen, terry cotton for stuffing or lining: batting cotton grass: sedge cotton on stick for cleaning: swab cotton refuse: lint cotton seed-bearing capsule: boll cotton thread: lisle cotton thread, to treat and improve: mercerize cottontail: hare, rabbit couch: bed, chesterfield, cot, davenport, daybed, divan, floor, ottoman, sofa; express, word couch made out of a folding mattress: futon couch without armrests or back: divan couch without arms or back: ottoman couchlike chair with support for legs: chaise longue cougar: cat, catamount, mountain lion, panther, puma cough: ahem, bark, cold, hack, pertussis, tussis, whoop cough drop: troche cough medicine: linctus cough medicine promoting expulsion: expectorant cough-relieving: antitussive cough up: ante, confess, deliver, disclose, relinquish cough up and eject: expectorate cough up phlegm: hawk council: assembly, board, body, cabinet, committee, conclave, conference, congress, consistory, convoca-
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tion, deliberation, discussion, diet, divan, federation, junta, meeting, ministry, panel, senate, synod council, pertaining to a: conciliar counsel: admonish, advice, advise, advocate, attorney, barrister, caution, confer, consultation, counsellor, counselor, deliberation, exhort, guidance, instruction, lawyer, prescribe, recommend, rede, rule, steer, suggest, urge, warn counsel, of yore: rede counselor: adviser, advisor, attorney, barrister, counsel, counsellor, instructor, lawyer, mentor, supervisor, teacher count: add, await, bank, calculate, cast, census, compute, deem, depend, earl, enumerate, esteem, expect, figure, foot, impute, include, judge, matter, name, number, numerate, outcome, poll, rate, reckon, rely, result, score, signify, sum, tally, tell, total, tote count off list: enumerate countenance: abet, accept, advocate, aid, approve, aspect, back, befriend, encourage, endorse, favor, help, OK, sanction, show, support, uphold; face, feature, front, mien, physiognomy, semblance, visage; bearing, calmness, composure counter: adverse, against, antipodal, asset, contend, contradict, contrary, current, marker, match, nullify, offset, oppose, opposite, rebut, respond, retaliate, reverse, token; stand, table counter or retaliatory action: riposte counter or ward off: parry counteract: annul, antidote, balance, cancel, check, correct, foil, frustrate, hinder, negate, negative, neutralize, oppose, overcome, resist, thwart counteractant: antidote counterargument: rebuttal counterbalance: check, compensate, correct, equalize, equiponderate, offset, rectify countercharge: recrimination counterclockwise: widdershins, withershins counterculturist: rebel counterfeit: affect, artificial, assume, bogus, brummagem, coin, copy, deception, disguised, dummy, fake, false, falsify, feigned, fictitious, forge, forged, forgery, fraud, fraudulent,
fudge, imitate, impersonate, mock, phony, postiche, pretend, pseudo, reproduction, sham, simulate, spurious counterfeit coin: slug countermand: abrogate, annul, cancel, frustrate, override, recall, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, stop, void counterpart: analog, carbon, complement, copy, correlate, double, duplicate, equal, equivalent, like, match, mate, obverse, parallel, twin, vis--vis counterpoise: balance, ballast, compensate, counteract, counterweight, equalize, equilibrium, offset, stabilize countersign: authorize, certify, confirm, corroborate, endorse, mark, password, seal, sign, signature, watchword countertenor: alto counting, process of: enumeration, numeration countless: incalculable, infinite, innumerable, limitless, numberless, umpteen, untold countrified: rural countrified, become: rusticate country: backwoods, boondocks, bush, citizens, commonwealth, district, farm, fatherland, home, homeland, land, motherland, nation, outland, pastoral, people, realm, region, rural, state, sticks, territory country gentleman: squire country house: manor country inn: ferme auberge country isolated from main part and surrounded by foreign territory, part of: exclave country life, relating to: bucolic, pastoral, rural, rustic country path: lane country person, uncultured: bumpkin, yokel country shindig: hoedown country, dependent: client state country, neutral, between opposed countries: buffer state country, person from one's own: compatriot country, person who has been driven from or left their: emigrant, migr, exile, expatriate country, relating to open: campestral country, rural: boondocks, hinterland country, to disown allegiance to one's: defect
country, to expel a foreigner from a: deport county: borough, canton, district, division, parish, seat, shire, subdivision county division: township county official: sheriff coup: achievement, attack, feat, mastery, overthrow, overturn, plan, plot, revolution, stratagem, strike, stroke, takeover coup de grce: clincher, deathblow, knockout, mercy stroke, quietus coup d'tat: mutiny, overthrow, revolt, revolution, stratagem couple: assemble, bond, brace, bracket, combine, connect, copulate, duad, duo, dyad, fasten, harness, hitch, join, link, marry, mate, pair, team, tie, twin, two, twosome, unite, yoke coupler: device, drawbar, fastener, link, ring, shackle couplet: distich, pair, poem, unit, verse coupon: advertisement, certificate, form, slip, stamp, stub, token, voucher coupon for goods, to turn in: redeem courage: audacity, backbone, boldness, braveness, bravery, chin up, daring, lan, fearlessness, firmness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, grit, gumption, guts, hardihood, heart, the heart of a lion, heroism, mettle, nerve, pluck, prowess, resolution, soul, spine, spunk, tenacity, valor courage from alcohol: Dutch courage courageous: adventurous, bold, brave, daredevil, daring, fearless, gallant, game, gutsy, hardy, heroic, intrepid, lionhearted, mettlesome, redblooded, spartan, stouthearted, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous, venturous courageous behavior: heroics courier: attendant, carrier, envoy, gofer, guide, mailman, mailwoman, messenger, post, postman, postwoman, runner, scout, spy course: artery, beeline, career, circuit, curriculum, class, conduct, cycle, design, direction, drift, flow, gallop, game, heat, highway, itinerary, lap, line, manner, method, movement, orbit, passage, path, pathway, plan, policy, procedure, proceeding, progress, race, rink, road, route, routine, run, running, scheme, sequence, series, stream, street, subject, system, tendency, track, trail, trend, way
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COURT GAMES
badminton basketball court tennis handball jai alai lawn tennis paddleball paddle tennis pelota platform tennis racquetball roller hockey rugby fives shuffleboard squash racquets squash tennis table tennis tennis volleyball * course chosen but not required, a: elective course done on one's own: distance learning, extension program course for updating: refresher course course of action: plan, scenario course of events: tide course of study: curriculum, syllabus course of thought or argument: tenor course, side dish served in addition to main: entremets course's learning unit: module courteous: attentive, civil, complaisant, considerate, cordial, debonair, deferential, fair, gallant, genteel, gentle, gracious, kind, mannerly, polished, polite, refined, respectful, suave, thoughtful, urbane courteous and gallant: chivalrous courtesan: hetaera courtesy: civility, comity, pleasantry courtier: attendant, beau, courter, flatterer, wooer courtly: aristocratic, civil, cultured, debonair, decorous, dignified, elegant, flattering, gracious, lofty, polished, polite, prim, refined, stately, suave courtroom panel: jury courtship: amour, dating, pursuit, romance, suit courtyard: area, curtilage, enclosure, patio, quad, quadrangle, space courtyard of church: atrium, parvis courtyard surrounded by cloisters: garth cousin: counterpart, coz, kin, kinsman, kinswoman, nobleman, relative
cousin, first: cousin-german cousins separated by generations, of: removed cove: basin, bay, bight, cave, cavern, creek, gulf, harbor, hole, inlet, lagoon, molding, nook, pass, recess, retreat, sound, valley covenant: accord, agree, agreement, bargain, bind, bond, commitment, compact, concordat, condition, contract, convention, deal, document, engage, oath, pact, pledge, promise, stipulation, testament, treaty cover: blanket, camouflage, cap, cloak, clothe, coat, conceal, defend, detail, disguise, drape, eclipse, hatch, hide, lid, mask, obscure, overlay, overlie, pave, protect, roof, sanctuary, screen, shade, shelter, shield, skin, span, tegmen, track, veil, wrap cover up wrongdoing: whitewash cover with clouds or fog: obnubilate cover with hoarfrost: rime cover with liquid or color: perfuse cover with plaster: ceil cover with thin plastic: laminate coverage: analysis, broadcasting, description, inclusion, indemnity, insurance, observed, report, scope coverall: jumpsuit covered walk: arcade, stoa covered with matted wool or hair: flocculent, tomentose covered with soft hair: pilose covered with viscous mud: slimy covering: april, apron, aril, armor, awning, bark, bonnet, boot, canopy, capsule, case, ceiling, clothing, coverlet, crust, explanatory, helmet, hood, hull, husk, integument, jacket, lid, otitis, overlay, pall, quilt, robe, rug, screen, sheath, shell, shroud, smokescreen, tarp, testa, tile, toupee, umbrella, wig covering for coffin: pall covering or outer layer: cortex, mantle, pallium covering that darkens, obscures: pall covering, animal or plant: integument covering, natural: integument coverlet: afghan, blanket, comforter, quilt, spread, throw covert: asylum, camouflaged, clandestine, concealed, confidential, covered, defense, disguised, feather, guarded, harbor, hidden, hush-hush, incognito, insidious, latent, masked,
private, privy, refuge, secret, sheltered, thicket, underbrush, undercover, underhanded covet: ache, aspire, crave, desire, envy, hanker, lust, thirst, want, wish, yearn coveted role: lead covetous: acquisitive, avaricious, avid, desirous, eager, envious, gluttonous, grasping, greedy, itchy, jealous, keen, mercenary, ravenous, selfish, stingy covey: bevy, brood, bunch, company, family, flock, group cow: daunt, ruminant cow about to give birth: springer cow between 1 and 2 years old: stirk, yearling cow habitat: barn, byre, corral, pasture, pen, vaccary cow in stall, framework to secure: stanchion cow or ox, like a: bovine cow pasture: lea cow shed: byre cow snatcher: rustler cow stomachs: omasa cow tail bushy tip: switch cow without calf: farrow cow, female: farrow, milch, springer cow, group: cattle, herd, kine cow, not pregnant: farrow cow, young: beef, bovine, calf, heifer, quadruped, ruminant, stirk cow, young and not yet breeding: heifer coward: caitiff, chicken, dastard, gutless, jellyfish, noel, poltroon, quitter, scaredy-cat, sissy, sneak, wimp, yellowbelly cowardice: cold feet cowardly: afraid, chicken-hearted, chicken-livered, craven, dastardly, fainthearted, fearful, frightened, lilylivered, nervous, pusillanimous, recreant, shy, spineless, timid, yellow cowboy: broncobuster, buckaroo, cattleman, cattlewoman, charros, cowgirl, cowpoke, cowpuncher, driver, frontiersman, frontierswoman, gardian, gaucho, herder, herdsman, herdswoman, huasos, llanero, puncher, rider, roper, stockman, stockwoman, vanquero, waddy, wrangler cowboy contest: rodeo cowboy dressing: bandana, boots, chaps, hat, long Johns, spurs cowboy equipment: boleadoras, branding irons, gun belt, holster, lariat, pistol, quirt, rope, saddle, shotgun, six gun, whip
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COURT & LEGAL TERMS

agenda: docket applying to a court for aid: recourse attempt to influence court of law: embracery before a court of law: sub judice break in court proceedings: recess brief entry of court proceedings: docket calendar of cases awaiting: docket call to order: oyez celebrated court case: cause clbre chief court clerk: prothonotary contempt of court: contumacy court action: appeal, plea, suit court case: action, arraignment, hearing, litigation, moot, sitting, suit, trial court case or lawsuit: litigation court of appeals: appellate court court of justice: forum, tribunal court officials: advocate, amicus curiae, bailiff, crier, defendant, judge, jury, marshall, plaintiff, pleader court order for imprisonment: committal, mittimus court order for prohibiting something: interdict court order to a lower court, higher: mandamus court order to appear, testify: subpoena court order to do or stop act: injunction, restraining order, writ court order to produce documents, evidence: subpoena duces tecum court order to send back to custody: remand court to give testimony, writ requiring appearance in: subpoena, summons court site: venue cowboy film: oater cowboy trousers: chaps cowboy, South American: gaucho cowboy, southwestern U.S.: buckeroo, vaquero cower: cringe, crouch, fawn, grovel, hide, quail, recoil, shrink, stoop, toady, tremble, wince cowl: bonnet, cap, capuche, cloak, hood, monk, robe cow's stomach: omasum cows, of yore: kine cows, relating to: bovine coxa: hip coxcomb: buck, cap, dandy, dude, fob, fool, fop, hinge, popinjay coy: allure, arch, bashful, coquettish, demure, diffident, distant, evasive, hesitating, kittenish, modest, quiet, reserved, shy, skittish, still, timid, unassertive coypu: nutria cozen: bamboozle, beguile, bilk, cheat, court terms: bond, brief, citation, cognizance, committal, cross-examine, decree, embracery, finding, forensic, in camera, injunction, interdict, judgment, mandamus, oyez, perjury, recess, recognizance, recource, remand, session, subpoena, sue, summons, testify, testimony, verdict, ward, writ court training exercise: moot court court types: appellate, circuit, forum, judicature, judiciary, kangaroo, star chamber, tribunal court's jurisdiction: cognizance courts of law: judicature, judiciary failure to make court appearance: default give as evidence under oath in a court of law, to: testify giving of evidence under oath in a court of law: testimony giving of false testimony: perjury judge in county court: circuit judge of a court hearing held in private: in camera party against which court action is brought: defendant party bringing suit: plaintiff person summoned to advise: amicus curiae pleading guilty to lesser charge: plea bargain promise or obligation to appear: bond, recognizance question a witness, to: cross-examine, cross-question refer a case to another court for further action, to: remit relating to courts of law: forensic relating to principles of law for courts: substantive relating to rules or procedures of courts: adjective summons to appear: citation unauthorized court: kangaroo court under a court's consideration: sub judice W
chisel, con, deceive, defraud, dupe, flimflam, fraud, gyp, hoodwink, swindle, trick coziness: gemutlichkeit cozy: buddy-buddy, comfortable, contented, covering, cushy, easy, familiar, friendly, homey, intimate, palsywalsy, relaxing, safe, secure, snug, soft, toasty, warm cozy place: den, lair, nest CPA's report: audit crab claw: chela crab family: brachyura crab or other 10-legged crustacean: decapod crab terms: anthropod, arachnid, chela, crustacean, decapod, fiddler, hermit, horseshoe, nipper, pincer, robber, soft-shelled crabby: bitter, cranky, cross, cynical, difficult, dour, glum, grouchy, huffy, irritable, sullen, surly, testy crablike: cancroid
crack: blemish, break, chip, chop, cleave, cleft, cranny, craze, crevice, damage, division, fissure, flaw, fracture, gap, interstice, rend, rift, shatter, snap, split crack or split, narrow: cleft, crevice, fissure crack, deep: chasm, crevasse cracked: bonkers, break, chinky, collapse, crazy, deranged, insane, mad, nuts, rimose, split, unbalanced cracker: biscuit, saltine, wafer crackerjack: ace, adept, excellent, expert, fine, nifty, skilled, splendid, super crackle: break, brustle, crepitate, crinkle, noise, snap, sound, sparkle crackpot: crank, eccentric, flake, insane, kook, lunatic, maniac, nut, oddball, screwball, wacko cracks in painting: craquelure cracks in pottery, intersecting: craze cracks, covered with fine: crazed
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crack up: amuse, breakdown, collapse, pileup, smash, wreck cradle: bassinet, bed, cot, crib, cuddle, hug, infancy, lull, nestle, nourish, nursery, nurture, origin, tend, wellspring craft: ability, aptitude, art, artifice, dexterity, employment, expertise, foxiness, job, occupation, profession, skill, talent, trade, vocation; airplane, boat, ship, spacecraft, vessel craft wood: balsa craftsperson: artificer, artisan, artist, carpenter, master, mechanic, smith, specialist, worker, writer craftsperson not self-employed: journeyman crafty: acute, adept, adroit, arch, astute, cagey, calculating, canny, clever, conniving, cunning, deceitful, designing, disingenuous, foxlike, foxy, fraudulent, ingenious, insincere, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, smooth, snide, subtle, tricky, vulpine, wily crafty one: finagler craggy: harsh, rocky, rough, rugged, steep, unlevel craggy hill: tor cram: crowd, crush, drive, fill, force, glut, gorge, jam, load, pack cramp: ache, bar, compress, confine, constraint, constrict, contraction, crick, crowd, frame, hamper, hinder, impede, interfere, iron, kink, limit, myalgia, pain, prevent, restrain, restrict, rigor, spasm, stiffness, stunt, stymie cramp or appendage stiffness: charley horse cramped: incommodious crane: bird, davit, derrick, device, heron, hesitate, hoist, machine, raise, stretch, wader crane on ship: davit crane, mount for traveling: gantry crane, raise or lower boom of: luff crane's long arm: boom cranial cavity: sinus cranial nerve: vagus cranium: braincase, brainpan, head, nob, skull crank: bend, brace, bracket, crab, crackpot, eccentric, fanatic, grouch, handle, kook, sourpuss, start, turn, unstable, vigorously, winch, wind cranky: cantankerous, crabby, cross, crotchety, difficult, disagreeable,
grouchy, irascible, irritable, ornery, out of sorts, perverse, stubborn, testy, touchy, ugly cranny: byplace, cleft, corner, crack, crevice, fissure, hole, niche, nook, opening crash: accident, bang, blast, bust, collapse, collide, collision, crack, crunch, crush, depression, fabric, failure, fall, lodging, noise, pileup, ram, shatter, shelter, shock, sleep, smash, smashup, sound, topple, wreck crash into someone from side, unseen: blindside crashing, as waves: plangent crass: coarse, crude, gross, insensitive, raw, rough, rude, stupid, uncouth, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar crass one: boor, yahoo crate: aircraft, airplane, basket, box, car, carton, case, chest, container, cradle, jalopy, package, pallet, receptacle, vehicle crater: abyss, bowl, caldera, cavity, depression, hole, hollow, mouth, opening, pit crater formed by volcano: caldera cravat: ascot, band, neckerchief, necktie, overlay, scarf, tie crave: ache, ask, beg, beseech, covet, desire, dream, fancy, hanker, hunger, implore, long, lust, need, pray, request, require, solicit, supplicate, thirst, want, yearn craven: afraid, chicken, cowardly, dastard, defeated, fainthearted, gutless, overcome, poltroon, recreant, scared, timid, weak, wimp, yellow craving: appetence, itch, thirst, yen craving for candy: sweet tooth crawl: creep, cringe, drag, fawn, grovel, inch, lag, lolly gag, pen, poke, slither, slow, swim, teem, writhe crawl face down: grovel crayon: chalk, charcoal, color, drawing, pastel, pencil, sketch, wax crayon of dried paste: pastel craze: bewilder, break, chic, derange, fad, fasion, frenzy, furor, infatuation, kick, loco, madden, mania, mode, novelty, obsession, passion, rage, style, trend, unbalance, vogue, wild craze for one thing: monomania crazy: absurd, amok, bananas, bats in the belfry, batty, bizarre, bonkers, cockamamie, cracked, crackpot, cuckoo, daffy, daft, demented, dotty,
erratic, fanatical, flaky, foolish, gaga, goofy, harebrained, haywire, inane, insane, loco, loony, lunatic, mad, maniac, meshuga, meshugga, nuts, preposterous, psycho, senseless, silly, strange, touched, unbalanced, wacky, weird creak: complain, croak, grate, grind, groan, noise, rasp, screech, sound, squeak creaking noises, to make: crepitate cream: beat, best, choice, cosmetic, defeat, elite, emulsion, froth, lotion, moisturizer, ointment, pick, top, trounce, whip cream of the crop: crme de la crme, elite cream pastry: Napoleon cream puff with chocolate sauce: profiterole cream soup: potage cream, thick and heavy: crme frache creamery: dairy creamy: ecru, fluffy, foamy, lush, rich, smooth, thick crease: bend, crimp, crumple, fold, furrow, groove, line, pleat, ruck, ruffle, seam, tuck crease or wrinkle: pucker, ruck create: beget, build, cause, compose, conceive, concoct, design, establish, fashion, form, found, generate, imagine, invent, make, mold, originate, plan, procreate, shape, start create one company from another: spinoff creation: achievement, brainchild, cosmos, formation, genesis, macrocosm, masterpiece, nature, opus, production, universe, work, world creation becoming uncontrollable: Frankenstein's monster creation of idea: genesis, inception, procreation creation theory of Bible: creationism creative: artistic, clever, gifted, imaginative, innovative, inspired, inventive, original, productive, Promethean, seminal creative impulse: afflatus creativity of living things: lan vital creator: architect, author, designer, father, founder, inventor, maker, mastermind, originator creature: alien, animal, beast, being, giant, gnome, gremlin, human, indi-
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CREDENCE - CRIME
vidual, mammal, man, mermaid, monster, ogre; person, thing, tool, troll, varmint credence: acceptance, belief, certainty, confidence, credit, faith, reliance, shelf, table, trust, trustworthiness credentials: card, certificate, deed, documents, license, papers, permit, proof, reference, voucher credible: aboveboard, authentic, believable, likely, plausible, probable, reliable, satisfactory, seeming, straight, trustworthy, valid credit: ascribe, asset, assign, attention, attribute, belief, believe, charge, credence, deem, distinction, esteem, estimation, faith, glory, honor, kudos, loan, merit, on the plus side, points, recognition, thanks, trust, weight credit for achieving: kudos creditable: deserving, praiseworthy, reputable, suitable, worthy credits, T V or movie: crawl credo: belief, code, creed, philosophy, tenet credulous: accepting, gullible, trusting, unsuspecting, unwary credulous and simple: naive creed: belief, canon, confession, credo, cult, doctrine, dogma, faith, ideology, ism, principles, tenet creed of Christians: Nicene Creed creek: arroyo, bay, bayou, brook, burn, channel, cove, crick, estuary, inlet, kill, race, ria, rill, rindle, rio, rivulet, spring, stream, watercourse creep: crawl, grovel, gumshoe, inch, lurk, prowl, pussyfoot, skulk, slink, slither, snake, sneak, steal, tiptoe, writhe creeper: vine creepy: disgusting, eerie, ghoulish, macabre, nasty, ominous, scary, sinister, spooky creepy look: leer cremate: burn, char, incinerate, scorch cremation pile: pyre cremation remains, place for: cinerarium crole or nonstandard speech: patois crepe: band, crape, crinkled, fabric, paper, wrinkled; pancake crescent: arch, concave, convex, curve, horn, increasing, lunar, lune, meniscus, moon, semicircle crescent point: cusp crescent, crescent-shaped thing: lune, lunette, meniscus
crescent-shaped: bicorn, bicuspid, lunar, lunate, lunular, lunulate crescent-shaped mark on fingernail: lunula crest: acme, apex, apogee, arte, arms, bearing, climax, comb, crown, culmination, edge, emblem, escutcheon, height, helmet, insignia, noon, peak, pinnacle, plume, ridge, seal, summit, symbol, tip, top, tuft, whitecap crested ridge: arte crestfallen: blue, dejected, depressed, disappointed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, low, sad cretin: deformed, fool, idiot, imbecile, moron crevasse: abyss, breach, chasm, crack, fissure, gully, rift, split crevice: break, chink, cleavage, cleft, crack, cranny, crevasse, division, fissure, interstice, leak, nook, opening, rent, seam, slit crevice from the Proterozoic Age: Grand Canyon crew: assemblage, band, company, complement, covey, crowd, gang, group, hands, herd, horde, mariners, members, men, mob, party, posse, retinue, rowers, rowing, sailors, squad, team, throng, troop, workers crewman: hand, oar crib: basket, bed, bin, box, building, bunk, cot, cottage, crate, frame, hut, manger, rack, room, silo, stall, storehouse, trot; cheat, pilfer, plagiarism, plagiarize, pony, steal, theft cribbage piece: peg crick: ache, cramp, kink, pain, spasm, twinge cricket positions: batsman, bowler, captain, cover, cover point, extra cover, fielder, fine leg, first slip, gully, leg slip, long leg, long off, long on, mid off, mid on, mid wicket, ons, second slip, short leg, silly mid, silly mid on, square leg, third man, wicket keeper cricket score: run cricket sound: chirp, stridulation cricket terms: attack, bails, bat, bowl, bye, crease, lob, off, ons, over, pitch, rot, run, smick, strumps, yorker crime: abomination, abuse, act, arson, atrocity, breach, caper, corruption, evil, felony, illegality, iniquity, misdeed, misdemeanor, murder, offense, scandal, sin, tort, transgression, vice, violation, wrong
RELATED
TERMS
crime by public official: malfeasance crime less serious than felony: delinquency, misdemeanor, violation crime like murder, rape, burglary: felony crime of being homeless and a nuisance: vagrancy crime of bribing a jury member: embracery crime of contempt of court: contumacy crime of giving false testimony: perjury crime of illegally obtaining or using someone's property, funds: defalcation, embezzlement, peculation crime of illegally obtaining property, funds, patronage: extortion crime of kidnapping: abduction crime of maliciously setting a fire: arson crime of marrying someone while already married: bigamy, polygamy crime of not reporting a felony, by one who is not accessory: misprision crime of persistently instigating lawsuits: barratry crime of sex between close relatives: incest crime of sex with person not of age of consent: statutory rape crime of theft: larceny crime of treason against ruler, state: lse majest, lse majesty crime or concealment of crime by government official: misprision crime or sin: transgression crime or treason against government: lse-majest, lse majesty crime organization: Mafia, mob, syndicate crime preventor, civilian: vigilante crime syndicate chief: capo crime syndicate chiefs adviser: consigliere crime syndicate chiefs assistant: caporegime crime syndicate low-ranking member: button, soldier crime to someone, to attribute a: impute crime, being accomplice to: complicity crime, in the act of committing a: in flagrante delicto, red-handed
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CRIMP - C R I T I C I Z E IN HINDSIGHT
crime, lack of state of mind to commit a certain: diminished capacity crime, performance of a: commission, perpetration crime, proof of a: corpus delicti crime, shocking: atrocity crime, study of: criminology crime, tendency to go back to life of: recidivism crime, time limit for prosecution or legal action for: statute of limitations crime, to accuse formally of: charge, indict crime, to cause to appear guilty of: implicate, incriminate, inculpate crime, to choose to overlook a: condone, wink at crime, to declare not guilty of: absolve, acquit, exculpate, exonerate, vindicate crime, to lessen the seriousness of a: extenuate, mitigate crime, to lure into committing a: entrapment crime, to plan or conduct a: mastermind crime, very evil: enormity crimes such as murder, rape, arson, burglary: felony criminal: con, convict, corrupt, crook, culpable, culprit, delinquent, deplorable, desperado, evildoer, felon, fugitive, gangster, guilty, hood, hoodlum, illegal, inmate, jailbird, lawless, malefactor, miscreant, mobster, outlaw, repeater, reprehensible, thug, wrongdoer criminal assist: abet criminal bandit: brigand criminal behavior, antisocial personality disorder often with: psychopath, sociopath criminal conditional release: parole criminal gangster: mobster criminal hunter who seeks the reward: bounty hunter criminal informer: stool pigeon criminal intent: mens rea criminal on the run: fugitive criminal rehabilitation and prison management, study of: penology criminal to noncriminal life, to help restore: rehabilitate criminal to place for trial, legal surrender of: extradition criminal, bold: desperado
criminal's encourager or helper: accessory, accomplice W crimp: bend, corrugate, cramp, crease, crinkle, curl, fold, frizz, hamper, mold, obstacle, pinch, plait, pleat, ruffle, snag, thwart, wave, wrinkle crimson: beet red, bloody, blush, color, dye, maroon, red, redden, rose, rouge cringe: bend, bootlick, cower, crawl, crinkle, crouch, dodge, flinch, grovel, quail, quiver, recoil, shrink, sneak, stoop, toady, tremble, truckle, wince crinkle: bend, coil, crackle, crease, crimp, curl, fold, kink, pucker, ridge, ripple, rumple, rustle, seam, turn, twist, wrinkle crinkled cloth: crepe, pliss, seersucker cripple: crumpet, debilitate, disable, dismember, enfeeble, handicap, harm, hurt, immobilize, impair, incapacitate, injure, lame, maim, mar, mutilate, paralyze, sideline, weaken crisis: apoplexy, catastrophe, climax, conjuncture, convulsion, crossroads, crux, dilemma, emergency, impasse, juncture, panic, paroxysm, pass, peril, pinch, predicament, seizure, trauma, trial, trouble crisis between groups: confrontation crisis situation less dangerous or tense, to make: defuse crisp: biting, bracing, brisk, brittle, chilly, clear, clear-cut, cold, concise, crackling, cutting, firm, fresh, friable, incisive, invigorating, lively, nippy, plump, refreshing, sharp, short, spruce, terse crisscross: awry, conflicting, confused, intersect, traverse crisscross pattern: grid, lattice, tracery crisscross pattern framework for plants: trellis criterion: benchmark, canon, example, gauge, measure, norm, precedent, proof, rule, scale, standard, test, touchstone, yardstick criterion for testing: touchstone critic: analyst, antagonist, anti, authority, carper, censor, commentator, connoisseur, detractor, evaluator, expert, faultfinder, judge, muckraker, mudslinger, nitpicker, reviewer critic, severe: Dutch uncle critic, strict and fair: aristarch critical: acute, captious, carping, censorious, crucial, cynical, dangerous,
decisive, dire, disapproving, exact, exacting, finicky, fussy, judgmental, pivotal, precarious, pressing, sarcastic, serious, significant, strategic, urgent critical and biased writing: hatchet job critical and harsh: acidulous, captious, hypercritical critical and important: exigent critical explanation or analysis of text or theory: exegesis, explication, exposition critical in dispassionate way: clinical critical revision of text: recension critical time: climacteric, watershed critical time before outbreak: flashpoint critical, very: captious, carping, faultfinding, nitpicking critically urgent: dire criticism: animadversion, assessment, blame, censure, comment, critique, disapproval, evaluation, flak, judgment, knock, objection, review, strictures criticism for failing: reproof criticism from two sides: gantlet, gauntlet criticism in speech or text: diatribe, invective, polemic criticism of popular belief: iconoclasm criticism, abusive: denunciation, execration, hatchet job, obloquy, vituperation criticism, anything thought to be above: sacred cow criticism, blunt: brickbat, broadside criticism, literary or entertainment: appraisal, critique criticism, long speech of: harangue, philippic, tirade criticism, malicious: diatribe criticism, of harsh: blistering, caustic, scathing, vitriolic criticism, petty: quibble criticism, severe: stricture criticism, trivial: cavil criticize: assess, bad-mouth, bash, blame, blast, carp, castigate, cavil, censure, comment, disparage, examine, interpret, judge, knock, pan, rap, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, review, roast, scarify, scathe, slam, slur criticize and disapprove: condemn, denounce, deplore, execrate, reprobate criticize as if an authority: admonish, moralize, sermonize criticize in hindsight: second-guess
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TYPES OF CRIMES
abduction accessory after the fact accessory before the fact accessory during the fact aggravated assault arson assault automobile theft battery blackmail breach of contract breaking and entering bribery burglary capital crime check forgery child abuse child molestation civil offense coercion collusion concealment conspiracy contempt of court contributory negligence counterfeiting defamation disorderly conduct drug trafficking embezzlement espionage extortion false pretense felony forgery fraud graft grand larceny harassment homicide illegal gambling involuntary manslaughter jury tampering kidnapping larceny malicious mischief malpractice manslaughter misdemeanor moral turpitude murder negligence obstruction of justice peculation perjury petty larceny pickpocketing racial harassment racketeering rape reckless endangerment resisting arrest robbery sabotage sexual abuse sexual assault sexual harassment shoplifting skip bail slander smuggling sodomy statutory rape subornation treason trespass undue influence vagrancy vandalism voluntary manslaughter war crime white collar crime W
criticize severely: castigate, chastise, crucify, excoriate, fly, pan, pillory, revile, scarify, vituperate criticize verbally: belabor, berate, censure, decry, depreciate, derogate, disparage, reprehend criticize, insatiable urge to: cacoethes carpendi croak: caw, complain, die, gasp, grouch, grumble, grunt, hoarse, kill, moan, mutter, noise, quark, sound crochet stitch: loop crock: bull, container, earthenware, nonsense, pot, potsherd, smudge, soil, soot, vessel crocodile of tropical America: caiman crocodile type reptile of India: gavial, gharial crocus or gladiolus: irid crone: beldam, hag, ugly woman crony: accomplice, ally, associate, buddy, chum, cohort, companion, confidant, friend, pal, partner, sidekick crook: bend, burglar, cheat, criminal, curve, hook, meander, outlaw, robber, shyster, snake, swindler, thief, thug, turn crooked: agee, alop, angled, askew, awry, bent, corrupt, crafty, curved, devious, dishonest, dishonorable, distorted, errant, false, fraudulent, irregular, knavish, lying, misleading, shady, shifty, skewed, snide, tortu-
ous, tricky, turning, twisted, underhanded, unethical, unlawful, unscrupulous, winding, zigzag croon: bellow, hum, lull, murmur, roar, sing, wail crop: clip, curtail, cut, fruit, gather, grain, haircut, harvest, lop, maw, mow, produce, prune, reap, shear, top, trim, truncate, vegetable, whip, yield crop of region, principle: staple crop spraying, low: hedgehopping crop up: arise, occur croquet gear: mallet croquet wicket: hoop croquet, to hit another's ball in: roquet cross: affliction, angry, annoyed, betray, bisect, blend, bridge, burden, combination, crabby, cranky, crotchety, crucifix, crux, delete, disagreeable, divide, emblem, ford, fretful, frustrate, grumpy, half-breed, hinder, hybrid, interbreed, intersect, irate, irritable, lace, mad, mix, navigate, petulant, rood, sign, snappish, span, sullen, symbol, tau, testy, thwart, touchy, transverse, traverse, trial cross a line or space: intersect cross-country motorcycle racing: motocross cross-country race with obstacles: steeplechase cross-country runner: harrier cross-country ski run: langlauf
cross-country sport involving map and compass reading: orienteering cross equator by ship: shellback cross-examine: debrief, grill, interrogate, pump, question cross-eye: esotropia, strabismus, walleye cross-fertilization: xenogamy cross like X: decussate, intersect cross of the T: serif cross out: cancel, dele, delete, eliminate, erase cross-shaped: cruciate, cruciform cross-shaped figure: chiasma cross surmounted: crux ansata cross surmounted by loop: ankh cross threads in cloth: weft cross to another side: transverse cross with arms narrow in center, Vshaped ends: Maltese cross cross with circle behind crossbeam: Celtic cross cross, Jesus': holy rood, rood crossbar: transom crossbearer: crucifer crossbones' accompaniment: skull crossbow arrow: quarrel crossbow missile: bolt crossbred: hybrid crossed eyes: strabismus crossing: intersection, junction, loop, opposing, pass, passage, traverse crosspiece of ladder: rung crossroads: crisis, intersection, pass, turning point
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crosswise: across, aslant, athwart, catercorner, diagonal, longways, oblique, perpendicular, sideways, transverse, vertically crosswise path or movement: traverse crossword diagram: grid crossword puzzle devotee or expert: cruciverbalist crotchet: eccentricity, fancy, notion, peculiarity, quirk, trait, vagary, whim crotchety: cantankerous, cranky, cross, difficult, grouchy, irritable, obstinate, ornery, surly crouch: bend, cower, cringe, dip, duck, grovel, squat, stoop crow: bird, blackbird, corvine, grapnel, jackdaw, jay, magpie, raven, rook; boast, brag, cackle, caw, cry, exult, gloat, jubilate, sound, squawk, strut, swagger crow kin: raven crowbar: chisel, extract, jimmy, lever, pry, remove crowd: assemblage, bunch, circle, clique, cluster, company, concourse, confluence, cram, cramp, crush, deluge, drove, flock, gang, gathering, group, herd, horde, host, huddle, jam, legion, mob, multitude, pack, party, posse, press, push, scores, sellout, set, shove, squeeze, stream, swarm, three, throng crowd and shove: jostle crowd of close-knit people: phalanx crowd of moving people: drove crowd or flock, tending to move in: gregarious crowd or throng: concourse, ruck crowd-scene actor: extra crowd together: congregate, herd, serry crowd, headlong rush of: stampede crowded: close, compact, congested, dense, densely populated, filled, full, impacted, jam-packed, loaded, overflowing, populous, standing room only, stuffed, swarming, teeming, thick, tight crowded, over-: congested crowding or gathering at point: confluence crowds, fear of: demophobia, ochlophobia crowlike bird: daw crown: adorn, apex, best, cap, chaplet, circle, climax, coin, corona, coronet, crest, diadem, dignify, enthrone, exalt, garland, headband, headdress, install, invest, king, knock, laurel, pate,
peak, pinnacle, queen, reward, roof, sovereign, summit, surmount, tiara, tip, tooth, top, trophy, wreath, zenith crown of pope: tiara crown of royalty: diadem crown of the head: pate crown, small, for those of lower rank: coronet crowning of royalty: coronation crucial: acute, climatic, critical, decisive, difficult, dire, essential, final, grave, important, necessary, pivotal, serious, severe, telling, trying, urgent, vital crucial test: acid test, ultimate test crucially important: pivotal crucible: affliction, dish, furnace, ordeal, test, trial, vessel cruciferous plant: cress crucifix: rood crucifix letters: inri crucify: browbeat, execute, hang, kill, lampoon, martyr, persecute, ridicule, smite, torment, torture crude: callow, cheap, coarse, crass, dirty, foul, gross, harsh, ignorant, impolite, inartistic, incomplete, incult, indelicate, lewd, obscene, primitive, randy, raunchy, raw, rough, rude, savage, uncouth, uncultured, undeveloped, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar crude and basic: rudimentary crude and stupid person: Neanderthal, yahoo crude bed: pallet crude building: hovel, hut, lean-to, shed crude mineral: ore crude native platinum: platina crude tartar: argol cruel: atrocious, barbaric, bloody, brutal, brutish, callous, depraved, diabolical, evil, ferocious, fiendish, fierce, hard, hardhearted, harsh, heartless, indurate, inhuman, inhumane, insensitive, iron, mean, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, sadistic, savage, truculent, unfeeling, unjust, unkind, vengeful, vicious cruel act: atrocity, enormity, outrage cruel and perverted: sadistic cruel in the extreme: draconian, fell, truculent cruel treatment: persecution cruel, very: bestial, flagitious, implacable, inexorable, remorseless
cruise: boat, coast, gallivant, glide, jaunt, sail, scud, ship, torn, trip, voyage, wander crumb: bit, break, drop, fragment, little, loathsome, morsel, ort, particle, piece, remnant, scrap, shred, smidgen, speck crumble: break, collapse, crush, decay, decompose, disintegrate, erode, molder, perish, powder, pulverize, rot, splinter, spoil, tumble crumbly: brittle, fragile, frail, friable, pulverizable, worn crumbly soil: marl crumpet's accompaniment: tea crumple: break, cave, collapse, corrugate, crease, crinkle, crunkle, crush, fold, ruck, rumple, shrivel, wad, wrinkle crunch: bite, chew, chomp, confrontation, crisis, crush, crux, gnash, gnaw, grind, masticate, munch, press, ruminate, scrunch, tread crural part: shin crusade: campaign, cause, jihad, march, movement, push, rally, war crusader: pilgrim, templar crusading: messianic crush: annihilate, break, compress, conquer, cram, crash, crowd, crumble, crunch, defeat, demolish, destroy, drove, dump, force, granulate, grind, hurt, infatuation, mash, mill, obliterate, oppress, overpower, overwhelm, passion, press, pulp, pulverize, quell, reduce, repress, smash, squash, squelch, subdue, suppress, tamp, thwack, trample, tread, tread on crush an action or movement: quash, quell, repress, scotch, subdue, suppress crush into powder: comminute, pulverize, triturate crushing implement: pestle crust: caking, coating, film, harden, hull, layer, rind, scab, shell crustacean: barnacle, crab, lobster, louse, pillbug, prawn, shrimp, squilla, water flea crustacean part: alima, antenna, chela, claw, endite, exite, feeler, nauplius, pincer, pleopod, podite, podomere crusty: abrupt, blunt, brief, choleric, crabbed, crabby, curt, dour, gruff, hard, harsh, irascible, irritable, morose, peevish, snappish, stern, surly, testy; crisp
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crux: basis, core, cross, crunch, difficulty, essence, gist, kernel, matter, meat, moment, nub, point, problem, puzzling cry: acclamation, advertise, bark, bawl, bellow, blame, blubber, boo, boo hoo, broadcast, cackle, call, caw, clamor, complain, coo, demand, exclaim, fret, groan, hawk, hoot, howl, hurrah, hype, keen, lament, lamentation, meow, moan, ouch, plead, proclaim, protest, puff, rage, rumor, scream, screech, shout, shriek, snivel, sob, sound, squall, squeal, tears, utter, vogue, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yammer, yell, yelp cry from the heart: cri de coeur, lament cry heard on the diamond: play ball cry of a dog: yelp cry or screech like cat in heat: caterwaul cry, impassioned: cri de coeur crybaby: bawler, whiner crying: action, annoyance, astonishment, attention, burning, desperate, dire, heinous, imperative, insistent, pressing, teary, urgent crying or shouting together: conclamant crying, inclined to: lachrymose, tearful crypt: catacomb, cave, cavern, cavity, cell, chamber, grave, grotto, pit, recess, tomb, undercroft, vault cryptic: ambiguous, apocryphal, camouflage, dark, enigmatic, esoteric, hidden, murky, mysterious, mystical, obscure, occult, of codes, secret, vague cryptogram: cipher, code, figure, representation, writing cryptologize: encode crystal: clear, crystalline, diamond, glass, hard, ice, limpid, lucid, mineral, oscillator, pellucid, quartz, transparent, unblurred crystal added to solution to start crystallization: seed crystal and liquid, intermediate between: mesomorphic, nematic, smectic crystal angles, instrument for measuring: goniometer crystal ball gazer: seer crystal ball, to see the future with a: scry crystal branching or treelike: dendrite crystal exposed to air, of a hydrated: efflorescing crystal gazing: soothsaying
crystal that converts between mechanical and electrical energy: piezoelectric crystalline mineral: feldspar, quartz crystalline structure of two or more substances, similarity of: isomorphism crystalline structure, lacking distinct: amorphous crystallization of compound in two or more distinct forms: pleomorphism, polymorphism crystallize: candy, coat, form, granulate, jell, solidify, sugar crystals lining rock cavity, crust of: druse crystals, rock lined with: geode cub: bear, fox, giraffe, lion, moose, novice, pup, reporter, scout, shark, tiger, whelp, wolf, youngster cubbyhole: category, cranny, cubicle, niche, nook cube: block, cubicle, dice, die, hexahedron cube, four-dimensional equivalent of: tesseract cubic meter: stere cubicle: chamber, compartment cuckoo: ani, batty, bird, clock, crazy, daffy, fool, insane, nuts, screwball, silly, wacky cuckoolike bird: ani cucullate: hooded cucumber used for pickling: gherkin cud: bolus, chew, food, quid cud-chewing mammal: ruminant cud, chew the: ruminate cuddle: caress, embrace, fondle, hug, kiss, love, nestle, nuzzle, pet, snuggle, touch cudgel: bastinado, bat, baton, beat, blackjack, bludgeon, cane, club, drive, drub, nightstick, shillelagh, staff, stave, stick, truncheon, weapon cue: catchword, clue, gesture, hint, intimation, nod, notion, prod, prompt, queue, reminder, rod, sign, signal, suggestion, tip, warning, wink cue cards: prompters cuff: band, belt, blow, box, buffet, clobber, clout, handcuff, hit, pummel, scuffle, slam, slap, slug, smack, smite, spank, strike, swat, wallop cuirass: lorica cuisine: cookery, fare, food, menu cul-de-sac: cavity, dead end, impasse, pocket, tube culex specimen: mosquito cull: choose, collect, elect, extract,
gather, glean, opt, pick, prefer, reject, remove, select, separate, sift, sort, weed culminate: climax, conclude, end, finish, result culminating point: solstice, zenith culmination: acme, apex, apogee, completion, consummation, crown, end, finale, maximum, ne plus ultra, noon, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith culpable: answerable, blmable, blameworthy, censurable, criminal, guilty, responsible culprit: convict, criminal, delinquent, malefactor, miscreant, offender, transgressor, villain cult: church, clan, clique, creed, faction, faddish, faith, followers, obsessive, religion, ritual, school, sect, worship cultivable: arable cultivate: acquire, bolster, cherish, civilize, develop, educate, encourage, farm, foster, grow, hoe, improve, labor, nourish, nurse, plant, plow, prepare, raise, rear, sow, study, tend, till, work cultivate favor deliberately: ingratiate cultivated estate: plantation cultivation: advancement, advocacy, agriculture, agrology, culture, gentility, horticulture, husbandry, manners, nurture, polish, refinement, tillage cultivation of land for crops: tillage, tilth cultivation of plants: horticulture cultivation of plants without soil: aquiculture, hydroponics cultural change brought by another culture: acculturation cultural group, relating to a distinct: ethnic culture: agronomy, art, breeding, civilization, education, farming, folklore, knowledge, learning, lifestyles, literature, mores, music, polish, refinement, savoir faire, society culture and human thought, branches of knowledge involving: humanities culture modification through contact with other cultures: acculturation culture of peoples, study of: ethnology culture passed down from preceding generations: heritage, tradition culture, revival of a: renaissance, renascence
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cultured: educated, elegant, enlightened, genteel, literate, polished, sophisticated cultured people: cognoscenti, intelligentsia cultured, highly: highbrow, intellectual cultureless or rootless: deracinated, deracine, displaced cultures form integrated society, place where: melting pot culvert: channel, conduit, drain, gutter, sewer cumbersome: awkward, bulky, burdensome, clumsy, cumbrous, heavy, massive, ponderous, weighty cummerbund: sash cumulation: accruing, amassed, augmenting, collective, heap, increasing, multiplying cunning: adroit, arch, art, artful, astute, chicanery, clever, crafty, deceit, deceptive, designing, devious, dextrous, disingenuous, finesse, foxy, guile, imaginative, ingenious, insidious, keen, Machiavellian, pretty, savvy, sharp, shifty, shrewd, skillful, slick, slippery, sly, sly as a fox, smart, smooth, subtle, wary, wile, wily cunning and intricate: daedal, insidious, treacherous, wily cunning in politics: Machiavellianism cup/glass filled to brim: bumper cup/glass for measuring hard liquor: jigger cup holder for handleless mug: zarf cup of Arthurian legend: Holy Grail cup of tea: forte cup or goblet: chalice cup or plate of Last Supper: grail, Holy Grail, Sangrail cup parts: beaker, calix, cannikin, chalice, demitasse, ear, glass, goblet, grail, Holy Grail, jorum, kantharos, lug, mug, noggin, pannikin, porringer, shot, stein, stirrup, stoup, tankard, tig, tyg, vessel, zarf cup-shaped: calathiform, cotyloid, cupulate cup with handle, shallow: porringer cup, concerning: oalicular cup, large and with hinged cover: tankard cup, small, for strong coffee: demitasse cupboard: ambry, armoire, buffet, bureau, cabinet, chiffonier, closet, cuddy, dresser, locker, pantry, sideboard
cupidity: avarice, covetousness, craving, desire, greed, lust, passion, rapacity, yearning cur: bum, cad, canine, coward, dog, mongrel, mutt, rotten, scoundrel, stinker, toad, villain, yellow dog curate: abbe, assistant, clergyman, cleric, dominie, minister, pastor, priest curative: beneficial, curing, healing, healthful, invigorating, medicinal, remedial, restorative, salutary, therapeutic curator: caretaker, custodian, director, guardian, keeper, manager, overseer curb: abstain, arrest, barrier, border, brake, bridle, brink, check, constrain, control, curve, edge, hamper, hinder, inhibit, limit, moderate, rein, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, suppress, tame, thwart, withhold curdle: change, clabber, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, curd, ferment, quail, quad, sour, spoil, thicken, turn curds, watery part of milk that separates from: whey cure: agent, antidote, care, correct, heal, help, mend, physic, recover, rectify, remedy, restore, save, solution, therapy, treatment; age, dry, kipper, preserve, salt, season, smoke, tan cure-all: balm, catholicon, elixir, medicine, panacea, remedy cure that is counteractive: antidote cure, doubtful: nostrum cure, miraculous: magic bullet cured and smoked side of pig: bacon cures or alleviates grief, something that: dolorifuge curfew: bell, regulation, restriction, signal, time curing: healing, sanative curio: antique, bauble, bibelot, bric-abrac, collectible, curiosity, keepsake, knickknack, relic, souvenir, trinket curiosity: concern, curio, interest, marvel, meddling, nosiness, objet d'art, snooping, wonder curiosity, person with no: fysigunkus curiosity, to arouse one's: pique curious: eager, exotic, inquisitive, intrusive, nosy, novel, odd, peculiar, peeping, prying, queer, rare, singular, snoopy, strange, unique, unorthodox, unusual, weird, wondering curious, offensively: inquisitorial
curl: bend, coil, convolution, corkscrew, crimple, crisp, frizz, intort, kink, lock, loop, meander, ringlet, ripple, roll, spiral, swirl, tress, twist, wave, wind, writhe curled design: volute, whorl curling broom or brush: besom curling stone: clint curls or waves, to press into tight: crimp curly canine: poodle curly- or wavy-haired: cymotrichous currencies, to let currency find a level of relationship to other: float currency: bills, bread, cabbage, cash, change, circulation, coin, dinero, dough, greenbacks, money, moolah; prevalence currency equivalent at official rate of exchange: parity currency exchanger: agiotage currency not based on gold or silver, of a: fiat, fiduciary currency, legally valid: circulating medium, legal tender currency, to lower the exchange value of a: devaluation current: accepted, common, contemporary, counter, customary, general, instant, latest, living, modern, now, ongoing, popular, present, prevailing, prevalent, recent, topical, trend, trendy, usual; course, draft, drift, electricity, flow, flux, motion, moving, rapid, rife, run, running, rush, stream, tide, torrent current fashion: mode current moving contrary to main current: eddy current style: trend current that flows one direction, electrical: DC, direct current current that reverses its direction periodically, electrical: AC, alternating current curry: clean, comb, condiment, favor, groom, powder, prepare, relish, sauce, seasoning curse: affliction, anathema, bane, blasphemy, burden, condemn, cuss, damn, denounce, denunciation, execrate, execration, expletive, fulmination, hex, imprecate, imprecation, jinx, malediction, malison, oath, obscenity, plague, profanity, spell, swear, swearword, voodoo, whammy curse or excommunication, formal: anathema cursed: blankety-blank, blighted, con-
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CURRENCIES OF THE WORLD (EQUIVALENT OF U.S. DOLLAR)

Afghanistan: afghani Albania: lek Algeria: dinar Andorra: French franc, Spanish peseta Angola: kwanza Antigua and Barbuda: East Caribbean dollar Argentina: peso Armenia: dram Australia: Australian dollar Austria: euro, schilling Azerbaijan: manat Bahamas: Bahamian dollar Bahrain: Bahrain dinar Bangladesh: taka Barbados: Barbados dollar Belarus: Belarusian ruble Belgium: euro, Belgian franc Belize: Belize dollar Benin: Franc CFA Bhutan: ngultrum Bolivia: boliviano Bosnia and Herzegovina: dinar Botswana: pula Brazil: real Bulgaria: lev Burkina Faso: Franc CFA Burma: kyat Burundi: Burundi franc Cambodia: riel Cameroon: Franc CFA Canada: Canadian dollar Cape Verde: Cape Verdean escudo Central African Republic: Franc CFA Chad: Franc CFA Chile: peso China: yuan Colombia: peso Congo: Franc CFA Costa Rica: colon Croatia: kuna Cuba: peso Cyprus: Cyprus pound Czech Republic: koruna Denmark: krone Dominican Republic: peso Ecuador: sucre Egypt: Egyptian pound El Salvador: colon Equatorial Guinea: Franc CFA Eritrea: birr Estonia: kroon Ethiopia: birr Fiji: Fiji dollar Finland: euro, markka France: euro, franc Gabon: Franc CFA Georgia: coupon Germany: euro, deutsche mark Ghana: cedi Greece: drachma Grenada: East Caribbean dollar Guatemala: quetzal Guinea: Guinean franc Guinea-Bassau: Guinea-Bassau peso Guyana: Guyana dollar Haiti: gourde Honduras: lempira Hungary: forint Iceland: krona India: rupee Indonesia: rupiah Iran: rial Iraq: Iraqi dinar Ireland: euro, Irish pound Israel: shekel Italy: euro, lira Jamaica: Jamaican dollar Japan: yen Jordan: Jordanian dinar Kazakhstan: tenge Kenya: Kenyan shilling Kuwait: Kuwaiti dinar Kyrgyzstan: som Laos: kip Latvia: lats Lebanon: Lebanese pound Lesotho: loti Liberia: Liberian dollar Libya: Libyan dinar Liechtenstein: Swiss franc Lithuania: litas Luxembourg: euro, Luxembourg franc Macedonia: dinar Madagascar: Malagasy franc Malawi: kwacha Malaysia: ringgit Mali: Franc CFA Malta: Maltese lira Mauritania: ouguiya Mauritius: Mauritian rupee Mexico: peso Moldova: Moldovan lem Monaco: euro, French franc Mongolia: tugrik Morocco: dirham Mozambique: metical Namibia: Namibian dollar Nepal: Nepalese rupee Netherlands: euro, guilder New Zealand: New Zealand dollar Nicaragua: cordoba Niger: Franc CFA Nigeria: naira North Korea: won Norway: krone Oman: Omani rial Pakistan: Pakistan rupee Panama: balboa Papua New Guinea: kina Paraguay: guarani Peru: inti Philippines: peso Poland: zloty Portugal: euro, esudo Principe: dobra Qatar: Qatari riyal Romania: leu Russia: ruble Rwanda: Rwanda franc Sao Tome and Principe: dobra Saudi Arabia: riyal Senegal: Franc CFA Sierra Leone: leone Singapore: Singapore dollar Slovakia: koruna Slovenia: Slovenian tolar Somalia: Somali shilling South Africa: rand South Korea: won Spain: euro, peseta Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka rupee Sudan: Sudanese pound Suriname: Suriname guilder Swaziland: lilangeni Sweden: krona Switzerland: Swiss franc Syria: Syrian pound Taiwan: New Taiwan dollar Tajikistan: Tajik ruble Tanzania: Tanzanian shilling Thailand: baht Togo: Franc CFA Tonga: pa'anga Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad and Tobago dollar Tunisia: Tunisian dinar Turkey: Turkish lira Uganda: Ugandan shilling Ukraine: karbovanets Linked Arab Emirates: U.A.E. dirham United Kingdom: pound sterling Uruguay: peso Uzbekistan: som Vanuatu: vatu Venezuela: bolivar Vietnam: dong Western Samoa: tala Yemen: rial Yugoslavia: Yugoslav new dinar Zambia: kwacha Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean dollar W
founded, damned, doggone, execrable, foredoomed, hateful, infamous, loathsome, vile cursory: brief, careless, depthless, desultory, fast, haphazard, hasty, hur-
ried, passing, quick, rambling, rapid, scant, shallow, short, sketchy, sloppy, speedy, superficial cursory, as a hearing: summary curt: abrupt, bluff, blunt, brief, concise,
condensed, gruff, pithy, rude, short, snappy, snippy, succinct, summary, tart, terse curtail: abbreviate, abridge, chop, clip, crop, cut, decrease, diminish, dock,
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downsize, halt, lessen, lop, reduce, restrict, retrench, shorten, slash, stop, water down curtain: backdrop, barrier, blind, boom, conceal, decoration, drape, mask, purdah, screen, shade, shroud, shutter, veil, wall curtain at rear of stage: backdrop curtain hung across top edge, ornamental: valance curtain on doorway: portiere curtain separating women in India: purdah curtsy: bending, bob, bow, curtsey, dip, gesture, obeisance curvaceous: attractive, buxom, curvy, endowed, shapely, stacked, voluptuous, well-built curvature: arc, arch, bend, curve, deflection, ratio curvature of the spine: kyphosis, lordosis curve: arc, arch, bend, bight, bow, circuit, concave, contour, crook, crump, curb, curl, curvature, deviate, ellipse, ess, hairpin, hook, parabola, sinus, spiral, sweep, swerve, swirl, turn, twist, veer curve bounding plane area, closed: perimeter curve crosses itself, point at which: cusp, spinode curve in and out: sinuate curve in ship's timber: sny curve inward: concave, incurvate curve of body part: flexure curve of flight: trajectory curve on geometric graph: hyperbola, parabola curve outward: convex, flare curve that circles to a central point, axis: spiral curve, line considered limit to: asymptote curved: aquiline, arced, arched, arciform, arcuate, arrondi, bent, crooked, declinate, elliptical, essed, humped, looped, round, snaky, turned curved furniture leg with ornamental foot: cabriole curved mark over vowel for "short" sound: breve curved surface of liquid: meniscus curved surface of vehicle or road: camber curved sword: scimitar curved trajectory: arc
curved wall or screen of pictures: cyclorama curved, as a leaf: acinaciform curved, bent part: flection curves touching, of two adjoining: osculate curves, draftman's tool for: French curve cushion: bolster, buffer, hassock, insole, insulate, mat, mitigates, pad, pillow, protect, quiet, seat, soften, squab, upholster cushion, long narrow: bolster cushioned footstool: ottoman cusp: angle, apex, corner, end, flap, fold, horn, peak, point, tip, tooth custard apple: papaw custard-filled pastry: napoleon custard or other bland food: flummery custard served in a tall glass, layers of frozen: parfait custard topped with caramel: crme caramel, flan custard with glazed carmelized sugar top: crme brle custard with whipped cream, flavored egg: Bavarian cream custardlike pie with vegetables, cheese, etc.: quiche custodian: attendant, caretaker, cerberus, cleaner, curator, guard, guardian, janitor, keeper, protector, steward, warden custodian of museum collection: curator custody: arrest, care, charge, confinement, control, keeping, protection, safekeeping, supervision, trust, watch custom: business, consuetude, convention, costume, duty, fashion, form, formality, groove, habit, law, method, mode, more, observance, practice, rite, ritual, routine, rule, style, system, tailor-made, toll, usage, use, way, wont custom for change of status: rite of passage customary: accepted, accustomed, common, conventional, established, familiar, general, habitual, nomic, normal, orthodox, popular, regular, standard, traditional, understood, usual customary practice: convention, habit, wont customer: buyer, client, clientele, consumer, patron, prospect, purchaser, regular, shopper, user
customs: duty, inspection, levy, mores, rate, tariff, tax, toll, uses customs and folkways: mores customs, to seize at: confiscate, embargo, impound cut: affront, allotment, bisect, bite, carve, chip, chisel, chop, cleave, clip, condense, curtail, delete, dice, dilute, dissever, divide, dock, excise, fell, form, gash, hack, hew, hewed, hewn, ignore, incise, incision, insult, kickback, knife, lacerate, lance, lessen, lop, lopped, lowering, mince, mode, mow, mown, nick, nip, opening, part, piece, prune, raze, reduce, retrench, saw, sawn, section, segment, sever, severed, share, shave, shear, shorten, slash, slashed, slice, slight, slit, sned, snip, snub, split, stab, tear, trim, type, whittle cut across: divide, intersect, transect
CYCLES
all-terrain vehicle/ATV bicycle bicycle-built-for-two bike BMX bike chopper dandy dirt bike hog hybrid bike minibike monkey bike monocycle moped motor scooter motorbike motorcycle mountain bike off-road bike ordinary pedicab quadricycle racing bike scooter sidewalk bike tandem ten-speed touring bike trail bike tricycle trike trishaw unicycle velocipede W
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cut-and-dried: cut-and-dry, ordinary, routine, settled, trite cut at angle, but not right angle: bevel cut back on spending: curtail, economize, retrench cut down: clear, clip, diminish, fell, kill, level, limit, pare, pared, reduce, slain, slaughter, slay cut groove in: chamfer, chase, flute cut in small pieces: mince cut into long thin pieces: sliver cut off: amputate, block, clip, deprive, detach, discontinue, disinherit, halt, insulate, interception, isolate, lop, nip, prevent, sequester, severed, snip, trim cut off by authority: excommunicate cut off from outside influence: cloistered, hermetic, insulated, isolated cut off limb: dismember cut on the diagonal: bias cut or notch by saw, ax: kerf cut or notch on border: indent cut out: cancel, delete, deprive, eliminate, escape, excise, exit, exscind, fit, remove, scram, suit, supplant cut short: abbreviate, abort, clip, crop, curtail, dock, end, nip in the bud, shear, snip, terminate, truncate cut the lawn: mow cut through object showing inner structure: cross section cut to pieces: shred cut up: carve, chop, clown, criticize, crucify, divide, horseplay, joke, knock, misbehave, ridicule, scissor, split cut up a whale: flense cut up or open to examine or do surgery: dissect cut with a sickle: reap
cut wool from: shear cut, pencil to stop bleeding of: styptic pencil cutaway: coat, diagram, dive, model cutback: clip, curtail, decrease, economize, lower, prune, reduction, reversal, shorten, trim cute: adorable, attractive, beautiful, clever, coy, cunning, dainty, precious, pretty, sharp, shrewd cutlass: machete, sword, weapon cutlery: silverware cutlet, veal: schnitzel cutoff of service by accident: outage cutout decorating art: dcoupage cutter: boat, clipper, editor, hewer, saw blade, sled, sleigh, slicer, sloop, tailor, vessel cutthroat: cruel, hoodlum, murderer, relentless, ruffian, ruthless cutting: barbed, biting, bitter, chilling, crisp, curt, edged, hateful, incisive, malicious, nasty, penetrating, piercing, pointed, raw, sarcastic, sardonic, scission, severe, sharp, tart; editing cutting and intersecting: secant cutting criticism: slam cutting edge: blade, cusp, element, forefront, quality cutting for planting: scion, slip cutting off: abscission cutting teeth: dentition, teething cutting up animals for research: vivisection cuttlefish pigment: sepia cycle: aeon, age, bicycle, bike, chain, circle, circuit, course, eon, era, orbit, period, phase, revolution, ring, round, sequence, series, time, vehicle, wheel
CYCLE SPORTS
bicycling BMX racing cycle racing cyclocross in-line skating mountain biking road cycle racing roller derby roller hockey roller-skating skateboarding track cycle racing W
cycle of human emotion or physical condition: biorhythm cycling arena: velodrome cyclone: blast, gale, gust, storm, tornado, twister, typhoon, weather, whirlwind, wind, windstorm cygnet: swan cylinder: tube cylinder with top cut at angle: ungula cylindrical: circular, coordinates, round, terete, tubular cylindrical and tapering: terete cylindrical Buddhist mound: stupa cymbals worked by foot pedal: high-hat cynic: doubter, misanthrope, misogamist, mocker, pessimist, skeptic, unbeliever cynical: disabused, disenchanted, disillusioned, doubtful, ironic, sarcastic, sardonic, scornful, snarling, suspicious, wry cyst: bag, blister, pouch, sac, sore, spore, vesicle, wen czar: autocrat, baron, emperor, king, monarch, ruler, tycoon
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dab: blotch, daub, drop, flatfish, flounder, hit, lump, pat, peck, portion, smear, smidgen, spot, swab, wipe dabble: dally, fiddle, idle, meddle, moisten, putter, spatter, splash, sprinkle, tinker, trifle dabbler: amateur, beginner, dilettante, novice dabbler with superficial interest: dilettante dactylogram: fingerprint dactyls: toes dad: father, old man, papa, pop, poppy daddy longlegs: harvestman daffodil: narcissus daffodil crown-shaped part: corona daft: absurd, barmy, cracked, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, demented, foolish, fried, frolicsome, giddy, goofy, idiotic, imbecile, insane, loco, loony, mad, nutty, silly, stupid, unsound, wild dagger: anlace, blade, bodkin, dirk, knife, misericord, stiletto, weapon dagger formerly used in Scotland: skean dagger haft: hilt dagger mark, double: diesis dagger with wavy blade: kris dagger, in printing: obelus daily: circadian, diurnal, periodic, quotidian, regularly, routine; journal, newspaper daily account: diary daily account of events: chronology daily allowance for expenses: per diem daily Catholic prayers: breviary daily routine: rut daily walk: constitutional daily, recurring: diurnal, quotidian daintily pleasing: cute dainty: airy, attractive, beautiful, choice, cute, delicacy, delicate, ele-
gant, exquisite, fastidious, finicky, fragile, frail, graceful, nice, persnickety, pretty, rare, select, trim dainty and prim: fastidious, mincing dairy: creamery, farm dairy product: cheese, butter, cottage cheese, cream, eggnog, milk, yogurt dais: bench, platform, podium, rostrum, seat, stage, table, terrace daisy: black-eyed Susan, oxeye daisy dense disk cluster: capitulum daisy flower head: composite daisy small reducedflowerhead: floret daisylike flower: aster dale: dell, dene, dingle, glen, ravine, spout, trough, vale, valley dally: chat, dabble, dawdle, delay, drag, flirt, fool, frivol, frolic, idle, linger, loiter, lollygag, play, romp, sport, toy, trifle dam: bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockade, check, choke, clog, dike, hinder, impede, levee, obstacle, obstruct, plug, repress, restrain, slow, stem, stop, weir dam channel or apron to divert flow: spillway dam for electricity generation: hydroelectric dam dam in stream: weir dam wall: barrage damage: accident, award, bill, blemish, charge, cloud, corrupt, cost, defile, deleterious, destruction, detriment, disadvantage, disservice, expense, harm, harm done, hurt, impair, indemnity, injury, loss, maim, mar, pollute, reparation, ruin, sabotage, scathe, scratch, spoil, tarnish, undermine, vandalism, weaken, wound damage appearance: deface, disfigure damage by perforation: riddle
damage impossible to repair, of: irreparable damage of neglect: blight damage or corrupt: vitiate damage or maim: mutilate damage or weaken: disable, impair, incapacitate, mar damage property maliciously: vandalize damage reputation: discredit, disgrace, dishonor damage to reputation in false written statement or representation: libel damage, deliberate: sabotage damage, severe: devastation, havoc, ravage damages awarded in excess of actual loss: exemplary damages damaging: deleterious, noxious dame: female, gal, lady, matron, miss, title, woman damn: attack, castigate, condemn, curse, cuss, darn, denounce, doom, penalize, punish, sentence damnable: atrocious, blamed, culpable, detestable, execrable, hateful, odious, wicked damnation: hell, perdition damned: accursed, cursed, doggone, doomed, dratted, fallen, infamous, loathsome, revolting damning and faint praise: diasyrm damp: clammy, dank, dewy, drenched, drizzly, fog, hinder, humid, mist, moist, moisture, muggy, musty, rainy, saturated, soaked, soggy, wet damp and moist: dank, humid dampen: bedew, cloud, deaden, depress, discourage, dispirit, dull, moisten, muffle, ret, spray, wet damsel: demoiselle, female, girl, lass, maid, maiden, miss, princess, woman dandelion: color, plant, weed, yellow dandelion tuft of fluff: pappus
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DANDER - DARK ALE
DANCE TERMS
ballroom dance: beguine, carioca, cha-cha, fox-trot, lancers, mambo, merengue, polka, quickstep, rumba, samba, shimmy, tango dance: ball, cotillion, fox-trot, frug, hoedown, hoof, hop, hula, jig, prom, reel, samba, shag, stomp, tango, tarantella dance in duple meter: galop dance notation: choreology dance of Brazil: bossa nova, maxixe, samba dance performed by rhythmic heel stamping: zapateado dance performed by women featuring high kicking while holding skirt front: can-can dance professional: choreographer dance with alternating squatting kicks: kazatsky dance with castanet accompaniment: fandango dance with locking arms: hora dancer: terpsichorean dancers approach, circle back-to-back, and return to original position in square dancing: do-si-do dancer's handrail: barre dancers in a ballet company who perform together: corps de ballet dancing girl: almah, alme dancing girls all in a line: chorines dancing mania: tarantism design of dances: choreography dip: corte folk dance: belly, fling, hoedown, hornpipe, hula, jig, morris, dander: anger, ire, provoke, scurf, temper dandified man: fop dandle: caress, cuddle, love, nuzzle, pamper, rock dandling site: knee dandruff: flakes, furfur, scurf, seborrhea dandruff, covered with: furfuraceous, scurfy dandy: capital, crackerjack, excellent, exquisite, fine, grand, great, humdinger, nifty, peachy, splendid, superb, swell, terrific danger: adventure, crisis, emergency, fear, hazard, jeopardy, menace, peril, pitfall, risk, threat, uncertainty danger at work: occupational hazard danger from two sides: Scylla and Charybdis danger signal: alarum danger, disregard for: temerity danger, looming: pitfall, sword of Damocles danger, susceptible to: exposed, vulnerable danger, to prevent or ward off: avert danger, to put in: imperil, jeopardize reel, square, streathspey, sword footwear: pumps, slippers, taps, toe shoes formal dance: ball, promenade French dance: farandole, galop, tambourin garment: leotard, tights, tutu historical dance: allemande, bourre, chaconne, Charleston, cotillion, courante, cossaise, galliard, gavotte, minuet, passacaglia, passepied, pavane, quadrille, rigadoon, sarabande, schottische, turkey trot, volta Hungarian dance: czardas Indian dance: nautch Israeli dance: hora Italian dance: courante, rigoletto, saltarello, tarantella Latin American dance: carioca, cha-cha, conga, criolla, limbo, mambo, maxixe, rumba, samba, tango modern dance: boogie, bop, break, go-go, hustle, jitterbug, mashed potato, rock 'n' roll, salsa, shuffle, twist person unwilling to dance: wallflower pertaining to dance: terpsichorean Peruvian dance: cueca Polish dance: mazurka, polonaise skirt: tutu slow polka dance: schottische Spanish dance: bolero, cachucha, fandango, flamenco, malaguena, seguidilla, zapateado square dance going counterclockwise in circle: promenade W
dangerous: chancy, deadly, hairy, hazardous, insecure, nasty, parlous, perilous, precarious, speculative, touchy, treacherous, unsafe, unsound dangerous and evil: pernicious, pestiferous, pestilent dangerous and risky: forbidding, hazardous, insidious, perilous, threatening, treacherous dangerous and uncertain: parlous dangerous current: riptide dangerous in speed: breakneck dangerous situation, potentially: powder keg, tinderbox dangerous spot: line of fire dangerous to society: pestilent dangerous, risky project: venture dangerously lacking in security or stability: precarious dangle: droop, entice, hang, hover, loll, lure, suspend, swing, tempt dank: chilly, clammy, cold, damp, dripping, humid, moist, soggy, wet dapper: chic, classy, dashing, natty, neat, prim, sharp, spiffy, spruce, stylish, swank, trim
dappled: calico, dotted, flecked, freckled, mottled, multicolored, piebald, speckled, spotted, variegated dare: attempt, brave, challenge, confront, defy, disregard, face, gamble, goad, hazard, risk, speculate, take a risk, undertake, venture daredevil: adventurous, bold, daring, reckless, stuntman, stuntwoman, swashbuckler daring: adventurous, audacious, audacity, bold, brave, cocky, courageous, daredevil, dashing, dauntless, deathdefying, derring-do, devilish, fearless, gutsy, hardihood, heroic, impudence, intrepid, nerve, rash, valiant, venturesome dark: abstruse, aphotic, black, brown, brunet, caliginosity, cloudy, dim, dingy, dismal, dreary, dusky, ebony, forbidding, gloomy, grim, hidden, inky, lowering, murky, mysterious, mystifying, nighttime, obscure, occult, ominous, opaque, overcast, secretive, shady, sinister, sombre, Stygian, sunless, swarthy, unlit dark ale: stout
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DARK AND DAMP - DEAD ANIMAL FEEDER
dark and damp: dank dark and drab: subfusc dark and gloomy: calignous, Cimmerian, funereal, somber, stygian, tenebrous dark brown: sepia dark cloud: pall dark-colored in poetry: swarth dark-complexioned: swarthy dark granular corundum: emery dark in pigmentation: melanoid dark profile with light background: silhouette dark red: puce dark yellow: ocher, ochre dark, hard, heavy wood: ebony darken: bedim, benight, blacken, cloud, deepen, dim, dull, eclipse, gloom, obfuscate, obscure, opacate, overcast, overshadow, shade, shadow, tarnish, tint, umber darkened: obnubilated darkened with brown: infuscate darkest area, as in shadow: umbra darkish area: penumbra darkness: blackness, concealment, dusk, isolation, murk, night, privacy, secrecy, shadow, twilight, unawareness, wickedness darling: adorable, attractive, beloved, cute, dear, dearest, deary, favorite, honey, honeybunch, lamb, love, pet, precious, sugar, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, truelove darn: cussed, damn, downright, heck, mend, patch, repair, stitch, weave dart: arrow, bolt, bound, dash, flchette, fling, flit, hasten, hurry, launch, leap, missile, movement, propel, race, scoot, scurry, speed, spring, sprint, stinger dash: animation, lan, energy, flair, oomph, panache, pizzazz, spirit, verve, vigor, vim, vivacity, zip; bolt, dart, lunge, race, run, rush, scamper, speed, sprint dashing: bold, chic, courageous, dapper, daring, debonair, fashionable, fearless, flamboyant, gallant, gay, jaunty, lively, rakish, showy, spanking, spirited, stylish, vivacious dashingly smart: chic dastard: cad, chicken, coward, craven, malicious, poltroon, recreant, sneak, wimp, yellow dastardly: base, cowardly, despicable, foul, mean, rotten, vile
data: charts, compilations, facts, figures, info, information, input, material, scoop, stats, statistics, values date: age, anniversary, appointment, century, day, duration, epoch, era, moment, time, year; companion, escort, lover, steady; court, escort, rendezvous, tryst, woo; fruit date a bond or loan is due: maturity date earlier than date of writing: antedate date later than date of writing: postdate date, about or approximately on a: circa dated: aged, antiquate, archaic, behind the times, demode, faded, obsolete, old-fashioned, outmoded, pass dates of history, ordering of: chronology dating of trees by radioactive carbon: carbon dating, radiocarbon dating daub: apply, besmear, blot, blur, coat, cover, dab, fleck, grease, paint, plaster, smear, smudge, soil, splatter, splotch, sully daughter sexually attached to father: Electra complex daughter, pertaining to a: filial daunt: alarm, awe, break, bully, check, conquer, control, cow, depress, deter, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, faze, foil, frighten, horrify, intimidate, stun, stupefy, subdue, tame, terrify daunt archaic: amate dauntless: aweless, bold, brave, courageous, daring, fearless, intrepid, lionhearted, stouthearted, unafraid, valiant davenport: bed, chesterfield, convertible, couch, desk, sofa dawdle: dally, delay, diddle, dillydally, idle, lackadaisical, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, mope, mosey, piddle, poke, procrastinate, putter, vacillate, waste time dawdler: loiterer, poke dawn: aurora, beginning, birth, cockcrow, daybreak, emerge, genesis, morn, morning, occur, rise, start, sunrise, sunup, understand, unfold day: age, cycle, date, epoch, era, generation, lifetime, period, sunlight, time day added to calendar: intercalary day and night are of equal length, time when: equinox day before a Jewish holiday: erev day beginning new season or quarter: quarter day
day laborer: peon day of the year, shortest or longest: solstice day, active during the: diurnal day, pertaining to biological cycles that take place in a: circadian daybreak: aurora, dawn, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup daydream: envision, fantasize, imagine, muse, reverie, vision, wish daydreamer: luftmensch, Walter Mitty daydreaming: brown study, reverie, woolgathering daytime dramas: soaps daytime movies: matinees daze: befuddle, bemuse, benumb, bewilder, confuse, disorient, dizzy, dumbfound, fog, muddle, numb, overwhelm, puzzle, shock, stun, stupefy, stupor, trance dazed: addled, confused, dazzled, dopey, groggy, punch drunk, punchy, woozy dazed and confused: groggy, stupefied, woozy dazed state: trance dazzle: amaze, awe, bewilder, blind, blur, eclipse, electrify, excite, impress, outshine, shine dazzling: breathtaking, bright, brilliant, foudroyant, fulgent, glaring, glowing, gorgeous, meteoric, radiant, resplendent, sparkling, vivid dazzling effect: clat de-emphasize: minimize, understate de facto: actual, existing, real, tangible, truly de novo: afresh, again, anew, beginning, newly derigueur:becoming, correct, fashionable, fitting, obligatory, proper, required, right de trop: excess, superfluous, surplus deacon: cleric, elder, layperson, vicar dead: absolute, asleep, barren, beat, bleak, bloodless, breathless, buried, cold, complete, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, discharged, doomed, drained, dull, exactly, exhausted, expired, extinct, extinguished, fallen, flat, gone, inactive, inanimate, indifferent, inert, inoperative, lackluster, lapsed, lifeless, lost, motionless, numb, obsolete, perished, quiet, slain, spent, spiritless, stiff, unexciting, unproductive, useless, utter dead animal body: carcass dead animal feeder: scavenger
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DEAD ANIMAL FLESH - DEBATE
dead animal flesh: carrion dead animal stuffing: taxidermy dead as a species: extinct dead at birth: stillborn dead end: close, cul-de-sac, deadlock, impasse, rowdy, stop, tough dead-end street: cul-de-sac dead flesh: carrion dead heat: tie dead or not working: defunct dead person: decedent, the deceased dead person gravestone inscription: epitaph dead person, hymn or service for: requiem dead person, speech or poem written for: elegy, epitaph, eulogy dead skin, cast off: molt, slough dead, pretend to be: play possum deadbeat: bum, freeloader, lazy, loafer, sponger, vagrant deaden: anesthetize, benumb, blunt, damp, desensitize, diminish, dope, dull, freeze, incapacitate, kill, lessen, muffle, numb, obtund, paralyze, petrify, quiet, repress, retard, soothe, stun, stupefy, weaken deadfall: snare, trap deadlock: dilemma, draw, gridlock, impasse, predicament, stalemate, standstill, tie deadly: awful, carcinogenic, dangerous, destructive, dire, extreme, fatal, ghostly, harmful, implacable, lethal, mortal, pernicious, pestilent, poisonous, ruinous, ruthless, tedious, terrible, toxic, venomous, violent, virulent deadly compound: toxin deadly fly: tsetse deadly pale: ashy deadly poison: bane deadly viper: asp deadpan: blank, expressionless, impassive, unemotional, vacant deaf-mute alphabet: dactylology deal: administer, agreement, allot, apportion, arrangement, bargain, barter, behave, bestow, board, compromise, control, deliver, dispense, distribute, divide, dole, hand, handle, manage, negotiate, pact, part, plank, portion, sale, separate, share, swap, trade, transaction, treat, treatment, wield, wrestle deal out: allot, mete deal with: cope, treat dealer: agent, broker, businessman,
businessperson, businesswoman, distributor, jobber, marketer, merchant, middleman, middleperson, middlewoman, monger, negotiator, operator, retailer, seller, trader, tradesman, tradesperson, tradeswoman, trafficker, vendor dealings: affairs, business, commerce, doings, matters, proceedings, relations, traffic dealt out: meted dean: authority, dignitary, doyen, headmaster, principal, senior dean, concerning a: decanal dear: affectionate, angel, beloved, cherished, costly, darling, esteemed, expensive, fond, heartfelt, high, honey, honeybunch, important, lovable, love, loved, near, pet, precious, prized, scarce, special, steep, sweetheart, treasure, valuable, worthy dearly: affectionately, deeply, earnestly, heartily, profoundly, yearningly dearth: deficiency, famine, insufficiency, lack, need, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, sparsity, want death: bane, biolysis, curtains, decay, decease, demise, departure, doom, end, euthanasia, exit, expiration, extinction, fatality, grim reaper, loss, murder, passage, passing, sleep
RELATED TERMS
death, at the point of: in extremis, moribund death, capable of causing: internecine death, causing or relating to: fatal, lethal death, certain to end in: terminal death, hospital for those near to: hospice death, medical specialist looking into cause of: coroner death, muscle stiffening following: rigor mortis death, occurring after: postmortem death, of a premature: untimely death, painless and peaceful, during terminal illness: euthanasia death, preoccupied with: morbid death, relating to: mortal, mortuary death, relating to time after a: posthumous, post-obit death, suggestive of: macabre death, very upset by: bereaved, bereft deathless: eternal, everlasting, immortal, undying deathlike condition, restoring to life from: anabiotic deathlike state: suspended animation deathly: appalling, cadaverous, extremely, fatal, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, lethal, macabre, mortal, sepuchral, terrible deathly pale: cadaverous W debacle: breakdown, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, crash, defeat, disaster, downfall, failure, fiasco, flood, havoc, rout, washout, wreck debar: blackball, deny, deprive, exclude, forbid, hinder, preclude, prevent, prohibit, refuse, reject, suspend debase: adulterate, cheapen, contaminate, corrupt, debauch, defile, degenerate, degrade, demean, deprave, deteriorate, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, impair, lower, pervert, pollute, reduce, revile, shame, sink, spoil, stoop, vilify, vitiate debatable: arguable, controversial, disputable, dubious, moot, questionable, uncertain, unsure debatable or hypothetical: moot debate: argue, argument, canvass, consider, contend, contest, controversy, deliberate, discuss, dispute, examine,
death and end of world, study of: eschatology death as relief: quietus death blow: coup de grace death by disintegration: dissolution death caused to relieve suffering: euthanasia death-defying: audacious, bold, daredevil, daring, rash, risky death house: charnel house death notice: obit, obituary death of body tissue: gangrene, mortification, necrosis death of one million people: megadeath death omen: knell death penalty cancellation or postponement: pardon, reprieve, respite death reminder: memento mori death resulting from accident or disaster: fatality death, apparition of living person seen just before: wraith
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DEBATE BY LAW STUDENTS - DECEPTIVELY TRUE OR ATTRACTIVE
fight, moot, oppose, parley, ponder, quarrel, question, reason, rebut, spar, wrangle debate by law students: moot court debate ending in parliament: closure, cloture debate of fine point: quodlibet debate, formal: disputation debate, study of formal: argumentation, forensics debater's response: rebuttal debauch: abuse, bacchanal, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defile, demoralize, deprave, lure, mislead, orgy, pollute, revel, seduce, spree, taint, violate, vitiate, warp debauched: abandoned, dissolute, immoral, lecherous, lewd, profligate, wanton, wicked debauchee: rake debauchery: dissipation, excess, indulgence, riot debilitated: decrepit, enervated, enfeebled, feeble, frail, incapacitated, infirm, sapped, weakened debility: affliction, disease, fatigue, feebleness, infirmity, languor, malaise, sickliness, weakness debit: charge, debt, detriment, drawback, liability, obligation debonair: affable, charming, dapper, dashing, elegant, gracious, jaunty, smooth, suave, urbane dbouche: discharge, emerge, exit, issue, opening, outlet debris: garbage, junk, litter, pieces, refuse, remains, rubbish, rubble, trash, waste, wreckage debt: arrear, arrears, baggage, bill, commitment, debit, deficit, liability, note, obligation, offense, owed, sin, wrong debt-acknowledging certificate: debenture debt and unable to pay, in: bankrupt, insolvent debt cancellation: remittal debt demand for payment: dun debt discharged: quittance, recompense debt payment as part of series: installment debt payment, authorization for suspension of: moratorium debt payment, to make a: amortize debt recorded in ledger: debit debt security: lien, note debt that remains unpaid: arrears
debt to someone, in: beholden, indebted, obliged debt, discharge from: quietus, quittance debt, to fail to pay a: default, welsh debt, to pay a: liquidate, settle debt, to reduce the amount of a: commute debt, to refuse to recognize or pay a: repudiate debt, to run up a: incur debt, value of property beyond: equity debtor as security or payment, right to take property of: lien debunk: disprove, expose, lampoon, mock, ridicule, sham, strip, unmask debut: beginning, entrance, intro, introduction, launching, open, opener, opening, premiere, presentation debutante group: Junior League decade: ten years decadence: corruption, decay, decline, deterioration, downfall, perversion, regression decadent: degenerate, depraved, effete, immoral, self-indulgent, sinful, wanton, wicked decamp: bolt, depart, desert, escape, evacuate, flee, hightail, leave, move, scoot, skedaddle, take French leave, vamoose decampment: disappearing act decant: pour decanter: bottle, carafe, flagon, vessel decapitate: behead, execute, guillotine, kill decay: atrophy, caries, collapse, corrode, crumble, death, decadence, decline, decompose, decrease, destruction, deteriorate, dilapidation, disintegrate, dwindle, fade, fail, fester, mildew, molder, putrefy, rot, ruin, rust, sour, spoil, waste, wither decay in art, morals: decadence decay of teeth, bones: caries decay or rot: putrefy decay or waste away: atrophy decay, spreading: canker decayed organic matter: humus decayed, as the teeth: carious decaying: decrepit, dilapidated decaying animal flesh: carrion decaying matter's odorous fumes: effluvium deceased: dead, defunct, departed, expired, finished, gone, late, succumbed deceit: chicanery, cunning, deception,
dishonesty, entrapping, flimflam, fraud, guile, hoax, misleading, swindle, trickery deceitful: crafty, crooked, cunning, dishonest, double-dealing, fallacious, false, foxy, fraudulent, insidious, insincere, lying, Machiavellian, mendacious, shifty, slick, sly, sneaky, treacherous, underhanded deceitfulness: double-dealing, duplicity, knavery, wile deceive: baffle, bamboozle, beguile, betray, bilk, bluff, buffalo, catch, cheat, con, cozen, defraud, delude, doublecross, dupe, equivocate, finagle, flimflam, fool, gull, gyp, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, jilt, lie, mislead, misrepresent, scam, swindle, take in, trap, trick, victimize deceive as to true nature: dissemble, masquerade deceive with cheap trick or fraud: cozen deceived, easily: credulous, gullible, naive deceiving sight: optical illusion decelerate: brake, slow, slow down decency: civility, courtesy, decorum, etiquette, propriety, virtue decent: acceptable, adequate, appropriate, average, chaste, clean, common, competent, conforming, correct, ethical, fair, fitting, good, honest, kind, modest, moral, proper, pure, respectable, sufficient, suitable, thoughtful deception: artfulness, artifice, camouflage, cheat, chicanery, collusion, contrivance, counterfeit, covin, craft, cunning, deceit, dishonesty, duplicity, fallacy, falsehood, fraud, guile, hocus-pocus, humbug, hustle, hypocrisy, illusion, imposture, intrigue, jive, magic, mirage, misleading, ruse, scam, sham, sleight, slyness, sophism, sting, subtlety, treachery, trick, trickery, wile deceptive: crafty, cunning, dishonest, fallacious, false, feigned, illusory, misleading, phony, slick, snide, specious deceptive appearance: gloss, veneer deceptive in answer: equivocal deceptive movement: feint deceptive scheme: subterfuge deceptive trick: legerdemain, sleight of hand deceptively true or attractive: specious
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DECIDE - DECORATIVE CHAIN
decide: choose, conclude, determine, establish, judge, opt, resolve, rule, select decide and judge: adjudicate, arbitrate decided: absolute, certain, decisive, definite, emphatic, firm, fixed, formed, intent, positive, prearranged, sure, unequivocal decided in advance: predetermined deciding statement or factor: clincher deciding vote: casting vote decimal base: ten decimal point: radix point decimal system: algorism, Arabic system decimate: annihilate, demolish, destroy, kill, massacre, reduce, slaughter, wreck decipher: analyze, break, decode, decrypt, deduce, explain, interpret, read, reveal, solve, translate, understand, unravel deciphering of codes: cryptanalysis decision: adjudication, agreement, choice, conclusion, crisis, culmination, decree, determination, diagnosis, epilogue, finding, inference, judgment, opinion, perseverance, precedent, probability, resolution, result, ruling, selection, sentence, settlement, summation, termination, verdict, volition decision already arrived at: parti pris decision maker in dispute: arbiter decision or judgment, left to one's own: discretionary decision taken by judges previously: res judicata decision used as standard: precedent decision, agree to: underwrite decision, conclusive: determination decision, deliberate: volition decision, of a hasty: impetuous, impulsive, precipitate decision, of an unchangeable: irrevocable decision, to reverse a: disallow, invalidate, overrule, overturn, quash, rescind decisions independently, inability to make: abulia, aboulia decisive: absolute, categorical, conclusive, critical, crucial, definite, definitive, final, firm, intent, peremptory, resolute, unequivocal, unmistakable decisive defeat: rout, Waterloo decisive factor: clincher, trump card decisive trial: acid test
decisive vote to break tie: casting vote decisively forceful thing: sockdologer decisively important: fatal deck: adorn, apparel, array, beautify, blazon, cards, clothe, cover, decorate, dress, drop, embellish, equip, fall, festoon, floor, orlop, outfit, pack of cards, platform, present, tog, trim deck on bow forward of foremast: forecastle deck on stern superstructure of ship: poop deck deck out: adorn, array deck out, old style: bedight deck, structure of ship above main: superstructure declaim: attach, denounce, harangue, inveigh, lecture, orate, perorate, pontificate, proclaim, rant, rave, recite, speak declamation: oration declaration: admission, affidavit, affirmation, allegation, announcement, assertion, charge, deposition, disclosure, document, edict, oath, oracle, pitch, proclamation, statement, ultimatum, word declaration in writing under oath: affidavit declaration, to make a: enunciate declare: acknowledge, admit, advertise, advocate, affirm, allege, announce, annunciate, assert, asseverate, assure, attest, aver, avouch, avow, bid, broadcast, certify, confess, confirm, describe, divulge, express, herald, indicate, indict, maintain, manifest, notify, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, relate, reveal, show, signify, state, tell, testify, vent, voice declare falsely: misstate declare frankly: avow declare seriously: affirm, asseverate, aver declare untrue: deny declare without proof: allege decline: abstain, cheapen, chute, decadence, decay, declivity, decrease, depression, descend, descent, deterioration, diminish, dip, downslide, droop, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fail, failure, fall, forbear, languish, lapse, lessen, lower, recession, refuse, reject, repudiate, sag, shrink, sink, slant, slide, slip, slope, slump, stoop, wane, weaken, wilt, withdraw decline in art, morals: decadence decline or regress to poor health: relapse
declining: retrograde declining in morals: decadent declining market: bear market declivitous: steep declivity: cliff, decline, descending, descent, downgrade, drop, fall, gradient, plunge, slope decoct: boil decode: decipher, decrypt decoded message: plaintext decoding: cryptanalysis decompose: decay, disintegrate, dissolve, fester, molder, putrefy, rot, separate, spoil decomposed by bacteria, capable of being: biodegradable decomposing naturally: biodegradable decor: adornment, background, colors, furnishings, scenery, setting decorate: adorn, beautify, cite, color, deck, dress, embellish, emboss, enhance, festoon, furbish, garnish, ornament, paint, parget, redo, trim decorate border, edge: purfle decorate food: garnish decorate lavishly: array, bedeck decorate manuscript: illuminate decorate with embedded material: inlaid decorate with engraving or inlay: enchase decorate with jewels: encrust, incrust decorate with ornaments: adorn decorated tinware: tole decorating by placing one material on the surface of another: appliqu decoration: accolade, award, citation, embellishment, frill, furniture, garnish, lace, laurels, lights, medal, ornament, paintings, plaque, ribbon, spangle, tinsel, trim, trimming, trinket decoration of cloth or streamers: bunting decoration of silver strands on Christmas tree: tinsel decoration suspended between two points: festoon decoration, Chinese: chinoiserie decoration, glitter: diamante decoration, glued or sewed on: appliqu decorations and furniture: decor decorative art style from 1925 to 1940: art deco decorative art style from late nineteenth century to early twentieth century: art nouveau decorative chain: festoon
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DECORATIVE GRATING - DEFAME
decorative grating: grille decorative inlaid floor: marquetry decorative inlay: intarsia decorative needle cases: etuis decorative openwork: tracery decorative rather than functional: cosmetic decorative wall strip: frieze decorous: appropriate, befitting, calm, composed, decent, demure, dignified, fitting, good, mannerly, modest, moral, nice, orderly, polite, prim, proper, quiet, regular, respectful, sedate, seemly, settled, sober, staid, steady, suitable, unruffled decorticate: pare, peel, skin decorum: civility, decency, etiquette, formality, gentility, propriety, protocol, tact decoy: allure, bait, camouflage, drill, entice, entrap, fake, inveigle, lure, mislead, plant, seduce, shill, tempt, trap decrease: abate, curb, curtail, cutback, decline, decrement, devaluate, diminish, diminution, discount, drop, dwindle, fall, lessen, loss, reduce, shrink, sink, slacken, subside, subtract, taper, wane, waste decrease from standard: declension, declination decrease or amount lost: decrement, diminution decreasing yield after a certain point: diminishing returns decree: act, adjudge, adjudicate, announcement, appoint, authorize, canon, command, decision, determine, dictum, directive, edict, enact, enactment, fiat, impose, indict, irade, judgment, law, mandate, ordain, order, ordinance, proclamation, regulation, require, rule, sentence, statute, tenet, ukase decree and authorize: ordain decree taking effect, of a: nisi decree, formal: edict, rescript decrepit: battered, bedridden, creaky, dilapidated, failing, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, lame, rickety, rundown, shabby, unsound, weak, worn decry: asperse, belittle, blame, censure, condemn, criticize, degrade, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, diminish, disapprove, discredit, disparage, lessen, lower, slur, undervalue
dedicate: anoint, assign, consecrate, devote, direct, donate, hallow, inscribe, pledge, present, sanctify dedicate or sign a book: inscribe dedicatory stanza or portion: envoy deduce: analyze, comprehend, conclude, derive, draw, evolve, extract, gather, infer, presume, reason, surmise, trace deduce by logic: ratiocinate deduce from evidence: conclude, infer deduce from information known: extrapolate deduct: abate, abstract, discount, dock, reduce, remove, subtract, take, withdraw deducted the weight of the box: tared deduction: calculation, conclusion, conjecture, exemption, illation, inference, markdown, rebate, understanding, write-off deduction in payment: discount, rebate deduction opposite: induction deductive: a priori deductive reasoning: logic, syllogism, synthesis deed: achievement, act, action, adventure, crusade, exploit, fact, feat, gest, geste, performance, quest; certificate, charter, contract, document, escrow, proof, title, transfer deed to property: title deed deed, brilliant or heroic: exploit, gest deem: account, allow, believe, consider, esteem, expect, feel, hold, hope, judge, judgment, opine, proclaim, reckon, regard, rule, say, sense, suppose, surmise, tell, think, view deep: absorbed, abstruse, abysmal, below, bottomless, complete, complex, cunning, dark, entangled, focused, grave, heavy, insidious, intense, intent, involved, low, ocean, penetrating, philosophical, profound, serious, sly, thorough, vivid; abyss, sea deep and vast: cavernous deep brown: sepia deep cut: gash deep enough for vessels: navigable deep fissure: chasm deep-freezing of the dead: cryonics deep glossy black: jet deep in feeling, intellect: profound deep in thought: pensive deep involvement: immersion deep mud: mire deep red-purple: carmine
deep-rooted: endemic, ingrained, inveterate deep-rooted grass: brome deep-sea chamber: bathyscaphe, bathysphere deep-sea inlet: fiord deep-seated: congenital, entrenched, inbred, ingrained, inherent, innate, lasting, rooted deep sleep: sopor deep thought or study: brown study, reverie deep, as in color: intense deep, extremely: fathomless deepen: broaden, enhance, expand, intensify, strengthen, thicken deepest: inmost, nethermost deepest point: nadir deer: cervid, cervine, does, dow, elk, mammal, roebuck, roes, ruminant, stags deer family: cervidae deer horn: antler deer in second year before antlers branch: pricket deer meat: charqui, jerky, venison deer of India: axis deer or animal with two to four toes on foot: artiodactyl deer tail: flag deer track: slot deer young: fawn, kid, pricket, spay, spitter deer, African: okapi deer, Asian: chevrotain, chitra, hangul, maha, napu, sambar, sika deer, Eurasian: caribou, fallow, red, reindeer, roe deer, female: doe, hind deer, male: buck, hart, roebuck, spay, stag deer, North American: caribou, elk, moose, mule, reindeer, white-tailed deer, pertaining to: cervine deer, South American: brocket, guemal, pudu, vanada deface: blemish, damage, deform, disfigure, distort, impair, injure, mar, mark, mutilate, ruin, scar, spoil, tarnish, vandalize defamation: backstabbing, calumny, derogatory, libel, slander, slur defamation, spoken: obloquy, slander defame: asperse, besmirch, blacken, blemish, calumniate, damage, degrade, denigrate, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, foul, injure, libel, malign,
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DEFAULT - DEGENERATE
revile, scandal, slander, slur, smear, smirch, stigmatize, traduce, vilify, vilipend default: blemish, delinquency, dereliction, fail, failure, forfeit, imperfection, mistake, negligence, nonpayment, omission, omit, shirk, skip, slight, want, welsh defeat: baffle, beat, best, break, check, conquer, crush, decimate, defeasance, deprive, destroy, disappoint, eclipse, excel, floor, foil, frustrate, lick, loss, master, outplay, overcome, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, prevail, quell, reverse, rout, ruin, setback, shellac, subjugate, surpass, thwack, triumph, trounce, undo, vanquish defeat abruptly: rebuff defeat and nullify: override, prevail over defeat but sustain heavy losses: Cadmean victory, Pyrrhic victory defeat completely: annihilate, checkmate, cream, crucify, crush, devastate, drub, pulverize, rout, shellac, trounce, vanquish, whop defeat narrowly: edge defeat purposes, plans: discomfit, vanquish defeat with cleverness: outwit defeated incumbent in office: lame duck defect: abandon, birthmark, blemish, blotch, break, damage, deficiency, deformity, desert, drawback, error, fault, flaw, forsake, glitch, imperfection, injury, reject, renounce, shortcoming, vice, want defect from birth: congenital defect defect in machine: malfunction defective purchase: lemon defend: advocate, assert, back, champion, conserve, contest, exculpate, go to bat for, guard, hedge, justify, maintain, preserve, protect, rationalize, repel, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter, shield, support, uphold, vindicate, watch, wear defend and deflect: parry dfendable: defensible, tenable defendant: accused, appellant, defense, litigant, offender defendant in divorce action: respondent defendant's excuse: alibi defendant's statement: plea
defender: advocate, champion, guardian, patron, protector, sponsor, upholder defender of plebeian rights: tribune defense: aegis, alibi, answer, armament, armor, barricade, bastion, boundary, bulwark, covert, excuse, explanation, fence, fort, guard, justification, outpost, plea, protection, rampart, safeguard, security, shelter, stronghold, wall defense and justification: apologia defenseless: bare, exposed, helpless, naked, powerless, unarmed, unprotected, untenable, vulnerable defensible: tenable defensive: territorial defensive bank: breastwork, bulwark, bunker, enceinte, parados, parapet, retrenchment, revetment, stockade, traverse defensive emergency measures: civilian defense defensive structure: fort defer: adapt, capitulate, delay, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, protract, put off, shelve, stall, stay, submit, suspend, table, wait, waive, yield deference: attention, homage, honor, obedience, obeisance, regard, respect, submission, veneration deferentially: humbly deferment or deferral: delay, extension, pause, procrastination, stay, suspension defiance: audacity, boldness, contempt, disobedience, disregard, hostility, insolence, insurgency, rebellion, revolt defiance to established doctrine: heresy defiance, boastful: bravado defiant: truculent deficiency: dearth, defect, flaw, frailty, glitch, imperfection, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, minus, need, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, want, weakness deficit: arrears, default, disadvantage, impairment, inadequacy, shortage, shortfall defile: abuse, adulterate, besmirch, contaminate, corrupt, debase, degrade, deprave, desecrate, dirty, discolor, disgrace, dishonor, gorge, maculate, pollute, ravish, smear, soil, spot, sully, taint, tarnish, violate define: assign, bound, characterize, clarify, construe, decide, describe,
detail, determine, distinguish, explain, expound, fix, illustrate, interpret, label, limit, outline, prescribe, set, specify, state, term define limit or boundary: circumscribe, delimit, demarcate defined word or expression: definiendum defining factor: constraint, parameter definite: categorical, certain, clear, conclusive, determinate, distinct, exact, explicit, fixed, limited, positive, precise, settled, sharp, specific, sure, unequivocal, unmistakable definite no: never definition: clarity, description, explanation, interpretation, terminology, translation definition by example: ostensive definition definition in dictionary entry: definiendum definition, by: ipso facto definitive: absolute, complete, conclusive, decisive, explicit, final, specific definitive and judicial: decretory deflate: devaluate, diminish, humble, humiliate, lessen, puncture, reduce deflect: avert, bend, bounce, carom, detour, deviate, distract, divert, refract, ricochet, swerve, veer defoliant: Agent Orange deform: contort, deface, disarrange, disfigure, distort, flaw, impair, maim, mangle, mar, misshape defraud: bamboozle, bilk, cheat, con, cozen, deceive, embezzle, fleece, gyp, mulct, rob, rook, skin, swindle, trick, victimize defrost: melt, thaw deft: able, adroit, agile, clever, dexterous, dextrous, expert, fleet, handy, neat, nimble, proficient, quick, skillful defunct: dead, deceased, extinct, finished, inactive, inoperative, kaput, lifeless defy: beard, brave, challenge, dare, face, flout, front, frustrate, ignore, jeer, mock, oppose, resist, scoff, scorn defy authority: rebel dgag: casual, detached, easy, free, informal, relaxed, uninvolved degenerate: corrupt, debase, decadent, decay, depraved, deteriorate, effete, immoral, perverted, regress, rot, sink, vitiate, worsen
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DEGRADATION - DELICIOUS DRINK
degradation: degeneration, demotion, depravity, descent, disgrace, ignominy degrade: abase, belittle, bust, cheapen, corrupt, debase, decline, demean, demote, depose, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, discredit, dishonor, disparage, humble, humiliate, lessen, lower, reduce, shame, unfrock, vilify degraded: dishonorable, guilty, hangdog, ignoble, scrofulous, shamefaced degree: class, grade, honor, level, notch, order, phase, pitch, rank, rate, rung, step, term, tier, unit degree awarded as honor: honorary degree degree awarded though student not there: in absentia degree of excellence: caliber degree of feeling, action: intensity degree of occurrence: incidence degree of road inclination: grade degree of speed: rate degree point: caliber, extent, interval, measure, quantity, ratio, scale, stage, title degree relation: attainment, classification, gradation, standing, temperature degree "with greatest praise": summa cum laude degree "with high praise": magna cum laude degree "with praise": cum laude degree, present or bestow a: confer degree, student about to receive: graduand degrees of comparison for adjective, adverb: comparative, positive, superlative degree's research report: dissertation, thesis dehydrate: anhydrous, desiccate, drain, dry, evaporate, parch, preserve dehydrated: sere deification: apotheosis deify: adore, elevate, exalt, glorify, idolize, immortalize, revere, venerate, worship deign: condescend, patronize, stoop, vouchsafe deity: almighty, baal, celestial, creator, demigod, demigoddess, divinity, god, goddess, godhead, idol, immortal, supreme being, tutelary deity appearance: epiphany dj vu: familiarity, illusion dejected: blue, chapfallen, cheerless,
crestfallen, dampened, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismal, dispirited, down, downhearted, gloomy, glum, humbled, hurting, inconsolable, low, melancholy, sad, saddened, somber, sorrowful, spiritless, unhappy, woebegone, wretched dejection: despair, despondency, slough of despond Delaware capital: Dover Delaware cities: Newark, Trenton, Wilmington Delaware nicknames: Diamond State, First State delay: arrest, block, check, dally, dawdle, defer, deferment, demurral, detain, detention, deter, dillydally, drag, filibuster, hesitate, hinder, impede, inhibit, interruption, lag, lingering, logjam, loiter, lose time, moratorium, obstruct, postpone, prevent, procrastinate, prolong, reprieve, retard, shelve, slow, stall, stay, stop, stoppage, suspension, table, tarry, temper, wait, weaken delay and hinder: impede, retard, stonewall delay by preventing or holding back: detain delay decision: temporize delay development: retard delay legislation or voting by speech: filibuster delay of action, at law: stay delay or lag behind: loiter, tarry delay or suspension of activity: moratorium, respite delay, temporary: abeyance, reprieve, respite delay, to cause a: dillydally, dither, vacillate delayed: late, retarded, sat on, tardy delayed reaction to situation, joke: double take delayed scientific effect: hysteresis delaying: dilatory, procrastinating delectable: appetizing, delicious, delightful, divine, enjoyable, exquisite, heavenly, palatable, pleasing, pleasurable, satisfying, savory, scrumptious, tasty delegate: agent, appoint, assign, authorize, commit, consign, depute, deputy, designate, devolve, emissary, empower, entrust, legate, name, pass on, proxy, relegate, send, transfer
delegation: appointment, commission, committee, contingent, mission, nomination delete: annul, bleep, cancel, edit, elide, eliminate, erase, excise, expunge, obliterate, omit, purge, remove delete objectionable material: expurgate deleterious: damaging, destructive, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, injurious, pernicious, prejudicial, ruining deliberate: advise, calculated, confer, consider, consult, cool, debate, designed, determine, examine, intentional, leisurely, meant, measured, meditate, meticulous, planned, ponder, premeditated, purposeful, reflect, slow, study, think, unhurried, voluntary, weigh deliberate and planned: premeditated deliberate decision: volition deliberate distraction: red herring deliberately done: wittingly deliberately ignore: close one's eyes to deliberation: attention, care, counsel, discussion deliberation, under: sub judice delicacies, eating of: opsophagy delicacy: daintiness, delight, elegance, exactness, finesse, frailty, goody, luxury, nicety, pleasure, precision, propriety, refinement, savoir faire, slenderness, tact, taste delicacy in dealing with others: tact delicacy of artisanship or performance: finesse delicate: airy, beautiful, cautious, charming, choice, considerate, critical, dainty, delightful, diplomatic, elegant, ethereal, exquisite, faint, fine, fragile, frail, graceful, lacy, light, luscious, nice, persnickety, petite, pleasant, precarious, refined, sensitive, sickly, silky, slight, soft, susceptible, tender, tenuous, touchy, volatile, weak delicate and refined: ethereal, exquisite, subtle delicate fabric: gossamer, lace delicate, interlacing work: tracery delicatessen specializing in cooked meats: charcuterie delicious: ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, delightful, divine, enticing, exquisite, heavenly, luscious, nectarous, savory, scrumptious, tasteful, tempting, toothsome, yummy delicious and sweet: luscious delicious drink: nectar
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DELICIOUS FOOD - DEMUR
delicious food: ambrosia delicious meal: repast delight: amuse, bliss, charm, ecstasy, elate, elation, enchant, enjoyment, enrapture, entertain, fascinate, feast, gladden, gladness, glee, gratify, happiness, joy, jubilation, mirth, please, pleasure, rapture, regale, rejoice, relish, revel, satisfy, savoring, thrill, transport, treat, wow delight and entertain: regale, revel delight and please: gratify delight in others' misfortune: gloating, schadenfreude delighted: elated, enraptured, glad, pleased delightful: adorable, alluring, delectable, delicate, delicious, dreamy, elysian, enchanting, engaging, idyllic, lovely, nice, pleasant, ravishing, refreshing delineate: chart, depict, describe, design, draft, draw, etch, limn, map, outline, picture, portray, represent, sketch, survey, trace delinquency: default, dereliction, failure, misbehavior, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, neglect, offense, violation, wrongdoing delinquent: behind, criminal, culprit, hoodlum, irresponsible, late, lax, negligent, overdue, punk, remiss, tardy delirious: crazed, demented, deranged, ecstatic, excited, frantic, frenzied, hysterical, insane, irrational, lightheaded, lunatic, mad, raving, thrilled, unreasonable, unsettled, wild delirium: aberration, enthusiasm, fever, furor, hallucination, mania delirium tremens: DTs, horrors, shakes, trembling, withdrawal delirium, wild look of: periblepsis deliver: announce, bring, broach, carry, cart, convey, deal, dispatch, distribute, emancipate, free, give, inflict, liberate, pitch, present, pronounce, redeem, release, render, rescue, resign, save, send, serve, speak, supply, surrender, tell, throw, transfer, transmit, transport, voice deliver or surrender accused person: extradite delivery: accouchement, address, birth, diction, drop, elocution, emphasis, labor, parturition, rescue, salvation, shipment
dell: dale, dingle, glade, glen, vale, valley Delphi shrine: oracle delta's makeup: silt delude: beguile, bilk, cheat, cozen, deceive, dupe, fool, hoodwink, mislead, trick deluge: cataclysm, downpour, drown, engulf, flood, inundate, niagara, overflow, overload, overpower, overwhelm, soak, submerge, swamp, torrent delusion: aberration, apparition, deception, dream, fallacy, fantasy, figment, ghost, hallucination, illusion, mare's nest, mirage, misconception, phantom, trick, vision, will-o'-thewisp, wishful thinking delusion of two associated people: folie deux delusions of grandeur: folie de grandeur delusions of grandeur or persecution: paranoia delusive: deceptive, false, fanciful, illusory, imaginary, misleading, quixotic, unreal deluxe: choice, elegant, exclusive, grand, luxurious, opulent, palatial, plush, posh, ritzy, sumptuous, superior delve: dig, examine, explore, inquire, investigate, mine, probe, research, search, seek demagnetize: degauss demagogue: agitator, fanatic, fomenter, hothead, inciter, instigator, leader, rabble-rouser, radical, troublemaker demand: call, challenge, charge, claim, coerce, command, compel, crave, exact, expect, force, implore, inquire, insist, mandate, need, order, plea, question, request, require, requisition, summon, urge demand as condition: stipulate demand in writing for supplies, equipment: requisition demand insistently: hector, importune demand or summons: requisition demand payment: dun demanding: exacting, exigent, niggling, taxing demanding and insistent: importunate demanding andrigorous:exacting demanding person: stickler demarcate: bound, define, delimit, detach, distinguish, divide, limit, separate, split demarcation: line
demean: abase, appearance, attitude, bearing, behavior, belittle, carriage, comportment, conduct, countenance, debase, degrade, deportment, disparage, disposition, humble, humiliate, lower demeanor: manner, mien, poise, treatment demise: collapse, death, decease, dying, expire, fall, ruin, termination demobilize: demilitarize, disband, discharge, disperse democracy: commonwealth, equality, freedom democratic: autonomous, egalitarian, popular, self-ruling demolish: bulldoze, consume, crush, decimate, destroy, devastate, level, obliterate, pulverize, rase, raze, ruin, tear down, total, waste, wreck demon: devil, diligent, evil, fiend, genie, ghoul, goblin, hag, imp, incubus, ogre, satan, skillful, succubus, vampire, villain, warlock, witch demon having intercourse with sleeping woman: incubus demon possessing person: dybbuk demon, someone possessed by: demoniac, energumen demon, to drive out a: exorcise demon, to summon a: conjure demonlike figure: gargoyle demonstrably true: apodictic demonstrate: attest, bespeak, betoken, display, evince, exhibit, explain, flaunt, illustrate, manifest, parade, picket, protest, prove, rally, show, strike, validate demonstrating: deictic, ostensible, ostensive, professed demonstration or protest: picket, rally demonstration, public: manifestation demonstrative: affectionate, conclusive, definite, effusive, emotional, expansive, expressive, frank, open, outgoing, unrestrained demonstrative pronoun: those demoralize: corrupt, dampen, daunt, deject, deprave, depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, pervert, undermine, unnerve, upset, vitiate, weaken demote: bench, break, bump, bust, degrade, dismiss, downgrade, reduce demur: challenge, delay, disagree, doubt, hesitate, linger, object, oppose, pause, protest, question, resist, scruple, vacillate
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DEMURE - DEPOSIT
demure: affected, bashful, composed, coy, decorous, earnest, modest, prim, reserved, shy, staid, timid, unassertive demurring politely: begging to differ den: burrow, cabin, cave, cavern, couch, dwelling, grotto, haunt, hideaway, hole, hollow, lair, library, nest, playroom, retreat, room, shelter, snuggery, study, workroom denial: abstinence, contradiction, never, rebuttal, refusal, rejection, repudiation, retraction denigrate: asperse, belittle, defame, degrade, disdain, disparage, libel, malign, pan, ridicule, slander, smear, stigmatize denizen: citizen, dweller, inhabitant, native, occupant, resident denomination: appellation, category, church, class, classification, creed, cult, faith, kind, name, persuasion, religion, second base, sect, size, title, value denominational: sectarian denotation: description, explanation, meaning, sign, signifying, symbol denote: betoken, connote, denominate, designate, express, imply, indicate, insinuate, intend, mark, mean, name, represent, show, signal denouement: result denounce: accuse, announce, arraign, attack, blame, condemn, criticize, decry, denunciate, execrate, fulminate, knock, rail, stigmatize, upbraid dense: close, compact, crowded, deep, firm, foggy, heavy, opaque, solid, substantial, thick; ignorant, obtuse, simple, slow, thickheaded dense growth: mat dense thicket, out West: chaparral dense woods: forest density: bulk, complexity, consistency, mass, weight dent: blemish, chip, depress, depression, dimple, ding, dint, gouge, hallow, headway, impression, indent, nick, notch, progress, tooth dental-drill part: bur dental filling: inlay dental plate replacing teeth: bridge, bridgework dentalgia: toothache dentist helper cleaning teeth: dental hygienist dentist straightening teeth: orthodontist
dentistry of gum, bones: periodontics dentistry of tooth irregularities: orthodontics dentists, group of: wince denude: bare, dismantle, divest, erode, expose, strip, unclothe, undrape denunciation: accusation, castigation, censure, commination, condemnation, criticism, denounce, diatribe, fulmination, invective, reprimand, reprobation, tirade deny: abjure, contradict, contravene, decline, deprive, disaffirm, disagree, disavow, disclaim, disown, dispute, forbid, forsake, gainsay, impugn, negate, negative, recant, refuse, refute, reject, renege, renounce, restrain, traverse, veto, withhold deny absolutely: categorical deny and contradict: contradict, controvert, gainsay, negate deny and reject validity of: disaffirm, rebut, refute, repudiate deny formally in lawsuit: traverse deny knowledge of or responsibility for: disavow, disclaim, disown deny oneself: abnegate, abstain deny or retract a statement or belief: abjure, forswear, recant, renounce depart: abandon, abscond, bygone, decamp, deviate, die, digress, disappear, divide, exit, expire, farewell, forsake, go, leave, pass, perish, recede, retire, retreat, secede, separate, split, stray, succumb, sunder, vacate, vamoose, vary, veer, withdraw depart from danger: evacuate, vacate depart one's country: emigrate depart quickly: abscond, flee, hightail, skedaddle, vamoose depart secretly: abscond, absquatulate, decamp depart secretly to get married: elope department: agency, assignment, branch, bureau, commission, division, domain, niche, office, part, province, realm, section, specialty, unit, went, word department store: emporium departure: abandonment, aberration, change, death, deviation, divergence, egress, evacuation, exit, exodus, farewell, going, goodbye, shift, twist departure from norm: deviation, divergence departure in mass: exodus
departure without permission: AWOL, French leave depend: bank, conditioned, confide, contingent, count, hang, hinge, lean, rely, rest, trust dependable: constant, faithful, loyal, reliable, responsible, secure, solid, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sure, tried, trustworthy dependency: addiction, colony, need, reliance dependency on something for existence, value, significance: function dependent: clinging, conditional, contingent, helpless, provisional, reliant, secondary, sequacious, susceptible; child, minion, relative, subject, subordinate, vassal, ward dependent country: client state dependent on chance: aleatory dependent relationship: symbiosis dependent relationship of clauses: hypotaxis dependent upon: conditional, contingent, provisional depict: characterize, delineate, describe, detail, draft, draw, etch, express, illustrate, image, limn, paint, picture, portray, represent, sketch depilate: shave deplete: bankrupt, bleed, consume, diminish, drain, empty, enervate, exhaust, impoverish, reduce, sap, squander, waste depleted of energy: spent depletion of talent: brain drain deplorable: calamitous, distressing, dreadful, grievous, intolerable, pitiful, reprehensible, sad, sickening, terrible, tragic, unfortunate, woeful, wretched deplore: abhor, bemoan, bewail, condemn, disapprove, grieve, hate, lament, moan, mourn, regret, rue, wail deploy: arrange, display, position, redistribute, unfold deport: banish, bearing, behave, dismiss, displace, eject, exile, expel, extradite, transport deportment: action, address, air, appearance, bearing, behavior, carriage, conduct, demeanor, gest, manner, mien, posture, presence deportment and manner: demeanor depose: assert, aver, bounce, degrade, dethrone, dismiss, divest, impeach, oust, remove, subvert, testify, unseat deposit: accumulation, bank, consign,
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DEPOSIT AS SECURITY - DESCENT dump, entrust, fund, hock, lay, pawn, payment, place, pledge, retainer, security, sediment, settle, silt, squirrel, stash, store deposit as security: gage, pledge deposit eggs, roe: spawn deposit of sediment: alluvium, silt deposit rich in heavy metals: placer deposit, money as a: earnest deposition: affidavit, allegation, declaration, evidence, opinion, statement, testimony; burial; sediment; overthrow, removal depository: archives, bank, cache, locker, repository, safe, strongbox, tomb, trustee, vault depot: annex, armory, arsenal, base, entrepot, junction, magazine, station, storehouse, terminal, terminus, warehouse, yard depraved: abandoned, base, bestial, corrupt, debauched, degenerate, demoralized, evil, immoral, incorrigible, lewd, mad, perverted, rotten, vicious, vile, vitiated, wicked depravity: debauchery, evil, turpitude, vice deprecate: belittle, denigrate, deplore, depreciate, derogate, disapprove, downgrade, pooh-pooh, underrate deprecating attitude: sneering, sour grapes depreciate: abase, belittle, cheapen, decry, degrade, deprecate, depress, derogate, devalue, diminish, disparage, downgrade, lessen, reduce, ridicule, shrink, smear, undervalue depredation: crime, devastation, looting, marauding, pillage, plunder, raid, rapine, ravage, stealing, theft depress: abase, cheapen, crush, dampen, dash, degrade, deject, dent, depreciate, diminish, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, droop, enfeeble, fall, indent, lessen, lower, sadden, sink, slump, trouble, weaken depressant: downer depressed: blue, bummed, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, destitute, dispirited, down, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, glum, hollow, in a funk, in the dumps, low, melancholy, sad, somber, spiritless, under a cloud, unhappy depressed state: doldrums, funk depressed urban area: slum depressing: bleak, dismal, distressing, dreary, joyless, melancholic, upsetting depression: basin, blahs, blowout, cavity, crater, dejection, dent, despair, despondency, dimple, dip, dismay, doldrums, downturn, dumps, ennui, fall, gulley, hole, hopelessness, impression, malaise, melancholia, pit, pocket, ravine, recession, slough of despond, slump, vale, valley depression or hysteria disorder: the vapors deprivation: denial, destitution, hardship, loss, need, poverty, privation, want, withholding deprive: bereave, deny, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, dispossess, divest, dock, remove, rob, stiff, strip deprive as punishment: amerce deprive of courage: unman deprive of food: starve deprive of hearing: deafen deprive of meaning or essential part: eviscerate deprive of possession: commandeer, confiscate, divest, expropriate, rob, strip deprive of rights: disenfranchise, disfranchise, divest deprive of strength: enervate depth: abstruseness, abyss, bottom, deepness, insight, intensity, measure, penetration, perspective, pitch, profoundness, sense, strength, wisdom depth of feeling, intellect, meaning: profoundness, profundity depth of water, instrument measuring: bathometer, sonar depth of, measure the: fathom, plumb, sound depth relationships in space: perspective deputation: committee, delegation deputy: agent, aide, appointee, assistant, bailiff, delegate, envoy, minister, proxy, second, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, vicar deputy chief: second-in-command deputy for disagreeable tasks: hatchet man deranged: berserk, crazy, delirious, demented, disturbed, had, insane, irrational, loco, mad, nuts, unbalanced derelict: abandoned, bum, careless, castaway, delinquent, deserted, dilapidated, dingy, drifter, forsaken, hobo, negligent, outcast, remiss, seedy, shabby, tramp, uncouth, vagabond, vagrant, wino deride: chaff, fleer, gibe, hoot, insult, jape, jeer, mock, rally, razz, ridicule, scoff, scorn, sneer, taunt, twit derision: contempt, disdain, disrespect, insult, mockery, ridicule, scorn derisive: snide derisive sound: raspberry, snort derivation: ancestry, beginnings, etymology, genealogy, origin, root, source, wellspring derivations, study of word: etymology derivative: adapted, borrowed, copied, evolved, fluxion, offshoot, outgrowth, secondary, unoriginal derive: acquire, arrive, conclude, deduce, determine, draw, evolve, extract, gather, glean, infer, obtain, originate, reach, receive, stem, trace derive by reasoning: infer dernier cri: chic, craze, fad, last word, latest, latest cry, latest thing, mode, rage, style, vogue derogatory: belittling, damaging, decrying, defamatory, degrading, depreciatory, detract, diminish, disparaging, malicious, offensive, pejorative, snide, unflattering derrick: crane, hoist, lift, machine, rig derring-do: audacity, courage, daring, feat, nerve, reckless dervish: fakir descant: comment, counterpoint, criticism, discourse, melody, observation, remark, sing descend: decline, derive, dive, drop, fall, incline, land, lower, originate, penetrate, sink, slope, stoop descend a mountain: rappel descendant: advance, child, heir, invasion, lowering, offshoot, offspring, origin, raid, scion, seed descendants of ancestor: lineage, posterity descended from same language, parent: cognate descended from same male ancestor: agnate descended in direct line from ancestor: lineal descending slope: declension, declination, decline, declivity descent: ancestry, assault, breeding, chute, decline, declivity, degradation, downfall, drop, extraction, fall,
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DESERTS
An Nafud (Saudi Arabia) Arabian or Eastern (Egypt) Atacama (Chile) Black Rock (United States) Chihuahuan (United States and Mexico) Colorado (United States) Dahna (Saudi Arabia) Dasht-e-Kavir (Iran) Dasht-e-Lut (Iran) Death Valley (United States) Eastern or Arabian (Egypt) Gibson (Australia) Gobi or Shamo (Mongolia) Great Arabian (Saudi Arabia) Great Australian (Australia) Great Basin (United States) Great Indian or Thar (India and Pakistan) Great Salt Lake (United States) Great Sandy (Australia) Great Victoria (Australia) Iranian (Iran) Kalahari (South Africa, Nambia and Botswana) Kara Kum (Turkmenistan) generation, inclination, issue, lineage, onslaught, pedigree, slope, stock descent or origin: derivation, source descent, study of one's: genealogy describe: characterize, construe, define, depict, designate, detail, discourse, explain, express, illustrate, interpret, limn, narrate, outline, picture, portray, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, represent, state, tell describe and draw: limn describe grammatically: parse describe, hard to: nondescript description: account, brief, category, chronicle, class, definition, ilk, kind, nature, order, recital, sort, type, variety, vignette, write up description, brief: profile, thumbnail sketch description, exact: specification descry: behold, detect, determine, discern, disclose, discover, espy, note, observe, perceive, reveal, see, sight, spot desecrate: abuse, blaspheme, defile, dishonor, pollute, profane, ravage, violate desert (abandon): abscond, bolt, decamp, defect, deserved, flee, forsake, Kyzyl Kum (Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan) Libyan (Libya, Egypt and Sudan) Lut (Iran) Mojave (United States) Namib (Namibia) Negev (Israel) Nubian (Sudan) Painted Desert (United States) Patagonian (Argentina) Rub' al Khali (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen and United Arab Emirates) Sahara (North Africa) Shamo or Gobi (Mongolia) Simpson (Australia) Sinai (Egypt) Sonoran (United States) Sturt Stony (Australia) Syrian (Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia) Takla Makan (China) Thar or Great Indian (India and Pakistan) Turfan Depression (China) Yuma (United States and Mexico) W
leave, merited, punishment, relinquish, renege, renounce, reward, split, tergiversate desert (wasteland): barren, sand
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desert basin floor: playa desert fertile area: oasis desert hot wind: simoom desert plant: agave, cactus, yucca desert tabletop: mesa desert wanderer: nomad desert with eroded ridges, peaks: badlands desert, illusion of water in: mirage desert, of a: arid, xeric desertlike: arid W desert to another side: apostatize, tergiversate deserted: abandoned, AWOL, bare, desolate, forlorn, forsaken, lonely, lonesome, marooned, neglected, uninhabited, vacant deserter: apostate, betrayer, bolter, defector, fugitive, rat, renegade, runaway, traitor, truant, turncoat deserter of allegiance: apostate, renegade desertion of faith, principles, cause: apostasy
deserve: claim, earn, merit, procure, rate, warrant deserved as punishment: condign deserving: admirable, fitting, worthy desiccate: dehydrate, deplete, devitalize, dry, evaporate, parch, sear, shrivel, wither desiccated: sere desideratum: need design: architecture, arrange, blueprint, chart, conceive, contemplate, contrive, create, decor, delineate, device, diagram, draft, draw, end, fashion, goal, idea, intend, intent, intention, invent, layout, map, model, motif, motive, object, outline, pattern, perspective, plan, plot, project, proposal, purpose, scenario, shape, sketch, strategy, tailor design and structure, having: architectonic design carved beneath surface: intaglio design cut on gem: glyptograph design done on object with tools: tooling design having five sides made of converging arcs: cinquefoil design in a particular fashion: stylize design in architecture, repeated: motif design in nature, study of: teleology design in relief: repousse
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DESIGN MADE BY CARVING, ETCHING, OR CUTTING A HARD SURFACE - DESTINATION OR GOAL
design made by carving, etching, or cutting a hard surface: engraving design of five leaves, petals, lobes: cinquefoil design of four leaves, petals, lobes: quatrefoil design of interlaced flora: arabesque design of three leaves, petals, lobes: trefoil design on embroidery or object: device, emblem design on wall or ceiling: mural design or layout: format design or purpose in natural phenomena, study of: teleology design that is simplified or abstract: conventionalized, stylized design using initial letters: monogram design using overlapping pictures, etc.: collage, montage design, original: archetype, prototype design, superimposing of repetitive: moir effect designate: allocate, appoint, assign, authorize, call, characterize, choose, commission, denominate, denote, dub, elect, entitle, identify, indicate, intend, label, mark, mean, name, select, set, settle, show, specify, style, term, title designation: appellation, appointment, indication, label, moniker, name, nomination, selection, term, title designed leather: tooled designer: artificer, stylist designing: artful, astute, conniving, crafty, cunning, devious, foreseeing, planning, scheming, sharp desirable: advantageous, advisable, agreeable, alluring, attractive, beneficial, eligible, gratifying, luring, pleasing, seductive, suited, tantalizing, welcome, worthwhile desirable reward: plum desire: appetence, appetency, appetite, ardor, aspire, care, covet, crave, craving, cupidity, fancy, fantasy, hankering, hope, hunger, inclination, itch, longing, lust, mania, need, passion, petition, prefer, preference, request, thirst, urge, want, will, wish, yearning, yen desire and crave: covet, desiderate, hanker, yearn desire and other behavior directed toward action, change: conation desire ardently: long desire eagerly: relish
desire for wealth, strong: avarice, covetousness, cupidity desire greatly: crave desire something that belongs to another: covet desire that remains a wish: velleity desire to achieve something: aspiration desire wrongfully: covet desire, compulsive and harmful: cacoethes, mania desire, deep intense: craving, hankering, longing, yearning, yen desire, deliberate denial of: repression, suppression desire, natural: appetence desire, of an unsatisfiable: insatiable desire, strong sexual: concupiscence, lust desire, to indulge a: gratify, sate, satiate desired thing: desideratum desires, pertaining to: orectic desirous: acquisitive, ambitious, ardent, aspiring, avid, eager, envious, greedy, hopeful, solicitous, wishful desist: abandon, abstain, cease, discontinue, forbear, halt, pause, quit, stop, suspend, yield desk: ambo, booth, carrel, counter, davenport, escritoire, furniture, lectern, pulpit, secretary, table, tambour, vargueno desk with small bookcase on top: secretary desk with storage: console desk, rolling top of rolltop: tambour desk, small: davenport desolate: abandoned, alone, bare, barren, bleak, depopulate, depressed, deprived, deserted, destitute, destroy, devoid, disconsolate, dismal, dreary, empty, forlorn, forsaken, gaunt, gloomy, heartbroken, lifeless, lonely, lorn, melancholy, plunder, ravage, ruin, solitary, uninhabited, unoccupied, unused, woebegone despair: burden, dejection, depression, desperation, despondency, discouragement, gloom, hopelessness, melancholy, pain, slough of despond, surrender despair, spiritual: accidie, acedia, ennui desperado: bandit, gangster, hoodlum, lawbreaker, outlaw, ruffian, thug desperate: audacious, critical, dangerous, despairing, despondent, dire,
drastic, extreme, frantic, futile, headlong, hopeless, lost, outrageous, precipitate, rash, reckless, urgent, vain desperation: anguish, concern, despair, frenzy, hopelessness despicable: abject, base, caitiff, cheap, contemptible, detestable, hateful, loathsome, low, mean, miserable, pitiful, scurvy, shabby, slimy, sordid, unworthy, vile, wretched despise: abhor, abominate, contemn, detest, disdain, disregard, hate, loathe, misprize, nora, repudiate, scorn, scout, shun, slight, spurn, vilipend despite: although, regardless despoil: depredate, deprive, destroy, disarray, divest, loot, mar, pillage, plunder, raid, ravage, ravish, remove, rifle, rob, ruin, sack, strip, vandalize despoiler of property: vandal despondency: depression, despair, desperation, gloom, hopelessness, melancholy, misery, sadness despondent: blue, bummed, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, discouraged, dispirited, doleful, down, forlorn, hopeless, low, sad, woebegone despondently: glumly despot: autocrat, czar, dictator, monarch, monocrat, oppressor, ruler, tsar, tyrant despotic: absolute, arbitrary, authoritarian, dominant, oppressive, tyrannical dessert: apple pie, brown Betty, cake, cheesecake, cherry pie, cookie, clair, final course, fruit, ice cream, mousse, pastry, pie, pudding, sherbet, strudel, sweet, tart, torte dessert glazed with carmelized sugar: brle dessert of custard with caramel topping: flan dessert of egg yolks, sugar, wine beaten until thick: zabaglione dessert of fruit juice or fruit puree, frozen: sorbet dessert of pudding, light and fluffy: mousse dessert shredded topping: jimmies, sprinkles dessert, layered in glass: parfait destination: aim, end, fate, goal, objective, purpose, target, terminal, terminus ad quern destination of some pilgrims: mecca destination or goal: bourn
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DESTINE - DETER
destine: certain, decree, direct, intend, ordain, predetermine, preordain, purpose destiny: design, doom, expectation, fate, fortune, inevitability, karma, kismet, lot, stars destitute: abandoned, bankrupt, bereft, broke, defaulted, defeated, deprived, desolate, devastated, devoid, down and out, empty, exhausted, forsaken, homeless, impoverished, indigent, insolvent, lacking, needy, penniless, poor, underprivileged, wanting, wasted destroy: abolish, abrogate, annihilate, blight, blow, break, consume, damage, decimate, deface, defeat, demolish, depredate, desolate, devastate, dismantle, dissolve, dynamite, end, eradicate, erase, erode, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, famish, finish, fuin, kill, level, liquidate, mutilate, neutralize, nuke, nullify, obliterate, overrun, overturn, quell, rase, ravage, raze, rescind, retract, ruin, rush, sabotage, scratch, slay, smash, smite, spoil, total, undo, vaporize, waste, wreck destroy a large part of: decimate destroy affection: disaffect destroy and erase: efface destroy and put an end to: abolish destroy building: demolish, raze destroy by fire: gut destroy by making invalid: annul, invalidate, nullify, vitiate, void destroy by taking apart: dismantle destroy completely: annihilate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, obliterate, subvert, wipe out destroy effectiveness of: gut destroy gradually: corrode, erode destroy inside of: gut destroy oneself or itself: self-destruct destroy or ruin: scuttle destroy population: decimate destroy to the ground: raze destroyed, completely: fordone destroyer: iconoclast, razer, saboteur, terrorist, vandal, vessel, warship destroyer of religious images: iconoclast destroying others for one's own gain: predatory destruction: bane, carnage, decay, demolition, devastation, doom, down-
fall, extinction, genocide, havoc, holocaust, massacre, ruin, shambles, subversion, waste, wreckage destruction by decomposing: disintegration, dissolution destruction by fire: holocaust destruction by secret workings: subversion destruction in war: devastation, havoc destruction of a people or group: genocide, holocaust destruction of bacteria by antibody: lysis destruction of document: spoliation destruction of political and social institutions, belief in: nihilism destruction of property and normal operations: sabotage destruction of property, deliberate: vandalism destruction of regime or institution: Gotterdammerung destruction of religious objects: iconoclasm destruction or loss: depredation destruction, of unnecessary: gratuitous, wanton destruction, source of: nemesis destruction, violent upheaval causing: cataclysm destruction, wanton: mayhem destructive: baleful, baneful, cataclysmic, damaging, deadly, deleterious, detrimental, discredit, fatal, harmful, hurtful, internecine, lethal, noxious, pernicious, pestilent, poisonous, ruinous, shattering, truculent, vicious, wasteful destructive effects: ravages destructive thing: blight, canker, juggernaut desuetude: disuse, inactivity desultory: aimless, casual, chance, disconnected, erratic, haphazardly, incidental, inconstant, irregular, rambling, random, roving, sporadic, unsettled, unsteady, wavering detach: disassociate, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, dismount, disunite, divorce, isolate, separate, sever, sunder, unfasten, unhitch, unsnap detach from: wean detachable motor: outboard detached: alone, aloof, apart, disinterested, dispassionate, distant, emancipated, free, impartial, insular, isolated, neutral, remote, removed, unbiased, unconcerned, unconnected, uninvolved, withdrawn
detached and unbiased: objective detachedly analytical: clinical detachment: coolness, detail, disinterest, division, indifference, patrol, separation, unit detail: account, appoint, article, aspect, assign, detachment, elaborate, element, expound, fact, feature, fine distinction, item, itemize, minutia, narrate, nicety, particular, point, rehearse, relate, specify, stipulation; squad, unit detail important only to specialist: technicality detail of etiquette: punctilio detail, add or enliven with great: embellish, embroider detail, described in great: graphic detail, examine in: canvass, scrutinize detail, overattention to: pedantry detailed: accurate, circumstantial, comprehensive, full, itemized, meticulous, minute, particular, precise, thorough detailed analysis: dissection detailed and clearly expressed: explicit detailed and thorough: circumstantial, comprehensive, definitive details: specifications, specifics, specs details, done with great attention to: elaborate, expatiate details, overly concerned with: hairsplitting, meticulous, nitpicking details, trivial: minutiae, quibble, trivia detain: arrest, check, confine, delay, hinder, hold, impede, imprison, inhibit, keep, mire, restrain, retard, stop detained during hostilities: interned detect: ascertain, catch, descry, discern, discover, espy, expose, find, identify, notice, reveal, scent, see, spot, uncover, unmask detection system: radar detective: bull, dick, flatfoot, gumshoe, hawkshaw, investigator, operator, PI, private investigator, scenter, shamus, sleuth, spotter, tek, tracer dtente: easement, passivity, pause, policy, precaution detention: confinement, custody, delay, detainment, hindrance, imprisonment, incarceration, quarantine, restraint detention by police: custody deter: avert, block, check, dampen, de-
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DETER OR ALTER SOMEONE'S PLANS - DEVIOUS
base, decline, degenerate, delay, divert, frighten, obstruct, prohibit, spoil, stop, weaken deter or alter someone's plans: dissuade detergent: cleanser, soap deteriorate: corrode, crumble, decompose, go bad, go to pot, go to seed, regress, wane, worsen deteriorated: ramshackle, rickety deteriorating in hereditary qualities: dysgenic deterioration from everyday use: wear and tear determination: conclusion, conviction, decision, fortitude, grit, heart, judgment, persistence, resolve, settlement, spunk, tenacity, verdict, wile, will determine: adjudicate, analyze, appoint, arbitrate, arrange, ascertain, assess, assign, award, calculate, choose, conclude, control, decide, decree, define, deliberate, dictate, discover, end, establish, fix, predestine, regulate, resolve, settle determine a value: assess determined: bent, decided, decisive, dogged, driven, firm, foregone, indomitable, intent, mulish, obstinate, persistent, pigheaded, resolute, serious, set, set on, settled, singleminded, stalwart, steadfast, steeled, stubborn, tenacious, unyielding determined effort: endeavor deterrent: block, curb, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, restraint deter's opposite: abet detest: abhor, abominate, curse, damn, despise, dislike, execrate, hate, loathe, reject detestable: despicable, disgusting, execrable, foul, heinous, horrid, loathsome, lousy, obnoxious, odious, repulsive, revolting, shocking, vile detestable thing: anathema detestation: odium dethrone: depose, displace, oust, remove, uncrown detonate: bang, blast, discharge, explode, fire, ignite detour: avoid, branch, bypass, circumvent, deviation, divert, reroute, skirt, turn detract: belittle, cheapen, decry, depreciate, derogate, diminish, disparage, divert, lessen, minimize, underrate, vilify
detraction: backbiting, calumny, damage, innuendo, libel, ridicule, slander, traducement detriment: cost, damage, disability, disadvantage, drawback, harm, hurt, impairment, impediment, injury, liability, loss detrimental: adverse, baleful, damaging, deleterious, destructive, evil, negative, pernicious detritus: debris, fragments, garbage, matter, rubbish, scree, silt, tuff, waste devalue: cheapen, debase, decrease, defile, degrade, depreciate, lower devastate: demolish, desecrate, desolate, destroy, overwhelm, pillage, plunder, ravage, ruin, stun, waste, wreck devastation: confusion, destruction, havoc, ruin develop: advance, augment, blossom, broaden, disclose, discover, educate, elaborate, emerge, evolve, expand, expound, flourish, flower, form, generate, grow, happen, manifest, materialize, mature, occur, prosper, refine, reveal, ripen, strengthen, transpire, uncover, unfold, unfurl, untwist develop and breed: propagate develop and help to grow: foster, nurture develop buds, sprouts: pullulate develop gradually: evolve, germinate, gestate, incubate develop into: become develop into reality: materialize develop or enlarge: amplify, elaborate develop or provoke: foment develop rapidly: burgeon, flourish develop to utmost: optimize developed and advanced: precocious developing: nascent developing countries: third world developing one's personality: formative developing outside the body: exogenous developing unusually early: precocious developing within the body: endogenous development: dwellings, elaboration, evolution, expansion, formation, growth, incident, increase, phase, progress, situation development by natural means: evolution development of a species through evolution: phylogenesis, phylogeny development of an individual: ontogenesis, ontogeny The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
development, in the earliest stage of: embryonic, germinal, seminal development, something that promotes: nutriment develops a liking for: takes to deviant: abnormal, atypical, different, errant, irregular, wayward deviate: change, deflect, depart, detour, digress, diverge, drift, lapse, meander, sheer, sidetrack, stray, swerve, vary, veer, wander, warp deviate from course momentarily: yaw deviating: aberrant deviating from generally accepted: perverse deviating from normal: anomalous deviation: aberration, abnormality, anomaly, deflection, departure, error, perversion deviation from main current: eddy device: accessory, angle, apparatus, appliance, artifice, concoction, contraption, contrivance, design, doohickey, emblem, equipment, expedient, fastener, figure, gadget, gimmick, insignia, instrument, invention, machine, maneuver, means, mechanism, meter, motto, pattern, plan, project, scheme, shift, symbol, technique, thingamajig, tool, vehicle device adopted as means to an end: expedient device for an efficiency expert: stopwatch device used to promote learning through individual investigations: heuristic devices allowing rotation in one direction: pawls devices in a pipe to regulate flow: valves devil: adversary, amaimon, annoy, apollyon, archfiend, azazel, Beelzebub, demon, diablo, dickens, error, fiend, haze, imp, knave, Lucifer, Mephist, Mephisto, Old Nick, pester, rascal, ruler, Satan, scoundrel, tease, torment, villain, wicked devil-may-care: bold, heedless, jovial, rakish, rash, risky devil worship: diabolism devilfish: manta devilish: atrocious, demoniac, demonic, deuced, diabolic, diabolical, evil, excessive, extreme, fiendish, hellish, infernal, malicious, mischievous, nefarious, satanic, unhallowed, wicked devious: ambagious, crafty, crooked,
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DEVIOUS IDEA - DIAMONDS, PERTAINING TO OR SIMILAR TO
cunning, deceitful, dishonest, errant, foxy, fraudulent, indirect, misleading, rambling, roundabout, shifty, sly, sneaky, tortuous, tricky, underhand, wily, winding devious idea: scheme devise: appoint, arrange, bequeath, chart, coin, concoct, conspire, construct, consult, contrive, convey, create, design, dream up, excogitate, fabricate, forge, form, formulate, frame, imagine, invent, plan, plot, prepare, scheme, suppose, will devise as one goes along: improvise devitalize: deaden, destroy, diminish, enervate, weaken devoid: barren, bereft, destitute, empty, lacking, needed, vacant, wanting, without devote: address, ally, apply, appropriate, attach, bestow, commit, consecrate, dedicate, depute, destine, direct, entrust, give, pledge, resign, venerate, vow devote life or time to something: consecrate, dedicate devoted: adoring, affectionate, ardent, arduous, assiduous, attached, constant, dedicated, devout, dutiful, earnest, faithful, loyal, pious, religious, true, unwavering, wholehearted, zealous devoted in religious way: devout, pious devoted to wife, excessively: uxorious devoted, blindly: idolatrous devotee: admirer, advocate, aficionado, amateur, believer, booster, buff, disciple, enthusiast, fan, fanatic, follower, groupie, supporter, votary, zealot devotion: adherence, adoration, allegiance, commitment, dedication, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, love, loyalty, passion, piety, prayer, reverence, sanctity devotion to books, extreme: bibliolatry devotion to God: reverence, veneration devotion, excessive: hero worship, idolatry devour: annihilate, consume, eat, engulf, gobble, gorge, guzzle, ravage, relish, stuff, swallow, waste devout: ardent, cordial, devoted, earnest, faithful, heartfelt, hearty, holy, pious, religious, reverent, righteous, serious, sincere, solemn, spiritual, venerating, warm devoutness: piety
dew: condensation, fresh, moisture, pure, renewing, tears, water, wet dew formation: dewfall dewlap: jowl dewy: moist, roric dexterity: ability, adeptness, adroitness, agility, aptitude, art, cleverness, craft, cunning, deftness, expertise, facility, finesse, hand, knack, nimbleness, proficiency, quickness, readiness, skill, sleight, tact, touch dexterous: active, adroit, agile, deft, handy, nimble, smooth dharma: Buddhism, conduct, enlightenment, Hinduism, law, obligation, principle, teachings diabetes high sugar level: hyperglycemia diabetes low sugar level: hypoglycemia diabetes, hormone deficiency creating: insulin diablerie: black magic, devilish, devilry, deviltry, satanism, sorcery, witchcraft diabolical: cruet, demoniac, devilish, evil, fiendish, heinous, hellish, infernal, satanic, serpentine, vicious, vile, wicked diacritical: discriminating, distinguishing, marking diacritical mark: caret, cedilla, tilde diadem: anadem, coronet, crown, dignity, fillet, halo, headband, tiara diagnosis: analysis, conclusion, examination, identification, opinion diagnosis by stethoscope: auscultation diagnosis by tapping: percussion diagnostic sign: stigma diagnostic substance sent through bodily system: tracer diagonal: angled, beveled, bias, eatercorner, catercornered, crosswise, oblique, slanted, transversal diagonal punctuation mark: backslash, oblique, slant, slash, solidus, virgule diagonal route: traverse diagram: blueprint, chart, description, design, drawing, graph, illustration, layout, map, outline, plan, plat, schema diagram of divided circle: pie chart diagram of stages or sequence: flowchart, schema diagram of structure showing parts separately: exploded view diagram with components in blocks and lines showing relationships: block diagram
diagram with covering cut away: cross section, cutaway dial: knob dial showing changing numbers: digital dial showing numbers with hands: analog dialect: accent, argot, cant, idiom, jargon, language, lingo, patois, slang, speech, vernacular dialect closest to standard language: acrolect dialect dictionary: idioticon dialect farthest from standard language: basilect dialect midway from standard language: mesolect dialect mixed with English: pidgin English dialect of region becoming language of larger area: koine dialect study: dialectology dialect, provincial: patois dialogue: chat, composition, conference, conversation, discussion, interlocution, parley, passage, script, speech, talk dialogue in literary composition: colloquy dialogue, person taking part in: interlocutor diameter: breadth, caliber, thickness, width diameter-measuring device: calipers diameter of tube: caliber diametrical: conflicting, contrary, contrasting, counter, opposed, polar diametrically opposed: antipodal diamond: brilliant, corundum, gem, gemstone, ice, jager, jewel, lozenge, rhombus, rock, solitaire diamond, fake: rhinestone, schlenter, zircon, zirconia diamond, industrial: balas, black diamond, bort, bortz, carbonado diamond or rhombus: lozenge diamond set by itself: solitaire diamond-studded socks: argyles diamond weight: carat diamond, large unflawed: paragon diamond, transparency and luster of: water diamondlike: adamantine diamondlike mineral: zircon, zirconia diamondlike shape: lozenge, rhombus diamonds, pertaining to or similar to: diamantine
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DIAPHANOUS - DIFFICULT COURSE OR EXPERIENCE
diaphanous: airy, clear, delicate, fine, flimsy, gauzy, gossamer, insubstantial, lucid, sheer, transparent, vague diarrhea: collywobbles, flux diarrhea in Mexico: Montezuma's revenge diarrhea of the tourist: tourista, turista diary: chronicle, journal, log, minutes, record, register diatribe: abuse, castigation, criticism, denunciation, harangue, invective, screed, tirade dice: bones, chop, cube dice dot: one dice throw of lowest score: ambsace, craps dicey: chancy, dangerous, iffy, risky, tricky, uncertain dichotomize: sever dicker: bargain, barter, chaffer, deal, exchange, haggle, negotiate, quibble, swap, trade dictate: command, communicate, compose, control, decree, impose, mandate, ordain, order, prescribe, record, require, rule, say, tell, utter dictation, one who takes: amanuensis, scribe, secretary dictator: autarch, authoritarian, autocrat, czar, despot, duce, fascist, fuhrer, totalitarian, tsar, tyrant dictator, military: caudillo dictatorial: absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, authoritative, bossy, despotic, doctrinaire, dogmatic, domineering, imperious, lordly, magisterial, masterful, oppressive, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, positive, tyrannical dictatorial system: absolutism, totalitarianism dictators, group of military: junta diction: articulation, enunciation, fluency, intonation, language, oratory, phraseology, phrasing, rhetoric, style, verbiage, vocabulary, wording dictionary: glossary, lexicon, onomasticon, reference, vocabulary, wordbook, words
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dietary laws, conforming to Jewish: kosher differ: clash, conflict, contend, debate, disagree, discord, dissent, dissimilar, distinct, oppose, vary difference: alteration, antithesis, argument, conflict, controversy, disagreement, discord, discrepancy, disparity, dispute, dissension, dissimilitude, distinction, divergence, hassle, heterogeneity, quarrel, squabble, unlikeness, variation difference between facts or claims: discrepancy, inconsistency difference from norm: deviation, divergence, eccentricity difference in brightness: contrast difference of opinion: discord, dissension, divergence, personal equation, quarrel difference, subtle: nuance different: alien, another, assorted, atypical, contrary, disparate, dissident, dissimilar, distinct, divergent, divers, diverse, else, heterogeneous, incomparable, novel, offbeat, other, peculiar, separate, several, strange, sundry, unalike, unique, unlike, unrelated, unusual, variant, various different and various: diverse, manifold, miscellaneous, sundry different colors, having many: motley, multicolored, particolored, variegated different directions, move in: diverge different from standard: variant different in unexpected way: heterogeneous, incongruous different names that have a relationship: heteronymous different, completely: disparate differentiate: alter, change, comprehend, contrast, discriminate, distinguish, modify, separate differentiating: diacritical difficult: arduous, complex, complicated, cranky, demanding, fussy, hairy, hard, intricate, involved, knotty, labored, laborious, painful, puzzling, rough, stubborn, tough, troublesome, trying, uphill difficult and demanding: exacting, exigent, onerous difficult and futile: Sisyphean difficult and stubborn: intractable, unruly difficult course or experience: Via Dolorosa
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DIGESTIVE OR GASTROENTEROLOGICAL DISEASE

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difficult journey: trek difficult question: poser difficult situation: imbroglio, morass, quagmire, stickler, sticky wicket difficult to accomplish: arduous, Herculean, strenuous difficult to define or describe: elusive difficult to interpret: delphic, oracular difficult to manage: intractable, scabrous difficult to understand: abstruse, convoluted, impalpable, incomprehensible, intricate, opaque, recondite, unfathomable, unintelligible difficult to undertake or defeat: formidable difficulties on both sides: gantlet, gauntlet difficulty: ado, aggravation, barrier, complication, controversy, dilemma, dispute, fight, fix, frustration, hardship, hassle, hindrance, hole, impediment, jam, mess, nodus, obstacle, obstruction, paradox, pickle, pinch, pitfall, problem, quagmire, quarrel, rigor, scrape, setback, snag, struggle, trouble, vicissitude difficulty, add to a: compound difficulty, in grave: in extremis difficulty, painful: ordeal, tribulation difficulty, serious: plight, predicament, quandary, straits difficulty, to overcome: surmount diffidence: apprehension, bashfulness, doubt, fear, hesitation, humility, insecurity, meekness, modesty, reserve, shyness, timidness diffuse: circulated, copious, disperse, disseminate, dissipate, divide, expanded, expatiate, extend, full, irradiate, palaverous, prolix, propagate, rambling, scatter, soften, spread, strewn, verbose, waffling, widespread, wordy
diffuse gradually: seep diffuse throughout: permeate diffusion of liquid through membrane: osmosis dig: bulldoze, burrow, crack, delve, discover, enjoy, excavate, exhume, explore, extricate, get, gibe, grasp, groove, hoe, hole, insult, investigate, jab, like, mine, nudge, pion, plunge, poke, probe, prospect, quarry, quip, root, shovel, spade, taunt, thrust, till, tunnel, understand, unearth dig out facts: plumb dig up artifacts: excavate dig up dead body: disinter, exhume dig up weeds: sarcle digest: abridge, absorb, analyze, assimilate, code, codify, comprehend, condense, conspectus, dissolve, endure, epitome, grasp, organize, pandect, ponder, precis, stomach, summary, synopsis, tolerate digestion, concerning: peptic digestion, concerning food, nutrition, or: alimentary digestion, good: eupepsia digestion, poor: dyspepsia, indigestion, malnutrition digestive autonomic contractions: peristalsis digestive catalyst: enzyme digestive enzyme: lipase, pepsin digger: miner, mole, spade digit: extremity, finger, pinkie, thumb, toe; figure, number, numeral, one, symbol, unit digital watch display: LCD, LED, lightemitting diode, liquid crystal display dignified: august, courtly, distingu, ennobled, exalted, grant, honorable, lofty, majestic, noble, prim, regal, respected, sedate, staid, stately, statuesque, upright
dignify: adorn, distinguish, elevate, ennoble, glorify, honor, promote, raise dignitary: eminence, leader, luminary, notable, official, VIP dignity: character, decorum, elegance, etiquette, excellence, grace, honor, majesty, nobleness, poise, prestige, pride, rank, standing, stature, virtue, worth dignity, attack another's: impugn dignity, beneath one's: infra dig dignity, do something beneath one's: condescend, deign digress: deviate, divagate, diverge, drift, meander, roam, shift, stray, swerve, veer, wander digression: apostrophe, aside, deflection, detour, episode, excursion digressive: excursive, rambling, tangential digs in one's toes: balks dike: bank, barrier, causeway, channel, ditch, dyke, embankment, levee, watercourse dilapidated: battered, damaged, decrepit, dingy, neglected, ramshackle, run-down, shabby, shot, threadbare dilate: amplify, augment, broaden, enlarge, expand, expatiate, expound, extend, inflate, lengthen, prolong, protract, stretch, swell, widen dilatory: delaying, inactive, laggard, lazy, leisurely, poky, procrastinating, remiss, slack, slow, sluggish, tardy, unhurried dilemma: bind, complication, crisis, fix, Hobson's choice, mess, mire, pickle, predicament, problem, quandary, spot dilemma, unresolvable: double bind dilettante: admirer, amateur, connoisseur, dabbler, dabster, rookie, superficial, trifler dilettantish: arty
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DILIGENCE - DIRECT, TO
diligence: application, assiduity, attention, dedication, earnestness, effort, heed, industry, intensity, perseverance, vigor, zeal diligent: active, assiduous, busy, careful, eager, hardworking, heedful, industrious, operose, painstaking, persistent, sedulous, steadfast, studious, thorough, unflagging diligent and careful: painstaking diligent and persevering: sedulous dill seed: anet dilly: beaut, dandy, doozer, humdinger, lollapalooza, lulu, peach, pip dillydally: dawdle, delay, idle, lag, linger, loaf, loiter, stall, vacillate dilute: adulterate, alter, attenuate, cut, diminish, lessen, reduce, thin, water, weaken dim: bleak, blear, blur, blurred, cloudy, darken, darkish, dense, depressing, disapproving, dreary, dull, dusky, eclipse, efface, fade, faint, foggy, gloomy, hazy, lackluster, mist, mysterious, negative, obfuscate, obscure, obtuse, overcast, pale, shadowy, soft, somber, subdued, tarnish, unclear, unfavorable, unlit, vague dim of twilight: crepuscular dim or faint: wan dim-witted: dull, dumb, feebleminded, idiotic, slow, stupid dimension: aspect, bulk, capacity, element, extent, height, importance, length, magnitude, mass, measure, proportion, quality, range, scope, size, thickness, time, volume diminish: abate, abridge, alleviate, bate, cheapen, condense, curtail, decrease, deplete, derogate, detract, dilute, dwindle, ease, ebb, erode, extenuate, fade, lessen, lower, minimize, moderate, narrow, peter, recede, reduce, retrench, shrink, sink, slake, subside, subtract, taper, wane, wither diminish by degrees: erode, tail off diminution: abatement, curtailment, decay, decline, decrease, decrement, lessening diminutive: bantam, dwarf, ette, lilli putian, little, miniature, minuscule, petite, pintsized, pocket-size, slight, small, teeny, tiny dimming of lights: brownout dimness of vision: mist dimple: fossette din: babble, clamor, clangor, clatter,
commotion, confusion, hubbub, hullabaloo, instill, loud, noise, pandemonium, racket, rattle, riot, sound, Steven, tumult, turmoil, uproar dine: breakfast, consume, dinner, eat, feast, lunch, partake, sup diner: caf, canteen, eater, eatery, greasy spoon, guest, luncheonette, patron, restaurant, train car ding: beat, clang, dash, dent, drive, knock, nick, pound, ring, stroke, thrust, thump dinghy: boat, life raft, lifeboat, rowboat, skiff dingle: dale, dell, glen dingy: dark, dilapidated, dirty, discolored, drab, dreary, dusty, gloomy, grimy, seedy, shabby, smoky, soiled, squalid, tacky dining hall: refectory dining out of doors: al fresco dining room, small upper-floor: cnacle dining segments: seatings dining, artful or learned conversation while: deipnosophy dining, science of: aristology dinky: cute, insignificant, miniature, minor, petite, poor, shabby, small, tiny dinner: banquet, entre, feast, food, meal, potluck, supper dinner course: appetizer, dessert, entre, hors d'oeuvre, main dish, salad, soup, vegetable dinner selection: main course dinner with complete meal price: table d'hte dinner with item prices: la carte dinner, concerning: cenatory, prandial dinner, just after: postprandial dinnerware: china dinosaur walking on two legs: tyrannosaur dinosaur with long neck and small head: brontosaur dinosaur with three horns and fanlike crest: triceratops dinosaur with toothlike bony plates along back and tail: stegosaurus dinosaur, flying: pterodactyl dint: dent, drive, effort, energy, force, impression, indentation, nick, power, strength, will diocese: benefice, bishopric, district, episcopate, jurisdiction, prelacy, see dip: bail, browse, candle, dabble, decline, decrease, delve, depression, descend, douse, downturn, droop, drop,
duck, dunk, fade, immerse, lade, ladle, lower, moisten, plunge, sag, sauce, sink, slope, soak, souse, submerge, swim, veer dip and throw: bail dip into liquid: souse dip into water by bird: dap diphtheria test: Schick test diploma: award, certificate, charter, degree, document, honor, sheepskin diplomacy: artfulness, delicacy, dexterity, graciosity, poise, savoir-faire, skill, statesmanship, tact diplomat: agent, ambassador, attach, consul, envoy, mediator, minister, nuncio, representative diplomat of high rank, just below ambassador: minister diplomat representing a nation's commercial interests and assisting its citizens abroad: consul diplomat sent on special mission: emissary, envoy diplomat standing in for ambassador or minister: charge d'affaires diplomat who is an expert assigned for a specific capacity: attach diplomatic: discreet, judicious, politic, prudent, tactful diplomatic etiquette: protocol diplomatic mission: embassy diplomatic mission headquarters: chancellery, consulate diplomatic mission ranked below embassy: legation diplomatic move or position: dmarche dipsomania: alcoholism, craving dire: apocalyptic, awful, calamitous, critical, crucial, desperate, devastating, dismal, doleful, drastic, dreadful, fearful, grave, grim, horrendous, horrible, ominous, terrible, tragic, urgent, woeful direct: blank, blunt, candid, clear, compendious, even, frank, honest, immediate, lineal, nonstop, pointblank, straight, straightforward, utter direct elsewhere: reroute direct insult: slap, stab direct opposite: antithesis direct relationship: immediacy direct, to: address, administer, advise, aim, apply, appoint, bend, coach, command, conduct, control, dedicate, ensign, even, focus, govern, guide, head, helm, instruct, lead, manage, marshall, order, oversee,
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DIRECTED FIRMLY - DISARRANGE
point, preside, prompt, refer, regulate, rein, steer, superintend, superscribe, sway, train, turn directed firmly: intent, unwavering direction: bearing, bent, care, command, control, course, east, gist, guidance, inclination, information, instruction, label, leadership, management, mandate, north, outlook, path, plan, regulation, road, route, rule, south, tendency, tenor, toward, trajectory, trend, way, west direction and supervision: aegis, auspices direction plant goes to light, heat: trop ism direction when guided by radio: vector direction, general: tenor direction, having lost a sense of: disoriented directional guide: arrow directions from a point, moving in different: diverging directions, coming from different: converging directive: behest, bulletin, communication, decree, edict, injunction, instruction, memo, order, ruling, ukase directly: candidly, exactly, immediately, instantly, literally, now, presently, promptly, quickly, shortly, soon, straight, totally directly opposite: antipodal director: administrator, boss, chairman, chairperson, chairwoman, chief, coach, commander, conductor, governor, head, leader, manager, prefect, supervisor director of ballet or theater: rgisseur director of museum or gallery: curator directory: almanac, atlas, guide, index, lineup, list, ordo, register, roster, telephone book, yellow pages dirge: chant, elegy, epicedium, hymn, keen, lament, poem, requiem, song, threnody dirigible: aerostat, zeppelin dirndl: skirt dirt: clay, dregs, dust, earth, filth, grime, muck, mud, rumo, sand, scum, smut, soil, soot dirty: base, begrime, bemire, clouded, corrupt, defile, despicable, dingy, dishonest, distasteful, filthy, foggy, foul, greasy, grimy, grubby, illicit, impure, low, messy, muddy, nasty, obscene, polluted, raunchy, risqu, sloppy,
smutty, soil, soiled, sordid, squalid, stain, stormy, sullied, tarnish, unclean, unsanitary, vile, vulgar dirty and untidy: bedraggled dirty child: ragamuffin dirty language: coprolalia dirty look: glare dirty or corrupt: defile, sully, tarnish dirty, extremely: feculent dirty, to: adulterate, besmirch, contaminate, pollute disability: affliction, defect, deficiency, disadvantage, drawback, handicap, impediment, incapacity, malady disable: cripple, damage, disarm, hamstring, hinder, hog-tie, immobilize, inactivate, incapacitate, lame, maim, undermine, weaken, wreck disabuse: correct, debunk, disenchant, disillusion, enlighten, expose, free, liberate, rectify, rid disadvantage: damage, deprivation, detriment, difficulty, disability, drawback, encumbrance, handicap, hardship, hindrance, hurt, liability, loss, obstacle, penalty, prejudice, weakness disadvantaged: deprived, impoverished, underprivileged disadvantaged person: underdog disadvantageous: deleterious, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, prejudicial, slighting, unfavorable, wrong disaffected: alienated, disloyal, estranged, faithless, mutinous, perfidious, rebellious, recreant, resentful, treacherous, withdrawn disaffirm: annul, contradict, deny, disclaim, gainsay, negate, renounce, repudiate, reverse disagree: argue, clash, conflict, contend, counter, differ, dispute, dissent, oppose, quarrel, vary, wrangle disagreeable: annoying, awful, cross, foul, grouchy, harsh, hateful, nasty, offensive, peevish, sour, unsavory, vile disagreeable person: crab disagreeing: at loggerheads disagreement: argument, bickering, clash, conflict, contention, controversy, debate, difference, difficulty, discord, discrepancy, disharmony, displeasure, dispute, dissension, dissidence, diversity, estrangement, falling-out, fight, odds, rift, spat, squabble, strife, variance
disagreement in opinion: dissension, dissent, dissidence, variance disagreement or contradiction: discord, discrepancy, disparity, dissonance, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency, irreconcilability disallow: ban, censor, censure, deny, exclude, forbid, nix, prohibit, refuse, reject, repudiate, veto disappear: cease, depart, diminish, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, fade, flee, leave, vamoose, vanish, withdraw disappear after breaking up: disperse, dissipate disappear gradually: evanesce, wither disappear in bodily form: dematerialize disappearance of celestial body during eclipse: occultation disappearing and decomposing naturally: biodegradable disappoint: baffle, bungle, dash, defeat, disenchant, dishearten, disillusion, dismay, dissatisfy, fail, fall, frustrate, sadden, shoot down, thwart disappointing: underwhelming, unimpressive disappointing outcome: anticlimax, bathos disappointment: anticlimax, blow, defeat, delusion, displeasure, failure, fiasco, letdown, obstacle, regret, setback, washout disappointment or unease: chagrin disapproval: animadversion, blame, boycott, catcall, censure, criticism, disapprobation, disliking, dissent, grumble, hiss, rejection disapprove: condemn, denounce, deplore, deprecate, disallow, discountenance, expostulate, protest, reject, veto disapprove of strongly: condemn, deplore, reprehend, reprobate disapproving or disparaging: depreciatory, pejorative disapproving sound: Bronx cheer, raspberry disapproving word: bah, tut disapproving, hypocritical: pharisaical disarm: allure, charm, convince, cripple, defuse, demilitarize, demobilize, disable, fascinate, immobilize, incapacitate, influence, subdue disarmament by one nation: unilateral disarrange: confuse, disconcert, dishevel, dislocate, disorganize, disturb, jumble, muss, ruffle, scramble, unsettle, upset
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DISARRAY - DISCONTENTED
disarray: anarchy, chaos, confusion, disorder, mess, muddle, pandemonium, turmoil disarrayed: dishabille disassemble: disband, dismantle, rends, scatter, separate, undo disassemble weapon to clean: field strip disassociate: disaffiliate, disconnect, divorce, part, separate, uncouple disaster: accident, adversity, bale, blight, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, debacle, devastation, fatality, fiasco, holocaust, misadventure, misfortune, mishap, ruin, tragedy disaster with widespread destruction: apocalypse, Armageddon, cataclysm disaster, to ward off: avert disastrous: devastating, dire, hapless, harmful, horrendous, ruinous, terrible, unfortunate disastrous failure: debacle, fiasco, rout disavow: abjure, contradict, deny, disclaim, forswear, gainsay, negate, recant, refuse, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract disband: disassemble, disintegrate, dismiss, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, part, scatter, separate disbelief or denial of customs' purpose: nihilism disbelieve: distrust, doubt, mistrust, question, reject, skeptical, suspect disbeliever: agnostic, atheist, cynic, dissident, doubter, infidel, skeptic disbelieving: doubting, incredulous, skeptical disburden: rid disburse: allocate, defray, dispense, distribute, divide, divvy, expend, mete, outlay, spend discard: abandon, cashier, chuck, ditch, divest, divorce, dump, eliminate, fling, jettison, jilt, junk, oust, reject, remove, repudiate, scrap, shed, shuck, toss, unload discard hampering thing: jettison discard sweetheart: jilt discarded item: reject discern: anticipate, ascertain, behold, descry, detect, discover, distinguish, espy, foresee, observe, perceive, see, spot, uncover, understand discernible: apparent, comprehensible, distinct, evident, noticeable, obvious, perceptible, tangible, visible discernible by touch: tangible discerning: acute, astute, clairvoyant,
clever, discriminating, insightful, keen, perceptive, perspicacious, sagacious, sapient, sensitive, wise discernment: sagacity, tact, taste, wisdom discharge: absolve, acquittal, blast, boot, bounce, can, cashier, defray, detonate, disgorge, dismiss, dispense, displace, dump, egest, eject, emit, emptying, evacuate, execute, execution, exempt, exonerate, expel, explosion, exude, fire, free, launch, liberation, liquidate, ooze, oust, pardon, performance, pour, quash, release, relieve, sack, seepage, shoot, supplant, terminate, unload, void discharge cargo: unlade discharge from duty: quietus discharge of emotion: catharsis discharge suddenly, quickly: ejaculate discharge violently: spew discharge, as a debt: pay discharged debt: quittance, recompense disciple: adherent, apostle, believer, chela, epigone, follower, imitator, -ite, scholar, student disciplinarian: authoritarian, chastener, czar, enforcer, martinet, ramrod, reprover, taskmaster, tyrant disciplinarian, military: martinet disciplinary: corrective, ordered, punishing, punitive disciplinary action, swift: crackdown discipline: area, chasten, chastise, control, correct, drill, education, flog, instruct, obedience, penalize, punish, regiment, restrain, school, self-control, specialty, strictness, teach, train, training, whip, willpower discipline and chastise: call on the carpet, call to account discipline by self-denial: mortify discipline stressing spiritual insight and tranquillity: yoga discipline to correct: chasten disclaim: abjure, abnegate, contradict, deny, disavow, disown, gainsay, negate, recant, renounce, repudiate, retract disclose: acknowledge, admit, bare, bestow, betray, bring to light, confess, discover, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, give vent to, impart, indicate, leak, make known, open, publish, reveal, spill, squeal, tell, unbosom, uncover, unveil, utter disclose, poetically: ope
disclosure: admission, arrival, declaration, enlightenment, expos, revelation disclosure at trial by defendant: discovery disco light: strobe discolor: besmirch, bleach, blot, defile, fade, smear, spot, stain, streak, sully, tarnish discolor by fungi: mildew discoloration: stain discolored, as a book: foxed discombobulated: addled, shaken, thrown, undone discomfit: abash, annoy, baffle, bother, confound, confuse, defeat, disconcert, disturb, embarrass, fluster, frustrate, humiliate, irk, outwit, rattle, thwart, upset discomfort: ache, agony, annoyance, dismay, displeasure, disquietude, distress, disturb, embarrass, irritation, malady, malaise, pain, soreness, trouble, uneasiness discommode: bother, burden, fluster, inconvenience, trouble, upset discompose: agitate, confuse, disarrange, disarray, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, displace, disquiet, disturb, fluster, perturb, pester, provoke, rattle, ruffle, unhinge, unsettle, upset disconcert: abash, baffle, bewilder, complicate, confound, confuse, disarrange, discomfit, discompose, discountenance, disturb, embarrass, faze, frustrate, nonplus, perplex, perturb, rattle, ruffle, unbalance, unsettle disconcerted: aback, abashed disconnect: detach, disengage, interrupt, separate, sever, sunder, uncouple, undo, unlink, unplug disconnected: abstracted, broken, desultory, disjointed, illogical, incoherent, irrational, loose, muddled, rambling, random, removed disconnected and separate: discrete, off-line, unhooked disconnected in sound: staccato disconsolate: blue, cheerless, dejected, depressed, despairing, dispirited, down, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, hopeless, melancholy, miserable, pessimistic, sad, somber, unhappy, woebegone discontent, chronic: dysphoria discontented: bored, displeased, disap-
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DISCONTENTED AND ALONE - DISEASE
pointed, disenchanted, disillusioned, dissatisfied, malcontent, miserable, peeved, restless, unhappy discontented and alone: alienated, disaffected discontented person: malcontent discontinue: abandon, break, cease, desist, drop, end, gap, halt, interrupt, pause, quit, scrub, stop, suspend, terminate discontinuous: intermittent, periodic discord: animosity, antagonism, atony, cacophony, clash, conflict, contention, differ, difference, disagreement, disharmony, dissension, dissonance, enmity, friction, hostility, noise, static, strife, variance discordant: absonant, ajar, conflicting, contrary, discrepant, dissonant, harsh, heterogeneous, hoarse, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inharmonious, jangling, jarring, mismated, quarrelsome, untenable discordant sound: cacophony, din, jangle discount: allowance, decrease, deduction, depreciation, dismiss, disregard, exemption, forget, ignore, lessen, mark down, minimize, rebate, reduction, rollback, subtract discount notes not paying interest: zero coupon bonds discount or partial refund: rebate discourage: dampen, daunt, deject, demoralize, depress, deter, dishearten, dispirit, dissuade, frighten, hinder, inhibit, intimidate, restrain discourse: address, argument, chat, colloquy, comment, conversation, converse, descant, description, dialogue, discuss, discussion, dissert, dissertation, eulogy, expatiate, expound, homily, lecture, monologue, narration, orate, oration, paper, parley, preach, prelect, rhetoric, sermon, soliloquy, speak, talk, tell, thesis, treatise discourteous: crude, disrespectful, illbred, ill-mannered, impolite, inaffable, rude, uncivil, uncouth, ungracious, unmannerly discourteous manner: incivility discover: ascertain, confess, define, descry, detect, determine, discern, disclose, divulge, espy, explore, expose, find, identify, learn, locate, observe,
perceive, pioneer, realize, recognize, reveal, see, spot, spy, turn up, uncover, unearth, unmask discover and bring out: unearth discover by careful observation: descry, detect discover the meaning of: fathom discover with certainty: ascertain discoveries made by accident: serendipity discovery: analysis, breakthrough, diagnosis, espial, invention, method, origination, revelation, sighting, strike, treasure, trouvaille discovery as learning experience: heuristics discovery, cry of: eureka discredit: asperse, belittle, blame, blemish, damage, decry, defame, disbelieve, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, distrust, doubt, expose, ignominy, impeach, question, shame, slander, slur, smear, suspect, taint discreet: careful, cautious, circumspect, civil, controlled, guarded, judicious, modest, polite, politic, prudent, reasonable, reserved, sensible discrepancy: conflict, difference, disagreement, disparity, error, gap, inconsistency discrete: detached, distinct, diverse, individual, separate, various discretion: caution, choice, diplomacy, judgment, maturity, privacy, prudence, restraint, secrecy, sense, tact, wisdom discriminate: contrast, demarcate, differentiate, discern, distinguish, favor, hate, perceive, segregate, separate, victimize discriminate against: blacklist, distinguish, secern discriminate and bully: victimize discriminating: analytical, astute, bigoted, careful, choosey, critical, distinctive, finicky, perceptive, prejudiced, selective, shrewd discriminating taste: gourmet discrimination: acumen, bias, hatred, heed, inequity, injustice, keenness, partiality, sagacity, taste, understandment discrimination against blacks: Jim Crow discrimination against elderly: ageism discrimination against group allegedly practicing discrimination: reverse discrimination
discriminatory: invidious discursive: digressive, meandering, rambling, roving, verbose discuss: agitate, air, argue, confer, consider, consult, contend, debate, discourse, dispute, elaborate, examine, explain, expound, hash over, parley, talk over, treat discuss or debate: deliberate, moot discuss thoroughly: canvass discussing informally: cracker-barrel discussion: argument, canvass, colloquy, confabulation, conference, conversation, deliberation, descant, dialogue, exposition, huddle, meeting, palaver, parley, powwow, rap, symposium, talk discussion by two: dialogue, tte--tte discussion by writers: cnacle discussion group: panel discussion on a theme: descant discussion or conference: colloquium, powwow, symposium discussion participant: collocuter, interlocutor discussion to arrive at a truth: dialectic discussion, expose to public: ventilate discussion, informal: causerie discussion, public meeting for: forum discussion, to arrange or settle by: negotiate discussion, to bring up for: broach disdain: abhor, arrogance, contemn, contempt, derision, despise, detest, flout, hate, haughtiness, indifference, loathe, ridicule, scorn, slight disdainful: arrogant, supercilious disease: ailment, complaint, debility, epidemic, ergot, illness, infirmity, malady, pandemic, sickness, virus
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disease affecting entire body: systemic disease and its causes, study of: pathology disease caused from work: occupational disease disease caused or aggravated by mental problems, of: psychosomatic disease-causing agent: pathogen disease causing jerky movements: chorea, Saint Vitus' dance disease-causing microorganisms, organism that carries: carrier, vector disease causing tics, outbursts, twitches: Tourette's syndrome disease classification: nosography
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disease corrected by bodily manipulation: osteopathy disease developing or caused outside body: exogenous disease developing or caused within body: endogenous disease existing from birth but not hereditary, of a: congenital disease finding: diagnosis, prognosis disease from eating undercooked meat, pork: trichinosis disease in dormancy, of a: latent, quiescent disease indicator: symptom disease moving to various body parts: metastasis disease not manifesting typical symptoms, of a: subclinical disease occurring suddenly and severely, of a: foudroyant disease of animals that can be transmitted to humans: zoonosis disease or disorder, genetic predisposition to: diathesis disease-preventing: prophylactic disease-preventing treatment: prophylaxis disease-producing: morbific disease resistant to treatment, of a: refractory disease spread from one part to another in the body: metastasis disease spread, isolation to prevent: quarantine disease spreading uncontrolled, of a: insidious, malignant, virulent disease treatment by causing incompatible condition: allopathy disease with vaccine, to protect against: inoculate, vaccinate disease, abatement or subsiding of symptoms of: remission disease, branch of medicine dealing with causes or origins of: etiology disease, condition results from a: sequela disease, gradual subsiding of symptoms of acute: lysis disease, identification of a: diagnosis disease, medical testing of group for: screening disease, of a localized: endemic disease, of a transmittable: communicable, contagious, infectious, notifiable disease, prediction of course and outcome of a: prognosis
disease, regress after partial recovery from: recrudescence, relapse disease, relating to: morbid, pathological disease, slow and lingering: chronic disease disease, study of: pathology disease, sudden and severe: acute disease disease, sudden and widespread: epidemic disease, susceptibility to a: predisposition disease, susceptible to a: at risk disease, symptoms that characterize: syndrome disease, to catch a: contract disease, widespread: epidemic, pandemic diseased: infectious, pestiferous, pestilent, poxy diseased thing: blight, canker diseases, branch of medicine dealing with classification of: nosology W disembark: arrive, deplane, dismount, land disembowel: eviscerate, exenterate disenchanted: blas, disappointed, disillusioned, enlightened, knowing, mundane, undeceived, unhappy, worldly-wise disencumber: alleviate, disengage, lighten, relieve, rid, unburden, unload disengage: clear, detach, draft apart, extricate, free, liberate, loosen, release, sever, undo, unfasten, wean, withdraw disentangle: comb, disconnect, evolve, extricate, free, loose, ravel, separate, solve, sunder, unravel, unsnarl, untie, untwist disfavor: aversion, disapproval, disesteem, disgrace, dislike, displeasure, odium, repulsion disfigure: blemish, deface, defile, deform, distort, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, scar disfranchised: voteless disgorge: spew disgrace: abase, blot, contempt, debase, degradation, degrade, desecrate, discredit, disfavor, dishonor, disrepute, embarrass, humiliate, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, mock,
obloquy, odium, reproach, scandal, shame, slander, slur, spot, stain, stigmatize disgrace to person, group: infamy, obloquy, stigma disgrace, extreme: ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobium disgrace, mark of: stigma disgrace, to banish in: ostracize disgraceful: appalling, base, flagrant, inglorious, shady, shameful, shoddy, unbecoming, unworthy disgracing: opprobrious disgruntled: dissatisfied, grumpy, irritated, malcontent, peevish, sore, unhappy disguise: alter, artifice, belie, camouflage, charade, cloak, conceal, cover, dissemble, dissimulate, facade, falsify, feign, hide, incognito, mask, masquerade, obscure, pretend, pretense, veil, veneer, whitewash disguise like environment: camouflage disguise oneself as someone else: impersonate disguise or shelter: coverture disguised: incognito disguised attack: ambush disguised enemy: fifth column, Trojan horse disgust: abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, appall, aversion, dislike, distaste, loathing, nauseate, offend, outrage, repel, repugnance, repulsion, revolt, revulsion, shock, sicken, surfeit disgust or extreme dislike: abhorrence, loathing disgust or sicken, to: nauseate disgusting: abhorrent, abominable, awful, beastly, creepy, detestable, foul, gross, hateful, hideous, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, noisome, obscene, odious, offensive, rbarbative, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, vile, yucky disgusting and offensive: noisome, noxious, odious, repugnant disgusting degree, to a: ad nauseam disgusting to the taste: fulsome dish: basin, bowl, casserole, ceramic, charger, china, container, course, cup, dispense, entre, favorite, food, helping, plate, platter, recipe, saucer, serve, tray, tureen dish for baking and serving: casserole dish for lab culture: petri dish
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DISH ON HOTPLATE OR WARMER - DISHWASHING
ROOM
KINDS OF DISEASE
acute disease/condition hematopoietic disease allergy/allergic disease hepatic/liver disease atrophy hereditary disease autoimmune disease hypertrophy bacterial disease iatrogenic disease blood disease infectious disease bone disease intestinal disease brain disease joint disease cardiopulmonary disease kidney disease cardiovascular disease liver disease childhood/pediatric disease malignant disease chronic disease/condition mental disorder circulatory disease metabolic disease collagen disease muscular disease communicable disease musculoskeletal disease congenital disease neoplastic disease contagious/infectious disease neurological disease deficiency disease nutritional disease degenerative disease occupational disease dermatological disease ophthalmic disease digestive disease organic disease ear disease pandemic disease eating disorder parasitic disease endemic disease poisoning endocrine disease psychiatric disease endocrine gland disease psychogenic/psychosomatic disease environmental disease/occupational disease pulmonary disease epidemic disease radiation disease eye disease renal/kidney disease febrile disease respiratory disease functional disease sexually transmitted disease/STD/venereal disease fungus/fungal disease skin disease gastric/stomach disease substance abuse gastroenterological disease traumatic disease gastrointestinal disease tropical disease genetic disease urinogenital/urogenital disease geriatric disease virus/viral disease glandular diseaseor warmer: chafing dishonesty: chicanery, cunning, doudisheartened: abject wasting disease dish on hotplate heart worm disease W ble-dealing, duplicity, fraud, hankydish disease dishes, side or dessert: entremets panky, improbity, knavery, mendacdish out: ladle, mete dishevel: muss, tousle ity, stealing dish, appetizer or following meal: disheveled: disarranged, disorderly, dishonor: blemish, debauch, defame, savory frowsy, messy, ratty, ruffled, sloppy, defile, degrade, discredit, disgrace, dish, covered soup: tureen slovenly, straggly, tousled, undisrepute, humiliate, ignominy, indish, main: entre combed, unkempt, untidy, wrinkled famy, obloquy, opprobrium, shame, dish, small, for baking and serving: dishonest: cheating, corrupt, crooked, smirch, stain, tarnish ramekin deceitful, deceptive, devious, false, dishonorable: base, contemptible, cordishabille: careless, disarray, disorder, fraudulent, knavish, lying, mendarupt, cowardly, degraded, despicable, undress cious, misleading, shady, shifty, unfoul, ignoble, ignominious, reprehendisharmony: chaos, clash, conflict, disderhanded, unscrupulous, untrustsible, shady, shameful, unethical, array, discord, dissension, friction worthy, untruthful unprincipled dishearten: abash, crush, dampen, dishonest ploy: dirty trick, subterfuge dishonorable discharge, to give a: daunt, deject, demoralize, depress, dishonestly crafty: disingenuous cashier deter, discourage, dispirit, humble, dishonestly, to use language: equivodishwashing room: scullery sadden cate, prevaricate
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DISILLUSIONED - DISPASSIONATELY CRITICAL
disillusioned: disabused, disappointed, disenchanted, enlightened, shattered, wakened disinclination: antipathy, aversion, disinterest, dislike, hatred, reluctance, resistance, unwillingness disinclined: averse, balking, bashful, indisposed, loath, protesting, reluctant, uneager, unwilling disinfect: cleanse, fumigate, purify, sanitize, sterilize disinfect with spray: fumigate disinherit: cut off, deprive, disaffiliate, disown, exclude disintegrate: crumble, decay, decompose, dissolve, erode, fragmentize, melt, pulverize, rust, shatter, splinter disintegrating: fissiparous disintegrative: erodent disinter: delve, dig, disclose, exhume, expose, uncover, unearth disinterested: apathetic, detached, fair, impartial, indifferent, neutral, nonpartisan, passive, unbiased, uninfluenced, uninvolved disjoin: detach, dislocate, luxate disjointed: apart, chaotic, confused, disconnected, dislocated, disordered, incoherent, loose, muddled, tangled, unattached, unhinged, unorganized disjointed and confusing: incoherent disjointed, separated by incident: episodic disk of semiconducting material: wafer disk used as ornament in architecture: bezant disk, shiny, as ornament: sequin dislike: animosity, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, despise, detest, disaffection, disrelish, distaste, hate, hatred, loathe, prejudice, resent dislike intensely: abhor, abominate, execrate, hate, loathe dislike of argument, reasoning: misology dislike of children: misopedia dislike, intense: animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, enmity, repugnance, revulsion dislike, rousing: invidious disliked, one that is particularly: bte noire dislocate: disjoint, displace, disrupt, luxate, move, separate, transfer, uproot, upset dislodge: disturb, expel, extricate, oust, remove disloyal: faithless, false, perfidious, rec-
reant, subversive, traitorous, treacherous, treasonable, undutiful, unfaithful, untrue disloyal person: rat, recreant disloyalty: apostasy, betrayal, infidelity, insurrection, mutiny, perfidy, rebellion, treason dismal: black, bleak, blue, calamitous, cheerless, cloudy, dark, depressing, dire, disheartening, doleful, drear, dreary, dull, funereal, ghastly, gloomy, glum, gray, grim, hopeless, joyless, lonesome, melancholy, ominous, sad, somber, sorrowful, sullen, unhappy dismantle: annul, denude, deprive, destroy, disassemble, dismount, divest, level, raze, rescind, strip, take apart, undo, unmake dismay: affright, alarm, anxiety, appal, appall, apprehension, confound, consternation, daunt, deprive, disappoint, discomfort, discourage, disenchantment, disillusion, dread, fear, fright, horrify, panic, rattle, shake, subdue, terrify, terror, trepidation, unhinge, upset dismember: amputate, disjoint, dissect, maim, mangle, mutilate, sever, sunder dismiss: banish, boot, bump, can, cashier, clear, delegate, disband, discard, discharge, dispel, drop, eject, expel, fire, free, oust, reject, release, remove, sack, send packing, terminate, write off dismissal: adjournment, cong, deportation, disregard, expulsion, layoff, leavetaking, marching orders, release, removal, waiver dismissal from position: cong, firing, heave-ho, layoff, pink slip dismount: alight, deplane, descend, dismantle, unhorse disobedient: contrary, contumacious, defiant, disorderly, dissenting, factious, froward, insubordinate, insurgent, mischievous, mutinous, naughty, noncompliant, perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, stubborn, undisciplined, unruly, wayward, willful disobey: defy, disregard, ignore, misbehave, rebel, resist disobey a law with contempt: flout, outface disobey or violate a rule: contravene, infringe, transgress
disorder: affliction, ailment, anarchy, chaos, clutter, commotion, complaint, confuse, confusion, disarrange, disarray, disconcert, disease, dishevel, disorganize, disturb, fracas, fuss, illness, jumble, malady, mayhem, mess, misconduct, mucker, muddle, riot, ruffle, shambles, sickness, syndrome, tousle, trouble, tumult disorder and destruction: shambles disorder and lawlessness: anomie disorder from no leadership or plan: anarchy disorder, state of: aflunters disordered system: entropy disorderly: disobedient, hugger-mugger, messy, pell-mell, rambunctious, raucous, rowdy, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unkempt, unlawful, unmanageable, unruly, unsettled, untidy disorderly profusion: riot disorderly struggle: scramble disorganized: chaotic, confused, disorderly, fragmentai, haphazard, helterskelter, muddled, scatterbrained, unmethodical, upset disorientation in different environment: culture shock disoriented: addled, confused, lost, unbalanced, unstable disown: abandon, abdicate, deny, disavow, disinherit, expel, forsake, reject, renounce, repudiate disparage: abuse, belittle, blacken, criticize, decry, defame, degrade, demean, demoralize, denigrate, derogate, discredit, disdain, dishonor, minimize, rap, ridicule, slight, slur, underrate, vilipend disparagement of the unattainable: sour grapes disparaging: derogatory, snide disparaging remark: slur, tut disparaging term for something inoffensive: dysphemism disparaging term for wealth: pelf disparity: contrast, difference, discrepancy, dissimilarity, gap, imbalance, inequality, unevenness dispassionate: calm, clinical, collected, composed, cool, fair, impartial, just, levelheaded, moderate, serene, unbiased, unemotional, unexcited, unfeeling, unflappable, unimpaired, unmoved, unprejudiced, unruffled dispassionately critical: clinical
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DISPATCH - DISRUPT
dispatch: accelerate, bulletin, celerity, communication, communiqu, consume, deliver, devour, expedite, finish, flash, free, haste, hasten, hurry, instruction, message, note, post, promptness, quickness, report, send, sendout, slay, speed, story, swiftness, transmit; assassinate, dispose, eliminate, kill, murder, slay dispatch boat: aviso dispel: allay, banish, dismiss, disperse, dissipate, drive away, eject, expel, scatter, squander, waste dispensable: disposable, expendable, minor, needless, superfluous, trivial, unessential dispensary: clinic dispensation: allotment, arrangement, decree, distribution, exemption, management, permission, relief, scheme, system dispense: absolve, administer, arrange, assign, deal, direct, distribute, divide, dole out, excuse, exempt, exonerate, manage, manipulate, measure, prepare, provide, release, spare dispense with: abandon, discard, dump, eliminate, omit, relinquish, scarp, shelve disperse: circulate, diffuse, disappear, disband, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, melt, scatter, separate, spread, strew, vanish dispirited: blue, bummed, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, demoralized, depressed, disheartened, down, downcast, flat, forlorn, low, melancholy, sad, woebegone displace: banish, depose, discharge, dislocate, dislodge, evict, exile, move, remove, shift, supersede, supplant, unsettle, uproot, usurp displace a bone or limb: dislocate displaced turf: divot displacement from office: dposai display: advertise, affectation, blazon, boast, ceremony, demonstrate, disclose, discover, emblazon, example, exhibit, exhibition, expose, extend, flaunt, flourish, indicate, manifest, model, pageant, parade, pomp, promote, reveal, sample, show, sight, spectacle, splendor, sport, stage, uncover, unfold, unveil, wear display brazenly: flaunt, flourish display medium: showcase display on digital watch or clock: LCD display showily: blandish
displaying obtuseness: missing the point displease: aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, dissatisfy, disturb, exasperate, irritate, miff, offend, pall, pique, provoke displeasure: anger, aversion, disapproval, discomfort, discontent, disgust, dislike, distaste, indignation, offense, resentment, sorrow, umbrage, unhappiness, vexation, wrath disport: amusement, entertain, frolic, merriment, play, recreation disposable: expendable disposal: arrangement, authority, clearance, command, conclusion, discarding, dumping, jettison, power, riddance, settlement dispose: abandon, adjust, arrange, array, bend, bestow, determine, dispatch, distribute, give, incline, order, organize, place, prepare, regulate, settle, systematize dispose of: dispatched, make short shrift of, make unnecessary, obviate disposed: prone disposed to love: amative disposed to stay with one's own clique: clannish disposition: adjustment, affection, aptitude, arrangement, attitude, bent, bias, character, concept, constitution, direction, heart, humor, idiosyncrasy, inclination, leaning, makeup, management, mood, nature, organization, personality, proclivity, propensity, temper, temperament, tendency dispossession, unlawful: disseizin disproportion: difference, disparity, imbalance, inadequacy, inequality, mismatch disproportionate: asymmetric, excessive, inadequate, incommensurate, irregular, unbalanced, unequal, uneven, unrelative disproportionate portion: lion's share disprove: belie, call in question, challenge, confute, controvert, discredit, impugn, invalidate, negate, oppugn, puncture, rebut, refute, weaken disprove claim or argument: invalidate disputable: arguable, debatable, doubtful, dubious, fallible, moot, questionable, uncertain, unsure disputation: argument, controversy, debate, discussion, dissension, mooting, polemic
dispute: altercation, argue, argument, bicker, brawl, challenge, contend, contest, contradict, contravene, controversy, controvert, debate, deny, differ, disagreement, discuss, doubt, encounter, faction, feud, fuss, gainsay, haggle, moot, oppose, oppugn, polemic, quarrel, question, rebut, repudiate, resist, squabble, wrangle dispute and argument: altercation, contretemps, ruction dispute and difference of opinion: dissention, variance dispute and fight: skirmish dispute settlement by third party: adjudication, arbitration, mediation dispute truth or validity: impugn dispute, causing: divisive dispute, involved in a: embroiled dispute, mediator in: arbitrator, intermediary, moderator dispute, to act as mediator in: intercede dispute, to settle or resolve: arbitrate, conciliate, mediate disqualification: disability, elimination, ineligibility disqualify: debar, exclude, incapacitate, invalidate, outlaw, prohibit, suspend disquiet: agitate, anxiety, discompose, discontent, distress, disturb, excite, fear, fluster, fret, pain, restlessness, trouble, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, upset, worry disregard: close one's eyes to, defiance, discount, disobey, forget, forgetfulness, ignore, inattention, indifference, lassitude, neglect, oblivion, omit, overlook, oversight, passover, skip, slight, waive disregard for rules to achieve artistic effect: poetic license disreputable: base, contemptible, disgraceful, dishonorable, lowly, notorious, raffish, ratty, seamy, seedy, shady, shameful, sleazy, sordid, tawdry, unsavory, vulgar disreputable urban area: slum disrespect: boldness, contempt, discourtesy, dishonor, incivility, rudeness disrespectful: impertinent, impolite, impudent, insolent, insulting, rude, uncivil, ungracious disrobe: denude, divest, remove, shed, strip, undress disrupt: break, disorder, disorganize, disturb, interrupt, unsettle, upset
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DISRUPT A N A P - DISTINGUISHED
disrupt a nap: roust dissatisfaction: annoyance, discontent, dislike, displeasure, distaste, frustration, unhappiness dissatisfied: disappointed, disenchanted, disgruntled, irked, malcontented, peeved, unfulfilled dissatisfied in relationship: alienated, disaffected dissect: analyze, anatomize, carve, dichotomize, examine, investigate, pick apart, probe, separate, study, sunder dissect the language: parse dissemble: camouflage, cloak, conceal, counterfeit, cover, disguise, feign, hide, mask, pretend, screen, simulate, veil dissembler: liar disseminate: blazon, broadcast, circulate, diffuse, disperse, distribute, promulgate, propagate, publicize, scatter, sow, spread, strew, transmit dissension: conflict, contention, disagreement, discord, disharmony, friction, odds, static, strife dissent: buck, differ, disagreement, dissidence, divide, exception, nonconformity, objection, oppose, protest, vary dissenter: dissident, heretic, maverick, mutineer, nonconformist, protestor, rebel, recusant, schismatic, sectary dissertation: critique, debate, discourse, discussion, essay, exposition, lecture, monograph, thesis, tract, treatise disservice: damage, harm, injury, injustice, outrage, unkindness, wrong dissident: agitator, disagreeing, dissenter, fractious, heretic, nonconformist, rebel, schismatic, sectary dissimilar: contrary, different, difform, disparate, distinct, diverse, heterogeneous, unique, unlike, unrelated dissimulate: camouflage, cloak, conceal, disguise, dissemble, feign, hide, pretend dissipate: consume, deplete, diffuse, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, expend, fritter, misuse, overindulge, scatter, spend, squander, waste dissipation: amusement, debauchery, diversion, entertainment, intemperance, wantonness dissociate: alienate, disconnect, distance, estrange, separate, sever
dissociated: apart dissolute: abandoned, corrupt, debauched, immoral, lax, loose, lustful, profligate, rakish, slack, unprincipled, unrestrained, wanton, wild dissolute one: rou dissolution: annulment, breakup, death, decay, decease, demise, disintegration, dismissal, division, divorce, end, extinction, liquefaction, ruin, rupture, separation, termination dissolve: adjourn, annul, decompose, destroy, disappear, disband, discontinue, disintegrate, dissipate, divorce, dwindle, evanesce, fade, fuse, invalidate, liquefy, melt, relent, separate, thaw, undo, vanish, void dissolve and absorb moisture in air: deliquesce dissolve and filter: leach, percolate dissolved in another substance, substance: solute dissolved, capable of being: soluble dissolved, substance in which another substance is: solvent dissonance: conflict, difference, disagreement, discord, jarring, noise, strife dissonant: atonal, cacophonous, discordant, grating, harsh, incongruous, inconsistent, inharmonious, irregular, jangling, raucous, strident, unmelodious dissuade: caution, deter, discourage, disincline, divert, prevent, restrain, stop, talk out of, thwart distance: aloofness, coldness, degree, depth, difference, disagreement, dissociate, extent, farness, horizon, interval, latitude, length, longitude, mileage, outrun, outstrip, period, radius, range, remoteness, space, span, yardage distance 3,280 feet: kilometer distance around edge of object: circumference distance around thing: circumference distance between limits: span distance light travels in vacuum in year: light-year distance measured with angles: telemetry distance of V s mile: furlong distance traveled measuring instrument: odometer distant: afar, aloof, away, cold, far, far-
away, isolated, remote, removed, reserved, separated, unfriendly, unsociable, withdrawn distant unknown region: Ultima Thule distaste: abhorrence, aversion, disgust, dislike, displease, disrelish, hate, hostility, loathing, offend, opprobrium, repugnance distasteful: bitter, detestable, disagreeable, flat, hateful, nauseating, objectionable, offensive, repulsive, undesirable, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory distemper: affliction, ailment, disease, disorder, disturbance, illness, infection, malady, paint, testiness distend: augment, balloon, bloat, bulge, dilate, elongate, enlarge, expand, increase, inflate, spread, stretch, swell, widen distended and swollen: turgid distill: condense, drop, extract, exude, ferment, purify, separate, trickle distillation, to refine or purify by: rectify distillation, to separate into components in: fractionation distillery mixing tank: mashtun distillery sediment: draff distinct: apparent, categorical, clear, different, discrete, dissimilar, distinguish, diverse, explicit, individual, obvious, particular, plain, recognizable, separate, special, unique, unmistakable, unusual, vivid distinct taste: tang distinct, to make: differentiate distinction: differentiation, eminence, excellence, feature, glory, greatness, honor, laurels, mark, merit, nicety, nuance, prominence, rank, renown, reputation, separation, significance, subtlety distinctive: characteristic, discriminating, original, outstanding, peculiar, typical, uncommon, unique distinctive atmosphere: aura distinctive mark(s): cachet, indicia distingu: cultivated, cultured, distinguished, polished, refined distinguish: admire, ascertain, characterize, classify, define, designate, differentiate, discern, distinct, exalt, identify, note, perceive, praise, punctuate, secern, separate, stamp distinguished: acclaimed, brilliant, celebrated, dignified, distinct, distingu, eminent, famous, grand, illustri-
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DISTINGUISHING CHARACTER - DIVERSE
ous, imposing, marked, notable, prestigious, prominent, renowned, secerned, shining, special, stately distinguishing character: ethos distinguishing characteristic: diagnostic, feature, landmark, lineament distort: alter, belie, bend, deceive, deform, disfigure, doctor, falsify, garble, mangle, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, skew, twist, warp distorted: anamorphic, askew, awry, bargled, cockeyed, colored, crooked, gnarled, perverted, wry distortion of shape: anamorphism distortion of vision: astigmatism distract: addle, agitate, amuse, bewilder, confound, confuse, deflect, disturb, divert, entertain, fluster, harass, perplex, puzzle, stall, unnerve, upset distraction: aberration, commotion, disturbance, diversion, interruption, preoccupation distraction from real issue: red herring distraught: crazed, deranged, distressed, flustered, frantic, frenzied, hysterical, troubled, unglued, upset, worried distress: adversity, afflict, affliction, agonize, aggrieve, anger, anguish, annoy, anxiety, calamity, constrain, constraint, danger, discomfort, distraught, dolor, grief, grieve, harass, heartbreak, hurt, misery, necessity, need, pain, perplex, soreness, sorrow, suffer, suffering, torment, torture, travail, tribulation, trouble, upset, woe, worry distress signal: alarm, broadcast, flag, flares, mayday, siren, SOS distress the mind: harrow distress, cause of: wormwood distress, great: suffering, tribulation distressing: deplorable, dreadful, fearful, frightening, nagging, painful, poignant, regrettable, sad, troublesome, woeful distribute: administer, allocate, allot, apportion, arrange, assign, circulate, classify, deal, deliver, dispense, disperse, dispose, disseminate, divide, dole, donate, group, issue, mete, parcel, pass around, ration, separate, share, sort, spread, supply distribute cards: deal distribute proportionately: admeasure, allocate, apportion, parcel out, prorate
distribute widely: diffuse, disperse, disseminate, propagate, scatter, strew distributor: businessperson, cap, dealer, jobber, merchant, publisher, seller, wholesaler district: area, canton, community, diocese, locality, neighborhood, parish, precinct, province, quarter, region, sector, territory, tract, turf, vicinity, ward, zone distrust: doubt, fear, qualm, question, skepticism, suspect, suspicion distrust of mankind: misanthropy distrustful: cynical, disbelieving, dubious, leery, suspicious distrustfully: askance disturb: agitate, alarm, annoy, arouse, bother, disarrange, discomfit, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disrupt, distemper, distract, distress, harass, harrow, incommode, inconvenience, interfere, interrupt, intrude, ire, nettle, perturb, rile, roil, ruffle, tamper, trouble, unnerve, unsettle, upset disturb or annoy: agitate, discommode, roil, stir up disturb smoothness: ruffle disturb the mind: harrow disturb the peace: discompose, violate disturbance: ado, affray, brawl, civil disorder, commotion, confusion, cyclone, derangement, disorder, distemper, distraction, eruption, excitement, ferment, fracas, hubbub, hurricane, insurrection, interruption, perturbation, quake, riot, row, rumpus, storm, to-do, tornado, trepidation, tumult, turmoil, uproar, violence disturbance of the mind, sudden: brainstorm disturbance, sudden: upheaval disturbing: vexatious disunite: alienate, detach, disband, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, dissociate, dissolve, divide, divorce, estrange, part, separate, sever, sunder disuse: desuetude ditch: abandon, canal, channel, chuck, dike, discard, excavation, forsake, foss, foxhole, gully, gutter, jettison, junk, moat, reject, scrap, skip, trench, trough ditch for running water, as rain: gully ditch or moat, artificial: fosse ditch, drainage: dike ditchlike depression in desert: wadi
dither: agitation, babble, confusion, flap, fluster, hesitate, irresolute, panic, shake, shiver, tizzy, tremble, vacillate, waver, whiffle dithyrambic: boisterous, elevated, euphoric, unrestrained, wild ditto: agreement, alike, copy, duplicate, repeat, same ditto, in citations: ibid ditty: ballad, ephemeral, poem, song, tune diurnal: daytime, diary, journal divagate: deviate, digress, drift, ramble, stray, wander divan: book, chamber, coffeehouse, couch, davenport, lounge, seat, sofa, tribunal dive: belly flop, cannonball, descent, dump, fall, gainer, hangout, jackknife, jump, leap, lunge, plummet, plunge, spring, submerge, swan, swoop, tailspin dive facing forward, back somersault, and entering water feet first: gainer dive quickly and deep: sound dive with back flip and enter headfirst facing board: half gainer dive with body folded and then straightened before entering water: jackknife dive, perilous: brodie diver: aquanaut diver breathing apparatus: aqualung diver condition in extreme pressure: decompression sickness, the bends diver with breathing apparatus: scuba diver diverge: branch, contrast, deflect, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, divide, oppose, split, spread, swerve, vary, veer diverge and branch out: divaricate divergence: variation divergent: aberrant, atypical, conflicting, different, separate, unequal, variant diverging from a point: digressive, tangential divers: many diver's affliction: bends diver's apparatus: scuba diver's sickness, nitrogen in bloodstream: caisson disease, decompression sickness, nitrogen narcosis, the bends diverse: assorted, different, distinct, heterogeneous, motley, multifarious, opposite, separate, several, sundry, varied
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DIVERSE IN SOURCES - DNA STRUCTURE
diverse in sources: eclectic diversify: change, expand, rotate, variate, vary diversify, add something different: interlard diversion: amusement, deflection, departure, detour, digression, distraction, entertainment, game, hobby, levity, merriment, pastime, play, recreation, red herring, relaxation, relief, sideshow, sport diversity: assortment, change, difference, multiformity, variegation, variety divert: amuse, avoid, beguile, deflect, distract, entertain, redirect, relax, stall, swerve, tickle, veer divest: bare, bleed, denude, deprive, despoil, dethrone, dismantle, dispose, dispossess, disrobe, free, spoil, strip, unclothe, uncover, unload divest of office: depose divide: alienate, allocate, allot, apportion, bisect, branch, carve, categorize, classify, cleave, cleft, deal, dichotomize, differ, dissent, dissever, distribute, disunite, diverge, divvy, fissure, fork, fraction, graduate, halve, intersect, isolate, parcel, part, partition, quarter, ramify, ridge, section, segment, separate, sever, share, slice, split, sunder, trisect divide 50-50: halve divide by cutting or passing across: intersect divide in proportion: prorate divide into distinct classes: compartmentalize, pigeonhole divide into marked intervals: graduate divide into three parts: trisect divide into two contrasting positions: polarize divide into two equal parts: bisect divide or branch into two: bifurcate divide territory into hostile units: balkanize divide up: dismember, fragment, partition, segment, sort divide voting area for interests of a political party: gerrymander divided: apart, asunder, branched, cleft, detached, disunity, incomplete, partite, prorated, reft, split, unattached divided in half: dichotomize, dimidiate divided into classes: hierarchical, segregated, stratified divided into segments: partite
divided into two equal lobes: bifid divided or forked: bifurcate divided, quantity by which another is: denominator, divisor divided, quantity to be: dividend, numerator dividend: bonus, carrot, earning, profit, return, reward, share divides masses of tissue, membrane that: septum dividing evenly into another number: aliquot dividing into parts: fissiparous dividing not evenly into another number: aliquant dividing one quantity by another, number obtained by: quotient divination: augury, clairvoyance, forecast, fortune-telling, guess, insight, intuition, omen, prediction, premonition, prognosis, prophecy divination on a crystal ball: scrying divination on consulting ghosts: sciomancy divination on drawing lots: sortilege divination on dreams: oniermancy divination on fire: pyromancy divination on numbers: numerology divination on tarot cards: cartomancy divination on the palm: chirmancy, palmistry divination on the planets: horoscope divination on the stars: astrology divination with divining rod: rhabdomancy divine: angelic, blessed, celestial, conjecture, deific, delightful, godlike, heavenly, holy, immortal, magnificent, mystical, perfect, pious, religious, sacred, spiritual, superhuman, supernatural, wonderful; minister, theologian divine intervention: theurgy divine manifestation: epiphany, revelation, theophany divine nature: deity divine or supernatural: numinous divine, to: anticipate, discern, dowse, forebode, foreknow, foresee, foretell, guess, perceive, portend, predict, prognosticate, understand divinely supplied nourishment: manna diviner's card: tarot diving bird: auk, grebe, loon diving duck: scaup, smew diving vessel for research: bathyscaphe, bathysphere
divinity: deity, god, goddess, godhead, religion, sanctity, theology divisible: cantonal division: allotment, bifurcation, border, branch, breach, category, cleavage, compartment, department, disconnection, discord, disharmony, disjunction, district, dole, fission, group, part, partition, realm, reduction, rift, rupture, schism, scission, section, sector, separation, share, split, territory, unit division according to a plan: allocation division into opposing factions: schism division into two parts: dichotomy division of a long poem: canto division of a shield, in heraldry: ent division of cells in genetics: meiosis, mitosis division of church or organization into factions: schism division of Hindu society: caste division of mankind: race division sign: obelus division within organization, dissenting: faction divisions of a cricket match: overs divisions of a race: heats divorce: annul, dissolve, disunion, disunite, nullify, separate, separation, sever, split, sunder divorce action is brought, person against whom: respondent divorce action, adulterer cited in: corespondent divorce action, person bringing: applicant divorce settlement paid to former spouse: alimony, maintenance divorce, guardianship awarded in: custody divorce, right to see children in: visitation rights divulge: bare, blab, broadcast, confess, confide, disclose, expose, gossip, impart, proclaim, publish, reveal, show, spill, squeal, tattle, tell, uncover, voice dizziness: vertigo dizzy: awhirl, bewildered, confused, crazy, flighty, foolish, giddy, groggy, harebrained, haste, lightheaded, rapid, reeling, scatterbrained, silly, swimming, tipsy, unsteady, vertiginous, wobbly, woozy DNA: acid, deoxyribonucleic acid, double helix, gene, nucleic D N A structure: double helix
197
DO AWAY WITH - DOG
do away with: abolish, annihilate, banish, cancel, discard, discontinue, dissolve, drop, eliminate, erase, exterminate, kill, liquidate, murder, revoke, slay do-gooder: altruist do in: bankrupt, destroy, eliminate, exhaust, finish, kill, liquidate, murder, ruin, slay, tire docent: guide, instructor, lecturer, teacher docile: agreeable, calm, compliant, gentle, manageable, meek, mild, obedient, resigned, submissive, tame, tractable, willing dock: anchor, basin, berth, couple, landing, marina, moor, pier, platform, quay, slip, wharf; clip, shorten, withhold dock fitting: cleat dock for mooring ship: bollard dock for small boats: marina, pier dock on river, waterway: embarcadero dock worker: lader, longshoreman, stevedore docket: agenda, calendar, card, label, list, program, roster, schedule, slate, tally, timetable doctor: expert, healer, internist, medic, medico, Ph.D., physician, professor, sawbones, scholar, scientist, surgeon
RELATED TERMS
back doctor: chiropractor blood doctor: hematologist bone doctor: orthopedist cancer doctor: oncologist care for as a doctor, to: administer, rebuild, repair, treat childbirth doctor: obstetrician doctor certified as specialist: diplomate doctor for animals: veterinarian doctor in apprenticeship: intern doctor pursing occupation: practitioner doctor receiving clinical training: resident doctor specializing in clinical studies or practice: clinician doctor specializing in digestive system: gastrologist doctor specializing in disease: pathologist doctor specializing in heart health and disease: cardiologist doctor who treats children: pediatrician doctoral candidate's exam: oral
doctor's listening instrument: stethoscope doctor's oath: Hippocratic oath doctor's organization: AMA ear doctor: otologist ear, nose and throat doctor: otolaryngologist eye doctor: ophthalmologist, optometrist family doctor: G.P., general practitioner female reproductive system doctor: gynecologist foot doctor: podiatrist gland doctor: endocrinologist kidney doctor: nephrologist mental health doctor: psychiatrist negligence or misconduct of doctor: malpractice recent graduate from medical school: intern skin doctor: dermatologist specialized training for medical student: resident staff doctor in hospital: attending physician symbol of intertwined snakes on staff: caduceus technician administering anesthesia: anesthesiologist throat doctor: laryngologist tooth doctor: dentist, orthodontist urinary tract doctor: urologist X-ray technician: radiologist W doctrine: article, attitude, belief, canon, concept, credo, creed, discipline, dogma, fundamental, gospel, ism, maxim, philosophy, precept, principle, ritual, rule, statement, teaching, tenet, theory doctrine of axioms: noetics doctrine that life is sacred: ahimsa doctrine that reality is independent of mind: objectivism document: bill, book, contract, covenant, deed, diploma, evidence, indenture, lease, license, manuscript, mortgage, paper, passport, record, report, testimony, voucher, writ document addendum: appendix, codicil, postscript, rider, supplement document compiled under oath: affidavit document examination for authenticity: bibliotics document in a roll: scroll
document in handwriting of person signing it: holograph document introduction: preamble document of conveyance of property: deed document to deceive, alter: falsify, forge document transmitted telegraphically: facsimile, fax document written in the signer's handwriting: holograph document, to: certify, confirm, substantiate, validate, verify, vouch document, to sign a: endorse, underwrite documents on subject: dossier documents, study of ancient official: diplomatics doddering: aged, decrepit, feeble, infirm, old, senile, shaky, trembling, weak dodge: artifice, avert, avoid, cheat, deceive, ditch, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, evade, hedge, prevaricate, pussyfoot, shift, shirk, sidestep, skirt, swerve, trick dodger: circular, dishonest, evader, haggler, handbill, shifty, trickster doe: deer, fawn, female doer: activist, actor, dynamo, gogetter, hustler, performer, worker doff: discard, disrobe, remove, shed, strip, tip, undress, unhat dog: canine, cur, hound, mongrel, mutt, pooch, pug, pup, puppy
RELATED TERMS
dog breeds: Afghan, Airedale, Basset, Beagle, Belgian Sheepdog, Bloodhound, Borzoi, Boxer, Bulldog, Chihuahua, Cocker Spaniel, Collie, Corgi, Dachshund, Dalmatian, Dane, Dingo, Doberman, Elkhound, Heeler, Husky, Keeshond, Kelpie, Labrador, Malamute, Mastiff, Pekingese, Pinscher, Pointer, Pomeranian, Poodle, Retriever, Saluki, Setter, Sheepdog, Shepherd, Spaniel, Wolfhound dog constellation: Canis dog ear flap: leather dog family member: canine dog functionless claw: dewclaw dog lips, as for bloodhound: flews dog lover: philocynic dog paddle: tread dog rump: croup dog snout: muzzle dog with blue-black tongue: chow dog, Australian outback: dingo
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DOGMA - DONOR
dog, having a face like a: cynocephalous dog, mongrel: cur dog, pertaining to: canine dog, to give birth to: whelp dogfight: melee dogged: adamant, determined, insistent, obstinate, persevering, persistent, staunch, steadfast, stubborn, tenacious, unshakable, unyielding doggedness: pertinacity, stamina, tenacity doggone: blasted, confounded, damn, darn, heck, shucks doglike: cynoid doglike mammal: jackal dog's infectious viral disease: distemper dogs, fear of: cynophobia dogs, group of: kennel, pack dogs, keeper of: fewterer dogs, relating to: canine dogs, study of: cynology dogsled, to drive a: mush W dogma: belief, canon, credo, creed, doctrine, gospel, philosophy, principle, rule, statement, teachings, tenet dogmatic: arbitrary, arrogant, authoritative, biased, despotic, dictatorial, doctrinal, fanatical, intolerant, opinionated, pedantic, pompous, pontifical, prejudiced, scholastic, totalitarian dogmatic assertion: ipse dixit doldrums: apathy, blues, boredom, depression, dumps, ennui, lassitude, listlessness, melancholy, slump, stagnation, tedium dole: allot, alms, charity, dispense, distribute, donation, give, grief, handout, mete, relief, share, sorrow, welfare doleful: bleak, depressed, dismal, dour, down, downcast, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, plaintive, sad, somber, sorrowful, unhappy, woebegone doll: baby, darling, figure, figurine, mannequin, mistress, moppet, puppet, sweetheart, toy, woman doll collecting: plangonology doll collector: plangonologist dollar: bean, buck, currency, greenback, money, one, simoleon dollop: bit, blob, dab, dash, lump, modicum, splash
dolls nesting one within another: matrushka dolly: car, cart, locomotive, mobile platform, Parton, tool, truck dolor: anguish, distress, grief, heartbreak, misery, sadness, sorrow, suffering dolorous: dismal, doleful, grievous, lamentable, melancholy, morose, mournful, painful, sad, woeful dolphin's cousin: orca dolt: ass, blockhead, blubberhead, bonehead, chowderhead, chump, clod, dork, dullard, dummy, dunce, fool, goof, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jughead, lunkhead, meathead, moron, ninny, numskull, oaf, pinhead, schmo, simp, simpleton domain: area, authority, bailiwick, dominion, empire, estate, field, jurisdiction, kingdom, land, property, province, realm, sphere, territory, turf domain of authority: bailiwick domain or realm: demesne dome: bubble, cap, ceiling, cupola, mosque, roof, vault dome of polygons: geodesic dome dome-shaped roof or ceiling: cupola dome, circular building with: rotunda dome, sunken panel in: caisson, coffer, lacuna domed domicile: igloo domed projection of a church: apse domelike Buddhist shrine: stupa domestic: chamberperson, common, homebred, homemade, homeworker, household, maid, native, servant, tranquil domesticate: adapt, break, habituate, housebreak, master, naturalize, subdue, tame, teach, train domicile: abode, castle, dwelling, habitation, home, house, pad, palace, residence dominance: advantage, ascendancy, edge, power, rule, superiority, supremacy dominant: ascendant, authoritative, bossy, central, chief, commanding, controlling, despotic, foremost, master, outweighing, paramount, preeminent, preponderant, prevailing, prevalent, primary, principal, regnant dominant theme: motif dominate: browbeat, control, dictate,
direct, domineer, enslave, govern, intimidate, manage, monopolize, overshadow, reign, rule dominate thoughts: engross, preoccupy dominated by spouse: henpecked dominating: domineering, imperious, magisterial domination: ascendency, command, influence, mastery, might, power, preeminence, prepotency, repression, sovereignty, subjection, supremacy, sway, tyranny domination of one state over another: hegemony domineer: boss, bulldoze, bully, command, control, dominate, henpeck, intimidate, oppress, rule, tyrannize domineering: arrogant, autocratic, bossy, despotic, dictatorial, egotistic, imperial, imperious, insolent, lordly, masterful, overbearing, tyrannical dominion: ascendancy, authority, bailiwick, command, control, domain, empire, field, jurisdiction, kingdom, land, ownership, privilege, realm, right, rule, sovereignty, sphere, supremacy, sway, territory, turf domino feature: pip don: assume, clothe, dress, put on, slip on, take on, title, wear; tutor, instructor, professor donate: award, bequeath, bestow, contribute, dole, give, grant, present, provide, supply donation: alms, assistance, benefaction, bequest, charity, contribution, endowment, gift, offering, relief done: accomplished, completed, concluded, cooked, depleted, doomed, ended, exhausted, finished, over, past, prepared, ready, rendered, settled, spent, through done and unchangeable: fait accompli done for: beaten, dead, defeated, ended, goner, kaput, licked, ruined, sunk, wrecked done in: beat, drained, exhausted, frazzled, murdered, pooped, slain, spent, tired done openly: overt donkey: ass, burro, fool, imbecile, jackass, jenny, moke, mule, numskull donkey as pack animal: burro donkey driver: muleteer donkey sound: bray donor: backer, benefactor, contributor, donator, giver, humanitarian, patron, philanthropist
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DOODLE - DOUSE
doodle: dolt, draw, fiddle, putter, scribble, tinker, trifle doohickey: doodad, gadget, gizmo, thing, thingamajig, trinket, widget doom: calamity, condemn, curse, damn, death, decision, destine, destiny, destruction, disaster, fate, fortune, judgment, kismet, ordinance, predestine, ruin, sentence, statute, tragedy doomed: abandoned, fatal, fated, fey, forlorn, hopeless, up the creek doomed one: goner door: barrier, egress, entrance, entry, exit, gate, hatchway, opening, opportunity, passage, portal door divided horizontally for separate opening: Dutch door door hole for viewing visitors, one-way: peephole door keyhole plate: escutcheon door latch: hasp door or window upper part and supporting structure: lintel door upright post: jamb, stile door, back: postern door, glass and in pairs: French door doorkeeper in a church: ostiary doorman: concierge, porter doorway: threshold doorway curtain: portiere doorway or window top-half curtain: lambrequin dope: dummy, dunce, fool, idiot; cocaine, downers, drug, heroin, marijuana, narcotic, opiate, opium, stimulant, substance, uppers dopey: asinine, comatose, dazed, doltish, dumb, foolish, lethargic, silly, sluggish, stupid, torpid doppelganger: apparition, double, ghost, spirit dormant: asleep, hibernating, idle, inactive, latent, motionless, passive, quiescent, quiet, resting, sleeping, suspended, torpid, unaroused dorsum: back, posterior dose: amount, capsule, draft, dram, draught, measure, part, pill, potion, prescription, quantity, remedy, slice, spoonful dot: dowry, freckle, iota, mark, mote, particle, period, pimple, point, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle dot dot dot: ellipsis dot setting off items in list: bullet dotage: decrepitude, elderliness, feebleness, old age, senility
dote on: admire, adore, fancy, idolize, indulge, lavish, pamper, revere, spoil, treasure, worship doting: affectionate, dear, devoted, fatuous, fond, gaga, loving, serving, struck dots as painting: pointillism dots or dashes leading eyes horizontally across page: leader dots, three, for omitted words: ellipsis, points of ellipsis dots, two, over adjacent vowels for separate pronunciation: dieresis dotted: punctate, stippled dotted fabric: polka dot dotty: absurd, crazy, eccentric, enamored, feebleminded, insane, ridiculous, unbalanced, wacky double: alter ego, analog, bend, binary, binate, clone, copy, counterpart, diploid, doppelganger, dual, duple, duplex, duplicate, enlarge, fold, geminate, impersonator, increase, paired, reciprocal, second, twice, twin, twofold, understudy, wraith double agent: mole, spy double beat per heartbeat: dicrotic double-breasted coat: reefer double-cross: betray, cheat, deceive, defraud, mislead, swindle, trick double-dealing: betrayal, chicanery, deceit, devious, dishonest, disloyal, duplicity, hypocritical, sneaky, treachery, trickery double-edged sword: kopis double entendre: ambiguity, equivocation, innuendo, pun double in meaning: ambiguous, equivocal double meaning: amphibology, equivocalness, equivocation, equivoque, pun double meaning, word or phrase having: double entendre double-reed instrument: oboe double seat, small sofa: love seat double sirloin of beef: baron double speech sound, complex: diphthong double-spouted bottle: gemel double tablet or picture, often religious: diptych double-talk: balderdash, baloney, bull, bunk, doublespeak, drivel, gibberish, hokum, jazz, nonsense, rigmarole, twaddle double vision: diplopia double, ghostly: doppelganger
double, to: geminate doubling of syllable or sound in word: reduplication doubling stakes in gambling to recover loss: martingale doubly curved molding: cyma doubt: apprehension, demur, difficulty, disbelieve, discredit, distrust, fear, hesitation, indecision, misgiving, mistrust, qualm, question, skeptical, suspect, suspicion, uncertainty, unlikely, waver doubt on, to cast: discredit doubter: agnostic, cynic, headshaker, skeptic, Thomas, unbeliever doubtful: ambiguous, apprehensive, distrustful, dubious, equivocal, fearful, hazy, hesitating, iffy, improbable, irresolute, moot, questionable, shaky, suspect, suspicious, uncertain, unclear, unconvinced, undecided, undetermined, unsure, vague doubtful and insecure: precarious doubtful authenticity, of: apocryphal doubtful nature, of a: ambiguous, equivocal doubtful state: apprehension, dubiety, incertitude, misgiving, negativism, qualm, quandary doubting: disbelieving, incredulous, skeptical doubting and noncommittal: agnostic doubting conscience: scruples doubtless: sure douceur: bonus, bribe, gift, gratuity, present, tip dough: batter, bread, cabbage, cash, money, moola dough balls fried and coated with sugar: poffertjes dough raiser: yeast dough to rise, agent that causes: leaven doughnut: cruller, Danish, dunker, pastry, sinker doughnut-shaped: toric doughnut-shaped figure: torus doughnut, long and twisted: cruller doughnut, square and no hole: baignet, bang, beigne, beignet doughty: awesome, bold, brave, courageous, fearless, heroic, intrepid, stouthearted, valiant dour: bleak, cheerless, dismal, forbidding, gloomy, glum, grim, inflexible, morose, obstinate, severe, sour, stern, sullen, unyielding douse: deluge, doff, downpour, drench,
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DOUSE TO REMOVE SOAP - DRAMATIC WORK COMBINING TRAGEDY AND COMEDY
duck, dunk, extinguish, immerse, plunge, rinse, saturate, slosh, smother, soak, splash douse to remove soap: rinse dove's home: cote dovetail: agree, combine, connect, correspond, fit, harmonize, interlock, jibe, join, mesh, tally, tenon dowager: elderly woman, matriarch, matron, widow dowdy: antiquated, dated, dingy, drab, frumpy, homely, shabby, slatternly, slovenly, tacky, unkempt, unstylish, untidy dowel: pin, peg down: ailing, beat, below, blue, crestfallen, defeat, dejected, depressed, destroy, dispirited, drink, eat, fell, floor, fuzz, level, overthrow, plumage, sad, suppress, underneath, unhappy down-and-out: beaten, broke, destitute, incapacitated, needy, outcast, penniless, prostrate down-at-the-heels: seedy, ratty down feather: plumule down in spirits: chapfallen, dejected, dispirited, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, sad down source: eider down-to-earth: casual, easy, elemental, nice, plain, practical, pragmatic, realistic, reasonable, sensible, simple downbeat: bleak, cheerless, grim, inactive, negative, pessimistic, stagnate downcast: blue, chapfallen, dejected, depressed, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited, forlorn, gloomy, low, melancholy, moody, morose, sad, unhappy, woebegone downer: barbiturate, bummer, depressant, predicament, sedative downfall: abyss, atrophy, cloudburst, collapse, decline, degeneration, deluge, descent, destruction, disgrace, disintegration, drop, ruin, shower, storm, topple, undoing downgrade: belittle, bump, debase, declass, decline, decrease, demote, denigrate, depreciate, descent, devalue, drop, hill, lessen, lower, pitch, reduce, slope downhearted: blue, dejected, depressed, discouraged, sad, unhappy, woebegone downless peach: nectarine download: move, transfer, unload
downpour: deluge, flood, monsoon, rain, shower downright: aboveboard, absolute, absolutely, arrant, blunt, candid, categorical, complete, direct, entirely, forthright, frank, honest, open, plain, positive, pure, stark, sure, thoroughly, undisguised, unequivocal, unmitigated, utterly downstairs: basement, below, cellar downstairs, nautically: alow downtrend: decline, dip, downslide, downturn, drop, fall, plunge, sag, setback, slide, slip, slump downward sloping or bending: declension, declination downward stock market prices: downside downward vertical stroke in handwriting: minim downwind: alee downy: feathery, fluffy, lanuginous, light, nappy, placid, plumage, quiet, silky, soft, soothing dowry, man's: bride price, lobola dowry, woman's: dot doze: catnap, drowse, nap, siesta, sleep, slumber, snooze doze off: nap, nod drab: bleak, boring, cheerless, colorless, commonplace, dingy, dismal, dreary, dull, faded, flat, lackluster, lifeless, monotonous, mousy, prostitute, slattern, subfusc, uninspired, whore drab color: olive draft: beverage, drink, potion, swig, swill, toot; breeze, gust, wind; compose, design, devise, diagram, draught, drawing, formulate, outline, pattern, plan, prepare, project, redact, sketch, version; induct, lottery, pick, registration, selection draft, military: conscription drafting: mechanical drawing drag: anchor, bore, bother, brake, bummer, burden, crawl, delay, draw, drawback, dredge, haul, linger, loiter, lug, nuisance, pull, road, schlepp, search, street, tediously, tiresome, tow, tug, yank; inhalation drag one's feet: lag, stall dragon: basilisk, hydra, monster, quaviver, tarragon, wyvern dragon breathing fire: firedrake dragon in the sky: draco dragon slayer: Beowulf, Cadmus, Perseus, Sigurd
dragons, pertaining to: draconic dragoon: cavalryman, coerce, intimidate, persecute, pressure, soldier, subjugate, trooper drain: canal, channel, gutter, leak, outlet, pipe, pump, sewer, sink, spout, trench, tube, watercourse drain hole: sump drain or sewer under road or embankment: conduit, culvert drain plug: stop drain, to: aspirate, bankrupt, bleed, burden, deplete, dry, dwindle, empty, exhaust, fade, sap, siphon, tire, weaken drainage or sewage, covered pit for receiving household: cesspool drainage pipe: tile drained: beat, bushed, depleted, devoid, leeched, pooped, spent, used up, weary, worn out drainer for washed foods: colander drains, device for unblocking pipes or: plumber's helper, plunger dram: draft, drink, drop, measure, mite, nip, quantity, sip, slug, smidgen, snifter, swig, weight drama: acting, climax, composition, conflict, excitement, movie, opera, play, program, show, tension, theater, tragedy drama exaggerating emotions: melodrama drama of satire and light humor with happy resolution: commedia dell'arte drama of shocking black humor: black comedy drama or play introductory speech: prologue drama performed by masked players: masque drama set to music: opera drama with music and dancing, Japanese: Kabuki dramatic: breathtaking, emotional, histrionic, moving, powerful, scenic, spectacular, stagy, striking, suspenseful, theatrical, thespian, thrilling, vivid dramatic behavior, overly: histrionics dramatic change or increase: quantum jump, quantum leap dramatic pause: cesura dramatic recitative: scena dramatic suspenseful situation at end of episode: cliffhanger dramatic work combining tragedy and comedy: tragicomedy
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DRAMATIC WORK IN WHICH MAIN CHARACTER SUFFERS - D R E S S PART TRAILING WEARER
dramatic work in which main character suffers: tragedy dramatic work using irony and wit to expose wickedness and folly: satire dramatics, relating to: thespian dramatist: author, dramaturge, playwright, writer drape: adorn, cloak, clothe, cover, curtain, dangle, deck, don, dress, enwrap, hang, shroud, sprawl, suspend, swathe drapery on top of window: valance drastic: dangerous, desperate, dire, extreme, harsh, radical, rash, severe draw: allure, attract, attraction, captivate, catch, charm, color, compose, deadlock, deduce, delineate, depict, derive, design, drag, earn, entice, etch, express, extend, extract, gain, haul, hook, induce, influence, inhale, lead, lug, lure, paint, portray, pull, select, sketch, stalemate, standoff, tie, tow, trace, train, tug draw and scribble: doodle draw attention from: steal the show, upstage draw away: detract draw back: blench, flinch, quail, recede, recoil, retreat, sheathe, shrink draw back in, able to: retractable draw forth: educe, elicit, evoke draw from information: infer draw into folds: gather draw line around: circumscribe draw off: drain, pump, siphon, untap draw on: approach, cause, convince, employ, prompt draw or derive from a source: extract draw or paint: limn draw or paint with dots: stipple draw or tie: deadlock, stalemate, standoff draw out: attract, drag, educe, elicit, extend, extract, lengthen, protract, stretch draw parallel line shading to show slope, elevation: hachure draw short lines to show projection, extension in space: foreshorten draw up: compose, diagram, draft, formulate, halt, prepare, write draw, in a tourney: bye drawback: burden, detriment, disadvantage, fault, flaw, handicap, hindrance, impediment, impedimenta, obstacle, refund, shortcoming drawer slides, support on which: runner
drawers: bloomers, panties, pants, shorts, underpants, underwear drawing: art, attracting, captivating, cartoon, delineation, depiction, doodle, draft, graphics, hauling, illustration, lottery, magnetic, picture, plan, pulling, sketch, storyboard drawing completed with rulers, scales, and compasses: mechanical drawing drawing conclusion from general to particular reasoning: deduction drawing lots: casting lots, sortition drawing of humorous situation: cartoon drawing of item's structure with parts separated: exploded view drawing or model with exterior removed: cutaway drawing or writing on wall of public place: graffiti drawing power: appeal, fascination, lure, magnetism, pull drawing rapidly: sketching drawing room: parlor, reception room, salon, stateroom drawing to scale of structure: elevation drawing together: rapprochement, reconciliation drawing with fine lines, shading a: hatching drawing with parallel lines, shading a: cross-hatching drawing with side cut away to reveal inside: cutaway drawing, person skilled at technical: draftsperson drawing, the art of detailed or technical: graphics drawl: accent, intone, lengthen, southern, utter drawn: fatigued, haggard, sapped, stressed, tense, tired, wan. worn dray: cart, sled, vehicle, wagon dread: alarm, angst, anguish, anxiety, apprehension, awe, cringe, fear, fright, horror, panic, shudder, terror, trepidation dread or fear, persistent and abnormal: phobia dreaded, hated thing: bte noire, bugbear dreadful: abominable, appalling, awful, dire, distasteful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrid, revolting, shocking, terrible, tragic, unpleasant dreadnought: battleship, gunboat, warship
dream: apparition, aspiration, chimera, desire, expectation, fancy, fantasy, goal, hallucination, hope, ideal, illusion, image, nightmare, reverie, surreal, trance, vision, wish dream interpreter: oneirocritic dream state: reverie dream up: conceive, create, imagine, invent dreamer: fantast, idealist, ideologist, romanticist, visionary dreamlike: hypnagogic, surreal dreamlike illusion: hallucination dreamlike sequence of imagery: phantasmagoria dreamlike state: trance dreams, movement of eyes during: rapid eye movement, REM dreams, relating to: oneiric, visionary dreamy: absentminded, abstracted, airy, beautiful, delightful, divine, ethereal, fantastic, great, hazy, ideal, imaginative, marvelous, moony, pensive, preoccupied, romantic, serene, soft, soothing, super, unreal, Utopian, vague dreamy composition: nocturne dreamy, romantic piano instrumental composition: nocturne dreary: blah, bleak, boring, cheerless, damp, depressing, dismal, distressful, doleful, drab, dull, forlorn, gloomy, glum, lonely, melancholy, monotonous, oppressive, sad, somber, sorrowful dreary routine: rut dredge: coat, deepen, dig, drag, excavate, fish, net, scoop, sift dredging output: silt dregs: deposit, draff, dross, grounds, lees, rabble, refuse, residue, riffraff, scum, sediment, settling, slags, trash dregs of wine, liquor: draff, lees drench: deluge, dose, douse, draft, drown, dunk, flood, hose, imbrue, immerse, inundate, permeate, saturate, soak, souse, steep, submerge, waterlog, wet dress: accoutrement, adorn, apparel, array, attire, clothe, clothes, clothing, don, frock, garb, garment, gear, getup, gown, habiliment, habit, invest, ornament, outfit, preen, primp, rig, robe, rog, toggery, toile, train, vestiture, vestment dress as opposite sex: cross-dress dress down: berate, castigate, lash, reprimand, scold, tongue-lash, upbraid dress part trailing wearer: train
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DRINKS AT REDUCED PRICE IN BAR
dress showily: engaud, preen, primp, titivate dress up: adorn, clothe, embellish, enhance, perk, preen, primp, tog dress, casual or partial: dishabille dress, Japanese robelike: kimono dress, loose-hanging: chemise dress, loose unbelted: Mother Hubbard dress, loose, with wild patterns: muumuu dressed person, poorly: beagle, callet, dratchell, drazel, jeeter, shabbaroon, slammock, slubberdegullion, tatterdemalion dressed to the nines: all dolled up dresser: bureau, cabinet, chest, chest of drawers, chiffonier, commode, cupboard dressing: bandage, gauze; fertilizer, sauce, stuffing dressing as opposite sex: transvestism dressing gown: negligee, peignoir, robe dressing room: boudoir, bower dressmaker: couturier, couturire, modiste, seamstress, sewer, tailor dressmaking, high-quality: couture, haute couture dressy: chic, classy, elegant, fancy, fashionable, formal, showy, smart, stylish dressy and stylish person: clotheshorse dribble: bounce, drip, drool, drop, fritter, move, seep, slaver, slobber, trickle dried coconut meat: copra dried from removal of water: dehydrated, desiccated dried meat ration: pemmican dried or concentrated food by adding water, to restore: reconstitute dried orchid tuber: salep dried plum: prune dried seaweed: wrack dried strips of meat: biltong, charqui, jerky dried up: sere, sered, withered, wizened drift: accumulation, cluster, dune; amble, bat around, coast, course, deviation, float, flock, flow, linger, meander, mosey, ramble, waft, wander; design, gist, intention, meaning, purport, scheme, tendency, tenor, tide, trend drift gently: waft drifter: bum, hobo, roamer, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer drill: auger, bit, bore, borer, channel, exercise, hit, instruct, locating, ma-
DRILLING TOOLS
auger bench drill bit bore bow drill breast drill broach cordless drill corkscrew countersink diamond drill drill press eggbeater drill electric drill gimlet hand drill portable drill power drill push drill reamer rose reamer seed drill twist drill wimble woodborerW neuvers, perforate, pierce, practice, punch, puncture, rehearse, repetition, teach, tool, train, tutor, workout drill bit socket: pod drill bit, clamp for holding a: chuck drill handle: bitstock, brace drill run by compressed air, of a: pneumatic drill, hand: brace and bit drilling oil wells, apparatus for: rig drink: absorb, alcohol, beverage, booze, brew, carouse, chaser, cocktail, coffee, consume, draft, draught, grog, gulp, guzzle, highball, imbibe, lap, libation, liquid, liquor, mead, potable, potion, punch, quaff, salute, shot, sip, slurp, snort, swallow, swig, tea, tiff, tipple, toast, wine drink before a meal, alcoholic: aperitif drink daintly: sip drink eagerly: gulp, quaff, swig, swill drink excessively: carouse, tope drink greedily: guzzle, ingurgitate, quaff drink like a cat: lap drink made of milk or cream and eggs, often mixed with rum: eggnog drink noisily: slurp
drink of alcohol, tiny: shot, snort drink of chocolate syrup, milk, soda water: egg cream drink of sweetened cream with sherry or wine and fruit juice: syllabub drink of the gods: nectar drink or act of drinking: potation drink or food with stimulating effect: stimulant drink to your health: toast drink vending machine: dispenser drink, before-dinner: preprandial libation drink, citrus piece to flavor a: twist drink, drugged: Mickey Finn drink, excluding water: beverage drink, fit to: potable drink, like beer or water, taken after hard liquor: chaser drink, mat or disk to place under: coaster drink, stick for stirring: swizzle stick drink, to add alcohol: spike drinkable: potable drinker: alcoholic, bibber, boozer, drunk, drunkard, imbiber, lush, quaffer, sponge, toper, tosspot, wino drinker, excessive: alcoholic, drunkard, lush, tippler drinking bowl, large: jorum drinking cup: mug drinking cup, goblet: mazer drinking glass, large for beer: schooner drinking glass, rounded with narrow top: snifter drinking in quantity: bibulous drinking party of ancient Greeks: symposium drinking problems, organization for: AA, Alcoholics Anonymous drinking salutation: toast drinking session, afternoon: downdrins drinking sparingly: abstemious drinking vessel filled to brim: bumper drinking vessel for beer: stein, tankard drinking vessel holding 2 quarts: pottle drinking vessel with loops to attach to belt: costrel drinking vessel with stem and base: goblet drinking vessel with wide mouth: beaker drinking vessel, originally with rounded bottom: tumbler drinking water flask: canteen drinking, act of: draft drinks at reduced price in bar: happy hour
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drinks, not drinking alcoholic: abstinence, teetotalism, temperance drip: bore, dribble, drop, exude, jerk, klutz, leak, seep, trickle drip-edge: eave dripping into vein, of medicine: intravenous drive: attack, bang, butt, campaign, chauffeur, commute, compel, constrain, excursion, force, get-up-andgo, goad, hammer, herd, hurry, impel, impulse, initiative, momentum, motor, move, operate, outing, plunge, pound, press, propel, push, ride, roll, run, shove, spin, spur, stamp, steamroll, suggest, surge, thrust, urge, vigor drive a nail aslant: toe drive away: alienate, banish, chase, deter, dispel, disperse, dissipate, exile, expatriate, repel, shoo drive away or expel foreigner: deport drive back: rebuff, repel, repulse drive cattle with rod: goad drive dangerously close to another vehicle: tailgate drive from one's homeland: exile drive-in employee: carhop drive on (back) roads rather than highways: shunpike drive out evil spirit: exorcise drive out of hiding: ferret out drive out or expel: evict drive sharp stake through: impale drive to action: impel drive to distraction: enrage drive, as from bed: roust drivel: babble, bunk, gibberish, maunder, mush, nonsense, prating, rubbish, slaver, slobber, twaddle driven by zeal: messianic driver: autoist, cabbie, charioteer, chauffeur, coachman, cowboy, engineer, golf club, hackie, hammer, jockey, mallet, motorist, operator, propeller driving force: impetus driving forward: propulsion driving impulse: compulsion driving very close behind another: tailgating drizzle: mist, rain, shower, spray, sprinkle drizzly fog: smur droll: absurd, amusing, buffoon, comic, comical, eccentric, farcical, funny,
humorous, jocular, laughable, ludicrous, odd, offbeat, queer, ridiculous, strange, whimsical, zany dromedary: camel dromedary feature: hump drone: bagpipe, bee, bum, bumble, buzz, drum, humming, idler, leech, loiterer, lubber, parasite, shirker, slug, sound, speaker drone of bagpipes: burden drool: desire, dribble, drivel, froth, gush, salivate, slaver, slobber droop: bend, dangle, decline, diminish, drop, fade, flag, hang, languish, lower, sag, sink, slouch, slump, stoop, wilt, wither droop and weaken: flag, languish, loll, lop drooping: alop, flaccid, limp, nutant drooping, of plants: cernuous drop: abandon, abyss, bead, blob, certain, collapse, dash, decrease, descent, discontinue, dismiss, down, dribble, drip, droop, dump, fall, forsake, fumble, globule, incline, knock, let fall, lower, omit, plop, plummet, plunge, release, relinquish, sack, shed, sink, slope, slump, stop, terminate, unload drop and flop: flump drop back: lag drop bait gently: dap drop cloth: tarp drop heavily: plop drop in: arrive, call, come over, stop by, surprise, visit drop of liquid (pharmacy): gutta drop off: decline, deliver, doze, dwindle, nod, sag, slacken, slide, slip, snooze, unload drop out: leave, quit, resign, withdraw drop straight down: plummet, plunge drop the jaw: gape droplet: bead, globule, tear droplike: guttate dropping sound at beginning of word: apheresis dropping sound at end of word: apocope dropping sound at middle of word: syncope droppings from nuclear explosion: fallout dropsy: edema dross: cinder, cinders, commonplace, dregs, impurity, lees, recrement, refuse, remains, scoria, scum, sediment, sinter, slag, trash, waste, worthless
drought: aridity, dearth, dryness, lack, scarcity, shortage, thirst droughty: arid, aris drove: assemblage, chisel, collection, crowd, flock, following, herd, horde, mob, motored, press, swarm drover: cowboy, cowpoke, shepherd drown: deluge, drench, flood, immerse, inundate, muffle, overwhelm, soak, submerge, suffocate, swamp drowning execution: noyade drowsy: comatose, dull, indolent, lazy, lethargic, listless, lulling, oscitant, sleepy, sluggish, somnolent, soporific, supine, tired drub: baste, beat, belabor, berate, defeat, drum, flay, flog, instill, lambaste, lick, pound, pummel, shellac, stamp, thrash, throb, whip drudge: grind, grub, hack, hireling, labor, menial, moil, peon, plod, scrub, slave, slavey, toiler, workhorse drudgery: chore, grind, labor, moil, struggle, tedious job, toil, work drug: acid, aloe, amphetamine, analgesic, anesthetize, barbiturate, cocaine, desensitize, dope, downer, generic, hallucinogen, hashish, heroin, LSD, marijuana, medication, medicine, narcotic, numb, opiate, opium, peyote, pharmaceutical, pill, poison, prescription, relaxant, sedative, stupefy, upper drug addiction: dependence, narcotism drug adverse effect: reaction drug dealer: pusher drug-induced distorted perception: hallucination drug-induced stupor or unconsciousness: narcosis drug interfering with another: antagonist drug into vein, inject illegal: mainline drug overcoming sedative's effects: analeptic drug producing sensory distortion: hallucinogen, hallucinogenic, psychedelic drug slipped into someone's drink secretly: knockout drops, Mickey Finn drug that shrinks the pupils: miotic drug used by bodybuilders, athletes: anabolic steroid, steroid drug, addictive and illegal: narcotic drug, discontinuation of using addictive: withdrawal drug, immediate complete discontinuation of using addictive: cold turkey
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DRUG, PLEASANT INTOXICATION FROM A - DRY RED WINE OF SPAIN
COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS

Hallucinogens Hemp Products Opiates ataraxic drug Benzedrine/benny blotter Acapulco gold big H barbital Biphetamine datura/locoweed bhang codeine barbiturate/doll/ black beauty diethyltryptamine/ cannabis diacetylmorphine goofball blow DET Colombian H betel caffeine ecstasy dagga heroin chloral hydrate cocaine/coke/snow LSD/acid/lysergic doobie horse Demerol crack acid diethylamide ganja junk downer crank magic mushroom/ grass laudanum nitrous oxide/laughcrystal sacred mushroom hashish/hash/hash oil methadone ing gas crystal meth mescal hooch morphine Quaalude cubeb mescaline Indian hemp O sleeping pill Dexamyl morning glory seed joint opium sodium pentothal/ diet pill Owsley's acid marijuana paregoric truth drug doll/pop pill peyote Mary Jane PPPy tranquilizer freebase phencyclidine/PCP/ Mary Warner scag/skag Valium methamphetamine angel dust Maui wowie smack yellow jackets methyldiamphetampsilocybin Panama red tar ine/MDA purple haze pot white stuff Stimulants pep pill shroom reefer amphetamine speed STP Thai stick Sedatives amyl nitrite/popper speedball windowpane weed analgesic steroid party: bacchanalia, upper W carousal drug, pleasant intoxication from a: buzz, drumbeat: dub, flam, rataplan anabolic drunken drumbeat with sticks hitting simultane- drunkenly brave: pot-valiant high, rush ously: flam drug, unharmful and unhelpful: drunkenness, causing: intoxicating drumbeat, continuous even: tattoo adiaphorous dry: arid, baked, bare, barren, biting, drumbeat, continuous loud: drumroll drugged: dosed, freaked, high, loaded, boring, cynical, dehumidify, dehydrumbeat, continuous low: ruffle spaced out, stoned, turned on, drate, depleted, desiccate, drain, drumhead: tympan, vellum wasted, zonked drinkless, droll, dull, dusty, empty, drumhead with jingles on rim: drugging: narcotic, stupefacient evaporated, fruitless, harden, moistambourine druggist: apothecary, pharmacist tureless, monotonous, parched, raindrumlike: tympanic drugs collectively in medicine: less, sapless, sarcastic, sec, sere, shrivdrumming continuously: tattoo pharmacopoeia eled, siccaneous, teetotaler, thirsty, drumming monotonously: thrum drugs, science of: pharmacology towel, uninteresting, unproductive, drumming with fingers, feet: devil's drum: barrel, beat, bongo, capstan, vapid, waterless, wipe, withered, cask, cylinder, drone, gather, instrutattoo wizen, xeric, xerothermic ment, keg, pulsate, reiterate, strum, drums played by the hands, small doudry and crumbly: mealy tabor, tambour, tambourine, tap, ble: bongo, tomtom dry and withered: sere throb, thunder, timbrel, tom-tom drums played by the hands, tall tapered: dry and without rainfall: arid drum major stick: baton conga dry-area plants: cacti drum major's headwear: shako drums, set of kettle-: timpani dry by heat: parch, torrefy drum of India, small hand: tabla drunk: besotted, bibulous, crapulent, dry creek bed: arroyo drum played by fifer: tabor drunken, high, inebriated, intoxidry dock ledge: altar drum player, kettle-: tympanist cated, polluted, sot, tipsy dry from water removal: dehydrated drum sound: rat-a-tat, roll drunk without ice or anything added: dry goods: cloth, clothing, fabrics, soft drum that reverberates, small doubleneat, straight goods, textiles headed: side drum, snare drum drunkard: alcoholic, barfly, bibber, dry gulch in western U.S.: coulee drum-type instrument: percussion boozer, dipsomaniac, drinker, inebridry habitat, of an extremely: xeric instrument ate, lush, soak, sot, souse, sponge, dry hay: ted drum, African or Latin American: stiff, tippler, toper, tosspot, wino dry land: terra firma bongo, conga drum, kettledrum, drunken: buzzed, gone, groggied, inedry mouth sensation: thirst timbal briated, intoxicated, loaded, pickled, dry out: desiccate drum, Indian/Asian hand: tabla plastered, sloshed, tanked, tight, dry red wine: claret drum, to deaden the sound of: muffle tipsy, totaled, wasted dry red wine of Spain: rioja The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
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DRY RUN - DUMBFOUND
dry run: maneuver, rehearsal, test, trial dry sherry from Spain: fino dry state: aridity dry steam bed: wadi dry up: dehydrate, desiccate, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear, shrivel, welter, wilt, wither dry up and wrinkle: sear, shrivel, wither dry, as champagne: brut dry, as in wine: sec dryer debris: lint dryer filter stuff: lint drying: siccative dual: binary, coupled, double, duplex, paired, reciprocal, twin, twofold dualism in theology: ditheism dualistic in philosophy, religion: Manichaean dub: baptize, bestow, boggle, botch, bungler, call, copy, designate, duffer, entitle, flub, fluff, knight, label, muff, name, nickname, poke, rerecord, thrust, title dubious: ambiguous, chancy, disputable, doubtful, equivocal, fishy, iffy, indecisive, questionable, shady, shaky, skeptical, suspicious, uncertain, unclear, undecided, undetermined, unsure, vague dubious possession: white elephant duck: avoid, blackjack, bob, bow, canard, dabbler, dive, dodge, drake, duckling, eider, elude, evade, gadwall, mallard, mandarin, merganser, Peking, pintail, plunge, scaup, shelduck, shirk, shoveler, sidestep, smee, smew, tal, teal, wigeon duck feathered bedding: eiderdown duck genus: anas duck group: brood, skein, sord, tea duck soup: breeze, cinch, easy, picnic, pushover, snap duck toes, of webbed: palmate duck wing, bright color on: speculum ducks, flock of: skein duct: canal, channel, chute, conduit, outlet, passage, pipe, tube, vas duct opening: via ductile: adaptable, compliant, docile, flexible, malleable, manageable, moldable, plastic, pliable, pliant, responsive, soft, supple, tractable, yielding ductlike: vasal dud: bomb, bummer, bust, debacle, drag, flop, lemon, loser, turkey, washout dude: Beau Brummell, buck, chap,
clotheshorse, coxcomb, dandy, easterner, fellow, fop, hotshot, popinjay, swell dudgeon: anger, bitterness, fury, huff, ire, irritation, malice, rage, resentment, umbrage, wrath duds: apparel, attire, belongings, clothing, garb, gear, threads, togs due: adequate, appropriate, attributable, becoming, collectible, compensation, debt, deserts, deserved, directly, earned, fitting, justified, mature, merit, owed, owing, payable, proper, revenge, rightful, rights, scheduled, suitable, unpaid duel: afaire d' honneur, combat, conflict, contest, dispute, engagement, fence, fight, joust, oppose, spar duel between knights on horseback: joust, tilting match dueling sword, sharp pointed and no cutting edge: pe dues: ante, assessment, collection, contribution, debt, duty, fee, initiation, payment, tax, toll duet: duo, pair, piece for two duff: buttocks, coal, pudding, slack duffel coat fastener: toggle duffer: dope, dub, dullwitted, dunce, incompetent, peddler, useless, worthless dugout: abri, boat, canoe, cave, cellar, foxhole, hollow, pirogue, shelter duke, pertaining to a: ducal dukedom: duchy dulcet: agreeable, charming, soothing, harmonious, melodious, musical, pleasing, soft, sonorous, sweet, tuneful dull: apathetic, arid, banal, blah, blind, blunt, boring, brainless, cloudy, colorless, common, deaden, dense, depressed, desensitize, dim, dimwitted, dingy, dismal, dispirited, down, drab, drear, dreary, drowsy, dry, dumb, flat, foggy, gloomy, gray, grey, heavy, humdrum, inactive, inanimate, inert, insensible, insensitive, insipid, lackluster, lethargic, lifeless, listless, logy, matte, miffle, monotone, monotonous, murky, muted, numb, obtuse, overcast, pedestrian, perfunctory, pointless, prosaic, prosy, routine, shallow, simple, slow, sluggish, square, stagnant, stale, stodgy, stolid, stuffy, tame, tedious, tiresome,
torpid, trite, uneventful, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspired, vacuous, vapid, weaken, zestless dull and austere: aseptic, clinical dull and colorless: blah dull and dark: drab, subfusc dull and laborious: pedestrian, plodding, ponderous dull and lifeless: arid, desiccated, lackluster, pallid dull and mediocre: banal, humdrum, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, prosaic, trite, uninspired, unoriginal dull and nondistinctive: banal, faceless, nondescript, stereotyped dull and not sensing: insensible, obtuse dull and routine: banausic, monotonous, repetitious, tedious dull and sluggish: stagnant dull and tasteless: bland, flat, insipid, vapid dull and unexciting: anodyne, bland, insipid, vapid dull blue: livid dull enough to induce sleep: soporific, stultifying, stupefying dull finish: mat, matte dull gray: pewter dull in outlook: gray dull life, to lead a: stagnate, vegetate dull menial work: drudgery dull or blunt: obtuse dull or make stupid: hebetate dull pain: ache dull sound: thud dullard: boor, clod, dimwit, dodo, dolt, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fool, idiot, moron, nitwit, simpleton dulled: exhausted, jaded, sated, wornout dullness: apathy, bluntness, evenness, insensibility, languor, lassitude, lethargy, monotony, sluggishness, spiritlessness, tedium, torpor duly: accordingly, appropriately, befittingly, justly, mannerly, properly, punctually, rightly, suitable dumb: asinine, dense, dull, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, inane, inarticulate, moronic, mum, mute, senseless, silent, speechless, stupid, taciturn, unintelligent, unintentional, voiceless dumb or speechless: tongue-tied dumbbell: blockhead, boob, clown, dolt, dope, dullard, fool, idiot, ignoramus, lunkhead, moron, nitwit dumbfound: amaze, astonish, astound,
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bewilder, boggle, confuse, daze, flabbergast, nonplus, overwhelm, perplex, stagger, startle, stun, surprise dumbfounded: agape, aghast, amazed, astounded, overcome, puzzled, shocked, speechless dummy: copy, dimwit, doll, dolt, dunce, effigy, fake, fool, front, idiot, ignoramus, imitation, klutz, mannequin, puppet, simpleton, stooge, substitute dummy for fashion or art: lay figure, mannequin dummy representing hated person: effigy dummy voice projection: ventriloquism dump: beat, cast, chuck, deposit, discard, ditch, drop, empty, eyesore, hole, hovel, junk, junkyard, landfill, pigsty, reject, scrap, transfer, unload dump, as for military supplies: depot dumpling filled with meat or seafood: quenelles dumplings made with potatoes: gnocchi dumplings, Chinese: dim sum dumpy: disreputable, ninny, pudgy, shapeless, short, squat, stocky, stout, stubby dunce: ass, blockhead, bonehead, boob, buffoon, chump, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunderhead, fool, goof, goon, hammerhead, idiot, ignoramus, jackass, jughead, lunkhead, nincompoop, numskull, oaf dune: bank, hill, ridge, sandbank dung: excrement, ordure, scat dung beetle: scarab dung-eating: coprophagous, scatophagous dung of sea birds for fertilizer: guano dung, relating to: stercoraceous dungarees: jeans dungeon: cell, chamber, donjon, jail, oubliette, prison, stockade, vault dungeon with trap door: oubliette dungeonlike: dank dunghill: midden, refuse heap dunk: baptize, dip, douse, drench, duck, immerse, saturate, slam, soak, souse, submerge duo: combo, couple, duet, dyad, pair, twosome dupe: baffle, bamboozle, betray, bilk, cat's-paw, cheat, chump, con, deceive, delude, flimflam, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, lamb, mislead,
patsy, pigeon, pushover, sap, shaft, snooker, sucker, swindle, tool, trick, victim duped:taken duple: binary, double, dual, two duple-time dance: samba duplicate: alike, carbon, clone, copy, counterpart, ditto, double, echo, facsimile, identical, imitate, mate, mirror, parallel, photocopy, repeat, replica, reproduce, spare, transcript, twin duplicate of original: replica duplicate the foregoing: ditto duplicity: chicanery, cunning, deceit, deception, dishonesty, double-dealing, duality, fraud, guile, perfidy, treachery, twofold durability: constancy, endurance, fortitude, grit, reliability, stamina durability of clothes: wear durable: constant, dependable, enduring, hard, hardy, lasting, permanent, stable, staple, strong, sturdy, tough durable and permanent: perdurable duration: continuance, endurance, length, lifetime, longevity, period, persistence, run, span, stretch, term, time duress: captivity, coercion, compulsion, confinement, constraint, detention, force, pressure, stranglehold, threat during: along, amid, meanwhile, midst, throughout, when, while dusk: darken, darkness, evening, gloaming, gloom, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight dusky: blackish, bleak, cloudy, dark, dim, ebon, gloomy, murky, obscure, overcast, shadowy, shady, swart, swarthy, tawny dust: agitation, ashes, clean, coat, commotion, confusion, cover, dirt, earth, eburine, film, flour, particles, pollen, powder, remains, sift, soot, sprinkle, strew, turmoil dust speck: mote dust, to crumble to: molder dusty: arid, chalky, dim, dry, powdery, pulverulent, stale, timeworn, unswept Dutch cheese: Edam duties of a pastor, relating to: pastoral duties of an office, to perform the: officiate duties, to assign: delegate, depute dutiful: assiduous, compliant, conscientious, devout, diligent, docile,
faithful, loyal, obedient, obligatory, respectful, reverent, sedulous, trustful dutiful and respectful: deferential duty: allegiance, assignment, burden, calling, chore, commitment, devoir, excise, function, job, mission, objective, obligation, office, onus, pledge, promise, purpose, respect, responsibility, role, service, shift, station, stint, task, undertaking duty imposed on imported, exported goods: charge, customs, levy, tariff, tax, toll duty or allegiance: homage duty owed by vassal to feudal lord: fealty duty payment: impost, levy duty to behave honorably: noblesse oblige duty, beyond the call of: supererogatory duty, burdensome: onus duty, discharge from: quietus duty, failure to perform: delinquency, dereliction, negligence duty, imposed as obligation or: incumbent, obligatory duty, period or turn of: trick, watch duty, release from post or: relief duty, to free from: exempt, exonerate duty, to shirk work or: goldbrick, goof off, malinger, skive dwarf: bantam, belittle, diminish, elf, gnome, goblin, homunculus, leprechaun, lilliputian, midget, miniature, minimize, overshadow, peanut, peewee, pygmy, runt, small, stunt, tiny, Tom Thumb, tower over, troll dwarf buffalo: anoa dwarf cattle: nata dwarf or race of dwarfs: pygmy dwarf poultry: bantam dwarf shrub or tree: bonsai dwarfism, condition causing: achondroplasia dwell: abide, brood, expatiate, harp, linger, live, occupy, reside dwell on: harp dwell temporarily: sojourn dweller: rsider, tenant dwelling: abode, apartment, building, bungalow, cabin, casa, castle, chalet, chateau, condo, cottage, domicile, duplex, flat, habitation, haunt, home, house, hovel, hut, igloo, manor, mansion, nest, pad, palace, residence, shanty, split-level house, tenement, tent, tepee, trailer, villa dwindle: abate, decline, decrease, di-
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minish, ebb, fade, lessen, peter, recede, shorten, shrink, taper, wane, waste dye: anil, color, colorant, eosin, imbue, litmus, pigment, ruddle, shade, stain, tincture, tinge, tint, tracer dye, black: lampblack, nigrosine dye, blue-violet: anil, cyanine, indigo, ultramarine, woad dye, brown: bister, sienna, umber dye container: vat dye, green: sumac, terre-verte, viridian dye parts of cloth while other parts are tied: tie-dye dye, red: brazilin, cinnabar, henna, kerms, madder, orcein
dye, white: titanium dye, yellow-orange: annatto, flavin, fustic, saffron dyed-in-the-wool: devoted, ingrained, sworn, thoroughgoing dyeing fabric method with parts that are not to be dyed protected with removable wax: batik dyeing, to fix colors in: mordant dying: in extremis, moribund dying coal: ember dying declaration: last words dying on the vine: withering dying work of artist: swan song dying, hospital for the: hospice dynamic: active, charismatic, compel-
ling, driving, energetic, forceful, influential, intense, kinetic, live, progressive, vigorous, vital dynamite: blast, demolish, destroy, exciting, explosive, shatter, superb, TNT, trinitrotoluene, wonderful dynamite inventor: Alfred Nobel dynamo: doer, generator, go-getter, hustler, mover dynasty: control, dominance, dominion, empire, realm, regime, reign, rule, supremacy dyspeptic: crabby, grouchy, irritable, mean, ornery dysphoria: anxiety, depression, melancholy, restlessness
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e, upside-down: schwa each: apiece, apop, every, everyone, individually, per, separate, specific eager: agog, antsy, anxious, ardent, athirst, avid, desirous, enthusiastic, excited, expectancy, fervent, hardworking, impatient, impetuous, intense, intent, itchy, keen, ready, restless, sharp, spirited, vigorous, willing, yearning, zealous eager and hopeful: agog, expectant, atip eager and willing: solicitous eager for food: voracious eager to please: complaisant, compliant, obliging, obsequious, servile eager to start: chafing at the bit eagerness: alacrity, ardor, avidity, lan, enthusiasm, fervency, fervor, gusto, hunger, impatience, readiness, thirst, urgency, zeal eagle: aquila, bataleur, crow, ern, erne, falcon, gier, hawk, pygargus, raptor eagle nest: aerie, eyrie eagle's claw: talon eagles, relating to: aquiline ear: aural, auris, cob, cochlea, concha, drum ear: auricle, lobe, neb, pinna, stapes ear bone: ossicle, stapes ear deformed from blows: cauliflower ear ear disease, study of: otology ear disorder: otitis ear doctor: otologist ear-inspecting instrument: otoscope ear, nose and throat specialist: otorhinolaryngologist ear of animal, to clip: crop ear of wheat: spica ear opening, fleshy wedge in front of: tragus
ear opening, notch under tragus of: intertragic notch ear part important to balance and coordination, inner: saccule, utricle ear part transmitting sound, inner: organ of Corti ear-shaped: auriculate ear-shaped part: auricle ear, innermost cavity of external: concha ear, relating to the: aural, auricular, otic ear, ringing in the: tinnitus ear, vegetable: capes, cob, mealie, nubbin, risom, rizzom, spica, spici, spike earache: otalgia eardrum: tympanic membrane, tympanum earl: British, lord, nobleman, peer earlier: already, antecedent, anterior, before, beforehand, formerly, preceding, previous, prior, sooner earlier and before: anterior earlier event inserted in narrative: flashback earlier in time, to come: antedate earliest: archetypal, first, original, primal, primeval, primitive earliest example: archetype, prototype earliest stages of development: beginnings, incunabula earliest time, pertaining to the: primordial, pristine earlike projections on pot: lugs earl's wife: countess early: advanced, ancient, betimes, first, immature, immediately, initial, matutinal, nascent, premature, primal, primitive, prior, soon, timely, unexpectedly, untimely early anesthetic: ether early in development: embryonic, germinal, nascent, seminal The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
early in the morning: cockcrow, matutinal, small hours early newspaper edition: bulldog edition early show: matinee early spring, pertaining to: primaveral early, developing or maturing: precocious early, happening too: premature, previous, untimely early, to do something too: anticipate earmark: aspect, attribute, band, distinction, feature, identification, label, quality, signature, stamp, tag, trait earn: achieve, acquire, attain, clear, collect, deserve, gain, get, gross, make, merit, net, obtain, procure, profit, realize, reap, win earnest: affectionate, ardent, determined, devoted, diligent, engage, fervent, grave, heartfelt, honest, industrious, intent, meaningful, resolute, sedate, serious, sincere, sober, solemn, staid, token, wholehearted, zealous earnest request: entreaty, plea earnestly appeal: adjure, pray earnings: dividends, gate, income, pay, proceeds, profits, salary, wages earnings of common stock affected by bond interest, preferred stock: leverage earnings on a bond: dividend ear's large shell-like hollow: concha ears, buzzing or ringing in: acouasm, tinnitus ears, having big: macrotous ears, of hearing with both: binaural earsplitting: blaring, deafening, loud, piercing, shrill earth: alluvium, clay, dirt, dust, globe, ground, land, layer, loam, loess,
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EAR, EYE OR MOUTH DISEASE

acoustic neuroma anophthalmia aural atresia blepharitis cataract chorioretinitis color blindness conjunctivitis/ pink eye deafness dizziness dry eye earache gingivitis glaucoma keratoconus labyrinthitis macular degeneration mastoiditis Meniere's disease microphthalmia microtia myopia nystagmus ophthalmic disease otalgia otic disease otitis media otosclerosis pyorrhea retinitis pigmentosa strabismus sty tinnitus trachoma tympanitis usher syndrome vascular occlusion vertigo W
planet, soil, telluric, terra, terra firma, terrestrial, topsoil, turf, vale, world earth between Arctic and Tropic of Cancer, Antarctic and Tropic of Capricorn: Temperate Zones earth between North Pole and Arctic Circle, South Pole and Antarctic Circle: Frigid Zones earth between Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn: Torrid Zone earth color: ocher earth inhabitant: tellurian earth (in Latin): terra earth mover: bulldozer earth satellite: moon earth study: geodesy, geography, earth, outside of: extraterrestrial earth, pertaining to: planetary, telluric, terrestrial earth, point where moon is farthest from: apogee earth, point where moon is nearest to: perigee earth, to travel around: circumnavigate earthen jar: olla earthenware: biscuit, ceramics, china, crockery, crocks, delft, faience, jugs, majolica, porcelain, pottery, stoneware earthenware decorated with opaque glazes: faience earthenware, broken: potshard, potsherd, shard, sherd earthenware, glazed blue and white: delft earthly: bodily, conceivable, global, human, imaginable, material, mortal, mundane, physical, possible, secular, telluric, temporal, terrestrial, worldly earthquake: aftershock, movement, seism, shock, temblor, trembler, tremor, upheaval
earthquake after main shock, mini: aftershock, tremors earthquake center: epicenter earthquake detecting instrument: seismograph earthquake magnitude scale: Richter scale earthquake measuring instrument: seismograph earthquake preliminary tremor: foreshock earthquake science: seismology earthquake's energy on scale: magnitude earthquakes, relating to: seismic earth's atmosphere trapping solar radiation: greenhouse effect earth's crust deformation into landforms: diastrophism earth's crust, theory of movement of: plate tectonics earth's girdle: equator earth's physical structure, study of: geology earth's size and shape, study of: geodesy earth's spinning on axis: rotation earth's structural features, study of: tectonics earth's surface above sea level, study of: hypsography earthwork: embankment, fortification earthworm: annelid earthy: bulwark, coarse, crude, excavation, folksy, gross, hearty, indecent, natural, obscene, practical, realistic, simple, terrestrial, uninhibited, unrefined, vulgar, worldly earthy pigment: ocher, ochre, umber earwax: cerumen ease: abate, affluence, allay, alleviate, appease, breeze, calm, comfort, comfortable, composure, content, contentment, diminish, enjoyment, expertise, facilitate, facility, faculty, freedom, guide, inch, knack, leisure,
let up, liberty, lighten, loosen, maneuver, mitigate, moderate, naturalness, pacify, palliate, quiet, readiness, reduce, relax, relaxation, relief, relieve, relieved, rest, satisfaction, security, simplify, smooth, snap, soften, soothe, tranquility, unburden ease in doing: facility ease up: abate easily: certainly, coolly, decidedly, effortlessly, freely, handily, hands down, indubitably, readily, simply, smoothly, undeniably easily achieved: facile easily obtained: accessible easily taken advantage of, person: pushover easing of tension between rivals: dtente East Indian palm used in fans: talipot East Indian pepper: betel Easter season: Lent Easter, relating to Passover or: paschal eastern Asia countries: Orient Eastern sandal: zori Eastern sash: obi easy: amiable, basic, calm, carefree, careless, cinch, comfortable, complaisant, compliant, cozy, cushy, effortless, facile, familiar, friendly, gentle, glib, lenient, light, manageable, mild, moderate, natural, obvious, painless, relaxed, secure, simple, smooth, snap, soft, susceptible, tolerant, tractable, tranquil, unconcerned, unforced, unhurried easy and elementary: rudimentary easy basket: layup, tap-in easy for consumer to learn, use: userfriendly easy gait: amble, lope, trot easy to accomplish, something: cinch easy to approach: affable easy to understand: lucid, perspicuous, transparent
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EASY VICTIM - ECSTASY
easy victim: gull, patsy easygoing: calm, carefree, careless, casual, collected, composed, dgag, flexible, happy-go-lucky, lenient, nonchalant, patient, placid, relaxed, unaffected, unhurried eat: absorb, banquet, bite, breakfast, chow, consume, corrode, destroy, devour, dine, dinner, erode, feast, feed, forage, fret, gnaw, gobble, gormandize, graze, ingest, lunch, munch, nibble, nosh, ravage, rust, snack, sup, supper, swallow, taste eat away: erode, gnaw eat by candlelight: sup eat greedily: devour, engorge, gorge, gormandize, gourmandize, guttle, ingurgitate, wolf eat in style: dine eat or drink: ingest eat ravenously with ugly noises: glunsh, gruzzle, yaffle eat with someone: break bread eat, excessive desire to: polyphagia eatable: appetizing, comestible, delicious, edible, esculent, palatable, savory, succulent, tasteful eater, hearty: barathrum, gormandizer, gourmand, trencherman, trencherwoman eating animal and vegetable products: omnivorous eating at same table: commensal eating disorder, bingeing: bulimia eating disorder, loss of appetite: anorexia nervosa eating excessively: crapulent, gluttonous, intemperate, overindulgent eating implements: cutlery eating many different foods: pleophagous eating meat: carnivorous eating place: automat, beanery, caf, cafeteria, canteen, chophouse, delicatessen, diner, drive-in, hotel, inn, luncheonette, lunchroom, mess, mess hall, pizzeria, restaurant, tavern, tearoom eating plants: herbivorous eating regimen: diet eating sparingly: abstemious eating, art of good: gastronomy eating, fast: tachyphagia eating, full after: sated, satiated eavesdrop: bug, listen, overhear, snoop, spy, tap, wiretap ebb: abate, decline, decrease, diminish,
diminution, languish, recede, reflux, regression, retire, retreat, sink, subside, tide, wane, withdraw ebb, flow back: reflux ebbing: refluent ebony: inky, jet, raven, wood ebullience: animation, elation, enthusiasm, excitement, exhilaration, exuberance, ferment, gaiety, vitality, zestful ebullient: agitated, agog, bouncy, bubbling, ecstatic, effervescent, excited, gushing, high-spirited, joyous, lively, overflowing eccentric: abnormal, anomalous, bizarre, capricious, character, crackpot, dotty, erratic, flaky, irregular, kooky, nonconformist, odd, oddball, off, offbeat, outre, peculiar, queer, quizzical, screwball, singular, strange, unconventional, unusual, weird, whimsical eccentricity: aberration, deviation, hereticism, idiosyncrasy, kink, oddity, quirk ecclesiastic: abbe, abbot, chaplain, cleric, divine, minister, parson, pastor, preacher, prelate, priest, religious, reverend ecclesiastic painting: pieta ecclesiastical armband: maniple ecclesiastical bread plate: paten ecclesiastical council: synod ecclesiastical court: rota ecclesiastical linen neckwear: amice ecclesiastical monologue: sermon ecclesiastical vestment: alb ecdysiast: peeler, stripper, stripteaser echelon: class, formation, hierarchy, level, position, rank, tier echo: ape, copy, duplicate, imitate, imitation, impersonate, iterate, mimic, mirror, parrot, reiterate, repeat, resound, response, reverberate, revoice, ring, second echo sounder: ASDIC, sonar echoic words: onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic echolocation: sonar eclectic: assorted, broad, choosy, combined, comprehensive, diverse, heterogeneous, jumbled, mingled, mixed, selective, universal, varied eclipse: blot, cloud, conceal, cover, darken, dazzle, exceed, extinguish, hide, mask, obscuration, obscure, occultation, outdo, overshadow, shade, sully, transcend, veil
eclipse where moon is silhouetted by ring of sun: annular eclipse eclipse where three celestial bodies are aligned: syzygy eclipse, flaming gas of sun during total solar: prominence eclipse, full shadow during: umbra eclipse, partial shadow during: penumbra eclogue: idyl, idyll, poem ecological interrelationships, study of: synecology ecological stage: sere ecological transitional zone: ecotone ecology: bionomics ecology basic unit of environment, organisms: ecosystem economic: commercial, efficient, financial, material, productive, profitable economic decline with serious unemployment: depression economic decline, three quarters of falling GNP: recession economic policy of self-sufficiency: autarky economic theory of tax reduction to stimulate business: supply-side economic theory stimulating employment, business: Keynesian economical: careful, chary, cost-effective, frugal, inexpensive, meager, modest, penurious, practical, provident, prudent, sound, sparing, thrifty, tight economically short-term and unfunded, of debt that is: floating economics: arbitrage, bond, credit, deflation, equity, fund, futures, inflation, interest, loan, macroeconomics, management, plutonomy, portfolio, recession, securities, stock, system, treasury economize: conserve, entrench, husband, manage, pinch, save, scrape, scrimp, skimp, squeeze economy: austerity, discretion, frugality, plan, prudence, saving, thrift economy of resources: conservation, husbandry economy, careful money management: husbandry economy, overall aspects of national: macroeconomics ecru: beige, tan ecstasy: bliss, delight, elation, euphoria, exaltation, happiness, heaven, joy, paradise, pleasure, rapture, transport
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ecstasy, religious: theopathy ecstatic: delirious, dionysiac, dionysian, dreamy, enchanted, enraptured, entranced, excited, happy, rhapsodic ecstatic joy: transport ecstatic, to become: swoon ecumenical: general, global, inclusive, liberal, planetary, unifying, universal, worldwide eczema: dermatitis, inflammation, rash, tetter eddy: counter, countercurrent, current, gyrate, maelstrom, reverse, shift, swirl, turn, vortex, whirlpool edema: dropsy Eden: bliss, garden, heaven, innocence, paradise, Utopia edentate: aardvark, anteater, armadillo, sloth, toothless edge: adjoin, bank, bevel, blade, border, boundary, brim, brink, brow, crest, flange, fringe, grind, hem, hone, inch, keeness, ledge, line, lip, margin, molding, nip, outline, perimeter, periphery, rim, selvage, sharpen, sharpness, side, sidle, threshold, trim, valance, verge, whet; advantage edge a handkerchief: tat edge of a cask: chime edge of a roof: eave edge of a sail: leech edge of paper, ragged: deckle edge edge or border, finish: purfle edge or farthest point: extremity edge or fringe of group: periphery edge or margin: verge edge or outer limit: perimeter edge sewn to prevent unraveling: selvage edge, sloping: bevel edging indented with small curves: engrailed edging with embroidered loops: picot edgy: anxious, excitable, impatient, irritable, jittery, nervous, restless, tense, touchy, uneasy, uptight edible: comestible, digestible, eatable, esculent, food, viand edible bulb: onion, shallot edible fungus: morel, truffle edible part of fruit or nut: meat edible root: oca, parsnip, radish, taro, yam edict: announcement, ban, bull, command, decree, dictum, directive, enactment, fiat, irade, law, mandate,
notice, order, ordinance, proclamation, program, regulation, ruling, statute, ukase, writ edification: direction, education, enlightenment, illumination, improvement, knowledge, teaching edifice: building, cathedral, monument, skyscraper, structure edifice for drama presentation: theater edify: educate, elevate, enlighten, illuminate, improve, inform, instruct, teach, uplift edit: adapt, blue-pencil, censor, check, compile, copyedit, copyread, correct, delete, emend, modify, prepare, proofread, publish, redact, review, revise, rework, rewrite edit a soundtrack: redub edit and revise: redact edit with prudeness: bowdlerize editing, critical revision and: recension edition: copy, impression, issue, kind, number, printing, version, volume edition with editorial and scholarly notes: variorum editor's insertion mark: caret editors, group of: erudition educate: civilize, coach, cultivate, develop, discipline, edify, enlighten, explain, foster, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, nurture, rear, school, teach, train educated: bred, broadened, enriched, experienced, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, nurtured, scholarly, taught, trained educated class: clerisy, intelligentsia, literates, literati education: apprenticeship, background, breeding, discipline, erudition, learning, pedagogy, schooling, study, training, tutelage education and career report: curriculum vitae, resume, vita education method: heuristic, Montessori, Socratic education world: academia education, college or university: tertiary education educational basics: arithmetic, reading, RRR, writing educational method stressing child's initiative and natural abilities: Montessori educe: arrive, conclude, deduce, derive, elicit, evoke, evolve, extract, procure, wrest
eel in postlarval transparent state: elver, glass eel eel-shaped: anguilliform eel, bright-colored marine: moray eel, scaleless marine: conger eelgrass: sea hay eel's relative: lamprey eerie: bizarre, creepy, eery, eldritch, frightening, ghostly, gloomy, macabre, mysterious, ominous, scary, spooky, strange, supernatural, uncanny, unearthly, weird efface: cancel, delete, destroy, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, indistinct, obliterate, raze, remove, undo effect: accomplish, achieve, acquire, advantage, avail, cause, complete, conduce, consequence, emotion, enact, execute, expression, fulfill, generate, hypothesis, impact, import, impression, influence, initiate, intent, invoke, make, mark, operate, outcome, perform, phenomenon, produce, purport, ramification, realize, redound, result, sequel, upshot effect, to have an: redound effective: able, active, actual, adequate, capable, causal, cogent, competent, direct, effectual, efficacious, efficient, forceful, incisive, influential, moving, operant, operative, persuasive, potent, powerful, productive, striking, telling, trenchant, valid, vigorous effective and producing desired result: efficacious, valid effective as possible, to make as: optimize effective from a specified past time: retroactive effectiveness: efficacy effects: assets, belongings, chattels, commodities, goods, movables, possessions, property, things effectual: adequate, authoritative, capable, effective, efficacious, efficient, fulfilling, functional, influential, potent, practicable, useful, valid effeminate: emasculated, epicene, feminine, gentle, mincing, prissy, sissified, sissy, soft, timid, unmanly, weak, womanish, womanly effervescent: airy, animated, bouncing, breezy, bubbly, buoyant, carbonated, ebullient, enthusiastic, exuberant,
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fizzy, foaming, frothy, happy, lively, mirthful, spirited, vivacious, volatile, zestful effete: anemic, barren, consumed, decadent, drained, exhausted, infertile, sere, spent, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive efficacious: active, capable, effective, effectual, efficient, forcible, potent, powerful, prevalent, useful, valid, vigorous, virtuous efficacy: advantage, effectiveness, potency efficient: able, able to, adept, businesslike, capable, competent, economic, effective, effectual, expert, organized, productive, skillful effigy: dummy, figure, idol, image, likeness, model, representation efflorescence: anthesis, blooming, developing, flowering, folding, rash, redness, sprouting effluence: emanation effluvium: aura, byproduct, exhalation, exhaust, fumes, odor, scent, smell, vapor, waste efflux: discharge, effluence, emanation, outflow effort: achievement, application, arduous, attempt, battle, chore, dint, drive, endeavor, energy, exercise, exertion, force, labor, nisus, pains, power, push, strain, stress, struggle, sweat, task, toil, trial, trouble, try, undertaking, work effort or hard work: application, assiduity, diligence, exertion, sedulousness, travail effort to depress stock price: bear raid effort, done with great: labored effort, requiring much: arduous, strenuous effortless: easy, facile, flowing, fluent, graceful, painless, simple, smooth, snap effrontery: arrogance, audacity, boldness, brashness, brass, brazenness, cheek, gall, hardihood, insolence, nerve, presumption, sassiness, temerity effulgence: blaze, brightness, brilliance, dazzle, luster, radiance, splendor effulgent: beaming, bright, glowing, luminous, radiant, resplendent effusive: bubbling, demonstrative,
ebullient, emotional, expressive, exuberant, gushy, overflowing, profuse, talkative, unrestrained egg: chicken, embryo, ovule, ovum, seed, spawn egg at a time, producing one: uniparous egg by baking, cook unshelled: shirr egg cell or ovum, to produce: ovulate egg cell, mature unfertilized female: gamete egg cell, unfertilized female: ovum egg cooked in water just below boiling point: coddled egg dish, fluffy baked: souffl egg fertilization by sperm: conception, impregnation egg following cleavage, fertilized: embryo egg-laying mammal: monotreme, platypus egg-laying tube of insects, fish: ovipositor egg on: abet, encourage, goad, incite, instigate, prod, spur, urge egg parts: air space, albumen, chalaza, embryo, membrane, shell, vitellus, yolk egg-producing gland: ovary egg-shaped: elliptical, oblong, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, rounded egg white: albumen egg white glaze: glair egg wrapped in sausage meat, hardboiled: Scotch egg egg yolk: parablast, vitellus egg, fertilized ovum or: zygote egghead: brain, highbrow, intellectual eggplant: aubergine eggs and ham on English muffins with hollandaise sauce, poached: eggs Benedict eggs baked until set: shirred eggs eggs before hatching, warming: brood, incubate eggs laid at one time: clutch eggs of fish: roe eggs offish, mollusk, amphibian: spawn eggs scrambled on toast with anchovies: Scotch woodcock eggs simmered slowly: coddled egg's sunny side: yolk eggs, carrying: gravid eggs, sit on and hatch: incubate eggshell color: ecru eggy drink: nog ego: conceit, personality, psyche, self egocentric: narcissistic egotist: snob
egotistic: boastful, cocky, conceited, egotistical, self-centered, stuck-up, superior, vain, vainglorious egregious: blatant, deplorable, flagrant, gross, heinous, outrageous, shocking egress: departure, exit, outlet, passage egret cousin: heron Egypt animals: adda, apis, bubal, cerastes, gazelle, genet, haje, hyena, ibis, icyneumon, jackal, jerboa, lynx, saluki, scarab, sicsac, skink Egypt boats: baris, dahabeah, felucca Egypt cosmetic: kohl Egypt cotton: pima Egypt monarch: pharaoh Egypt monument: obelisk Egypt paper: papyri, papyrus Egypt stone: Rosetta Egypt symbol: ankh, aten, lotus, scarab, uta Egypt tomb: mastaba, pyramid Egyptian beetle and charm: scarab Egyptian cobra: asp, haje Egyptian cross: ankh Egyptian four-sided pillar with pyramid top: obelisk Egyptian headwear: fez Egyptian monument/tomb for pharaons: pyramid Egyptian monument with body of lion and unknown head: sphinx Egyptian picture writing system: hieroglyphics Egyptian stone tablet used for decipherment: Rosetta stone Egyptian tomb with sloping sides, flat roof: mastaba eight bits: byte eight degrees between notes of music: octave eight furlongs: mile eight-sided: octagon, octagonal, octahedral, octahedron eight-sided figure: octagon eight singers or musicians: octet eight-year period: octennial eighteen-wheeler: semi eightfold: octonary, octuple eighth Arabic letter: dal eighth planet from the Sun: Neptune eighty-six (86): discard, eject, refuse, throw out eighty to eighty-nine years old: octogenarian ejaculate: call, discharge, eject, exclaim, howl, utter, yell
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EJACULATION
- ELECTRICITY CREATED BY RUNNING WATER
ejaculation: bellow, exclamation, shout, utterance eject: banish, boot, bounce, cast, disbar, discharge, disgorge, dismiss, dispossess, eighty-six, ejaculate, emit, erupt, evict, exclude, expel, extrude, jilt, ostracize, oust, remove, shun, spew, spurt, void, vomit eke: also, augment, economize, fill, husband, increase, lengthen, magnify, stretch, supplement elaborate: adorn, clarify, comment, complicated, detailed, develop, elegant, embellish, enhance, expand, expatiate, explain, fancy, flashy, intricate, involved, ornate, painstaking, plush elaborate celebration: gala elaborate display: clat elaborate encomium: panegyric elaborate party: fete elaborate production: extravaganza, pageant, spectacle lan: ardor, dash, eagerness, enthusiasm, flair, gusto, liveliness, panache, spirit, style, verve, vigor, zeal, zest lan vital: life force elapse: expire, glide, go by, pass, skip, transpire elastic: bouncy, buoyant, ductile, expansive, extensile, flexible, limber, pliant, rebounding, resilient, springy, stretchy, tolerant elasticity: resilience, tone elate: buoy, cheer, delight, elevate, exalt, excite, exhilarate, gladden, heighten, inflate, inspire, lift, liven, please, raise elated: animated, aroused, cock-ahoop, ecstatic, enthused, glad, happy, jocular, jovial, joyful, jubilant, on top of the world, overjoyed, proud, spirited elbow: angle, bend, jab, joint, jostle, nudge, push, shove elbowroom: leeway, range, room, space, sweep elbow's bony tip: olecranon elder: ancestor, forefather, head, matriarch, oldster, patriarch, presbyter, senior, shrub, superior, tree, veteran elderly: aged, ancient, gray, hoary, old, superannuated, venerable elderly woman of high social status: dowager eldest child, state of being: primogeniture
eldest member of group: doyen, doyenne elect: assume, call, choose, decide, designate, determine, embrace, legislate, name, nominate, opt, pick, prefer, select, vote election: alternative, balloting, choice, primary, referendum, voting election by majority, but not more than half: plurality election campaigning: stumping election slate: ticket election to choose candidates: primary election, authorization given representatives through vote in: mandate election, political party beliefs drawn up for: platform election, to admit defeat in: concede election, to campaign for: canvass electioneering: barnstorming, whistlestop tour elections, study of: psephology elective: constituent, discretionary, electoral, optional, voluntary electoral district: constituency, precinct, ward electorate: voters electric: magnetic, static electric capicitance unit: farad electric catfish: raad electric charge unit: coulomb electric charge, ability to store: capacitance electric circuit controller of current: resistor electric circuit element holding temporary charge: capacitor, condenser electric conductance unit: Siemens electric current: AC, alternating, DC, direct electric current as medical treatment: ECT, electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock therapy, EST electric current circuit transfer, measure of: conductance, conductivity electric current in one direction, device sending: diode electric current modulator: coder electric current or voltage, sudden increase of: surge electric current unit: amp, ampere electric current without resistance, flow of: superconductivity electric current, conductor of: electrode electric current, generator for direct: dynamo electric current, nonconductor of: dielectric, insulator The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
electric current, opposition to flow of alternating: impedance, reactance, resistance electric device: alternator, ammeter, amplifier, anode, arc, battery, booster, capacitor, cathode, circuit, coer, coil, condenser, conductor, diode, dynamo, electrode, fuse, galvanometer, generator, meter, motor, plug, rectifier, resistor, rheostat, semiconductor, superconductor, switch, transformer, voltmeter electric device converting A C to DC: rectifier electric device converting D C to AC: inverter electric energy in form of magnetic field, ability to store: inductance electric inductance unit: henry electric motor or generator's rotor: armature electric or magnetic fields, creation of voltage or current by means of: induction electric power unit: watt electric resistance unit: ohm electric service, loss of: outage electric terminal: anode electric unit: amp, ampere, coulomb, farad, henry, rel, Siemens, volt, watt electric voltage of alternating current signal, device changing: transformer electric wires and cables channel: conduit, duct electrical cable: cord electrical conductivity substance: semiconductor electrical or acoustical noise: white noise electrical plug connecting other plugs to socket: adapter electrical plug's third prong: grounding prong electrical power network: grid electrical rectifier: diode electrical sparks from friction: static electrical wave changing or regulating for transmitting sound or data: modulation electrical wires, tower supporting: pylon electrically positive or negative, condition of being: polarity electricians, group of: ohm electricity: juice electricity created by running water: hydroelectricity
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ELECTRICITY, CONCERNING DIRECT-CURRENT CHEMICAL - ELOPE
electricity, concerning direct-current chemical: galvanic, voltaic electricity, solution conducting: electrolyte electricity, substance with intermediate conductivity of: semiconductor electricity, to prevent passage of: insulate electrified: live, wired electrified particle: ion electrify: amaze, amplify, astonish, astound, charge, dazzle, energize, excite, galvanize, jolt, startle, stimulate, stun, thrill, wire electrode: anode electrode gap discharge: arc electrode, negative: cathode electrode, positive: anode electromagnetic amplifier: maser electromagnetic force unit: abvolt electromagnetic unit: weber electromotive force unit: volt, voltage electron: atom, subatomic particle electron tube: diode electronic beam: laser electronic detecting system: radar electronic device eliminating unwanted noise: Dolby electronic device with semiconductors: solid state electronic loudspeaker reproducing high-pitched sounds: tweeter electronic loudspeaker reproducing lowpitched sounds: woofer electronic navigation device: Loran electronic snooper: bug electronic solid-state circuit part: transistor electronic vacuum tube for screen: cathode-ray tube, CRT eleemosynary: benevolent, charitable, gratuitous, philanthropic elegance: beauty, chic, class, concinnity, courtesy, cultivation, dignity, grace, gracefulness, grandeur, luxe, luxury, polish, refinement, splendor, style, taste, urbanity elegant: attractive, beautiful, chic, chichi, classy, courtly, cultivated, dainty, dapper, delicate, exquisite, fashionable, fine, genteel, graceful, grand, handsome, lapidary, lavish, majestic, polished, posh, refined, soigne, stately, stylish, swank, tasteful, urbane elegant and grand: lavish, stately, statuesque, sumptuous elegant in manner: genteel, urbane
elegy: dirge, lament, monody, poem, requiem, song, trenody element: air, aspect, basic, component, constituent, detail, domain, earth, environment, essential, factor, feature, fire, fundamental, group, ingredient, iron, line, material, matter, member, metal, particle, plane, point, principle, quality, unit, water elemental: basic, primitive, primordial elemental metal: ore elementary: abecedarian, basal, basic, crude, easy, elemental, essential, fundamental, initial, original, plain, preliminary, primary, primitive, rudimental, rudimentary, simple, underlying elementary book: primer elementary in instruction: propaedeutic elements by atomic number etc., tabular arrangement of: periodic table elephant: boar, mammoth, mastodon, pachyderm, tusker elephant boy of early movies: Sabu elephant-like extinct mammal: mastodon elephant, female: cow elephant, male: bull elephant period of sexual aggressiveness: must; musth elephant rider: mahout elephant rider's seat: howdah elephant trunk: proboscis elephant with tusks: tusker elephant, young: calf elephant, extinct proboscidian mammals resembling: mastodon elephant, pertaining to: elephantine elephant, rhinocerous, hippopotamus: pachyderm elephantine: clumsy, colossal, enormous, gigantic, huge, immense, mammoth, strong, ungainly elevate: advance, boost, dignify, elate, enhance, erect, exalt, exhilarate, glorify, heighten, hoist, honor, idyllize, improve, lift, promote, raise, rear, rise, uphold, uplift, upraise elevate in rank: exalt elevated: aerial, dignified, elated, eminent, ethical, formal, great, high, lifted, lofty, majestic, noble, prominent, raised, righteous, steep, tall, towering elevated region: upland elevation: acclivity, advancement, altitude, ascent, eminence, exaltation, The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
height, hill, mountain, platform, prominence, promotion, ridge, rise, sublimity, top elevator: cage, dumbwaiter, hoist, lift, silo elevator cage: car elevator for food: dumbwaiter elevator in England: lift eleven-sided figure: hendecagon eleventh-hour effort to complete something: charrette elf: brownie, dwarf, fairy, fay, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hob, imp, kobold, leprechaun, nisse, ouph, ouphe, peri, pixie, pixy, puck, sprite elfin: fairylike, mischievous, small, sprightly, tiny, wee elicit: bring out, deduce, derive, discover, draw, educe, entice, evoke, exact, extort, extract, induce, wrest, wring elide: abbreviate, abridge, annul, curtail, delete, eliminate, erade, ignore, nullify, omit, skip, slur eligible: acceptable, available, competent, desirable, entitled, fitted, meet, qualified, suitable, worthy eliminate: abolish, annihilate, banish, cancel, dele, delete, destroy, disqualify, drop, eradicate, erase, except, exclude, excrete, expel, expunge, ignore, liquidate, omit, oust, purge, remove, sift, wipe out elite: best, blue blood, choice, cream, crme, flower, gentry, quality, royalty, select, society, top, topflight, upper class, upper crust, wealthy elite group in organization: cadre elite group or place: pantheon elixir: arcanum, cure-all, medicine, nostrum, panacea, potion, principle, remedy, solution, tonic elixir sought by alchemists: arcanum elk, American: wapiti ellipses, instrument for drawing: trammel ellipsoid: oval elliptical: abridged, concise, eggshaped, oblong, oval, ovate, ovoid elliptical path: orbit elocution: articulation, eloquence, expression, oratory, rhetoric, speech elongate: extend, lengthen, prolong, protract, stretch elongated fish: eel, gar elope: abscond, flee, go secretly, run away, run off
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ELOQUENCE - EMCEE
eloquence: articulation, discourse, elocution, expression, fervor, fluency, oratory, rhetoric eloquent: ardent, expressive, facund, fervid, forceful, impassioned, lofty, moving, passionate, persuasive, poetic, vivid, voluble else: additional, also, besides, different, extra, instead, more, other, otherwise elsewhere: away, formerly, gone, outside elucidate: clarify, clear, describe, detail, enlighten, explain, expound, illume, illustrate, interpret elude: avoid, baffle, ditch, dodge, duce, escape, evade, flee, foil, frustrate, hide, outwit, sidestep, slip elusive: cagey, cunning, eely, evasive, fleeting, foxy, lubricous, mysterious, slippery, subtle, tricky, wily emaciate: macerate, make thin emaciated: anorexic, bony, famished, gaunt, lean, scrawny, sickly, skinny, starving, thin, underfed, wasted, wizened emaciation: marasmus emanate: arise, discharge, effuse, emerge, exude, flow, initiate, issue, originate, proceed, radiate, spring, stem emanation: aura, efflux, odor emanation, nasty-smelling: effluvium emancipate: enfranchise, free, liberate, loose, manumit, release, unchain, unfetter emasculate: alter, castrate, devitalize, fix, geld, soften, weaken embalm: freeze, immortalize, perfume, preserve, wrap embankment: banquette, dike, fill, levee, mound, quay, ravelin, wall embargo: ban, barrier, blockade, blockage, edict, order, prohibition, restriction, stoppage embark: begin, board, commence, depart, engage, enlist, enter, entrain, invest, launch, sail, start embarrass: abash, annoy, bewilder, chagrin, confound, confuse, contretemps, demean, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dumbfound, faze, flummox, fluster, humiliate, mortify, nonplus, rattle, shame, stun, tease, upset embarrass and put down: deflate, demean
embarrassed: abashed, ashamed, discountenanced, out of countenance, redfaced embarrassing mistake: boner embarrassing situation: contretemps, pickle embarrassment: awkwardness, bewilderment, chagrin, confusion, contretemps, discomfort, discomposure, distress, humiliation, mistake, mortification, perplexity, scandal, shame, unease embassy: ambassador, consulate, delegation, diplomat, envoy, mission embassy official place of business: chancellery embassy, diplomatic mission ranking below: legation embattled: at war, beset, crenelated, embroiled, fighting, fortified, prepared embed in surface for decoration: inlay embedded: deep-seated, enclosed, entrenched, fixed, ingrained, inserted, installed, nested, planted, set in embellish: adorn, apparel, beautify, bedeck, blazon, brighten, color, deck, decorate, dress, elaborate, emboss, embroider, enhance, enrich, exaggerate, garnish, gild, grace, grim, lard, magnify, ornament, polish embellish speech, writing: lard embellish with ornamental writing: flourish ember: ash, brand, cinder, coal, slag ember goose: loon embezzle: bilk, defalcate, defraud, forge, misappropriate, misuse, peculate, purloin, steal, swindle, thieve embitter: acerbate, acidulate, aggravate, anger, envenom, exacerbate, rankle, sour, upset emblem: allegory, arms, badge, banner, colophon, colors, crest, cross, device, figure, flag, image, insignia, logo, mace, monogram, motto, scepter, sign, symbol, token, trademark emblem of authority: mace emblem or trademark, publisher's: colophon emblematic: typic embodied: incarnate embodiment: avatar, epitome, example, incarnation, inclusion, integration, manifestation, personification, realization, representation embodiment of idea: avatar
embodiment of quality in person: personification embody: absorb, actualize, assimilate, blend, coalesce, contain, embrace, fuse, incarnate, include, incorporate, materialize, merge, mirror, organize, represent, symbolize, typify embolden: abet, bolster, encourage, excite, hearten, inspire, liven, motivate, spur, stimulate, support embosom: embrace, enclose, envelope, surround emboss: adorn, carve, chase, decorate, embellish, engrave, ornament embossing tool: die embrace: accept, adopt, caress, cherish, clasp, clinch, cling, clip, clutch, comprehend, comprise, cradle, cuddle, embody, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, espouse, fold, grasp, huddle, hug, in arm, include, incorporate, love, reach, snuggle, squeeze, support, twine, welcome embrocate: anoint embroider: adorn, beautify, decorate, dramatize, elaborate, embellish, exaggerate, lace, ornament, overdo, romanticize, sew, stitch embroidered decoration on sock, stocking: clock embroidered hole: eyelet embroidery: appliqu, couching, crewel, lace, needlepoint, needlework, orphrey, purl, smocking, tambour, tapestry embroidery frame: tambour embroidery in a variety of stitches, example of: sampler embroidery loop: picot embroidery on canvas: petitpoint embroidery thread: floss embroidery yarn: crewel embroidery, elaborate: orphrey embroidery, finish an edge with: purl embroil: complicate, confuse, ensnarl, entangle, implicate, involve, mire, muddle, tangle, trap embroilment: altercation, argument, brawl, clash, conflict, dispute, fight, fray, quarrel, spat, squabble, tiff embryo: egg, fetus, germ, organism, seed, voule embryo of a wheat kernel: germ embryonic form, early: blastosphere, blastula embryonic membrane: serosa embryo's home: womb emcee: host
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EMEND - EMPLOYEE BARRING UNTIL ACCEPTING OF EMPLOYER'S TERMS
emend: better, correct, edit, improve, rectify, redact, reform, revise emerald: beryl emerge: appear, arise, dawn, develop, emanate, evolve, issue, loom, materialize, rise, show, surface, surge emergence: egress emergency: accident, crisis, crunch, exigency, fix, flashpoint, juncture, pinch, squeeze, urgency emergency education: crash course emergency measure: expedient, quick fix, stopgap emergency medical squad member: paramedic emergency or temporary: jury-rigged emergency repairman: troubleshooter emergency situation: exigency, flashpoint emergency treatment: first aid emergency, a future: contingency emergent: resulting, rising, urgent emeritus: retired emery board: file emigrant: alien, colonist, migr, foreigner, immigrant, pilgrim, pioneer, refugee, settler emigration of scientists, intelligentsia for better pay, jobs: brain drain migr: exile eminence: bluff, distinction, elevation, greatness, height, hill, honor, knoll, loftiness, note, projection, promontory, rank, renown, rise, standing, stature, summit eminent: acclaimed, celebrated, distinguished, dominant, exalted, famous, formidable, glorious, great, high, illustrious, important, imposing, lofty, noble, noted, noteworthy, outstanding, paramount, prestigious, prominent, renowned, towering emir: chieftain, governor, leader, prince, ruler, title emissary: agent, ambassador, consul, delegate, deputy, envoy, intermediary, legate, messenger, representative emission: discharge, ejection, emitting, fumes, issuance, radiation emit: beam, cast, discharge, disembogue, eject, emanate, exhale, expel, expire, express, exude, give, glow, issue, pour, radiate, reek, release, send, spew, transmit, utter, vent, voice emit a foul odor: reek emit lava: spew emollient: balm, lotion, mollifying, ointment, salve, softening, soothing
emolument: compensation, earnings, fee, income, pay, payment, profit, recompense, salary, stipend, wage emotion: affection, agitation, agony, anger, anxiety, concern, despair, despondency, ecstasy, empathy, fear, feeling, grief, happiness, hate, ire, jealousy, joy, love, melancholy, mental state, passion, pity, pride, relief, remorse, sadness, satisfaction, sensation, shame, sorrow, surprise, warmth emotion attributed to inanimate objects or nature: pathetic fallacy emotion felt by reader: objective correlative emotion separate from thought, action: affect emotion, devoid of: dispassionate, objective emotion, excessive: hysteria emotion, forcefully release an: vent emotion, intense: white heat emotion, joyful: ecstasy, rapture, transport emotion, of the open expression of: demonstrative emotion, outburst of: paroxysm emotion, without: impassive emotional: affective, arousing, distraught, effusion, heartwarming, hysterical, moving, mushy, nervous, neurosis, sensitive, sentimental, stirring, touching, trauma, upset, vulnerable emotional affinity: rapport emotional and theatrical: histrionic emotional conflict, deeply agitated from: distraught emotional discharge: catharsis emotional disorder: neurosis emotional highs: ups emotional injury, susceptible to: vulnerable emotional intensity: ardor, fervor emotional or prejudicial in appeal: ad hominem emotional outburst: scene emotional shock with lasting damage: trauma emotional tension after overwhelming experience, release of: catharsis emotional, excessively: effusive, gushing, histrionic emotional, tearfully: maudlin emotionless: affectless, apathetic, cold, deadpan, dispassionate, distant,
heartless, impassive, impersonal, indifferent, reserved, staid, stolid, unfeeling, unmoved emotions, drama of exaggerated: melodrama emotions, identification with another's: empathy emotions, purifying or figurative cleansing of: catharsis emotions, range of: gamut emotions, resulting from: affective emotions, unrestrained outpouring of: effusion emotions, very distressing to: poignant empathy: caring, compassion, insight, pity, rapport, ruth, sensitivity, sympathy, understanding emperor: autocrat, caesar, czar, dictator, imperial, kaiser, king, monarch, ruler, sultan, tsar emperor of Holy Roman Empire, Germany: kaiser emperor of Japan: mikado, tenno emperor of Russia: czar, tsar emperor, relating to an: imperial emphasis: accent, attention, focus, importance, prominence, strength, stress, weight emphasis by contrast: relief emphasize: accent, accentuate, amplify, feature, hammer, highlight, impress, italicize, pinpoint, punctuate, reiterate, stress, underline, underscore emphasize a point: belabor emphatic: absolute, categorical, certain, decided, decisive, definite, distinct, earnest, explicit, forceful, insistent, marked, positive, stressed, unequivocal, vehement empire: control, domain, dominion, dynasty, federation, kingdom, realm, reign, rule, sovereignty, territory Empire State: New York empire, relating to an: imperial empirical: experimental, factual, hypothetical, observational, practical, provable, verifiable employ: apply, bestow, engage, exercise, hire, involve, manipulate, occupy, operate, procure, retain, service, supply, use, utilize employee: apprentice, assistant, factotum, hand, help, jobholder, laborer, worker employee among many: minion employee barring until accepting of employer's terms: lockout
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EMPLOYEE CUTBACK - ENCROACH
employee cutback: downsizing, retrenchment employee cutback by retirement, resignation, death: attrition employee doing variety of duties: factotum employee extra benefits: fringe benefits employee hourly record: time card employer: boss, business, company, corporation, entrepreneur, firm, hirer, manager, organization, owner, user employer hiring more workers than needed: featherbedding employer, demanding: slave driver employment: adoption, business, calling, craft, job, line, occupation, operation, profession, task, trade, usage, use, utilization, vocation, work emporium: bazaar, boutique, galleria, market, marketplace, mart, shop, store empower: allow, authorize, commission, delegate, deputize, enable, entitle, grant, invest, license, warrant empress: czarina, maharani, queen, ruler emptiness: bareness, blankness, hollowness, hunger, inanition, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, void empty: bare, barren, blank, clear, deplete, deserted, devoid, discharge, drain, dump, evacuate, exhaust, expel, fruitless, idle, inane, meaningless, pour, release, starving, unload, unoccupied, vacant, vacate, vacuous, void empty flattery: flummery empty-headed: brainless, dizzy, fatuous, featherbrained, flighty, harebrained, ignorant, scatterbrained, silly, simple, stupid, vapid empty out: disembogue, dump empty space: vacuity, void empty tomb: cenotaph empyrean: celestial, cosmos, ether, firmament, heavenly, paradise, sky emu, ostrich, or rhea: ratite emulate: compete, contend, copy, equal, excel, follow, imitate, rival, strive en masse: all together, as a group, ensemble, in a group, jointly, together en route: bound, midway, on the road, on the way, travelling enable: activate, actuate, allow, authorize, capacitate, empower, entitle, permit, prepare, ready
enact: appoint, approve, constitute, decree, effect, establish, execute, legislate, ordain, pass, perform, personate, proclaim, ratify, represent enactment: decree-, edict, law, ordinance, portrayal, regulation, representation, statute enamel: cloisonne, coating, finish, glaze, gloss, japan, lacquer, paint enamel, glossy black: japan enameled metalware: tole enamelware of Italy: majolica enamelware technique filling grooves with colored enamel: champleve enamelware with colors separated by thin strips of metal: cloisonne enamored: attracted, captivated, charmed, enchanted, enthralled, entranced, fascinated, gaga, in love with, infatuated, loving, smitten enamored with acting: stagestruck encamp: billet, bivouac, quarter, settle, tent encased: sheathed, wrapped enceinte: expecting, fortification, gestate, pregnant enchant: allure, attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, enamor, enthrall, fascinate, hypnotize, mesmerize, spellbind enchanted: fey enchanting: charming, delightful, glamorous, intriguing, ravishing, seductive, winsome, wonderful enchiridion: guidebook, handbook, manual enciphered: coded encircle: band, belt, cincture, circumscribe, contain, embrace, enclose, encompass, engird, environ, enwind, fence, gird, loop, orbit, ring, surround, wreathe, zone encircling fortification: enceinte enclose: bind, blockade, bound, box, cage, circle, circumscribe, comprise, conclude, contain, coop, corral, embosom, embrace, encase, encircle, encompass, envelop, enwrap, fence, harness, hedge, hem, house, imprison, insert, pale, pen, surround, wall enclose within walls: confine, immure, imprison, surround enclosed feeling: cabin fever enclosed space by cathedral: close, garth enclosing border: frame enclosure: aviary, barrier, bawn, cell, cincture, cloister, cofferdam, corral, cote, court, courtyard, crawl, fence,
fold, garden, kennel, paddock, pale, pen, pound, prison, quadrangle, runway, stall, stockade, sty, trap, weir, yard, zone enclosure with definite limits: precinct encomium: accolade, commendation, compliment, eloge, eulogy, laudation, panegyric, praise, salutation, tribute encompass: achieve, belt, beset, circle, circulate, circumscribe, circumvent, clip, comprise, constitute, contain, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, engird, envelope, environ, gird, include, incorporate, involve, ring, span, surround encore: again, anew, bis, cheers, reappearance, recall, repeat, repetition, return encounter: action, address, affray, affront, assail, attack, battle, bout, brush, close, collision, combat, conflict, confront, contest, detect, dispute, engagement, espy, face, fight, meet, oppose, rendezvous, skirmish, struggle, suffer, undergo encourage: abet, advance, advise, animate, applaud, assure, back, bolster, boost, buoy, cheer, comfort, confirm, console, elate, embolden, energize, exhort, foment, forward, foster, further, hearten, help, incite, induce, inspire, inspirit, instigate, nurture, promote, push, rally, reassure, restore, spur, stimulate, strengthen, support, sustain, uphold, urge encourage and fill with spirit: animate, embolden, inspirit, invigorate encourage and promote: advance, foster, nurture encourage and support: abet, advocate, champion, promote encourage with cheers: root encouragement: approval, confidence, faith, hope, incentive, incitement, inducement, lift, motivation, patronage, praise, push, reassurance, relief, stimulus encouragement of illegal act: abetment, connivance encouragement or support: countenance, endorsement, patronage, sanction encouraging: exhorting, hortative, hortatory, urging encroach: impinge, infringe, intrude, invade, meddle, motivation, overstep, trespass, usurp
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encrusted: caked encumber: beset, burden, clog, embarrass, entangle, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, load, obstruct, oppress, overburden, overload, saddle, tax encumbered debtor: lienee encumbrance: lien encyclopedic: broad, complete, comprehensive, exhaustive, extensive, general, scholarly, thorough, universal end: abolish, accomplishment, achieve, achievement, aim, boundary, butt, cease, cessation, close, closure, complete, completion, conclude, conclusion, culmination, death, define, design, destruction, determine, discontinue, dissolve, edge, expiration, expire, expiry, extinction, extreme, extremity, finale, finish, goal, intention, lapse, limit, objective, omega, outcome, period, point, position, purpose, quash, remainder, remnant, result, rump, scrap, sever, stop, tail, terminate, termination, terminus, tip, upshot, windup end decisively: quash, scotch end-of-semester exams: finals end of the world: apocalyptic, Armageddon, crack of doom, death knell, doomsday, eschatology, finality, Gotterdammerung, knell end-of-the-world battle: Armageddon end of the world, branch of theology dealing with: eschatology end of the world, relating to the: apocalyptic end of, complete or reach the: accomplish, consummate end or farthest point: extremity end or reach completion: culminate end or reach successful conclusion: resolve end parliamentary session: prorogue end result: denouement, fate end unexpectedly: abort end, add to the: annex, append, suffix end, directed toward a specific: te lie endanger: chance, compromise, expose, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, put at risk, risk, threaten endearing: affectionate, charming, engaging, lovable, sweet, winsome endeavor: affair, aim, attempt, business, effort, enterprise, exert, exertion, fling, job, labor, pursuit, seek, strife, strive, struggle, study, try, undertaking, venture, vocation, work
ended: completed, destroy, done, finished, over, past, through ending battle between good and evil: Armageddon ending or ceasing of existence: demise ending section of book with explanation: epilogue ending, unsurprising and disappointing: anticlimax endless: boundless, continual, continuous, enduring, eternal, everlasting, forever, immortal, indefinite, infinite, interminable, measureless, perpetual, unceasing, uninterrupted, unlimited, untold endless and futile: Sisyphean endless time: eon endorse: advocate, affirm, approve, attest, authorize, back, bless, certify, countersign, guarantee, notarize, okay, pledge, recommend, second, sign, support, validate, vouch endorse a motion or nomination: second endorsement: acceptance, amendment, approbation, backing, fiat, okay, ratification, rider, sanction, signature endow: award, bequeath, bestow, contribute, endue, enrich, equip, finance, fund, furnish, grant, invest, leave, provide, supply, support, will endowed position: benefice endowment: ability, appanage, aptitude, chantry, donation, dower, dowry, foundation, gift, inheritance, quality, talent, trust endowment to an institution: patrimony ends touching: abutting endurance: capacity, continuance, durability, fortitude, hardihood, lastingness, longevity, patience, perseverance, persistence, pluck, stamina, strength, suffering, tenacity, tolerance, vigor, vitality endurance test: marathon, ordeal endurance, physical or moral: stamina endure: abide, allow, bear, bide, brade, continue, goon, last, live, outlast, persist, prevail, remain, stand, stay, stomach, strengthen, suffer, survive, sustain, tolerate, toughen, undergo, weather, withstand endure, capacity to: tolerance enduring: biding, continuing, durable, eternal, lasting, perennial, permanent, sinewy, sound, staunch, steadfast, stubborn, sturdy, wiry
enema: colonic enemy: adversary, antagonist, combatant, detractor, foe, nemesis, opponent, rival, roe enemy-aiding internal group: fifth column enemy encroacher: invader enemy expansion, checking: containment enemy position: beachhead, bridgehead, salient enemy to maintain peace, granting concessions to potential: appeasement enemy, associating with an: fraternization enemy, harsh settlement imposed on defeated: diktat enemy, maneuver deceiving an: decoy, diversion enemy, relating to an: inimical energetic: active, brisk, charged, dynamic, enterprising, enthusiastic, fast, forcible, hardworking, hearty, industrious, lively, peppy, robust, sprightly, spry, strenuous, tireless, upand-coming, vibrant, vigorous, virile, vital, vivacious energetic enterprise and determination: initiative energetic hardworking person: dynamo, fireball, firebrand energetic person: ball of fire energetic, in music: vigoroso energize: activate, animate, electrify, fuel, invigorate, prime, stimulate, vitalize energy: activity, atomic, bang, brio, current, drive, effort, elan, electricity, enthusiasm, fire, force, fortitude, friction, fuel, geothermal, heat, juice, might, numen, pep, pizzazz, power, solar, spirit, stamina, steam, strength, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, voltage, zest, zip energy and force as explanation for universe: dynamism energy and matter, science of: physics energy and spirit used as a musical direction: con brio energy from internal heat of earth, of: geothermal energy of body because of motion: kinetic energy energy source, of an inexhaustible: renewable energy used by a body at rest: basal metabolism
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ENERGY, CONCENTRATION OF EMOTIONAL - ENLARGE
energy, concentration of emotional: cathexis energy, control and direct: harness energy, creative: genius, numen energy, means of release for: outlet energy, requiring great: strenuous energy, unit of radiant: quantum enervate: debilitate, deplete, devitalize, drain, enfeeble, exhaust, fatigue, sap, tire, weaken enfant terrible: brat, embarrassment, hellion, rascal, scamp, troublemaker enfeeble: attenuate, cripple, debilitate, deplete, disable, drain, enervate, exhaust, impair, incapacitate, soften, weaken enfold: clutch, cover, cuddle, drape, embrace, encase, encircle, enclose, envelop, enwrap, hug, lap, surround, swathe, wrap enforce: administer, coerce, compel, demand, exact, execute, implement, impose, invoke, prosecute, require, stress, support enfranchise: deliver, emancipate, free, liberate, manumit engage: absorb, affiance, agree, arrest, battle, betroth, book, conduce, contract, embark, employ, engross, entangle, enter, fascinate, fasten, hire, interest, interlock, involve, join, lock, mesh, occupy, participate, persuade, pledge, promise, rent, reserve, secure, undertake engage a gear: mesh engaged: affianced, betrothed engagement: affair, appointment, assignation, battle, betrothal, booking, commitment, contest, date, employment, encounter, fight, gig, involvement, job, meeting, rendezvous, skirmish, stint, tryst, vow engaging: attractive, captivating, charming, fascinating, interesting, likable, pleasant, sweet engender: beget, breed, cause, create, cultivate, develop, excite, generate, incite, originate, procreate, produce, propagate engine: beam, booster, bypass, combustion, diesel, donkey, fuel injection, gasoline, induction, ion, jet, lenoir's, locomotive, motor, newcomen, outboard, plasma, radial, ram, ramjet, retrorocket, steam, sustainer, synchronous, thruster, turbine, turbojet, turboprop, V, vernier, wankel
engine blower or compressor that supplies high-pressure air: booster, supercharger engine clanking noise: knock engine cooling device: radiator engine electrical contact: point engine electrical current conveying device: distributor engine for boat, external: outboard motor engine housing: pod engine on rear of small boat: outboard motor engine purr: idle engine regulating valve: throttle engine seal: O-ring engine used to drive external propeller, turbojet: propjet, turboprop engine with a turbine-driven compressor, jet: turbojet engine with fuel burned internally: internal-combustion engine engine with vaned shaft rotated by pressure, rotary: turbine engine without carburetors, internalcombustion: fuel-injection engine engine, electrical system activating an: ignition engine, small rocket: thruster engine, to start an: crank engineer: arrange, builder, conductor, construct, constructor, contrive, designer, driver, inventor, manage, maneuver, manipulate, motorperson, negotiate, operate, pilot, plan, planner England conservative: Tory England nobility titles: baron, baroness, baronet, countess, dame, duchess, duke, earl, king, knight, lady, lord, marchioness, marquess, marquis, noble, peer, prince, princess, queen, viscount, viscountess England, pertaining to: Anglican, Anglophile, Anglo-Saxon, British, Briton, English English in form or style, to make: anglicize English-speaking person: Anglophone English sponge cake soaked in liquor and topped with cream, jam, custard: trifle engrave: carve, chase, chisel, cut, etch, impress, imprint, incise, inscribe, mark, ornament, print, sculpture, stamp, stipple engraved stone pillar: stela, stele engraver: etcher, pye
engraver of precious stones: lapidary engraving: cameo, cerograph, drypoint, enchase, glyptic, hyalography, intaglio, mezzotint, stamp, stylography, xylograph engraving in relief: cameo engraving on precious stones: glyptography engraving opposite relief, sunken: intaglio engraving tool: burin, stylet engraving, relating to: glyptic engraving, to decorate by: chase, enchase engross: absorb, captivate, consume, engage, enthrall, fascinate, grip, hold, immerse, monopolize, occupy, preoccupy, rivet, submerge engrossed: enrapt, into, lost in, rapt engulf: bury, consume, deluge, drown, flood, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, swallow, swamp, whelm enhance: add to, adorn, amplify, augment, beautify, deepen, elevate, embellish, enlarge, exaggerate, heighten, improve, increase, intensify, lift, magnify, raise, sharpen enigma: conundrum, crux, inexplicable, mystery, problem, puzzling, rebus, riddle, secret enigmatic: ambiguous, baffling, cryptic, elusive, equivocal, inexplicable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystical, obscure, perplexing, puzzling, recondite enjoin: admonish, ban, bid, command, decree, deny, direct, forbid, impose, order, outlaw, plead, prohibit, restrict enjoy: appreciate, benefit, command, fancy, have, like, own, pleasurable, possess, relish, savor enjoy profits: reap enjoy the flavor of: relish, savor enjoyment: amusement, delectation, delight, entertainment, felicity, fun, gusto, happiness, liking, merriment, pleasure, possession, recreation, relish, satisfaction, zest enjoyment of life: joie de vivre enjoyment of possession: fruition enlarge: add, aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, broaden, develop, dilate, elaborate, enhance, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, fatten, greaten, grow, increase, inflate, intumesce, lengthen, magnify, multiply, ream, spread, stretch, swell, widen
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ENLARGE UPON - ENTHUSIASM
enlarge upon: expatiate enlargement: accretion, addition, amplification, elongation, expansion, extension, growth, magnification enlarging: increscent, waxing enlarging gradually: evase enlarging implement: reamer enlighten: advise, apprise, disclose, edify, educate, guide, illuminate, inform, instruct, preach, teach, uplift enlightened people: illuminati enlightenment: awareness, bodhi, insight, knowledge, nirvana, truth, understanding, wisdom enlightenment for Buddhists, Hindi: nirvana enlist: draft, employ, engage, enroll, enter, hire, induct, join, recruit, register, secure, serve, volunteer enliven: animate, brighten, cheer, excite, exhilarate, inspire, invigorate, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, revive, rouse, spice, stimulate, vitalize, vivify, warm enmesh: catch, entangle, implicate, involve, snare, tangle, trammel, trap enmity: acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bad blood, bitterness, dislike, hatred, hostility, ill feeling, loathing, malevolence, malice, rancor, resentment, spite ennui: apathy, blues, boredom, dissatisfaction, doldrums, fatigue, languor, lassitude, listlessness, melancholy, tedium, weariness enormity: abomination, depravity, evilness, heinousness, horribleness, immensity, massiveness, monstrosity, wickedness enormous: abnormal, behemoth, big, colossal, elephantine, excessive, gargantuan, gigantic, great, Herculean, huge, immense, large, mammoth, massive, monstrous, ponderous, prodigious, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, unwieldy, vast enough: acceptable, adequate, ample, fairly, fully, passably, plenty, quite, satisfactory, sufficient, suitable, tolerably, very enrage: anger, annoy, exasperate, incense, incite, inflame, infuriate, ire, madden, needle, provoke, retainer enrapture: allure, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, elate, enchant, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, please, ravish, spellbind, thrill, transport
enrich: adorn, ameliorate, augment, decorate, embellish, enhance, fatten, fertilize, improve, lard, ornament, supplement, upgrade enroll: accept, engross, enlist, enter, induct, inscribe, join, list, matriculate, record, recruit, register, subscribe enrollment office: registry ensconce: conceal, cover, embed, establish, hide, nestle, seat, settle, shield, stash ensemble: aggregate, altogether, band, collection, company, costume, gathering, getup, group, outfit, suit, suite, troupe enshrine: cherish, consecrate, idolize, sanctify ensign: banner, flag, gonfalon, insignia, officer, oriflamme, pennant, rank, sign, standard, symbol, title ensiled: alone, apart, capture, chain, imprison, isolated, oppress, segregated enslave: oppress, shackle, subjugate, suppress enslavement: bondage, serfdom, servitude, slavery, thralldom ensnare: capture, catch, enmesh, entangle, entrap, hook, mesh, net, noose, snag, snarl, springe, trap ensue: appear, emanate, flow, follow, proceed, result, stem ensuing: after, later, next, resultant, subsequent, succeeding ensure: assure, certify, clinch, guarantee, protect, safeguard, secure enswathe: wrap entail: bestow, cause, demand, encompass, evoke, impose, involve, necessitate, require entangle: bewilder, catch, complicate, confuse, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, enmesh, ensnarl, entrap, entwine, impede, implicate, intertwine, involve, knot, mat, mesh, mire, muddle, perplex, puzzle, ravel, snare, snarl, trap, twist entanglement: affair, difficulty, intrigue, involution, jumble, knot, liaison, maze, morass, obstacle, problem, web entente: accord, agreement, alliance, coalition, harmony, treaty enter: admit, appear, arrive, begin, come, engage, enlist, enrol, enroll, go in, infiltrate, initiate, inscribe, insert,
introduce, intrude, invade, irrupt, join, list, penetrate, pierce, post, record, register, submit, trespass enter by force to conquer: intrude, invade enter by force, impossible to: impregnable enter gradually and surreptitiously: infiltrate enter illegally: encroach, impinge, infringe, intrude, trespass enter in a burst: irrupt enterprise: action, adventure, attempt, boldness, business, campaign, cause, company, courage, drive, effort, endeavor, exploit, firm, initiative, operation, project, pursuit, push, spirit, undertaking, venture, vigor, zeal enterprise and determination: gumption, initiative enterprising: active, aggressive, alert, ambitious, aspiring, bold, busy, courageous, daring, driving, energetic, enthusiastic, hardworking, industrious enterprising businessperson: entrepreneur entertain: amuse, beguile, comfort, consider, contemplate, dine, distract, divert, fete, harbor, host, occupy, ponder, receive, regale, stimulate, treat entertainer: actor, actress, artist, artiste, comedian, comedienne, contortionist, dancer, emcee, geek, host, hostess, juggle, magician, mime, minstrel, musician, performer, player, singer, troubadour, trouper, ventriloquist entertainers in group: troupe entertainment: amusement, banquet, celebration, cheer, concert, diversion, enjoyment, extravaganza, fair, feast, festivity, function, gala, hobby, merriment, opera, party, pastime, performance, play, pleasure, reception, recreation, revue, show, sport, treat enthrall: absorb, captivate, charm, enchant, enrapture, enslave, fascinate, hold, hook, intrigue, mesmerize, spellbind, subjugate, thrill enthuse: elate enthusiasm: ardor, dash, devotion, eagerness, clat, lan, energy, esprit, excitement, exuberance, fanaticism,
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ENTHUSIASM AND ZEAL - ENVY
fervor, fire, gusto, intensity, kindle, love, mania, passion, spirit, verve, vivacity, zeal, zest enthusiasm and zeal: ardor, fervor, gusto enthusiasm, extreme: fanaticism enthusiasm, to arouse: kindle enthusiast: admirer, aficionado, buff, devotee, fan, fanatic, follower, lover, maniac, nut, optimist, rooter, supporter enthusiastic: afire, ardent, avid, eager, ebullient, emotional, fervent, gung ho, interested, keen, obsessed, perfervid, rabid, rhapsodic, wholehearted, zealous enthusiastic review: rave enthusiastic supporter: fan enthusiastic vigor: brio, lan, vivacity enthusiastic, extremely: ebullient, evangelistic, exuberant, rhapsodic entice: allure, attract, bait, cajole, charm, coax, decoy, fascinate, incite, induce, inveigle, invite, lure, persuade, seduce, solicit, tempt, wheedle, wile entire: absolute, all, choate, complete, every, full, gross, intact, integral, perfect, plenary, sound, thorough, total, unbroken, uncut, undiminished, undivided, unimpaired, unmarred, whole entire range: gamut entirely: all, alone, altogether, exclusively, in toto, only, quite, reservedly, solely, tout fait, undividedly, utterly entitle: allow, appoint, authorize, call, designate, dub, empower, enable, label, name, nominate, permit, qualify, term entity: being, body, essence, existence, individual, life, material, matter, one, presence, structure, substance, thing, unit entomb: bury, confine, cover, inhume, inter, inurn, sepulture entourage: associates, attendants, companions, escort, following, groupies, procession, retainers, retinue, staff, train entrails: innards, viscera entrails of deer: numbles, umbles entrails of fowl: giblets entrance: access, adit, admission, admittance, appearance, approach, beginning, debut, door, doorway, foyer, gate, gateway, hall, hallway, induc-
tion, ingress, introduction, lobby, mouth, opening, portal, threshold, vestibule entrance hall: antechamber, anteroom, foyer, lobby, vestibule entrance or doorway: threshold entrance or passage: adit entrance stair or porch: stoop entrance to a hangar: apron entrance to temple: propylaeum entrance to theater or club: marquee entrance walkway or porch with columns: portico entrance, right of: access, ingress entrance, to: bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, enrapture, fascinate, hypnotize, mesmerize, ravish entrant: candidate, competitor, contestant, participant, player entrap: allure, ambush, bait, beguile, capture, catch, decoy, entangle, hook, inveigle, lure, nail, snare, tangle, tempt entreat: adjure, appeal, ask, beg, beseech, coax, conjure, crave, exhort, implore, importune, invoke, persuade, petition, plead, pray, request, seek, solicit, supplicate entreaty for assistance: invocation entreaty on behalf of another: intercession entrechat: leap entre: access, admission, admittance, entrance, entry, induction; main course entrench: anchor, embed, establish, fix, fortify, implant, infringe, ingrain, invade, protect, trespass entrepreneur: businessperson, employer, enterpriser, executive, manager, operator, organizer entrust: assign, authorize, commend, commit, confide, consign, delegate, depend, deposit, encharge, give, permit entry: access, account, adit, adjustment, candidate, contestant, door, entrance, entre, foyer, ingress, item, lobby, memo, note, opening, participant, passage, passageway, record, register, vestibule entry, right of: entre entry's reverse: exit entryway: portal, stoop entwine: braid, coil, encircle, interlace, interweave, lace, spiral, twist, weave, wind enumerate: calculate, catalog, com-
pute, count, detail, estimate, figure, itemize, list, number, recite, reckon, recount, tally, tell, total enunciate: announce, articulate, declare, express, intone, proclaim, pronounce, speak, state, vocalize, voice envelop: blanket, cage, cloak, cocoon, conceal, cover, encase, enclose, encompass, enfold, engulf, environ, enwrap, hide, mask, overlie, sheath, shroud, surround, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap envelope: covering, jacket, pocket, pouch, shell, wrapper envelope markings instead of stamps: indicia envious: begrudging, covetous, greedy, green, green-eyed, jealous, resentful, spiteful environ: circumscribe, encircle, enclose, encompass, envelop, fence, limit, surround environment: ambience, atmosphere, background, climate, conditions, element, matrix, medium, milieu, neighborhood, setting, surroundings, terrain environment and organisms: ecosystem environment and organisms, science of: ecology environment for organism: habitat environment, adjustment to new: orientation environment, protection of: conservation environment, to adjust to new: acclimatize environmental atmosphere: ambiance, ambience environmental concern: ozone environmental conditions, capable of living in varying: facultative environmental influences on organism: nurture environs: area, areas, district, outskirts, precinct, suburbs, territory, turf, vicinity envisage: confront, consider, image, picture, regard, visualize envision: conceive, conceptualize, dream, foresee, imagine, picture, predict envoy: agent, ambassador, attach, consul, courier, deputy, diplomat, emissary, legate, messenger, minister, representative envy: begrudge, covet, discontent, jealousy, resentment
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES AND DISORDERS

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envy something someone else has: covet envy the possession of: begrudge enzyme: adenase, amylase, ase, catalyst, diatase, lipase, olease, pepsin, protease, protein, racemase, renin eon: aeon, age, era, eternity, time ephemeral: brief, evanescent, fleeting, momentary, passing, short, temporary, transient, transitory, unenduring, vague epic: composition, epos, grand, great, heroic, imposing, legendary, majestic, narrative, noble, poem, saga, tale epic narrative: saga epic poem, ancient Greek: rhapsody epicure: connoisseur, gastronome, glutton, gourmand, gourmet, hedonist, sybarite, voluptuary epidemic: catching, communicable, contagious, infectious, outbreak, pestilence, plague, rash, widespread epidemic disease, usually fatal: pestilence epidemic over wide geographical area: pandemic epidemic, animal: epizootic epidemiologist's concern: disease epidermis: skin epigram: adage, poem, saying, statement, witticism
epigrammatic: concise, pithy, terse, witty epilated: bald epilepsy, mild: petit mal epilepsy, severe: grand mal epileptic seizure, sensation that precedes onset of: aura epilogue: afterword, appendix, conclusion, ending, postlude, summation episode: adventure, event, experience, incident, occurrence, passage, scene, story episode or serial: installment episode, minor: incident epistle: communication, composition, letter, message, note epistolary afterthought: postscript epitaph: eulogy, inscription, memoriam, remembrance epithet: appellation, description, expletive, insult, label, name, nickname, phrase, sobriquet, term, title epitome: abbreviation, abridgment, abstract, brief, condensation, digest, exemplar, ideal, illustration, model, resume, summary, synopsis epoch: age, era, event, interval, period, time epoxy: resin equable: calm, consistent, constant, easygoing, even, methodical, placid,
regular, serene, smooth, stable, steady, tranquil, unchanging, unflappable, unruffled equal: abreast, adequate, alike, balanced, coextensive, commensurate, comparative, compeer, corresponding, counterpart, equivalent, even, fair, fifty-fifty, hess, identical, level, like, match, mate, meet, on a par, par, parallel, peer, rival, same, similar, symmetrical, tantamount, unbiased equal according to law or position: peer equal exchange or substitution: quid pro quo equal in amount, status, value: parity equal in dimensions: isometric equal in effect, value: constituting, tantamount equal in number of parts: isomerous equal in size, extent, duration: coextensive, commensurate, coterminous equal in social, political status: egalitarian equal in time intervals: isochronal equal political power in government: isocracy equal rights, affirming or promoting: egalitarian equal time given in media: fairness doctrine
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EQUALITY - ESCALATOR
equality: balance, egalitarian, equity, equivalence, evenness, fairness, impartiality, isonomy, parity, uniformity equality among racial, ethnic groups: integration Equality State: Wyoming equalize: balance, coordinate, equate, handicap, level, square equanimity: aplomb, calmness, composure, control, cool, evenness, patience, poise, sang-froid, serenity, steadiness, tranquility equate: associate, balance, compare, correspond, equalize, liken, match, relate equestrian: horseback, horseman, horsewoman, rider equestrian sport: polo equestrian trotting slowly in place: piaffe equidistant: center, central, halfway, middle equilibrium: balance, composure, poise, stability, steadiness, symmetry equilibrium of organism: homeostasis equine: horse, roan equip: accouter, appoint, arm, array, attire, deck, dress, endow, furnish, gear, outfit, prepare, provide, qualify, ready, rig, stock, supply equipment: accessories, apparatus, armament, contraptions, fixtures, gear, goods, instruments, machinery, machines, material, outfit, paraphernalia, provisions, rig, supplies, tackle, tools equipment and buildings: facilities equipment and clothing: accouterments equipment for activity: appurtenances, gear, paraphernalia equipment for carrying on a business: stock-in-trade equipment of medical institution or physician: armamentarium equipped with excessive weaponry: armed to the teeth equitable: equal, ethical, even, fair, honest, impartial, just, moral, reasonable, righteous, unbiased equity: assets, fairness, funds, honesty, integrity, investment, justice, law, stock, value equivalence: correspondence, equation, symmetry equivalent: alike, comparable, counterpart, equipollent, identical, match,
parallel, parity, peer, proportionate, reciprocal, same, similar, substitute, synonymous, tantamount equivalent in effect: tantamount equivalent person: counterpart equivocal: ambiguous, ambivalent, clouded, doubtful, dubious, evasive, hazy, inconclusive, indecisive, muddled, obscure, questionable, uncertain, unclear, undetermined, vague equivocate: avoid, be evasive, con, deceive, dodge, elude, escape, evade, fib, hedge, hesitate, lie, palter, parry, prevaricate, pussyfoot, quibble, sidestep, spar, tergiversate, waffle, weasel era: age, cycle, date, epoch, generation, period, stage, term, time era of cultural refinement: belle poque eradicate: abolish, annihilate, delete, demolish, deracinate, destroy, eliminate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, obliterate, raze, remove, trash, uproot erase: abolish, annul, blank, blot, cancel, de-, dele, delete, destroy, efface, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, negate, neutralize, obliterate, remove, rub out, scratch, undo, wipe ere: before, prior, rather erect: assemble, build, construct, create, elevate, establish, exalt, fabricate, make, perpendicular, put up, raise, rear, rigid, standing, stiff, straight, upended, upright, vertical erection, persistent and painful: priapism ergo: consequently, hence, then, therefore erode: abrade, corrode, crumble, decay, destroy, deteriorate, disintegrate, rust, wear erotic: amatory, ardent, bawdy, carnal, erogenous, fleshy, hot, indecent, kinky, lewd, passionate, prurient, romantic, salacious, seductive, sensual, sexy, spicy, stimulating err: blunder, bungle, deviate, flub, goof, lapse, miscalculate, misdo, misjudge, mistake, muff, sin, slip, stray, stumble, transgress, wander, wrong errand: assignment, chore, mission, task errand-runner: gofer errant: astray, deviating, drifting, erratic, meandering, misbehaving, roaming, roving, shifting, straying, wandering errata: correction, corrigenda, error list, typos
erratic: aberrant, arbitrary, bizarre, capricious, eccentric, errant, fluctuant, inconsistent, irregular, peculiar, queer, strange, uncertain, unpredictable, unstable, unusual, volatile, wacky, wandering, wayward, wild erratically: off and on erring: fallible erroneous: fallacious, false, faulty, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, misguided, misleading, mistaken, untrue, wrong erroneous name: misnomer erroneous placement in time: anachronism error: blooper, blunder, boner, boot, default, fallacy, falsity, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, inaccuracy, lapse, misconception, miscue, misplay, mistake, muff, offense, oversight, slip, slipup, transgression, trespass, typo, violation, wrong error in judgment: hamartia error in printing of a book that will be corrected: corrigenda, erratum error in speaking thought to disclose true feelings: Freudian slip error in speaking, reading lines: fluff error in typing: typo, typographical error error or problem is attributed, imaginary creature to which: gremlin error, to add to an: compound errorless: impeccable ersatz: artificial, bogus, counterfeit, fake, imitation, phony, sham, substitute, synthetic erstwhile: bygone, earlier, former, formerly, once, preceding, previous, whilom erudite: cultured, educated, intelligent, learned, scholarly, studious, wise erudition: education, knowledge, learning, literacy, lore, refinement, scholarship, studiousness, wisdom erupt: boil, burst, detonate, discharge, eject, emit, expel, explode, gush, release, spew, spout, spurt, vent eruption: blast, commotion, ejection, explosion, inflammation, outbreak, outburst, outpouring, rush, storm escalate: advance, amplify, ascend, broaden, climb, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, intensify, mount, rise escalator: moving staircase
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ESCALATOR, FLATTENED - ESTEEM escalator, flattened: conveyor, moving sidewalk escapade: adventure, antic, caper, fling, folly, lark, prank, romp, stunt, vagary escape: avoid, bolt, breakout, decamp, desertion, disappear, diversion, dodge, duck, elope, elude, emerge, eschew, evade, evasion, flee, fly the coop, getaway, lam, leak, liberation, miss, outflow, outlet, rescue, shake, shun, sidestepping, skip, slip, spill, tone, vamoose, vent escape artfully: evade escaped criminal: fugitive escapes, entertainer who practices: escapologist escargot: snail eschew: abandon, abstain, avoid, escape, refrain, renounce, shun escort: accompany, attend, attendant, beau, bodyguard, cavalier, chaperon, companion, conduct, convoy, date, entourage, gigolo, guard, guide, lead, outrider, safeguard, see, show, squire, steer, usher escort for unmarried young women: chaperon escort to person of rank: retinue escort vehicles for protection, to: convoy escritoire: davenport, desk, secretary, writing table escutcheon: arms, crest, shield Eskimo boot: mukluk Eskimo ice house: igloo Eskimo knife: ulu Eskimo large open boat: umiak Eskimo pullover jacket: anorak Eskimo sled dog: husky, malamute, Siberian husky esne: serf, slave esoteric: abstruse, arcane, confidential, mysterious, mystic, obscure, occult, private, recondite, secret ESP: clairvoyance, insight, intuition, perception, precognition, extrasensory perception, second sight, sixth sense, telepathy especial: characteristic, chief, distinguished, exceptional, extraordinary, important, intimate, notable, outstanding, particular, peculiar, significant, uncommon, unique especially: conspicuously, eminently, exclusively, expressly, mainly, primarily, principally, remarkably, singularly, specifically espionage: reconnaissance, spying, surveillance espouse: adopt, advocate, back, betroth, boost, champion, defend, embrace, further, marry, mate, pledge, promote, support, unite, uphold, wed espresso topped with steamed and foamy milk or cream: cappuccino esprit: cleverness, lan, intelligence, morale, spirit, sprightliness, vigor, zest esprit de corps: camaraderie, fellowship, morale, solidarity espy: detect, discern, discover, find, glimpse, notice, observe, see, sight, spot, view, watch essay: article, composition, critique, dissertation, editorial, exposition, narrative, paper, piece, story, theme, thesis, treatise, writing essays by colleagues as tribute to scholar: festschrift esse: being essence: aroma, attar, being, character, cologne, constitution, core, crux, element, existence, extract, fiber, fragrance, fundamental, gist, heart, indispensable, life, meaning, nature, odor, perfume, point, principal, quality, requisite, root, scent, significance, sine qua non, soul, spirit essence of a thing, purest: elixir, hypostasis, quiddity, quintessence essence of accusation: gravamen essence of something written or spoken: burden, crux, gist, gravamen, nub, purport, tenor essence of something, abstracted form: distillation essence of something, concentrated: quintessence essence or foundation: anlage, bedrock, substratum essence or perfect example: epitome, personification essence or pure form: distillate essence, in Hinduism: rasa essential: basic, chief, constitutive, elementary, fundamental, imperative, important, inherent, integral, intrinsic, key, must, prerequisite, requirement, substantive, vital essential and basic: primordial, rudimentary essential and obligatory: imperative, incumbent, irrmissible essential and required: compulsory, de rigueur, mandatory, prerequisite, statutory essential as a part: indispensable, inherent, integral, intrinsic essential element or condition: prerequisite, sine qua non essential facts: brass tacks, core, nittygritty essential part: alpha and omega, cornerstone, crux, essence, gist, heart, linchpin, pith essential to whole: part and parcel essentially: au fond, basically, fundamentally establish: accomplish, appoint, approve, ascertain, base, build, clarify, colonize, confirm, constitute, corroborate, create, decree, determine, discover, document, erect, found, generate, ground, identify, initiate, install, instate, institute, organize, originate, plant, predicate, prove, provide, ratify, secure, settle, setup, show, situate, start, substantiate, validate, verify establish definitely: determine establish in surrounding matter: embed establish or base (an action, etc.): predicate established: accepted, authenticated, based, certain, ensconced, entrenched, firm, fixed, fixture, stable, substantive, underlying established firmly and indelibly: ingrained established firmly and long: inveterate established norm: par established person or thing: fixture established rule: canon establishment: authority, bureaucracy, business, company, concern, corporation, elite, enterprise, factory, government, house, institution, old guard, organization, plant, ruling class, the system estate: acres, assets, belongings, bequest, bracket, class, demesne, domain, echelon, effects, endowment, fortune, ground, grounds, hacienda, holdings, home, inheritance, latifundium, legacy, manor, money, order, plantation, position, property, rank, situation, standing, status, villa, will estate of ancient Romans: latifundium estate of Spanish-speaking country: hacienda estate, to limit inheritance of: entail estate's main house: manor esteem: account, admiration, admire, appreciate, approval, believe, cher-
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ish, consider, count, credit, deem, estimation, face, favor, high regard, honor, judge, pride, prize, reckoning, regard, repute, respect, reverence, treasure, value, venerate, worth esteemed teacher: guru estimable: admirable, commendable, deserving, good, honorable, laud' able, meritorious, praiseworthy, respected, solid, venerable, worthy estimate: appraisal, approximate, assay, assess, assessment, average, believe, calculate, computation, compute, consider, critique, evaluate, figure, forecast, gauge, guess, judge, opinion, prize, projection, quotation, rank, rate, reckon, surmise, survey, value estimate based on a guess: guesstimate estimate from evidence at hand: extrapolate estimate of costs, prices: quote estimate too highly: overrate estimate value: appraise, assay, evaluate estimate, rough: approximation estimation: arithmetic, belief, esteem, honor, impression, judgment, regard, valuation, view estop: bar, impede, obstruct, plug, preclude, prevent, prohibit estrange: alienate, antagonize, disaffect, disunite, divert, divorce, part, separate, sever, split estrangement: falling-out estrangement by one partner: alienation of affections estuary: arm, creek, inlet, ria estuary, sea inlet: firth et cetera: and, and so on, et al., etc., what not etch: carve, draw, eat, engrave, impress, imprint, inscribe, portray, stamp etcher's medium: acid etching done in stages to produce several tones: aquatint eternal: ageless, always, boundless, changeless, constant, continual, deathless, endless, enduring, everlasting, forever, immortal, infinite, interminable, lasting, neverending, perdurable, perpetual, timeless, unceasing, undying, uninterrupted eternal damnation: hell, perdition eternity: aeon, afterlife, age, blue moon, eon, forever, immortality, olam, perpetuity, timelessness
ether: air, anesthetic, atmosphere, compound, element, gas, heavens, skies, sky, solvent ethereal: aerial, aery, airy, celestial, delicate, divine, filmy, fragile, heavenly, intangible, light, refined, spiritual, unearthly, vaporous ethical: aboveboard, conscientious, equitable, honorable, just, moral, righteous, virtuous ethical consequences of life acts: karma ethically indifferent: amoral ethics: belief, conduct, customs, deontology, ideal, integrity, morals, mores, principles, standards, values ethics and moral obligation, science of: deontology ethics philosophy that happiness is produced by active, rational life: eudemonism ethnic: background, cultural, heathen, pagan, racial ethnic or racial slur: ethnophaulism etiquette: amenities, behavior, conduct, courtesy, decorum, form, formalities, manners, politeness, propriety, protocol, punctilio, usage etiquette fine point: punctilio etiquette of diplomats: protocol etiquette violation: solecism etymology: derivation, history, origin, word origin eucalyptus eater: koala eucalyptus secretion: larp Eucharist: communion, oblation, sacrament Eucharist celebration: mass Eucharist container: ampulla, chalice, ciborium, cruet, monstrance, ostensory, pyx Eucharist just before death: viaticum Eucharist plate: paten Eucharist wine flagon: ama Euclidean statement: axiom eulogize: bless, celebrate, exalt, extol, glorify, honor, laud eulogy: acclaim, address, commendation, encomium, homage, oration, paean, panegyric, praise, salutation, tribute euphemism antonym: dysphemism euphony: accord, harmony, melody, rhythm, sound euphoria: bliss, ecstasy, elation, exhilaration, happiness, jubilation, wellbeing Europe and Western Hemisphere: Occident The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
evacuate: abandon, clear, decamp, desert, empty, expel, flee, hightail, leave, remove, vacate evade: avert, avoid, bypass, ditch, dodge, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, eschew, hedge, hide, maneuver, parry, pussyfoot, shirk, shun, sidestep evade an obligation: shirk evaluate: appraise, ascertain, assess, check, consider, criticize, estimate, grade, judge, rank, rate, survey, test, weigh evaluate a metal sample: assay evaluate expertly: vet evaluation: analysis, appraisal, assay, critique, estimation, interpretation, judgment, opinion evaluation as response: feedback evaluation, subjective: value judgment evanesce: disappear, dissipate, dissolve, evaporate, fade, vanish evanescent: ephemeral, evasive, fleeting, fugitive, melting, temporary, transient, transitory, vanishing evangelist: apostle, disciple, missionary, preacher, revivalist evaporate: dehydrate, disappear, dissolve, dry up, evanesce, melt, steam, vaporize evaporating and thickening: inspissated evaporating at normal temperature: volatile evasion by explanation or justification: song and dance evasion of painful emotion with unconscious mental devices: defense mechanism evasion of truth by using trivia: quibble evasion that gains time, avoids argument, postpones decision: temporization evasive: ambiguous, cagey, deceitful, devious, elusive, elusory, noncommittal, prevarication, shifty, slippery, sly, tricky, unclear, vague evasive language: double-talk evasiveness: equivocation, prevarication, tergiversation eve: dusk, evening, sundown, sunset even: abreast, aline, balanced, consistent, continuous, direct, equal, equitable, exact, fair, flat, flatten, flush, grade, homogeneous, impartial, indeed, just, level, match, moderate, on a par, parallel, placid, proportional, regular, smooth, square, stable, steady, still, tie, tied, uniform even along margin: flush
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even chance: toss-up even horizontally: complanate, level even if, for short: tho even temper: equilibrium even the score: avenge, reciprocate evening: bedtime, dusk, eve, eventide, nightfall, sundown, sunset, twilight evening meal: supper evening party: soiree evening prayers: vespers, vigils evening star: Hesperus, Venus evening, pertaining to: crepuscular, vespertine evenly divided, in card playing: easy honors event: achievement, adventure, affair, case, catastrophe, celebration, competition, consequence, contest, disaster, doing, experience, fact, fate, feat, game, happening, incident, landmark, match, meet, milestone, miracle, occasion, occurrence, offshoot, outcome, phenomenon, result, scenario, tournament event in one's life or history, important: landmark, milestone eventful: busy, crucial, exciting, fateful, important, memorable, momentous, newsy, notable, significant eventual: concluding, ensuing, final, future, inevitable, later, possible, resulting, ultimate eventually: finally, in the end, someday, sometime, ultimately, yet eventuate: come true ever: always, anytime, consistently, constantly, continually, eternally, forever, invariably, perpetually, usually everday speech: vernacular, vulgate evergreen: conifer, enduring, holly, mistletoe, oleander, pine evergreen variety: cedar, fir, heath, hemlock, juniper, larche, laurel, rhododendron, savin, spruce, yew everlasting: ageless, constant, continual, durable, endless, enduring, eternal, eternity, forever, immortal, imperishable, incessant, infinite, lasting, perdurable, perennial, perpetual, tedious, timeless, unceasing, undying, uninterrupted everlasting, poetically: eterne every: all, each, entire, equally, whole every two months: bimestrial every two weeks: biweekly everybody in agreement: unanimous
everyday: common, commonplace, customary, daily, mundane, ordinary, plain, routine, unimaginative, usual everyday language: prose everyday speech: vernacular, vulgate everything: aggregate, all, total everything about one thing, person who knows: monomath everywhere: all along the line, all over the world, extensively, high and low, near and far, omnipresent, prevalent, throughout, worldwide everywhere, present: omnipresent, ubiquitous evict: bounce, dismiss, dispossess, eject, expel, oust, remove evidence: attest, clue, display, documentation, exhibit, goods, hearsay, illustrate, indicate, manifest, proof, show, testament, testimony, token, trace, witness evidence appropriate for legal case: forensic evidence evidence at trial disclosed by defendant: discovery evidence based on reports of others: hearsay evidence establishing a fact if uncontested: prima facie evidence evidence given under oath: deposition evidence impossible to dispute, of: incontrovertible evidence not bearing directly on the fact in dispute: circumstantial evidence evidence of a fact, condition: sign, symptom evidence of wrongdoing: smoking gun evidence of, to supply or be: attest, testify evidence or information, written or printed: document evidence submitted in court: exhibit evidence under oath, giving of false: perjury evidence without proof or reasoning: prima facie evidence, strengthen or support with other: corroborate, substantiate evidence, to support with: document evident: apparent, certain, clear, conclusive, conspicuous, glaring, manifest, noticeable, obvious, overt, patent, plain, transparent, unmistakable, visible evil: affliction, bad, baleful, bane, base, calamity, corrupt, crime, curse, damnable, demoniac, depraved, devilish, disaster, flagitious, foul, harm, hei-
nous, heinousness, hideous, hurtful, immoral, iniquity, malefic, malevolent, malicious, mean, mischief, misfortune, nefarious, offensive, pernicious, satanic, sin, sinful, sinister, vice, vicious, vile, wicked, wickedness, worthless, wrong evil and treacherous person: shaitan, snake in the grass evil eye: hex, jinx, leer, stare, whammy evil influence, having: maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, pernicious evil notoriety: infamy evil omen: foreboding, portent evil spirit: cacodemon, daemon, demon, devil, incubus, Satan, succubus evil spirit, cast out: exorcise evil spirit, person possessed by: demoniac, energumen evil, a monstrous: enormity evil, extremely: flagitious, heinous, infamous, nefarious evil, intended to ward off: apotropaic evil, portending: baleful evil, spreading: canker evildoer: criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, miscreant, sinner, transgressor, villain evildoing: foul play evilness: depravity, iniquity, turpitude evince: demonstrate, disclose, display, exhibit, express, indicate, manifest, prove, reveal, show evoke: arouse, awaken, call, educe, elicit, excite, induce, recall, rouse, stimulate, summon evolution: advancement, change, development, flowering, growth, metamorphosis, ontogeny, phylogeny, progress, transformation evolution theory of Bible: creationism evolutionary development of individual: ontogeny evolutionary development of species: phylogenesis, phylogeny evolve: derive, develop, devise, emerge, emit, expand, germinate, grow, increase, mature, ripen, unfold evolving at standard rate: horotelic evolving faster: tachytelic evolving slowly: bradytelic ewe: female sheep ewer: container, decanter, jug, pitcher, urn, vessel exacerbate: aggravate, anger, annoy,
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enrage, exasperate, increase, infuriate, ire, irritate, provoke, tease, worsen exact: accurate, careful, certain, command, compel, correct, critical, demand, distinct, elicit, enforce, even, explicit, extort, extract, fine, formal, identical, levy, literal, methodical, meticulous, painstaking, precise, punctilious, require, scrupulous, sharp, specific, square, true, verbatim, wreak, wrest exact copy: clone, facsimile, reproduction exact divisor or factor of quantity: aliquot exact in detail: punctilious, scrupulous exact in words: literal exact opposite: antipode exact statement of particulars: specifications, specs exacting: arduous, burdensome, demanding, difficult, direct, finicky, fussy, onerous, particular, picky, pressing, rigorous, severe, stern, strict, stringent, taxing, trying exactly: absolutely, accurately, altogether, assuredly, certainly, entirely, faithfully, fully, just, literally, positively, quite, right, specifically, truly exactly right: on target exactly upright: perpendicular exaggerate: amplify, boast, brag, color, distort, embellish, embroider, enlarge, fabricate, inflate, magnify, overdo, overstate exaggerate illness or incapacity: malinger exaggerate story: embroider exaggerated: histrionic, lied, melodramatic, overblown, overdone, tall exaggerated drawing: caricature exaggerated in emotion: histrionic, melodramatic exaggerated masculinity: machismo exaggerated praise: puffery exaggerated statement: hyperbole exaggerated trait or behavior: eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, mannerism exaggeration: aggrandizement, hyperbole exalt: acclaim, aggrandize, applaud, commend, dignify, distinguish, elate, extol, glorify, heighten, honor, inspire, intensify, laud, magnify, praise, promote, raise, uplift, worship
exaltation: bliss, delight, ecstasy, euphoria, jubilation, rapture, transport, veneration exalted: high, noble, sublime examination: analysis, assay, audit, autopsy, biopsy, blue book, catechism, checkup, comparison, exam, exploration, final, inquiry, inspection, interrogation, introspection, investigation, midterm, oral, quiz, research, review, scrutiny, survey, test, X ray examination in detail: canvass examination of complete event: post mortem examination of one's feelings: introspection, soul-searching examination of prospective witnesses, jurors: voir dire examination of tissue removed: biopsy examination or investigation: inquisition examination, oral: viva voce examination, study intensely for impending: cram examination, to supervise: invigilate, monitor, proctor examine: ask, canvass, check, dissect, explore, grill, inquire, inspect, look at, observe, palpate, peruse, ponder, scan, screen, scrutinize, search, sift, study, test, view, weigh examine and authenticate: vet examine by touching for diagnosis: palpate examine carefully: peruse, scrutinize, traverse, winnow examine for value: appraise, assess examine formally or officially: cross-examine, interrogate examine good and bad parts: sift, winnow examine in detail: dissect, plumb examine surreptitiously: case examiner: analyst, appraiser, auditor, censor, coroner, critic, inquirer, inspector, interrogator, investigator, reviewer, teacher, tester example: case, copy, description, epitome, ideal, illustration, instance, lesson, model, paradigm, pattern, precedent, prototype, sample, specimen, standard example in practical terms: object lesson example in similar circumstance, action or instance used as: precedent example of class, type, quality: byword example of excellence: paragon
example of, to be a good: embody, epitomize, exemplify, typify example or ideal: archetype, avatar, epitome, exemplar, incarnation example that is standard: paradigm example, to cite as an: adduce examples, used to introduce: vidielicet, viz exasperate: aggravate, agitate, annoy, bother, disturb, enrage, exacerbate, excite, gall, incense, inflame, irritate, nettle, provoke, rile, ruffle, tire, upset excavate: burrow, dig, dredge, hollow, mine, scoop, shovel, tunnel, unearth excavation, archaeological: dig exceed: beat, best, better, excel, outdo, outgo, outrun, outshine, overdo, overshoot, overstep, overtake, pass, preponderate, surmount, surpass, transcend exceed and excel: outstrip, surpass, trump exceeding all bounds: exorbitant, extortionate exceedingly: enormously, everso, exceptionally, excessively, extremely, greatly, remarkably, strikingly, very excel: best, better, exceed, outclass, outdo, outrival, outstrip, shine, star, superior, surpass, take the cake, transcend excellence: class, distinction, greatness, marksmanship, merit, perfection, quality, superiority, supremacy, virtue, worth excellence, example of: paragon excellent: admirable, Al, blue-chip, bravo, bully, capital, classic, famous, fine, first rate, generous, good, great, magnificent, matchless, nifty, outstanding, peerless, prime, select, spiffy, sterling, stupendous, super, superb, superior, superlative, terrific, top-notch, tops, transcendent, unparalleled, unrivaled, valuable, wonderful, worthy excellent and first-rate: copacetic excellent and wonderful: stupendous, sublime excellent as example: exemplary excellent in quality: vintage excellent review: rave excelling: outstanding, preeminent, transcendent except: ban, bar, besides, eliminate, exclude, exempt, however, omit, only, reject, save, than, unless
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exception: allowance, anomaly, complaint, demur, exclusion, oddity, offense, omission, quirk exceptional: Al, abnormal, extraordinary, fine, irregular, noteworthy, outstanding, phenomenal, prodigious, rare, remarkable, special, superior, unique, unparalleled, unprecedented, unusual, wonderful exceptional performance: tour de force excerpt: cite, extract, part, passage, portion, quote, sample, section, selection excerpts, literary: analects excess: extra, flood, glut, gravy, intemperance, lavishness, nimiety, over, overabundance, overboard, overflow, overindulgence, overkill, plethora, plus, prodigality, profusion, remainder, residue, slack, superfluity, superfluous, surfeit, surplus excess eating, drinking: surfeit excess money, value, or merchandise: overage excess word, phrase: pleonasm excessive: copious, enormous, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, exuberant, fulsome, immoderate, indulgent, inordinate, intemperate, needless, overdone, overmuch, overweening, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, too, ultra, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, wanton excessive attention, object of: fetish excessive response: overkill, overreaction excessive talking: logorrhea excessively anxious: neurotic excessively enthusiastic: gaga excessively fat: obese excessively flattering: fulsome excessively sentimental: schmaltz exchange: bandy, barter, commerce, commute, conversion, deal, dicker, market, network, quid pro quo, reciprocate, replacement, store, substitute, swap, switch, trade, traffic, transpose, truck exchange and mutual granting: reciprocity exchange goods or services directly: barter exchange or interchange: reciprocate exchange premium: agio exchange, even: quid pro quo exchange, informally: swap exchange, public place for: forum exchange, to make an: commute
excise: assessment, charge, dele, delete, duty, edit, eradicate, erase, exscind, extirpate, extract, levy, omit, remove, surcharge, tariff, tax, toll excitable: emotional, enthusiastic, hysterical, jumpy, skittish, volatile, volcanic excite: agitate, animate, arouse, awaken, elaye, electrify, elicit, energize, fire, foment, galvanize, incite, inflame, inspire, invigorate, kindle, move, prime, provoke, rouse, spur, stimulate, stir, thrill, titillate, upset excite and enliven: galvanize, quicken, whet excite interest: pique excite pleasurably: titillate excite to frenzy: intoxicate excite with chemical substance: inebriate, intoxicate excited: agog, aroused, atip, charged, delighted, eager, ecstatic, elated, fevered, frantic, frenzied, gaga, heated, hot, piqued excited and confused: frantic, frenetic, frenzied, hectic excited, very: ebullient, exuberant excited, wildly: frantic, frenetic, frenzied excitement: action, ado, adventure, commotion, confusion, disturbance, fillip, flap, flurry, furor, hubbub, hullabaloo, hysteria, stir, tingling, turmoil exciting: breathtaking, dazzling, exhilarating, heady, provocative, spicy exclaim: assert, blurt, declare, ejaculate, proclaim, roar, shout, utter, vociferate exclamation: aha, ahem, alas, bah, boo, bravo, drat, egad, eureka, expletive, fie, gee, hallelujah, hosanna, humph, hurrah, indeed, interjection, man alive, o ho, oh, outcry, pah, phew, pish, pshaw, rats, ugh, ughs, wow exclamation mark: bang, screamer exclamation mark and question mark: interrobang exclamation point: ecphoneme exclamation, obscene or vulgar: expletive exclamation, one-word: interjection exclude: ban, banish, bar, blackball, blacklist, boycott, debar, eject, eliminate, except, expel, omit, ostracize, preclude, prohibit, reject, relegate, shut out
exclude from church membership: excommunicate exclude from church sacraments and services: interdict exclude from group: blackball, blacklist, ostracize exclude or exile: relegate exclusion: ostracism, purdah exclusion from one's mind: repression, suppression exclusive: alone, aloof, chic, cliquish, complete, discriminative, elite, esoteric, expensive, independent, limitative, monopoly, posh, private, rare, rarefied, restricted, select, selective, single, snobbish, sole, swank, undivided, whole exclusive control by one group: monopoly exclusive control of service, product: monopoly exclusive group of friends, associates: clique exclusive right claimed: perquisite exclusive treatment: elitism excommunicate: anathema, ban, banish, defrock, expel, unchurch excoriate: abrade, assail, chafe, chastise, condemn, criticize, denounce, flay, gall, lambaste, scold, strip excrement: dejecta, feces excrement of animals: scats excrement of insects: frass excrement, fossilized: coprolite excrement, human, used as fertilizer: night soil excrement, pertaining to: stercoraceous excrement, study of: scatology excrescence: accretion, enlargement, knob, lump, outgrowth, pimple, wart excrete: defecate, egest, emit, evacuate excruciating: acute, agonizing, extreme, grueling, harrowing, intense, painful, severe, shooting, tormenting, torturous, unbearable exculpate: absolve, acquit, amnesty, clear, dismiss, excuse, exonerate, forgive, free, pardon, release, vindicate excursion: cruise, digression, diversion, expedition, hike, jaunt, journey, junket, outing, ride, safari, sail, sortie, tour, trek, trip, voyage, walk excusable: allowable, forgivable, justifiable, pardonable, permissible, venial, warrantable excuse: absolve, acquit, alibi, apology, condone, defend, discharge, exculpate, exempt, exonerate, explain,
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forgive, indulge, justify, out, pardon, plea, pretext, release, remit, vindicate excuse from regulation: dispense, exempt excuse offered: pretext excuse or clear of accusation: acquit, exempt, exonerate, vindicate excuse or explanation to avoid blame: alibi excuse or reason for existing: raison d'tre excuse or reason, to devise self-satisfying: rationalize excuse or saving clause: salvo excuse that clears from blame: exculpation excuse, in law: mise excuse, to devise an: concoct excuses, to lessen or attempt to lessen blame with: extenuate, mitigate execrable: abhorrent, abominable, atrocious, awful, bad, base, deplorable, detestable, foul, hateful, heinous, horrifying, repulsive, revolting, sickening, vile execrate: abhor, curse, damn, denounce, despise, detest, hate, imprecate, loathe execute: accomplish, act, administer, cause, complete, conduct, direct, enact, enforce, finish, implement, manage, obey, perform; assassinate, behead, electrocute, gas, guillotine, hang, kill, lynch, murder, slay execution: completion, consummation, doing, fulfillment, garrote, killing, realization, strangulation, transaction execution by beheading: guillotine execution by strangulation: garrote execution platform: scaffold executive: administrator, businessperson, CEO, dean, director, entrepreneur, governing, head, manager, officer, official, president, ruling, supervisor, VIP executive's lavish severance benefits: golden parachute executor: administrator, agent, doer, enforcer exegesis: analysis, critique, explanation, exposition, interpretation exemplary: admirable, admonitory, classical, commendable, honorable, ideal, illustrative, model, praiseworthy, sterling, typical
exemplify: clarify, demonstrate, depict, embody, epitomize, personify, represent, symbolize, typify exempt: absolved, clear, discharge, excepted, exclude, excuse, exonerate, free, immune, pardoned, release, relieved, spare exemption due to being diplomat: diplomatic immunity exemption from legal duties, penalties, liability: immunity exemption from legal liability for damages: indemnity exemption from punishment, penalty: impunity exemption from rule, obligation: dispensation exercise: activity, aerobics, athletics, bestow, calisthenics, ceremony, condition, discipline, display, drill, effort, employ, exert, exertion, exhibition, gymnastics, isometrics, lesson, maneuver, operation, parade, performance, practice, praxis, prepare, problem, provoke, push-up, school, sit-up, study, task, train, utilize, workout, yoga exercise for cardiovascular conditioning: aerobics exercise for muscle tone, grace: calisthenics exercise preparation: warm-up exercise ropes: longes exercise system: regimen exercise system for body and mind control: yoga exercise with muscle contraction while lengthening: isotonic exercise exercise with muscle pushing against object, no motion: isometric exercise exercise, heavy stuffed ball used in conditioning: medicine ball exercise, to work at: condition exert: apply, drive, employ, exercise, expend, force, strain, strive, thrust, wield exertion: action, attempt, dint, effort, elbow grease, endeavor, energy, labor, pains, power, pull, strength, struggle, toil, trouble, work exertions: dints exhale: breathe, emit, evaporate, expel, expire, puff, respire, steam exhaust: bankrupt, deplete, discharge, do in, drain, empty, expend, fatigue, fumes, gases, impoverish, overdo, squander, tire, tucker, use up, weaken, wear
exhaust duct: vent exhaust emitted into air: emission exhaust system reducing pollution: catalytic converter exhausted: all in, beat, bushed, consumed, dead, debilitated, depleted, dog-tired, done, drained, effete, emptied, enervated, finished, frazzled, jaded, pooped, ran out, spend, spent, tired, used up, weakened, weary, worn exhausted and lying flat: prostrate exhaustive: complete, comprehensive, extensive, intensive, sweeping, thorough exhibit: air, demonstrate, disclose, display, evidence, evince, expose, fair, feature, flaunt, manifest, ostend, parade, perform, performance, present, reveal, show, showcase, viewing exhibit ostentatiously: flaunt exhibit to advantage: showcase exhibit, three-dimensional: diorama exhibition: ceremony, contest, display, drill, event, expo, exposition, march, offering, pageant, showcase, sight, spectacle exhibition covering a career or history: retrospective exhilarate: animate, cheer, delight, elate, enliven, excite, inspire, invigorate, stimulate, uplift exhilaration: ecstasy, euphoria, gaiety, gladness, jollity, joyousness, liveliness, refreshment exhort: admonish, advise, caution, encourage, goad, incite, persuade, plead, preach, press, prod, spur, urge, warn exhume: dig, disinter, unbury, uncover, unearth exigency: crisis, difficulty, dilemma, emergency, fix, jam, juncture, necessity, need, pickle, pinch, plight, quandary, requirement exigent: critical, crucial, demanding, dire, imperative, necessary, pressing, rigorous, taxing, urgent, vital exiguous: diminutive, inadequate, little, meager, petty, scanty, skimpy, slender, small, spare, sparse, tiny exile: banish, banishment, deport, eject, expatriate, expel, expulsion, fugitive, nonperson, ostracize, oust, outcast, outlaw, proscribe, refugee exist: are, breathe, continue, endure, in here, last, lie, live, maintain, remain, survive
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existence: actuality, animation, being, entity, esse, essence, journey, life, reality existence to, ascribe material: hypostatize existence, fact of: being, entity existence, having actual: objective existence, keep in: maintain, sustain existence, to treat as having material: reify existing: alive, extant, surviving existing at the same time: contemporaneous existing state of affairs: status quo exists as discrete unit, something that; entity exit: avenue, departure, door, egress, evacuation, exodus, gate, going, leave, opening, outlet, passage, retire, retreat, split, vent, way out, withdrawal exodus: emigration, escape, exit, flight, leaving, migration exonerate: absolve, acquit, clear, clearn, disburden, dismiss, exculpate, excuse, exempt, forgive, free, pardon, release, vindicate exorbitant: abnormal, enormous, excessive, expensive, extravagant, outrageous, overpriced, preposterous, steep, undue, unreasonable exorbitant charge: extortion exotic: alien, alluring, different, elaborate, enticing, fantastic, foreign, kinky, mysterious, outlandish, romantic, strange, striking, unusual expand: add, amplify, augment, balloon, broaden, develop, dilate, distend, diversify, elaborate, enhance, enlarge, escalate, expatiate, explicate, extend, grow, increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, multiply, mushroom, open, spread, stretch, swell, unfold, widen expand and explain: amplify, elaborate, expatiate expand interests or activities: diversify expand or widen: dilate expand step-by-step: escalate expanding with age, after flowering: accrescent expanse: acres, area, breadth, distance, domain, extent, gulf, ocean, plain, range, reach, region, scope, sea, space, span, spread, stretch, sweep, territory, tract
expansion: development, dilatation, enlargement, extension, growth, increase, proliferation, widening expansive: ample, broad, communicative, comprehensive, demonstrative, effusive, elastic, extensive, extroverted, free, generous, genial, grand, great, gregarious, large, lavish, outgoing, spacious, talkative, vast, widespread expatiate: amplify, descant, elaborate, enlarge, expound, ramble, rant, sermonize, wander expatriate: banish, deport, displace, emigrant, exile, expel, oust, outcast, refugee, relegate expect: anticipate, assume, await, calculate, deem, demand, envision, feel, forecast, foresee, guess, hope, look forward to, presume, reckon, sense, suppose, think, want expectant: agog, alert, atip, eager, hopeful, pregnant, waiting, watchful expectantly: with bated breath expectation: anticipation, belief, hope, likelihood, possibility, prospect expectorated matter: sputum expedient: advantageous, advisable, appropriate, beneficial, makeshift, method, opportune, politic, possible, profitable, proper, resource, scheme, stopgap, useful, wise, worthwhile expedient and wise: politic expedite: accelerate, advance, dispatch, ease, efficient, facilitate, hasten, hurry, press, quicken, rush, speed expedition: advance, anabasis, crusade, excursion, exploration, haste, jaunt, journey, mission, patrol, promptness, quest, safari, speed, tour, trek, trip, voyage expeditious: fast expeditiously: in short order expel: banish, deport, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, drive, eject, eliminate, evict, exclude, exile, expatriate, oust, pass, remove, spew expel from one's native land: exile expend: consume, disburse, dissipate, distribute, drain, exhaust, indulge, spend, squander, use, waste expendable: disposable, excess, forgoable, nonessential, replaceable expenditure: cost, disbursement, expense, outgo, outlay, payment expenditures, regulated: sumptuary
expense: charge, cost, debt, expenditure, forfeiture, loss, outlay, overhead, price, risk, sacrifice, upkeep expense allowance for day: per diem expense of running business: overhead expenses, of minor: incidental expensive: costly, dear, exorbitant, extravagant, high-priced, lavish, overpriced, posh, pricey, steep, upscale, valuable expensive possession that is financial burden to maintain: white elephant experience: adventure, affair, background, behold, encounter, endure, event, exposure, feel, feeling, have, involvement, know, know-how, knowledge, live, maturity, ordeal, seasoning, sense, skill, suffer, sustain, taste, training, trial, undergo, view, wisdom experience again: relive experience and intuition as independent entities: transcendental experience as source of knowledge: empiricism experience in saying and doing the right thing: savoir faire experience of unexpected change or shift in life: vicissitude experience, difficult or painful: ordeal experience, familiar with by: au fait, conversant experience, unpleasant: mauvais quart d'heure experienced: able, accustomed, adept, competent, expert, familiar, knew, old, practiced, professional, qualified, seasoned, sophisticated, tested, tried, veteran, wise, worldly, worldly-wise experienced person: trouper, veteran experienced through another: vicarious experiment: analyze, assay, check, exercise, investigate, observation, probe, research, search, test, trial experiment subject: guinea pig experiment, derived from: a posteriori, empirical, inductive experimental: contingent, developmental, empirical, exploratory, preliminary, tentative expert: ace, adept, adroit, artist, authority, capable, connoisseur, consultant, deft, experienced, gourmet, master, maven, oner, past master, pro, professional, proficient, pundit, schooled, skilled, specialist, virtuoso expert adviser: consultant
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expert in fine food and drink: connoisseur, gourmet expert in the arts: maestro expert information, source of: authority expert person: connoisseur, maven, mavin expert with specialized knowledge: cognoscente expertise, superficial: sciolism experts who serve as advisers or planners, group of: brain trust expiate: amend, appease, atone, forgive, reconcile, rectify expiration: death, elapsing, exhalation, finish, passing, termination expire: cease, die, emit, end, expel, lapse, perish, quit, stop explain: annotate, clarify, construe, decipher, define, describe, elaborate, elucidate, expand, explicate, expound, illuminate, interpret, justify, manifest, rationalize, simplify, translate, unfold, unravel explain actions in self-satisfying way: rationalize explain in detail: elaborate, expatiate explainer, critical and scholarly: exegete explanation: account, answer, apology, brief, cause, commentary, exegesis, explication, exposition, history, meaning, motive, reason, statement explanation for unknown should be attempted in terms of what is already known: law of parsimony, Ockham's razor explanation of a statement: construction explanation of a text, critical: exegesis explanation of broad subject: rubric explanation that awaits proof: hypothesis, theorem, theory, working hypothesis explanation, detailed: explication explanatory: exponent, expository explanatory comment: parenthesis explanatory material: epexegesis explanatory note: commentary, definition, gloss, glossary explanatory part of map, chart, illustration: legend expletive: curse, exclamation, oath, swear explicate: annotate, clarify, construe, expand, explain, expound, interpret, unfold explicit: absolute, accurate, categoric, categorical, clear, definite, defini-
tive, direct, exact, express, frank, obvious, open, plain, pointed, positive, precise, specific, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable explode: blast, burst, deflate, detonate, discharge, disprove, dynamite, erupt, mushroom, pop, refute, shatter, spring, thunder exploding star: nova exploit: abuse, achievement, act, adventure, advertise, bilk, bleed, coup, deed, feat, gest, geste, manipulate, milk, misuse, promote, stunt, take advantage of, use, utilize exploration: recce, reconnaissance exploration, military-like: reconnaissance explore: analyze, chart, examine, investigate, probe, prospect, question, research, scout, search, survey, test, try explore for minerals or ore: prospect explorer by water: navigator explosion: blast, bomb, clap, detonation, discharge, eruption, ignition, outburst, pop explosive: amatol, ammunition, bomb, charge, cherry bomb, critical, dangerous, dynamite, eruptive, fireworks, fulminate, grenade, guncotton, lyddite, mine, missile, nitroglycerin, payload, powder, propellant, stormy, strained, tense, tetryl, TNT, unstable, volatile explosive force of one million metric tons of TNT: megaton explosive liquid: nitroglycerin explosive place or situation: powder keg, tinderbox exponent: advocate, backer, booster, example, illustration, protagonist, supporter, symbol expose: bare, broadcast, defray, disclose, discover, display, divulge, endanger, exhibit, feature, flaunt, jeopardize, open, publish, reveal, risk, strip, unclothe, uncover, unearth, unfold, unmask expose corruption or possible corruption: muckrake expose to public abuse: pillory expose to sunlight: insolate expose wrongdoing: blow the whistle exposed: bared, liable, overt, prone, susceptible, unprotected, vulnerable exposition: account, analysis, article,
bazaar, commentary, editorial, essay, exegesis, exhibition, explanation, fair, mart, piece, report, show expository essay: treatise expostulate: argue, debate, demand, discuss, dispute, dissuade, object, oppose, protest, remonstrate exposure: confession, danger, discovery, divulgence, hazard, liability, orientation, outlook, publicity, revelation, unmasking, vulnerability expound: clarify, construe, define, describe, elucidate, explain, explicate, express, illustrate, interpret, state express: articulate, certain, convey, couch, declare, definite, denote, depict, describe, dictate, exhibit, expatiate, explicit, expound, manifest, phrase, show, signify, speak, state, symbolize, vent, ventilate, voice; direct, fast, nonstop, rapid, swift express an opinion: opine express effusively: emote express in coherent verbal form: articulate, enunciate, verbalize express in gestures: gesticulate expressing by negating something's opposite: litotes expressing much in a word or phrase: holophrastic expression: assertion, atticism, clich, communication, delineation, diction, emotion, euphemism, form, frown, gesture, grimace, grin, idiom, intonation, laconism, language, manifestation, modulation, motto, phrase, remark, show, sign, smile, smirk, sneer, statement, symbol, term, token, trope, voice, wince, word expression in everyday language: colloquialism expression of solemn ratification: amen expression or inflection of voice: modulation expression or manner: mien expression used by particular person or group: locution expression, choice of: diction expression, concise: atticism expression, figurative: trope expression, manner of speaking or: parlance, phraseology expression, overused: clich expression, roundabout: circumlocution, periphrasis expressionless: blank, deadpan, dull, empty, enigmatic, impassive, inscru-
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table, poker-faced, stolid, stony, unfathomable, vacant, vacuous, wooden expressive: colorful, demonstrative, dramatic, eloquent, evocative, graphic, lively, meaningful, passionate, poetic, revealing, significant, telling, vivid expressive and demonstrative: effusive, gushing expressly: clearly, definitely, explicitly, just, plainly, purposely, specially, unequivocally expressway: freeway, highway, interstate, road, superhighway, thruway, turnpike expropriate: commandeer, confiscate, impound, seize, take, usurp expulsion: banishment, debarment, dismissal, ejection, eviction, exile, ousting, removal, suspension expunge: annihilate, cancel, dele, delete, destroy, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, obliterate, remove expunged, as from a record: stricken expurgate: bleep, blip, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, censor, dele, edit, purge, screen exquisite: attractive, beautiful, careful, charming, choice, dainty, delicate, delicious, elegant, excellent, flawless, impeccable, intense, keen, nice, outstanding, precious, rare, recherch, refined, striking extant: alive, existing, present, surviving extemporaneous: ad-lib, impromptu, improvised, informal, offhand, spontaneous, unpremeditated extemporize: ad-lib extend: accord, adulterate, amplify, augment, bestow, broaden, bulge, come, continue, deepen, dilate, display, elongate, enlarge, expand, grant, grow, holdout, increase, lengthen, offer, outstretch, perpetuate, proffer, prolong, protract, protrude, range, rise, span, spread, stretch, supplement, unbend, widen extend or bridge: span extended trip: tour extension: addition, amplification, annex, area, arm, branch, delay, duration, enlargement, outgrowth, postponement, reach, reprieve, scope, spread, stay, wing extensive: ample, broad, capacious, comprehensive, immense, large, ma-
jor, prevalent, sizable, spacious, sweeping, thorough, vast, wide, widespread extensive plain in South America: llano extent: amount, area, assessment, body, breadth, bulk, degree, dimension, distance, duration, encompass, expanse, increase, intensity, latitude, limit, magnitude, measure, quantity, range, reach, scope, size, space, spread, sweep, territory, width, writ extent of loss: toll extent of power, function: purview, scope extenuate: alleviate, palliate extenuating: diminishing, justifying, lessening, mitigating, palliating, qualifying exterior: coating, ectal, external, facade, outer, outermost, outside, rind, shell, surface exterior angle of wall: coign, quoin exterminate: abolish, annihilate, decimate, destroy, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, extirpate, fumigate, kill, massacre extermination, systematic and planned: genocide external: exterior, extrinsic, foreign, out, outer, outside, peripheral, superficial, visible external origin, of: exogenous, extraneous, extrinsic extinct: antiquated, archaic, bygone, dead, defunct, disappeared, extinguished, gone, lost, obsolete, vanished extinct bird: dodo, moa extinct elephant-like mammal: mastodon extinct, not: extant extinguish: abolish, annihilate, cancel, destroy, douse, eclipse, eliminate, end, expunge, nullify, quash, quell, quench, smother, snuff, stifle, suffocate, suppress, trample extirpate: abolish, annihilate, demolish, destroy, eradicate, erase, excise, expel, exterminate, extract, remove, uproot, weed extol: applaud, bless, celebrate, commend, compliment, eulogize, exalt, glorify, laud, praise extort: cheat, coerce, elicit, exact, extract, flay, force, intimidate, squeeze, wrench, wrest
extortion: blackmail, chantage, graft, payoff, pressure, racket, ransom, shakedown extra: accessory, added, additional, ancillary, lagniappe, leftover, more, odd, over, plus, reserve, spare, special, stand-in, superfluous, superior, supervenient, supplemental, supplementary, surplus, unusually extra card in a deck: joker extra charge: surcharge extra day of leap year: bissextile day extra or excessive: supererogatory, superfluous extra or unexpected gift: lagniappe extra payment: bonus extra personnel or equipment sent: reinforcements extra text added: addendum, afterthought, annex, appendix, postscript, supplement extra time: leeway extra tire: spare extra work benefit: fringe benefit, perk, perquisite extract: cite, concentrate, cull, decoction, deduce, draw, educe, elicit, elute, essence, evoke, exact, excerpt, exhaust, extort, gather, obtain, quotation, quote, remove, select, separate, squeeze, withdraw, wring extract flavor by boiling: decoct extract from Bible: pericope extract from publication or entertainment: excerpt extract or chunk: gobbet, snippet extract usable or reusable substances: recovery, recycling extract with effort: pry extract, pure: quintessence extracted elements: derivatives extracted, as a cork: drawn extraction: ancestry, breeding, descent, lineage, origin, parentage, race, stock extramarital sex: adultery, infidelity, unfaithfulness extraneous: adventitious, exotic, extrinsic, foreign, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, irrelevant, needless, outer, pointless, supererogatory, superfluous extraordinary: abnormal, amazing, bizarre, exceptional, fantastic, gnarly, incredible, monstrous, notable, outstanding, phenomenal, prodigious, rare, remarkable, signal, singular, special,
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EYE-RELATED TERMS
above the eyebrow: superciliary black eye: shiner branch of medicine treating eyes: ophthalmology colored part of eye with pupil inside: iris concentrated focus: fixation constricted coordination of eyes to focus at short range: convergence corner of the eye: canthus, commissure dark part within iris: pupil defect in focus: squint, strabismus difficulty seeing in dimness and darkness: night blindness, nyctalopia double vision: diplopia examination of refraction of eye: retinoscopy, skiascopy eye: blinker, cornea, iris, lamp, ogle, orb, orbit, peeper, pupil, retina eye disease: astigmatism, cataract, conjunctivitis, glaucoma, iritis, myopia, strabismus, stye eye disease of pressure in eyeball: glaucoma eye disease with imbalance of eye muscles: strabismus eye disease with opacity of eye lens: cataracts eye doctor: oculist, ophthalmologist eye examiner: optometrist eye exercises: orthoptics eye of insect or crustacean: compound eye eye of snail, on stalk: ommatophore eye part: cornea, irido, iris, lens, pupil, retina, sclera, uvea eye pigment sensitive to red light: rhodopsin eye pigment sensitive to violet: iodopsin eye socket: orbit eyeball involuntary motion: nystagmus eyeball movement when dreaming: REM eyeglass: monocle eyeglass sidepieces: temples eyeglasses: contacts, goggles, lenses, lorgnette, monocles, specs, spectacles eyeglasses and contact lens dealer: optician eyeglasses and contacts prescriber: ophthalmic optician, optician, optometrist strange, stupendous, superhuman, surpassing, terrific, tremendous, uncommon, unique, unusual, wonderful extrasensory: paranormal extrasensory perception: clairvoyance, cryptesthesia, ESP, telesthesia extrasensory perception of distant stimuli: telesthesia extraterrestrial: alien extravagance, prodigality: conspicuous consumption extravagant: bizarre, costly, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, fanatic, fancy, fantastic, flamboyant, generous, grandiose, lavish, luxurious, ornate, eyeglasses clipped to bridge of nose: pince-nez eyeglasses with handle: lorgnette eyeglasses, three-part: trifocals eyeglasses, two-part: bifocals eyelid: palpebra eyepiece: loupe eye's ability to bend light to focus it on retina: refraction eyesight: tunnel vision farsightedness: hypermetropia, hyperopia faulty curvature of lens: astigmatism fold of skin covering inner corner of eyelid: epicanthic fold, epicanthus having eyelids: palpebrate lens of a compound eye: facet make eye pupil larger, to: dilate mucous or watery discharge: rheum nearly blind: purblind nearsightedness: myopia on outer edges of eyesight: peripheral vision opacity of lens of eye: cataract perfect eyesight: emmetropia, twenty-twenty vision pertaining to eye and sight: ocular protruding eyeballs: exophthalmic rapid movement of the eyes: saccade relating to both eyes: binocular relating to eyelids: palpebral relating to eyesight: ocular, optical, visual relating to one eye: monocular relating to the eye: ocular, ophthalmic, optical simple eye of invertebrates: ocellus specks seen with eyes closed: muscae volitantes substance used to dilate eye pupils: atropine transparent coating of eye: cornea transparent inner eyelid of birds and some other animals: nictitating membrane unequal surface of eye: astigmatism wrinkles around eyes: crow's feetW
outre, overpriced, pompous, preposterous, prodigal, profuse, reckless, ridiculous, unreasonable, unrestrained, wasteful, wild extravagant and wasteful: prodigal extreme: advanced, arrant, ceiling, conclusive, culmination, desperate, dire, drastic, excessive, faraway, farthest, final, greatest, harsh, highest, immoderate, intense, last, limit, maximum, nth degree, outermost, outward, peak, radical, severe, sheer, terrible, terrific, ultimate, ultra, utmost, violent, zenith extreme degree: nth
extreme excellence: ne plus ultra extreme fear: terror extreme greed: rapacity extreme in belief or position: intransigent, uncompromising extreme in devotion: fanatical, rabid extreme in opinion: radical extremely: beyond measure, conspicuously, especially, very extremely cold: gelid extremely pale: ashen extremes, divide into two: polarize extremist: anarchist, fanatic, maximalist, nihilist, radical, revolutionary, zealot
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extremity: apex, arm, backside, border, boundary, brink, crisis, danger, disaster, distress, end, finger, foot, hand, leg, limb, limit, outermost, tail, terminus, toe, verge extricate: clear, disengage, disentangle, extract, free, liberate, loose, remove, rescue, untangle extrinsic: adventitious, alien, external, extraneous, foreign, outside, unessential extroverted: friendly, gregarious, outgoing, sociable extrude: eject, evict, expel, project, protrude, spew exuberance: eagerness, effervescence, lan, energy, enthusiasm, exhilara-
tion, extravagance, life, liveliness, profusion, spirit, vigor, vitality, vivacity, zest, zestfulness exuberant: abounding, animated, cheerful, effusive, excessive, excited, fertile, flamboyant, fruitful, happy, lavish, lively, passionate, plentiful, vivacious exude: discharge, display, emit, excrete, exhibit, ooze, perspire, secrete, seep, sweat exult: crow exult maliciously: gloat exultant: delighted, ecstatic, elated, happy, joyous, on top of the world, overjoyed, triumphant exuviate: molt, peel
eye-catching: attractive, conspicuous, marked, noticeable, showy eye-deceiving trick: optical illusion eye-for-an-eye punishment: lex talionis, reprisal, talion eye-popping: amazing, astonishing, exciting, thrilling, wonderful eye tooth: canine eyeful: beauty, knockout, looker, view eyelash makeup: mascara eyelet, reinforced ring of: grommet eyelike spots: ocelli eyesore: blemish, blight, dump, mess eyespot of peacock: ocellus eyewitness: bystander, observer, onlooker, spectator, witness
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fable: allegory, apologue, concoction, exemplum, falsehood, fantasy, fiction, legend, lie, myth, narrative, parable, story, tale fable ending: moral fable of abstract ideas: allegory fable or tale with moral: apologue fable payoff: ethic fable used to make a point: exemplum fabled baby transport: stork fables, composer of: fabulist fabricate: build, coin, concoct, construct, contrive, create, devise, falsify, fashion, formulate, frame, invent, lie, make, manufacture, produce, weave fabrication: coinage, fiction, figment, lie fabulous: amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, fantastic, incredible, legendary, marvelous, mythical, outrageous, phenomenal, remarkable, terrific, wonderful facade: disguise, face, fake, front, guise, mask, pretense, veneer facade, elaborate: false front, Potemkin village face: bear, border, brave, confront, countenance, cover, dare, defy, dial, dignity, encounter, envisage, expression, exterior, facade, feature, front, frown, grimace, honor, kisser, map, mask, mug, oppose, paint, pan, physiognomy, profile, puss, semblance, silhouette, stand, stare, surface, tolerate, visage face courageously: brave face downward: prone, prostrate face in specified direction: orient, orientate face of building: facade face-to-face: affront, confront, direct, opposite, vis--vis
face-to-face meeting: confrontation, mano a mano face value of security: nominal value, par value face with stone: revet face, flat on your: agroof face, straight or blank: deadpan, poker face facedown on stomach: prone facelift: cosmetic surgery facet: angle, aspect, feature, pane, part, phase, side facetious: amusing, clever, comic, comical, funny, humorous, jesting, jocular, laughable, sarcastic, wisecracking, witty faceup on back: supine facial expression: countenance, smile, sneer, visage facial features: countenance, lineaments, physiognomy facial spasm: tic facile: able, adept, adroit, easy, effortless, expert, fluent, glib, pat, proficient, quick, simple, skillful, slick facilitate: aid, assist, ease, expedite, foster, further, help, promote facility: ability, address, adroitness, amenity, aptitude, capability, dexterity, ease, east, expertness, knack, pliability, poise, readiness, skill facing an impinging glacier: stoss facing the observer: obverse facing the pitcher: at bat facsimile: copy, duplicate, fax, imitation, likeness, replica, reproduction fact: actuality, basis, certainty, circumstance, data, datum, deed, event, evidence, ipso facto, point, proof, reality, specific, statistics, truth fact itself, by the: by definition, ipso facto fact, accomplished: fait accompli
faction: band, bloc, cabal, circle, clan, coalition, confederacy, coterie, denomination, dispute, dissension, group, intrigue, junto, party, quarrel, rebellion, ring, schism, sect, side, slique factious: conflicting, contentious, dissident, fighting, insurgent, seditious factitious: artificial, bogus, phony, sham, synthetic, unnatural factor: agent, antecedent, aspect, author, cause, circumstance, component, constituent, detail, determinant, element, gene, ingredient, point, reason factor making up for deficiency: mitigating factor, offset, redeeming feature, redeeming quality factor ruling out treatment: contraindication factory: building, business, cooperative, establishment, manufactory, mill, plant, shop, sweatshop, workshop factory assembly belt: conveyor belt factory line of workers or step-by-step operating: assembly line, production line factory owned collectively by workers or users: cooperative factory with poor working conditions, pay: sweatshop factotum: do all, handyman facts admissible as evidence: res gestae facts and circumstances, concerned with: practical, pragmatic facts and figures: data factual: accurate, authentic, correct, genuine, literal, objective, real, true faculty: ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, department, flair, gift, in-
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stinct, instructors, knack, power, professors, propensity, skill, staff, talent, teachers, wits fad: amusement, chic, craze, fashion, hobby, quirk, rage, thing, trend, whim fade: abate, decay, die, dim, diminish, disappear, discolor, dissolve, dull, ebb, evanesce, languish, lighten, pale, recede, shrivel, swindle, taper, vanish, wane, weaken, wilt, wither fail: abandon, bankrupt, bomb, bungle, default, desert, disappoint, exhaust, falter, flop, flunk, fold, founder, languish, lose, miscarry, sink, sora, unsuccessful, wane, welsh fail to pay debt, keep promise: default, welsh fail to use efficiently: waste failing: deficiency, drawback, fault, flaw, in a decline, inadequate, insufficient, poor, shortcoming, weakness failure: abortion, bankruptcy, bomb, breakdown, bust, collapse, debacle, decay, decline, default, deficiency, delinquency, disappointment, downfall, dud, fault, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frustration, insolvency, lapse, lemon, loser, loss, miscarriage, neglect, omission, slump, washout
failure of institution: Gotterdammerung failure to attain goal: shortfall failure to do duty: dereliction, nonfeasance failure to keep obligation: default failure, complete: fiasco fain: lief faineant: idle faint: blackout, collapse, dark, delicate, dim, distant, dizzy, faded, feeble, fuzzy, gentle, giddy, hushed, languid, languish, light, lightheaded, listless, muffled, obscure, pale, pass out, sickly, slight, sluggish, soft, swoon, syncope, thin, timid, unclear, vague, weak, woozy faint and unclear: obscure faint wish: inclination, tendency, velleity faint, tending to: lipothymia fair: aboveboard, adequate, average, bazaar, beautiful, blond, blonde, calm, carnival, charming, clear, decent, deserved, distinct, enchanting, equal, equitable, even, evenhanded, exhibit, exhibition, exposition, festival, fete, gala, handsome, honest, impartial, indifferent, judicious, just, light, mart, mediocre,
middling, mild, objective, pageant, pleasant, reasonable, right, so-so, square, sufficient, unbiased, unprejudiced fair and unbiased: disinterested, dispassionate, impartial, unprejudiced fair-haired and -skinned: xanthochroid fair-skinned: Caucasian fair to middling: so-so fair weather indicator: rising barometer fairly: absolutely, actually, courteously, distinctly, favorably, fully, gently, legitimately, properly, quite, rather, somewhat, tolerably fairness: duty, equality, equity, honesty, impartiality, justice, justness, legitimacy, objectivity fairy: banshee, brownie, dwarf, elf, enchantress, fay, genie, gnome, goblin, gremlin, leprechaun, peri, pixie, puck, spirit, sprite, sylphid fairy-tale bad guy: ogre fairylike: elfin, ethereal faith: acceptance, belief, confidence, conviction, creed, dogma, hope, loyalty, pledge, promise, reliance, trust; church, cult, denomination, persuasion, religion, sect faith and beliefs, statement of: creed
FABRIC TYPES AND TERMS

coarse fabric: burlap, crash, gunny, hopsack, mat corded fabric: calico, corduroy, pinwale, pique, poplin, rep, repp cotton fabric: chambray, chino, drill, galatea, gingham, jean, madras, nainsook, percale, susi, swiss edge woven so it won't fray or ravel: selvage fabric: bunting, cloth, construct, felt, fiber, grain, linen, lining, material, nap, Orion, rayon, satin, shirting, structure, textile, texture, voile, web, weft, woof fabric colorist: dyer fabric dealer: draper, mercer fabric from West Indian tree: guana fabric gathered in parallel rows: shirring fabric plaid: madras, tartan fabric resembling velvet, closely napped: velour fabric sample: swatch fabric that is crinkly, light, often striped: seersucker fabric with a design: print fabric with a wrinkled effect: pliss fabric with diagonal lines: twill fabric with fuzzy surface: napped fabric with triangular insert for expansion: gusset flag fabric: bunting linen fabric: barras, buckram, cambric, carde, crash, drabbet, ecru, lockram, sinelon lustrous fabric: lam, moir, poplin, sateen, satin, silk, surah, taffeta printed fabric: batik, calico, challis, chintz, damask, jacquard, toile satin fabric: toile, panne, pekin sheer fabric: batiste, chiffon, dimity, gauze, lawn, organdy, organza, Swiss, tissue, voile silk fabric: alamode, carded, chiffon, crepe, ninon, pongee, samite, sarsenet, satin, shantung, surah, taffeta striped fabric: aba, abba, algerine, galatea, pekin, seersucker, ticking surface of plush, velvet, corduroy or carpet: pile synthetic fabric: acrilan, acrylic, Dacron, nylon, Orion, plastic, polyester, rayon wool fabric: baize, beige, Bolivia, burnet, caddis, camlet, casha, cataloon, catalowne, debeige, delaine, droguet, duffel, frisado, frisca, frizado, gabardine, grenadine, harrateen, hernani, loden, mackinaw, melton, merino, montagnac, moreen, rattinet, serge, tweed, witney, woolen, woollen, worsted, zibeline, zibelline woven fabric: blanket, damasse, textile, tricot, tweed, twill, weft
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Fabrics and Fibers acetate acrylic alpaca angora astrakhan baize balbriggan baldachin barathea batik batiste bayadere bengaline bombazine boucl brilliantine broadcloth brocade brocatel/brocatelle buckram bunting burlap byssus calico cambric camel hair/camel's hair candlewick Canton crepe canvas cashmere cassimere/casimere castor cavalry twill challis chambray charmeuse cheesecloth chenille cheviot chiffon chinchilla chino chintz cire cloque cloth combing wool cord corduroy cotton Courte lie crash crepe de Chine cretonne Crimplene crinoline Dacron damask denim dimity doeskin Donegal tweed drill drugget duck duetyn/duvetyne duffel/duffle dungaree ecru faille felt flannel flannelette fleece foulard frieze fustian gabardine galatea gauze Georgette gingham gossamer grenadine grogram grosgrain gunny haircloth Harris tweed herringbone homespun honan/Honan hopsack horsehair huckaback/huck jaconet jacquard jardiniere jean jersey jute Kendal green kersey khaki lace lam lawn leatherette leno linen linsey-woolsey lisle lisse loden Lurex mackinaw mackintosh/ macintosh madras maline/malines marocain marquisette marseille/marseilles mat melton merino mesh messaline mohair moir moleskin monk's cloth moquette mousseline muslin nainsook nankeen net/netting ninon nylon oilcloth oilskin organdy organza organzine Orion paisley panne paramatta percale percaline petersham Pima pique plaid plush polyester pongee poplin prunella ragg ratine rayon rep russet sackcloth sacking sailcloth samite sarcenet sateen satin scrim seersucker serge shalloon shantung sharkskin Shetland wool sheer shoddy shot silk silk spandex stockinette suede surah swansdown swanskin tabaret tabby taffeta tapestry terry cloth ticking tiffany toile toweling tricot tricotine tulle tussah tweed twill velour velure velvet velveteen Venetian cloth vicuna voile webbing whipcord wool worsteds
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FAITH, PERSON WITHOUT - FALSE
faith, person without: agnostic, nullifidian faith, to make declaration of: testify faith, unquestioning in: implicit faithful: constant, dependable, devoted, fast, firm, honest, leal, loving, loyal, patriotic, pious, reliable, sincere, staunch, steadfast, steady, tried, true, true to, trustworthy, trusty, unwavering, upright, veracious faithful adherent: believer faithful forever: semper fidelis faithfulness to obligations: fealty, fidelity, loyalty faithless: atheist, deceptive, disaffected, disloyal, false, fickle, hollow, inconstant, perfidious, punie, recreant, shifting, skeptical, traitorous, treacherous, unbelieving, unjust, unstable, untrue, wavering fake: bogus, cheat, counterfeit, fabrication, false, falsify, fictitious, forged, fraudulent, fudge, hoax, imitation, imposter, invented, manufacture, phony, pretend, scam, sham, spurious, supposititious, swindle fake gems: paste fake identity: imposture fake or imitation: artificial, ersatz, simulated, synthetic fake or insincere: contrived, factitious fake or pretend, to: dissemble, feign, simulate fake, cheap: brummagen, gimcrack, pinchbeck faked sorrow: crocodile tears fakes a smile, person who: eccedentesiast fakir: ascetic, dervish, hindu, mendicant, monk, moslem, yogi falcon: bird, cannon, hawk, kestrel, lanner, merlin, musket, peregrine, saker, sparrow hawk, tiercel falcon popular in falconry: duck hawk, peregrine falcon falcon young enough to be trained for falconry: eyas falcon, small: merlin, pigeon hawk falconry, male hawk used in: tiercel falcons release by falconer as pair: cast fall: abate, backslide, buckle, capitulate, cascade, cataract, collapse, crash, decline, decrease, degrade, depreciate, depress, descend, destruction, die, disappoint, dive, drip, drop, fail, flop, lapse, occur, overthrow, perish, plop, plummet, plunge, precipitate, recede, ruin, sag, settle, sink,
slip, slump, spill, stumble, submit, subside, surrender, topple, trip, tumble
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fall back: recede, recoil, retract, retreat fall behind: lag, straggle fall by drops: trickle fall downward: gravitate, subside fall guy: chump, dupe, fool, goat, patsy, pawn, scapegoat, sucker, tool fall heavily: plop fall in voice pitch: cadence, falling intonation fall into disuse: lapse fall off: bite the dust, come a cropper, measure one's length fall out of place: prolapse fall over: topple fall over steep rocks, water: cascade fall straight down quickly: hurtle, plummet, precipitate fall upon: impinge W fallacious: beguiling, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, erroneous, false, fraudulent, illusory, misleading, mistaken, untrue, wrong fallacious argument or conclusion: paralogism fallacy: error, false notion, falsehood, flaw, illusion, misconception, mistake, preconception fallen: dead, deposed, disgraced, immoral, lost, ousted, shamed, sinful, slain fallible: erratic, erroneous, faulty, human, imperfect, mortal, questionable, unreliable, unsure falling back to former ill state: relapse falling off, shedding leaves, fruit: deciduous falling out: argument, disagreement, dispute, fight, resultant, spat fallopian or eustachian tube: salpinx fallout: by-product, debris, dust, radioactive fallow: idle, inactive, lea, undeveloped, unseeded, unused fallow female deer: doe fallow land year for Jews: Sabbatical year false: apocryphal, artificial, bogus, concocted, counterfeit, crooked, deceitful, deceptive, devious, disaffected, dishonest, disloyal, erroneous, faithless, fake, feigned, fictious, groundless, guise, hollow, hypocritical, illu-
sive, imaginary, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, insincere, mendacious, misleading, mistaken, not so, perfidious, phony, postiche, pretended, pseudo, recreant, sham, spurious, treacherous, unreal, untrue, untruthful, wrong
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false and invented: bogus, fictitious, spurious false and made-up: concocted, trumped-up false appearance: facade, guise, pretense, simulation false appearance of, to give a: dissemble, feign, simulate false argument: sophistry false behavior or speech: duplicity false but represented as otherwise: ostensible false but seemingly true or plausible: meretricious, sophistic, specious false charge: aspersion, slander false conception: illusion false conclusion or argument: paralogism false evidence against, to use: frame false evidence, deliberate giving of: perjury false god: idol false image or representation: simulacrum false impression, presentation to give: window dressing false information: bum steer false lead: red herring false notion: fallacy false notion of proof that misses point: ignoratio elenchi, sophism false notion that sequence of events implies causative connection: ergo propter hoc, post hoc false or questionable: apocryphal false perception: delusion, hallucination, illusion, mirage false professing of beliefs, feelings, virtues: hypocrisy false publication that damages person's reputation: libel false remark or statement: aspersion, calumny, canard, defamation, libel, rumor, slander false step or error in etiquette: faux pas false teeth holder: bridge, bridgework false teeth set: denture
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FALTER - FARCICAL false thought, idea, notion: misapprehension, misconception, misconstruction, misunderstanding false verdict: bum rap false, insincere pathos: bathos false, slanderous story used for political purpose: roorback false, to prove: confute, rebut, refute falsehood: canard, deception, dishonesty, fable, fabrication, fallacy, fib, fiction, fraud, inaccuracy, lie, mendacity, misstatement, perfidy, perjury, story, tale, treachery, untruth falsehood, to free from a: disabuse falsely, to picture: belie, misrepresent falsify: adulterate, alter, belie, betray, counterfeit, doctor, fake, forge, fudge, lie, mislead, misrepresent, twist * falter: bobble, boggle, err, fail, flounder, hesitate, reel, shudder, stagger, stumble, stutter, totter, tremble, vacillate, waver fame: acclaim, celebrity, distinction, clat, glory, greatness, honor, kudos, notoriety, popularity, prestige, reclame, recognition, renown, report, reputation, repute, rumor, stardom, stature fame, conspicuous: clat famed: noted, renowned familial pole: totem familiar: accustomed, acquaintance, acquainted, affable, aware, bold, buddy, chummy, close, common, confidential, conversant, cozy, customary, easy, free, frequent, friendly, habitual, intimate, known, ordinary, routine, snug, sociable, usual, versed familiar with: au fait, conversant familiarize: orient, orientate family: ancestry, brood, category, children, clan, class, descendants, genealogy, generation, group, household, kin, kindred, kinsmen, line, lineage, offspring, progeny, relatives, tribe family name: cognomen, patronymic, surname family of parents, children: nuclear family family of parents, children, and other close relatives: extended family family of rulers for generations: dynasty family side of father: spear side family side of mother: distaff side, spindle side family tree: genealogy, lineage, pedigree family, in the: en famille family's line of descendants: stirps famine: dearth, hunger, scarcity, shortage, starvation famous: acclaimed, celebrated, distinguished, eminent, excellent, grand, great, illustrious, known, legendary, notable, noted, notorious, prominent, recognized, renowned, storied, successful famous and elite: beau monde, glitterati, jet set famous and legendary: fabled, storied famous and of high rank: distinguished, eminent, prominent famous and worthy of reverence: august, venerable famous for unfavorable reason: infamous, notorious famous person: celebrity, luminary fan: admirer, aficionado, blower, booster, buff, cool, devotee, enthusiast, flabellum, follower, groupie, punkah, rooter, spread, windmill, winnow; blower, cool, propeller fan following entertainer: groupie fan for drawing air out of room: extractor, ventilator fan magazine: fanzine fan operated by servant: punkah fan rib: brin fan-shaped: flabellate fan-shaped anatomical structure: flabellum fanatic: activist, bigot, crazy, devotee, energumen, enthusiast, extravagant, extremist, fiend, maniac, radical, ultra, zealot fanatical: rabid fanatical enthusiast: energumen, zealot fanatical following: cult fanciful: bizarre, capricious, chimerical, dreamy, fantastic, ideal, illusory, imaginary, imaginative, in the clouds, mythical, quaint, romantic, stronge, unread, visionary, whimsical fanciful and improbable: chimerical fanciful humor: whimsy fanciful idea: conceit, crotchet, notion, whim, whimsy fancy: admire, capriccio, caprice, chimera, conceit, conjecture, crave, desire, dream, fad, fantasy, humor, idea, illusion, imagination, imagine, impression, inclination, lavish, liking, love, notion, picture, pleasure, preference, romance, taste, vagary, vision, whim, whimsy; decorative, deluxe, elaborate, elegant, embellished, expensive, ornamental, ornate fandango: dance, nonsense, tomfoolery, tune fanfare: ceremony, cheering, display, clat, fireworks, panoply, pomp, show, tantara fanfare of trumpets: flourish, tucket fanfare on trumpet or horn: tantara fanfare or showy passage: flourish fanny: behind, buttocks, derrire, heinie, hiney, rump fantasies or dreams, having the nature of: visionary fantasize: daydream, dream, envision, imagine, invent fantastic: absurd, amazing, bizarre, capricious, chimerical, enormous, excellent, exotic, extravagant, fabulous, fanciful, grotesque, huge, imaginary, imaginative, incredible, massive, sensational, strange, terrific, unbelievable, unreal, weird, whimsical, wonderful fantastic daydreams, person with: Walter Mitty fantastic notion: bee in one's bonnet fantasy: apparition, chimera, desire, dream, fancy, hallucination, idea, illusion, imagination, invention, mirage, reverie, romance, vision, whim fantasy or notion: figment far: considerably, deep, distant, greatly, inaccessible, long, miles, much, outlying, remote, wide, widely far and wide: everywhere, far and near far away: outlying, remote far away and difficult to reach: inaccessible far below the surface: deep far-fetched: bizarre, cockamamie, doubtful, dubious, forced, improbable, strained, unbelievable, unlikely, unrealistic far from point of attachment or reference: distal far-reaching: broad, deep, extensive, universal, wide faraway: abstracted, distant, dreamy, oblivious, preoccupied, remote, removed, yon farce: burlesque, comedy, joke, mime, mockery, nonsense, parody, satire, slapstick, stuffing farcical: absurd, amusing, comical,
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funny, humorous, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, outrageous, ridiculous, silly fare: charge, fee, price, rate, ticket, token, toll; customer, passenger; diet, eats, food, provision; get on, happen, manage, proceed, progress, prosper; journey, passage, path, travel farewell: adieu, adios, aloha, ave, bon voyage, bye, cheerio, conge, departure, goodbye, parting, salutation, sayonara, sendoff, so long, swan song, tata, vale, valediction, valedictory farewell or final act: swan song farewell speech: valedictory farina: cereal, flour, meal, mush, starch farinaceous: floury farm: cooperative, croft, cultivate, dairy, field, garden, grange, harvest, hatchery, homestead, kibbutz, kolkhoz, land, orchard, oyster, plant, plantation, plow, ranch, rancho, range, spread, till, vineyard farm animal: boar, calf, ewe, goat, hog, horse, livestock, mare, oxen, pig, ram, sheep, sow farm growing vegetables for market: truck farm farm machine: baler, planter, plow, seeder farm operated cooperatively: collective farm or farm buildings: grange farm owned by workers or users: cooperative farm structure: barn, cowbarn, shed, silo, sty farm, Israel collective: kibbutz farm, Russian collective: kolkhoz farm, Spanish type: hacienda farmer: agriculturist, breeder, cultivator, granger, grower, harvester, husbandman, planter, plowman, plowwoman, producer, rancher, sharecropper, sower, tiller, yeoman farmer cultivating his/her own land: yeoman farmer managing a ranch: grazier, rancher farmer, tenant: sharecropper farmhouse and adjoining buildings, land: homestead farming: agriculture, gardening, grazing, husbandry farming and rural life, pertaining to: georgic farming where farmer consumes produce: subsistence farming
farming with increased capital and labor, little land: intensive farming farming with little labor and capital, more land: extensive farming farming, of animal husbandry: pastoral farming, of cultivatable land and: arable farming, relating to: agrarian, agricultural farms land owned by another, one who: tenant farmer farouche: fierce, savage, sullen, surly, wild farrago: mess, mishmash, olio farsighted: clairvoyant, perceptive, provident, prudent, sagacious, shrewd, wise; hyperoptic farsightedness: hypermetropia, hyperopia farsightedness with aging: presbyopia farther: beyond, futher, longer, remoter, yonder farthest: endmost, extreme, last, lattermost, longest, outmost, utmost farthest down: deepest, nethermost farthest point or portion: extremity farthest possible point: ultima Thule fascicle: bunch, bundle, cluster, collection fascinate: absorb, allure, attract, beguile, captivate, charm, compel, draw, enamor, enchant, engross, entrance, interest, intrigue, mesmerize, rivet, spellbind, thrill fascinating: astonishing, enchanting, eye-popping, irresistible, spectacular fascinatingly foreign: exotic fascination: allure, astonishment, attraction, magnetism, obsession, wonder fascism: autocracy, dictatorship, Nazism, totalitarianism fashion: air, appearance, attitude, build, compose, construct, contrive, craze, create, custom, design, etiquette, fabricate, fad, form, frame, guise, invent, look, make, manner, method, mode, model, modes, mold, pattern, rage, shape, style, tailor, trend, vogue fashion, high: haute couture fashion, prevailing: dernier cri, vogue fashion, relating to tailoring and: sartorial fashionable: la mode, chic, contemporary, dashing, de rigueur, hip, hot, mod, modern, modish, newfangled, popular, posh, smart, soigne, stylish, swank, tony, trendy
fashionable and pretentious: chichi fashionable group: salon fashionable person: clotheshorse, fashion plate fashionable resort: spa fashionable society: beau monde, grand monde fast: abstain, active, apace, brisk, easy, enduring, expeditious, fleet, flying, hasty, hurried, in no time, loose, promiscuous, pronto, quick, rapid, reckless, refrain, speedy, swift; faithful, firm, held, immovable, loyal, permanent, secure, stable, stationary, steadfast, stuck, true, unyielding fast, rhythmic Latin American ballroom dance: cha-cha fasten: adhere, affix, anchor, attach, batten, bend, bind, bolt, bond, brace, cement, chain, clamp, clasp, clinch, cling, clip, connect, couple, direct, fix, focus, glue, hitch, hook, join, lace, latch, link, lock, moor, nail, padlock, paste, pin, rivet, rope, seal, secure, set, sew, solder, staple, strap, tether, tie, tighten, truss, weld, wire fastener: bolt, brace, bracket, buckle, button, catch, clamp, clasp, clip, cotter pin, hasp, latch, leash, lock, nail, nut, padlock, peg, pin, rivet, screw, snap, staple, strap, stud, tack, toggle bolt, Velcro, zipper fastidious: choosy, critical, dainty, delicate, demanding, difficult, elegant, exacting, exquisite, fine, finical, finicky, fussy, meticulous, nice, particular, refined, sensitive, squeamish fasting and self-denial: mortification fasting period: Lent fat: adipose, blubber, broad, cellulite, chubby, corpulent, cushy, elephantine, fertile, flab, fleshy, fruitful, grease, heavy, lard, large, obese, obesity, oil, olein, opulent, overweight, paunchy, plump, portly, potbellied, profitable, prosperous, pudgy, rich, rotund, stocky, stout, suet, thick, tubby fat by heating gently, to remove impurities in: clarify fat by heating, to melt down: render fat from animals used in candles, soap, etc.: tallow fat of beef, mutton: tallow fat of hogs: lard fat of sperm whale: spermaceti fat of thighs, buttocks: cellulite fat of whale: blubber
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fat stomach: corporation, paunch fat stomach, having: abdominous, adipose, pinguid fat streaks in meat: marbling fat, like butter or lard: shortening fat, relating to animal: adipose fat, smell of decomposing: rancid fat, solid form of: stearin fat, state of being: embonpoint fat, very: obese fatal: calamitous, catastrophic, critical, crucial, deadly, destined, destructive, disastrous, doomed, fateful, final, incurable, lethal, mortal, pernicious, ruinous, terminal fatal, ruinous act: kiss of death fatality: accident, casualty, death fate: chance, consequence, destiny, doom, end, fortune, karma, kismet, lot, outcome, portion, predestination, result fate (in Buddhism): karma fateful: critical, crucial, deadly, decisive, destructive, disastrous, eventful, important, inevitable, predestined, ruinous, significant father: abbot, adopt, beget, confessor, create, creator, dad, dada, daddy, founder, friar, generate, inventor, minister, old man, originate, padre, papa, parent, parson, pastor, pater, paternity, patriarch, pop, priest, procreate, reverend, sire father going through motions of birth with mother: couvade father or ruler of family, clan, tribe: patriarch father, founding: patriarch father, looking more like your: patroclinous father, murder of: patricide father, of or relating to descent from a: patrilineal father, of or relating to name of one's: patronymic father, relating to a: paternal father, to: beget, sire fatherhood: paternity fatherland: birthplace, homeland, motherland fatherly: benevolent, kindly, parental, paternal, patriarchal, protective, supportive father's side of family: agnate fathom: comprehend, delve, discern, grasp, measure, penetrate, solve, understand fatigue: bore, languor, tire
fatigued: all in, beat, bushed, drained, exhausted, foredone, jaded, languid, spent, tired, weakened, wearied fatlike substance: lipoid fatness: embonpoint fats in living cells: lipid fatten: batten, enrich, feed, lard, plump, stuff, swell, thrive fatty: adipose, blubbery, greasy, lardy, oily, oleaginous, pinguid, pinguide, sebaceous, suety, unctuous fatty acid in animal and vegetable fats: stearic acid fatty secretion of skin: sebum, smegma fatty substance linked to health problems: cholesterol fatty material: cellulite fatty tissue: suet fatuous: asinine, brainless, delusive, foolish, idiotic, imbecile, inane, moronic, ridiculous, silly, stupid, unintelligent, unreal, witless faucet: hydrant, nozzle, spigot, tap, valve faucet with a bent-down nozzle: bibcock faucet, valve reducing pressure: petcock fault: blame, blemish, blunder, culpability, default, defect, deficiency, drawback, dysfunction, error, failing, flaw, flub, foible, frailty, glitch, imperfection, liability, mistake, neglect, offense, shortcoming, sin, slip, transgression, vice, weakness, wrong fault of character, minor: foible fault or small sin: peccadillo fault, distance between two sides of: dislocation, displacement fault, minor: foible, peccadillo fault, my: mea culpa fault, technical: bug, glitch, malfunction faultfinder: carper, censor, critic, cynic, momus, nitpicker, scolder faultfinding: berating, captious, carping, caviling, censorious, niggling, querulous, vituperating faultless: blameless, correct, exemplary, flawless, foolproof, immaculate, impeccable, irreproachable, perfect, precise, pure, right, sinless, spotless, stainless, unimpeachable, whole faulty: amiss, bad, broken, damaged, defective, erroneous, impaired, imperfect, inaccurate, incorrect, malfunctioning, marred, wrong
faulty reasoning: paralogism fauna and flora: biota faux pas: blooper, blunders, boner, bull, bungle, error, gaffe, goof, indecorum, mistake, slip, slip of the tongue, slip-up, solecism favor: accommodate, advance, advocacy, approbation, approval, assistance, befriend, bless, boon, concession, courtesy, esteem, gift, go for, goodwill, grace, help, indulgence, kindness, letter, like, oblige, patronage, prefer, privilege, reward, service, subscribe, support, uphold favor a foot: limp favor with others, to bring oneself into: fawn, ingratiate, kowtow, truckle favor, something owed for a: obligation favor, trying to win: fawning, ingratiating, obsequious, servile, sycophantic, unctuous favorable: advantageous, approving, auspicious, benefic, beneficial, benign, benignant, complimentary, convenient, encouraging, friendly, good, gracious, hopeful, kind, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, positive, propitious, reassuring, towardly, welcoming favorable factor: plus favorable impression, way of falsely creating: window dressing favorable mention: plug favorable review: rave favorable thing: boon favoring a view: partisan, tendentious favoring one side: partial favorite: adored, beloved, choice, darling, idol, minion, pet, popular, preference, special, treasured favorite place to go: haunt favoritism: bias, discrimination, nepotism, partiality, prejudice favoritism shown to relatives by offering jobs: nepotism favors, equal exchange of: quid pro quo favors, to ask for: hector, importune fawn: buck, cower, crawl, cringe, deer, flatter, grovel, ingratiate, kowtow, slaver, sycophant, toady, truckle, wheedle, yearling fawning: obsequious faxed matter, unsolicited: faxraff faze: abash, bother, confuse, daunt, disconcert, embarrass, irritate, perplex, puzzle, rattle
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TYPES OF FEAR
fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear of animals: zoophobia of bees: apiophobia of being buried alive: taphephobia of blood: hemophobia of cats: ailurophobia of childbirth: tocophobia of choking: pnigophobia of confined spaces: claustrophobia of crossing bridges: gephyrophobia of crowds: ochlophobia of darkness: nyctophobia of death: necrophobia of dirt: mysophobia of dogs: cynophobia of drafts: aerophobia of dust: amathophobia of fear: phobophobia of fire: pyrophobia of future: apprehension, dread of germs: microbiophobia of ghosts: phasmophobia of heights: acrophobia of illness: nosophobia of injury: traumatophobia of insects: entomophobia of lawyers: ipsophobia of lightning: astrapophobia fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear fear of loneliness: eremiophobia of marriage: gametophobia of mice: musophobia of mirrors: eisoptrophobia of money: chrometophobia of night: nyctophobia of nothing: zerophobia of old age: gerascophobia of open spaces: agoraphobia of pain: algophobia of particular thing: phobia of poisoning: toxicophobia of poverty: peniaphobia of pregnancy: maieusiophobia of public speaking: lalophobia of salad dressings: mayophobia of sharks: galeophobia of sleep: hypnophobia of snakes: ophidiophobia of spiders: arachnaphobia of strangers: xenophobia of thirteen: triskaidekaphobia of thunder: brontophobia, tonitrophobia of travel: hodophobia of water: hydrophobia of work: ergophobia of worms: helminthophobia^ conquest, deed, exploit, masterstroke, miracle, stunt, tour de force, trick, trim, triumph feat of strength or virtuosity: tour de force feather: adorn, character, down, fledge, fletch, fluff, osprey, panache, penna, pinion, pinna, plumage, plume, quill, species, vane, wing
RELATED TERMS
fealty: allegiance, constancy, devotion, divined, duty, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, obligation fear: affright, agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, awe, concern, consternation, dismay, distrust, doubt, dread, fright, horror, panic, phobia, reverence, suspicion, terror, trepidation, uneasiness, venerate fear and apprehension: angst, presentiment, trepidation fear or concern, exaggerated or obsessive: complex fear, a shudder of: frisson, palpitation fear, arousing: fearsome, formidable, redoubtable fear, feeling of: anxiety, misgiving, qualm fear, irrational: phobia fear, move away in: blench, cower, cringe, flinch, quail, recoil, wince fear, paralyzing: consternation fear, state of: funk, panic, trepidation fear, state of paralyzing: consternation fear, to calm a: allay, quell feared: formidable, redoubtable feared thing: bugbear
fearful: afraid, aghast, alarmed, appalling, apprehensive, awful, chicken, concerned, dire, distressing, dreadful, frightened, frightful, ghastly, horrendous, horrible, jittery, leery, nervous, panicky, scared, shocking, terrible, terrified, timid, timorous, trembling, tremulous, worried fearful person: scaredy-cat fearfully suspicious: paranoid fearless: adventurous, audacious, bold, brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, unafraid, undaunted, valiant fearsome thing or creature: bogey, bugaboo, bugbear, chimera, hobgoblin feasible: achievable, attainable, cinch, conceivable, doable, likely, possible, reasonable, suitable, viable, workable feast: banquet, carnival, celebration, delight, dine, dinner, eat, festival, fete, fiesta, gala, holiday, indulge, luau, meal, regale, repast, spread, stuff, treat feast, relating to a: festal feat: accomplishment, achievement, act, action, adventure, attainment,
feather beginning to emerge: pinfeather feather of bird, primary: pinion feather on helmet: panache feather part: barb, barbicel feather plume on woman's hat: osprey feather shaft: rachis, scape feather-shaped: pinnate feather with barbs on sides: vane feather, filaments projecting from main shaft of: barbs feather, hollow shaft of: barrel, calamus, quill, rachis, scape feather, opening in shaft of: umbilicus
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feather, weblike part of: vane, vexillum, web featherbrained: brainless, emptyheaded, flighty, foolish, giddy, silly, simple feathered object in badminton: shuttlecock feathers: plumage feathers around neck of animal or bird: frill, hackles, ruff feathers of bird, mouth: vibrissae feathers of bird, outermost: contour feathers feathers of bird, smaller: covert, tectrix feathers of duck used for bedding: eiderdown feathers of rooster tail, long: sickle feature feathers or tuft of plumes: aigrette feathers that are different color from rest of bird body: mantle feathers with the beak, to clean: preen feathers, to cover with: fledge feathers, to erect: ruffle feathers, to shed: molt feathers, without: callow, unfledged W featherweight: boxer, trivial, unimportant, wrestler feature: angle, aspect, attribute, character, characteristic, column, component, countenance, detail, element, facet, factor, hallmark, headline, highlight, idiosyncrasy, lineament, mark, outline, story, trait feckless: aimless, careless, feeble, ineffective, irresponsible, meaningless, purposeless, remiss, slack, unreliable, useless, weak, worthless fecund: fertile, fruitful, productive, prolific fed up: annoyed, bored, disgusted, dissatisfied, sated, surfeited federal funds helping political representative and constituents: pork barrel federation: alliance, association, coalition, consortion, league, partnership, syndicate, union fee: allowance, assessment, charge, commission, compensation, cost, dues, emolument, expense, fare, gratuity, honorarium, payment, per-
centage, price, rate, recompense, retainer, reward, salary, stipend, tab, tariff, tax, toll, tuition, wage fee paid for instruction: tuition fee paid for job done: compensation, emolument fee paid for service done out of kindness: honorarium fee paid to retain professional adviser: retainer fee paid to salesperson for services rendered: commission feeble: ailing, debilitated, decrepit, disabled, faint, flimsy, fragile, frail, helpless, impotent, inadequate, ineffective, inferior, infirm, invalid, lame, languid, poor, puny, senile, sickly, weak feebleminded: anile, dotty, foolish, halfwitted, irresolute, moronic, senile feed: aggravate, bran, dine, dispense, eat, fatten, feast, fodder, foster, fuel, furnish, grass, grub, hay, indulge, meal, nourish, nurse, nurture, oats, provide, replenish, satiate, satisfy, strengthen, supply, sustain
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feeding on all kinds of food: omnivorous, polyphagous feeding on ants: myrmecophagous feeding on corpses: necrophagous feeding on dung: coprophagous feeding on fish: piscivorous feeding on fruit: carpophagous, frugivorous feeding on grasses, grains, seeds: graminivorous, granivorous feeding on insects: entomophagous, insectivorous feeding on leaves: phyllophagous feeding on meat: carnivorous feeding on other animals: predatory feeding on plants: herbivorous, phytophagous feeding on plants only: herbivorous feeding on wood: xyiophagous W feed a fire: stoke feed for cattle: fodder, stover feed the pot: ante, bet feed to excess: surfeit feeding through stomach tube: gavage feeding trough: manger feel: air, ambience, atmosphere, aura, believe, conclude, deem, discern, experience, explore, gather, grope,
handle, know, mood, perceive, sense, stroke, suppose, texture, think, tingle, touch, understand feel and explore by touching: palpate feel and return same emotion: reciprocate feel anxiety: dread feel around for: grope feel guilt: rue feel indignant: resent feel of environment: ambiance, ambience feel, ability to: sensibility, susceptibility feeler: antenna, barbel, hint, palp, probe, proposal, prospectus, question, tentacle, test, trial balloon feelers near mouth: palpi, palps feelers on insect, crustacean: antennae feeling: atmosphere, attitude, awareness, emotion, enthusiasm, experience, heart, humor, hunch, inclination, intuition, morale, notion, opinion, pain, passion, perception, pity, pleasure, sensate, sensation, sense, sensitivity, sentient, sentiment, suspicion, sympathy, touch, warmth feeling as distinguished from perception, thought: affect, sentience feeling for appropriate language: sprachgefuhl feeling of bodily discomfort: malaise feeling of doubt or suspicion: misgiving, qualm, scruple feeling of dread: angst feeling of great joy: ecstasy, rapture, transport feeling of having an experience before: dj vu feeling of impending event: foreboding, premonition, presentiment feeling, capable of: passible, sensitive feeling, depth of: profundity feeling, examine or diagnose by: palpate feeling, showing no: impassive feeling, used for: tactile feeling, vague: hint, inkling, intimation, intuition feelings for family shifted to psychiatrist or another: transference feelings openly, showing one's: demonstrative feelings, identification or understanding of another's: empathy feelings, to have specific: entertain, harbor
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FEELINGS, TO HIDE - FERMENTED SOUR MALT
feelings, to hide: dissimulate feelings, to hurt someone's: scarify feet: extremities, hoofs, hooves, paws feet and toenails, care of: chiropody, pedicure, podiatry feet or ankles, binding on: fetters, shackles feet turned outward, of: splay feet, branch of medicine dealing with: podiatry feet, hands: extremities feet, having huge: sciapodous feign: act, affect, assume, avoid, bluff, conceal, concoct, counterfeit, devise, disguise, dissemble, fabricate, fake, imagine, invent, personate, pose, pretend, sham, simulate feint: artifice, bait, bluff, deceit, dodge, expedient, gambit, hoax, mask, ploy, pretense, ruse, stall, trick, wile feisty: aggressive, energetic, frisky, lively, sassy, spirited, spunky felicitate: commend, congratulate, greet, hail, praise, salute felicitous: delightful, inspired, suitable felicity: bliss, ecstasy, happiness, joy feline: cat, cheetah, civet, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, puma, tiger, torn, wildcat feline fight sound: caterwaul fellow: associate, beau, bloke, boy, brother, buster, cadet, chap, colleague, companion, comrade, friend, gent, gentleman, guy, hombre, lad, mac, man, match, mate, partner, peer, person fellow countryman: compatriot fellow member: confrere fellowship: alliance, association, brotherhood, camaraderie, company, corporation, familiarity, fraternity, freemasonry, friendship, grant, guild, membership, order, partnership, sisterhood, society, sodality, union felon: convict, criminal, crook, cruel, culprit, evil, gangster, jailbird, lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, outlaw, whitlow felony: arson, burglary, crime, kidnapping, murder, offense, rape, robbery, sin female: daughter, feminine, femme, girl, grandmother, lady, ladylike, lass, miss, mom, mother, sister, woman
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female assistant, efficient: gal Friday, girl Friday female ballet dancer: ballerina, danseuse, prima ballerina female club at university: sorority female demon: lamia, succubus female external genitals: pudendum female figure on column, pillar: caryatid female flier: aviatrix female genitals orally stimulated: cunnilingus female germ: ovum female hormone: estrogen female inner personality in man's unconscious: anima female line of descent, of the: matrilineal female nightclub singer: chanteuse female sex hormone: estrogen female side: distaff side, spindle side female side, related on: uterine female singer of note: cantatrice, diva, prima donna female spirit, Gaelic folklore: banshee female sterilization in which the fallopian tubes are tied or cut: tubal ligation ^ feminine: dainty, effeminate, female, girlish, ladylike, soft, tender, womanish, womanly femme fatale: charmer, seductress, siren, temptress, vamp femur: thighbone femur-tibia connection: knee fen: bog, marsh, mire, moor, quagmire, wetland fence: backstop, barricade, barrier, coop, defend, defense, dodge, duel, encircle, enclosure, gird, guard, hedge, palisade, picket, post, rail, stockade, surround, wall fence marking boundary: perimeter fence of crossed rails in zigzag pattern: worm fence fence of moat, ditch: ha-ha fence of pales for fortification: palisade, stockade fence of pointed upright stakes: paling, picket fence fence of pointed upright stakes or barbed wire: fraise fence or row of trees: windbreak fence part: pale, post, stile fence, temporary wooden: hoarding fence, top railing of: ledger board
female airhead: fizgig, frippet female and male organs, having: hermaphrodite
fenced enclosure for horses: corral, paddock fenced enclosure for livestock: corral fencing attack with short jump forward: balestra fencing defensive move: parade, parry fencing false move: feint fencing guard for protecting hand: coquille fencing hit acknowledgment: touch fencing move to avoid thrust: volt fencing pierce or stab: thrust fencing position: tierce fencing quilted body covering: plastron fencing running attack: flche fencing stamping of foot: appel fencing sword: pe, foil, saber, sabre fencing sword strong half near handle: forte fencing sword weak half near point: foible fencing sword with arched guard and flexible blade: saber fencing sword with bowl-shaped guard and narrow blade: pe fencing sword with circular guard and flexible blade: foil fencing terms: appel, balestra, barrage, coquille, cut, duel, en garde, pe, feint, flche, foible, foil, parry, piste, plastron, remise, reprise, riposte, saber, sword, swording, thrust, touch, volt fencing thrust after parrying opponent's lunge: riposte fencing warning: en garde fend: avert, avoid, defend, guard, parry, protect, provide, repel, resist, safeguard, support fender: buffer, bumper, cushion, frame, guard, mudguard, screen, shield, splashboard feral: barbarous, brutal, ferocious, fierce, savage, untamed, wild ferile and productive: fecund, prolific ferment: agitate, barm, boil, brew, catalyst, churn, commotion, disorder, enzyme, exascerbate, excite, excitement, fever, froth, heat, provoke, seethe, simmer, stew, tumult, turbulence, turn, uproar, yeast fermentation: zymolysis fermentation agent: yeast fermentation in brewing: zymurgy fermented honey drink: mead fermented rice beverage: sake fermented Russian beverage: kvass fermented sour malt: alegar
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FERN FROND PETIOLE - FEUDAL SLAVE
fern frond petiole: stipe fern leaf: frond fern root: roi fern seed: spore fern spore: sorus fern, coiled frond of: crosier, fiddlehead fern, feathery: maidenhair fern, single-celled reproductive body of: spore fern, weedy coarse: bracken ferocious: barbaric, bloodthirsty, brutal, cruel, extreme, fell, feral, fierce, grim, inhuman, malevolent, merciless, murderous, ravenous, relentless, ruthless, sanguinary, savage, truculent, untamed, vicious, violent, wild ferret out: ascertain, elicit, follow, hunt, probe, seek, trace, track, trail, uncover ferret, pertaining to: musteline ferrous metal: iron ferrule: tip ferry: barge, carry, shuttle fertile: abundant, bountiful, exuberant, fecund, feracious, flowering, fruitful, generous, hearty, lush, luxuriant, plentiful, pregnant, productive, profitable, progenitive, prolific, rich, teeming, virile fertile part of desert: oasis fertilization in artificial environment, of: in vitro fertilization of one plant by another: cross-fertilization, xenogamy fertilization of plant, self-: autogamy fertilize: enrich, fecundate, fructify, impregnate, inseminate, lime, make pregnant, pollinate fertilize an egg: impregnate fertilize by pollen: pollinate fertilized egg, cell capable of fusing with opposite sex to produce: gamete fertilized egg, ovum: zygote fertilizer: dung, manure, marl, mulch, niter fertilizer component: nitrates fertilizer compound: nitrate, phosphate, potash, urea fertilizer of bird, bat droppings: guano fertilizer of human excrement: night soil fertilizer or protective covering: mulch fertilizer, decayed vegetable or animal matter that acts as: humus fervent: animated, ardent, blazing, burning, eager, emotional, enthusias-
FERNS
adder's-tongue fern basket fern bead fern beech fern bladder fern Boston fern boulder fern bracken bristle fern buckler fern chain fern Christmas fern cinnamon fern cliff brake climbing fern curly grass fern grape fern hart's-tongue hay-scented fern holly fern lady fern lip fern maidenhair male fern marsh fern moonwort mosquito fern New York fern oak fern osmund ostrich fern polypody rattlesnake fern resurrection fern rock brake royal fern seed fern sensitive fern shield fern snuffbox fern spleenwort tree fern walking fern walking leaf wall fern water fernwood fern woodsiaW
tic, fierce, fiery, glowing, hot, impetuous, intense, passionate, raging, vehement, warm, zealous fervid: ardent, impassioned fervid to extreme: perfervid fervor: ardor, eagerness, earnestness,
ecstasy, enthusiasm, excitement, fire, gusto, heat, intensity, love, passion, relish, vehemence, warmth, zeal fescue: grass fester: blister, decay, fret, grow, inflame, rankle, rot, suppurate, ulcerate festering anger: slow burn festering sore: ulcer festival: ale, banquet, carnival, cavalcade, celebration, fair, feast, festa, fete, fiesta, gala, holiday, jamboree, jubilee, pageant festive: celebratory, decorated, frolicsome, gala, gay, happy, jocular, joyous, merry, mirthful, playful, sportive, upbeat festivity: celebration, conviviality, entertainment, fanfare, gaiety, gala, hoopla, jollity, joyfulness, merrymaking, mirth, revelry, whoopee festoon: adorn, swag fetch: achieve, apparition, attract, bring, deliver, elicit, get, ghost, go for, inhale, obtain, realize, retrieve, strategem, sweep, trick fetching: alluring, appealing, attractive, beautiful, captivating, charming, lovely, pleasing fete: ball, banquet, bazaar, carnival, celebrate, entertain, fair, feast, festival, fiesta, gala, holiday, party, regale fetid: corrupt, foul, fusty, malodorous, mephitic, moldy, musty, noisome, noxious, offensive, olid, putrid, rancid, rank, repulsive, rotten, stinking fetish: amulet, charm, desire, fixation, idol, image, juju, mania, obeah, obsession, passion, sorcery, talisman, totem, voodoo fetor: reek fetter: bind, block, bond, chain, confine, hamper, handcuff, hobble, hold, impede, manacle, restraint, shackle, trammel fetus murder: feticide fetus's connection to uterus: placenta feud: argument, broil, conflict, contest, disagreement, dispute, duel, enmity, fight, fray, grudge, hostility, quarrel, row, strife, tiff, vendetta, war feud, family: vendetta feudal dependent: vassal feudal estate: fief feudal lord of Japan: daimyo feudal ruler: seignior feudal slave: esne
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FEVER - FIG-BEARING TREE
fever: ague, craze, delirium, desire, excitement, ferment, fire, frenzy, heat, pyrexia, temperature fever and chills: ague fever and inflammation, of: inflammatory, phlogistic fever-reducing: antipyretic fever, confused from a high: delirious fever, relating to a: febrile, pyretic fever, very high: hyperpyrexia, hyperthermia feverish: ardent, burning, bustling, excited, febrile, fiery, flushed, frantic, hectic, intense, obsessive, overeager, pyretic, restless, warm feverless: afebrile few: handful, infrequent, less, limited, meager, occasional, rare, scant, scarce, seldom, skimpy, some few and far between: sparse few words, using: laconic fey: clairvoyant, dead, elfin, fairylike, otherworldly, visionary, whimsical fianc: betrothed, engaged, fiance, intended, steady fiasco: blunder, bomb, catastrophe, debacle, disaster, failure, flop, screwup, washout fiat: announcement, command, decree, dictum, edict, mandate, order, ordinance, proclamation, rule, sanction, ukase, writ fib: canard, equivocate, fabrication, half-truth, hedge, lie, prevaricate, story, tale, taradiddle, untruth fiber: acrylic, arnel, character, coir, cord, cotton, Dacron, essence, fabric, filament, flax, floss, fortitude, grain, hair, hemp, jute, lint, nature, nylon, polyester, quality, rayon, root, rope, roughage, sisal, string, texture, thread, tissue, wool
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fiber fiber fiber fiber
of hemp, jute: oakum of silk-cotton tree: kapok on coconut: coir on palm leaf: raffia W
fiber for making linen: flax fiber for rope: abaca, manila, manila hemp, sisal fiber for sacking: hemp, jute fiber for telecommunications: fiber optics, optical fiber fiber for twine: cantala, maguey fiber from cellulose: rayon fiber health food: bran fiber in diet: roughage fiber ingredient: cellulose fiber knot: nep fiber of agave plant: sisal fiber of cotton, maize, silkworm: floss fiber of flax or hemp for yarn: tow
fibrous: pulpy, ropy, sinewy, stringy, tough fibrous protein: keratin fibula: brooch, clasp, leg bone, lower leg fichu: scarf fickle: capricious, changeable, critical, erratic, faithless, flighty, fluctuating, frivolous, inconsistent, inconstant, labile, mercurial, shifting, shifty, skittish, transient, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, variable, volatile, wavering, whimsical fiction: book, concoction, contrivance, drama, fable, fabrication, falsehood, fantasy, figment, invention, legend, myth, narrative, novel, pretense, romance, tale, yarn fiction set in castle or abbey: gothic novel, gothic romance fictional wonderful place: cockaigne, Shangri-la, Utopia fictitious: apocryphal, artificial, assumed, bogus, chimeric, counterfeit, created, fake, false, fanciful, feigned, imaginary, invented, made, mythical, phony, sham, spurious, unreal, untrue fictitious name: Doe, pen name, pseudonym, Roe fiddle: bow, cheat, dabble, doodle, fidget, guardrail, putter, swindle, tamper, tinker, touch, trifle, violin fiddle-shaped: pandurate fidelity: adherence, allegiance, constancy, dependability, devotion, faithfulness, fealty, honesty, honor, integrity, love, loyalty, oath, reliability, troth fidgety: antsy, anxious, apprehensive, fussy, hyper, impatient, jittery, jumpy, nervous, restive, restless, squirmy, uneasy, wired fiduciary: curator, depositary, guardian, trustee field: area, compass, competitors, contestants, course, department, discipline, domain, entries, occupation, orbit, profession, racket, range, realm, scope, specialty, sphere, track, tract; acre, area, background, battleground, catch, clearing, course, garden, grassland, gridiron, grounds, lea,
mead, meadow, pasture, patch, playground, plot, range, stadium, terrain, track, tract, vineyard field, cover briefly: tarp field day: success, triumph field glasses: binoculars field hand of yore: esne field mouse: vole field of competition: arena field of fabricating devices used in production lines: tool & die field of main activity: bailiwick, domain, preserve field of study: discipline field or scope of activity: ambit, compass, orbit, reach fiend: addict, barbarian, beast, brute, demon, devil, fanatic, incubus, maniac, monster, obsessed, savage, scoundrel, succubus fiendish: atrocious, barbarous, cruel, demoniac, demonic, devilish, diabolical, difficult, evil, satanic, sinister, vicious, wicked fierce: aggressive, ardent, bold, brutal, cruel, cutthroat, fell, feral, ferocious, fervent, fiery, furious, intense, merciless, overpowering, passionate, raging, relentless, ruthless, savage, terrible, truculent, uncontrolled, unpleasant, untamed, violent, wild fierce and cruel: fell, malicious, vicious fierce and wild: farouche fiery: ablaze, ardent, blazing, burning, choleric, enthusiastic, excitable, fervent, fervid, feverish, fierce, flaming, flammable, glowing, heated, hot, hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, in flamed, inflammable, intense, irascible, irritable, mettlesome, passionate, peppery, spirited, spunky, tempestuous, torrid, violent fiesta: carnival, celebration, feast, festival, fete, gala, holiday, party fifteenth day of March, May, July, October in ancient Roman calendar: ides fifth: quinary fifth anniversary: quinquennial fifth canonical hour: nones fifty-fifty: divided, equally, even, shared, toss up fifty to fifty-nine years old: quinquagenarian fig: eleme, fico, fruit, ginger, mamme, pipal, rig, sinconus, syconium, syconus fig-bearing tree: banyan
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FIG F R U I T - F I L L I N G
fig fruit: syconium fig-shaped: caricous, sycosiform fight: affair, affray, altercation, argue, argument, attack, battle, bicker, bout, box, brawl, brush, clash, combat, conflict, confrontation, content, contest, controversy, debate, disagreement, dispute, duel, encounter, exchange, feud, fracas, fray, grapple, grit, hassle, joust, melee, mettle, oppose, quarrel, resist, rivalry, row, rumble, scrap, scuffle, skirmish, spar, spat, spirit, squabble, struggle, tiff, war, withstand, wrangle fight back: retaliate fight between mounted knights: joust, tilting match fight for breath: gasp fight for two: duel fight in which outsiders get stuck: crossfire fight off: resist fight or campaign for cause: crusade fight over words: logomachy fight, angry: altercation, confrontation, contretemps, tussle fight, loud: donnybrook, fracas, melee fight, minor: skirmish fight, noisy: brawl, fracas, fray, melee fight, petty: spat, tiff fight, very involved in: at loggerheads, embroiled fighter: battler, boxer, bruiser, combatant, competitor, contender, duelist, gladiator, pug, pugilist, scrapper, soldier, warrior fighter in raiding band: guerrilla fighting or disagreement, bitter: dissension, friction, strife fighting, easily provoked into: fractious, pugnacious, truculent fighting, imaginary: sciamachy, shadow boxing figment: dream, fabrication, fantasy, fiction, illusion, invention, phantom figuration: contour, form, outline, shape, symbolism figurative: allegorical, descriptive, emblematic, florid, flowery, metaphorical, ornate, symbolic figurative use of word: trope figure: amount, character, cost, digit, emblem, form, gargoyle, number, numeral, price, quotation, rate, sum, symbol, topiary, total, value figure-eight bandage: spica figure of grotesque creature on building: gargoyle
figure of speech: adage, allegory, alliteration, allocution, amplification, analogy, antiphrasis, aphorism, aporia, atticism, brachylogy, clich, color, conceit, echoism, euphemism, flowery, hyperbole, image, imagery, irony, litotes, malapropism, meiosis, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, paradox, periphrasis, personification, platitude, pleonasm, simile, syllepsis, synecdoche, tmesis, trope, troupe, zeugmaa figure of speech describing event as happening before it actually could: prolepsis figure of speech using "and" between two words instead of usual wording: hendiadys figure of speech using "as" or "like" in making comparison: simile figure of speech using attribute as substitute for thing's name: metonymy figure of speech using combination of contradictory words: oxymoron figure of speech using comparison: metaphor figure of speech using embodiment of quality in person: personification figure of speech using modifier with two words which acquires different meanings : syllepsis figure of speech using negation of assertion's opposite: litotes figure of speech using reversal of natural order: hysteron proteron figure of speech using word with two others but it agrees grammatically with only one: zeugma figure of speech, exaggerated: hyperbole figure of speech, overused: dead metaphor figure of speech, such as metaphor, hyperbole: trope figure on cards: pip figure or letter above and to right of character: superscript figure or letter below and to right of character: subscript figure out: calculate, crack, decide, decipher, decode, discover, resolve, solve, unravel, unscramble, untangle figure, geometric: circle, cone, crescent, cube, diagram, ellipse, gnomon, hexafoil, isagon, isogon, lozenge, lune, oblong, pelcoid, pentacle,
prism, rectangle, rhomb, rhombus, sector, solid, spheroid, square, triangle figure, shapely: hourglass figurehead: dummy, front, mouthpiece, nonentity, puppet, stooge figurehead site: prow figures of speech, based on or using: figurative, metaphorical filament: fiber, hair, harl, stalk, strand, tendril, thread, wire filbert: nut filbert's cousin: pecan filch: cop, embezzle, heist, lift, pilfer, pinch, rob, snitch, steal, swipe file: archives, arrange, cabinet, case, catalog, classify, column, drawer, folder, index, line, list, order, rank, record, register, row, store, tool; grind, rasp, sharpen, smooth file with detailed information: dossier filibuster: adventurer, delay, opposition, orate, stonewalling, talkathon, tirade fill: accomplish, capacity, caulk, charge, complete, cram, crowd, distend, earth, enlarge, execute, feed, gorge, inflate, load, occupy, pack, padding, permeate, pervade, plug, replenish, sate, satiate, satisfy, stock, stuffing, sufficiency, suffuse, supply fill again: replenish fill in: brief, complete, inform, interject, replacement, substitute fill or spread throughout: riddle fill throughout: impregnate, infuse, saturate, suffuse fill to excess: glut fill to overflowing: brim fill to the brim: sate fill with delight and wonder: entrance fill with joy: elate filled or full: fraught, glutted, gorged, laden, replete, sated, satiated filled tortillas: tacos filled with anger: livid filled with freight: laded filled with light: luminous filled withrighteouswrath: indignant filler or glaze made for porous materials: size fillet: band, bandeau, boneless, chaplet, crown, fish, garland, headband, listel, meat, molding, ribbon, ridge, slice, snood, strip, tape, wreath fillet a fish: bone filling: amalgam, center, content, custard, inlay, mixture, wadding, weft
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FILLIP - FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS, CAPABLE OF MEETING
fillip: boost, charge, excite, flip, incentive, stimulus, tap film: blur, coating, deposit, haze, layer, mist, pellicle, scum, skin, transparency, veil; celluloid, cine, cinema, flick, footage, movie, negative, photograph, record, transparency, X ray film adding of soundtrack: dub film assistant to gaffer: best boy film at the ends, to join: splice film award: Oscar, Golden Globe film buff: cineast film camera: cinematograph film camera platform on wheels: dolly film camera toward or away from subject, quick move of: zoom film category: genre film change of scenes with one fading out as next appears: dissolve film director known for style: auteur film documentary, realistic: cinema vrit film dramatization based on fact: docudrama film electrician or lighting technician: gaffer film footage: reel film gradual appearance or disappearance of image or sound: fade-in, fadeout film hinged board with take number: clapper board film lamp providing intense light: klieg light film library: cinematheque film list of performers and workers: credits film presenting factual or historical subject matter in informative way : documentary film scene that is short: vignette film scene, unedited print of: rush film scene, uninterrupted camera shot of: take film scenes edited out: outtake film screening early in the day: matinee film script, full narrative version of: treatment film segment: clip film sequence of shots or scenes depicting different aspects of theme or event: montage film sequence or part: footage film set and camera worker: grip film single frame repeated to simulate static picture: freeze-frame film site outside a studio: location
film technique of changing scenes as if obliterating old scene: wipe film technique of following a moving object or viewing a panorama: pan film technique of photographing a slow process in intervals: time-lapse film with earlier events than in a previous film: prequel film with events following those in previous film: sequel film, biographical: biopic film, commentary of unseen narrator on: voice-over film, passage or segment taken from a: excerpt film, single picture on roll of: frame film, tiny: microfiche, microfilm film, to move the camera and follow action in making: track film, trial: pilot film filming technique with series of static drawings to simulate movement: animation filmmaking: cinematography film's first public showing: premiere film's script with camera directions and scene descriptions: screenplay film's script, final version of: shooting script filmy: clouded, dainty, finespun, fragile, gauzy, gossamer, hazy, milky, misty, wispy filter: clean, drain, infiltrate, leach, percolate, purify, refine, screen, seep, sieve, sift, strain, strainer filter, claylike substance used as: fuller's earth filth: corruption, dirt, dung, garbage, grime, muck, obscenity, pollution, pornography, refuse, sewage, silt, slime, slop, smut, trash filthy: dirty, disgusting, foul, grimy, gross, grubby, impure, lewd, nasty, obscene, offensive, polluted, raunchy, repulsive, revolting, rotten, scatological, scummy, sleazy, sordid, squalor, unclean, vile, vulgar, wreched filthy abode: Augean stables, pigsty, sty filthy literature, art: coprology, scatology filthy lucre: pelf fin: airfoil, appendage, arm, dorsal, nipper, hand, pinna, stabilizer, vane fin on bomb or missile, stabilizing: vane fin, fish's bony spine supporting: ray finagle: cheat, connive, deceive, rook, scheme, swindle, trick
final: absolute, concluding, conclusive, crowning, decisive, definitive, end, extreme, farewell, imperative, last, latter, peremptory, supreme, telic, terminating, ultimate, unalterable final and perfected state of an insect: imago final appearance or act: swan song final authority: say-so final battle: Armageddon final decisive event: coup de grce final degree: nth final end, development toward: teleology final part: end piece, homestretch final part of composition that closes action: coda final part of play, poem or speech as: epilogue final part of speech, summary as: peroration final passage: coda final poem stanza: envoy final point in progression: climax, culmination final relay race contestant: anchor final resolution of plot: denouement final sonnet lines: sestet final statement of terms dictated to another: "or else," ultimatum final word: amen, never, omega, tata final, deciding election: run-off final, to make: clinch finale: climax, closing, coda, conclusion, culmination, end, ending, epilogue, finis, windup finalize: agree, conclude, consummate, finish, settle finally: at last, certainly, decisively, eventually, irrevocably, lastly, once and for all, ultimately finance: back, banking, bankroll, business, economics, endow, float, fund, money, sponsor, stake, subsidize, underwrite finance a project, to: subsidize finances: affairs, budget, cash, resources, revenue, wealth finances, pertaining to: fiscal financial: economic, fiscal, markets, monetary, pecuniary financial aid, grant of: subvention financial aid, one who gives: benefactor, benefactress financial independence: easy street financial obligation: liability financial obligations, capable of meeting: solvent 249
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FIRE TERMS
catching fire by localized heat-increasing reaction: spontaneous combustion causing or capable of causing fire: incendiary combustible heap for funeral fire: pyre combustible material used to start fire: kindling, punk, spunk, tinder, touchwood cover a fire with ashes or fresh fuel, to: bank crime of setting fires: arson criminal fire setter: arsonist, incendiary destroy interior of with fire, to: gut great and destructive fire: conflagration large blazing fire: conflagration, holocaust, inferno financial office of college: bursar, bursary, treasurer financial officer of corporation or governmental body: comptroller, controller financial responsibility for, to assume: underwrite financial restriction, of a: stringent financial settlement paid to former lover: palimony financial supporter or backer: angel, patron, sponsor financier: backer, capitalist, entrepreneur, sponsor, staker, underwriter finch: fringillid, junco, linnet, serin, snowbird, sparrow finch family: oscine find: ascertain, bonanza, catch, dig up, discovery, judge, locate, recover, solve, spot, treasure, uncover, unearth find a solution: resolve find again: rediscover find by careful observation or scrutiny: descry, detect find fault: blame, carp, pan find guilty: condemn, convict, indict find innocent: absolve, acquit, exonerate, vindicate find out: ascertain, detect, discover, fathom, hear, identify, learn, realize, reveal, unearth find the answer: solve find the meaning or nature of: fathom finding one's bearings: orientation findings by accident, making fortunate: serendipity fine: absolute, admirable, amerce, assessment, beautiful, bonny, bright, capital, choice, clear, consummate, dainty, damages, dandy, delicate, elegant, excellent, exceptional, expenof or relating to fire: igneous put out a fire, to: douse, extinguish, quench sensing device for fire: pyrostat, smoke detector set or catch fire, to: ignite sit idly by a fire, to: cloffin smoldering ash or coal of dying fire: embers sparks and embers rising from fire: izles tending to catch fire: flammable, incendiary, inflammatory water main spout for fighting fire: fire hydrant, fireplug, hydrant wood or rolled paper to start fire: spill W
sive, forfeit, fragile, frail, good, granular, great, handsome, levy, magnificent, minute, mulct, nice, nifty, okay, outstanding, penalize, penalty, pleasant, powdery, precise, pulverized, punishment, pure, reparation, sharp, sheer, silky, skillful, slight, splendid, subtle, superior, swell, tender, tenuous, thin, topgrade fine detail: punctilio fine food, of old: cate fine lines on the ends of letters: serifs fine point: nicety, subtlety fine point of etiquette: punctilio fine-tuned: honed fine, lacelike ornamentation: filigree fine, penalty of a: mulct fine, punishment by: amercement fine, to impose a: levy finery: adornment, apparel, array, clothes, elegance, frills, frippery, gaudery, gewgaws, regalia, Sunday best, trappings finesse: adeptness, artfulness, artifice, craftiness, cunning, delicacy, dexterity, guile, maneuver, manipulate, operate, refinement, savvy, sensitivity, skill, stratagem, subtlety, tact finger: appendage, choose, dactyl, designate, digit, feel, handle, identify, index, indicate, make, paw, pinky, pinpoint, strum, thumb, touch finger bones: phalanges finger of glove or protective sheath: stall finger-operated: digital finger or toe: dactyl, digit finger or toe, little: minimus finger- or toenail, ingrown: acronyx finger snap: fillip finger, fleshy end of: pad
fingerboard, movable bar on guitar: capo fingerhole on flute: ventage fingerless: adactylous fingerless glove: mitten fingernail hardened skin at base and sides: cuticle fingernail white crescent: lunula fingerprint: dab, dactylogram, identify, mark fingerprint pattern: arch, loop, whorl fingerprint smudges on clean surface, to leave: climp fingerprints, study of: dactylography fingers, snap the: lirp, thrip finial: epi, spire finicky: choosy, difficult, fastidious, finical, fussy, meticulous, nitpicking, particular, picky, prissy, scrupulous finis: end finish: accomplish, achieve, be done, cease, ciose, coating, completion, conclusion, culminate, defeat, deplete, destroy, devour, die, end, execute, finalize, finis, fulfill, glaze, kill, lacquer, limit, mop up, perfect, perfection, stain, stop, surface, terminate, wind up finish line: tape finish off: dispatch, dispose of, kill finish quickly: make short work of finished: at an end, closed, completed, concluded, consumed, consummated, done, done for, done with, ended, exhausted, gone, kaput, ornate, over, perfected, polished, refined, ripe, ruined, terminated, through finishing layer of wood: veneer finishing touch or stroke: coup de grce
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finite: bounded, definable, exact, fixed, impermanent, limited, measurable, restricted fir: alpine, cedar, conifer, Douglas, evergreen, pine, wood fire: animate, ardor, arouse, arson, attack, blaze, burn, combustion, conflagration, detonate, discharge, drive, element, enthusiasm, excite, explode, fervor, fervour, flames, fling, glow, heat, holocaust, ignite, illuminate, incite, inferno, inflame, inspire, intensity, kindle, launch, light, shoot, spirit, torch, vigor, vivacity, zeal; can, discharge, dismiss, sack, terminate fire-breathing monster: Chimera firearm: gun, musket, piece, pistol, repeater, rifle, weapon firearm charge: load firearm cleaning rod: ramrod firearm diagonally across body, carry: port firearm discharge from side of warship: broadside firearm sighting line in eyepiece: crosshair firearms simultaneously, discharge of several: barrage, fusillade firebomb: Greek fire, incendiary bomb, Molotov cocktail, napalm bomb firebug: arsonist, incendiary, pyromaniac firecracker, loud: petard firecracker, small: squib fireflies' light: luciferin firelike: igneous fireplace: furnace, grate, hearth, ingle fireplace cover: bonnet fireplace frame or facing, and its protruding shelf: mantel fireplace log holder: andiron, dog, dog iron, firedog fireplace screen: fender fireplace-to-chimney pipe: flue fireplace, incombustible residue of coal in: clinker fireplace, nook beside an open: inglenook fireplace, the back of an open: reredos fireproof: incombustible, noncombustible, nonflammable fires, uncontrollable urge to start: pyromania fireworks: girandole, pyrotechnics, rocket display, Roman candle, sparkler, trouble fireworks, rotating display of: girandole
fireworks, smoldering substance used to light: punk firkin: pail firm: adamant, anchored, backboned, certain, compact, confirm, consistent, constant, decided, definite, dense, determined, durable, established, exact, faithful, fastened, fixed, hard, hearty, house, immovable, inelastic, inflexible, intent, iron, loyal, neve, outfit, resolute, rigid, secured, set, settled, solid, sound, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, stiff, stout, strict, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure, tight, unmoved, unshaken, unwavering, unyielding; business, company, conglomerate, corporation, enterprise, establishment, partnership firm and durable: impregnable, indissoluble, unshakable, unyielding firm and having solid basis: substantive firm and loyal: staunch firm dealing in securities: investment trust firm foundation: bedrock, hardpan firm in chewing (pasta): al dente firm, in music: risoluto firmament: empyrean, ether, heavens, sky, universe, vault firmly committed: deep-rooted, dyedin-the-wool, inveterate firmly entangled or involved: inextricable firmly entrenched: enrooted firmly faithful: steadfast, unwavering firmly fixed: anchored, fast firmly holding: tenacious firmly settled: entrenched firmness: consistency, density, immobility, impenetrability, iron, resolve, solidity, stability, steadiness, strength, tanacity, toughness first: aboriginal, ahead, alpha, archetypal, beginning, chief, debut, earliest, eldest, foremost, fundamental, head, high, highest, initial, leading, maiden, main, onset, original, premier, primal, primary, prime, primeval, primitive, primordial, principal, unveiling first achievement toward success: beachhead, bridgehead, foothold, salient First Amendment: academic freedom first among equals: prima inter pares, primus, primus inter pares first appearance: dawn, debut first cardinal number: one
first-class: Al, best, excellent, exclusive, finest, first-rate, five-star, prime, shipshape, superior, tip-top, topdrawer, topflight, top-notch first cousin: cousin-german first experience in combat or ordeal: baptism of fire first Hebrew letter: alef first in position: premier first mention, make: broach first move: initiative first or earliest stages of development, in: embryonic, germinal, inchoate, incipient, nascent first or fundamental principle, element: rudiment first or original model: archetype, prototype first play, in bridge: lead first prize: blue ribbon first public display: unveiling first public presentation: premiere first-rate: Al, classy, dandy, super, topnotch, tops firstborn: eigne, eldest, heir, oldest, primogeniture firstborn, state of being the: primogeniture firstborn's ancient inheritance right: esnecy firsthand: direct, eyewitness fiscal: budgetary, economic, monetary fish: angle, bass, carp, cast, dab, dace, dap, drail, eel, gill, gudgeon, ide, ling, net, poisson, quab, scrod, scup, seine, shad, smelt, snapper, sole, spet, troll, trout, tuna fish out of water: misfit fishy: cold, doubtful, dull, farfetched, implausible, improbable, shady, suspicious, unlikely fissile rock: shale fission: breaking, reaction, reproduction, scission, splitting fissure: aperture, blemish, break, chink, cleavage, cleft, crack, cranny, crevasse, crevice, division, flaw, furrow, gap, groove, leak, lesion, opening, rift, rima, rime, schism, seam, slit, split, vein fissure or chasm: crevasse fissured, cracked: rimose fist: clench, clutch, grasp, grip, hand, hold, strike fit: able, accommodate, adapt, adapted, adept, adequate, adjust, alter, applicable, appropriate, apt, attack, become, becoming, befitting, 251
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FISH AND FISHING TERMS

branch of zoology concerning fish: ichthyology catfish: bullhead, hassar, hornpout, sheatfish, stonecat cod: bacalao, beardie, bib, burbot, cusk, gadoid, hake, ling, pollock, tomcod, torsk concerning fish: ichthyic, piscatory, piscine dish of deep-fried squid: calamari dish of dried salted lizardfish: Bombay duck, bummalo eel-like fish: conger, cuchia, eelpout, lamprey, link, moray, opah electric fish: raad, stargazer, torpedo female fish: henfish, raun fin types: adipose, anal, caudal, dorsal, median, paired, pectoral, pelvic, ventral fish-eating: piscivorous fish eggs: roe fish hook: barb, gaff fish illegally: poach fish net: seine, trawl fish sperm: milt fish split and air-dried: stockfish fish stew: bouillabaisse fish story: lie fish tank: aquarium fish with cartilage skeleton: cartilaginous fish fish with sucking disk: rmora fish without fins: eel fisherman: angler, eeler, harpooner, piscator, seiner, spearer, trawler, troller, whaler fisherman's basket: creel fishery: cannery, hatchery, piscary, weir fishing bait or decoy: lure fishing boat's anchored chair: fighting chair fishing cord: line fishing from a moving boat: troll fishing spear: gig, leister belong, bout, capable, competent, conform, convenient, convulsion, correct, correspond, deserving, dovetail, eligible, equip, felicitous, frenzy, furnish, hale, happy, healthy, in the pink, match, meet, opportune, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, pertinent, prepare, proper, qualified, qualify, rage, ready, right, ripe, robust, seemly, seizure, shape, spasm, stroke, strong, suit, suitable, suited, tantrum, timely, toned, well, whim fit inside others: nest fit neatly together: dovetail fit of anger: snit fit of shivering: ague fit to be ingested: edible fit to drink: potable fit to eat: edible flat fish: bream, brill, butt, dab, dace, flounder, fluke, halibut, plaice, ray, sanddab, skate, sole, sunfish, torpedo, turbot game fish: bass, grilse, marlin, perch, pickerel, pike, salmon, swordfish, tarpon, trout, tuna herring: alewife, pilchard, sardine, shad, sprat large fish net, hanging vertically at surface: seine large school of fish: run, shoal large tapered fishing net towed along sea bottom: trawl net of fish recently spawned: shotten of or relating to fish: piscine opening for intestinal, genital, urinary tracts: cloaca period during which it is illegal to fish: closed season period during which it is legal to fish: open season raw fish: sashimi, sushi relating to fishing: piscatorial sauce served with fish: alec, tartar shellfish: clam, crab, langouste, langoustine, lobster, mussel, oyster, shrimp small or young fish: fingerling, fry types of fish: alewife, anchovy, barbel, blenny, bream, brill, caribe, carp, catfish, cod, dab, dogfish, dolphin, eel, flounder, gar, gass, haddock, hake, herring, hiku, jocu, lamprey, lance, lant, machete, mackerel, mado, marlin, masu, meat, midge, opah, orfe, otter, pega, perch, peto, pike, piranha, pogy, porgie, pout, ray, salmon, scrod, scup, seine, shad, shark, skate, smelt, sole, sturgeon, sunfish, sword, tarpon, trout, tuna, turbot, ulua, umbra, wahoo, wrasse types offish caught for food: alewife, baleen, barracuda, bass, carp, catfish, caviar, cod, eel, flounder, grouper, haddock, hake, halibut, herring, mackerel, pompano, salmon, sardine, scup, sea trout, shad, skate, smelt, snapper, sole, swordfish, tautog, tile, trout, tuna, wrasse young fish: alevin, fingerling, fry, grilse, larva, parr, smoltW
fit with sails: rig fit, emotional frenzy or: nympholepsy fit, sudden: apoplexy, convulsion, ictus, paroxysm, seizure, spasm fitful: capricious, convulsive, erratic, haphazard, impulsive, intermittent, irregular, periodic, random, restless, spasmodic, sporatic, variable fitness: aptitude, capacity, competence, condition, decency, decorum, health, readiness, shape, suitability fitted piece: tenon fitting: accessory, adjustment, applicable, appropriate, apt, attachment, becoming, due, happy, instrument, meet, part, proper, seemly, suitable, warranted fitting to proportion: commensurate five children born at once: quintuplets
five-hundredth anniversary: quincentenary five in cards or dice: cinque five-line rhyme scheme: limerick five-line stanza: cinquain five objects around rectangle or square and one in the center: quincunx five parts or units, having: quintuple five-pointed star: pentacle, pentagram, pentangle five-sided or -lobed design: cinquefoil five-sided polygon: pentagon five-year anniversary: quinquennial five-year period: lustrum, quinquennium five, group of: pentad fivefold: quinary, quintuple fivesome: pentad fix: adjust, amend, anchor, appoint, ar-
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FISHING
angling big-game fishing bottom fishing bowfishing coarse fishing deep-sea fishing drift fishing float fishing fly-fishing freshwater fishing game fishing ice fishing kite fishing lake fishing margin fishing match fishing reef fishing saltwater fishing sportfishing still fishing stream fishing trolling *
range, arrest, assign, attach, attribute, bind, bribe, cement, concentrate, confirm, corner, correct, couple, determine, direct, establish, fasten, filemma, focus, glue, hold, imbed, influence, limit, mend, moor, nail, neuter, patch, prepare, recondition, reconstruct, redo, renovate, repair, restore, revamp, scrape, seal, secure, set, settle, spay, spot, stabilize, station; difficulty, dilemma, jam, mess, pickle, predicament fix in time: date fix up: arrange, beautify, equip, furnish, mend, refurbish, renovate, repair, restore fixation: addiction, craze, fascination, fetish, infatuation, mania, obsession, quirk fixed: agreed, arranged, ascertain, attached, capture, certain, constant, definite, embedded, explicit, fast, fastened, firm, frozen, immobile, immovable, incessant, inflexible, intent, permanent, prearranged, resolute, rigid, sessile, set, stable, staid, stationary, steady, still, stubborn, unbending, unwavering fixed amount of work to be done: stint fixed and impossible to get rid of: ineradicable, inextricable fixed firmly: embedded, entrenched
fixed idea: ide fixe fixed in place: stabile fixed intention: resolve fixed look: stare fixed machine part: stator fixed or attached, permanently: sessile fixed or impressed deeply: engraved fixed price for whole meal: prix fixe, table d'hte fixed procedure: rote fixed relation: ratio fixture: apparatus, appliance, attachment, counters, equipment, furnishing, regular, shelves fizz: bubble, carbonation, effervescence, foam, sparkle fizzle: bomb, collapse, fail, failure, fiasco, flop, hiss, misfire fizzy water: carbonated drink, seltzer water, soda water fjord: arm, inlet, ria flabbergast: amaze, astonish, awe, confound, floor, overcome, overwhelm, shock, stun, surprise flabby: doughy, fat, feeble, flaccid, lax, limp, loose, sagging, sloppy, soft, toneless, unfit, weak flaccid: drooping, flabby, hanging, limp, weakened, yielding flag: banderole, banner, blue peter, burgee, cattail, colors, emblem, ensign, gesture, guidon, iris, jack, Jolly Roger, masthead, motion, Old Glory, oriflamme, pendant, pennant, pennon, signal, standard, Stars and Stripes, streamer, symbol, yellow jack flag carried by military unit, small: guidon flag cloth: bunting flag collector: vexillologist flag for streamers, strips of cloth in colors of: bunting flag hung on crosspiece, not pole: gonfalon flag in salute or surrender, to lower a: strike flag of college or sports team: pennant flag of military unit or branch: ancient, banner, ensign, standard flag of ship indicating nationality, small: jack flag of yacht: burgee flag or streamer, narrow often forked: banderole, bannerol, pencel, pennoncel flag support: pole flag, a signal with a: waft, waif
flag, ecclesiastical: gonfalon flag, rope to raise and lower a: halyard flag, to: decline, deteriorate, droop, fade, fail, falter, languish, pine, slump, tire, wilt flag, to roll up and secure a: furl flag, to unroll or open a: unfurl flag, to wave grandly as a: flaunt flag, triangular: pennant, pennon flagellate: beat, cudgel, flog, impel, lash, punish, scourge, thrash, whip flagging: tired flagitious: atrocious, corrupt, criminal, flagrant, heinous, infamous, rotten, scandalous, vicious, villainous, wicked flagon: bottle, cup, mug, stein, vessel flagrant: atrocious, bad, blatant, brazen, conspicuous, dreadful, egregious, flagitious, glaring, gross, hateful, heinous, nefarious, noticeable, notorious, obvious, odious, offensive, outrageous, rank, reprehensible, shameful, shocking, violent, wicked flags, relating to: vexillary flags, study of: vexillology flail: beat, flog, hit at, lash, strike, swing, thrash, whip flair: ability, aptitude, bent, dash, lan, elegance, feel, gift, keenness, knack, nose, panache, style, talent, taste flak: abuse, artillery, complaint, criticism, dissension flake: bit, chip, crumble, fleck, lamina, nut, oddball, peel, scale, screwball, shred, sliver, snow, strip flaky delight: croissant flaky material: mica flamboyant: dazzling, extravagant, flashy, florid, flowery, glamorous, loud, ornate, ostentatious, resplendent, rococo, showy, swank, theatrical flame: ardor, beau, blaze, boyfriend, burning, fire, flare, flash, girlfriend, glare, glow, kindle, lover, passion, spark, sweetheart flame about to go out: gutter flame for lab experiments: Bunsen burner flame glowing gently, of a: lambent flame, hot gases around: mangle flame, to extinguish a: douse, quench, snuff flaming: ablaze, afire, flamb, ignescent, on fire flaming French pancakes: crpe suzettes flaming torch: flambeau
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flaming, served: flamb flank: border, meat, side, thigh flap: alarm, clap, commotion, disturbance, flack, flounce, flutter, fly, fuss, ruckus, slap, strike, tongue, waff, wave; appendage, lapel, tab, wing flap of a shoe: tab flap while losing wind, to: luff flap, as sails: slat flapdoodle: nonsense flapjacks: pancakes flapper hairdo: bob flaps on some caps: earlaps flare: balloon, blaze, broaden, dilate, erupt, expand, flame, flash, fleck, flicker, glare, light, outburst, pass, signal, splay, spread, torch, widen flash: beam, blaze, bolt, burst, coruscate, coruscation, dart, flame, flare, flicker, fulgurate, glance, gleam, glimmer, glimpse, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, instant, jiffy, scintillate, second, shake, shimmer, sign, signal, spark, sparkle, streak, twinkle, vision flash like lightning: fulgurate flashy: brazen, cheap, dazzling, fiery, flamboyant, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glitzy, jazzy, loud, ornate, showy, sleek, snazzy, sporty, tacky flashy, as a jacket: loud flask: alembic, bottle, canteen, carafe, container, crock, ewer, flacon, frame, matrass, vial flask-shaped: lageniform flat: absolute, apart, apartment, banal, bland, blunt, boring, colorless, dead, decided, deflated, downright, dreary, dull, dwelling, even, fade, fixed, flashy, flush, horizontal, insipid, lackluster, level, lifeless, low, mat, monotonous, pad, plane, prone, prostrate, sluggish, smooth, stale, tasteless, tenement, uniform, unvarying, vapid flat and dull: insipid, vapid flat and even: flush flat and parallel to horizon: horizontal flat-bottomed boat: barge, dory, punt, scow flat-bottomed boat, e.g.: keelless flat bread: pita flat disk: paten flat elevated land: plateau flat finish: matte flat hat: beret flat instrument for spreading, stirring: spatula flat on one's back, lying: supine
flat on one's front, lying: prone, prostrate flat stretch of ground: terrace flat stretch of pavement, grass: esplanade flat-topped elevation: mesa flat, lying: recumbent flat, open country: champaign flatten: compress, deck, defeat, deject, depress, floor, level, oblate, prostrate, raze, roll, squash, step on, trample flattened: complanate flattened at the poles: oblate flatter: adorn, adulate, become, beguile, blandish, blarney, bootlick, cajole, charm, coax, compliment, court, enhance, grovel, hammer, praise, scratch one's back, smooge, soothe, wheedle flatter to pursuade or gain favor: cajole, fawn, kowtow, truckle flatterer: apple-polisher, eulogist, lickspittle, panegyrist, sycophant, toady flatterers, group of: claque flattering review: rave flattering talk: blarney flattering, overly: obsequious, servile, unctuous flattery: adulation, blandishment, bosh, butter, compliment, gloze, palaver, praise, puffery, salve, snow job, taffy flaunt: advertise, boast, brag, brandish, display, exhibit, flash, hotdog, parade, reveal, show, strut, vaunt, wave flavor: aroma, aura, essence, extract, fragrance, odor, perfume, piquancy, quality, relish, salt, sapid, sapor, savor, scent, season, spice, style, tang, taste, touch, zest flavor enhancer: salt flavor enhancer, Chinese: monosodium glutamate, MSG flavor, color, or odor pervading thing: tincture flavor, having: sapid flavorful: sapid, savory, tasty flavoring: additive, anise, capers, cola, condiment, grenadine, herb, orgeat, pepper, sage, salt, sauce, seasoning, spice, vanilla flavorless: bland, dull, flat, insipid, stale, tasteless, vapid flavorsome: palatable, sapid, tasty flaw: blemish, cleft, crack, default, defect, deformity, error, fault, fissure, flake, fracture, fragment, glitch, hole,
imperfection, mark, mistake, rift, scratch, shortcoming, spot, squall, stain, vice, weakness, wind flaw, tragic: hamartia flawless: exquisite, faultless, ideal, immaculate, impeccable, intact, perfect, sound, spotless, undamaged, unexceptionable, unmarred flawless serve: ace flay: assail, attack, castigate, chafe, criticize, decorticate, excoriate, flail, fleece, lash, peel, reprove, skin, slash, strip, whip fleas, infested with: pulicose flche: spire fleck: dapple, dot, flake, freckle, jot, mark, particle, speck, speckle, spot, streak fledgling: apprentice, beginner, chick, inexperienced, novice, squab, tenderfoot, untried flee: abscond, bolt, decamp, disappear, elude, escape, evade, fly, jump, lam, liberate, run, scamper, scoot, scram, skedaddle, skip, take to one's heels, vamoose, vanish flee secretly: abscond, absquatulate, decamp, hightail flee secretly to marry: elope fleece: bilk, cheat, clip, deceive, defraud, dupe, fabric, fell, flay, fleck, plunder, rook, shear, steal, swindle, wool fleecy: fluffy, lanose, soft, woolly fleecy mass: flocculus fleeing from bad situation, person: refugee fleeing from homeland, person: migr fleeing from law, person: fugitive fleer: grimace, grin, jeer, laugh, mock, scoff, smirk, sneer, taunt fleet: abound, agile, argosy, armada, brisk, caravan, drift, evanescent, fast, float, flotilla, formation, hasty, navy, nimble, occasional, quick, rapid, sail, speedy, spry, swift, unit, vanish fleet of ships: argosy, armada fleet of small craft: flotilla fleeting: brief, elusive, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory, volage, volatile flesh: beef, body, humanity, kin, man, mankind, meat, muscle, plumpness, pulp, race, realty, sensuality, skin, stock, substance flesh-colored: incarnadine
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FLESH-EATING - FLORA AND FAUNA flesh-eating: carnivorous, creophagous flesh-eating mammal: carnivore flesh of dead rotting animal: carrion fleshly: carnal fleshy: beefy, bodily, carnal, chubby, corpulent, fat, gross, heavy, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pulpy, stout fleshy part of palm: thenar fleshy part under jaw: jowl flex: bend, contract, curve, stretch, tense flexible: adaptable, adjustable, bendable, ductile, elastic, limber, limp, lissom, lithe, lush, malleable, manageable, pliable, pliant, resilient, responsive, soft, springy, supple, tractable, versatile, willowy, yielding flexible and easily molded or shaped: ductile, malleable, pliable flick: blow, fillip, film, flip, hit, movie, picture, propel, snap, toss flicker: blink, flash, fluctuate, glimmer, gutter, movie, oscillate, sparkle, vacillate flickering: lambent flickering low: butter flier: ace, airman, airwoman, aviator, pilot; circular, leaflet, pamphlet flies, relating to: muse id flight: agitation, bolt, escape, exodus, fleeing, flock, floor, flying, getaway, hegira, lam, migrate, migration, mission, rout, scrap, shuttle, soaring, stairs, stampede, story, swarming, trajectory, trip, voyage flight across a long distance, disruption of body rhythms from: jet lag flight by visual observation of horizon and landmarks: contact flight, contact flying flight feather: remex flight of Mohammed: hegira flight overnight, late at night: red-eye flight path of plane waiting to land: holding pattern flight path of projectile: trajectory flight segment: leg, step flight to escape danger: exodus, hegira flightless bird: dodo, emu, moa, penguin, rhea flightless birds, pertaining to: ratite flighty: anile, barmy, capricious, ditzy, dizzy, fickle, fleeting, foolish, giddy, harebrained, impulsive, irresponsible, lightheaded, mercurial, skittish, swift, transient, unstable flighty one: flibbertigibbet, social butterfly flimflam: bamboozle, cheat, chicane, deception, deceptive, defraud, dupe, fool, hoax, humbug, nonsense, swindle, trick, trifle flimsily build: jerrybuild flimsy: delicate, dilapidated, feeble, fragile, frail, gaudy, gossamer, inadequate, insubstantial, lame, limp, shoddy, sleazy, slight, superficial, tenuous, thin, transparent, weak flinch: avoid, blench, blink, cower, cringe, feign, quaver, recoil, retreat, shrink, shudder, start, wince, withdraw fling: affair, binge, cast, catapult, chuck, dart, dash, discard, emit, fire, flip, flirt, flounce, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, overthrow, pitch, plunge, scatter, sling, spirit, splurge, spree, throw, toss, whirl flinty: callous, hard, rigorous, steely, stern, unyielding flip: browse, fillip, flap, flick, leaf, propel, snap, somersault, spin, throw, thumb, toss, turn, twist; glib, pert flip a coin: toss flip-flop: do an about-face flippant: airy, brassy, chatty, disrespectful, fresh, glib, irreverent, pert, rude, talkative flippant manner: persiflage flippant talk: jive, lip flipper: fin flirt: coquet, coquette, dally, dart, flick, fling, flip, gibe, jest, make eyes at, mock, ogle, ogler, philander, play, spring, tease, throw, toss, toy, trifle, trifler, vamp, vixen flirtation: dalliance flirtatious: amorous, arch, coquettish, coy, provacative flirting glance: oeillade flit: dart, fleck, fleet, flicker, flow, flutter, hover, hurry, move, nimble, quick, run, rush, scoot, scurry, swift, whiz float: bob, bobber, buoy, cork, drift, drink, fleet, flood, flow, fly, glide, hover, launch, levitate, natant, negotiate, pontoon, raft, ride, sail, soar, swim, waft float and move gently: waft float in defiance to gravity, to rise or cause to: levitate float in liquid or rise in gas, tendency to: buoyancy float in the air: hover, levitate floating body of ice: berg, floe floating objects on water: flotsam, waveson floating or living on water's surface: asea, emersal floating or swimming in water: natant floating structure that closes dock or canal lock: caisson, camel floating structure that supports a bridge: pontoon flock: aggregation, assembly, bevy, brood, bunch, church, collection, company, congregation, converge, crowd, drift, drove, flight, gaggle, gang, gather, gathering, group, herd, legion, mob, multitude, pack, rush, swarm flock of geese or similar birds in flight: skein flock of quails: covey flock or crowd: confluence flock or herd being driven in body: drove flog: beat, belt, cane, castigate, chastise, cotton, fight, flagellate, flail, hide, larrup, lash, paddle, scourge, strike, switch, tan, thrash, trounce, whip, wool flood: abundance, alluvion, bore, cataclysm, deluge, downpour, engulf, excess, flow, flux, glut, gush, inundate, outpouring, overflow, overwhelm, rush, saturate, spate, submerge, surplus, swamp, torrent flood barrier embankment: dike, levee flood from heavy rain, sudden and violent: flash flood flood of tide in estuary: eagre flood, devastating: cataclysm flood, occurring before the biblical: antediluvian flood, overwhelm: inundate flood, relating to a: diluvial floodgate: sluice flooding: alluvion, inundation floor: ground floor, level, linoleum, parquet, story, tiles; deck, defeat, drop, fell, flatten floor of mosaic wood blocks or strips: parquet, parquetry floor, smooth final surface of: screed flooring beam: header flop: bomb, bust, collapse, disaster, dud, fail, failure, fall, fizzle, lemon, loser, lounge, plop, rest, tumble, washout flora and fauna: biota
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floral: blooming, blossoming, decorative, flowery floral bit: sprig floral essence used for perfume: attar florid: baroque, blooming, embellished, figurative, flamboyant, flowery, healthy, ornate, rhetorical, rococo, ruddy, rufous, showy, vigorous floridity: redness flounce: bounce, flap, fling, flounder, leap, prance, spring, stomp, struggle; ruffle flounder: blunder, bobble, falter, flounce, fumble, grovel, keep, muddle, plounce, roll, struggle, stumble, toss, trip, wallow; flatfish, fluke flour filter: sifter flour substitute: gluten flour, to coat with: dredge flourish: adorn, arrive, bloom, blossom, boast, boom, brag, brandish, burgeon, curlicue, decoration, develop, display, embellish, expand, fanfare, flaunt, garnish, grow, increase, multiply, ornament, parade, prosper, quirk, rise, shake, show, succeed, thrive, vaunt, wave flourish on signature: paraph flourishing: lush, luxuriant, palmy, verdant, verdurous flourishing, period of major activity and: floruit flout: affront, deride, disregard, fleer, gibe, insult, jeer, mock, outrage, ridicule, scoff, scorn, scount, sneer, taunt flow: alluvion, cascade, circulate, continuity, course, current, debouch, deluge, discharge, drain, drift, ebb, emanate, float, flood, flutter, flux, glide, gush, influx, inundate, issue, movement, oozing, outpouring, pour, progress, ripple, river, roll, run, rush, sequence, spill, spurt, stream, streaming, tide, torrent, well, wind flow into larger area: debouch flow of water: stream flow out of: disembogue, empty flow to or toward an area: afflux flower: anemone, annual, aster, azalea, azalia, bloom, bloomer, blossom, bluebell, bluet, bud, buttercup, camellia, carnation, chrysanthemum, crocus, daffodil, dahlia, gardenia, geranium, gladiolus, hepatica, hibiscus, honeysuckle, hyacinth, hybrid, iris, jonquil, lilac, lily, lobelia, lotus, mar-
igold, narcissus, orchid, pansy, peony, perennial, phlox, pink, posy, primrose, rose, tulip, violet flower and bloom: blossom, effloresce flower and ornamental plant cultivation: floriculture flower arranging, art of Japanese: ikebana flower attached firmly at base: sessile flower bred from two varieties: hybrid flower bunch: bouquet flower cluster: cyme, inflorescence, raceme flower cluster at end of stalk: truss flower cluster bracts: involucre flower cluster, compacted head: glomerule flower cluster, convex or flat-topped: cyme flower cluster, dense and drooping: ament, catkin flower cluster, head-shaped: capitate flower for buttonhole: boutonnire flower garden, ornamental: parterre flower garland: lei flower is fully open, period during which: anthesis flower opening during day and closing at night, of a: diurnal flower opening during the evening, of a: vespertine flower outer part of calyx or corolla: floral envelope, perianth flower part: anther, calyx, carpel, filament, nectar, nectary, ovary, peduncle, perianth, pericarp, petal, petiole, pistil, sepal, stalk, stamen, stigma, style flower part lasting past maturity and not falling off: persistent flower part withering or falling off early: fugacious flower petals, collectively: corolla flower pollinated by insects, of a: entomophilous flower pollinated by windblown pollen, of a: anemophilous flower-secreted liquid: nectar flower turning toward the sun: heliotrope flower, clustered as in a: aggregate flower, leaflike part just below: bract flower, pull dead blossoms off: deadhead flower, small: floret flower, small bouquet: nosegay flower, small bouquet for buttonhole: boutonnire The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
flower, small or reduced: floret flower, stem supporting a: peduncle flower, to become limp or droop like a: wilt flowering: abloom, efflorescence, florescence, flourishing, in bloom, inflorescence flowering plant: angiosperm, lantana, lobelia, oleander, rue flowering plant lasting a few years: perennial flowering plant lasting one year: annual flowering shrub: azalea, bixa, camellia, itea, lilac, mimosa, oleander, spirea flowering throughout the growing season: perpetual flowerless: ananthous flowerless seedless plant: fern flowerlike design: rosette flowers arranged in ring: wreath flowers in vase such as sponge, support for: frog flowers worn on woman's clothes, small bouquet of: corsage flowers, bunch of: bouquet, nosegay, posy flowers, garland of Hawaiian: lei flowers, pertaining to: botanical, floral flowers, science or art of cultivating: horticulture flowers, string or garland of: festoon flowers, wreath or crown of: chaplet, coronal, garland flowery: embellished, euphuistic, fancy, figurative, florid, grandiloquent, ornate, rococo, windy, wordy flowery in speech, writing: euphuism flowing: abounding, abundant, afflux, continuous, copious, current, cursive, discharge, effortless, emanating, fluent, fluid, flux, gushing, rolling, rushing, smooth, spouting, tidal, uninterrupted flowing back: ebb (ebbing), reflux (refluent) flowing in: influent, influx flowing out: effluence, effluent, efflux flowing spring: fount flowing together: confluence, confluent flowing water, swift-: torrent flowing with sweetness: mellifluent, mellifluous flub: blunder, boner, botch, bungle, err, error, fat, fluff, muff fluctuate: alternate, change, flutter, os-
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acacia adder's tongue African violet agave alstromeria amaranth amaryllis American Beauty rose anemone arbutus arethusa arrowhead artemisias asphodel aster azalea baby's breath baby-blue eyes bachelor's button begonia balloon flower bay laurel begonia bird of paradise bitterroot black-eyed Susan blazing star bleeding heart bloodroot blue poppy bluebell bluebonnet bluet boxwood bridal wreath broom burnett buttercup cactus calendula camas camellia camomile campanula candytuft cardoon carnation cat's-paw cattail century plant chicory Chinese lantern Christmas rose chrysanthemum cineraria clematis clethra cockscomb columbine cornel cornflower cosmos cowslip crocus cyclamen daffodil dahlia daisy damask rose dandelion daylilies delphinium desert mallow dogwood duckweed Dutchman'sbreeches edelweiss eglantine elderflower fireweed flax forget-me-not forsythia foxglove foxtail freesia fuchsia gardenia gas plant gentian geranium ghostplant gladiolus globe flower goatsbeard goldenrod groundsel guelder rose harebell hawthorn heather heleconia hepatica hibiscus holly hollyhock honeysuckle horehound hyacinth hydrangea ice-plant impatiens Indian paintbrush indigo iris jack-in-the-pulpit japonica jasmine jonquil kalanchoe kangaroo paw kingcup knotweed lady's-slipper larkspur lavender leopard's bane lilac lily lily of the valley lobelia lotus love-lies-bleeding lupine magnolia mallow marguerite marigold marsh marigold marshmallow mayflower Michaelmas daisy mignonette mimosa moccasin flower mock orange monkshood morning glory moss rose motherwort mountain laurel mourning widow myrtle narcissus nasturtium oleander opium poppy orchid oxalis oxeye daisy pansy parrot's flower passion flower pelargonium penstemon peony periwinkle petunia phlox pink pinxter flower plume poppy poinsettia polyanthus poppy portulaca primrose priula purple top Queen Anne's lace ragged robin ragwort rambler rose ranunculus resurrection plant rhododendron rose shasta daisy shooting star silkweed smilax snapdragon snowball snowberry snowdrop solidago spiraea stock storksbill strawflower sunflower sweet alyssum sweet pea sweet william tick trefoil tiger lily toad lilly trailing arbutus trillium trumpet vine tulip twayblade twinflower umbrella plant valerian Venus's-flytrap verbena vetch viburnum viola violet wake-robin wallflower water hyacinth water lily water milfoil water pimpernel wax flower waxplant white clover white rosebay windflower wisteria wolfsbane wood anemone wood hyacinth woody nightshade yarrow yellow ox-eye yellow scabious yellow water lily yucca zinnia W
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dilate, seesaw, shift, sway, undulate, unsteady, vacillate, vary, veer, vibrate, waver flue: barb, channel, chimney, fishnet, funnel, net, organ, passage, pipe, stack, tube, tunnel flue valve: damper fluent: articulate, copious, effortless, eloquent, facile, flowing, fluid, glib, graceful, liquid, natural, polished, smooth, smooth-spoken, talkative, verbose, voluble fluff: blunder, botch, down, entertainment, err, error, flub, flue, froth, fuzz, lint, miscue, mistake, puff, soft fluffy: airy, creamy, downy, feathery, frivolous, furry, fuzzy, light, soft fluffy mass or tuft: flocculus fluffy or woolly: flocculent fluid: adaptable, changeable, flexible, floating, flowing, fluent, fluible, fluxible, fluxile, gaseous, graceful, ink, juice, liquid, milk, pliable, rasa, runny, shifting, unstable, variable, water, watery fluid accumulation: edema fluid around embryo and fetus: amniotic fluid fluid-containing sac or cavity: cistern, cisterna, reservoir fluid-filled sac: cyst fluid rock: lava fluid, body: humor fluid, device regulating flow of: baffle fluid, involving or operated by: hydraulic fluid, pouch of plant or animal with: sac fluidless: aneroid fluke: accident, blade, blessing, fish, flounder, oddity, quirk, trematode fluky: capricious, chance, shifting, uncertain, unsteady, variable flunky: attendant, drudge, footman, gofer, lackey, servant, steward, toady fluorine or iodine compound: halide fluoroscope: Xray flurry: ado, agitation, alarm, bother, burst, bustle, commotion, confuse, confusion, excitement, fluster, flutter, gust, haste, hubbub, panic, scurry, shower, snowfall, spurt, squall, stir, whirl, wind flush: abounding, abundant, affluent, blush, cleanse, color, even, excite, flat, flood, frighten, glow, lavish, level, mantle, opulent, overflowing,
prosperous, redden, redness, rinse, rose, rosiness, rouge, smooth, square, thrill, vigor, wash flushed: aglow, animated, crimson, embarrassed, feverish, florid, pink, prosperous, red, rosed, rosy, ruby, ruddy fluster: agitate, befuddle, bewilder, bother, confuse, discompose, disturb, flurry, frustrate, fuddle, muddle, perplex, puzzle, rattle, ruffle, shake, unhinge, upset fluster or fuss: pother flute: chamfer, channel, crimp, fife, flautino, furrow, goffer, instrument, ocarina, piccolo, pipe, tube, wineglass, zuffolo, zufolo flute finger hole: ventage flute player: flautist, flutist flute with eight fingerholes, whistlelike mouthpiece: recorder flutelike: reedy flutelike instrument: flageolet flutter: flap, flicker, flit, flitter, fluctuate, flurry, hover, pulsate, quiver, shake, thrill, tingling, vibrate, wave flutter and beat: palpitate flux: additive, discharge, flood, flow, flowing, fluctuation, fuse, fusion, melt, motion, resin, rush, stream, substance, unrest fly alone: solo fly ball: looper fly-by-night: brief, questionable, shady, undependable, unreliable, unscrupulous, unsure, untrustworthy fly high: soar fly in the ointment: catch, drawback, hindrance, hitch, snag fly the coop: bolt, escape, flee, hightail, skedaddle fly, bloodsucking African: tsetse fly fly, insect: bug, dipteron, gnat, hackle, horse, house, midge, sedge, tsetse flycatcher: pewee, phoebe, scissortail flyer: ace, aviator, erne, pilot; insert, leaflet, pamphlet, throwaway flying: aloft, volant, volitant flying aircraft, profession or pastime of: aviation flying apparatus like kite: hang glider flying boat: seaplane flying buttress: arc-boutant flying saucer: spacecraft, spaceship, UFO, unidentified flying object flying, exhibition of stunt: barnstorming
flying, not having feathers necessary for: unfledged foal: colt, filly, fledgling, offspring foal's mother: dam, mare foam: aerate, bubble, cream, effervesce, fizz, frost, froth, fume, head, lather, scud, scum, spume, suds, whip, yeast foam for insulation: polystyrene foam from soap: lather foam on fermenting beer or malt liquor: barm foam or froth: spume fob: chain, cheat, deceive, flimflam, ornament, pocket, ribbon, trick fob off: foist focal: central, important, main, nucleus, principal focus: adjust, center, concentrate, converge, core, direct, fireplace, fixate, hearth, point, spotlight, train focusing ability of eye: refraction focusing disability: astigmatism fodder: alfalfa, barley, corn, feed, food, forage, hay, oats, provender, provisions, silage, soilage, stover, straw fodder preserved in a silo: ensilage fodder trough: crib, manger foe: adversary, antagonist, competitor, enemy, opponent, rival fog: bedim, bewilderment, brume, cloudiness, confusion, daze, film, gloom, grass, haze, mist, moisture, muddy, murk, nebula, obscure, smog, stream, stupor, vapor, whiteout fog with ice: ice fog, pogonip fog, heavy polar: whiteout foggy: blurred, brumous, cloudy, confused, dark, dense, dull, gray, groggy, hazy, marshy, misty, muddled, murky, nubilous, obscure, overcast, shadowy, soupy, unclear, vague foible: defect, deficiency, failing, fault, frailty, imperfection, infirmity, quirk, shortcoming, weakness foil: baffle, balk, beguile, blade, blunt, boggle, counter, curb, defeat, defile, disgrace, elude, evade, frustrate, metal, obscure, outwit, overthrow, prevent, repulse, setback, stooge, thwart, track, trail; pe, sword; aluminum foil and frustrate: thwart foist: cheat, deceive, dupe, fob off, fool, fudge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, impose, palm off, swindle, thrust fold: bend, buckle, clasp, close, collapse, corrugate, crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, double, drape, fail, flap,
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FOOD TERMS
art or science of good food and cooking: gastronomy French food prepared lean-style versus rich-style: cuisine maigreure, nouvelle cuisine coarse and fibrous food: roughage full from eating: replete, sated, satiated concentrated food or flavoring: extract ill from overindulgence: crapulent, crapulous, cropsick decorate food, to: garnish inexpensive and quickly prepared food: fast food digest and metabolize food, to: assimilate mass of chewed food: bolus discourse on food: bromatology necessary food: sustenance eater of any and every type of food: grandgousier nourishing ingredient of food: nutrient eater of good food: gastrophile obsessively loving food: opsomanic eating all types of food: omnivorous partially digested food in stomach: chyme eating only a few kinds of food: oligophagous person appreciating fine food and drink: connoisseur, epiexcessive spending on food and drink: abligurition cure, gastronome, gourmand, gourmet food allowed by Jewish dietary law: kosher picnic basket: hamper food eaten before main course: antipasto reheated food: rchauff food expert: epicure relating to food and nutrition: alimentary food lover: epicure, gourmand, gourmet relating to food in the diet: dietary food mix of oats, fruit, nuts, sugar: granola savory aroma of cooked food: nidor food not allowed by Jewish dietary law: tref science of food and nourishment: nutrition food of the gods: ambrosia, amrit search for food, to: scavenge food or anything that promotes salivation: sialagogue semiliquid or soft food: pap food poisoning: ptomaine poisoning severe food poisoning: botulism food-poisoning bacteria: ptomaine food poisoning from improperly stored or undercooked food: ship's officer in charge of food: steward store selling prepared foods, sandwiches, etc.: deli, delicatessalmonella poisoning, salmonellosis sen food prepared elaborately and skillfully: haute cuisine style or manner of food preparation: cuisine food scrap: crumb, ort substance added to food to improve or preserve it: additive food seller: grocer, provisioner, purveyor table scraps for animals: slop, swill food storage place: larder, pantry take in food, to: ingest W food without nutritive value: junk food, lubber-wort folks: family, parents, people, relatives follower or subordinate, loyal: henchgroove, intertwine, lap, lapel, layer, man, myrmidon loop, plait, pleat, plicate, ply, pucker, folksy: ethnic, quaint follower who flatters or is servile: minridge, rimple, surround, tuck, turn, folkways: lore, mores ion, sycophant, toady withdraw, yield; embrace, enclosure, follow: accompany, act on, adopt, after, followers or attendants: entourage envelope, flock, group, pen alternate, chase, comply, comprefollowing: after, afterward, audience, fold of skin, membrane, shell: plica hend, conform, copy, dog, ensue, below, clientele, consequent, consefold of tissue under the tongue: frenum fathom, hound, hunt, imitate, next, quential, ensuing, gathering, group, fold tightly: crimp obey, observe, pursue, replace, result, later, next, posthumous, resulting, folded backward: replicate sequel, shadow, spy, stalk, succeed, sect, sequent, sequential, serial, subfolded by doubling back: pleated supervene, supplant, support, tag, sequent, succeeding, successive, folded fanlike: plicated tail, trace, track, trail, understand trailing, train folded in long parallel ridges: follow closely: tag, tail following as effect: consequential corrugated follow immediately after: ensue, following Hiroshima: post-atomic folded insert or section: foldout supervene following in order: consecutive, sefolder: binder, brochure, case, cover, follower: acolyte, adherent, aficionado, quential, serial, seriatim, succeeding leaflet, pamphlet apostle, attendant, believer, claque, following in time: subsequent folds of brain: convolutions, gyri, sulci copycat, devotee, disciple, enthusifollowing logically or naturally, of somefoliage: growth, leafage, leaves, vegetaast, entourage, fan, groupie, henchthing: consequential tion, verdure man, -ist, minion, parasite, partisan, follows tirelessly: dogs foliage decaying on forest floor: duff pupil, pursuer, retainer, retinue, satfollows, something that: continuation, folk: clan, family, friends, kindred, ellite, successor, sycophant, toady, sequel people, relatives votary folly: absurdity, craziness, daffery, foolfolk music originated by rural southern follower or devout adherent: votary ery, foolishness, frivolity, idiocy, imAfrican-Americans: blues follower or fan: aficionado, devotee prudence, levity, lunacy, madness, folklore: belief, custom, history, legfollower or imitator, second-rate: mistake, nonsense, revue, silliness, end, myth, superstition, tales, epigone wantonness, whim tradition follower or servant, devoted: myrmidon
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FOLLY OR VICE ATTACKED BY IRONY, WIT IN WORK - FOOT PART ABOVE ARCH ON UPPER SIDE
FOOTBALL TERMS
blocking from behind of someone without ball: clipping catch signalled with arm, where receiver may not advance or be tackled: fair catch corner of end zone: coffin corner defense with five backs or back instead of linebacker: nickel defense defense with six backs or two backs instead of linebackers: dime defense football field: grid football kicked as it bounces up from ground: drop kick football kicked before touching ground: punt football official: ref, referee, umpire, zebra football official tending sidelines: linesman football officials on sideline: box-and-chain crew football positions: center, cornerback, end, fullback, guard, halfback, kicker, linebacker, punter, quarterback, running back, safety, split end, tackle, tailback, tight end football terms: block, clipping, conversion, defense, down, drive, end zone, field goal, flare, fumble, gridiron, holding, huddle, interception, interference, kickoff, lateral, offense, offside, pass, punt, rushing, sack, safety, scrimmage, secondary, tackle, touchback, touchdown, uprights four chances for offense to gain ten yards: downs imaginary line where ball rests and teams line up for play: line of scrimmage folly or vice attacked by irony, wit in work: satire foment: abet, agitate, arouse, encourage, excite, foster, goad, incite, instigate, provoke, rouse, spur, start, stir, stir up, stupe fond: affection, affectionate, amorous, ardent, beguile, caress, cherished, credulous, dear, desirous, devoted, doting, enamored, foolish, inclination, indulgent, infatuated, insipid, kind, liking, loving, partial, passionate, sanguine, silly, tender, trifling, warm fond of husband, overly: maritorious fond of others' company: gregarious fond of wife, overly: uxorious fondle: caress, clasp, coddle, cosset, cuddle, embrace, feel, grope, hug, love, neck, nestle, pamper, pet, snuggle, stroke fondness: affection, attachment, dearness, devotion, foolishness, kindness, love, preference, regard, taste, tenderness, weakness font: basin, fountain, fource, receptacle, spring, stoup, type, well font for holy water: stoup food: aliment, bite, bread, cheer, chow, comestibles, diet, eats, edibles, fare, kick beginning half or after touchdown: kickoff kickoff that is low and oblique: onside kick other names for a football: pigskin, rugger pass caught by opposing team's: interception pass parallel to goal line: lateral pass starting with faked handoff: play-action pass pass, high and long: Hail Mary pass penalty for being ahead of ball before the snap: offside play change at line of scrimmage: audible play grounding ball behind goal line: touchback play looking like a pass but handed off to back: draw play play of throwing to a receiver: pass play with lateral or handoff and forward pass: flea-flicker point after touchdown: extra point putting football in play: snap rush by several defenders: blitz score made by kicking ball between uprights of goal: field goal score made by moving ball into opposing team's end zone: touchdown score of one to two points made after touchdown: conversion scoring area between goal and end line: end zone touch or catch behind own goal line, costing two points: safety W ing, dumb, fatuous, goofy, harebrained, heedless, idiotic, imprudent, inane, indiscreet, inept, insensate, irrational, loony, ludicrous, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, rash, ridiculous, senseless, silly, simple, stupid, unwise, wiless, witless, zany foolish love: infatuation foolish talk: drivel foolish, appearing: stultified foolishness: absurdity, balderdash, bunk, drollery, horseplay, insanity, lunacy, nonsense, senselessness, stupidity foolproof: certain, effective, infallible, sure foolscap: paper foot: base, bottom, dance, defray, dog, extremity, flipper, hoof, nadir, pad, paw, pay, ped, pes, speed, tootsy; ft., measurement foot ailment: gout foot and toenail cosmetic treatment: pedicure foot care by doctor: chiropody, podiatry foot flat and turned out: splayfoot foot lever: pedal, treadle foot-operated machine lever: treadle foot part above arch on upper side between ankle and toes: instep
fodder, grub, handout, meat, morsel, nosh, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provisions, sustenance, viand, viands, victuals foofaraw: ado, stir, to-do fool: ass, bamboozle, blockhead, bluff, blunderer, bonehead, boob, buffoon, butt, cheat, chump, clown, comedian, coxcomb, cretin, deceive, dimwit, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dunce, dunderhead, dupe, fake, fathead, goose, hoax, hoodwink, idiot, imbecile, jerk, jest, joke, kid, meathead, mislead, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, nudnick, numskull, oaf, outwit, pretend, sap, scam, schlemiel, silly, simp, simpleton, spoof, stooge, sucker, tamper, tease, toy, trick, victim fool around: dally, dawdle, dwadle, futz, lallygag, lark, lollygag, play, putter, shilly-shally, waste time fool, boring: morologist foolhardy: bold, daredevil, daring, impetuous, rash, reckless, temerity, unwise, venturesome foolish: absurd, anile, anserine, asinine, batty, boneheaded, brainless, cockeyed, crazy, daft, dizzy, dodder-
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FOOT PARTS OF HUMAN - FOREBEAR
foot parts of human: Achilles tendon, ankle, arch, ball, digit, hallux, heel, instep, minimus, second toe, sole, tarsal, toe, toenail foot soldiers: infantry foot-sole beating: bastinado foot-travel gauge: pedometer foot, animals that walk on whole: plantigrade foot, misshapen: clubfoot, talipes foot, relating to the sole of the: plantar, volar foothold, temporary: toehold footing: balance, base, basis, condition, foothold, foundation, groundwork, place, position, rank, relationship, standing, status, support, surface footless: apod, apodal footlike organ: pes footloose: carefree, free, unattached footnote: afterthought, explanation, reference footnote symbols: asterisk, dagger, diesis, double dagger, obelisk footnote word: ibid, ibidem, idem footpad: bandit, highwayman, mugger, robber, thief, thug, yegg footprint: footstep, mootmark, moulage, spoor, step, trace, track footprint mold for criminal investigation: moulage footprint or track of animal: spoor footrest: hassock, ottoman, stool fop: Beau Brummell, buck, cavalier, coxcomb, dandy, dasher, dude, exquisite, man-about-town, pipinjay, swell for a still stronger reason: a fortiori forage: alfalfa, barley, clover, corn, fodder, grass, hunt, millet, oat, plunder, provisions, raid, ravage, raven, rummage, rye, scour, search, wheat foray: attack, attempt, incursion, inroad, invasion, pillage, raid, ravage, sortie forbear: abstain, ancestor, avoid, cease, decline, desist, endure, forego, forgo, help, omit, refrain, resist, shun, withstand forbearance: abstinence, fortitude, mercy, moderation, patience, tolerance forbearing: clement, easy, forgiving, gentle, lenient, mild, patient, restraint, sympathetic, tolerant forbid: ban, block, censor, debar, defend, defy, deny, deprive, disallow, enjoin, fend, gainsay, halt, impede,
inhibit, interdict, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, stop, taboo forbidden: banned, denied, prohibited, taboo, tabu, ultra vires, unlawful, verboten, vetoed forbidden from disclosing details as reporter: court order forbidden from use or mention: taboo forbidding: disagreeable, fierce, gaunt, grim, harsh, menacing, odious, offensive, ominous, prohibiting, sinister, stern, strict, threatening, unpleasant force: ability, army, bang, cause, clout, coaction, coerce, command, compel, compress, constrain, constraint, constringe, corps, cram, demand, detachment, determination, dint, drive, effort, energy, exert, extort, gumption, hammer, impact, impel, impetus, impulse, influence, insist, make, might, momentum, muscle, necessitate, obligate, oblige, persuade, pound, power, press, pressure, pry, push, ravish, regiment, repel, require, restraint, strength, stress, stuff, unit, validity, violence, wrest force a payment or yielding of: exact, extort force acting on body in curvilinear motion away from center or axis: centrifugal force force acting on body in curvilinear motion directed toward center or axis: centripetal force force and coercion: duress force back: repel force balancing another: counterpoise force-feeding through tube: gavage force of a blow: brunt force of body in motion: impetus, momentum force on, to use physical: bulldoze, strong-arm force onward: urge force or impose on another: foist, obtrude force or incite to action: actuate, goad, impel, spur force or influence: vector force or pack down: tamp force or push out: extrude force out and substitute another: supplant force out from power, office: depose, oust force out of position or location: dislodge
force someone to do something: coerce, dragoon, press-gang, railroad, shanghai force that draws item into interior space: suction force to action: impel force to leave: eject, evict, expel force, body at rest until affected by external: inertia force, driving or propelling: propulsion force, impelling, or stimulus: impetus force, overpowering: act of God, force majeure, juggernaut force, the moment or measure of a: torque force, to control or put down by: repress, subdue, subjugate, suppress force, to seize and hold by: usurp, wrest force, turning or twisting: torque forced: artificial, begrudging, compulsory, constrained, contrived, farfetched, involuntary, labored, mandatory, recherch, reluctant, slave, stiff, stilted, strained forced and strained: agonistic, contrived forced hard labor: penal servitude forced labor, esp. for roadwork: corve forced or restricted state or situation: constraint forceful: assertive, cogent, dominant, dynamic, effective, emphatic, energetic, forcible, mighty, potent, powerful, strong, vigorous, violent, virile forceful and bullying: dictatorial, domineering, imperious, overbearing, tyrannical forceful in emotion: fervid, vehement forceful in speech: cogent, compelling, incisive, trenchant forceful or powerful: potent, virile forces at work in a sphere: dynamics forces of nature, manifestation of: act of God forces, stable or balanced: equilibrium forcible: aggressive, compulsory, emphatic, energetic, forceful, impressive, incisive, intense, mighty, obligatory, persuasive, potent, powerful, puissant, stout, telling, valid, weighty forcible seizure of property: pillage, rapine forcibly take away: wrest fore: advanced, ahead, antecedent, earlier, former, forward, front, near, previously, prior forearm: radius, ulna forebear: ancestor, parent
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FOREBODE - FORGETFUL
forebode: augur, divine, foresee, foretell, omen, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, warn foreboding: anxiety, apprehension, augury, fear, feeling, gloomy, omen, prediction, premonition, presage, presagement, presentiment, sinister forecast: anticipate, bode, calculation, callo, conclude, conjecture, estimate, foresee, foretell, fortune, guess, horoscope, infer, meteorology, outlook, predetermine, predict, prediction, presage, prognosis, prognostic, prognosticate, prognostication, projection, prophesy, surmise forecast according to indications: foretell, predict, prognosticate, prophesy forecast of future based on planets' and stars' positions: horoscope forecaster: astrologer, meteorologist, Nostradamus, prophet, seer, soothsayer forecasting, weather: meteorology forefather: ancestor, antecedent, elder, forbear, founder, originator, primogenitor, progenitor, sire forefront: beginning, front, lead, prominence, van, vanguard forefront of technology: cutting edge forego: forfeit, forsake, neglect, precede, refrain, relinquish, renounce, sacrifice, waive forehead: brow, frons, front, metopic, sinciput forehead losing hair, of a: receding forehead mark of Hindus: tilak forehead of animal, bird: frontlet forehead, pertaining to the: frontal, metopic forehead's flat area: glabella foreign: alien, barbaric, different, distant, exiled, exotic, extraneous, extrinsic, faraway, impertinent, inapplicable, incompatible, inconsistent, irrelevant, outlandish, overseas, peregrine, remote, strange, unaccustomed, unexplored, unknown foreign policy based on advancement of national interest: realpolitik foreign policy based on regaining lost territory or standing: revanchism foreign resident of country, unnaturalized: alien foreign to an environment: adventive foreigner: alien, barbarian, greenhorn, immigrant, outlander, outsider, stranger
foreigner who resides in another country: expatriate foreigner, to expel a: deport foreignness or uncertainty: culture shock foreknowledge: intuition, premonition, prescience foreknowledge held by God: predestination foreman: boss, captain, chairperson, chief, forewoman, gaffer, headman, leader, manager, overseer, spokesperson, steward, supervisor, taskmaster foremost: banner, chief, first, forme, front, head, high, highest, leading, main, preeminent, prime, principal, supreme forensic: argumentative, debatable, disputation, judicial, legal, rhetorical forensic medic: coroner foreordained: destined forepart of the alimentary canal: maw forerunner: ancestor, augury, forebear, forefather, harbinger, herald, messenger, omen, originator, portent, precursor, predecessor, prelude, prsager, progenitor, prognostic, sign, symptom, trailblazer, warning forerunner in field, position: antecedent, precursor, predecessor foresee: anticipate, divine, envisage, envision, forecast, foretell, predict, prognosticate, prophesy foreshadow: adumbrate, bode, hint, imply, indicate, portend, prefigure, presage, suggest, warn foresight: anticipation, caution, clairvoyance, discretion, forethought, prescience, providence, prudence, vision, wisdom foresight, having: visionary foreskin: prepuce foreskin, removal of: circumcision forest: backwoods, boscage, bush, cover, glade, jungle, park, shelter, silva, taiga, thicket, timber, trees, wilderness, woodland, woods forest clearing: glade forest converted into stony fossilized replica: petrified forest forest fire advancing in treetops: crown fire forest fire burning humus layer: ground fire forest fire burning surface undergrowth: surface fire forest floor decay: duff, underbrush forest floor, uppermost layer of: litter
forest humus: mor forest or trees of a region: silva forest, pertaining to: sylvan forestall: anticipate, avert, delay, deter, hinder, preclude, prevent, thwart forestry: silviculture foretell: anticipate, augur, bespeak, bode, divine, figure, forecast, forewarn, portend, predicate, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, read, soothsay, vaticinate, warn foretell based on signs: augur, forecast, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate foretell or be a sign of: adumbrat, bespeak, betoken, bode, foreshadow, indicate, prefigure, presage foretell or warn: forebode, portend foretelling events, the power of: clairvoyance, precognition, prescience foretelling with omens: augury forethought: anticipation, beed, calculation, canniness, caution, consideration, foresight, judgment, planning, premeditation, preparation, provident, prudence, sense foretold: boded, presaged forever: ad infinitum, always, ceaselessly, constantly, continually, endless, endlessly, eternally, eternity, ever, everlasting, interminably, permanently, perpetual, unincreasingly, world without end forever, poetically: eterne forewarn: alert, augur, caution, flag, notify, portend, signal foreword: introduction, overture, preamble, preface, prelude, proem, prologue forfeit: abandon, default, fine, forego, lose, loss, penalty, relinquish, sacrifice, surrender forge: advance, bloomery, copy, counterfeit, drive, fabricate, falsify, fashion, manufacture, pound, reproduce, shape, smithy forged: counterfeit, fake, spurious forgery: counterfeit, deception, fabrication, fake, feigning, fiction, fraud, imposture, phony, sham forget: disregard, disremember, fluff, ignore, neglect, omit, overlook, skip, unlearn, unmindful forgetful: absentminded, abstracted, amnesic, careless, distracted, heedless, inattentive, negligent, oblivious, preoccupied, remiss, sloppy
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FORGETFULNESS - FORTIFY
forgetfulness: disregard, lapse, lethe, oblivescence, oblivion, obliviousness forgetfulness-inducing potion: nepenthe forgetting one's past, accidental: amnesia forgetting word temporarily: lethologica, tip-of-the-tongue syndrome forgivable (sins): remissible, venial forgive: absolve, acquit, amnesty, cancel, clear, commute, condone, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, overlook, pardon, release, remit, shrive forgiving: charitable, clement, compassionate, kind, merciful, placable, tolerant forgiving disposition: clemency, indulgence, leniency forgo: forfeit, forsake, give up, neglect, precede, refrain, relinquish, renounce, sacrifice, waive forgotten or neglected condition: limbo fork: angle, bifurcation, bisect, branch, crotch, divaricate, divide, pierce, prong, split, stab, tine, tuner, utensil fork prong: tine fork with three broad tines and cutting edge: runcible spoon fork with three prongs: trident fork, to: bisect forked: branching, furcate forked into two: bifurcate forklift platform: pallet, skid forklike body part: fourchette, furcula, wishbone forlorn: abandoned, abject, alone, cheerless, depressed, deserted, desolate, desperate, despondent, destitute, disconsolate, dispirited, forsaken, friendless, helpless, hopeless, inconsolable, lonesome, lost, miserable, rejected, sad, solitary, tragic, wretched form: appearance, arrangement, being, body, build, configuration, conformation, contour, design, expression, fashion, figuration, figure, frame, framework, guise, image, likeness, manner, mode, model, mold, outline, pattern, physique, shape, skeleton, structure form and structure of organisms, branch of biology dealing with: morphology form in imagination: ideate form in which divine being is revealed: manifestation form, to give a definite: crystallize formal: academic, affected, ceremo-
nial, ceremonious, conventional, correct, dressy, established, fancy, methodical, nominal, official, orderly, precise, prim, proper, punctilious, regular, reserved, solemn, stately, stiff, stilted, systematic formal affirmation: oath formal and proper: ceremonious, decorous formal approval: confirmation, ratification, sanction, validation formal argument: debate formal ceremony: rite formal closing at the end of a composition or movement: coda formal code of correct conduct: protocol formal dance: ball, prom formal jacket: dinner jacket, tux, tuxedo formal offer: tender formal order: writ formal social dance: ball formal White House affair: state dinner formal, artificially: pompous, stilted formalism, traditional: academicism, academism formality: ceremony, conventionality, custom, gesture, procedure, protocol, rite, tradition formally withdraw: secede format: arrangement, pattern, plan, scheme, shape, size, style formation: composition, construction, deposit, development, form, makeup, organization, parade, procession, rank, spread, structure formation of troops in ranks: echelon formative: impressionable, plastic, pliant formative years: teens formed into a series: seriate formed into columns: tabulated formed into rounded mass: glomerate former: ancient, antecedent, creator, departed, earlier, erst, erstwhile, foregoing, late, maker, old, once, onetime, past, previous, prior, quondam, some time, sometime, whilom formidable: alarming, awesome, awful, challenging, dangerous, difficult, fearful, fierce, hard, horrible, imposing, impressive, menacing, mighty, powerful, redoubtable, terrible, threatening, tough formless: amorphous, anidian, aplastic, arupa, chaotic, crude, disorganized, inchoate, indistinct, nebulous, shapeless, vague The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
forms, occurring in different: polymorphic formula: blueprint, code, direction, equation, maxim, method, plan, procedure, recipe, rule, theory formula showing arrangement of atoms and bonds, chemical: structural formula formulate: coin, concoct, define, develop, devise, draft, express, frame, invent, originate, plan, state forsake: abandon, abdicate, avoid, deny, desert, discard, disclaim, disown, flee, forego, forgo, leave, quit, refuse, reject, relinquish, renounce, resign, shun, spurn, surrender, waive, withdraw forsaken: abandoned, deserted, desolate, forlorn, ignored, jilted, lorn, neglected, rejected forsaking faith or principles: apostasy forsooth: indeed forswear: abandon, abjure, abnegate, deny, disavow, gainsay, perjure, recant, reject, renounce, retract fort: base, bastille, bastion, blockhouse, bulwark, camp, castle, citadel, fortify, fortress, garrison, protection, stronghold forte: ability, aptitude, bag, knack, metier, skill, specialty, strength, talent, thing forth: abroad, away, forward, into, onward, outward forthcoming: anticipated, approaching, expected, imminent, impending, in store, inevitable, pending forthright: aboveboard, candid, direct, foursquare, frankly, honest, open, plain, straightforward, truthfully forthwith: directly, immediately, instantly, now, presently, pronto, quickly, straightaway, therewith fortification: barricade, barrier, bastion, buffer, bulwark, castle, citadel, defense, entrenchment, fastness, fortress, garrison, moat, palisade, parapet, protection, rampart, redan, retrenchment, shield, stockade, stronghold, tower, wall fortified position: bastion, fastness, stronghold fortified wall or barrier: enceinte, traverse fortify: arm, barricade, bastille, beef up, boost, brace, confirm, embattle, energize, enrich, entrench, invigo-
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FORTITUDE - FOWL
rate, man, prepare, reinforce, sara, secure, steel, strengthen, stronghold, support, sustain fortitude: backbone, bravery, courage, determination, endurance, grit, guts, heart, perseverance, resolution, spunk, stamina, strength, valor fortnightly: biweekly fortress: barrier, bastille, castle, citadel, fort, garrison, rampart, redoubt, stronghold fortuitous: accidental, casual, chance, contingent, fluky, incidental, lucky, random, serendipitous, unplanned fortunate: advantageous, auspicious, blessed, blest, dexter, favorable, favored, golden, good, gracious, happy, lucky, profitable, promising, prosperous, successful, thriving, timely, well fortune: accident, bonanza, bundle, chance, destiny, doom, estate, fate, hap, inheritance, lot, luck, possessions, pot, prosperity, riches, success, treasure, wealth, windfall, worth fortune-teller: astrologer, clairvoyant, gypsy, medium, palmist, psychic, seer, sibyl, soothsayer
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fortune-telling by casting or drawing lots: sortilege fortune-telling by consulting spirits: necromancy, sciomancy fortune-telling by crystal ball: scrying fortune-telling by dream interpretation: oneiromancy fortune-telling by omens or the supernatural: augury, divination, soothsaying fortune-telling by palm lines: chiromancy, palmistry fortune-telling by planets' and stars' positions: horoscope fortune-telling by random Bible verse: bibliomancy fortune-telling by tarot or playing cards: cartomancy fortune-telling by visions: clairvoyance fortune-telling card: tarot W fortune, sudden change in: vicissitudes forty winks: nap, siesta, sleep, snooze forum: court, marketplace, medium, symposium, tribunal forward: advance, advanced, aggressive, ahead, along, before, coming, eager, earnest, encourage, extreme, forth, front, further, hasten, hasty,
leading, onward, progressive, radical, ready; deliver, relay, remit, send, ship, transmit forward and overconfident: arrogant, audacious, bold, brash, brazen, impudent, obtrusive, precocious, presumptuous, pushy forward mezzanine: loge forward-moving: posigrade forward pass: aerial fossil: ammonite, antiquated, antique, conodont, coprolite, fogy, ichnite, impression, relic, skeleton fossil dating technique: carbon dating fossil fuel: coal fossil is embedded, solid matter in which: matrix fossil shell of extinct mollusk: ammonite fossilized excrement: coprolite fossilized resin: amber fossils, study of: palaeontology, paleontology foster: advance, advocate, assist, back, befriend, breed, cherish, cultivate, encourage, feed, food, further, harbor, help, house, nourish, nurse, nurture, promote, rear, shelter, support, sustain foul: abusive, base, bawdy, blocked, contaminated, corrupt, defaced, defame, detestable, dirty, disgusting, dishonorable, entangled, filthy, grimy, gross, horrid, illegal, impure, indecent, lewd, loathsome, muddy, nastiness, nasty, nauseating, obnoxious, obscene, odious, offensive, polluted, profane, putrid, raunchy, repulsive, revolting, rotten, scatalogical, smeared, smelly, soiled, stinking, sully, unclean, unfair, unsportsmanlike, vicious, vile, vulgar, wicked, wretched foul or fecal in nature: feculent foul play: crime, illegal, killing, murder, violence foul-smelling: fetid, malodorous, mephitic, olid, rancid foul-up: glitch, snafu, snag foul up: blunder, botch, bungle, goof, mismanage foulmouthed: dirty, lewd, obscene, offensive, profane, rude, scurrilous, vulgar found: base, begin, board, build, cast, create, depart, detected, endow, equipped, erect, establish, gather,
initiate, institute, isolate, launch, located, organize, originate, provided, rest, start, supported foundation: base, basis, bed, bedding, bedrock, bottom, cellar, charity, corporation, donation, endowment, foot, fund, goundwork, institute, organization, pedestal, pile, pilotis, raft, roadbed, root, sill, society, staddle, substratum, substructure, support foundation of community, organization: infrastructure foundation of stone building: stereobate founder: architect, author, collapse, creator, fail, fall, forefather, inventor, miscarry, organizer, originator, patriarch, precursor, progenitor, sink, stumble, submerge, supporter foundling: orphan fountain: beginning, bubbler, fount, geyser, jet, reservoir, source, spray, spring, stream, well, wellspring fountain treat: float, malt, shake, soda, sundae fountainhead: origin, originator, source four children born at one time: quadruplets four-dimensional continuum: spacetime four-dimensional equivalent of cube: tesseract four-hundredth anniversary: quadricentennial, quatercentenary four-in-hand: necktie, tie four-leafed plant: clover four-legged animal: quadruped, tetrapod four-line poetry or stanza: quatrain four notes: chord four or more dimensions, space that has: hyperspace four-page sheet: rolio four parts, having: quadruple four pecks: bushel four quarts: gallon four-sided closed figure: quadrilateral, tetragon four-year period: quadrennium four, group of: tetrad fourfold: quadruple, quaternary fourpence, once: groat fourscore: eighty fourth Jewish month: tebet fowl: bird, capon, chick, chicken, cock, duck, game, goose, hen, hens, pheasant, rooster, turkey
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FOX - FRAZZLE
fox: attractive, baffle, clever, confuse, crafty, fool, intoxicate, outwit, reynard, sly, tod, trick, vixen, vulpine fox genus: vulpes fox, female: vixen fox, pertaining to: vulpine fox, young: cub, kit, pup foxglove family: digitalis foxy: astute, crafty, cunning, sexy, shifty, shrewd, slick, sly, sneaky, vulpine foyer: anteroom, entrance, hall, lobby, vestibule fracas: altercation, brawl, brouhaha, commotion, dispute, disturbance, donnybrook, flight, melee, quarrel, row, rumpus, scrap, squabble, uproar fraction: bit, break, breaking, chunk, component, division, fragment, little, part, piece, portion, proportion, ratio, section, slice fraction to decimal, converting a: reduction fraction, canceling of common factors in: reduction fraction, line in: dividing line fraction, number above line in: dividend, numerator fraction, number below line in: denominator, divisor fractional: insignificant, partial, small fractious: cranky, cross, fretful, grouchy, irritable, mean, ornery, peevish, perverse, quarrelsome, rebellious, snappish, testy, unruly fracture: breach, break, crack, fault, flaw, gap, rend, rift, rupture, separation, split, wound fracture of bone to reset it, surgical: osteoclasis fracture, thin and clean: hairline fracture fragile: breakable, brittle, dainty, delicate, feeble, fine, flimsy, frail, frangible, friable, slender, slight, unsound, weak fragment: atom, bit, chip, chunk, crumb, flake, flinder, fraction, grain, morsel, parcel, part, particle, piece, portion, remnant, scrap, shard, shatter, shrapnel, shred, sliver, snip, splinter, trace fragment of food: ort fragment of pottery, glass, etc.: potsherd, shard, sherd fragment or flake of stone or ore: spall fragmentary: broken, incomplete, partial, scattered, unsystematic
fragments: debris, detritus, orts, rubble, shreds, smithereens fragments of explosive shell: shrapnel fragments worn away from rock: detritus fragrance: aroma, attar, balm, bouquet, flavor, incense, odor, perfume, redolence, scent, smell, spice fragrant: ambrosial, aromal, aromatic, balmy, delectable, nectarous, odoriferous, odorous, olent, perfumy, redolent, scented, spicy, sweet fragrant and suggestive: redolent fragrant oil: attar fragrant pine: cedar frail: breakable, brittle, delicate, feeble, fine, flimsy, fragile, infirm, puny, reedy, sickly, slender, vulnerable, weak, weedy frailty: blemish, defect, delicate, fallibility, fault, flaw, foible, imperfection, peccadillo, vice, weakness frame: adjust, arrange, attempt, binder, body, border, build, casement, casing, chassis, construct, draft, encase, enclose, fabric, fashion, form, furnish, manage, mold, outline, panel, physique, plan, portray, prepare, proceed, raise, serve, shape, shell, structure, support, tenter, truss frame for a papermaker's mold: deckle frame for sleeping: bedstead frame for supporting or showing a painting: easel frame of mind: attitude, bent, disposition, mood, posture frame used for sawing wood: sawhorse frame, bridgelike: gantry frame, to: calculate, contrive, devise, fabricate, formulate, incriminate, invent framework: cadre, constraints, fabric, foundation, gantry, lattice, plan, rack, sill, skeleton, stroma, structure, studwork, system, trestle framework for vines: trellis framework of stall or goalpost: stanchion framework or guidelines: constraints, limits, parameters framework, crisscrossed: lattice France delicatessen: charcuterie France divisions: arrondissement, canton, commune, department France drink: bordeaux, burgundy, champagne, cognac France food: boeuf, brie, Camembert,
canap, crpe, croissant, escargot, Meunster, mousse, Napoleon, pt, quiche, Roquefort, souffl France people: Franks franchise: authorization, charter, grant, license, permission, privilege, right, suffrage, team, territory frangible: brittle Frank: Frenchman frank: aboveboard, bluff, blunt, brusque, candid, carefree, curt, direct, explicit, forthcoming, forthright, foursquare, free, honest, ingenuous, natural, open, outright, outspoken, plain, profuse, sincere, straight, straightforward, truthful, unreserved, up-front Frankenstein's helper: Igor frantic: berserk, delirious, deranged, desperate, distracted, distraught, distressed, excited, frenzied, hectic, insane, mad, rabid, raving, violent, wild frantic or frenzied: demoniac fraternal: brotherly, friendly, social fraternity: association, brotherhood, circle, club, fellowship, frat, order, society, union fraternity neophyte: pledge fraternize: affiliate, associate, consort, keep company with, mingle, socialize fraud: artifice, charlatan, cheat, chicanery, crook, deceit, deception, duplicity, fake, faker, flimflam, gaff, guile, hoax, hustle, imposition, impostor, imposture, knave, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack, rogue, scam, sham, swindle, trick, trickery, wile fraudulent: bogus, cheating, clandestine, counterfeit, criminal, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, dishonest, fake, false, misleading, snide, spurious, treacherous, underhand, wily fraudulent taking or use: defalcation, embezzlement, peculation fraught: abounding, charged, filled, laden, loaded, stuffed, upsetting fray: alarm, altercation, assail, attack, battle, brawl, broil, chafe, clash, combat, commotion, conflict, contest, dispute, donnybrook, feud, fracas, frazzle, frighten, melee, panic, ravel, riot, rumpus, scuffle, shred, skirmish, spat, strain, tumult, unravel frazzle: exhaustion, fray, prostrate, shred, tire, upset
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FREAK - FRESH CONDITION
freak: aberration, addict, bizarre, caprice, chimera, crochet, eccentric, enthusiast, fanatic, fancy, fiend, fleck, flimflam, frolic, geek, humor, monster, monstrosity, mutant, oddity, prank, rarity, rave, sport, vagary, whim, whimsy freak of nature: lusus naturae, monster freakish: abnormal, arbitrary, capricious, odd, outlandish, peculiar, screwy, strange, unusual, weird, whimsical freckle: lentigo, macula freckle of old age, larger: liver spot free: able, absolve, abundant, acquit, autonomous, available, bail, clear, communicative, complimentary, deliver, democratic, detached, devoid, discharge, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, emancipate, enfranchise, exculpate, exempt, exonerate, expedite, extricate, footloose, generous, gratis, gratuitous, handout, handsome, idle, immune, independent, in the clear, leisure, liberal, liberate, liberated, loose, loosen, manumit, off-the-hook, open, pardon, parole, ready, release, relieve, remove, rescue, rid, self-ruling, separate, separated, sovereign, spare, spontaneous, spring, unattached, unbind, unbound, unbridled, unburden, unchecked, uncommitted, unconfined, uncontrolled, unfasten, unfettered, unimpaired, unimpeded, unleased, unoccupied, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unshackled, untie, untrammeled, vacant, void, willing free access: entre free advance to next round of competition: bye free-for-all: battle, brawl, brouhaha, donnybrook, fight, fray, melee, riot, ruckus, scrap, set-to free from a danger: deliverance free from a difficulty: extricate free from blame: exculpate free from bondage: enfranchise free from fever: afebrile free from obligations or slavery: affranchise, emancipate, enfranchise, manumit free from restraint: emancipate, untie free from slavery: manumit free hand: laissez-aller free of a burden, problem: disembarrass, disencumber
free of a responsibility or duty: exempt, exonerate free of charge: gratis, gratuitous free prisoner with provisions: parole free prisoner without bail: release on their own recognizance free time: leisure free to do as one pleases: footloose, unencumbered free trade: laissez-faire free will: choice, consent, freedom, volition, voluntary freebie: pass, perk, sample freedom: abandon, autonomy, carte blanche, ease, emancipation, exemption, facility, flexibility, frankness, generosity, immunity, independence, latitude, leeway, leisure, liberation, liberty, license, openness, readiness, release, right, salvation, sovereignty, sweep, willingness freedom from punishment, harm: impunity freedom from restraints, limitations: latitude, leeway freedom of speech, religion, etc.: civil liberties freedom, total: carte blanche freelance journalist: stringer freeloader: barnacle, leech, moocher, parasite, sponge freely: bountiful, cleanly, easily, generously, intentionally, unchallenged, unhindered, voluntarily freely and without preparation: ad lib freely, bestowed: ungrudging, unstinting freethinker: agnostic, atheist, infidel, libertine, radical, skeptic freeze: anesthetize, chill, coagulate, congeal, frost, halt, harden, ice, numb, preserve, refrigerate, solidify, stop freezing: arctic, bitter, cold, frigid, gelation, gelid, icy, nippy, raw freezing dead for revival or future cure: cryonics freezing rain: sleet freight: bulk, cargo, contents, goods, haul, lading, load, merchandise, payload, shipment, transport freight allowance: tare French-American: crole French borrowings from English: Franglais French bread: pain French cooking school with light, lowcalorie sauces: nouvelle cuisine
French phrase or idiom appearing in another language: gallicism French pronunciation of final consonant when next word begins with vowel: liaison French quotation marks ( ) : guillemets French-speaking person: francophone French, relating to ancient France or the: Gallic frenetic: crazy, delirious, demented, distracted, distraught, excited, fanatic, frantic, frenzied, furious, insane, mad, obsessive, passionate, rabid, violent, wild, zealous frenzied: amok, amuck, berserk, delirious, excited, feverish, frantic, frenetic, furious, hectic, hysterical, madding, manic, raging, ramage, uncontrolled frenzy: craze, delirium, distraction, excitement, fit, frantic, furor, hysteria, insanity, lunacy, mad, madness, mania, maniacal, rage, rampaging, ruckus, turmoil frequency: number, persistence, recurrence, regularity, repetition frequency beyond human hearing: ultrasonic frequency distribution: ogive frequency measurement: hertz frequency or extent of occurrence: incidence frequent: assiduous, common, continual, current, familiar, habitual, hourly, numerous, often, persistent, predominant, prevailing, prevalent, recurrent, repeated, usual frequent and repeated: habitual, persistent, recurrent frequent visitor: habitu frequent, to: attend, habituate, haunt, patronize, visit frequently, poetically: oft fresh: added, additional, anew, bold, brazen, breezy, bright, brisk, chipper, clean, cool, crisp, current, different, energetic, green, hot, impudent, inexperienced, invigorating, lively, modern, more, new, novel, presumptuous, pure, racy, recent, rested, rude, sassy, smart-alecky, sparkling, straight, sweet, unspoiled, untried, unused, vibrant, vivid, wise fresh and lively: vibrant, vivid fresh and springlike: vernal fresh condition: verdure
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freshen: air, cleanse, deodorize, purify, renew, sweeten, ventilate freshet: spate freshman: apprentice, beginner, frosh, neophyte, newcomer, novice, plebe, recruit, rookie, student, tenderfoot, tyro fret: abrade, agitate, agonize, brood, chafe, consume, corrode, disturb, erode, fray, fume, fuss, gnaw, grate, harass, headdress, irritate, mope, nettle, pout, rile, ripple, rub, ruffle, stew, strait, sulk, trouble, vex, wear, worry fretful: angry, captious, contrary, crabby, cranky, cross, gnawing, huffy, impatient, irascible, irritable, jittery, ornery, peevish, pettish, plaintive, querulous, repine, restive, restless, testy, troublesome Freudian emotional and sexual energy: Eros, libido Freudian psychological treatment: psychoanalysis friable: brittle, crimp, crisp, crumbly, flaky, fragile, mealy fribble: fritter, frivolity, frivolous, trifle friction: antagonism, chafing, clash, conflict, disagreement, disharmony, dissension, grinding, hostility, resistance, rubbing friction and lubrication, study of: tribology friction-reducing substance: lubricant friction, adhesive: traction friction, wearing away through: attrition fridge adornment: magnet fried lightly in fat: saut, sauted friend: acquaintance, ally, ami, amie, amiga, amigo, associate, attendant, bonne amie, buddy, chum, cohort, compadre, companion, comrade, confidant, confidante, crony, pal, partner, playmate, relative, sidekick, wellwisher friend, intimate: alter ego, confidant, confidante, intimate friendless: outcast friendliness: amicability, empressement, gemulichkeit friendly: affable, amiable, amicable, amical, benevolent, brotherly, chummy, civil, comforting, companionable, congenial, cordial, favorable, fond, genial, gracious, hospitable, intimate, kind, neighborly, open door, peaceful, platonic, sisterly, sociable, warm, warmhearted
friendly agreement: entente, entente cordiale, mutual understanding friendly and sociable: affable, convivial, cordial, debonair, expansive, gregarious friendly and sympathetic: congenial, hail-fellow-well-met, simpatico friendly atmosphere, having a: cozy, gemutlich friendly nature: bonhomie, geniality friendly outgoing person: extrovert friendly relationship: amity, camaraderie, rapport friendly to guests: hospitable friends, exclusive circle of: clique friendship: accord, alliance, amity, asociation, attachment, coalition, federation, goodwill, harmony, love, pact, platonic friendship and help among females: old girl network friendship and help among males: old boy network friendship ignoring sexuality: platonic friendship weakened: disaffection friendship, to reestablish a: reconcile frigate: boat, sailboat, ship, vessel, warship fright: alarm, anxiety, awe, consternation, dismay, dread, fear, funk, horror, panic, scare, shock, startle, strange, terror, trepidation, unsightly frighten: alarm, appal, appall, cow, discomfit, discourage, hazen, horrify, intimidate, panic, petrify, rattle, scare, spook, startle, terrify, terrorize, unnerve, upset frighten or make nervous: discomfit, unnerve frighten with threats: intimidate frightened: afraid, alarmed, chicken, fearful, frozen, scared, skittish, terrified, timid frightened easily: skittish frightening: daunting, disheartening, fearsome, formidable, rbarbative, redoubtable frightening exclamation: boo frightful: alarming, awful, daunting, dire, distressing, dreadful, excessive, extreme, fearful, fearsome, gashful, ghastly, grim, grisly, hairy, hideous, horrendous, horrid, horrific, horrifying, morbid, scary, shocking, sinister, terrific, terrifying, wicked frigid: arctic, chilly, cold, freezing,
frosty, frozen, hyperborean, icy, passionless, raw, stiff, straitlaced, unresponsive frill: air, amenity, flounce, furbelow, luxury, pleated, ruffle frill on blouse or shirt front: jabot fringe: border, brim, brink, edge, edging, hem, limit, outskirts, perimeter, periphery, rim, trimming, verge fringe of group: periphery frippery: finery, flashiness, nonsense, ostentation, pretentious, regalia, trivial, waste frisk: brisk, caper, caracole, cavort, curvet, dance, disport, examine, frolic, gambol, lark, leap, prance, romp, search, shake down, skip frisky: active, chipper, coltish, frolicsome, kittenish, lively, peppy, pert, playful, spirited, spry fritter: bangle, cake, consume, dally, dawdle, deplete, idle, pancake, shred, spend, squander, trifle, waste fritter, seafood: baignet, bang, beigne, beignet frivolity: coquetting, flummery, folly, fribble, fun, jest, levity, nonsense frivolity, inappropriate: levity frivolous: carefree, childlike, featherbrained, flighty, flippant, fribble, futile, giddy, impractical, inane, insignificant, petty, pointless, senseless, shallow, silly, trivial, worthless, yeasty frizzle: curl frock: apron, dress, gown, habit, mantle, robe, smock, tunic, wrap frog: amphibian, anuran, batrachian, bullfrog, croaker, newt, peeper, ranine, salientian, toad frog or toad, relating to: anuran, batrachian, batrachoid, ranine, salientian frolic: amusement, caper, carouse, cavort, curvet, dally, disport, frisk, fun, gaiety, gambol, lark, masquerade, merriment, play, prance, prank, ramp, revel, romp, scamper, skylark, sport, spree, tomfoolery, wassail frolicsome: frisky, gamesome, jocular, jovial, lively, mischievous, playful, rollicking, sportive, waggish from that place: thence from the beginning: ab initio, ab ovo, de novo frond producer: fern front: anterior, appearance, before, beginning, bow, brow, cover, demeanor, dickey, disguise, display, ef-
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bear fruit, to: fructify berry fruit: blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry, cranberry, loganberry, strawberry citrus fruit: citron, clmentine, kumquat, lemon, lime, maartje, mandarin, mango, orange, ortanique, pomelo, sat' suma, tangelo colloidal carbohydrate of fruit: pectin depression or dimple on bottom: basin exotic fruit: breadfruit, cantaloupe, cherimoya, durian, gooseberry, granadilla, guava, kiwi, litchi, longan, loquat, mangosteen, melon, papaw, passion fruit, persimmon, pomegranate, rambutan, sapodilla, tamarind fleshy fruit like apple: pome fruit-bearing: fructiferous, fruition fruit blown down by wind: windfall fruit created only through breeding: cultivar fruit derived from several flowers that combine into one structure, like pineapple: aggregate fruit, collective fruit, multiple fruit fruit-eating: carpophagous, frugivorous fruit of fir tree: cone fruit of the blackthorn: sloe fruit of the oak: acorn fruit of the palm: date fruit of various evergreen like lemon, orange: citrus fruit fruit part: pulp, rind, seed fruit rind: peel fruit seed: pip fruit skin as decoration: zest fruit stew: compote fruit with single hard stone: drupe, stone fruit pulpy material after pressing: marc, pomace study of fruit: pomology white covering under rind of citrus fruit: albedo W
frontery, exterior, facade, face, facing, fore, forehead, foremost, forward, head, lead, manner, obverse, oppose, outlook, show, van front formed when a cold front blocks a warm front: occluded front front of building: facade, frontispiece front of something, relating to the: anterior, frontal front position: vanguard front side of leaf of paper: recto front side of something: obverse frontier: backlands, backwoods, border, borderline, bound, boundary, edge, march, outpost, outskirts, perimeter, unsettled frost: blight, chill, freeze, hoar, ice, nip, rime frost that is frozen dew: hoarfrost, white frost frost, coating of: rime frosty: arctic, chilling, cold, cool, freezing, frigid, frozen, gelid, glacial, icy, rimed, rimy froth: barm, fizz, foam, lather, scum, spume, suds, surf froward: adverse, balky, contrary, cross, disobedient, headstrong, obstinate, ornery, peevish, perverse, petulant, stubborn, unfavorable frown: disagree, disapprove, fret, glare, gloom, glower, grimace, lower, pout, scowl, sulk
frowsy: disheveled, disordered, frowzy, musty, seedy, slovenly, smelly, stale, unkempt frozen: arctic, chilled, cold, coldhearted, congealed, cooled, fixed, frapp, frigid, frostbitten, frosted, gelid, hardened, iced, immobile, numb, refrigerated, stiff, stopped, suspended frozen dessert: bomb, ice, ice cream, mousse, sherbet frozen dew: rime frozen ground, permanently: permafrost frozen rain: sleet frozen state: gelidity frozen subsoil and treeless area: tundra frugal: austere, canny, careful, chary, economical, inexpensive, meager, parsimonious, penny-pinching, provident, prudent, saving, sparing, spartan, stingy, thrifty, tight, unwasteful fruitful: abundant, ample, blooming, fecund, feracious, fertile, flourishing, inventive, plenteous, plentiful, pregnant, procrant, productive, profitable, prolific, rewarding, successful, worthwhile fruition: accomplishment, achievement, actualization, attainment, delight, fulfillment, maturation, pleasure, realization, satisfaction fruitless: abortive, barren, futile, geld, idle, ineffective, ineffectual, infer-
tile, pointless, profitless, rewarding, sterile, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, vain fruits, seeds, nuts, eater of only: fruitarian frump: dowdy, dull, flout, plain, prim, sedate, snub, sulk, unfashionable, unstylish frustrate: as is, baffle, balk, blight, block, check, checkmate, circumvent, confound, countermand, cramp, crimp, cross, crush, dash, defeat, disappoint, discomfit, disconcert, dishearten, elude, exasperate, fluster, foil, hinder, impede, neutralize, nullify, outwit, prevent, stymie, thwart, unsettle, useless, vain, void frustrate and defeat plans: discomfit frustrate by holding something desirable: tantalize frustration: bottleneck, disappointment, discomfiture, irritation, letdown, setback, vexation fry: brown, cook, destroy, electrocute, grill, saut, sizzle frying pan: browner, griddle, skillet, spider, wok frying pan with long handle: spider fuddle: confuse, drink, intoxicate, jumble fudge: candy, cheat, contrive, dodge, evade, exaggerate, fake, falsify, humbug, hunch, misrepresent, nonsense, substitute
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FRUIT TYPES
apple apricot atemoya avocado banana berry black currant breadfruit bullace plum calmyrna canistel cantaloupe carambola cherimoya cherry citron clmentine coconut crabapple currant custard apple damson date durian fig granadilla grape grapefruit greengage ground cherry guava haw jackfruit jujube kiwi kumquat lemon lime longan loquat mandarin orange mango May apple medlar melon muskmelon navel orange nectarine olive orange papaya passion fruit pawpaw peach pear pepino Persian melon persimmon pineapple plantain plum pomegranate pomelo prickly pear prune quince quinoa raisin rambutan sapodilla sapote satsuma sea grape soursop tamarillo tamarind tangelo tangerine tomato watermelon W
fuel: ammunition, charcoal, charge, coal, coke, combustible, energize, energy, ethane, ethanol, feed, gas, gasoline, ignite, incite, inspiration, juice, kerosene, nourish, oil, peat, petrol, petroleum, propellant, reb, stoke, sustain, wood fuel derived from prehistoric living matter: fossil fuel fuel in rocket: propellant fuel, colorless gas: butane, propane fugitive: AWOL, brief, criminal, deserter, dodger, elusive, ephemeral, escapee, evanescent, exile, fleeing, fleeting, fugacious, outlaw, refugee, renegade, roaming, runaway, transient, transitory, vagabond, wanted fulfill: accomplish, achieve, answer, complete, effect, effectuate, execute, finish, full, meet, perform, reach, realize, redeem, satisfy, suit fulfillment: attainment, consummation, crowning, fruition, gratification fulgent: bright, brilliant, dazzling, flashing, luminous, radiant, shining full: adequate, ample, brimming, bursting, capacious, clear, complete, copious, crammed, crowded, entire, exhaustive, filled, glutted, good, laden, overflowing, packed, perform, plenary, plentiful, plump, replete, resonant, rich, round, sated, satisfied, stocked, stuffed, surfeited, teeming, thorough, total, uncut full and blocked: congested full and rounded in voice: orotund, sonorous
full-blooded: florid, genuine, purebred, rubicund, ruddy, thoroughbred full-blown: adult, aged, all-out, blossomed, developed, lush, mature, ripe full-bodied: flavorful, intense, potent, rich, robust full development of one's talents: selfrealization full extent: range full-fledged: developed, expert, genuine, mature, plumage, proficient full force: brunt full-grown: developed, mature, ready, ripe full-length: unabridged full length, at: in extenso full moon, time of the: plenilune full of emotion or tension: charged, fraught full of food or drink: replete, sated, satiated, satisfied full turn ballet movement standing on the point of the toe: pirouette full, complete: plenary fullness: abundance, aggregate, amplitude, breadth, completeness, completion, entirety, perfection, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, plenum, plumpness, satiety, scope fully: abundantly, amply, clearly, completely, enough, entirely, outright, perfectly, plenteously, plentifully, positively, quite, sufficiently, totally, utterly, wholly fully expressed: explicit fully grown: mature fully stopped, as consonants k, p, t: lene
fulminate: berate, castigate, detonate, explode, fume, rant, roar fulsome: abundant, copious, disgusting, flattering, foul, glib, gross, ingratiating, insincere, nauseating, offensive, overfed, plump, repulsive, satiating, sickening, slick, suave, unctuous, wanton fumble: bobble, boot, botch, bumble, bungle, error, flounder, flub, goof, grope, memble, mishandle, mismanage, muff, stammer fume: anger, boil, emit, exhalation, exhale, foam, fumigate, odor, rage, rant, rave, seethe, smell, smoke, steam, stew, storm, vapor fun: amusement, antic, ball, blast, clowning, diversion, enjoyment, entertainment, festivity, gaiety, game, glee, happy, hilarity, horseplay, jest, joke, laughter, merriment, mirth, nonsense, play, pleasure, recreation, sport, tomfoolery function: action, activity, affair, benefit, business, capacity, celebration, ceremony, duty, feast, festivity, gathering, goal, job, mission, object, occasion, occupation, office, operate, operation, party, profession, providence, purpose, reception, role, service, task, use, work functional: operative, practical, useful, utile, working functioning of substance within living body: metabolism functioning properly: operational, operative
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functioning, impaired: dysfunction functionless: otiose fund: accumulation, back, bankroll, capital, deposit, endow, finance, foot the bill, foundation, pool, reserve, source, stock, store, subsidize, supply, support, trust fund for bribes and corruption: slush fund fund for emergency or future use: contingency fund invested so its gradual increase will pay a debt: sinking fund fundamental: basal, basic, cardinal, central, chief, component, crucial, element, elementary, essential, first, important, integral, major, necessary, organic, original, paramount, primary, principle, radical, real, rule, theorem, underlying, vital fundamental character of a culture: ethos fundamental principle: hypostasis fund-raiser: benefit funds: assets, capital, cash, currency, money, profits, resources, savings, wealth funds for risky new venture: venture capital funds, misuse or theft of: defalcation, embezzlement, misappropriation, peculation funds, to appeal for: solicit funeral: burial, ceremony, cortege, cremation, exequies, mass, obsequies, rite, rites, sepulture, services, wake
RELATED TERMS
funeral bell ring: knell funeral bugle call: last post, taps funeral coffin carrier: pallbearer funeral director: mortician, undertaker funeral hymn: dirge, epicedium, lament, threnody funeral notice: obit funeral oration: eloge, encomium, eulogy, panegyric, salutation, tribute funeral procession: cortege funeral rites: obsequies funeral song: chant funbre, dirge, elegy, lament, requiem, taps, threnody funeral vehicle: hearse funeral watch or party before burial: wake funeral wood pile for cremation: pyre W
funereal: bleak, depressing, dirgeful, dismal, doleful, dreary, gloomy, grave, grieving, grim, mournful, solemn fungi reproductive body: spore fungus: agaric, amanita, cepe, chitin, ergot, mildew, mold, morel, mushroom, oidium, organism, puffball, rust, smut, stinkhorn, telium, tinea, toadstool, truffle, yeast fungus eaten as delicacy, underground: truffle fungus, substance that kills: fungicide funk: coward, depression, despondency, flinch, fright, frighten, gloom, misery, music, odor, panic, rage, recoil, shrink, smell funnel: channel, conduct, cone, convey, focus, move, pipe, siphon, transmit funnel-shaped: infundibuliform funniness at inappropriate time: flippancy, frivolity, levity funny: amusing, bizarre, clever, comic, comical, curious, droll, entertaining, hilarious, humorous, hysterical, jocose, jocular, laughable, mysterious, offbeat, outlandish, puzzling, queer, silly, slapstick, strange, uproarious, weird, zany funny and coarse: bawdy funny andridiculous:comical, ludicrous, risible funny bone: olecranon funny, extremely: hilarious, hysterical, priceless, riotous, sidesplitting, uproarious funny, mildly: amusing, diverting fur: brush, coat, hair, hide, lapin, pelage, pell, pelt, pile, sable, sealskin, skin, stole, wool fur hat, tall, worn by British army, etc.: busby fur of mammal: pelage fur of white weasel: ermine fur scarf: boa, tippet fur wrap: stole fur, kind of: beaver, fox, lamb, mink, otter, rabbit, raccoon, sable, seal, squirrel furbelow: falbala, flounce, frill, ornament, ruffle, trimming furbish: clean, improve, polish, recondition, restore, revive, scour, shine furious: angry, blustery, boiling, boisterous, crazed, enraged, fierce, frantic, frenzied, fuming, impetuous, incensed, irate, livid, mad, mad as a
March hare, rabid, raging, seething, steamed, steaming, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent, upset, vehement, violent furl: bundle, coil, curl, enfold, fold, roll, truss, wrap furlough: layoff, leave, permit, vacation furnace: boiler, forge, gas heater, heater, incinerator, kiln, oven, reverberatory, stove
RELATED TERMS
furnace floor: hearth furnace for baking and firing ceramics: kiln furnace for burning waste: incinerator furnace for heating metal: forge, smithy furnace part adjusting airflow or draft: damper furnace residue: cinder, scoria, sinter, slag furnace residue that is metallic: salamander furnace-to-chimney pipe: flue furnace with combustion intensified by air blast: blast furnace furnace with deflection of heat onto material: reverberatory W furnish: accommodate, afford, apparel, appoint, arm, array, bestow, cater, clothe, decorate, endow, equip, feed, garnish, give, insure, lend, outfit, prepare, provide, purvey, render, stock, store, supply, transfer furnish weaponry: arm furnishing food: catering furnishings: accessories, appliances, appointments, equipment, fittings, fixtures, furniture, habiliments, trappings furnishings, having full: well-appointed, well-equipped furniture: appointments, armoire, bed, bookcase, bureau, cabinet, chair, chesterfield, chiffonier, couch, credenza, davenport, decoration, desk, dresser, embellishment, equipment, furnishings, hutch, oak, ottoman, sofa, table, tallboy furor: bustle, commotion, craze, enthusiasm, excitement, fad, fashion, frenzy, fury, hysteria, ire, madness, mania, rage, stir, uproar, whirlwind furrow: channel, crease, crumple,
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artificially aged: distressed curved and tapered leg: cabriole furniture component that is interchangeable: module furniture fabric: upholstery furniture of early-eighteenth-century England: Queen Anne furniture of early-nineteenth-century England: Regency furniture of mid-eighteenth-century England: Chippendale furniture of nineteenth-century Germany: Biedermeier furniture or art as focus of room: conversation piece furniture styles: Adam, Biedermeier, Boulle, Chippendale, Colonial, Elizabethan, Queen Anne, Regency, Second ditch, drill, fold, groove, hollow, plow, rimple, rut, stria, trench, wrinkle furrow, deep: sulcus further: abet, accelerate, additional, advance, advantage, again, aid, also, and, another, assist, besides, beyond, contribute, farther, forward, foster, help, more, moreover, other, promote, push, serve, supplemental, yet furtherance: advancement, advocacy, assistance, facility, help, progress, promotion, pursuit furthermore: additionally, again, also, and, besides, likewise, moreover, too, yet furthest point: ne plus ultra furtive: clandestine, covert, crafty, evasive, foxy, mystical, secret, shifty, sly, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, wily fury: anger, bluster, Erinys, fierceness, force, frenzy, furiosity, furor, indignation, intensity, ire, madness, outburst, passion, rage, rigor, vehemence, violence, vixen, wrath fuse: amalgamate, bind, blend, coalesce, combine, flux, incorporate, join, link, meld, melt, merge, mingle, smelt, solder, unite, weld fuse by applying heat: weld fuse that is string of gunpowder: train fusing material: solder fusion: alliance, blending, coalition, flux, liquefying, melting, merger, mixture, music, reaction Empire, Sheraton furniture that cannot be moved: fixture high, narrow chest of drawers: chiffonier large cabinet or wardrobe: armoire large sofa: davenport set of open shelves for items: tagre sofa for two: love seat upholstered bench, no arms: banquette wheel on swivel: caster, castor wickerwork furniture: rattan W
fusion bomb: hydrogen bomb, thermonuclear bomb fuss: ado, annoy, argument, bother, bustle, commotion, complain, confusion, crab, disconcert, dispute, disturbance, fanfare, fidget, flap, fret, fume, gripe, hassle, hoo-ha, nag, nitpick, palaver, pother, production, protest, quarrel, rave, row, spat, sputter, squawk, stew, stir, to-do, trouble, tumult, upset, whine, worry fuss over trifling matter: foofaraw fussily attentive to details: punctilious, scrupulous fussily dainty: precious, prissy fussy: chary, choosy, demanding, difficult, fastidious, fidgety, finicky, meticulous, niggling, nit-picking, painstaking, particular, persnickety, picky, quibbling fussy attention to details or rules: pedantry fussy in tastes: discerning, discriminating fussy person: precisian, stickler fustigate: beat, castigate, criticize, cudgel, lash, strike, whip futile: exhausted, forlorn, fruitless, hopeless, idle, ineffective, ineffectual, nouse, otiose, pointless, trifling, trivolous, unavailing, unsuccessful, useless, vain, worthless futile endeavor: wild-goose chase futile hope: will-o'-the-wisp future: coming, ensuing, eventual,
forthcoming, hereafter, impending, later, latter, projected, prospect, to be future event referred to as having happened: prolepsis future expectations, impression of: prospect future generations: posterity future happening, indication of: foreboding, portent future happening, person indicating or ushering in: harbinger, herald, precursor future period of joy, peace, justice, prosperity: millennium future possibility, think of as: envisage, envision future, about to occur in near: imminent, impending future, likely to happen in the: prospective future, possibility for: contingency, eventuality future, sense of something to occur in the: premonition, presentiment fuzz: down, fiber, fluff, hair, lint, officer of the law, pile, plainclothesman, police fuzzy: bleary, blurred, faint, hazy, linty, out of focus, unclear, unfocused, vague, woolly
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gab: blabber, chat, chatter, chin, conversation, gabble, gossip, jabber, prate, prattle, rap, talk, yackety yak, yak, yap gabble: babble, blab, cackle, chatter, chitchat, clatter, drivel, gab, gossip, jabber, patter, prate, talk, twaddle, yak, yap gaberdine: cloak, coat, frock, garment, gown, smock gad: gallivant, meander, prowl, ramble, roam, rove, stray, tool, traipse, wander gadabout: social butterfly gadfly: bother, busybody, critic, goad, nuisance, pest gadget: appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, doodad, doohickey, gimmick, gizmo, invention, novelty, thingamajig, tool GaeUc: Celt, Celtic, Erse, Gael, Goidel, Highlander, Irish, Kelpie, Scot, Sept gaffe: blooper, blunder, boner, error, faux pas, goof, misjudgment, mistake, slip gag: hoax, joke, trick, wisecrack; choke, constrain, heave, hush, muffle, muzzle, obstruct, quiet, restrain, silence, suppress, vomit gaiety: animation, celebration, elation, festivity, finery, frolic, fun, geniality, glee, happiness, hilarity, jollity, joy, levity, merriment, mirth, vavacity gain: accretion, accumulation, achieve, acquire, acquisition, addition, advance, advantage, attain, benefit, clear, dividend, earn, effect, get, good, growth, improvement, income, increase, increment, land, lucre, net, obtain, plus, prevail, procure, profit, progress, reach, realize, reap, return, secure, win gain control over: harness
gain knowledge: learn gain matched to loss in system, game: zero-sum gainsay: contradict, controvert, deny, disagree, disclaim, dispute, impugn, negate, oppose, refute, resist gait: amble, canter, gallop, lope, march, pace, rack, step, stride, strut, tread, trot, walk gaiter: boot, chaps, legging, overshoe, puttee, shoe, spat gala: affair, ball, bash, carnival, celebration, colorful, feast, festal, festival, fete, fiesta, function, merry, party galaxy other than Milky Way: nebula gale: blast, flurry, gust, hurricane, outburst, squall, storm, tempest, typhoon, wind, windstorm gall: abrade, acerbity, annoy, bitterness, boldness, brashness, bug, burn, chafe, cheek, effrontery, exasperate, excoriate, fret, harass, impudence, inflame, irk, irritate, nerve, pester, rancor, rile, rub, ruffle, spite, temerity, vexation gallant: attentive, beau, blade, bold, brave, cavalier, chivalrous, conduct, courageous, courteous, courtly, daring, dashing, dignified, fearless, game, gentlemanly, handsome, heroic, intrepid, lover, noble, polished, polite, showy, spark, splendid, stately, suave, suitor, swain, valiant, wooer gallantry: attention, bravery, chivalry, courage, courtesy, courtliness, grit, heroism, spirit, valor gallbladder removal: cystectomy gallery: arcade, assortment, audience, balcony, collection, exhibit, grandstand, loggia, mezzanine, museum,
passageway, piazza, porch, portico, promenade, salon, spectators, veranda gallery or arcade, usually roofed, on front or side of building: loggia gallery or balcony, usually roofed, on outside of building: veranda galley: bireme, boat, cookroom, cuddy, kitchen, proof, rowboat, scullery, ship, tray, trireme, vessel gallinipper: mosquito gallivant: flirt, ramble, roam, traipse, travel, wander gallop: bolt, dart, fly, gait, hasten, hurry, jog, race, run, scoot, speed, sprint, stride, tantivy, trot gallop, fast and furious: tantivy gallows: gibbet, hanging, noose, potence, rope, scaffold gallstone: calculus, concretion, cystolith galore: abundant, aplenty, copious, lots, plentiful, plenty galosh: boot, overshoe, rubber, shoe galvanize: arouse, coat, electrify, energize, excite, inspire, jolt, motivate, prime, provoke, rally, spur, startle, stimulate, stir, zinc gambit: design, gimmick, maneuver, move, opener, plan, plot, ploy, remark, ruse, strategem, trick gamble: bet, brave, chance, dice, game, hazard, hedge, jeopardize, play, risk, speculate, stake, uncertainty, venture, wager gambler: bookie, darer, dicer, gamester, hustler, player, risker, shark, sharper, speculator gambling establishment: casino gambling game in many states: lottery gambling in which stakes are doubled after loss: martingale
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GAMBLING TABLE ATTENDANT WHO COLLECTS AND PAYS BETS - GARMENT
gambling table attendant who collects and pays bets: croupier gambling, characterized by: aleatory gambling, unable to stop: compulsive gambol: caper, cavort, frisk, frolic, jump, lark, leap, play, prance, rollick, romp, skip, tumble game on court with curved basket strapped to wrist: jai alai game on horseback: polo game or games to break tie: playoff game or hunted animals: prey, quarry game where one team fails to score: shutout game, ball: baseball, basketball, billiards, catch, cricket, croquet, football, golf, handball, hockey, pingpong, polo, rugby, soccer, softball, squash, tennis game, board: backgammon, bingo, checkers, chess, cribbage, lotto, Monopoly, Parcheesi, Scrabble game, card: accordion, all fours, argington, auction, authors, baccarat, belette, bezique, big forty, blackjack, blind tiger, Bolivia, boodle, bridge, calculation, canasta, canfield, cassino, Chicago, Chile, chouette, cinch, clubby, concentration, conquian, crapette, crazy eights, crazy jacks, cribbage, dealer's choice, deuces wild, Earl of Coventry, eights, euchre, fan tan, faro, fish, five finger, five hundred, five or nine, forth thieves, forty-five, frog, garbage, gin rummy, hearts, hombre, kalabrias, kaloochi, kalougi, kaluki, klaberjass, klondike, low ball, memory, Michigan, Michigan rummy, monte bank, Napoleon, newmarket, Oklahoma, old maid, old sledge, ombre, pan, panguingue, parliament, pedro, pig, pinochle, piquet, pitch, play or pay, poker, pool nap, pounce, put and take, red and black, red dog, rummy, russian bank, sam, samba, Saratoga, schafskopf, sevens, seven-up, shasta, sheepshead, shotgun, sir garnet, sixty-six, skat, slapjack, slough, smudge, solitaire, spider, spite and malice, spoil five, stops, stud poker, tournament, trio, tunk, twenty-one, Uruguay, vingt-et-un, war, whist, wipe-off, zioncheck game, court: badminton, basketball, handball, jai alai, pelota, squash, tennis, volleyball
game, racket: badminton, bandy, lacrosse, racquetball, squash, tennis game, spiritual board: Ouija game, word: acrostic, anagram, crossword, ghost, ludi, Scrabble gameness: pluck gamete: egg, oosphre, ovum, sperm, spermatozoon, zygote gamut: compass, continuum, extent, field, orbit, range, reach, scale, series, span, spectrum gang: band, cabal, circle, clan, clique, club, company, crew, crowd, friends, group, horde, mob, outfit, pack, posse, ring, syndicate, team gang ending: -ster gangling: awkward, gangly, lanky, rangy, skinny, tall gangrenous: sphacelate gangster: bandit, criminal, crook, desperado, goon, gunman, hood, hooligan, mobster, moll, punk, racketeer, ruffian, thief, thug gap: aperture, blank, breach, break, chasm, cleft, clove, crack, crevice, defile, disparity, divide, fissure, flaw, gully, hiatus, hole, inconsistency, interruption, lacuna, lapse, lull, notch, opening, pass, pause, ravine, rift, separation, space, vacuum, void
RELATED TERMS
gap between nerve cells: synapse gap between teeth: diastema gap from splitting, cleaving: cleavage, discontinuity, void gap in body part: foramen gap or channel, narrow: canyon, couloir, gulch, gully, ravine, wadi gap or interruption: hiatus, lacuna gap or interval: adjournment, intermission, recess, respite gap or omission: loophole gap or opening, small: cleft, cranny, crevice, fissure, rift gap or pass, narrow: defile gap or space, small: interstice gap or void, deep: abyss, chasm gap, narrow gorge in mountain: flume gap, unbridgeable: gulf W gape: eye, gasp, gawk, gaze, goggle, ogle, oscitate, peer, rubberneck, stare, yawn gaping: astare, broad, cavernous, great, open, ringent, vast, wide open garage hand: mechanic garb: apparel, appearance, array, attire,
bundle, clothe, clothing, costume, custom, dress, fashion, gear, getup, guise, outfit, raiment, style, threads, togs, vestment garbage: debris, junk, litter, meaningless, offal, refuse, rubbish, sewage, trash, waste garbage, large container: Dumpster garble: color, cull, disguise, distort, jumble, mangle, misrepresent, misstate, scramble, sift, slur, twist garden: arbor, bed, conservatory, cultivate, eden, enclosure, field, greenhouse, lawn, nursery, park, parterre, patch, plot, terrace, tract, yard garden cultivation: horticulture garden party: fete champtre, fete galante garden plot: bed garden protective covering of straw, peat, leaves: mulch garden structure or summerhouse: belvedere, gazebo garden structure, secluded: alcove, arbor, bower garden tool: dibber, dibble, edger, hoe, spade, trowel garden-variety: usual garden with paths in pattern: parterre garden, secluded: pleasance garden, variety of: cactus, english, floating, flower, formal, hanging, herb, kitchen, rock, rose, vegetable, victory, water, zoological gardener: caretaker, hoer, horticulturist, landscaper gardeners, group of: sprinkling gardening: horticulture gardening with clipped shrubs in designs: topiary gargantuan: colossal, enormous, giant, gigantic, huge, immense, mammoth, massive, titanic, vast gargle: irrigate, mouthwash, swish garish: bright, cheap, flashy, gaudy, glaring, loud, ostentatious, showy, tasteless, tawdry garland: accolade, anadem, anthology, band, bay, chaplet, circlet, corona, coronal, coronet, crown, decorate, festoon, glory, headband, laurel, lei, rosary, wreath garlic plant: allium garlic segment: clove garliclike or onionlike: alliaceous garment: accouterment, adorn, apparel, attire, blouse, cape, cloak, clothe, clothes, clothing, coat, cov-
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GAS TYPES AND TERMS

cause gas to change state but not to liquid, to: sublimate chemically inert and monatomic gas: inert gas, noble gas compressed gas in aerosol: propellant convert into gas: vaporize gas given off by waste or decaying matter: effluvium gas in digestive tract: flatulence, flatus gas laboratory burner: Bunsen burner gas of ions, electrons, neutral particles: plasma gas supposedly composing the heavens: ether gas that is breathed out: effluvium, exhalation gas that smells like garlic: arsine give off gas, to: emit inducing expulsion of digestive gas: carminative not penetrated by gas: impermeable, impervious of a thin and less dense gas: rarefied pertaining to gas: gaseous poisoning and foul-smelling earth gas: mephitis release contained gas, to: deflate that can be penetrated by gas: permeable, porous very irritating gas in intestines: colic Gases acetylene air gas ammonia argon blackdamp butane carbon dioxide carbon monoxide chlorine chlorofluorocarbon coal gas cyanogen ethane ether/diethyl ether ethylchloride ethylene ethylene oxide firedamp fluorine erall, don, dress, frock, garb, garment, gear, getup, gown, habiliment, habit, invest, jacket, jeans, jersey, jumper, ornament, outfit, overalls, pants, preen, primp, robe, shift, shirt, skirt, sweater, tog, toggery, toile, train, trousers, vestiture, vestment, wrap
RELATED TERMS
fluorocarbon formaldehyde Freon helium hydrogen hydrogen bromide hydrogen chloride hydrogen cyanide hydrogen fluoride hydrogen iodide hydrogen sulfide krypton lacrimator/lachrymator laughing gas liquid oxygen Mace marsh gas methane mustard gas natural gas neon nerve gas nitric oxide nitrogen nitrogen dioxide nitrous oxide oxyacetylene oxygen ozone phosgene poison gas producer gas propaneradon rocket fuel sewer gas swamp gas tear gas war gas water gas xenonW
garment for gymnastics or ballet, one-piece: leotard garment of office or state: vestment
garment that dries unwrinkled: dripdry garment tightly covering and onepiece: body stocking garment wearable without ironing: wash-and-wear garment, ancient: chiton, kirtle, palla, rochet, simar, stola, tabard, toga garment, one-piece work: coverall garment, religious: cloth, habit, robe, vestment W
garner: accumulate, acquire, amass, collect, gather, hoard, reap, stockpile, store garnish: adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish, enhance, equip, furbish, furnish, improve, jardiniere, ornament, trim garnish of diced, cooked vegetables: jardiniere garret: attic, loft, turret, watchtower garrison: fort, post, regiment, secure, station, troops
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GARRULOUS - GEAR ( S U P P L I E S )
garrulous: babbling, gabby, gossipy, loquacious, rambling, talkative, talky, voluble, wordy gas: acetylene, ammonia, butane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, cyanogen, ethane, ethene, ether, ethylene, fuel, helium, hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide, inert, ketene, krypton, laughing, marsh, methane, mustard, nitrous oxide, noble, oxane, oxygen, ozone, propane, radon, tear, xenon gasconade: brag gases, radioactive: emanation gash: carve, cleft, cut, incision, laceration, slash, slit, split, wound gasoline jelly bomb: napalm gasoline rating: octane number gasoline vaporizing at low temperature: high-octane, high-test gasp: blow, breathe, exclaim, gulp, heave, huff, inhale, pant, wheeze gastronome: bon vivant, connoisseur, epiture, gourmet gastropod: cowrie, limpet, mollusk, pteropod, slug, snail, volute gate: access, attendance, bar, barbican, dam, door, entrance, exit, hatch, hole, opening, pass, passage, postern, receipts, take, threshold, turnstile, valve, way gate controlling canal, lock, etc.: head gate gate controlling water: penstock, sluice gate or carriage entrance leading to enclosed courtyard: porte-cochere gate that revolves for admitting fare payers: turnstile gatekeeper: guard, porter, sentinel, sentry, warden, watchman gate's grating of slats raised and lowered: portcullis gateway: arch, entrance, entry, portal, pylon, toran gather: accumulate, amass, assemble, assume, bunch, bundle, collect, compile, compress, concentrate, conclude, congregate, convene, convoke, crowd, cull, deduce, derive, draw, flock, garner, glean, group, harvest, herd, huddle, imagine, infer, marshal, mass, meet, muster, pick, reap, reckon, recruit, select, shirr, stack, swarm, take, think, understand gather a sail: furl gather and arrange in order: enlist, marshal, mobilize, muster, rally gather and collect: cull
gather and store: accumulate, amass, collect, garner gather data or text from various sources: compile gather from data: infer gather grain left after harvesting: glean gather into an ordered whole: collate gather into mass or whole: aggregate, conglomerate gather into wrinkles or folds: pucker, purse gather or come together: convene, convoke gather together: amass, assemble, congregate, forgather gathered into mass: agglomerate gathering: accumulation, affair, assemblage, assembly, bevy, collection, company, concourse, congregation, convention, convocation, crowd, flock, function, meet, meeting, multitude, party, rally, roundup, stag, trove, turnout gathering of people, things: bunch, clutch gauche: awkward, blundering, bumbling, bungling, clumsy, crude, inept, maladroit, tactless, uncouth, unrefined gaudy: brazen, bright, cheap, crude, festival, flashy, flaunting, flimsy, garish, glaring, loud, ornate, ostentatious, pretentious, showy, splashy, tasteless, tawdry, vulgar gauge: barometer, benchmark, criterion, estimate, evaluate, guideline, instrument, judge, measure, meter, norm, scale, size, standard, test, yardstick gauge or pattern used as guide to make accurately: template gaunt: angular, anorexic, barren, bleak, bony, cadaverous, desolate, emaciated, forbidding, ghastly, grim, haggard, hollow, lank, lanky, lean, meager, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skeletal, skinny, slender, slim, thin gauntlet: armor, challenge, glove, onslaught, ordeal, test, trial gauzy: delicate, filmy, flimsy, gossamer, lucid, sheer, transparent gavel: hammer, mallet, maul, rent, tribute gawk: eyeball, gape, gaze, glare, goggle, klutz, lout, oaf, ogle, rubberneck, simpleton, stare
gawky: awkward, bumbling, bungling, clumsy, lumbering, maladroit, ungainly gay: airy, animated, blithe, bright, brilliant, brisk, carefree, cheerful, chipper, colorful, dissolute, festive, flamboyant, flashy, frisky, frolicsome, glad, gleeful, happy, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, licentious, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, playful, riant, showy, sportive, sprightly, vavacious, vivid; homosexual, lesbian gay blade: roue gaze: admire, behold, contemplate, eye, gape, gawk, glance, glare, leer, look, observe, ogle, peek, peer, scan, scrutinize, sight, stare, study, survey, view, watch gazelle: admi, ariel, cora, goa, mohr gazette: journal, newspaper, paper, publication gazetteer: atlas, dictionary, guide, index gear (machine): apparatus, appliance, cam, cog, cogwheel, drailleur, machine, mechanism, pinion, sprocket, tackle
RELATED TERMS
gear arrangement for wheel rotation on curves: differential gear gear arrangement with one revolving around another: epicyclic train gear mechanism allowing motion in one direction only: ratchet gear part: cog, teeth gear shifting system with gear synchronization: synchromesh gear teeth, engagement of: mesh gear that lowers ratio and power output: overdrive gear wheel, smaller: pinion gear wheel, toothed bar that meshes with: rack gear, toothlike part of: dent, dentation, denticle gears and associated parts of auto: gearbox, transmission gears on bicycle, device for shifting: drailleur gears with teeth to connect unparallel gear shafts: bevel gear W gear (supplies): accessory, apparel, baggage, belongings, clothing, dress, duds, equip, equipment, garb, garments, goods, implements, instrument, luggage, materiel, outfit, para-
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GEES E I N T H E A I R , F L O C K O F - G EN E S , STR AN D O F D N A CARRYING
phernalia, personal effects, possessions, prepare, property, reverse, rig, rigging, stuff, supplies, tackle, things, tools, trappings geese in the air, flock of: skein geese on land, flock of: gaggle geese, pertaining to: answerine gelatin: agar, dessert, isinglass, Jell-O, jelly, membrane, protein, sericin gelatin mold: aspic gelatinizing agent: pectin gelatinous: coagulated, gummy, jellylike, viscous gelato: ice geld: alter, castrate, emasculate, fix, neuter, spay, tax, weaken gelid: chilly, cold, freezing, frozen, iced, icy gem: agate, alexandrite, amber, amethyst, amulet, aquamarine, asteria, bijou, cameo, citrine, diamond, emerald, garnet, gasper, gemstone, hyalithe, intaglio, jade, jewel, lapis lazuli, marquise, moonstone, morganite, onyx, opal, pearl, peridot, ruby, sapphire, sardonyx, stone, tiger-eye, topaz, turquoise, zircon
RELATED TERMS
gemstones, carving or engraving: glyptography W gemsbok: oryx gemutlich: agreeable, cheerful, comfortable, congenial, cozy, friendly, genial, pleasant, warm gendarme: police officer, soldier gender: class, epicene, female, identity, male, neuter, sex, sort gender of nouns that apply to either sex: common gender gender, of neither: epicene, neuter genderless: neuter gene causing feature only when paired with identical gene: recessive gene gene causing feature whether paired with identical or dissimilar gene: dominant gene genealogies, study or tracing of: heraldry genealogy: ancestry, descent, family tree, heredity, lineage, pedigree general: all-embracing, anesthetic, approximate, average, basic, broad, catholic, common, customary, diversified, endemic, epidemic, everyday, generic, hospital, inexact, ordinary, pandemic, popular, prevailing, prevalent, public, routine, true, typical, universal, unspecific, widespread; commander, leader, officer, rank general agreement: consensus general and comprehensive: macroscopic, panoramic, synoptic general and comprehensive view: conspectus, overview general and uncommitted: free-floating general and widespread: pandemic general apathy: ennui general assembly, meeting: plenary session, plenum general class, higher rank than: superordinate general class, lower rank than: subordinate general direction: trend general drift: tenor general employee or assistant: factotum general follower: exod general good: weal general handyperson: factotum, jackof-all-trades general idea: concept, notion general or abstract concept or term: abstraction general pardon: amnesty
gem brilliance and ability to reflect light: luster, water gem cut in oblong: baguette gem cutting, engraving, or polishing: lapidary gem is set, flange or rim in which: collet gem made of leaded glass, artificial: paste, strass gem polishing machine: tumbler, tumbling barrel, tumbling box gem set alone: solitaire gem surface: facet gem unit of weight (200 mg): carat gem, colorless artificial: rhinestone gem, highly polished and round: cabochon gem, shell, or stone carved in relief: cameo gem, thin metal layer put under: foil gem, upper faceted part of cut: bezel gems, relating to engraving or carving: glyptic gems, study of: gemology gemstone associated with particular month: birthstone gemstone support or backing: mounting gemstone with changeable luster: chatoyant
general principle, classify under: subsume general store: emporium general to the particular, in reasoning: deduction general, state of being: generality generalization from a particular: a priori, deductive generaUze: derive, extend, hypothesize, infer, spread, theorize generally: about, as a rule, broadly, commonly, customarily, largely, mainly, mostly, normally, often, overall, primarily, principally, roughly, typically, usually generate: beget, breed, cause, create, develop, engender, form, induce, initiate, make, originate, procreate, produce, propagate, sire, spawn, yield generation: age, creation, descendants, era, family, lifetime, offspring, peers, period, posterity, procreation, progeny, span, time generator: alternator, dynamo generator of some ignition systems: magneto generator producing direct output: dynamo generator, device providing unidirectional current from: commutator generator, electrostatic: Van de Graaf generator generator, rotating part of: armature generic: common, comprehensive, general, universal, unspecified generic ordinal: nth generosity: benevolence, charity, heart, hospitality, kindness, largesse, unselfishness generous: abundant, altruistic, ample, benevolent, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, considerate, excellent, fertile, freehanded, good, gracious, helpful, humanitarian, kind, kindhearted, liberal, magnanimous, munificent, noble, openhanded, openhearted, philanthropic, plenteous, spirited, thoughtful, ungrudging, unselfish, warmhearted generous and charitable: altruistic, philanthropic, selfless generous in forgiving: magnanimous generous in giving, spending: lavish, munificent generous, too: lavish, prodigal, profuse genes, strand of D N A carrying: chromosome
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GENESIS - GENTLE
GENETIC DISEASES AND DISORDERS

achondroplasia achromatic vision achromatopsia acid maltase deficiency adrenoleukodystrophy albinism Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia ataxia telangiectasia Barlow's syndrome bleb nevus syndrome blue rubber celiac disease Christmas disease color blindness Cooley's anemia cretinism cri du chat syndrome cystic fibrosis Dercum's disease dichromatic vision Down's syndrome dwarfism dysautonomia Fanconi anemia fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva fragile X syndrome galactosemia Gaucher disease Hartnup's disease hemophilia Huntington's disease/Huntington's chorea Hurler syndrome hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia ichthyosis Langer-Giedion syndrome leukodystrophy genesis: alpha, beginning, birth, creation, dawning, inception, origin, origination, seed genetic: ancestral, hereditary genetic code letters: DNA genetic composition from mixed tissues or cells: chimera genetic copy: clone genetic factor: RNA genetic information transfer: transcription genetically different or changed: mutant, sport genetically identical cells descended from single common ancestor: clone genetics, laws of: Mendel's laws genial: amiable, benign, cheerful, conlipid histiocytosis Long QT syndrome Klinefelter syndrome Krabbes disease Marfan syndrome mental retardation Milroy's disease Moebius syndrome mongolism mucopolysaccharidosis mucoviscidosis muscular dystrophy Nail-Patella syndrome nephrogenic diabetes insipidus neurofibromatosis Niemann-Pick disease osteogenesis imperfecta pancreatic fibrosis porphyria Prader-Willi syndrome proteus syndrome retinitis pigmentosa Shwachman syndrome sickle-cell anemia Smith-Magenis syndrome Stickler syndrome Tay-Sachs disease thalassemia Treacher Collins syndrome triose phosphate isomerase deficiency trisomy tuberous sclerosis Turner's syndrome urea cycle disorder Waardenburg syndrome Werdnig-Hoffmann disease Williams syndrome ^ liance, creativity, flair, gift, imagination, ingenuity, insight, intellect, knack, mastermind, talent, whiz genre: category, classification, description, gender, genus, group, kind, order, species, style, type, variety genteel: courteous, cultivated, cultured, elegant, formal, graceful, mannerly, nice, polished, polite, prim, refined, stylish, urbane gentle: amen, amiable, benign, bland, calm, chivalrous, clement, compassionate, considerate, courteous, docile, easy, faint, fair, feeble, gradual, harmless, honorable, kind, lenient, meek, mellow, mild, moderate, pat, peaceful, placid, pleasant, polite,
genial, cordial, festive, friendly, gemutlich, gracious, happy, jovial, kindly, mild, nice, pleasant, sociable, sunny, warm genital area: crotch genital area of male: groin genital display in public: exhibitionism genital opening of birds, fish, reptiles: cloaca genital sore, nonsyphilitic: chancroid, soft chancre genital sore, syphilitic: chancre genitals and anus, area between: perineum genitals, external woman's: pudenda genitals, relating to: pubic, venereal genius: ability, aptitude, brain, bril-
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GENTLE BREEZE - GIFT ( P R E S E N T )
quiet, sensitive, serene, soft, soothing, sweet, tame, tamed, tender, tranquil gentle breeze: aura gentle elevation: rise gentle flute sound: tootle gentle warning: admonition gentleman: aristocrat, caballero, cavalier, esquire, gallant, lord, mister, nobleman, senor, sir, squire gentlemanly: chivalrous gentleman's gentleman: valet gentleness: mansutude, mildness gentlewoman: attendant, considerate, gracious, lady, polite gently criticize: admonish gentry: aristocracy, elite, landowner, nobility, society, upper class genuflect: kneel genuine: actual, authentic, bona fide, certified, earnest, heartfelt, honest, intrinsic, kosher, legitimate, natural, open, original, plain, pukka, pure, real, sincere, sterling, substantive, true, trustworthy, unadulterated, unfeigned, veritable genuine and authentic: kosher, pukka genuine and truthful: veridical genuine but not, seeming: specious genuine (for short): legit genuine, not: spurious genus: category, classification, description, gender, genre, group, kind, order, species, style, type, variety genus-and-species classification: Linnaean, taxonomic genus, of a: generic geographic angular distance in east to west parallels: longitude geographic angular distance in north to south parallels: latitude geographical features of region: topography geography reference work: atlas geologic faults, elongated depression between: graben, rift valley geological debris: scree, talus geological depression of earth, extensive: geosyncline geological fine-grained deposit: loess geological fold dipping inward from both sides: syncline geological fold sloping down on both sides from crest: anticline geological folding and faulting: orogeny geological fracture: fault, shift geological groundwater source: aquifer
geological mass between two faults: horst geological period of time: stade geological time divisions: age, eon, epoch, era, period geological uplift or depression affecting large areas: epeirogeny geology: earth science, paleontology geology branch dealing with rocks: petrology geometric figure etc. used to solve problem: construction geometric figures coinciding exactly: congruent geometric line: secant geometric quantity measurement: mensuration geometry of 3-dimensional figures: solid geometry geometry, device for drawing circles or arcs in: compass, pair of compasses geometry, device for measuring and drawing angles in: protractor geranium family: pelargonium germ: bacterium, beginning, bud, bug, disease, embryo, microbe, nucleus, organism, origin, parasite, pathogen, seed, spore, sprout, virus germ cell: ovule, spore germ-free: axenic, sterile germ killer: germicide germ stimulating production of an antibody: antigen germ, disease-causing: pathogen germane: applicable, appropriate, fitting, material, pertinent, related, relative, relevant, true Germany food: bratwurst, kase, knack wurst, limburger, pumpernickel, sauerbraten, stollen, torte, Wiener schnitzel, wurst germinate: pullulate, sprout germs, organism carrying disease-causing: carrier, vector germs, protein substance produced to destroy or weaken: antibody gesture of respect: bow, curtsy, obeisance gesture of respect, Chinese: kowtow gesture of respect, Muslim: salaam gesture of thumbing one's nose: snook gesture of worship: genuflection gesture, gracious: beau geste gesture, greeting: salutation gesture, symbolic: tokenism gestures and facial expressions, study of: kinesics
gestures and voice quality supplementing speech, of: paralinguistic gestures while speaking, to make: gesticulate gestures without words: pantomime gestures, facial expressions, and postures of person: body language get-rich-quick scheme with investors presuming doubling of returns with increasing membership: pyramid scheme get rid of law: abrogate, annul, nullify, repeal, rescind, revoke get rid of or disown: repudiate get rid of or end: abate, abolish get rid of or throw out: discard, dispose of, jettison ghost: apparition, eidolon, phantasm, phantom, presence, revenant, shade, specter, spirit, spook, visitant ghost appearing during seance: ectoplasm ghost but having no soul, person revived as: zombie ghost that makes noise or mess: poltergeist ghost, appearance of: visitation ghost, to appear suddenly as: materialize ghostly: eerie, ghoulish, spectral ghostly double of living person: doppelganger ghostly likeness: wraith giant: colossus, ogre, tital, titan giant cactus: saguaro giant tea urn: samovar giant timber tree from down under: eucalyptus giants, race of one-eyed: Cyclops gibberish: abracadabra, galimatias, gobbledegook, jargon, mumbo jumbo giblets: gizzards gift (aptitude): ability, aptness, bent, faculty, flair, genius, head for, knack, nose for, set, talent gift (present): award, benefaction, benevolence, bestowal, boon, contribution, donation, favor, grant, lagniappe, presentation, remembrance, reward, tip, token
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gift given as apology, tip, bribe: douceur gift given at beginning of New Year: handsel gift of money: gratuity, perquisite, tip gift of speech: eloquence
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gift or acknowledgment: favor, tribute gift or favor, Hindu: enam gift or honor, to present as: accord, bestow, confer, endow with, invest with gift or payment in return for favor or service: consideration, recompense gift or small bribe: sop gift recipient: donee gift that serves as reminder of past: keepsake, memento gift to beggar: alms, handout gift to charity: contribution, donation gift, small, offered by poor person: widow's mite gifts of the Magi: frankincense, gold, myrrh gifts, liberality in bestowing: largesse gifted: talented gigantic: Brobdingnagian, Herculean, huge giggle: tehee, titter gilded silver, bronze, copper: vermeil gill cover of some fishes: operculum gimlet flavoring: lime gin or vodka with dry vermouth: martini gin or vodka with lime juice: gimlet giraffe: camelopard giraffe or camel: ruminant gird with lines: truss girl or young woman, innocent: ingenue girl, homeless: gamine, urchin, waif gist: meat, nub, pith, the long and short give off gradually: emanate, emit, exhale, exude give out in shares: allocate, allot, apportion, dispense, distribute give over for custody or sale: consign give rise to: generate, spawn give up: cede, forgo, lay down one's arms, quit, throw in the towel, yield give up claim or right voluntarily: abstain from, disclaim, forgo, forswear, relinquish, renounce, waive give up for a while: lend give up or surrender something: forfeit give up (possession): abdicate, cede, consign, forgo, relinquish, waive, yield give up power or responsibility: abdicate give up rights, claim: abnegate, renounce
GLASSMAKING TERMS
glass by heating and cooling, harden and strengthen: anneal, temper glass components: borax, quartz, silica, silicon dioxide glass imperfection: sandiver glass is shaped and worked, iron rod on which molten: pontil, punty glass source: sand glass with lump left in center, old-fashioned: crown glass glass, person who cuts and fits: glazier glass, pertaining to: vitreous glass, to change or make into: vitrify glass, waste, reused and remelted: cullet glasslike: glassy, hyaline, vitreous glassmaking furnace: leerW give up something held dear: abjure, abnegate, forsake, renounce given willingly: ungrudging given without obligation: gratuitous glacial deposit: esker, kame, moraine, osar glacial hill: paha glacial ice mass: serac glacial lake deposit: marl glacial mountain peak: nunatak glacial ridge: arete, asar, esker, osar, reels glacial snow that becomes ice: neve glacially affected: stoss glaciated rock line: stria glacier, elongated hill formed by drift of: drumlin glacier, erosion reducing a: ablation glacier, sand or gravel deposited by melting: kame glaciers, study of: glaciology glad rags: finery glance at or over: scan, skim glancing contact in billiards: kiss gland substance for physiological activity: hormone glands, pertaining to: adenoidal glands, secretion of sebaceous: sebum, smegma glands, study of: endocrinology glandular fever: infectious mononucleosis glandular internal secretion: endocrine glare shield in car or of hat: visor glass container with black rim and top for keeping coffee: hottle glass for one eye, eye-: monocle
glass inset: pane glass laboratory or measuring tube: pipet, pipette glass laboratory vessel with outlet tube: retort glass of 1900s, stained or iridescent: Tiffany glass glass-paneled cabinet for display: vitrine glass parallelogram: prism glass used to make artificial gems: paste, strass glass vial of medicine: ampule glass with no handle, foot, stem: tumbler glass, communications fiber made of plastic or: optical fiber glass, cup, filled to brim: bumper glass, disk to put under: coaster glass, for measuring liquor: jigger glass, ice, and mixer: set-up glass, large beer: schooner glass, large drinking: rummer glasswort: kali, samphire glassy: vitreous glassy black rock: obsidian glaze: size glaze made of egg white: glair glaze or wax on material: luster gleam: glint, glow, shine glen: dale, vale, valley glide: sail, scud, skate, ski, soar glide like snake: slither glide over water: skim, skitter glide to earth with engine cut off: volplane gliding in waves: undulation glisten: gleam glitter: luster, scintillate, spangle, sparkle glittering: clinquant, diamante glittering Christmas string: tinsel glittering metallic fabric: lam glittering ornament: diamante glitzy affair: gala gloat: crow, exult globe: ball, orb globe's metal semicircle with calibrations at pole: meridian globular: conglobate globule: bead, blob, drop gloomy: Cimmerian, dark, dour, drear, dreary, morne, morose, saddened, saturnine, sepulchral, stygian, tenebrous gloomy and depressed: disconsolate, dyspeptic, morose, saturnine, somber gloomy feeling: angst
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GLORIFICATION - GO ALONG WITH OR COMPLY WITH SOMEONE'S WISHES
TERMS RELATED TO GODS AND GODDESSES

appearance of a god to humans: epiphany, manifestation, theophany attribution of animal features to a god: zoomorphism attribution of human features to a god: anthropomorphism, theanthropism belief in a god as creator and ruler of the world: theism belief in a god as creator of world but no longer influences it: deism belief in a god as ever-present in world: pantheism belief in and worship of all gods: pantheism belief in more than one god: polytheism belief in one god: monotheism cloud around god or goddess: nimbus disbelief that any god exists: atheism disclosure of a god's will: revelation disrespectful of a god: blasphemous, profane glorification: apotheosis, deification, exaltation, translation glorify: canonize, exalt, extol, transfigure glory: halo, honor, kudos, laurels gloss-making machine for paper, fabric: calender gloss over: gild, whitewash glossy: sleek, slick glossy fabric: sateen, satin glove: gauntlet, mitt glove leather: kidd, mocha, napa, suede glove of medieval armor: gauntlet glove part joining back and front sections of fingers: fourchette glove with thumb and section for other fingers: mitt, mitten glove, finger of: stall glow: radiance, radiate drink of gods: nectar food of gods: ambrosia god does or does not exist: agnosticism god or goddess: deity, divinity godliness: sanctity group of related gods: pantheon household gods of ancient Rome: lares, pnates minor god: demigod of gods of ancient Greek pantheon: Olympian of gods that protect: tutelary offering to a god: propitiation question of existence of any god: agnosticism respect for a god: reverence, veneration revelation from a god: oracle worship or revere as a god: apotheosize, deify, exalt, glorify W glowing coal fragment: ember glowing during stimulation by radiation: fluorescence glowing review: rave glowing with heat: incandescent glowing with its own light: luminous glowing with light: lucent glue or sticky substance: adhesive, mucilage glue, thermosetting resin in: epoxy gluey: glutinous, gummy, sticky, viscid, viscous glum: morose, sour, sullen glut: gorge, sate, satiate gnat: midge gnawing mammal: rodent gnome: dwarf, elf, imp, kobold, troll go along with or comply with someone's wishes: humor, indulge
glow of some fungi on rotting wood: foxfire glow, having gentle: lambent, luminous glower: glare, scowl, stare glowing: aflame, ashine, lambent, luminous, radiant glowing after stimulation by radiation: phosphorescence glowing by high temperature: incandescence glowing by living organism: bioluminescence glowing caused by chemical, biochemica, crystallographic changes: luminescence glowing caused by temperature of emitting body: bioluminescence, fluorescence, phosphorescence glowing celestial rings: coronae
GOLF TERMS
allowance of number of strokes player is expected to exceed par in round: handicap ball's position: lie cause ball to veer, to: fade club: brassie, iron, mashie, spoon, wood competition decided by number of holes won by each side: match play distance ball travels through air: carry fairway leading to green: apron golf ball indentation: dimple golf ball ingredient: balata gum golf club equivalent to no. 2 wood: brassie golf club equivalent to no. 5 iron: mashie golf club equivalent to no. 8 or 9 iron: niblick golf club equivalent to no. 10 iron: wedge golf hazard: trap golfing standard: par holing of ball from sand trap: golden ferret obstruction by another player's ball: stymie one stroke over par on hole: bogey one stroke under par on hole: birdie peg: tee person carrying player's clubs: caddie score of three strokes under par for hole: double eagle score of two strokes under par for hole: eagle scrape the ground with club before hitting the ball, to: sciaff short and lofted shot used to approach green: chip shot stroke on green: putt three strokes under par: double eagle turf dug up by club: divot two strokes over par: double bogey warning cry: fore W
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go back on promise or commitment: renege go back over: retrace go back to former state: regress, relapse, revert go bad: rot, sour, spoil go before: antecede go in peace: vade in pace go it alone: solo go off course: stray, yaw go off on a tangent: veer go off or explode: detonate go on the road: tour go out of business: close down, fold go without sleep: keep vigil, watch goad: ease, egg on, incite, instigate, needle, prod, spur, tease goal: aim, bourn, consummation, destination, end, ideal, intention, objective, target, terminus ad quern goal, directed toward: purposeful, telic goal, personal: mecca, Zion goal, purposeful development toward final: teleology goat hair: angora, mohair goat or sheep, newborn: yeanling goat skin used for writing or painting: parchment goat, female: nanny goat goat, like a: caprine, hircine, hircinous goat, male: billy goat goat, pertaining to: capric, hircine goat, young: kid, yeanling go-between: agency, agent, arbitrator, broker, deputy, intermediary, internuncio go-between for prostitute: panderer, pimp, procurer goblet of metal or wood: mazer goblet with narrowed top: snifter goblet, pear-shaped: snifter goblin: gremlin, sprite godspeed: farewell going before: preceding, prevenient gold and silver alloy: electrum gold bar or block: ingot gold before refinement: ore gold by washing, to separate matter from: pan gold content, chemical analysis of: assay gold imitations using copper, zinc, tin alloys: ormolu gold in water or waste piles, to search for: fossick gold measure: karat gold or gold leaf, to cover with layer: gild, gold-plate
gold or metal resistant to oxidation, corrosion: noble metal gold or silver thread, fabric of: lam gold ore, trough for separating: sluice gold place symbol: date mark gold-plated silver, bronze, copper: rolled gold, vermeil gold purity mark: hallmark, plate mark gold twisted wire in ornamental work: filigree gold, alchemist's attempt to change metal to: transmutation gold, before refinement: ore gold, containing: auriferous gold, medieval chemical philosophy that metals could be turned into: alchemy gold, substance thought to turn metal to: elixir, philosophers' stone gold, to search for: prospect goldlike: aureate, gilded, gilt gondolier's need: pole gondolier's song: barcarole goo: muck, slime goober: peanut good and admirable person: mensch good and helpful: advantageous, beneficial good and of high quality: vintage good and praiseworthy: commendable, creditable, estimable, laudable, meritorious good-bye: adieu, adios, aloha, arrivederci, au revoir, auf Wiedersehen, ciao, farewell, hasta la vista, leavetaking, sayonara, tata, valediction good faith, information guaranteeing: bona fides good luck: mazel tov good luck, animal or object thought to bring: mascot good-natured: affable, amiable, bnficient, benign, convivial, cordial, friendly, genial, humane, jolly, jovial good-natured dwarf: rumpelstiltskin good-natured remark: pleasantry good-naturedness: bonhomie good reputation, having: honorable, reputable, sterling good, very: copacetic, top-notch goodness: integrity, probity, rectitude, virtue goods and services produced by a country in a year: GDP, gross domestic product goods in reserve: stockpile goods not ordered, of: unsolicited goods on hand: inventory The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
goods that may not be imported or exported: contraband goods, miscellaneous, sold in collection: job lot goods, personal: chattels goods, tradable or salable: commodity goodwill: altruism, philanthropy goodwill or asset that cannot be perceived by senses: intangible goof: blunder, bobble, err, faux pas, misdo, social blunder goose genus: anser goose liver paste and truffles: pt de foie gras goosebumps: goose flesh, horripilation, piloerection gooselike: anserine gorge: canyon, chasm, ravine, sate gorge with stream, narrow: flume gorge, narrow: defile gorge, narrow and often steep: canyon, couloir, gulch, gully, wadi gorilla: ape gospel, spreading of: evangelism gospels of New Testament, of first three: synoptic gossamer: cobweb gossip: chat, confabulate, dirt, hen, hearsay, on-dit, schmooze, tale, talebearer, talk, tittle and tattle gossip tidbit: cite, item gossiper: busybody, quidnunc, tattletale, yenta Gothic type: black letter, Old English goulash: olio, stew gourd fruit: pepo gourd smoking pipe: calabash gourmet: connoisseur, epicure, gastronome govern badly: misrule governance: regime governess: duenna governing: dominant governing body of the United Nations: General Assembly governing itself: autonomous governing principle: ethos governing with expected obedience: authoritarian grab: nab, seize, take grab greedily: hog grace: benedicite, benison, elegance, politeness, thanks grace or embellishing note: appoggiatura, trill graceful: eurythmie, fluent, limber, lissom, lithe graceful and sleek: slinky, willowy 281
GOVERNMENT TYPES AND TERMS

attempt to overthrow a government, to: subvert command or authorization by electorate to government representative: mandate concerning a governor: gubernatorial delegation of powers from central government to local: devolution form of funds obtaining by borrowing rather than taxation: deficit spending government: authority, dominion, jurisdiction, sovereignty, supremacy government by absolute power: autarchy, autocracy government by few: oligarchy government by men: patriarchy government by military: stratocracy government by military officers after a takeover: junta government by old: gerontocracy government by religious leaders: hagiarchy, hagiocracy, hierocracy government by rich: plutocracy government by two: duumvirate government by women: gynarchy government of a nation or organization: polity government office abroad: embassy government opponent: dissident government report: white paper government takeover with violence: coup d'tat government that no longer exists: ancient regime government use of force or threat of force: intervention government with central authority and constituent political units: federal government with distributed power and with a legal system that rulers must follow: constitutionalism government with people owning and controlling production and distribution: collectivism governor of country, province, or colony who represents sovereign: viceroy grant of land in return for something: concession inflexible government administration: bureaucracy influence of one government over another: hegemony, suzerainty one acting as governor or ruling in absence of monarch: regent organization funded by government but acts independently: quango policy of national interest above all: realpolitik power to appoint people to government positions: patronage spending financed by borrowing: deficit financing, deficit spending theory that power should be held by one: absolutism time between two successive governments' reign: interregnum unofficial government advisers: kitchen cabinet Government Systems absolute monarchy absolutism anarchy aristocracy autarchy/autarky authoritarianism autocracy autonomy caretaker government collectivism coalition government communism constitutionalism constitutional monarchy crown democracy despotism diarchy dictatorship duarchy duumvirate dyarchy fascism federalism feudalism gerontocracy gynarchy gynecocracy hagiarchy/hagiocracy hierocracy isocracy junta matriarchy meritocracy militarism mobocracy monarchy monocracy ochlocracy oligarchy one-man rule pantisocracy parliamentary government patriarchy pentarchy pluralism plutocracy presidential government protectorate provisional government regency republic self-government self-rule socialism state government statism stratocracy technocracy thearchytheocracy timocracy totalitarianism triarchy triumvirate W
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GRAMMATICAL TERMS
abrupt change in sentence: anacoluthon abstract underlying structure: deep structure affixation of verb changing tense, number, etc.: inflection analyze grammatical structure of sentence: construe, parse case for indirect object: dative case for object of a preposition: dative case indicating direction away from: ablative case indicating place: locative case indicating possession: genitive, possessive case indicating separation, direction away from or cause for certain verbs: ablative case of noun, pronoun, adjective that is direct object of verb or preposition: accusative case of the noun or pronoun serving as the object of the verb: objective case of the subject: nominative case that is the direct object of the verb: accusative case to indicate person or thing being addressed: vocative cases: nominative, objective, possessive change of vowel: gradation, ablaut characteristic of word determined by its function in sentence: case component of verb that accompanies main verb and shows mood, voice, aspect, or tense: auxiliary verb concerning grammar change through time: diachronic construction expressing question: interrogative construction of two nouns or noun phrases, one as explanation: apposition construction showing mood of command or request: imperative construction showing mood of normal verb: indicative creation of new word by removing affix: back-formation form of verb ending in -ed or -ing forming tenses or adjective: participle formal sentence arrangement: surface structure grammar dealing with inflections: accidence grammar establishing norms and correct usage: normative grammar, prescriptive grammar grammar of sentence broken down into components: parsing grammar that accounts for new constructions from transformations and phrase structures: transformational grammar grammatical correctness: purism grammatical error out of attempt to be correct: hypercorrection grammatical error: solecism inflection of noun, pronoun, adjective: declension inflection of particular verb: conjugation modifier or qualifier like "any" or "both": determiner mood of verb contingent on hypthetical action: subjunctive nonreducible text element: token nonstandard use of grammar: solecism noun case expressing possession, measurement, source: genitive noun case that is subject of verb: nominative noun or noun equivalent: substantive participle that has no clear relation to subject: dangling participle process in which word acquires negative meaning over time: pej oration rules for producing well-formed sentences: generative grammar shortening of word: clipping slightly different in grammatical form: variant study of structure and form of words including inflection, derivation, and compound formation: morphology unit capable of conveying distinction of meaning: phoneme unit constituting minimum for word: morpheme unit of verb and its objects as distinct from subject: predicate verb form that is uninflected and often preceded by "to": infinitive verb having direct object: transitive verb having identical subject and direct object: reflexive verb tense describing past action, state: preterit verb with no direct object: intransitive verbal noun created by adding -ing: gerund word(s) used after verb to complete predicate: complement W
gracious: benignant, genial, genteel, polished, refined, suave, urbane gracious gesture: beau geste grackle: daw gradation in word meaning: nuance grade: class, degree, hill, mark, rank, rate, slope graded series: hierarchy gradual absorption or assimilation: osmosis gradual appearance, in a film: fade-in gradual change in a trait: cline gradual development or change: evolution gradual growth: accrual gradual impairment: wear gradual reduction of debt, liability: amortization gradual successive stages: gradation
gradually: inchmeal, piecemeal gradually shrink: taper graduate: alum, alumna, grad; pass graduated series: scale graduates collectively: alumni graduates of college gathered: convocation graduation address: baccalaureate graduation ceremony: commencement graduation farewell speech: valedictory Graf Zeppelin: airship graft: boodle grafting, shoot or twig used for: scion grain beard: awn grain bin: silo grain bundle: sheaf grain by air, separate chaff from: winnow
grain by beating, separate chaff from: flail, thresh grain debris: chaff grain fungus or disease: ergot grain left by reapers, to gather: glean grain or fuel, funnel for dispensing: hopper grain stacked upright, sheaves of: shock, stook grain stalk: straw grain storehouse: granary grain, coarsely ground: grits grain, concerning: frumentaceous grain, feeding on: graminivorous, granivorous grain, ground into meal: grist grain, small: granule grain's outer layer, cereal: bran grainy: granular
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Alicante Almeria Cabernet Sauvignon Cardinal Champion Chardonnay Chenin Blanc Concord Delaware Franconian Hamburgh Isabella Italia Labrusca Lady Finger Malaga Martha Merlot Muscadet Muscat Pinot Blanc Pinot Noir Riesling Superb Thompson seedless Tokay White Corinth Woodbury ZinfandelW grammar accounting for linguistic transformations and study of this: transformational grammar grand: grandiose, imposing, impressive, stately, thou grand and elegant: stately, statuesque grand and luxurious: expansive, extravagant, lavish, sumptuous grand and of high rank: august, venerable grand and showy: ostentatious, pretentious grand-jury report on offense based on jury's knowledge: presentment grand or lofty: exalted, imposing, rarefied, sublime grande dame: matriarch grandeur: mightiness grandiloquent: turgid grandiloquize: orate grandiose movie: epic granite: igneous rock grant: admit, cary, cede grant by government to property in exchange for something: concession
grant of money: subsidy grant temporary use: lend, loan grant to charity: contribution, donation grant with condescension: vouchsafe granted: accorded, ceded granular snow: firm, neve granular tissue: acestoma grape: uva
RELATED TERMS
GRAY
ash battleship gray blue gray charcoal gray cinder cinereous cloud dark gray dove flint granite gray white greige iron lead light gray merle moleskin mouse mushroom neutral nutria obsidian pale gray pearl gray pelican plumbago powder gray salt-and-pepper silver silver gray slate gray smoke gray steel gray taupe W grass path cut by mower: swath grass spike part: palea grass stem: culm grass to be eaten by livestock: herbage, pasturage, pasture grass, artificial: Astroturf, synthetic turf grass, eat or graze off: crop grass, new growth after cutting: fog grasshopper chirp: stridulation grasshopper relative: cricket, katydid grassland: lea, meadow, prairie grassland, Russia and Eastern Europe: steppe grassland, South Africa: bushveld, veld grassland, South American: campo, llano, pampa grassland, treeless and uncultivated: prairie grassland, tropical: savanna
grape bunch, shape of a: aciniform grape cultivation for wine: viniculture grape growing: viticulture grape jam: uvate grape juice fermenting into wine: must, stum grape juice syrup: sapa grape pomace: rape grape refuse after juice extraction in winemaking: rape grape residue after pressing: marc grapefruit: pomelo, shaddock grapes, bunch of: acinus grapes, fungus attacking ripe: noble rot* graph as circle divided up: pie chart graph background: grid graph flat section: plateau graph numbers or measurements: coordinates graph of cumulative frequencies: ogive graph showing statistics in curve: bellshaped curve graph statistics shown in intervals: frequency distribution graph using rectangular columns: bar chart, bar graph graph, circular and divided into sections: pie chart graphic symbol representing object, idea: ideograph graphite: plumbago grapple: claw, grope, wrestle grasp: comprehend, see, span, understand grasping: avid, greedy, holding, prehension, rapacious grass bristles: awns grass brought up by golf club or horse hoof: divot grass clump: hassock, sod, tuffet, tussock grass-covered land: sward grass-eating: graminivorous grass growing after mowing: aftermath, rowen
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GREEK TERMS
goddess of injustice: Adikia ancient Greek dialect: Aeolic, Attic-Ionic, Doric, Koine goddess of justice: Dike ancient Greek party: symposium goddess of love and beauty: Aphrodite chief god: Zeus goddess of marriage: Hera citadel of ancient Greek city: acropolis goddess of memory: Mnemosyne citizen assembly in ancient Greek state: ecclesia goddess of night: Nyx civic center: agora goddess of pathways: Hecate colonnade: stoa goddess of peace: Irene commune: deme goddess of practical art: Athena cordial: ouzo goddess of rainbows: Iris devotee of Greek civilization: Hellenist goddess of sorcery: Hecate god of agriculture: Apollo goddess of spring: Hebe god of commerce and invention: Hermes goddess of the earth: Gaia god of cunning and theft: Hermes goddess of the moon: Artemis, Hecate, Selena god of death: Thanatos goddess of the underworld: Persephone god of dreams: Morpheus goddess of vegetation: Demeter god of fertility: Dionysus, Kronos goddess of vengeance: Ara god of fire: Hephaestus goddess of vengeance and justice: Nemesis god of forests: Pan goddess of victory: Nike god of healing: Apollo goddess of war: Athena god of herds and flocks: Pan goddess of wisdom: Athena god of light: Hyperion goddess of youth: Hebe god of light and truth: Apollo goddess who served as a messenger: Iris god of love: Eros goddess, chief: Hera god of metalworking: Hephaestus Greek alphabet (in order): alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsigod of mockery: Momus lon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omigod of oaths: Horkos cron, pi, rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi, psi, omega god of reason: Logos Greek and Latin literature: classics god of sleep: Hypnos Greek and Roman aesthetics: classicism god of strength: Kratos Greek architecture, elaborate inverted bell-shaped capitals: god of the east or southeast wind: Eurus Corinthian god of the north wind: Boreas Greek architecture, ornamental scrolls on capitals: Ionic god of the sea: Poseidon Greek architecture, plain capitals: Doric god of the sky: Zeus Greek cheese: feta god of the south wind: Zephyrus Greek culture, art, or thought: Grecism god of the sun: Apollo Greek Orthodox pulpit: ambo god of the underworld: Hades group of Greek goddesses: Fates, Horae god of the west wind: Aquilo largest subdivision of Greek city-state: phratry, phyle god of the winds: Aeolus leather flask: olpe god of war: Ares marketplace: agora god of wine: Dionysus modern colloquial Greek: demotic god who served as a messenger: Hermes mythological creature with head/trunk of man, body/legs of goddess of blind impulse: Ate horse: centaur goddess of discord: Eris peak: athos, ossa, pelion goddess of fertility: Hecate political state: deme goddess of harvest: Demeter restaurant: taverna goddess of health: Hygeia theater: odea, odeon goddess of hearth: Hestia wine: retsinaW goddess of hunting: Artemis gratify desires: indulge grave: burial vault, repository, sepulgrasslike: gramineous grating: grid, harsh, raspy, strident cher, tomb; solemn grasslike plant: sedge grave crime: felony grating of crossed bars: grid grassy turf: greensward grave danger: peril gratis: free grate: abrade, rasp, scrape, shred grave harvest, yield: vintage gratitude: testimonial, tribute grateful: beholden, indebted, obliged grave marker: headstone gratuity: honorarium, lagniappe, tip gratify: please, sate
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grave mound, ancient: barrow, tumulus grave robber: ghoul, resurrectionist grave, dig up: disinter, exhume gravelly deposit or ridge: esker graven image: idol gravestone inscription: epitaph, hie jacet, RIP gravestone slab laid flat: ledger graveyard shift at newspaper: lobster shift graveyard, underground: catacomb, hypogeum gravitate: tend gravity, to float and defy: levitate gravy holder: boat gravy-soaked bread: brewis, sippet, sop gravy, in its own: au jus gray or graying: grizzled, hoary gray or white from age: hoary gray wolf: lobo gray, painting in shades of: grisaille grayish and mottled: griseous, grizzled grayish color: ash grayish tan: beige grayish yellow: ecru graylags: geese graze: browse, feed, feed upon grazing land: herbage, lea, pasturage, pasture, range grease: lard, lubricant, lubricate, oil greasy: fatty, oily, oleic, pinguid, sebaceous, unctuous great deal: a lot, scad great disparity: chasm great enthusiasm: mania great foolishness: idiocy great in size: vast great lack: dearth, famine great profusion: riot
great quantity: mort, ocean, oodles great work: magnum opus, masterpiece greatness: eminence, fame, stature Greece, city-state of ancient: polis Greece, of ancient: Hellenic greed: avarice, craving, cupidity, excess, indulgence, mommonism greed for food: gluttony, gulosity greedy: acquisitive, avaricious, avid, covetous, eager, edacious, ensurient, envious, gormandize, immoderate, insatiable, mercenary, piggish, rapacious, ravenous, self-indulgent, selfish, stingy, voracious greedy or hungry: edacious, esurient, insatiable, rapacious, ravenous, voracious greedy person: cormorant, harpy greedy woman looking for man: gold green all year long: evergreen green and grassy: verdant green crops for fodder: soilag green-eyed: envious, jealous green in military uniform: olive drab green light: approval, clearance, OK, permission, yes green material on gaming tables: baize green mineral: malachite, verditer green paste of avocado used for dip: guacamole green patina or crust on metal objects: verd antique, verdigris green plant pigment involved in photosynthesis: chlorophyll green quartz: plasma, prase green shot: putt green side dish: salad green spaghetti sauce: pesto
green spot in a desert: oasis green vegetation: verdure greenback: bank note, bill, bread, cash, currency, dough, money, paper money greenery: leafage greenhorn: amateur, apprentice, inexperienced, neophyte, newcomer, recruit greenhouse: conservatory, hothouse, nursery, orangery greenhouse for oranges: orangery greenish layer forming on copper, bronze: patina greenish yellow: luteous greet: acknowledge, hail, recognize, salute greeting: all hail, aloha, compliments, curtsy, good day, hello, introduction, kiss, nod, ovation, salutation, toast greeting of civility: compliments, devoirs greeting with right palm on forehead: salaam gregarious: social Gregorian chant: plainsong Gregorian plainsong melody with voices added: cantus firmus gremlin: elf, fairy, fay, goblin, kobold, sprite, troll grenade: bomb, explosive, fireball, missile, pineapple, shell grid: bars, framework, grate, gridiron, mesh, network griddle biscuit: scone griddle cake: bannock, battercake, flannel cake, flapjack, hotcake, pancake
GREEN
absinthe aqua avocado bay beryl bice blue green bottle green brewster Brunswick green cadmium green celadon chartreuse chrome green clair de lune corbeau cucumber cypress dark green drake eau de Nile emerald fir green flagstone forest green grass green gray green gunpowder holly green ivy green jade jungle green kelly green Kendal green leaf green leek green light green lime Lincoln green lizard loden lotus malachite marine mint moss myrtle Niagara green Nile green olive pale green parrot patina pea green pistachio green reseda sage green sea green serpentine shamrock spruce teal terre verte tourmaline turquoise verdigris vert virescent viridian willow green yellow green yewW
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GRIDIRON - GROOM
gridiron: field, football, framework, grating, grid, network, structure grief: affliction, agony, anguish, annoyance, bereavement, care, chagrin, depression, despair, distress, dolor, emotion, frustration, grievance, hardship, harm, heartache, heartbreak, hurt, lamentation, pain, regret, sadness, sorrow, suffering, tears, trial, trouble, woe grief, false show of: crocodile tears grief, free oneself of: disburden grief, to cause: aggrieve grief, to reduce: allay, alleviate, assuage grief, to waste away from: pine grief, unaffected by: stoical grievance: affliction, beef, complaint, gravamen, grief, gripe, hardship, indignation, injury, injustice, plaint, protest, stink, wrong grieve: ache, afflict, bemoan, distress, harm, hurt, lament, mourn, pain, pine, rue, sadden, sorrow, suffer, wail, weep grieve or sympathize with: condole grievous: atrocious, bitter, burdensome, calamitous, deplorable, dire, distressing, grave, heinous, hurtful, intense, painful, sad, serious, severe, shocking, sore, sorry, tragic, woeful grifter: bunco-steerer, con artist, con man, fraud, scammer, swindler grill: barbecue, broil, cook, crossexamine, grate, griddle, grille, hibachi, inquisition, interrogate, probe, pump, question, sear, third-degree grim: adamant, angry, bleak, brutal, cruel, dire, dismal, dour, dreadful, ferocious, fierce, fixed, forbidding, furious, ghastly, gloomy, glum, grisly, harsh, hideous, hopeless, horrible, horrid, inexorable, loathsome, merciless, ominous, relentless, repulsive, rigid, ruthless, savage, sinister, somber, stern, sullen, unrelenting, unyielding grim reaper: angel of death grimace: expression, face, fleer, frown, make a face, mock, moue, mug, rictus, scowl, smirk, sneer grimace, gaping: rictus grime: crud, dirt, filth, gook, gunk, smut, soil, soot grin: beam, expression, fleer, smile, smirk grind: abrade, beat, chew, chore, compress, crunch, crush, disintegrate, drudge, gnash, grate, grit, groove, la-
bor, learn, mill, mull, oppress, overeat, overfill, plod, polish, pound, powder, press, pulverize, review, routine, rut, sand, shape, sharpen, smooth, squeeze, study, stuff, triturate, weaken, whet grind and crush: comminute, pulverize, triturate grind as teeth: gnash grinding bowl: mortar grinding machine: mill grinding of teeth: bruxism grinding tool: pestle grindstone: hone grip: brace, clamp, clasp, cleat, clench, clinch, clutch, comprehension, constrict, control, embrace, fascinate, grab hold, grapple, grasp, handle, handshake, hold, mastery, mesmerize, perception, rivet, seize, vise grip in theater, film: stagehand, valise grip to move something or keep it from slipping: purchase gripe: annoy, beef, bellyache, complain, complaint, fret, fuss, grasp, grievance, groan, grouse, grumble, irritate, objection, protest, squawk, whine gripping: intense gripping device: grapnel, grapple, pincers, tongs gripping or clinging: tenacious gripping,ridgesor grooves on handle to assist: knurl grisly: abominable, awful, bloody, dreadful, frightful, gory, grim, gruesome, hideous, horrible, macabre, terrifying gristle: cartilage grit: backbone, bravery, courage, determination, dirt, fortitude, gravel, guts, moxie, nerve, pebbles, perseverance, pluck, resolution, sand, spunk, tenacity gritty: arenose, sabulous, sandy groan: bellow, complain, gripe, grumble, grunt, lament, moan, sigh, whine grocery: market grocery holdall: sack grocery-shelf info: unit pricing grog: alcohol, drink, liquor, rum groggy: confused, dazed, dizzy, drunk, punch-drunk, shaky, sleepy, sluggish, stupefied, tipsy, tired, unsteady, wobbly, woozy groin, of the: inguinal grommet: eyelet The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
GRIPPING AND FASTENING TOOLS

adjustable bar clamp band clamp bar clamp bench dog bench vise bent-nose pliers brace C-clamp channel-type pliers chuck clamp claw clip corner clamp cutting pliers diagonal-cutting pliers electric riveter forceps glue gun grip hand vise holddown clamp joint fastener lineman's pliers locking pliers long-nose pliers nail puller needlenose pliers pincers pinchcock pipe clamp plate joiner pliers power nailer pucellas puller riveter screw clamp slip-joint pliers snap ring pliers spring clamp staple gun stapler toggle clamp tongs tweezers vise grommet vise grip of rope: strop groom: assistant, web clamp W brush, clean, comb, dress, educate, equerry, horsekeeper, hostler, marshal, nurture, preen, prepare, servant, shave, tend, tidy, train; husband, spouse
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GROOVE - GROUP groove: canal, chamfer, channel, chase, crease, dado, excavation, flute, furrow, grind, gutter, hollow, indentation, rabbet, routine, rut, shaft, slot, sulcus groove for a sliding door: regie groove in a road: rut groove in building: chamfer, coulisse, feather, glyph, kerf, mortise, rabbet, spline, tenon groove in column, vertical: glyph groove of brain: sulcus groove or indentation: flute, notch groove or notch: chase groove or slot: spline groove under nose: philtrum grooved: ridged, striate, strigose grooved and striped: striated grooved with long rounded channels: fluted grooves on coin: fluting, milling grooves or notches, square: crenellations grooves or series of teeth: serration groovy: cool, copacetic, excellent, hep, modern, neat, wonderful grope: examine, explore, feel, fondle, grabble, handle, paw, poke, probe, search gross: all, big, bulk, burly, entire, great, heavy, large, mass, massive, total; beastly, brutal, brutish, burly, callous, carnal, cloddish, coarse, crass, crude, egregious, filthy, flagrant, foul, glaring, greasy, impure, indecent, lewd, obese, obscene, offensive, outrageous, plain, rank, repulsive, rough, rude, scurrilous, sleazy, sum, swinish, ugly, uncouth, unrefined, vulgar, whole; apparent, obvious; dense, thick gross amount: total grossly overweight: obese grotesque: abnormal, absurd, antic, bizarre, deformed, eerie, fanciful, fantastic, freakish, hideous, incongruous, preposterous, ridiculous, ugly, weird grotesque architectural ornament: gargoyle grotesque representation: caricature grotto: burrow, cave, cavern, den, hole, hollow, recess, vault grouch: bellyacher, churl, complainer, crab, crank, crosspatch, grouse, grumble, grump, sourpuss grouchy: cantankerous, crusty, irritable, surly, testy, touchy ground: beach, bottom, country, dirt, earth, estate, field, foundation, land, landscape, mother earth, root, soil, strand, terrain, terrane, territory, turf ground corn: samp ground nuts: mast ground plan of building: ichnography ground squirrel: gopher ground zero: site, target ground, hard and unbroken: hardpan ground, physical features of: topography groundless: flimsy, idle, illogical, unjustified, unprovoked, untrue grounds: basis, campus, domain, dregs, evidence, information, lees, park, premise, pretext, proot, property, reason, sediment, zone grounds improved by gardens, plantings: landscaping groundwork: base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundamentals, planning, practice, preliminaries, preparation, root, source, support, training group: aggregation, arrange, assemblage, assemble, assembly, assort, band, batch, bevy, bunch, bundle, cabal, category, circle, class, classify, clique, club, clump, cluster, collect, collection, combine, company, conglomerate, congregate, consort, crew, division, drove, faction, family, file, flock, galaxy, gang, gather, genus, herd, huddle, link, lot, mob, organization, organize, party, pool, ring, sect, set, size, sort, squad, team, tribe, unit
RELATED TERMS
group active in new techniques: avant-garde group assembled for ceremony: convocation group assisting peace officer: posse group character: ethic, ethos group crowded together: concourse, confluence, drove, phalanx group living together: commune group of attendants for person: retinue group of badgers: cete group of components gathered together: aggregate, assemblage, congeries, conglomeration group of contemporaries: coevals, peer group group of eight: octad, octet group of experts: brain trust group of five: pentad
group of geese: gaggle group of girls: bevy group of larger organization, central: cadre group of lions: pride group of men, social: fraternity, sodality group of musicians, small: combo group of organizations working on common interest or cause: alliance, bloc, coalition, confederacy, league group of people living in an area and under the same government: community group of people who associate with one another frequently: coterie group of people with common interests: clique, cohort, guild group of plotters: cabal, junto group of poems: epos group of pueblos: tano group of quail: covey group of relatives: clan group of representatives: delegation, deputation group of seals: pod group of seven: heptad group of ships: flotilla group of similar or related items gathered together: battery, compendium, ensemble, suite group of six: sextet group of songs played together: medley group of songs, plays that artist or company can perform: repertoire group of twenty: score group of two or more business concerns for venture: consortium group of vehicles traveling together: convoy group of voters: constituency group of whales: gam, pod group of women, social: sorority group of words containing a subject and predicate and forming a sentence: clause group ordered by rank: hierarchy group pulling away from larger group: enclave, faction, sect group sharing interest(s): coterie group spirit: esprit de corps group to pursue business as monopoly: cartel, trust group to pursue business interests: consortium, syndicate group together: collate, collocate, coordinate
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group trip: tour group unity: solidarity group with others of same kind, tending to form a: gregarious group with political or business interest: cartel group, highly regarded: pantheon group, large: battalion, horde, multitude, throng group, referring to an entire: generic group, relating to a number of people acting as a: collective, communal group, small: covey group, spirit of comradeship in: esprit de corps group, to break up a: disband W grouper: bass groupie: fan, follower, supporter groups coexisting in one nation, diversity of: pluralism groups, separation of ethnic or religious: segregation grouse: bellyache, bird, complain, fret, grievance, gripe, grouch, grumble, pheasant, ptarmigan, quail, squealer grouse of cold regions: ptarmigan grouse's courtship dance: lak grove: boscage, brake, bush, coppice, copse, orchard, pinery, thicket, wood, woodland grove of trees: coppice, copse, spinney grovel: abase, beg, bootlick, brownnose, cower, crawl, cringe, fawn, kowtow, sycophancy, toady, wallow, wheedle grow: advance, age, augment, become, blossom, bud, cultivate, develop, edify, enlarge, evolve, expand, extend, flourish, germinate, increase, mature, multiply, mushroom, nourish, raise, rise, skyrocket, sprout, swell, thrive, wax, widen grow buds or sprouts: pullulate grow choppers: teethe grow crops in sequence: rotate grow dim: wane grow dull: drag grow faint: fade grow less: decrease grow like a plant: vegetate grow old: age grow quickly: burgeon, flourish, proliferate grow slowly: gestate, incubate grow together: accrete, amalgamate, coalesce, knit grow wearisome: pall
grow weary: tire grow, help to: foster, nurture, propagate growing and enlarging: increscent growing "fence": hedge growing in pairs: binate growing in series of steps: cumulative growing indefinitely, not seasonal: perennial growing irregularly: straggly growing old: aging, senescence, senescent growing on ground: decumbent growing outward: enate growing plants in solution, not soil: hydroponics growing profusely: rank growing together: concretion growing white: albescent growing with age: accrescence growing years: teens growl: bark, gnar, gnarl, grumble, grunt, gurr, howl, mutter, rumble growler: iceberg grown together: adnate grown together, botanically: accrete grown-up: adult growth: advancement, augmentation, cancer, development, enlargement, evolution, expansion, increase, lump, parasite, polyp, progress, prosperity, rise, surge, swell, swelling, tumor growth by addition: accretion, buildup, increment growth from within: endogeny growth in a field, as corn: stand growth in a force: groundswell growth of mucous lining: polyp growth of species or organism: phylogeny growth or development, agent causing: nutriment growth rings on trees, study of: dendrochronology growth, abnormal: excrescence, hypertrophy growth, arrested: atrophy growth, of the earliest stage: embryonic, germinal, nascent, seminal growth, small: nodule, tubercle grub: bum, chow, comb, dig, drudge, eat, feed, food, larva, maggot, mooch, plod, provisions, root, scour, search, sponge, stump, uncover, victuals, worm grub around: forage
grubby: dirty, disheveled, filthy, foul, grimy, grungy, scruffy, seedy, shabby, slovenly, soiled, unkempt grublike young of insect: larva grudge: animosity, complain, envy, hatred, malice, pique, rancor, resentment, spite, spitefulness grudge, bear a: harbor gruel: mush, potage grueling: arduous, brutal, demanding, difficult, fierce, hard, punishing, strenuous, taxing, tiring gruesome: awful, ghastly, gory, grisly, gross, horrible, horrid, macabre, morbid, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, ugly gruff: abrupt, bluff, blunt, brusque, crusty, curt, harsh, hoarse, impolite, rough, rude, severe, short, snippy, sour, surly, throaty grumble: begrudge, bellyache, carp, complain, crab, croak, fret, fuss, gripe, groan, grouch, grouse, growl, mumble, murmur, protest, repine, rumble, snarl, squawk, whine grumbling: muttering grump: crab, curmudgeon, sourpuss grumpy: cantankerous, crabby, cross, crotchety, irritable, moody, surly, testy grungy: dirty, grimy, rundown, shabby grunt: dessert, fish, groan, infantryman, snort, sound guarantee: agreement, assurance, assure, bail, bond, certificate, certify, contract, covenant, earnest, endorse, guaranty, insurance, insure, make sure, pledge, promise, seal, security, stipulate, surety, swear, token, undertaking, vouch, vouchsafe, warrant, warranty, word guarantee against loss, damage, default: security, surety guarantee financially, to: underwrite guarantee, in a way: insure guarantee, to: vouch for guaranteed: assured, ensured, good as gold guarantor: backer, bailsman, bondsman, insurer, patron, sponsor, underwriter guard: care, chaperon, conserve, custodian, defend, defense, escort, fend, garrison, herd, jailer, keep, keeper, lineman, lookout, mind, patrol, police, preserve, protect, protector, re-
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GUARD DURING THE NIGHT OR SLEEP GULLY IN DESERT
strain, security, sentinel, sentry, shield, tend, ward, warden, warder, watch, watchdog, watchman guard during the night or sleep: vigil, watch guard duty: watch guard go off-duty, to let: relieve guard, safe-: palladium guarded: careful, cautious, defended, discreet, leery, protected, reserved, safe, shrouded, supervised, suspicious, tentative, waryguardian: angel, argus, attendant, caretaker, chaperon, conservator, curator, custodian, defender, escort, fiduciary, keeper, parent, protector, shepherd, trustee, warden, watchdog guardian spirit of person or place: daemon, genius, genius loci guardian spirits: genii, lares guardian, legal: tutor guardian, relating to: tutelary guardianship: care, custody, safekeeping, trust, tutelage, tutorship guards of Roman emperor, elite: praetorian guard guards, line of: cordon guerrilla: fighter, partisan, saboteur, soldier guerrillas, military action against: counterinsurgency, pacification guess: assert, assume, believe, conclude, conjecture, deduce, estimate, fancy, hunch, hypothesize, imagine, infer, prediction, presume, shot, speculate, speculation, stub, suppose, surmise, suspect, think guess by intuition: divine guess correctly: surmise guess from what is known, to: deduce, extrapolate, infer guess, to offer a: hazard, venture guessing game with pantomimes: charades guesswork: dead reckoning guesswork, pertaining to: stochastic guest: boarder, caller, client, customer, friend, lodger, patron, visitor guest that takes too much: cadger, freeloader, sponger guest, frequent: frequenter, habitue guff: balderdash, baloney, humbug, lip, malarkey, mouth, nonsense, sass guffaw: cachinnation, ha-ha, heehaw, horse laugh, howl, laughter, roar guidance: advice, auspice, conduct,
control, counsel, direction, help, hint, instruction, leadership, management, suggestion, supervision guide: adviser, bellwether, bridle, buoy, captain, chaperon, cicerone, clue, conductor, control, convey, convoy, direct, director, escort, example, govern, guru, influence, inspiration, instruct, instructor, itinerary, landmark, lead, leader, lodestar, manage, manipulate, mark, marshal, master, mastermind, mentor, model, monitor, navigate, pathfinder, pilot, polestar, regulate, regulator, reign, rein, rudder, rule, scout, shepherd, show, steer, superintend, teach, teacher, tutor, usher guide by radio instructions: vector guide for sightseers: cicerone guide in Turkish, Arabic, Persian country: dragoman guide or sign: beacon, warning guide to conduct: maxim, motto guide vehicle, to: navigate guide, speculative formulation serving as: heuristic guidebook: Baedeker, catalog, directory, handbook, instructions, itinerary, manual, text guidebook for ready reference: vade mecum guidelines: constraints, parameters guiding device: rudder guiding doctrine: gospel guiding in learning: heuristic guiding light: lodestar guiding principle: gospel, lodestar, motto, polestar guiding spirit: daemon, genius, numen guild: alliance, association, brotherhood, club, federation, fellowship, fraternity, league, order, profession, sisterhood, society, sorority, trade, union guile: cheat, chicanery, cleverness, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceit, duplicity, fraud, slyness, strategem, treachery, trickery, wile guileless: aboveboard, artless, candid, genuine, honest, innocent, naive, natural, truthful guillotine: behead, decapitate, execution, lop, maiden guillotine hole for head: lunette guilt: blame, compunction, criminality, culpability, fault, liability, offense, regret, remorse, shame, sin, wickedness
guilt implied: incrimination guilt, to clear of: exculpate, exonerate guilt, to free oneself of: disburden guilt, to pronounce free of: absolve guilt, to try to lessen seriousness of: extenuate, mitigate guiltless: blameless, clean, clear, free, immaculate, innocent, pure, sinless, spotless guilty: ashamed, blmable, condemned, convicted, culpable, incriminated, liable, nocent, responsible guilty of a sin: peccant guilty person: culprit guilty plea in exchange for reduced charge: plea bargaining guilty, to appear or make appear: incriminate, inculpate guinea pig family: cavy guise: air, appearance, aspect, attire, behavior, cloak, color, costume, cover, dress, fashion, garb, habit, hue, manner, mask, masquerade, mien, pretense, semblance, shape guitar movable bar on fingerboard: capo guitar neck's movable bar to control pitch: capotasto guitar thin disk for plucking strings: pick, plectrum guitar without electric amplification: acoustic guitar guitar's cousin: banjo, lute gulch: arroyo, canyon, chasm, ditch, divide, gorge, gully, hollow, ravine, rift, valley gulf: abyss, basin, bay, bayou, chasm, cove, gap, inlet, opening, separation, sound, whirlpool gulfweed: sargasso gull: bamboozle, bird, cheat, cheater, cozen, deceive, defraud, dupe, fool, gyp, hoodwink, mew, mislead, sucker, teaser, tern, trick, victim gull genus: lari gull kin: tern gull-like: larine gullet: craw, esophagus, maw, neck, throat gullibility: credulity gullible: green, innocent, naive, sucker, trusting, unsuspecting gullible person: dupe, greenhorn, gull, sap, sucker gully: arroyo, channel, chasm, couloir, ditch, gorge, gulch, hollow, ravine, valley, watercourse gully in desert: wadi
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GULLY IN EAST INDIA - GYRATE
gully in East India: nullah gully, deep and dry: arroyo gulp: choke, devour, gobble, guzzle, quaff, scarf, swallow, swig, swill gulp down: xertz gum: acacia, adhesive, bilsted, cheat, chewing, chicle, eucalyptus, frankincense, gingiva, glue, hive, kino, mastic, masticatory, mucilage, myrrh, resin, stick, tissue, trick gum arabic: acacia gum inflammation: gingivitis, pyorrhea gum of sapodilla tree: chicle gum of some plants: mucilage, resin gum of teeth: gingiva gum resin: frankincense, gamboge, mastic, myrrh gumbo vegetable: okra gummy: adhesive, glutinous, gooey, sticky, viscid, viscous gumption: courage, enterprise, guts, initiative, nerve, sense, spine, spirit, spunk gumshoe: cop, detective, dick, flatfoot, investigator, sleuth, sneaker, tec gun: accelerate, cannon, Colt, Derringer, equalizer, firearm, forty-five, Gatling, heater, howitzer, magnum, musket, piece, pistol, Remington, rev, revolver, rifle, rod, shotgun, Smith and Wesson, speed, thirty-eight, tommy, uzi, weapon, Winchester gun a motor: rev gun-cleaning device: ramrod gun plug: tampion gun prepared position: emplacement gun shot: report gun, revolving piece on tank for: turret gun, to determine caliber of: calibrate gun, to spring back as a: recoil gunfire: barrage, fusillade, salvo, volley gunfire across trench or troop: enfilade gung ho: avid, eager gunk: goop gunman: assassin, gunslinger, gunwoman, hit man, hit woman, killer, sniper, torpedo, triggerman, triggerwoman gunman, well-concealed: sniper gunner: artilleryman, marksman, rifleman, shooter, soldier, warrant officer
guns and ammunition of army: materiel guns on side of warship: broadside guns, heavy military: artillery, battery, ordnance guns, study of: ballistics gurgle: babble, bubble, burble, murmur, sound, sputter, swash gurgling sound of flow from vessel with narrow aperture: blodder, glink guru: guide, master, mentor, mystic, swami, teacher guru, Hinduism: maharishi, mahatma gush: blather, burst, cascade, chatter, effuse, flood, flow, outpouring, pour, prate, rush, spate, spew, spout, spurt, stream, surge gushing: demonstrative, effusive, emotive, gooey, overdemonstrative gushing, overdemonstrative: sentimental gusset: gore gussied up: dressy gust: blast, blow, breeze, draft, explosion, flurry, gale, outburst, paroxysm, puff, rush, squall, surge, waft, whiff, wind gusto: appetite, appreciation, delight, lan, enthusiasm, exhilaration, fervor, heart, passion, pleasure, relish, taste, zeal, zest gut: abdomen, belly, clean, disembowel, eviscerate, innards, innate, instinctive, intuitive, level, midsection, paunch, plunder, ravage, stomach, strip, tummy gut feeling, based on: visceral gutless: chicken, cowardly, spineless, timid, weak, wimpy guts: boldness, courage, fortitude, grit, moxie, nerve, spirit, spunk gutsy: audacious, bold, brave, courageous, fearless, gallant, game, intrepid, plucky, robust, spunky, undaunted, uninhibited, valiant gutter: channel, cullis, ditch, drain, duct, eaves, groove, gully, rainspout, trench, trough gutter or latrine: cloaca, flume gutter, roof: cullis guttural: deep, grating, gravelly, gruff, harsh, hoarse, rasping, throaty, velar
GYMNASTICS
balance beam floor exercises high bar horizontal bar individual all-around mini-trampolining parallel bars pommel horse rhythmic gymnastics rings sports aerobics still rings team competition trampolining tumbling uneven parallel bars vaulting W guy: bloke, bozo, buddy, cable, chain, chap, cord, fellow, guide, kid, male, man, person, rope guy rope: stay guzzle: bolt, devour, drink, gorge, gormandize, gulp, imbibe, quaff, slop, slosh, swig, swill, tipple gymnast: acrobat, athlete, jumper, tumbler gymnastic apparatus: balance beam, parallel bars, pommel horse, rings, vaulting horse gymnastic association: turnverein gymnastic physical fitness exercise: callisthenics, floor exercise gymnastics: acrobatics, calisthenics, competition, exercise, sport, tumbling gymnastics equipment: balance beam, horizontal bars, horse, mat, parallel bars, rings, trampoline, uneven bars gynecological test: Pap smear, Pap test gyp: bamboozle, bilk, burn, cheat, deceive, defraud, overcharge, rip off, steal, swindle, swindler gypsy: bohemian, cale, calo, czigany, gitana, gitano, nomad, roamer, rom, romany, tzigane, vagrant, wanderer, zingara, zingaro gypsy gentleman: rom gypsy lady: rani gyrate: circulate, revolve, rotate, spin, spiral, turn, twirl
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habeas corpus: deed, judgment, mandamus, mandate, order, writ habiliment: apparel, attire, clothes, clothing, dress, garb, gown, trappings habit: addiction, bearing, custom, demeanor, disposition, groove, guise, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, mode, pattern, practice, propensity, rote, routine, rut, second nature, tendency, usage, use, vice, way, wont; apparel, attire, clothes, costume, dress, garb, garment, gown, suit habit, odd or exaggerated: aberration, eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, mannerism habitant: denizen, dweller, resident habitat: abode, apartment, cave, condominium, den, environment, flat, haunt, home, house, locality, nest, place, territory habitat prefix: ecohabitat, animal/plant adjustment to new: ecesis habitation: abode, residence habits of social group: mores habitual: accustomed, chronic, common, confirmed, customary, established, familiar, fixed, hardened, inborn, inveterate, natural, ordinary, persistent, regular, routine, traditional, usual, wonted habitual and irrational: pathological habitual manner: disposition, tendency habitual path: beat habitual postponement: procrastination habitual practice: usage habitual procedure: rote habituate: acclimate, accustom, addict, enure, familiarize, instill, inure, prepare, school, season, teach, train, unure, use habitue: denizen, inhabitant
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hacienda: casa, estate, farm, house, plantation, ranch hack: butcher, chop, cut, hew, mangle, mutiliate, slash; cab, cabbie, hireling, lackey, taxi, taxicab; cough; writer hackneyed: banal, clichd, common, commonplace, everyday, outdated, outmoded, routine, stale, stereotyped, threadbare, tired, trite, vapid, worn haddock, smoked: finnan haddie, finnan haddle, finnan haddock haddock's young: scrod Hades: abyss, Avernus, Dis, Gehenna, hell, netherworld, Orcus, pit, Pluto, Sheol, Tartarus, Tophet, underworld, Yama Hades' river: Lethe, Styx hag: beldam, biddy, bog, crone, demon, hellcat, marsh, nag, quagmire, shrew, sorceress, swamp, witch haggard: bony, careworn, drawn, exhausted, fatigued, gaunt, harrowed, lank, lean, pale, scraggy, scrawny, spent, suffering, thin, tired, wasted, worn haggle: badger, bargain, barter, bicker, cavil, chaffer, chisel, deal, dicker, dispute, hack, higgle, negotiate, quarrel, stickle, wrangle hail: acclaim, accost, ahoy, applaud, ave, barrage, batter, call, compliment, greet, honor, originate, praise, precipitation, salutation, salute, shout, signal, summon, torrent, volley; sleet hair and its diseases, study of: trichology hair grows, cavity from which: follicle hair in nostrils: vibrissa hair of animal's neck: frill, hackles, ruff hair of genitals: pubic hair hair of newborn, downy fine: lanugo
hair plait (archaic): tress hair-raising: breathtaking, eerie, exciting, terrifying, thrilling hair-removing lotion: depilatory hair roots with electric current, destruction of: electrolysis hair, erection of body: goosebumps, gooseflesh, horripilation, piloerection hair, root of: follicle bulb, papilla hairiness, abnormal: pilosism hairless: bald, depilous, glabrous, smooth, tonsure hairlike: capillaceous, capillary hairlike outgrowth: villus hairlike thread on microscopic organism: cilia hairs: pili hairs or whiskers of animal: vibrissae hairs standing on end: hystriciasis, piloerection hairs, covered with barbed: barbellate hairs, having soft fine: crinite, lanate, pilose hairy: bristly, bushy, chancy, comate, comose, dangerous, difficult, fluffy, furry, fuzzy, harrowing, hazardous, hirsute, pileous, pilose, risky, shaggy, treacherous hairy Himalayan goat: serow hairy monster of North America: Bigfoot, Sasquatch hairy social insect: bumblebee hairy, in botany: comate halcyon: bird, calm, carefree, contented, golden, happy, kingfisher, peaceful, placid, prosperous, quiet, serene, tranquil, unruffled hale: drag, energetic, hardy, healthy, hearty, hoist, pull, robust, sound, stout, strong, vigorous half: divided, division, fifty-fifty, fraction, incomplete, moiety, part, partial
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HAIR STYLES AND RELATED TERMS

arrange the hair, to: coif bushy, frizzy hair: Afro chemical to make hair blond: peroxide curl or wave hair tightly: crimp cut or trim hair, to: clip, poll false hair: fall, hair extension, hair implant, hair weaving female hairdresser: coiffeuse fringe across forehead: bangs hair added in pieces: extensions hair and skin, having fair: xanthochroid hair clasp: barrette, bobby pin hair cluster: tuft hair coming to point on forehead: widow's peak hair cream or wax: pomade hair cut short and even around head: bob hair cut very short and stiffly upright: crew cut hair in knot or bun in back: chignon hair in long twisted locks or braids: dreadlocks hair in tight braids: cornrows hair in tight waves or curls: crimped hair loss: alopecia, psilosis hair opposite direction, to comb: backcomb, tease hair piece: rat, switch, toupee, wig hair piled up by backcombing: beehive hair puffed out by backcombing: bouffant hair sticking up naturally: cowlick hair sweeping up from the forehead: pompadour hair swept back at sides to meet in upturned point at back: ducktail hair tint: henna, rinse hair with strip of hair left on shaven head: Mohawk half-and-half ingredient: cream half-bottle: split half-breed: hybrid half-brother or -sister, referring to: uterine half-diameter: radius half-line of verse: hemistich half-man, half-horse: centaur half-moon: arch, crescent, curve, semilunar half-moon shape: lunette half-wit: blockhead, dolt, dummy, dunce, fool, idiot, moron, nitwit, numskull, simpleton half-witted: asinine, dull, feebleminded, foolish, senseless, stupid halfhearted: blas, faint, indifferent, listless, lukewarm, neutral, passive, tepid, unenthusiastic, uninspired halfway: almost, center, compromising, incomplete, intermediate, middle, midmost, midpoint, midway, moderate, nearly, partially hairdo: Afro, beehive, bob, bouffant, bowl, butch, coif, cornrows, crew cut, do, dreadlocks, ducktail, flattop, marcel, Mohawk, moptop, pageboy, perm, pigtail, pompadour, ponytail, pouf, Prince Valiant, shingle hairdresser: barber, beautician, coiffeur, coiffeuse, colorist, friseur, stylist hairdressing place: beauty parlor, salon hairline of balding person: receding lighter streaks in hair: highlight line dividing hair: part long hair: tresses male hairdresser: coiffeur mass of tangled matted hair: litch matted or tangled hair: shag of flat and limp hair: lank of messy hair: disheveled, rumpled, tousled, unkempt person who cuts his/her own hair: autotonsorialist pigment coloring hair: melanin protein layer of hair: keratin related to hairdressing: tonsorial remove hair, to: depilate rub hair the wrong way: fruzz shed hair, to: molt single curl of hair: ringlet smooth and straight hair: leiotrichous, lissotrichous thick mass of hair: shock thin or trim hair by tapering, to: feather tufts of unruly hair: feesks very soft hair: velutinous woolly and crisp hair: ulotrichous woolly and matted hair: tomentose rona, crown, gloria, gloriole, glory, glow, light, nimbus, radiance, ring, vesica piscis halo light around celestial body: corona halogen: astatine, bromine, chlorine, element, fluorine, iodine halt: arrest, block, cease, desist, discontinue, end, foil, hamper, hesitate, hitch, hobble, inhibit, interrupt, lame, limp, pause, stand, stay, stem, stop, suspend, terminate, waver halt, at sea: avast halter: bodice, bridle, fetter, leash, noose, restrain, rope, strap ham: bad actor ham, Italian cured spiced: prosciutto ham, smoked or cured: gammon hamlet: burg, dorp, hamel, moray, thorp, thorpe, town, village hammer: bang, batter, beat, clobber, defeat, drive, hit, maul, mell, nail, pound, pummel, punch, ram, reiterate, shape, sledge, strike, tack, tamp, wallop
halite: mineral, NaCl, rock salt, salt hall: anteroom, arean, atrium, auditorium, chamber, corridor, dormitory, entrance, entry, foyer, gallery, hallway, lobby, manor, odeum, parlor, passage, passageway, room, theater, vestibule hall for performance: auditorium hall rug: runner hallmark: characteristic, seal, sign, stamp, symbol hallowed: anointed, blessed, consecrated, holy, revered, sacred, sanctified, venerated hallowed place: shrine Halloween pumpkin: jack-o'-lantern hallucination: aberration, delusion, dream, fantasy, illusion, mirage, vision hallucinations and tremors from alcoholism: delirium tremens, the DTs hallucinatory: psychedelic halo: aura, aureole, cincture, circle, co-
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HAMMERS AND MALLETS

ball peen hammer beetle blacksmith's hammer brick hammer bushhammer chipping hammer claw hammer cross peen hammer demolition hammer double-claw hammer drywall hammer electric hammer engineer's hammer framing hammer fuller joiner's mallet long-handled hammer machinist's hammer maul peen hammer pile hammer rip hammer rubber mallet scutch shingler's hammer shoemaker's hammer sledgehammer small anvil soft-faced hammer soft-faced mallet stonemason's hammer tack hammer tilt hammer trip-hammer Warrington hammer wooden mallet W
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hammer doctors use on knees, rubber-headed: plexor hammer handle: helve hammer head: peen hammer-shaped: malleiform hammer type: air, ball-peen, beetle, claw, fuller, gavel, hatchet, jack, mallet, plexor, pneumatic, rip, sledge, tilt, Warrington hammer with forked-end head: claw hammer hammer, blunt end of: poll hammer, heavy forge: tilt hammer hammer, heavy long-handled: maul hammer, metalworking: forge hammer hammered in design: incuse W
hammock cords: clews hamper: block, clog, confine, cramp, curb, embarrass, encumber, fetter, foil, frustrate, halter, handcuff, handicap, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, load, manacle, obstruct, restrain, restrict, shackle, slow, stymie, trammel; basket, container, crate, pannier hand: ability, applause, assistance, craftsperson, employee, grasp, handwriting, help, helper, knack, laborer, ovation, participant, penmanship, player, pledge, power, share, signature, transmit, worker, workman; appendage, claw, extremity, fin, fist, flipper, manus, mitt, paw; indicator, pointer hand between thumb and forefinger: purlicue hand down: bequeath hand grinding stone: mano hand lines of palm: fate, head, heart, life hand measure with thumb and little finger spread: span hand mill: quern hand-operated musical organ: barrel organ, hurdy-gurdy hand out: alms, bestow, charity, dispense, distribute, give, mete hand over: cede, consign, donate, present, release, relinquish, surrender, waive hand over criminal: extradite hand-shaped: palmate hand, distance between thumb and little finger on spread: span hand, fleshy base of thumb on: thenar hand, muscle below thumb on: heel hand, to: give, lift, pass, reach; clap handbag: clutch, etui, gripsack, pochette, pocketbook, purse, reticule, satchel, tote, valise handbill: advertisement, bulletin, circular, dodger, flyer, leaflet, pamphlet handbook: directory, enchiridion, guidebook, manual, text, vade mecum handcuffs: chains, fetters, irons, manacles, shackles handed down, something: bequest, legacy handful: difficult, few, quantity, scattering, some, sprinkling handicap: barrier, burden, defect, disability, disadvantage, drawback, embarrass, encumber, hinder, hin-
drance, impede, impediment, liability, limitation, obstacle; advantage, edge, head start, odds handicap aid: ramp handicap race, weight horse must carry in: impost handicap in foreign travel: language barrier handicap, to: burden, encumber, hinder, penalize handicapped: at a disadvantage handicraft: artwork, metier, skill, trade, vocation, workmanship handkerchief: bandana, hankie, neckerchief, scarf handle: ansa, anse, bail, control, cope, crank, deal, direct, doorknob, feel, finger, grasp, grip, grope, guide, haft, handgrip, helve, hilt, hold, holder, knob, lever, lug, manage, maneuver, manipulate, nob, operate, paw, ply, shaft, steer, stem, swipe, touch, treat, use, wield; moniker, name, nickname handle of tool: helve handle of weapon, knife: haft, hilt handle of whip, fishing rod, some tools: stock handle on bucket, kettle: bail handle ridges: knurls handle roughly: maul, paw handle skillfully: manipulate handle, ear-shaped: lug handle, having a: ansate handrail supported on balusters: balustrade handrail supporting post: baluster hands, able to work with both: ambidextrous hands, feet: extremities hands, good with one's: adroit, deft, dexterous hands, referring to: manual hands, skill with: legerdemain, prestidigitation, sleight of hand handsome: abundant, ample, appropriate, attractive, beautiful, becoming, bonny, bountiful, comely, copious, dapper, dexterous, elegant, exquisite, fair, fashionable, fine, fitting, gallant, generous, good-looking, gracious, liberal, plentiful, pretty, sizable, stunning, stylish, suitable handsome man: Adonis handwriting: amanuensis, autograph, calligraphy, chirography, cursive, griffonage, longhand, majuscule, manuscript, minuscule, penmanship, script, shorthand, uncial
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R E L A T E D TERMS
handwriting analysis: graphanalysis, graphology handwriting downward stroke: minim handwriting in capital letters: majuscule handwriting in code: shorthand handwriting in full: longhand handwriting in rounded capital letters, medieval: uncial handwriting in small letters: minuscule handwriting or spelling that is bad: cacography handwriting slanting to the left: backhand handwriting that is flowing: cursive, longhand handwriting that is printed: block lettering, block printing handwriting, art of: calligraphy handwriting, bad: cacography handwriting, fancy: flourish handwriting, good: calligraphy, chirography, penmanship handwriting, illegible: griffonage handwriting, of hard to read: crabbed, illegible handwriting, of readable: legible handwriting, poor: cacography, hieroglyphics handwriting, scribe using: amanuensis handwriting, sloppy illegible: griffonage handwriting, study of: graphology handwriting, the art of: chirography handwritten by signer: holograph handwritten document: autograph, manuscript W handy: accessible, adept, adjacent, adroit, available, central, clever, close, close-by, convenient, deft, dexterous, dextrous, helpful, near, nearby, ready, skilled, skillful, useful handyman: fixer, jack-of-all-trades hang: append, await, dangle, deck, depend, drape, droop, execute, hinge, hover, inclination, lynch, nail, noose, pend, pin, rest, sag, slope, stick, stretch, suspend, swing, tack hang around: dawdle, frequent, hover, idle, loiter hang down: lop, sag hang in folds: drape
hang on: cling, clutch, continue, endure, persevere, persist hang out: fraternize, hobnob, idle, loiter hang suspended: hover hang up: delay, halted, hinder, impede, snagged, suspend hang-up: dilemma, fixation, inhibition, obsession, obstacle, phobia, preoccupation, problem, snag hangar: barracks, garage, shed, shelter hangar area: apron hangdog: ashamed, cowed, defeated, downcast, groveling, guilty, intimidated, shamefaced, shifty, sneaking hanger-on: adherent, dangler, dependent, flunky, follower, freeloader, groupie, lackey, leech, minion, parasite, scrounger, sponge, sycophant, toady hanging: dangling, pendent, pendulous, pensile hanging decoration: tassel hanging limply, drooping: flaccid hanging loosely: pendulous, pensile hanging ornament: pendant hanging part of garment, like sleeve or hood: tippet hangnail, infected: paronychia hangout: bar, den, dive, haunt, joint, nest, rendezvous, stamping grounds hangover: aftereffect, headache, holdover, letdown, vestige hankering: craving, desire, hunger, itch, longing, thirst, urge, want, wishing, yearning, yen hanky-panky: chicanery, devious, mischievous, trickery haphazard: accidental, aimless, arbitrary, careless, casual, chance, chaotic, disorderly, helter-skelter, hitor-miss, random, reckless, shipshod, undirected, unorganized hapless: cursed, jinxed, luckless, starcrossed, unfortunate, unlucky, wretched happen: arrive, befall, betide, chance, come, come to pass, develop, eventuate, fall, materialize, occur, perhaps, result, stumble, supervene, take place, transpire happen as a result: ensue, eventuate, follow, supervene happen at same time: synchronize happen, come to: materialize happening: affair, afoot, episode,
event, experience, incident, milestone, occasion, occurrence, phenomenon, thing happening at same rate: synchronous happening at same time: concurrent, simultaneous happening intermittently: spasmodic happiness: beatitude, bliss, contentment, delight, ecstasy, elation, elysium, enjoyment, eudaemony, euphoria, exaltation, felicity, gaiety, gladness, glee, joie de vivre, joy, mirth, pleasure, prosperity, rapture, rhathymia, satisfaction, seventh heaven, transport, weal happiness in life of moderation: eudemonia happiness, actions evaluated in terms of their production of: eudemonism happiness, inability to experience: anhedonia happiness, place of: Elysium happy: apt, blessed, blithe, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, chipper, content, contented, cosh, elated, enthusiastic, euphoric, exuberant, felicitous, fitting, fortunate, gay, glad, gracious, gratified, gratifying, jubilant, lucky, merry, mirthful, nice, overjoyed, pleased, prosperous, providential, radiant, satisfied, sunny, willing happy and healthy: eupeptic happy-go-lucky: carefree, casual, easygoing, lighthearted, nonchalant, unconcerned, untroubled hara-kiri: seppuku harangue: accost, address, diatribe, hassle, jeremiad, lecture, orate, oration, perorate, rant, rave, scolding, screed, sermon, speech, spiel, tirade harass: afflict, agitate, annoy, assail, attach, badger, bait, beleaguer, beset, bother, bully, chafe, chase, distract, distress, disturb, exhaust, fatigue, fret, harry, hassle, haze, heckle, hector, hound, impede, intimidate, irritate, jade, molest, nag, obsess, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, provoke, raid, ride, scrape, tantalize, tease, tire, torment, trouble, try, vex, weary, worry harass or taunt: chivvy, chivy, heckle, importune harass persistently: ride harbinger: angel, forerunner, herald, indication, messenger, omen, portent, precursor, presage, shelter, sign, signal, symbol, usher
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HARBINGER OF SPRING - HARMONIZING SINGING
harbinger of spring: robin harbor: basin, bay, believe, billet, cove, dock, foster, gulf, haven, hide, hold, imagine, inlet, landing, lodging, mooring, nurse, nurture, port, protect, quarter, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, seaport, shelter, withhold harbor with breakwater: mole harbor, to clean a: dredge hard: adamant, adverse, arduous, backbreaking, bad, bitter, callous, close, coarse, cold, compact, complicated, comportment, cruel, dear, definite, demanding, dense, difficult, diligent, distressing, durable, earnest, energetic, firm, fit, frozen, granitic, grasping, harsh, impenetrable, impregnable, inclement, indisputable, inflexible, insensitive, intense, intoxicating, intricate, iron, laborious, lasting, marble, mean, obdurate, oppressive, penetrating, perplexing, persevering, persistent, petrified, practical, real, relentless, repelling, resentful, resistant, rigid, rigorous, robust, rocky, rough, rugged, ruthless, severe, solid, sour, stable, steely, stern, stiff, stony, strenuous, strict, stringent, strong, strongminded, stubborn, true, unassailable, unfeeling, unremitting, unyielding, uphill, violent, wearisome hard coal: anthracite hard-core: dedicated, devoted, explicit, graphic, intransigent, loyal, staunch, uncompromising hard-hearted: callous, cold, cruel, indifferent, insensitive, mean, obdurate, pitiless, uncaring, unfeeling hard problem for beginner: pons asinorum, stumbling block hard-shelled: testaceous hard to believe: amazing, incredible, unlikely hard to come by: rare, sparse hard-to-express quality or attribute: je ne sais quoi hard to please: fastidious, hypercritical hard to understand: abstruse, elusive hardcover: casebound, clothbound, hardback harden: acclimate, accustom, bake, cake, cement, climatize, coagulate, concrete, condense, congeal, endure, enure, firm, fossilize, freeze, gel, indurate, inure, ossify, petrify, season, set, settle, solidify, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen
harden and solidify: clot, coagulate, congeal, set harden glass, metal: anneal, temper harden or toughen: indurate harden rubber: vulcanize harden to something: inure hardened: calloused, enured, indurate, inured, steeled, unfeeling hardened lava: basalt hardened, emotionally: callous, unfeeling hardened, having been: sclerous hardening: calcification hardening of the arteries: arteriosclerosis hardening of tissue: sclerosis hardheaded: inflexible, keen, mulish, poised, pragmatic, realistic, sagacious, shrewd, stubborn, unbending, willful hardheaded persons: realists hardihood: audacity, boldness, confidence, courage, daring, effrontery, fortitude, gravery, grit, guts, impudence, insolence, intrepidity, pluck, potency, stoutness, strength, vigor, will hardly: barely, faintly, harshly, infrequently, just, not, painfully, rarely, scarcely, severely, somewhat, unfairly hardness: callosity hardness of metals and alloys: Brinell hardness hardness of minerals: Mohs scale hardship: accident, adversity, affliction, asperity, calamity, catastrophe, difficulty, disaster, endurance, grief, handicap, injury, injustice, misfortune, peril, privation, rigor, suffering, trial, tribulation hardware: appliances, computer, fittings, fixtures, tools, weapons hardwood: aim, ash, beech, birch, cherry, elm, hickory, mahogany, maple, oak, sycamore, teak, walnut hardworking: assiduous, conscientious, dedicated, diligent, persevering, sedulous hardy: audacious, bold, brave, burly, courageous, daring, durable, firm, healthy, intrepid, mighty, resolute, robust, rugged, solid, spartan, stout, strong, sturdy, tough, vigorous hare, pertaining to: leporine hare, very young: leveret harebrained: absurd, asinine, crazy, foolish, insane, mindless, senseless, stupid, wacky
harem: concubines, purdah, seraglio, serai, serail, zenana harem chamber: oda harem, concubine or slave in: odalisque harem, large: seraglio hari-kari: suicide hark: attend, hear, heed, listen, notice, obey, whisper harlequin: buffoon, clown, jester harlot: base, beggar, doxy, jezebel, prostitute, rogue, slut, vagabond, wanton, whore harm: abuse, bane, damage, detriment, disservice, evil, hurt, ill, impair, infliction, injure, injury, maim, mar, misfortune, mistreat, pain, punish, sabotage, undermine, wound, wrong harm reputation: discredit harmful: adverse, bad, baneful, catastrophic, damaging, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, fatal, hazardous, hurtful, maleficent, malicious, nasty, noisome, noxious, pernicious, pestilent, poisonous, ruinous, toxic, unhealthy, unsafe harmful and damaging: deleterious, detrimental, injurious harmful and toxic: virulent harmful and treacherous: insidious, maleficent, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, pernicious harmful or unfavorable: adverse, inimical harmful thing: bane harmless: benign, gentle, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, naive, nontoxic, peaceable, pure, safe harmless substance given as cure or as test control: placebo harmonious: agreeable, amicable, Apollonian, attuned, balanced, compatible, concordant, conformable, congruous, cooperative, coordinated, cordial, corresponding, dulcet, en rapport, euphonious, friendly, in tune, in unison, melodious, musical, peaceful, proportional, rhythmical, sonorous, spheral, symmetrical, tuneful, unified, uniform harmonize: accordance, agreement, amity, attune, blend, concert, concord, conformity, consonance, cooperation, correlate, gee, integrate, jibe, jube, match, melody, mesh, music, orchestrate, peace, rapport, sing, togetherness, tone, tune, unify harmonizing: henotic harmonizing singing: barbershop
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harmony: accord, balance, chorus, compatibility, concinnity, consonance, friendship, order, symmetry, tranquility, unity harmony in arrangement of parts: concinnity harmony in music: chord, concord, consonance harmony of parts: compatibility, concurrence, congruence, consistency, symmetry harness: belt, bridle, channel, collar, control, enclose, equipment, gear, hitch, muzzle, rein, saddle, tackle, tame, trappings, utilize, yoke harness bit types: double bridle, double-jointed snaffle, egg-butt snaffle, fulmer-snaffle, kimblewick, loosering snaffle, pelham harness part: bellyband, billet, bit, blinder, breastband, bridle, collar, crownpiece, crupper, flap, hame, martingale, rein, ridgeband, saddle, skirt, swell, terret, trace harp: dwell, harmonica, instrument, lyre, nag, reiterate, repeat, trigon harpsichord: cembalo, spinet harpsichord or clavichord plectrum: quill harridan: crone, hag, nagger, shrew, strumpet, virago, vixen, woman harrowing: chilling, dangerous, disturbing, frightening, terrifying, tilling, traumatic, upsetting harry: agitate, annoy, assault, attack, badger, bedevil, bother, distress, disturb, harass, harrow, hector, hunt, pester, pillage, plague, plunder, raid, ravage, sack, steal, tease, torment, worry harsh: acerb, acerbate, acrid, acrimonious, astringent, austere, bitter, brazen, brute, caustic, clashing, coarse, crude, cruel, curt, discordant, dissonant, district, drastic, fell, glaring, grating, grim, gruff, guttural, hard, hoarse, inclement, jarring, mean, nasty, pungent, rasping, raspy, raucous, relentless, repellent, rigorous, rough, scathing, severe, sharp, sour, stark, stern, strict, strident, truculent, unfeeling, ungentle, unkind, unpleasant harsh and austere: spartan harsh and bleak: desolate, grim, stark harsh and relentless: implacable, inexorable, unremitting
harsh and severe: draconian, draconic, rigorous, stringent harsh in manner: brusque, curt, gruff harsh-sounding: cacophonous, grating, raucous, strident harsh, very: draconian harshly pungent: acrid harshness in tone, as an out-of-tune instrument: wolf hart: moss, stag harum-scarum: careless, flighty, foolish, harebrained, irresponsible, rash, reckless, wild harvest: accumulate, amass, autumn, cache, collect, crop, fall, gather, hoard, pick, produce, reap, yield hash: chop, consider, hodgepodge, jumble, mangle, mess, mince, mixture, mix-up, review hash mark: stripe hasp: clasp, close, fastener, gird, latch, lock hassle: altercation, argument, beef, bother, commotion, discussion, dispute, fight, flap, harass, hound, problem, quarrel, rhubarb, row, squabble, struggle, trouble, try hassock: cricket, cushion, footrest, footstool, grass, ottoman, pess, pouf, tussock haste: beeline, bustle, celerity, dash, dispatch, expedition, flurry, hectic, hurry, impetuousness, nimbleness, precipitance, quickness, rapidity, rush, scamper, scurry, speed, swiftness, tear hasten: accelerate, advance, barrel, bolt, dart, drive, expedite, fleet, gallop, hie, hurry, precipitate, press, push, race, run, rush, scamper, scurry, speed, trot, whisk hasty: abrupt, brash, brief, careless, cursory, eager, expeditious, fast, fleet, fleeting, hurried, hurrisome, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, irritable, nimble, precipitate, precipitous, quick, rapid, rash, speedy, sudden, swift, thoughtless, urgent hasty and brief: cursory hat rosette or ribbons: cockade hat with flat square, academic: mortarboard hat with high crown and wide brim: Stetson hat, broad-brimmed Spanish: sombrero hat, derby: bowler hat, high creased crown and curled brim edge: homburg
hat, soft felt with low creased crown: fedora hat, soldier or bandleader, tall cylindrical with visor and plume: shako hat, stiff round wide-brimmed: pith helmet, topee hat, three-sided: tricorn hatch: breed, brood, compartment, concoct, contrive, cover, create, door, floodgate, gate, generate, incubate, invent, opening, originate, parent, plan, produce, sire hatchet: axe, tomahawk hatchet man: assassin, critic, goon, henchman, killer, murderer, myrmidon hatchet- or ax-shaped: dolabriform hatching, keep eggs warm before: brood, incubate hatchway: door, scuttle hate: abhor, abominate, animosity, animus, antagonism, aversion, condemn, despise, detest, detestation, disdain, dislike, enmity, hostility, loathing, malignity, rancor, revile, scorn hate intensely: abhor, abominate, execrate, loathe hated object: bte noire hated one: anathema hateful: abhorrent, abominable, bitter, detestable, disgusting, evil, flagitious, foul, heinous, loathsome, malignant, mean, nasty, obnoxious, odious, offensive, ornery, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, revolting, rotten, ugly, vicious, vile hater of children: misopedist hater of government and authority: misarchist hater of learning, wisdom: misophist hater of math and science: misomath hater of practicing piano: misodoctakleidist hater of reason, enlightenment: misologist hater of smoking: misocapnist hater of the unknown: misotramontanist hatred: abhorrence, abomination, animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, contempt, detestation, enmity, grudge, hostility, ill will, malice, malignity, odium, prejudice, rancor, repugnance, revulsion, spite, vitriol haughtiness: airs, arrogance, conceit, condescending, hauteur, highfalutin, lordly, patronizing, pride, uppity haughty: airy, aloof, arrogant, bold,
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Brahmin, cavalier, condescending, contemptuous, disdainful, distant, dogmatic, egotistic, fastidious, hoity toity, imperious, lofty, magisterial, noble, overbearing, patronizing, pompous, pontifical, proud, scornful, snooty, stately, supercilious haul: bring, cargo, cart, catch, drag, draw, freight, harvest, heave, load, lug, move, pull, schlepp, spoils, tote, tow, transport, truck, tug haunch: buns, buttocks, hindquarters, hip, leg, loin, posterior, rump, thigh haunt: clubhouse, custom, den, dive, frequent, frighten, ghost, habitat, hang around, hang out, infest, lair, manifest, nest, obsess, pervade, pester, resort, skill, spirit, spook, terrify, trouble, visit, worry, wraith haunt, personal: purlieu haut monde: aristocracy, blue blood, elite, high society hautboy: oboe hauteur: arrogance, conceited, disdain, haughtiness, pride, snobbery, snootiness, uppity have: accept, acquire, allow, bear, become, beget, comprise, contain, deceive, endure, enjoy, experience, fool, gain, get, hold, include, need, obtain, own, permit, possess, receive, retain, swindle, undergo haven: anchorage, asylum, cover, harbor, hideout, hope, inlet, oasis, port, refuge, relief, retreat, roadstead, sanctuary, shelter havoc: chaos, confusion, destroy, destruction, devastate, devastation, disorder, disruption, mayhem, pillage, ravage, ruin, upheaval, waste Hawaii bird: goose, nene Hawaii flower: hibiscus, lehua Hawaii food: kalo, poi, taro Hawaii tree: candlenut, kukui Hawaiian beverage: kava Hawaiian dance with undulating hip movement and hand and arm gestures: hula, hula-hula Hawaiian farewell: aloha Hawaiian feast: luau Hawaiian flower garland: lei Hawaiian house: hale Hawaiian loose dress: muumuu Hawaiian winter wind: kona hawk: accipiter, astur, bush, buteo, buzzard, caracara, falcon, harrier,
jingo, kite, militant, noble, osprey, peddle, puttock, sell, shark, spit, vend, vulture, warmonger hawk cage: mew hawk group: cast, leash hawk or buzzard: buteo hawk, adult: haggard hawk, female: formel hawk, male: tercel hawk, young: eyas hawker: crier, vendor hawser: line, rope, tow rope hay: chaff, feed, fodder, forage, grass, herbage, money, provender, swath hay fever: pollenosis hay fever medicine: antihistamine hay for animals: herbage, provender hay pile: rick hay, second crop of: aftermath, rowen haying machine: tedder haying tool: pitchfork hayseed: bumpkin, countryman, greenhorn, hick, rube, rustic, yokel hazard: accident, adventure, bet, chance, danger, dare, endanger, gamble, guess, imperil, jeopardy, luck, mishap, obstacle, peril, possibility, risk, stake, threat, venture hazardous: chancy, dangerous, dicey, hairy, insecure, perilous, precarious, risky, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe haze: beat, brume, cloud, daze, devil, dream, drizzle, film, fog, frighten, harass, initiate, mist, obscure, persecute, reverie, scold, smog, trance, vapor hazel: brown, brownish, bush, cobnut, filbert, nut hazy: ambiguous, blurred, cloudy, dull, filmy, foggy, fuzzy, groggy, indistinct, misty, murky, nebulous, obscure, smoky, uncertain, unclear, vague hazy and confused: nebulochaotic head and neck injury from sudden jerk: whiplash head bob: nod head cold: coryza head englarged by fluid: hydrocephalus head-shaped: capitate head to foot: cap-a-pie head waiter: matre d', matre d'htel, majordomo head, back of: occiput head, broad: brachycephalic head, classification based on shape and size of: cephalic index head, crown of: pate head, front of: sinciput The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
head, relating to: cephalic head, top of: corona, vertex headache: annoyance, cephalagia, cephalodynia, cerebralgia, difficulty, megrim, migraine, pain, problem, trouble headache on one side: hemicrania, migraine headache, overall: galea headband: agal, bandeau, coronet, diadem, fillet, frontlet, snood, tiara headdress: bandore, biretta, bonnet, busby, cap, coiffure, coronet, crown, hat, helmet, hood, miter, tiara, toque, turban headdress worn by bishop, pointy: miter headdress, Arab: kaffiyeh headdress, crownlike: tiara headdress, Moslem: turban headdress, woman's scarf: babushka heading: course, direction, headline, introduction, lemma, rubric, subtitle, title, topic heading or chapter title: rubric heading, classified under general: subsume headland: bluff, cape, cliff, ness, peak, promontory, ras, ridge, spit, strip headless: acephalous headlike end, having a: capitate headlike part: capitulum headline: banner, caption, feature, heading, streamer, title headline across page width: banner headline, streamer headline on every or every other page: running head headlong: abrupt, asprawl, breakneck, dangerous, foolhardy, hasty, heedless, impetuous, impulsive, pell-mell, precipitate, precipitous, rash, reckless, sheer, slambang, steep headman: boss, captain, chief, commander, foreman, leader, manager, ringleader, supervisor headmaster: administrator, dean, principal headquarters: base, center, command, depot, operations, post, precinct headstone: gravestone, keystone, marker, monument, tombstone headstrong: bullheaded, determined, froward, mulish, obstinate, persistent, rash, stubborn, ungovernable, unruly, violent, willful headway: dent, distance, ground, improvement, progress heady: cagey, clever, domineering, ex-
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HEAL -H EAT T H R O U G H STATIC BODY OR MEDIUM, TRANSFER OF hilarating, impetuous, intoxicating, overbearing, precipitate, prudent, rash, smart, stimulating, stirring, stupefying, swift, thrilling, willful heal: alleviate, convalesce, cure, free, mend, recover, recuperate, regenerate, rehabilitate, remedy, repair, restore, treat heal or cure: physic heal with a scar: cicatrize healing: curative, remedial, sanative, therapeutic healing plant: aloe healing quickly, not: dysepulotic heals, something that: salve health: condition, constitution, disposition, euphoria, fettle, fitness, hardiness, moor, shape, soundness, spirits, stamina, strength, vitality, vigor, well-being health, improve dramatically in: rally health, improve in: convalesce, recuperate health, person overly concerned with: hypochondriac, valetudinarian health, restoration of: rehabilitation health, restoring: curative, salutary health, state of: constitution healthful: holistic, salubrious, wholesome healthful part of grain: bran healthy: active, athletic, firm, fit, hale, hardy, hearty, nourishing, nutritious, prosperous, robust, salubrious, salutary, sound, spry, strong, sturdy, trim, vigorous, well, wholesome healthy and happy: eupeptic healthy and nourishing: nutritious healthy condition: verdure heap: abundance, accumulation, amass, bank, bulk, bundle, burrow, clump, clunker, cluster, collection, congeries, congestion, crowd, dump, gather, gobs, hill, jalopy, jumble, lots, lump, mass, mound, much, multitude, overflowing, pile, plenty, slew, stack, stockpile hear: attend, catch, consider, detect, discover, eavesdrop, feel, harken, hearken, learn, listen, obey, participate, perceive, permit, receive hearing: arraignment, audience, audition, auditory, conference, discussion, ear, earshot, examination, inquiry, interview, knowledge, meeting, probe, report, sense, sound, test, trial hearing-afflicted: deaf hearing beyond normal perception: clairaudience hearing due to old age, loss of: presbycusis hearing or sound, relating to: acoustic hearing range: earshot hearing, perceptible to: audible hearing, relating to: auditory, auricular hearsay: gossip, grapevine, information, report, rumor, scuttlebutt, talk heart of the matter: crux heart-related: cardiac heart-shaped: cordate, cordiform heartache: anguish, despair, grief, misery, pain, pang, regret, rue, sadness, sorrow, woe heartbreak: agony, despair, disappointment, grief, misery, regret, sorrow, suffering hearten: arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, inspire, rally, reassure, solace, spirit, stimulate, uplift heartfelt: ardent, dear, deep, earnest, genuine, honest, profound, real, sincere, true heartfelt cry: cri de coeur hearth: brazier, fireplace, fireside, grate, home, house, ingle heartless: callous, cold, cruel, hard, hopeless, insensitive, mean, merciless, ruthless, uncaring, unfeeling, unsympathetic heartthrob: beauty, flame, honey, infatuation, sweetheart hearty: abundant, active, ample, cheerful, cheery, complete, comrade, cordial, devout, eager, earnest, energetic, enthusiastic, firm, hale, hardy, healthy, nourishing, rich, robust, sincere, sound, staunch, strong, substantial, thorough, unequivocal, vigorous, wholesome hearty repast: square meal heat: ardor, bake, caloric, chafe, cook, degree, energy, excite, excitement, fever, fire, firearm, gun, hotness, ignite, inflame, intensity, ire, passion, pressure, rage, roast, simmer, steam, stress, temperature, toast, warm, warmness, warmth, zeal heat and cold sensitivity: thermesthesia heat and spice a wine or drink: mull heat by circulation of currents, transfer of: convection heat by rays, transfer of: radiation heat energy employed after nuclear fusion: thermonuclear
HEART-RELATED TERMS
abnormally fast heartbeat: palpitation concerning the heart: cardiac, cordial, coronary disturbance of heart rhythm: extrasystole double heartbeat: dicrotic fast heartbeat: tachycardia heart attack: coronary thrombosis heart exam: EKG, electrocardiogram heart murmur: bruit heart muscle: myocardium heart muscle twitching: fibrillation heart specialist: cardiologist heart-starting machine: defibrillator heart wall: paries heart, in anatomy: cor heartbeat: force, impulse, pulsation, pulse, throb, tick, time heartbeat very fast: palpitation, tachycardia heartburn: cardialgia, indigestion, pyrosis implanted device regulating heartbeat: pacemaker irregular heartbeat: arrhythmia, palpitation normal heartbeat: pulsate pertaining to heart and blood vessels: cardiovascular rhythmic contraction of heart: systole rhythmic relaxation of heart: diastole slow heartbeat: bradycardia substance blamed for heart disease: cholesterol tissue death from obstruction: infarction weak and irregular heartbeat: fibrillation W heat given out when something changes state: latent heat heat measurement: calorimetry heat medical therapy: diathermy heat of earth's interior, concerning: geothermal heat of female mammals: estrus, rut heat or calories, measuring: caloric, calorific heat or light ray bent in transit: refraction heat-producing: calefacient, calorific, pyrogenic heat-resisting magnesium: meerschaum heat through static body or medium, transfer of: conduction
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heat treatment of liquids to kill germs: pasteurization heat, concerning: thermal heat, oppressive: sweltering heated: angry, ardent, bitter, emotional, excited, fierce, furious, hot, intense, passionate, sizzling, stormy, vehement, warmed heated argument: rhubarb heated dissension: strife heated dry-air room: sauna heater: boiler, convector, etna, fastball, furnace, gat, oven, pistol, radiator, stove heater of ancient Roman house: hypocaust heater using current circulation: convector heater using water or steam: radiator heathen: agnostic, atheist, ethnic, gentile, infidel, nonbeliever, pagan, paynim, skeptic, unconverted heating and air conditioning control: thermostat heating and cooling to glass, steel for strengthening: annealing heating element for cup or tank: immersion heater heating of earth's atmosphere by solar radiation: greenhouse effect heating vessel: crucible, etna heatproof, to make: insulate heave: bulge, elevate, fling, gag, groan, haul, heft, hoist, hurl, launch, lift, pant, pitch, propel, pull, push, raise, regurgitate, retch, send, throw, toss, utter, vomit heave in irregular manner: popple heave or strain to vomit: retch heaven: above, Abraham's bosom, afterworld, Canaan, Eden, Elysium, empyrean, eternity, ether, firmament, glory, happiness, hereafter, kingdom, nirvana, Olympus, paradise, promised land, Shangri-la, sky, Utopia, Valhalla, welkin, Zion heaven help us: absit omen heaven, branch of theology dealing with: eschatology heaven. Virgin Mary's ascent to: Assumption heavenly: angelic, angelical, beautiful, blissful, celestial, delicious, divine, empyreal, enchanting, ethereal, holy, lovely, lush, pleasant, sacred, supernal, sweet, yummy heavenly being: angel, archangel, cherub, seraph
heavenly body: celestial body, comet, equant, galaxy, moon, planet, satellite, sphere, star, sun heavy: afflictive, arduous, beefy, broad, bulky, burdened, burdensome, burly, coarse, complex, complicated, cumbersome, deep, dense, despondent, difficult, doleful, dull, excessive, gloomy, grievous, gross, hard, hearty, hefty, huge, important, inactive, indulgent, intense, laborious, large, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, loud, massive, obese, onerous, oppressive, overcast, overweight, ponderous, popular, pregnant, profound, rough, serious, slow, sluggish, stodgy, strong, thick, villain, weighty heavy and awkward: cumbersome, ponderous heavy and clumsy: lumbering heavy book: tome heavy breathing, of: labored heavy cart: dray heavy club: mace heavy-handed: awkward, bumbling, bungling, clumsy, harsh, indiscreet, oppressive, tactless heavy hydrogen: deuterium heavy or oppressive: onerous heavy pressure: duress heavy, stamping folk dance performed while wearing clogs: clog dance heavyhearted: dejected, depressed, despondent, doleful, melancholy, sad, unhappy heckle: badger, bait, bother, chaotic, confused, disrupt, embarrass, flushed, frenzied, gibe, harass, hector, hound, jeer, mock, needle, pester, ride, taunt, tease, torment, unsettled, wild hectic: exciting, fervid, feverish, frantic, restless hector: badger, bait, bluster, browbeat, bully, dominate, harass, heckle, intimidate, irritate, nag, plague, ride, swagger, tease, torment, worry hedge: avoid, barrier, beg the question, block, bound, boundary, bush, cage, coop, dodge, enclose, evade, fence, guard, hinder, hurdle, obstacle, obstruct, protect, pussyfoot, separate, sidestep, straddle, surround, waffle hedge shrub: box, yew hedge to break force of wind: windbreak hedge trimming in shapes: topiary hedgehog, concerning a: erinaceous hedonist: bon vivant, epicure, libertine, pleasureseeker, rake, sybarite
heed: attend, attention, beware, care, caution, cognizance, concern, consider, diligence, ear, harken, hear, listen, mind, note, notice, obey, observation, observe, reck, regard, remark, respect, study, thought, watch heedful: advertent, alert, attentive, aware, careful, cautious, considerate, diligent, mindful, observant, wary, watchful heedless: careless, deaf, disregardful, foolish, hairbrained, impetuous, imprudent, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, indiscreet, mindless, negligent, oblivious, rash, reckless, regardless, remiss, thoughtless, unaware, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, unwary heel: cad, cant, careen, dastard, end, incline, knave, knob, lean, list, oppression, rascal, rogue, scoundrel, slant, swine, tilt, tyranny heel bone: calcaneus heel of shoe, high pointed: stiletto heel of shoe, solid thick: wedge heel-stamping Spanish flamenco dance: zapateado heelless slipper: mule hefty: ample, beefy, big, brawny, bulky, burly, cumbersome, extensive, heavy, husky, massive, powerful, substantial, weighty hegemony: authority, control, dominance, influence height: acme, altitude, apex, ceiling, climax, crest, culmination, dimension, elevation, eminence, magnanimity, maximum, peak, pinnacle, stature, summit, zenith height of aircraft measuring instrument: altimeter height of land above sea level measuring instrument: orometer heighten: accent, advance, aggravate, amplify, augment, bolster, boost, elevate, enhance, enrich, expand, increase, intensify, lift, mangify, raise heights, fear of: acrophobia, cremnophobia, hypsophobia heinous: abominable, atrocious, awful, crying, detestable, evil, flagrant, grisly, hateful, hideous, horrifying, malicious, monstrous, nefarious, odious, outrageous, shocking, sickening, terrible, unspeakable, wicked heir: beneficiary, daughter, firstborn, heiress, heritor, inheritor, legatee, offspring, scion, son, successor
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heir, as entitled by law: heir presumptive heir, indefeasible: heir apparent heir, joint: coparcener, parcener heir, passing to an: hereditary heir, to deprive an: disinherit held or sustained to full value in music: tenuto helical: spiral helicopter: aircraft, chopper, eggbeater, gyro, whirlybird helicopter propeller: rotor hell: abyss, agony, avernus, Gehenna, Hades, hereafter, holocaust, inferno, misery, netherworld, perdition, pit, purgatory, sheol, suffering, tartarus, tophet, underworld hell in Vedic mythology: asat hell, relating to: infernal Hellene: Greek hellion: brat, demon, imp hellish: brutal, detestable, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, dreadful, stygian, unpleasant, vile, wicked helm: direct, helmet, leadership, steer, tiller, wheel helmet: basinet, burgonet, casque, crest, galea, head gear, headpiece, heaume, morion, salade, sallet helmet hinged front: beaver, ventail, visor helmet plume: panache helmet, pith: topee, topi helmetlike structure: casque help: abet, accommodate, adminicle, advance, advice, aid, alleviate, assist, assistance, avail, back, befriend, benefit, boost, champion, contribute, cooperation, cure, employee, favor, guidance, hand, improve, laborer, lend a hand, lift, ment, promote, relief, relieve, remedy, repair, rescue, SOS, servant, servants, serve, stead, strengthen, succor, support, sustain, treat, worker help and make easier: expedite, facilitate help by pleading on another's behalf: intercede help financially: lend, subsidize help or support, to call on for: invoke help, service, or aid: ministration help, turning to a person or thing for: recourse helper: abettor, adjutant, aide, ally, apprentice, assistant, associate, benefactor, coadjutant, coadjutor, co-
worker, deputy, employee, Samaritan, servant, server, striker, subordinate, volunteer helpful: adjuvant, advantageous, auxiliary, beneficial, caring, considerate, constructive, cooperative, friendly, good, kind, neighborly, practical, supportive, useful, valuable helpful person: Good Samaritan helping: adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary, considerate, cooperative, obliging, subsidiary, supplementing helping and promoting: conducive, contributive helpless: defenseless, destitute, feeble, forlorn, futile, hopeless, impotent, incapable, incompetent, ineffective, involuntary, lost, numb, powerless, unable, unprotected, vulnerable, weak helpless, distraught person: basket case helpless, vulnerable person: sitting duck helter-skelter: carelessly, confused, disordered, disorderly, flighty, haphazard, hastily, pell-mell, random, turmoil hem: border, brim, circle, confine, cough, edge, edging, enclose, encompass, environ, fringe, hedge, margin, seam, sew, skirt, surround, trimming hem in: fence, gird, straiten hemlock: conium, herb, poison, tree, tsuga hemp: abaca, ambary, bang, bhang, cannabis, fennel, fiber, flax, hashish, jute, kaif, kef, kif, manila, marijuana, plant, pua, rine, sizal, tow hemp fiber: oakum hen, spayed and fattened: poulard, poularde hen, unconfined: free-range hen, very young: pullet hence: accordingly, away, consequently, ergo, leu, onward, since, therefore, thus henchman: adherent, attendant, bodyguard, criminal, follower, goon, lackey, minion, myrmidon, page, shill, supporter, thug henchman for dirty deed: hatchet man henpeck: carp, dominate, harass, nag herald: announce, bode, broadcast, courier, crier, declare, forerunner, foreshadow, foretell, greet, harbinger, messenger, omen, outrider, proclaim, runner, sign, signal, spokesperson, symbol, trumpet, usher
heraldic blue banner with three fleursde-lis: oriflamme heraldic border: orle heraldic device above shield in coat of arms: crest heraldic vertical band through shield: pale herbage: grass, greens, pasture, vegetation herbs, seasoning: fines herbes Herculean: colossal, enormous, giant, gigantic, huge, immense, mammoth, mighty, muscular, powerful, strong, titanic, vast herd: assemblage, brood, bunch, clan, congregate, crew, crown, drift, drive, drove, flock, gaggle, gang, gather, group, guardian, guide, horde, lead, mob, pack, rabble, shepherd, swarm, tribe hereafter: afterlife, beyond, eventually, future, heaven, hell, hence, underworld hereditary: ancestral, congenital, descended, family, genetic, inborn, inherited, innate, lineal hereditary estate: demesne hereditary factor: gene hereditary transmission, laws of: Mendel's laws hereditary, existing from birth but not: congenital heredity: ancestry, inheritance, tradition heredity study to improve humans: eugenics heredity through DNA: genetic code heresy: blasphemy, defection, dissent, iconoclasm, infidelity, nonconformity, opinion, schism, unorthodoxy heresy, tribunal to suppress: Inquisition heretic: apostate, dissenter, iconoclast, infidel, miscreant, nonconformist, rebel, renegade, schismatic, skeptic, unbeliever heretic burning at stake: auto-da-fe heretical: heterodox heritage: ancestry, birthright, custom, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, tradition hermetic: airtight, alchemist, mystical, occult, sealed, secret, shut hermit: anchoress, anchoret, anchorite, ascetic, cookie, eremite, loner, recluse, solitary, stylite hermitage: abbey, cloister, hideaway, monastery, retreat
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HERBS
abscess root camas figwort lungwort sickle hare's ear acacia bark candlenut tree finochio lupine silverweed adder's tongue cannabis Florence fennel mandrake smallage agave caraway French tarragon marijuana soapwort agrimony cardamom garlic marjoram sorrel alecost carob ginger marshmallow soursop alfalfa cashew ginkgo May apple southernwood alkanet castor-oil plant ginseng mint spearmint allspice catmint gnemon tree monarda spiderwort aloe vera catnip goat's rue monkshood star anise angelica centella greater galangal motherwort star fruit anise chamomile guava mugwort strawberry tree anise hyssop charlock gynura mullein sugar maple arnica chervil gypsywort mustard sugar palm arrowroot chicory harebell neem tree sweet basil bacopa cinnamon heliotrope nutmeg sweet bay balm clove pink hemlock oregano sweet chestnut balsam fir clover hemp oriental ginseng sweet cicely baobab coconut palm hemp nettle papaya sweet flag basil coleus henbane papyrus sweet vernal grass bead tree coltsfoot herb bennet parsley sweet woodruff belladonna columbine herb Paris parsnip tamarack bergamot comfrey horehound pennyroyal tansy betel nut palm common alder horse chestnut peppermint tarragon betony comomile horsemint perilla tea bush big love medicine coriander horseradish pineapple teasel birthwort corydalis hound's-tongue pink mempat thyme bistort cow parsnip houseleek pleurisy root tobacco bitter orange cowbane hyssop pokeweed turmeric bitterroot Cretan dittany jackfruit polpala wall rue black cohosh cumin Jacob's ladder quince water hemlock black tea tree datura Java almond rattlesnake weed wild amaranth bladderwort deadly nightshade kapok rock samphire wild bergamot blood root death camas kra chaai rosemary wild ginger blue curls dill lady's mantle rudbeckia wild marjoram boneset dittany lady's smock rue wintergreen borage dropwort large-flowered calasacred lotus wood sorrel buckthorn durian mint safflower woodruff bugle dyer's chamomile lawn daisy sage wormwood bugleweed echinacea leadwort Saint John's wort woundwort burdock elecampane lemon balm salvia yarrow field of endeavor: pantheon H, horse, junk, hernia supportive device:elephant truss butterbur apple heroes in lespedeza samphireheroin: drug, fix,yellow locust * narcotic, scag, smack heroic: bold, brave, colossal, courahernia with part of stomach pushing butterwort eucalyptus licorice sanicle geous, daring, enormous, epic, exheroine: ace, actress, celebrity, chamthrough diaphragm: hiatal hernia, hibutton snakeroot fennel lipstick tree savory treme, fearless, gallant, great, gutsy, pion, conqueror, demigoddess, featus hernia calamint fenugreek liverwort self-heal male, idol, leading lady, legend, illustrious, intrepid, lionhearted, hero: ace, actor, celebrity, champion, calendula feverroot lovage mighty, mythologisesame myrtyr, protagonist, star magnanimous, conqueror, demigod, heroine, idol, cal, noble, outstanding, unafraid, heroism: bravery, chivalry, courage, leading man, legend, male, martyr, valiant gallantry, intrepidity, nobility, valor paladin, protagonist, star heroic narrative: saga heron kin: egret, ibis hero in literary work: protagonist heroic poem: epic, epos, ode herring: shad, sprat hero sandwich: grinder, sub
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HESITANT - HIGHBROW
hesitant: afraid, chary, halting, indecisive, irresolute, loath, reluctant, shy, skeptical, tentative, uncertain, unsure, vacillating, waiting, wavering hesitant and jerking: faltering, halting hesitate: avoid, balk, dally, delay, demur, doubt, equivocate, falter, flounder, hedge, pause, procrastinate, pussyfoot, sidestep, stall, stammer, straddle, vacillate, waffle, wait, waver hesitate and postpone: delay, procrastinate, put off hesitate on principle or because of conscience: scruple hesitate to do: pussyfoot, shilly-shally hesitate to speak: hem and haw hesitating: irresolute heterogeneous: assorted, different, dissimilar, diverse, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, piebald, varied hew: axe, carve, chip, chop, cleave, cut, fashion, fell, hack, hold, prune, shape, strike, stroke hex: bewitch, curse, evil eye, jinx, spell, voodoo, whammy hiatus: aperture, break, gap, interim, interruption, interval, lacuna, lull, opening, pause, time off hibernate: dormant, hide, inactive, sleep, torpid, vegetate hibernation in summer: estivation hiccup: singultus hick: bumpkin, gullible, jake, provincial, rube, rustic, unsophisticated, yokel hickey-giving: dermagraphism, love bites, passion purpura hidden: abstruse, arcane, buried, clandestine, cloistered, concealed, covered, covert, cryptic, esoteric, invisible, latent, masked, mysterious, obscure, perdu, profound, recluse, recondite, secluded, secret, shrouded, undetected, undisclosed, unseen, veiled hidden and secret: clandestine, covert, furtive, subterranean, surreptitious hidden place: hermitage, recess, retreat hidden resource: ace in the hole hidden stage, in: latent hidden store of something: cache, hoard, stash hidden, half-: imperceptible, indistinct, obscured, unobtrusive hidden, secret, and mystical: arcane, esoteric, occult hide: abscond, bury, cache, camou-
flage, cloak, conceal, cover, disguise, ditch, duck, eclipse, harbor, mask, palliate, protect, screen, secrete, shroud, smuggle, stash, stow, suppress, take cover, veil, withhold; camouflage, cloak, coat, cover, leather, pelt, shroud, skin hide and lie in wait: lurk, skulk hide away safely: closet, ensconce, stash hide onboard vehicle: stowaway hide or cover with drape: enshroud, mantle hide or disguise: dissemble hide or mask: veil hide or obscure: camouflage hideaway: den, escape, hermitage, hideout, lair, nest, refuge, retreat, secluded hideous: abominable, appalling, awful, detestable, dreadful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grotesque, gruesome, horrendous, horrible, loathsome, macabre, monstrous, nasty, revolting, shocking, sick, terrible, terrifying, ugly hideous being: ogre hideout: cave, covert, den, haven, hermitage, hideaway, lair, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, shelter hides, person who: hermit, recluse hie: expedite, haste, hasten, hurry, rush, scurry, speed hierarchical system: totem pole hieroglyphics' decipherment key: Rosetta stone hieroglyphics' oblong frame: cartouche hieroglyphics, cursive style of: hieratic hieroglyphics, simplified style of: demotic high: acute, admirable, advanced, alpine, cheerful, chief, costly, crucial, dear, elevated, eminent, euphoric, exalted, expensive, extending, favorable, foremost, grand, important, intoxicated, lofty, luxurious, main, malodorous, noble, piercing, prominent, psyched, raised, remote, sharp, shrill, soaring, steep, stoned, tall, towering, tumultuous, violent high-altitude measuring device: sonde high and dry: helpless, marooned, stranded high and harsh in sound: strident high and impressive: commanding, imposing, soaring, towering high and level land formation: plateau
high-and-mighty: arrogant, conceited, imperious, lordly, overbearing, pompous, superior, vain high class: elite high clear sound: ting high degree: nth high dudgeon: ire, rage, wrath high fashion: haute couture high-handed: arbitrary, arch, arrogant, bossy, domineering, lordly, oppressive, overbearing high-hat: aristocratic, condescending, haughty, la-di-da, snobbish, supercilious high in degree, altitude, rank: elevated, lofty high in pitch: alt high in rank: august high inaccessible place: aerie high jinks: antics, pranks, rowdiness high-minded: ethical, generous, honest, honorable, magnanimous, moral, noble, principled, righteous high mountain: alp high-pitched: acute, clarion, piercing, shrieky, shrill, treble high plateau: mesa, puna high platform raised by truck: cherry picker high point: acme, apex, apogee, climax, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, vertex, zenith high point in intensity: climax, culmination high point in life: peak experience high-pressure: aggressive, compelling, forceful, insistent, persistent high-priced: costly, dear, exorbitant, expensive, precious high-ranking person: dignitary, grandee, magnifico high society: beau monde, elite, haute monde, upper crust high-spirited: effervescent, exuberant, fiery, gallant, jolly, lively, merry, peppery, pert, vivacious high spirits: lan, joie de vivre, zip high-strung: edgy, excitable, hyper, jittery, jumpy, nervous, restless, stressed, taut, tense, uneasy, uptight, wired high voice: falsetto high-wire acrobat: aerialist, equilibrist, funambulist high, craggy hill: tor highborn: noble highbrow: Brahmin, cultured, egghead, intellectual, scholarly
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higher education: tertiary education higher in status: superior, superordinate highest female voice: soprano highest honors at graduation: summa cum laude highest in quality, degree: gilt-edged, paramount, superlative highest male and lowest female voice: alto highest point: acme, apex, apogee, capstone, culmination, meridian, ne plus ultra, pinnacle, solstice, tip top, zenith highest rank or level: apotheosis highfalutin: aureate, euphuistic, florid, grandiloquent, magniloquent, rhetorical, tumid highlight: climax, emphasize, feature, focus, play up, stress highway: artery, boulevard, causeway, course, expressway, freeway, interstate, parkway, path, pike, road, street, thoroughfare, thruway, turnpike highway access: ramp highway around a city or metropolitan area: beltway highway interchange with overpass and curved ramps: cloverleaf highway, German: autobahn highwayman: bandit, brigand, criminal, crook, desperado, outlaw, rider, robber, thief hike: backpack, boost, increase, journey, march, raise, ramble, snap, tour, traipse, travel, trek, trip, walk hilarious: amusing, comical, entertaining, funny, humorous, jocular, jovial, ludicrous, merry hilarity: cheer, comedy, gaiety, glee, happiness, hysteria, joviality, laughter, merriment, mirth hill: acclivity, ascent, bank, bluff, brae, butte, cliff, cover, dune, elevation, eminence, fell, heap, highland, hillock, hogback, holt, incline, kame, knob, knoll, mesa, morro, mound, mountain, pile, slope, tor hill formed by glacial drift: drumlin, esker, kame, os hill runoff: rill hill with flat top, steep sides: butte, mesa hill with steeply sloping sides: hogback hill, rocky: tor hill, rocky debris at foot of: scree, talus
hill, small rounded: holt, knoll, hummock hillock: hill, hummock, knob, knoll, morro, mound, tuffet hillside hollow as shelter: abri Himalayan guide: sherpa Himalayan holy man: lama Himalayan legend: yeti hinder: arrest, bar, block, burden, check, choke, clog, cramp, crimp, curb, dam, debar, delay, deprive, detain, deter, embarrass, encumber, foreclose, forestall, frustrate, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, handicap, harass, impede, inhibit, interfere, obstruct, prevent, prohibit, restrain, restrict, retard, slow, stall, stifle, stop, straitjacket, stymie, tie down, trammel hinder by delaying tactics: stonewall hinder by long speech: filibuster hinder, in law: estop hinder plans: baffle, discomfit, foil, frustrate, stymie, thwart hinder progress: delay, retard hinder rather than serve purpose, tending to: counterproductive hindmost: concluding, final, last, rear hindquarters of animal: haunches, rump hindrance: barrier, block, check, clog, curb, delay, deterrent, difficulty, drawback, handicap, hitch, impediment, interference, interruption, liability, limitation, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, snag, stop, stumbling block, trammel hinge: axis, contingent, depend, elbow, hang, joint, link, mount, pin, pivot, rest, stand, turn hint: advice, allude, catchword, clue, cue, forewarn, help, imply, indication, infer, inkling, innuendo, insinuate, insinuation, intimation, mention, moment, notion, overtone, reminder, suggestion, tinge, tip, touch, trace, warn, whiff hint at: adumbrate, foreshadow, imply, inkle, intimate, signify hint of something: inkling, notion, smack, soupon, trace hint or passing mention: allusion hint, to: intimate hint, usually derogatory: innuendo hint, veiled and possibly offensive: aspersion, imputation, innuendo, insinuation hip: aware, cognizant, coxa, fashion-
able, groovy, haunch, huckle, knowledgeable, loins, modern, onto, pelvis, stylish, wise hipbone: coxa, ilia, innominate bone hipbone socket: acetabulum hippie: beatnik, Bohemian, longhair, rebel hippodrome: arena, coliseum, stadium ho-hum routine: rut hobnob: associate, fraternize, mingle, mix hobo: beggar, bum, drifter, migrant, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer hockey championship: Stanley Cup hockey enclosure for violators of rules: penalty box hockey feint: deke hockey foul for entry into zone ahead of puck: offside hockey foul touching with stick held in both hands: cross-check hockey goal: cage, net hockey movement hitting puck in light taps: dribble hockey pass, deceptive, to trailing teammate: drop pass hockey rink rectangle in front of goal: crease, goal crease hockey score: goal hockey shot: slap hockey starting play: face-off hockey substitution without timeout: changing on the fly hocus-pocus: abracadabra, cheat, chicanery, deception, delusion, flimflam, foolishness, juggler, legerdemain, magic, spell, trickery, trickster, wizardry hodgepodge: combination, gallimaufrey, hash, hotchpotch, jumble, katzenjammer, medley, mlange, mess, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, olio, potpourri, salmagundi, stew hog: barrow, boar, boschvark, glutton, motorcycle, pig, razorback, sheep, sow, swine hog fat: lard hog-tie: curb, disrupt, fetter, hamper, impede, rope, shackle hoggish or swinish: porcine hogshead: barrel, cask, drum, keg, vat, vessel hogwash: baloney, bull, bunk, nonsense, poppycock, rubbish, slop, swill hoi polloi: dregs, masses, mob, populace, rabble, riffraff, the common people, the masses, the multitude
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goddess of destruction: Kali chant: mantra goddess of disease: Malhal Mata clothing: jama, jamah, saree, sari goddess of fertility: Parvati god of chaos: Vritra goddess of fortune: Abhijit god of creation: Brahma goddess of justice: Dharma god of crops: Soma goddess of misfortune: Ardra god of disease: Rudra goddess of moonlight: Kaumudi god of fire: Agni goddess of plague: Didi Thakrun god of journeys: Pusan goddess of power: Kali god of knowledge: Surya goddess of sacrifice: Hotra god of love: Krishna goddess of success: Siddhi god of luck: Ganesha goddess of war: Durga god of monkeys: Hanuman goddess of wealth: Lakshmi god of music: Narada goddess of wrath: Indrani god of order, sea, and sky: Varuna Hindu class structure: caste god of plague: Hardaul Hindu sacred literature: veda god of rain and thunder: Indra Hindu title: baboo, sahib, sri god of snakes: Manasa languages: Hindi, Hindustani, Pali, Sanskrit, Tamil, Urdu god of support: Dhara loin cloth: dhoti god of the destructor and restorer of the world: Shiva mystic: swami god of the moon: Candra nobleman: maharaja, maharajah, raja, rajah god of the protection and preservation of the world: Vishnu pilgrimage center: puri god of the sun: Dhatar, Surya, Vivasvan prince: rana god of victory: Vijaya princess: ranee, rani god of war, weather: Indra salutation: namaste goddess of beauty: Lakshmi soul: atmanW goddess of brightness: Dipti goddess of desire: Candika pocket, predicament, prison, recess, hold off: avert, defer, delay, postpone, hoist: boost, crane, davit, derrick, elerent, shaft, slot, tunnel, vacuum, vate, heave, jack, lift, raise, setup, refrain, repel, stay, stop, suppress vent, void uplift, winch, windlass hold on: cling, continue, persist, wait hoity-toity: arrogant, dizzy, flighty, hold out: continue, endure, last, refuse, hole for fumes, gas, liquid to pass through: vent giddy, partronizing, pompous, pretender hole-in-the-wall: dive tentious, silliness, snooty, hold someone's arms: pinion thoughtless hole or pit for collecting water: sump hold spellbound: enthrall hold: adhere, arrest, bear, behold, bind, hold sway: reign, rule hole-punching tool: awl brace, carry, catch, clasp, clench, hole, small: perforation hold up: boost, burglarize, check, cope, clinch, cling, clutch, consider, conhole, to enlarge or shape: ream delay, detain, endure, halt, impede, tain, continue, control, defend, dehole, to hollow out: excavate interrupt, laten, lift, manage, obtain, embrace, entertain, feel, fill, struct, postpone, prop, raise, rob, rob- holes in a ship, make: scuttle function, grasp, grip, guard, harbor, holes, to pierce with: riddle bery, stay, support, sustain have, hook, influence, interest, keep, holiday: celebration, feast, festival, fesholding of money or property by third leverage, maintain, mesmerize, octive, fete, fiesta, gala, holy day, leave, property temporarily: escrow cupy, own, pause, possession, postliberty, merry, outing, vacation pone, preserve, pull, rely, remain, re- holding, property or term of office: holiday spent similarly to work life: bustenure tain, rivet, spellbind, stay, steady, man's holiday holdings: assets, capital, estate, land, support, suppress, sustain holier-than-thou: sanctimonious property, stocks hold back: abstain, check, constrain, holiest part of sacred place: sanctuary hole: abyss, aperture, brig, burrow, contain, curb, dam, detain, deter, inholiness: blessedness, consecration, decave, cavern, cavity, chamber, hibit, refrain, rein, repress, restrain, votion, divinity, faith, godliness, pichasm, cove, cranny, crater, deep, stall, stay, stem, stop ety, reverence, righteousness, saintlidefect, depression, difficulty, dump, hold fast: clinch, cling, cohere, secure, ness, sanctity, sanctuary, unction dungeon, excavation, fault, fix, flaw, stick holiness, feigning: pietistic, sanctimogap, grotto, hollow, inlet, jail, jam, hold forth: bloviate, continue, descant, nious, unctuous leak, mess, mine, niche, nook, opendiscuss, exhibit, expound, maintain, holler: bellow, complain, gripe, protest, ing, orifice, passage, perforation, pit, orate, talk shout, yell
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hollow: alcove, alveolus, basin, cave, cavern, cavernous, cavity, chamber, chase, concave, cove, crater, cupped, curved, deceitful, deep, den, dent, depressed, depression, dip, empty, faithless, false, ghostly, glen, groove, hole, meaningless, muffled, pit, pocket, pointless, resounding, scoop, sepulchral, sinus, socket, specious, sunken, thunderous, unsound, vacant, vain, valley, void, worthless hollow in wall for item: niche hollow or cavity of body: sinus hollow stone: geode hollow, small: indentation, recess hollowed-out recess: cavern, grotto holly bush: ilex hollyhock: althaea Hollywood: Tinseltown Hollywood light: kleig holocaust: carnage, destruction, disaster, fire, genocide, inferno, massacre, sacrifice, slaughter holy: angelic, blessed, blissful, consecrated, devine, devoted, devout, hallowed, immaculate, inviolable, moral, perfect, pious, religious, revered, reverent, sacral, sacred, sacrosanct, sainted, saintly, sanctimonious, sanctuary, spiritual, venerated Holy Communion: Eucharist, sacrament, viaticum Holy Communion bread plate: paten Holy Communion close to death: viaticum Holy Communion wafer plate: pyx Holy Communion's bread dipped in wine: intinction holy image: icon holy men, government by: hagiarchy, hagiocracy holy objects' repository: reliquary holy of holies: sanctum sanctorum holy oil: chrism Holy One: Allah, Christ, God, Jehovah, Jesus, Messiah, Mohammed holy person: saint holy person who begs: mendicant holy place: sanctuary holy place of saint: shrine holy place, spoiling or destruction of: desecration, profanation, sacrilege, violation holy war of Christians: crusade holy war of Muslims: jihad holy water basin: aspersorium, font, stoup holy water sprinkler: aspergillum
holy, make or declare: consecrate, sanctify holy, to regard as: hallow, revere, venerate homage: admiration, adoration, devotion, esteem, honor, loyalty, obeisance, ovation, praise, regard, respect, reverence, tribute, veneration hombre: fellow, man, ombre home: abode, address, apartment, asylum, birthplace, bungalow, castle, condominium, den, domestic, domicile, dwelling, estate, family, farm, habitat, habitation, haunt, house, neighborhood, nest, orphanage, residence, village homeland, person from one's: compatriot homeland, to give up or be driven from one's: emigrant, exile, expatriate homeland, to return someone to their: repatriate homeless: nomadic homeless person, due to homeland war or upheaval: displaced person homeless wanderer: vagabond, vagrant, waif homeless woman: bag lady homeless youngster: gamin homely: comfortable, cozy, domestic, familiar, friendly, homey, intimate, kindly, natural, ordinary, plain, simple, ugly, unpretentious, unsightly homemade goods business: cottage industry homeopathy, opposite of: allopathy homes for pet lizards, snakes, etc.: terraria homespun: coarse, folksy, handwoven, modest, plain, simple, unpretentious homicide: assassination, killing, manslaughter, murder homily: assembly, discourse, exhortation, lecture, oration, sermon, talk homogeneous: alike, comparable, compatible, consistent, equal, same, similar, solid, uniform honcho: boss, chief, head man, leader, manager, top dog hone: edge, hanker, moan, sharpen, smooth, tool, whetstone, whine, yearn honest: aboveboard, bona fide, candid, chaste, conscientious, creditable, decent, equitable, ethical, fair, faithful, forthright, frank, genuine, honorable, just, legitimate, open, plain, plain-dealing, proper, reliable, repu-
table, respectable, rightful, scrupulous, sincere, square, straight, straightforward, trustworthy, truthful, upright, veracious, virtuous honesty: decency, equity, fairness, fidelity, goodness, honor, integrity, justice, loyalty, probity, rectitude, soundness, uprightness, veracity, virtue honey: darling, dear, dearie, deary, fine, flattery, nectar, precious, sweet, sweetheart, sweetness honey and water, drink of fermented: mead honey in pharmacy: mel honey types: comb, eucalyptus, extracted, goldenrod, mountain, sage, sycamore, wild honey, liquid used by bees for making: nectar honeycomb pattern embroidery: smocking honeycomb unit: cell honeycombed: alveolate, faveolate honeyed: charming, dulcet, ingratiating, melleous, sugary, sweet honeysuckle: azalea, columbine, plant, shrub, trumpet flower, vine honky-tonk: bar, dive, music, nightclub, tawdry honor: accolade, adore, award, celebrate, character, commendation, courage, credit, decoration, deference, dignify, dignity, distinction, ennoble, esteem, exalt, fame, fete, glorify, glory, homage, honesty, integrity, kudos, laud, laurels, obeisance, praise, recognition, regard, reputation, respect, revere, reverence, tribute, trust, worship honor or distinction, worthy of: laureate honor or respect shown homage: reverence, tribute honor or tribute: testimonial honor or virtue: integrity, probity, rectitude honor proportionate to owned property: timocracy honor the memory of with ceremony: commemorate honor with feast, festival, etc.: fete, lionize honor, challenge or attack someone's: discredit, impeach, impugn honor, to present an: bestow, confer honor, to regard with: beatify, exalt, hallow, reverence, venerate honorable: admirable, commendable,
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creditable, elevated, ethical, honest, illustrious, just, moral, noble, reputable, respectable, sterling, title, upright, worthy honorable behavior of persons of high rank: noblesse oblige honorarium: compensation, gratuity, payment, reward, tip honors, graduate with: cum laude hoo-ha: row, stir, to-do hood: almuce, blind, bonnet, canopy, cap, chapel, chaperon, cloak, coif, cover, covering, cowl, hat, helmet, hide, mask, scarf, tippet, top hood-shaped: cucullate, hooded hoodlum: bully, criminal, crook, delinquent, gangster, goon, gorilla, hooligan, mobster, punk, rowdy, ruffian, thug hoodwink: bamboozle, blindfold, bluff, cheat, con, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, mislead, rook, seel, swindle, trick hoof: cleft, cloven, foot, paw, tramp, unguis, ungula hoof, to: dance, walk hoof divided in two, of a: bisulcate, cleft, cloven hoof sound: clop hoof, claw, nail: unguis hoofed mammal: tapir, ungulate hoofer: chorine, dancer hook: anchor, angle, arc, bend, crotchet, curve, fastener, gaff, hitch, hold, link, lock; captivate, capture, catch, enticement, net, pilfer, snare, steal, trap hook from fish after catching, remove: disgorge hook on pole, large iron: gaff hook-shaped: unciform hooked: addicted, aquiline, bent, compelled, devoted, hamate, unciform hooked anchor: grapnel hooked like eagle's beak: aquiline hooked, as a beak: adunc hookey player: truant hooligan: bully, delinquent, hood, hoodlum, punk, ruffian hoop: band, basket, circle, circlet, circumference, clasp, encircle, ring, surround, wicket hoop in skirt: farthingale hoop toy: hula hoop hoopla: excitement, hype, publicity hoot: boo, criticize, hiss, howl, jeer, raspberry, razz, shout, sound, taunt, utter, whoop, yowl
Hoover Dam's lake: Mead hop: bounce, flight, gambol, hitch, hobble, jump, leap, limp, move, skip, spring, trip, vine; ball, dance, prom hope: ambition, anticipation, aspiration, aspire, belief, bob, desire, dream, expect, faith, longing, optimism, prospect, reliance, trust, want, wish hopeful: auspicious, budding, bullish, buoyant, cheerful, confident, encouraging, enthusiastic, expectant, optimistic, promising, sanguine, upbeat hopeless: crushed, depressed, despairing, desperate, despondent, disconsolate, downcast, forlorn, futile, gloomy, impossible, incorrigible, incurable, ineffectual, irredeemable, pessimistic, pointless, sunk, useless, vain horde: army, clan, crowd, drove, gang, gathering, group, multitude, pack, swarm, throng, tribe horizon: border, edge, future, outlook, prospect, purview, reach, realm, skyline, sphere horizontal: endwise, flat, flush, level, parallel, plane, prone horizontal beam in building: stringer, summer horizontal beam in window, door: lintel, summer, transom horizontal movement: yaw hormone: ACTH, adrenaline, autacoid, auxin, cortisone, estrone, insulin, steroid hormone of females: estrogen hormone of males: androgen, androsterone, testosterone hormone regulating blood sugar: insulin hormone regulating pulse and blood pressure: adrenaline, epinephrine hormone taken by some bodybuilders, athletes: anabolic steroid, steroid hormone that regulates metabolism of carbohydrates and fats: insulin hormone used to treat allergies, arthritis: cortisone horn: antenna, antler, cornucopia, protuberance, spike, tusk; bugle, clarinet, cornet, instrument, saxophone, siren, trombone, trumpet, tuba horn filled with fruit, vegetables: cornucopia, horn of plenty horn on older cars, loud electric: klaxon horn-shaped: cornute horn, fanfare on: tantara, tantivy
horn, to pierce or stab with: gore hornets or wasps, group of: colony, vespiary hornless animal: pollard hornlike: ceratoid, corneous, horny horns, having: corniculate, cornute horns, having hollow: cavicorn hornswoggle: bamboozle, cheat, deceive, dupe, fool, snow, swindle, trick horny: calloused, ceratoid, hard, tough horny plate: scute horny prominence in horse hoof: frog horoscope division: cusp horrible: appalling, atrocius, awful, cruel, despicable, detestable, dreadful, fearful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, harrowing, heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrid, horrific, loathsome, mean, nasty, obnoxious, repulsive, revolting, shocking, terrible, ugly, unbearable, ungodly, unpleasant, unspeakable, vile horrible and hateful: abominable, horrendous, loathsome, unspeakable horrible to endure: harrowing horrify: alarm, appal, appall, dismay, frighten, scare, shock horripilation: goosebumps horror: abhorrence, abomination, alarm, aversion, disagreeable, disgust, dislike, dread, fear, fright, hatred, panic, repugnance, revulsion, terror, trepidation, unpleasant horror, to draw back in: recoil hors d'oeuvre: antipasto, appetizer, canap, caviar, crudits, dip, food, pt, relish, tapas hors d'oeuvre of raw vegetables: crudits horsemen symbolizing pestilence, war, famine, death: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse horseplay: buffoonery, clowning, roughhousing horseshoe-shaped: hippocrepiform horticultural talent: green thumb horticulture: agriculture, farming, floriculture, gardening hose: breeches, drench, hosiery, sock, stockings, tights, tube, wash, water hose measure: denier hosiery thread: lisle hospitable: charitable, cooperative, cordial, courteous, friendly, gracious, gregarious, kind, neighborly, receptive, sociable, warm
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boarding shelter: livery stable brownish or brownish orange horse: sorrel castrated horse: gelding castrated male horse: gelding circular movement of horse: volt command to horse to turn left: haw command to horse to turn right: gee concerning a horse: hippie draft horse: aiver, aver, Clydesdale feed: mash, oats feeder: nose bag female donkey and male horse: hinny female foal horse: filly female parent: dam golden or tan horse with lighter tail and mane: palomino groom: saddler groom a horse, to: curry hair on neck: mane half man and half horse: centaur having hooves, as a horse: ungulate heavy horse with brushlike pasterns, fetlocks: Clydesdale horny wedge in horse hoof: frog horse: bronc, bronco, caballo, cavallo, cavalry, charger, clipper, colt, courser, draft, equine, filly, foal, gee, gelding, hack, hackney, hobby, jade, mare, mount, mustang, nag, pacer, palomino, pinto, plug, pony, prad, roan, saddler, sheltie, sire, sleeper, stallion, steed, stepper, stud, trotter horse ancestor: eohippus horse blanket: manta horse breeds: Arab, Arabian, Barb, Belgian, Clydesdale, Galloway, Hunter, Morgan, Normandy, Nubian, Percheron, Shetland, Shire, Suffolk, Tarpan horse colors: bay, calico, chestnut, dapple, dun, morel, palomino, piebald, pied, pinto, roan, schimmel, sorrel horse comb: currycomb horse-drawn two-wheeled vehicle for one: sulky horse enclosure: corral, paddock horse equipment: bit, blinder, harness, longe, rein, saddle, sidesaddle, tack horse farm: dobbin horse genus: equus horse hoof: coffin horse less than year old: foal horse lover: hippophile horse measure: hand horse thief: rustler horse urine: stale horse used as a lead pony: pinto horse with gray or white in coloring: roan horseback riding: equitation horseman: buckaroo, caballero, cavalier, cowboy, equestrian, equestrienne, gaucho, jockey, knight, rider, roughrider horseman of Russia: cossack horsemanship: equitation, manege, riding horsemanship competition: gymkhana horsemanship jump: capriole, curvet horsemanship movements: dressage horsemanship side walk: volt horsemanship trotting slowly in place: piaffe horsemanship turn: caracole, pirouette horsemanship, pertaining to: equestrian horses' ankles: hocks horses at inn, tender to: hostler, ostler horse's gait: amble, canter, gallop, lope, pace, rack, run, trot, vott, walk horses, oxen in pair: span horseshoe maker: blacksmith, smithy horseshoe spur: calk horseshoer: blacksmith, farrier hybrid of male horse and female donkey: hinny left front horse rider in front of coach: postilion male horse: colt, entire, gelding, stallion, stud male horse under four years old: colt, foal male parent: sire mature female horse: mare mature male horse: stallion movements of trained horse: manege old horse: hack, jade, nag ornamental covering for horse: caparison, trappings pertaining to horse: equine race across open country or obstacle course: steeplechase race informant, bet taker: tout race term for weight carried in handicap race: impost race track: hippodrome race with competitors selected well in advance: futurity race with one starter: walkover reddish horse with white or gray hairs: roan rising and falling of rider in saddle: post rope or halter restricting horse: tether rope or strap to lead or secure: halter saddle for second rider: pillion saddle horse: Appaloosa, cob, English, mount, palfrey section connecting hindquarters to forequarters: coupling shelter: stable small compact horse: sheltie, shelty, Shetland pony small horse: bidet, cayuse, cob, galloway, garron, genet, nag, pony, Shetland, tit spirited horse: steed spotted or patched with white horse: skewbald spotted or patched with white on black horse: piebald, pinto stocky short-legged horse: cob strap binding saddle, blanket, or pack to horse: surcingle striking a hind foot against a forefoot as a horse: overreach stumble and go lame as a horse, to: founder training horse to do complex maneuvers: dressage troops on horseback: cavalry trot with legs high: piaffer uncastrated male horse: entire, stallion
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useless and worn-out horse: rip war horse: charger, courser, destrier, steed white spot on horse forehead: blaze, star wild horse: bronco, brumby, mustang, tarpan wild or semiwild horse of America: bronco, mustang young horse: colt, filly, foal, yearling Horse Racing Vocabulary accumulator across the board added money also-ran antepost bet at the post back stretch bell blind bet blinders bookie boxed-out break away break stride daily double double each way exacta fast track favorite feature race finish line forecast form handicap hedge home stretch jockey left at the post long odds long shot maiden mudder nap neck-and-neck nose nursery stakes odds odds on pacer pari-mutuel parlay perfecta photo finish place point-to-point post
post time pulling quarter horse quirt racing form rail ringer scratched short odds show silks stable stake starting price steeplechase steward straightaway stretch string thoroughbred ticktack tipster totalizator tote trifecta Triple Crown turf turn win winner's circle wire Horsemanship Vocabulary aids balk canter capriole caracole cavaletto cavesson cues currying curvet dressage equestrianism equestrianship gait gambado hand haute cole jib leap levade lunging rein mange
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HORSE TERMS
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hospital: clinic, hospice, infirmary, institution, lazaretto, sanatorium, sickbay hospital attendant: orderly hospital for contagious disease: lazaretto hospital or clinic: infirmary hospital or hospital area for terminally ill: hospice hospital section with medical supplies: dispensary hospital stretcher with wheels: gurney hospital unit for gravely ill: intensivecare unit hospital young nursing aide: candy striper hospitality: amicability, cordiality, friendliness, gemutlichkeit, warmth, welcome hospitality, pertaining to: xenial hospital's equipment: armamentarium host: army, assemblage, company, crowd, emcee, entertainer, flock, guest, horde, hostess, innkeeper, interviewer, landlord, legion, matre d', manager, multitude, myriad, owner, proprietor, sparrows, swarm, throng hostage: captive, guarantee, pawn, prisoner, security hostage beginning to identify with or like captor: Stockholm syndrome hostel: caravansary, hotel, inn, lodge, shelter hostile: adverse, antagonistic, belligerent, bitter, contentious, contrary, dissonant, enemy, hateful, incongruous, inimical, malevolent, mean, militant, opposed, rebellious, sour, unfriendly, venomous, vicious, warlike hostile and bitter: malevolent, rancorous, virulent
hostile and eager to fight: aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, combative hostile and opposed: antagonistic, antipathetic, averse, implacable, inimical, irreconcilable, oppugnant hostile and unruly: truculent hostile behavior: animus, bad blood, bellicosity, enmity, ill feeling hostile groups, divide into: polarize hostile one: foe hostile reaction: backlash hostile subversive organization: fifth column hostile to prefix: antihostility: aggression, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, argument, bitterness, clash, enmity, feud, fighting, friction, hatred, ill will, open opposition, opposition, rancor, resentment, resistance, unfriendliness, war, warfare hostility, deep: animosity, animus, antipathy, aversion, enmity hostility, of becoming subject to another's: incur hot: angry, ardent, aroused, attractive, biting, blazing, blistering, boiling, burning, eager, erotic, excitable, excited, fervent, fervid, fiery, glowing, heated, intense, lustful, passionate, peppery, piping, popular, pungent, raging, scalding, sizzling, spicy, stolen, strong, sultry, sweltering, torrid, trendy, tropical, vehement, violent, warm hot-air bath: sauna hot and humid: muggy, sultry, sweltering, torrid, tropical hot coal: ember hot days of July, August: dog days hot-dish holder: trivet hot-dog holder: roll hot dry wind: simoon, sirocco hot sauce: salsa, tabasco hot spring: thermal spring hot spring shooting column of water: geyser hot-tempered: cranky, excitable, hotheaded, peppery, testy hot water: difficulty, fix, jam, pickle, predicament, trouble hotcakes: flapjacks hotel: caravansary, fleabag, flophouse, hospice, hostel, imaret, inn, lodge, motel, roadhouse, spa, tavern hotel entrance: lobby, vestibule hotel in Europe, small: pension
hotel in Near or Far East, large: caravansary hotel in Spain or Latin America: parador hotel or resort with therapeutic baths or mineral springs: spa hotel price including only room, service, but no meals: European plan hotel price including room, service, and meals: American plan hotheaded: fiery, hasty, impetuous, quick-tempered, rash, touchy hothouse: greenhouse, orangery hotness or heat, relating to: thermal hound: addict, annoy, badger, bait, basset, bedog, bother, canine, chase, dog, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hunt, mutt, persecute, ride, stalk, track hound dog breed: afghan, basset, beagle, bloodhound, dachshund, deerhound, foxhound, greyhound, harrier, otterhound, staghound, whippet, wolfhound hour, pertaining to an: horary house: abode, accommodate, ancestry, apartment, audience, building, bungalow, burrow, cabin, casa, casino, castle, chateau, church, condominium, congress, convent, cot, cottage, council, cover, domicile, dorm, dormitory, dump, duplex, dwelling, family, firm, flat, four-storied, gingerbread, grange, habitation, harbor, heartbreak, home, hovel, hut, igloo, legislature, live, lodge, manor, mansion, monastery, nest, palace, parliament, quarter, rectory, reside, residence, roof, senate, shack, shanty, shell, shelter, split-level, store, stow, structure, synagogue, temple, tenement, theater, villa house assembled in sections, of a: prefabricated house comprised of several buildings and enclosed: compound house for clergy: manse, rectory, vicarage house in poor condition, of a: dilapidated, ramshackle, rickety house in Spanish-speaking countries, large: hacienda house with each floor half a story above or below another: split-level house with steep triangular roof or shape: A-frame house, dome-shaped Eskimo: igloo house, of a large spread-out: rambling, sprawling
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HOUSE, RUN-DOWN HUMBUG
house, run-down: hovel house, to fix up or repair a: refurbish, remodel, renovate housebreak: burglarize, rob, steal, subdue, tame, train household: common, domestic, familiar, family, folks, home, menage, ordinary household, male head of: paterfamilias household, management of a: menage housework: chore, cleaning, cooking, drudgery, dusting, ironing, laundering, sweeping, washing housing: accommodations, box, casing, covering, dwelling, frame, lodging, niche, pad, protection, shelter hovel: burrow, cabin, dump, dwelling, hole, hut, hutch, lodge, pigpen, pigsty, shack, shanty, shed, sty hover: flit, float, flutter, hang, linger, loom, suspended, waver however: although, but, despite, except, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, still, though, yet howitzer: cannon howl: bark, bawl, bay, bellow, complaint, cry, lament, protest, roar, scream, squeal, ululate, yell, yowl hub: center, core, focal point, focus, heart, middle, nave, pivot hub of wheel: nave hubbub: ado, brouhaha, clamor, clatter, commotion, confusion, din, disorder, disturbance, flap, fuss, noise, pandemonium, racket, rumpus, stir, tumult, turmoil, uproar huckster: adman, dicker, haggler, hawker, hustler, peddler, salesperson, sell, vendor huddle: assemble, confer, conference, confusion, consult, converge, crouch, crowd, cuddle, discussion, embrace, gather, group, hug, hurry, jumble, meeting, mingle, scrunch, snuggle hue: appearance, aspect, cast, color, complexion, depict, form, outcry, shade, shout, tinge, tint, tone huff: anger, blow, bluster, boasting, brag, dudgeon, expire, gasp, inflate, pant, pique, puff, rage, storm, temper, tiff huffy: annoyed, arrogant, conceited, crabby, cross, grumpy, haughty, indignant, irritated, moody, offended, pettish, snappy, superior, touchy, windy hug: affection, caress, cherish, clasp,
clinch, cling, cradle, cuddle, embrace, hold, huddle, huggle, press, snuggle, squeeze, welcome huge: behemoth, big, Brobdingnagian, colossal, elephantine, enormous, epic, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, great, Herculean, heroic, humungous, immense, imposing, jumbo, large, leviathan, mammoth, massive, monster, monstrous, monumental, oversize, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, vasty huge and vast: boundless, immeasurable, incalculable, limitless huge animal or thing: behemoth, leviathan huge number of individuals: horde huge statue: colossus huge, archaically: enorm, vasty hugger-mugger: clandestine, concealment, confused, confusion, covert, disorderly, hush-hush, jumbled, muddle, secrecy, secret hulk: bulk, clumsy, hull, loom, shambles, ship, unwieldy hull: body, case, casing, covering, frame, hulk, husk, mold, rind, shed, shell, skeleton, structure hull part: keel hullabaloo: ado, din, excitement, hubbub, noise, pandemonium, racket, tumult, uproar hum: blur, buzz, croon, drone, murmur, purr, sing, sound, speed, vibrate, whiz, zoom hum and buzz: bombinate human: being, child, earthling, hominoid, homo sapiens, individual, man, mortal, person, woman human behavior, study of: praxeology human being, diminuitive: homunculus, manikin, pygmy human being, early form of: CroMagnon human character, study of: ethology human characteristics to inanimate thing, attributing: anthropomorphism, pathetic fallacy, personification, prosopopoeia human embodiment: incarnation human flesh eater: cannibal human identical to another: clone human in form and nature: embodied, incarnate, personified human in shape or appearance: anthropoid, anthropomorphic human knowledge, study of: epistemology
human-made object: artifact human manifestation of supernatural being: avatar, embodiment, incarnation human nature attributed to God: anthropophuism human or related mammal: primate human race improvement through improved living conditions: euthenics human race improvement through selective breeding: eugenics human settlements, study of: ekistics human-shaped: android human soul: psyche human traits ascribed to inanimate things: personification human trunk: torso human with processes aided by mechanical devices: cyborg humane: altruistic, benevolent, charitable, compassionate, forgiving, kind, merciful, philanthropic, sympathetic, tender humanitarian: benefactor, benevolent, charitable, generous, philanthropist humanitarian effort: philanthropy humanity: compassion, goodwill, kindness, life, man, mankind, mercy, mortality, people, race, species, woman humankind, aid to: charity, philanthropy humans and humanlike ancestors: hominid humble: abase, bashful, deferent, deject, demean, demure, disgrace, embarrass, humiliate, ignoble, little, low, lower, lowly, mean, meek, mild, modest, mortify, poor, quiet, reduce, reserved, shame, sheepish, simple, submissive, unassuming, unpretentious humble abode: cabin, cot, hut, shanty humble oneself: bow and scrape, grovel, truckle humble, very: abject, servile humbly asking: suppliant humbug: balderdash, bamboozle, bluff, bosh, bull, bunk, bunkum, cheat, deceive, deception, faker, flam, flimflam, flummery, fraud, fudge, gammon, guff, gyp, hoax, impostor, imposture, kid, malarkey, mislead, nonsense, phony, phooey, pretense, rot, rubbish, sham, strategem, swindle, trick
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HUMDINGER - HURRY
humdinger: dandy, doozy, extraordinary, lollapalooza, lulu, nifty, remarkable, ripsnorter humdrum: blah, boring, commonplace, drab, dreary, dull, everyday, indifferent, monotonous, mundane, prosaic, routine, so-so, trite, uneventful, unexciting humerus neighbor: ulna humid: clammy, damp, dank, moist, muggy, sticky, sultry, wet humidity measuring instrument: hygrometer, psychrometer humiliate: abase, abash, belittle, degrade, demean, denigrate, derogate, disgrace, disparage, embarrass, humble, insult, mortify, shame humiliating experience: bitter pill humiliation of oneself: self-abasement humility: humble, meekness, mildness, modesty, reserve, shyness humming: brisk, bustling, busy, buzzing, hopping, lively humongous: immense, prodigious humor: accommodate, amusement, baby, banter, caprice, cater, clowning, comedy, disposition, drollery, fancy, fluid, funniness, gratify, inclination, indulge, jesting, joke, levity, lightness, makeup, merriment, mood, pamper, personality, satisfy, temper, temperament, whim, wittiness, wisecrack, wit humor and seriousness, combination of: jocoseriosity humor oneself: indulge humor or appease someone, something used to: placebo humor using words with two meanings: double entendre humor with a twist: irony humor, feeble attempt at: witzelsucht humorist: card, clown, comedian, comic, jester, joker, nye, wag, wit humorous: amusing, comic, comical, droll, entertaining, facetious, funny, hilarious, ironic, jocose, jocular, laughable, pleasant, protuberance, sardonic, satirical, sidesplitting, waggish, whimsical, witty, wry humorous and flippant: facetious humorous effect of using word in opposite from literal meaning: irony humorous offering: skit humorous performer with expressionless face: deadpan humorous remark or act: jest, pleasantry
humorous treatment of grave situation: gallows humor humorous writing: facetiae humorous, coarsely: Rabelaisian humorous, cynically: sardonic humorous, deceptively: tongue-incheek humorous, dryly: wry humors of body: black bile, blood, choler (yellow bile), phlegm humors, of the body's: choleric, melancholic, phlegmatic, sanguine hump: bulge, bump, hill, hummock, hunch, lump, mound, projection, protuberance, ridge, swelling humpback: gibbous, hunckback, kyphosis, whale hunch: clue, feeling, forecast, hint, idea, inkling, intuition, notion, premonition, suspicion hunch, to: arch, bend, crouch, huddle, hump, lump, squat Hunchback of Notre Dame's character: Quasimodo hundred: centenary, centennial, century hundred years old: centenarian hundredfold: centuple hundredth anniversary: centenary, centennial Hungarian stew: goulash hunger: ache, appetite, craving, desire, famine, greed, hankering, longing, starvation, thirst, want, yearning, yen hunger, sharp feeling of: pang hunger, to satisfy: assuage hungover: crapulent, crapulous hungry: avaricious, avid, barren, craving, eager, empty, esurient, famished, greedy, hollow, insatiable, ravenous, starving, unfed, unsatisfied, voracious hungry, very: famished, ravenous, voracious hunk: batch, block, chunk, clod, clump, glob, gob, hump, lump, mass, nugget, piece, portion, slab, wad hunker down: squat hunky: attractive hunt: chase, delve, drive, ferret, follow, forage, hawk, hound, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, persecute, probe, pursue, quest, rummage, search, seek, shoot, stalk, track, trail hunt or fish illegally: poach
hunter: chaser, chasseur, marksman, stalker hunter in mythology: Orion hunter of dangerous people or animals: bounty hunter hunting dog: hound, setter, terrier hunting permitted, time of year when: open season hunting prohibited, time of year when: closed season hunting trek: safari hunting with dogs to chase game: coursing hunting, act or sport of: the chase, venery hunting, concerning: venatic hunting, something providing artificial scent in: drag hunting, something pursued in: chase, quarry huntress of Greek mythology: Atalanta huntsman, chief: master of foxhounds, MFH huntsman's alert that the fox has been seen: view halloo huntsman's assistant: whipper-in huntsman's call: tallyho huntsman's scarlet coat: pink hurdle: bar, barricade, barrier, bound, clear, complication, handicap, hazard, hedge, impediment, jump, leap, obstacle, obstruction, overcome, roadblock, snag, spring, surmount, throw, wall hurdy-gurdy: barrel organ hurl: cast, catapult, chuck, fire, fling, heave, hurtle, launch, pitch, propel, send, sling, throw, toss hurl from a height: precipitate hurly-burly: action, activity, bustle, commotion, confusion, hubbub, tumult, turmoil, uproar hurrah: applaud, approve, bravo, cheer, commotion, encouragement, enthusiasm, excitement, fanfare, huzza, joy, rah, shout, zeal hurricane: cyclone, gale, monsoon, storm, tempest, tropical storm, typhoon, wind, windstorm hurricane center: eye hurry: accelerate, ado, barrel, beeline, bolt, dart, dash, dispatch, drive, expedite, fly, haste, hasten, hie, highball, hustle, make tracks, motion, pass, posthaste, quicken, race, run, rush, scoot, scurry, speed, step on it, trot, tumult, urge, urgency, whir, whisk, zip
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HURRY AWAY - HYSTERICAL O U T B U R S T
hurry away: decamp, hightail, hotfoot, scamper, scarper, skedaddle, vamoose hurry or speed up: expedite, precipitate hurt: abuse, ache, afflict, agony, battered, bleeding, bruise, cripple, damage, detriment, distress, grief, harm, harmed, heartbroken, impair, injure, injury, maim, mangled, offend, pain, punch, punish, scathe, smart, sore, sting, strike, suffering, tarnish, torture, upset, weaken, wound hurt or offend, to: alienate, antagonize, estrange hurt with harsh criticism, to: lacerate, scarify hurtful: baneful, cruel, damaging, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, harmful, injurious, malicious, mean, noxious, pernicious, poisonous, unkind hurtle: charge, clash, collide, dash, fling, hurl, lunge, plunge, race, rush, scamper, throw, whirl hurtle through air: catapult husband: bridegroom, conserve, economize, groom, helpmate, hoard, hubby, keep, man, manage, mate, partner, save, spouse, steward, store husband at a time, more than one: bigamy, polyandry, polygamy husband at a time, one: monandry husband murdering of wife: uxoricide husband of reigning female sovereign: prince consort husband of unfaithful wife: cuckold husband or wife of monarch: consort husbandry: agriculture, conservation, cultivation, economy, farming, frugality, management, thrift husband's right to the company, help, affection of wife: consortium hush: appease, calm, lull, mute, muzzle, quiet, shush, silence, soothe, still, suppress, tranquility hush-hush: cloak-and-dagger hush money: sop hush up: conceal, cover, squash, suppress husk: bark, bran, case, coat, covering, envelope, framework, harvest, hulk, hull, peel, pod, rind, scale, shell, shuck, skin, strip husky: beefy, big, brawny, burly, deep, gigantic, growling, gruff, hefty, hoarse, loud, overweight, solid, stocky, strong, throaty husky-voiced: hoarse, roupy
hussy: adulteress, female, harlot, jade, minx, prostitute, slut, tramp, wench, woman hustle: bolt, bustle, dash, deceit, drive, fraud, hasten, hie, hurry, jostle, move, press, push, race, scramble, shove, solicit hustler: dynamo, hooker, peeler, prostitute, streetwalker, vendor hut: bungalow, cabana, cabin, camp, chalet, cottage, crib, house, hovel, hutch, lean-to, lodge, shack, shanty, shed, shelter, wickiup hut for sportspeople: lodge hutch: bin, cage, chest, coffer, coop, cupboard, hut, nest, pen hyalite: opal hybrid: blend, composite, cross, crossbreed, mixture, mongrel hybrid of stallion and ass: hinny hydrant: faucet, fireplug, spigot hydrogen bomb: fusion bomb, thermonuclear bomb hydrogen combined with compound, reaction of: reduction hydrogen isotope with atomic mass 1: protium hydrogen isotope with atomic mass 2: deuterium hydrometer scale: Baume hydrophobia: rabies hygienic: asceptic, clean, disinfected, good, healthy, salubrious, sanitary, sterile hymenopterous insect: ant hymn: anthem, canticle, carol, chant, chorale, dirge, glorify, introit, laud, paean, prayer, processional, psalm, recessional, requiem, sing, song hymn for deceased: requiem hymn of praise: psalm hymn or composition sung as response in liturgy: antiphon hymn or song of praise: laud, magnificat hymn or verse praising God: doxology hymn sung at the opening of a church service: introit hymn sung in Eucharistie liturgies: Sanctus hymn while clergy and choir enter: processional hymn while clergy and choir leave: recessional hymn, frenzied ancient Greek: dithyramb hymn, harmonized: chorale
hymn, song, chant often from biblical text: canticle hype: advertise, boost, buildup, decveive, exaggerate, mislead, plug, promote, publicity, puffery hyperbole: distortion, embellishment, exaggeration, magnification, overstatement hypercritical: captious, carping, faultfinding, fussy, overcritical, scrupulous hypnotic: comatose, enticing, sleepy, somnifacient, soothing, soporific, spellbinding hypnotic power: animal magnetism hypnotic state: trance hypnotize: allure, captivate, charm, entrance, induce, mesmerize, spellbind hypochondriac: ailer, valetudinarian hypocrisy: bigotry, cant, deceit, insincerity, pharisaism, phoniness, pretense, sanctimony hypocrite: bigot, charlatan, dissembler, faker, humbug, phony, poseur, pretender, quack, two-face, Uriah Heep hypocritical: artificial, bigoted, canting, captious, deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, dissembling, false, insincere, pharisaical, pietistic, pretending, sanctimonious, two-faced hypocritical and insincere: disingenuous hypocritical behavior: dissemblance, mummery hypocritically self-righteous person: pharisee, whited sepulcher hypothesis: assumption, belief, deduction, guess, proposal, supposition, system, theory, thesis hypothesis without proof: premise, thesis, working hypothesis hypothetical: abstract, assumed, conjectural, contingent, imaginary, inferred, moot, notional, presupposed, supposititious, theoretical hypothetical machine: perpetual motion hypothetical unit in theory of relativity: fourth dimension hysteria: delirium, excitement, frenzy, madness, panic, the vapors hysterical: berserk, comical, crazed, distraught, emotional, excited, frantic, funny, hilarious, histrionic, hysteriform, melodramatic, overemotional, overwrought, raving, unnerved, uproarious, wild hysterical outburst: conniption
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ice: chill, congeal, cool, flow, freeze, frost, geal, glacier, gloe, gorge, icicle, permafrost, refrigerate, rime, rink, sleet; crystal, diamonds, jewels ice cream: cassata, dessert, parfait, sherbet, soda, sorbet, sundae, tofutti ice cream enclosed in sponge cake and meringue and baked: baked Alaska ice cream layered and frozen in a rounded mold: bombe ice cream or ice, Italian: gelato ice cream served in a tall glass, layers of: parfait ice cream topped with macaroons and almonds, rich: tortoni ice cream with chopped and candied fruits: tutti-frutti ice cream with layers of fruits and nuts: spumone, spumoni ice cream with various toppings: sundae ice cream, frozen fruit puree or syrup similar to: sorbet ice cream, served with: la mode ice driven together into mass, floating: pack ice ice game with heavy stones: curling ice hockey disk: puck ice house: igloo ice mass formed from compacted snow and flowing slowly over land mass: glacier ice mass obstructing narrow passage: gorge ice more than 5 miles long, expanse of floating: ice field ice on body of water, broken or halfformed: sludge ice on river, breaking up of: debacle ice on roads or sidewalks, thin almost invisible: black ice ice on rock, thin coating of: verglas ice pinnacle: serac ice skating jump: axel, lutz, salchow
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ice smaller than ice field, expanse of floating: ice floe ice sport: curling, hockey, skating, speed skating ice where aquatic mammals come to breathe, hole in: blowhole ice, beverage poured over shaved: frapp ice, compacted snow not yet glacial: firn, neve, old snow ice, dessert of sweetened crushed: ice ice, fruit-flavored frozen: sorbet ice, harmless floating: drift ice ice, spikes or cleats for walking on: clamper, climbing iron, crampons ice, of a drink with: on the rocks ice, of a drink without: neat, straight up iceberg, small: growler iced dessert similar to sherbet: frapp iced with sugar glaze: candied, glac Icelandic tale: saga Icelandic tale collection: edda ichnography: floor plan, ground plan, map icing: coating, frosting, glac, marzipan, topping icing applied from tube with nozzle: piping icing of almond paste: marzipan icky: disgusting, distasteful, gooey, gross, offensive, revolting, sticky, vile icon: command, idol, illustration, image, picture, portrait, representation, symbol iconoclast: dissenter, individualist, nonconformist, radical, rebel, revolutionary icy: aloof, arctic, chilling, cold, distant, freezing, frigid, frosty, frozen, gelid, polar, unemotional icy rain: sleet idea: belief, brainchild, brainstorm,
concept, essence, feeling, hint, insight, notion, object, perception, philosophy, plan, point, principle, reaction, scheme, slant, suspicion, theory, view idea as a concrete thing, to treat an abstract: reify idea based on incomplete evidence: conjecture, guesswork, surmise idea conference: brainstorming, ideation idea derived from specific instances, general: apprehension, concept, notion idea having been accepted as true or worthy, of an: received idea having general application: abstraction, generalization idea immune from criticism: sacred cow idea in the mind, to conceive of an: gestate idea into words, to put an: articulate, formulate idea only, existing as an: hypothetical, notional idea produced in the mind rather than learned, of an: innate idea used as basis for argument or theory: axiom, postulate, premise idea, compulsive preoccupation with: fixation, ide fixe, obsession idea, concrete: construct, working hypothesis idea, sudden: caprice, fancy, whim idea, sudden clever: brainstorm idea, vague: hunch, inkling, intimation, intuition idea, wild: vagary ideal: absolute, abstract, appearance, aspiration, classic, cogitation, conception, conceptual, design, dream, embodiment, example, exemplar, exemplary, fancy, fantasy, figure, flaw-
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IDEAL EXAMPLE OF A TYPE - ILL HUMOR less, goal, image, imaginary, impression, inkling, model, norm, notion, opinion, optimal, paragon, pattern, perfect, perfection, prototype, reflection, satisfactory, standard, theoretical, thought, visionary ideal example of a type: archetype, exemplar, prototype ideal example of virtue or vice: embodiment, incarnation, personification ideal place: Utopia ideal, statement expressing an: motto idealess: inane idealism: meliorism, philosophy, principle idealist: dreamer, optimist, romantic, Utopian, visionary idealistic: quixotic, Utopian, visionary idealize: deify, exalt, glorify, transfigure idealized image of someone: imago ideas, medium for conveying: vehicle ideas, person or place for testing new: sounding board identical: alike, corresponding, double, duplicate, equal, equivalent, matching, same, self, selfsame, tantamount, twin, uniform identical counterpart: twin identical in appearance, person almost: ringer identical organism, genetically: clone identical twins, of: monozygotic identical, twins not: fraternal twins identification: badge, classifying, description, earmark, fingerprint, ID, labelling, passport, recognition, verification identification of disease, problem: diagnosis identification of journalistic resource: attribution identification with another's situation, feelings, etc.: empathy identification with other people, objects: introjection identify: associate, brand, describe, designate, diagnose, discover, establish, find, finger, label, mark, name, pinpoint, recognize, tag, verify identity: characteristics, homogeneity, individuality, name, oneness, personality, self identity or public image: persona identity, loss of personal: alienation, anomie identity, person who takes another's: impersonator, impostor ideology: beliefs, creed, culture, doctrine, dogma, ideals, outlook, philosophy, principles ideology, to try to instill an: brainwash, indoctrinate idiocy: amentia idiograph: logogram, symbol, trademark idiom: argot, dialect, expression, idiosyncrasy, jargon, slang, speech, style, vernacular idiom or speaking style: parlance idiosyncrasy: characteristic, eccentricity, habit, idiom, mannerism, oddity, peculiarity, quirk idiot: ament, blockhead, bonehead, booby, cretin, dimwit, dolt, dope, dork, dullard, dunce, fathead, fool, imbecile, jerk, moron, nitwit, simpleton, stupid, twit idiotic: asinine, crazy, daffy, daft, fatuous, foolhardy, foolish, inane, ridiculous, senseless, silly, stupid idle: aimless, barren, baseless, dally, dawdle, deserted, dormant, empty, fallow, futile, inactive, ineffectual, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, motionless, otiose, relax, slothful, stationary, still, trifling, trivial, unfounded, unoccupied, unused, useless, vacant, vacuous, vain, waste, worthless idle talk: gossip, palaver, prate idler: bum, do-nothing, drone, faineant, flaneur, lazybones, loafer, loiterer, slacker, sluggard, tramp, trifler idol: god, goddess, hero, icon, image, star, symbol idolize: admire, adore, canonize, cherish, glorify, honor, revere, spiritualize, venerate, worship idyllic: bucolic, carefree, halcyon, pastoral, peaceful, pleasing, rural, rustic, simple, unspoiled if: assuming, granting, in case, on condition that, protasis, provided, supposing, suppositive, whenever, whether if clauses: antecedent, apodosis, conditional clause, protasis, suppositive iffy: capricious, chancy, dicey, doubtful, risky, uncertain, undecided, unsettled, unsure ignite: blaze, burn, detonate, excite, fire, glow, inflame, kindle, light ignoble: base, common, cowardly, degenerate, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, infamous, lewd, low, mean, plain, shameful, unworthy, vile, wretched ignominy: shame ignoramus: dolt, dunce, fool, idiot, moron, nitwit, numbskull, simpleton ignorant: benighted, callow, dense, green, illiterate, misinformed, naive, nescient, shallow, stupid, unaware, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, unknowing, unlearned, unskilled, untaught, untutored, unwitting, young ignore: avoid, bypass, circumvent, discount, disregard, elide, forget, look the other way, neglect, omit, overlook, pretermit, slight, snub ignore as insignificant: discount ignore correction and let original stand (proofreading): stet ignoring complexity of problems: oversimplifying, simplistic ilk: breed, class, family, genus, kind, nature, same, sort, type ill: adverse, adversity, affliction, ailing, ailment, amiss, bad, baneful, condition, cruel, defective, diseased, disorder, evil, harm, harmful, hostile, indisposed, malady, misfortune, noxious, plague, poor, poorly, queasy, sick, sickly, trouble, under the weather, unfriendly, unhealthy, unlucky, unwell, wicked, wrong ill-advised: brash, dumb, foolhardy, foolish, hasty, imprudent, misguided, rash, reckless, shortsighted, thoughtless, unwise ill at ease: awkward, discomfited, fidgety, nervous, restless, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsure ill-behaved child: brat ill-boding: apocalyptic, dire, evil, inauspicious, unfavorable, unlucky ill-bred: boorish, churlish, crude, discourteous, impolite, rude, uncivil, uncultured, vulgar ill-defined: clouded, dim, fuzzy, indistinct, murky, obscured, unclear, vague ill-fated: disastrous, doomed, jinxed, misfortunate, unfortunate, unlucky ill-favored: objectionable, offensive, ugly, unattractive, unsightly ill health: ailment, malady, sickness ill health unnecessarily, person worried about: hypochondriac ill humor: bile
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ILL-HUMORED - I M A G E OR TYPE THAT IS OVERSIMPLIFIED
ill-humored: cranky, cross, gloomy, grouchy, grumpy, irritable, morose, sulky, surly, testy ill-mannered: discourteous, disrespectful, impolite, rude, uncouth, ungracious ill-natured: crabby, cranky, cross, disagreeable, irritable, malicious, nasty, ornery, spiteful, surly, touchy ill-omened: inauspicious, ominous ill-smelling: fetid ill-starred: dire, disastrous, fateful, luckless, ominous, unfortunate, unlucky ill-suited: inappropriate, incompatible, mismatched, unbecoming, unfit ill-tempered: angry, bilious, crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, curly, dour, irritable, mean, sour, sulky, surly ill-tempered woman: shrew ill-timed: awkward, inappropriate, inopportune, malapropos ill treatment: abuse, harm, maltreatment, molestation ill person, chronically: invalid ill will: acrimony, animosity, animus, bitterness, dislike, grudge, hatred, hostility, maleficence, malevolence, malice, rancor, resentment, spite, spleen, spitefulness, venom ill will, having: malevolent, malicious ill will, tending to rouse: invidious illegal: banned, bootlegged, contraband, criminal, crooked, felonious, illegitimate, illicit, lawless, outlawed, prohibited, shady, smuggled, ultra vires, unconstitutional, unlawful
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illegitimate: bastard, counterfeit, illegal, illogical, improper, invalid, spurious illegitimate, as person: bastard, misbegotten, spurious illiberal: biased, bigoted, greedy, hidebound, mean, myopic, narrowminded, partial, prejudiced, stingy, vulgar illicit: clandestine, contraband, criminal, crooked, forbidden, illegal, improper, prohibited, unlawful illiterate: ignorant, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untutored illness: affliction, ailment, breakdown, colic, complaint, disability, disease, disorder, distemper, flu, infirmity, malady, sickness, syndrome
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illness having emotional or mental causes, of an: psychomatic illness or poor health, one obsessed: valetudinarian illness with great weakness: infirmity illness, chronic feeling of: dysphoria illness, decline after apparent recovery from: relapse illness, fear of: hypochondria illness, gradual return to health after: convalescence illness, slight: indisposition illness, sudden attack of: ictus illness, sudden feeling of faintness or: dwam illness, to regain health after: convalesce, recuperate W illogical: absurd, contradicting, crazy, groundless, inconsistent, invalid, irrational, nutty, preposterous, senseless, unreasonable, unreasoned, unsound, unsubstantial illogical conclusion or statement: non sequitur illogical reasoning, argument: fallacy, faulty reasoning, paralogism, sophism illuminate: adorn, brighten, celebrate, clarify, emblaze, enhance, enlighten, explain, expound, fire, glow, highlight, ignite, irradiate, kindle, light, lighten, spotlight, uplift illuminated beetle: firefly illumination: awareness, brightness, brilliance, enlightenment, gleam, information, insight, knowledge, light, lighting
illegal act by public official: malfeasance, malversation illegal coin: slug illegal commerce in goods: contraband illegal influence of jury, judge: embracery illegal interest: usury illegal liquor: moonshine, mountain dew illegal operation: scam illegal payment: kickback illegal resident: illegal alien illegal ticket sale: scalp illegal whiskey: moonshine W illegible: faint, hieroglyphic, scribbled, unclear, undecipherable, unreadable illegible handwriting: griffonage
illuminator: lamp illusion: apparition, chimera, dj vu, delusion, dream, fallacy, fancy, fantasy, hallucination, invention, mirage, misconception, myth, phantasm, phantom, vision illusion of disturbed mind: aberration, chimera, specter illusion of reality in art: trompe l'oeil illusion that experience happened before: dj vu illusion, visual: optical illusion illusive: apparent, deceitful, deceptive, fake, false, illusory, imaginary, misleading, seeming, sham, unread illusory: Barmecidal, tricksy illusory hope: pipe dream illustrate: clarify, decorate, demonstrate, draw, elucidate, emphasize, exemplify, explain, highlight, picture, portray, represent, show, sketch illustration: analogy, cartoon, demonstration, drawing, example, figure, image, instance, model, painting, picture, vignette illustration of something showing parts separately: exploded, view illustration opposite title page of book: frontispiece illustration with side cut away: crosssection, cutaway illustration within illustration: inset illustrations accompanying text: graphics illustrative: exemplary illustrious: brilliant, celebrated, distinguished, eminent, exalted, exemplary, famed, famous, glorious, great, honorable, magnificent, noble, noted, outstanding, prominent, renowned, splendid, striking image: appearance, concept, copy, double, effigy, eidolon, emblem, facsimile, figure, form, icon, idol, ikon, illustration, impression, likeness, memory, mirror, phantasm, photocopy, photograph, picture, portrait, reflection, replica, representation, semblance, specter, statue, symbol, vision image on a radar screen: blip image or likeness of disliked person: effigy image or representation: simulacrum image or type that is oversimplified: stereotype
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IMAGES A S S O C I A T E D WITH THEME OF ART - I M M O R A L
images associated with theme of art: iconography images or pictures to represent objects and ideas: imagery images, having extraordinarily vivid recall of: eidetic imaginable: earthly, possible, secular imaginary: assumed, chimerical, dreamlike, fancied, fantastic, fictitious, hypothetical, ideal, illusive, illusory, insubstantial, invented, make-believe, mythical, mythological, notional, supposed, unreal, unrealistic, visionary imaginary and sought-after thing: willo'-the-wisp imaginary fear or thing: chimera, specter, nonentity imaginary illness: hypochondria imaginary line: axis imaginary line south of the equator: Antarctic Circle imaginary semblance: simulacrum imaginary troublemaker: gremlin imagination: creativity, fancy, fantasy, figment, ingenuity, insight, originality, thought, vision imagination, idea credited to: figment imagination, lively: whimsy imagination, state of being lost in one's: reverie imaginative: clever, creative, dreamy, fanciful, ingenious, innovative, inventive, original, visionary imaginative verse: poesy imagine: believe, comprehend, conceive, conceptualize, conjecture, conjure up, create, devise, dream, envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, ideate, picture, presume, realize, suppose, surmise, suspect, think, understand, visualize imagined: Barmecidal, eidetic, unreal imbalance: vertigo imbalance of movement: disequilibrium, instability imbalance of parts: asymmetry imbecile: dimwit, dolt, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fatuous, fool, idiot, jerk, moron, ninny, nitwit, silly, simpleton, stupid imbibe: absorb, assimilate, consume, down, drink, guzzle, partake, quaff, soak, swallow, swig, tipple, tope, wet one's whistle imbroglio: altercation, ambroilment,
argument, brawl, disagreement, dispute, fight, quarrel, row, ruckus, spat, squabble imbue: animate, charge, color, dye, infuse, inoculate, inspire, instill, invade, permeate, saturate, soak, stain, steep, tinge imitate: ape, assume, bogus, clone, copy, counterfeit, duplicate, echo, emulate, impersonate, lampoon, mime, mimic, mirror, mock, parody, parrot, pretend, resemble, simulate imitate, impossible to: inimitable, matchless imitated: aped, copied, emulated, parodied imitation: copy, emulation, ersatz, fake, impression, phony, replica, reproduction, resemblance, sham, spurious, substitute, substitution, synthetic, travesty imitation gold leaf: ormolu imitation in writing or art: mimesis imitation marble: scagliola imitation of literary work: travesty imitation of literary, musical work as humor: parody imitation of person or thing: clone, copy, ectype imitation, exaggerated: mockery, parody, travesty imitation, mocking: burlesque, lampoon, spoof imitation, satirical: parody, pastiche imitative: la, apish imitative of sound: echoic imitator: aper, copycat immaculate: chaste, clean, faultless, flawless, innocent, perfect, pure, sinless, spotless, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unsoiled, unspoiled, unstained, unsullied, untarnished immanent: inherent, innate, instinctive, internal, intrinsic, subjective immaterial: bodiless, celestial, impertinent, inappropriate, incorporeal, inessential, insignificant, insubstantial, intangible, irrelevant, meaningless, metaphysical, shadowy, spiritual, trifling, trivial, unearthly, unimportant, unsubstantial immature: adolescent, callow, childish, green, inchoate, inexperienced, infantile, jejune, juvenile, puerile, sophomoric, undeveloped, unfledged, unripe, unsophisticated, verdant, young, youthful
immature frog: tadpole immature insect stage: pupa immature mushroom: button immature seed: ovule immaturity: nonage immaturity, prolonged: neoteinia immeasurable: boundless, countless, endless, immense, incalculable, indefinite, inestimable, unfathomable, unlimited, vast immediate: abrupt, anon, close, critical, directly, instant, instantaneous, near, next, presto, straightaway, sudden, urgent immediately: at the drop of a hat, forthwith, instantaneous, instanter, instantly, promptly, rapidly, shortly, tout de suite immediately available: on tap immediately following: hereupon immediately upon: as soon as immemorial: ancient, archaic, dateless, old, prehistoric immense: colossal, enormous, excellent, extensive, gigantic, good, grand, great, huge, immeasurable, large, mammoth, massive, mighty, monstrous, prodigious, titanic, tremendous, vast immerse: absorb, baptize, bathe, bury, christen, dip, douse, drench, dunk, engross, merge, occupy, plunge, saturate, soak, submerge, wet immigrant: alien, foreigner, newcomer immigrant adjustment to new place: assimilation immigrant limit: quota immigrants are integrated, place where: melting pot immigrate: colonize, migrate, settle imminent: approaching, around the corner, brewing, close, due, expecting, immediate, impending, inescapable, inevitable, looming, near, ominous, threatening, unavoidable immobile: anchored, firm, fixed, frozen, immovable, inert, motionless, stable, stationary, steadfast, still immoderate: boundless, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, inordinate, unconscionable, unreasonable, unrestrained immodest: arrogant, boastful, bold, brazen, coarse, conceited, indecent, shameless, unabashed, unchaste, vain immoral: bad, corrupt, debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved,
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IMMORAL BEHAVIOR - IMPERSONAL
dirty, dishonest, dissolute, evil, impure, indecent, licentious, loose, nefarious, reprobate, sinful, unethical, unscrupulous, vicious, wrong immoral behavior: depravity, turpitude immoral overindulgence: debauchery, dissipation, intemperance immoral, quite: libertine, profligate, wanton immortal: ceaseless, deathless, divine, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, famous, forever, imperishable, indestructible, neverending, undying immortality: athanasia immovable: adamant, fast, firm, fixed, heartless, immobile, implanted, inflexible, obdurate, permanent, rigid, rooted, set, stationary, steadfast, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, stuck, unshakable, unyielding immune: exempt, free, guarded, insusceptible, invulnerable, protected, resistant, safe, unresponsive immunity: amnesty, exemption, exoneration, freedom, privilege, release immunity from foreign government's prosecution: extraterritoriality immunity from government prosecution: amnesty immunity from penalty, punishment, harm: impunity immunity in body, protein substance that is basis for: antibody immunity system, severe noncongenital disorder causing lack of: AIDS immunity to disease, study of: immunology immunize: inoculate, protect, vaccinate immunizing agent: antigen, serum immure: cloister, confine, coop, entomb, imprison, incarcerate, jail, seclude, wall immutable: constant, enduring, eternal, firm, fixed, invariable, permanent, solid, sure, unaltered, unchangeable, unchanging imp: brat, demon, devil, elf, fay, fiend, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hobgoblin, pixie, puck, rascal, scamp, sprite, troll, urchin impact: bang, blow, brunt, collision, concussion, consequences, contact, crash, crush, effect, force, implication, impression, jolt, pound, rock, shack, significance, smash impair: afflict, blemish, cripple, damage, decrease, devalue, diminish,
harm, hinder, hurt, impede, injure, lessen, mar, reduce, spoil, undercut, undermine, vitiate, weaken impair secretly or slowly: undermine impaired: afflicted, broken, damaged, faulty, flawed, imperfect, unsound impale: gore, lance, pierce, puncture, skewer, spear, spike, spit, stab, transfix impart: admit, announce, bestow, communicate, confer, convey, direct, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give, inform, inspire, lend, offer, render, reveal, share, tell, yield impartial: detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, evenhanded, fair, indifferent, just, neutral, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced, unslanted impartiality: equity, fairness, justness impasse: blind alley, box, cul-de-sac, dead end, deadlock, dilemma, gridlock, jam, pickle, stalemate, standoff, standstill impassioned: ardent, excited, fervent, fervid, feverish, fiery, intense, passionate, romantic, rousing, stirring, zealous impassive: apathetic, callous, calm, collected, cool, emotionless, expressionless, impassible, insensible, insensitive, motionless, poker-faced, still, stoic, stoical, stolid, unemotional, unfeeling, unflappable impatient: antsy, anxious, eager, edgy, fidgety, footloose, fretful, hasty, hot, hurried, intolerant, irascible, irritable, itchy, nervous, peevish, restive, restless, testy impeach: accuse, blame, censure, challenge, charge, denounce, discredit, dismiss, incriminate, indict impeachment of an attorney: disbarment impeccable: exquisite, faultless, flawless, perfect, right, unblemished impecunious: broke, destitute, impoverished, indigent, needy, penniless, poor impede: block, check, clog, curb, delay, deter, disrupt, hamper, harass, hinder, interfere, obstruct, slow, stop, stymie, thwart impede with useless addition: encumber impediment: barrier, defect, detriment,
difficulty, drawback, flaw, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, malady, obstacle, obstruction, snag, trammel impedimenta: baggage, gear, luggage, supplies impel: compel, constrain, drive, encourage, excite, force, goad, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, press, prompt, propel, push, send, stimulate, urge impending: approaching, close, coming, forthcoming, imminent, inevitable, looming, menacing, nearing, threatening impenetrable: adamant, adamantine, airtight, bulletproof, dense, hard, impassable, impermeable, impervious, mysterious, sealed, thick, unfathomable imperative: absolute, command, commanding, compulsory, critical, crucial, duty, essential, indispensable, mandatory, necessary, order, peremptory, pressing, required, rule, stern, urgent, vital imperceivable by touch: impalpable imperceptible: faint, inappreciable, indiscernible, insensible, insignificant, intangible, invisible, scant, slight, small, subtle, unapparent, undetectable, unnoticeable imperfect: blemished, damaged, defective, disfigured, faulty, flawed, ill, impaired, incomplete, unfinished imperfect item that is discarded: reject, second imperfection: blemish, blot, defect, deficiency, failing, fault, flaw, inadequacy, kink, mar, shortcoming, wart, weakness imperial: domineering, kingly, lordly, magisterial, majestic, regal, royal, sovereign, stately imperil: compromise, endanger, expose, hazard, jeopardize, risk imperious: arrogant, authoritative, bossy, commanding, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, haughty, lordly, magisterial, oppressive, overbearing, peremptory, pressing, tyrannical, urgent impermanent: ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, passing, perishable, temporary, transient impersonal: cold, detached, general, impartial, neutral, objective, unfriendly
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IMPERSONATE - IMPOSING STRUCTURE
impersonate: ape, copy, imitate, mimic, mirror, portray, pose impertinence: audacity, boldness, brazenness, crust, forwardness, incivility, insolence, relevance, rudeness, sass impertinent: arrogant, audacious, discourteous, disrespectful, fresh, illmannered, impolite, impudent, meddling, rude, sassy, saucy imperturbable: calm, collected, composed, cool, levelheaded, placid, serene, stable, tranquil, unexcitable, unflappable, unruffled imperturbable poise: aplomb impervious: hermetic, impassable, impenetrable, impermeable, inaccessible, watertight impervious to fluids: waterproof impetuosity: lan impetuous: abrupt, ardent, brash, eager, fervid, fierce, fiery, flashy, forcible, furious, hasty, headlong, heady, heedless, hurried, impulsive, precipitate, rash, rushing, spontaneous, sudden, unplanned, unthinking impetuous and forceful: vehement impetus: ambition, catalyst, drive, lan, force, impulse, incentive, momentum, push, spur, stimulus impetus of body in motion: momentum impiety: blasphemy, disrespect, heresy, reprobation, sacrilege, undutifulness, ungodliness impinge: abut, collide, disturb, encroach, infringe, intrude, strike, trespass impious: blasphemous, godless, iniquitous, irreligious, irreverent, profane, sinful, undevout, unfaithful, ungodly, unholy impish: devilish, elfish, elvish, fresh, mischievous, naughty, playful, puckish implacable: cruel, immitigable, inexorable, iron, ironfisted, merciless, relentless, ruthless, unappeasable, unrelenting implant: embed, enroot, establish, graft, impregnate, impress, inculcate, infuse, ingrain, inoculate, insert, inset, instill, introduce, root, sow implant ideas: inseminate implanted heart regulator: pacemaker implausible: doubtful, dubious, farfetched, fishy, flimsy, improbable, ridiculous, suspect, unbelieveable, unlikely, weak
implement: agent, apparatus, appliance, contraption, device, gadget, instrument, machine, tool, utensil implement with broad flexible blade for mixing: spatula implement, to: accomplish, complete, enforce, execute, fulfill, realize; begin, start implicate: accuse, charge, connect, embroil, frame, imply, incriminate, involve, link, suggest implication: association, assumption, inference, overtone, presumption, ramification, suggestion implication of word, writing: connotation implicit: absolute, complete, fixed, implied, inherent, real, suggested, tacit, understood, unquestioning implied: assumed, hinted, implicit, indicated, inferred, insinuated, intended, intimated, meant, suggested, tacit, understood, unspoken implied word or thought: subaudition implore: adjure, appeal, ask, beg, beseech, entreat, petition, plead, pray, solicit, supplicate, urge imply: blunt, comprise, connote, hint, indicate, infer, insinuate, intimate, mean, predicate, presume, presuppose, signify, suggest, unrefined imply falsely: purport imply or involve: entail imply slyly: insinuate impolite: crude, discourteous, disrespectful, ill-bred, indecorous, inelegant, mannerless, rough, rude, uncivil, unmannerly, unpolished import: convey, denote, indicate, introduce, mean, signify; drift, intent, meaning, purpose, sense, significance, substance, tenor, thrust, value, worth import duty: tariff import illegally: smuggle importance: attention, consequence, dimension, emphasis, gravity, influence, magnitude, moment, position, prestige, priority, prominence, rank, relevance, salience, significance, standing, stature, urgency, weight, worth importance in rank or position: magnitude importance increase in power, influence, stature, reputation: aggrandizement importance, item of principal: staple
importance, minimize something's: soft-pedal importance, priority claimed because of superiority or: precedence important: big, consequential, considerable, critical, decisive, earthshaking, eminent, epochal, essential, grave, great, influential, major, meaningful, momentous, necessary, noted, noteworthy, pivotal, pompous, powerful, preeminent, prominent, salient, serious, significant, strategic, striking, urgent, valuable important and eminent person: bigwig, celebrity, dignitary, eminence, high muck-a-muck, kingpin, luminary, VIP, worthy important and highly regarded: prestigious important and influential: consequential, considerable, exalted, formidable, prominent, redoubtable important and real: substantive important and urgent: imperative important and wealthy person: magnate, magnifico, nabob, tycoon important in affecting future events: fateful, momentous, portentous important part, most: alpha and omega, core, essence important work, one's most: magnum opus important, essential matter: bottom line important, extremely: cardinal, crucial, earthshaking, epochal, momentous, monumental, pivotal, seminal, signal, significant, vital important, most: foremost, overriding, paramount, predominant, preponderant importune: annoy, appeal, ask, beg, beseech, demand, entreat, implore, insist, petition, plead, press, solicit, supplicate, tease, urge, vex impose: apply, burden, charge, command, create, demand, dictate, force, generate, infringe, intrude, levy, obtrude, order impose discipline: lower the boom impose tax, fine, fee: assess, levy impose unwelcomely: foist imposing: august, awesome, burly, commanding, grand, grandiose, impressive, magnificent, majestic, massive, outstanding, royal, stately, striking imposing structure: edifice
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IMPOSITION - IMPUDENT
imposition: burden, deception, demand, duty, fine, fraud, intrusion, levy, tax impossible: absurd, hopeless, insoluble, unacceptable, unattainable, unbearable, unfeasible, unimaginable, untenable, unthinkable impossible to undo: inextricable impost: assessment, charge, custom, duty, fee, levy, surtax, tariff, tax, toll, tribute, weight impostor: charlatan, cheat, fake, faker, humbug, imitator, impersonator, mountebank, pettifogger, phony, pretender, quack, sham imposture: artifice, cheat, copy, counterfeit, deceit, deception, fake, falsehood, fraud, imitation, imposition, masquerade, pretension, quackery, ruse, sham, swindle, trick impotent: barren, feeble, helpless, inadequate, incapable, inept, powerless, sterile, weak impound: accumulate, collect, confine, retain, seize, store impoverish: bankrupt, beggar, deplete, drain, exhaust, reduce, ruin, weaken impoverished: barren, bereft, broke, destitute, empty, indigent, needy, pauperized, penurious, poor impractical: idealistic, illogical, quixotic, romantic, unattainable, unfeasible, unrealistic, unusable, unwise, Utopian, visionary impractical idealist: do-gooder, Don Quixote impractical theory, person attached to: doctrinaire impractically romantic: quixotic impregnable: firm, hard, invincible, invulnerable, secure, shielded, strong, sturdy, unshakable impregnate: charge, drench, fecundate, fertilize, imbue, infuse, inseminate, leaven, penetrate, permeate, saturate, soak impresario: director, manager, producer impress: affix, brand, drive, effect, electrify, emphasize, etch, hammer, indent, inspire, move, opinion, pound, print, reach, reaction, stamp, stress, sway, thrill, touch impress on mind: inculcate, instill impression: belief, dent, feeling, hunch, image, impact, imperson-
ation, influence, inkling, intimation, intuition, percept, print, sense, stamp, takeoff, thought, trace, view impression, of an unforgettable: indelible impression, person trying to make an: poseur impressionable: gullible, plastic, responsive, susceptible, teachable, vulnerable impressive: august, formidable, grand, imposing, lavish, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, memorable, moving, powerful, redoubtable, solemn, stirring, striking, telling impressive and grand: baronial, lofty, stately impressive array: panoply impressively great: epic imprint: brand, effect, engrave, etch, impression, inscribe, mark, press, signature, stamp, symbol imprint in the memory: embed imprison: arrest, cage, confine, detain, embar, enclose, entomb, hold, immure, incarcerate, intern, jail, limit, mure, restrain, shackle imprisonment: confinement, durance, duress imprisonment and forced labor: penal servitude imprisonment, temporary: custody, detention imprisonment, writ to release from unlawful: habeas corpus improbable: doubtful, farfetched, inconceivable, questionable, slim, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely improbable person or event to resolve situation: deus ex machina impromptu: ad-lib, extemporary, improvised, impulsive, offhand, off-thecuff, spontaneous, sudden, unexpected, unprepared, unrehearsed improper: amiss, crude, erroneous, illadvised, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, ill-suited, impolite, inappropriate, incorrect, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, irregular, out of place, unbecoming, unbefitting, undue, unethical, unfit, unjust, unseemly, unsuitable, untoward, vulgar, wrong improper use of word(s): solecism impropriety: barbarism, blunder, corruption, error, faux pas, gaffe, indiscretion, solecism improve: advance, ameliorate, amend, augment, benefit, better, correct,
cultivate, develop, edify, elevate, emend, enhance, enrich, gain, grow, help, lift, meliorate, mend, recover, recuperate, reform, strengthen, upgrade, uplift
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improve a text: emend improve and enliven with colorful details: embellish, embroider, garnish improve and remedy: make amends, make restitution, redress improve and repair: refurbish, remodel, renovate, revamp improve and restore: regenerate, rehabilitate, revitalize improve appearance of deceptively: gild, gloss improve dramatically in appearance, form, etc.: transfigure, transform improve in health: convalesce, recuperate improve intelligence, morals, spirit: edification improve to the greatest degree: optimize improve value, beauty, reputation of: augment, enhance W improvements to property: capital expenditure improvident: careless, extravagant, imprudent, incautious, negligent, prodigal, rash, reckless, shortsighted, spendthrift, thriftless, wasteful improvisational U.S. music style derived from blues, ragtime and gospel music: scat improvise: ad-lib, contrive, devise, extemporize, invent, jam, wing improvised: ad-libbed, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, makeshift, offhand, offthe-cuff, spontaneous, temporary, unrehearsed improvised musical passage: cadenza improvised substitute for need: stopgap imprudent: crazy, foolish, heedless, illadvised, impolitic, improvident, inadvisable, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, negligent, rash, reckless, unwise, unwise impudence: audacity, brass, brassiness, chutzpah, effrontery, gall, sass impudent: arch, bold, brash, brazen, disrespectful, flippant, forward, fresh,
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IMPUDENT TALK - I N A P P R O P R I A T E
impertinent, impolite, insolent, malapert, offensive, pert, rude, sassy, saucy, shameless, wise impudent talk: lip, sass impugn: attach, denounce, doubt, knock, question impulse: catalyst, drive, force, impetus, instinct, motion, motive, propulsion, push, resolve, stimulus, tendency, throb, thrust, urge impulse, creative: afflatus impulsive: forceful, hasty, headlong, impellent, impetuous, impromptu, involuntary, offhand, quick, spontaneous, sudden, unpredictable impune: assail, challenge, contradict, deny, fight, gainsay, resist impunity: clearance, exception, freedom, immunity, privilege impure: adulterated, alloyed, base, blemished, carnal, coarse, contaminated, corrupt, defiled, desecrated, diluted, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, indecent, inferior, lewd, maculate, obscene, polluted, smutty, tainted, unchaste, unclean, unhallowed, unholy, unrefined, unwholesome, vile impure substances, to add: adulterate impurity: dross impute: accuse, allege, ascribe, attribute, blame, charge, consider, count, credit, impart, implicate, intimate, refer in addition: also, and, as well, besides, else, further, more, plus, supplemental, to boot, too, withal in advance: ahead, before, earlier, sooner in any case: anyway, at all, ever, nonetheless, regardless in arrears: behind, delinquent, due, overdue, owing in due course: eventually, soon, ultimately in effect: absolutely, activated, really in essence: basically, essentially, fundamentally, practically, ultimately in existence: alive, extant, surviving in line: aligned, aplomb, arrow, balanced, straight in line one behind the other: single file in line with: anent in memoriam: as a memorial to, commemorating, honoring, in memory of, recognizing in motion: active, astir, moving, traveling
in perpetuum: always, eternally, forever in pieces: asunder, broken, busted, damaged, destroyed, ruined, shattered, smashed in place of: for, in lieu of, instead, stead in place of parent: in loco parentis in place or proper position: in situ in plain sight: open, out in the open, overt in re: about, anent, as to, concerning, in regard to, in the case of, in the matter of, regarding in reserve: aside, on ice, on tap in the act: in flagrante delicto, redhanded in the air: above, overhead, skyward, up in the bag: assured, certain, clinched, definite in the black: profitable, prosperous, successful, thriving in the dark: confused, uninformed in the end: eventually, finally, in conclusion, sooner or later in the know: aware, cognizant, hep, hip, knowledgeable in the matter of: concerning, in re in the neighborhood: about, almost, approximately, around, close in the place cited: loco citato in the style of: la in the way: bothersome, disturbing, impeding, meddlesome, nagging in toto: altogether, completely, entirely, fully, totally in use: functioning, operational in vain: fruitless, futilely, hopeless, lost, purposelessly in vogue: la mode, chic, current, fashionable, popular, stylish in which case: then, when, whereupon inability: failure, helplessness, impotence, inaptitude, incapacity, incompetence, ineptitude, weakness inability to decide or act: abulia inability to feel happiness: anhedonia inability to swallow: aphagia inability to understand objects: apraxia inaccessible: aloof, closed, distant, elusive, remote, unattainable, unavailable, unreachable inaccuracy: blunder, error, fallacy, goof, imprecision, mistake inaccurate: defective, discrepant, erroneous, false, faulty, incorrect, inexact, misleading, unreliable, untrue, wrong
inaccurate title: misnomer inaction: deferral, idleness, inactivity, indolence, suspension inactive: abrogated, at rest, dormant, dull, idle, in abeyance, indolent, inert, languid, latent, lethargic, motionless, otiose, passive, quiescent, sedentary, slack, sleeping, slothful, slow, sluggish, static, still, supine, torpid, unemployed, unoccupied inactive and seated: sedentary inactive and still: quiescent inactive as chemical: inert inactive as volcano: extinct inactive but potentially active: dormant, latent inactive in winter: hibernating inactive stages of insects: pupae inactivity or stagnation: doldrums, ennui, listlessness, slump inadequacy: deficiency, flaw, inability, inefficiency, insufficiency, lack, shortage, shortcoming inadequate: deficient, disproportionate, exiguous, imperfect, incommensurate, incomplete, ineffective, little, meager, scant, scanty, short, skimpy, small, sparse, unfit, unqualified, wanting, weak inadmissible: disallowed, immaterial, irrelevant, unacceptable, unallowable, unqualified, unwelcome inadvertent: accidental, careless, heedless, unintended, unwitting inadvisable: foolish, impolitic, imprudent, rash, risky, unsensible, unwise inalienable: absolute, basic, defended, inbred, inherent, inviolable, natural, sacred inamorata: ladylove, lover, mistress, paramour, sweetheart, woman inane: asinine, daft, dumb, empty, fatuous, foolish, frivolous, idiotic, illogical, jejune, nonsensical, pointless, ridiculous, senseless, silly, stupid, vacant, vacuous, vapid, worthless inanimate: dead, dull, exanimate, flat, inert, inorganic, insensate, insensible, lifeless, stolid, unfeeling inanimate objects possessing souls, belief in: animism inanity: absurdity, emptiness, foolishness, frivolity, hollowness, nonsense, senselessness, triviality, vacuity, vapidity inapplicable: immaterial, impertinent, inapposite, irrelevant, unfit inappropriate: ill-timed, improper, in-
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apposite, inapt, incongruous, inconvenient, inopportune, malapropos, out of place, unapt, unbecoming, unfitting, unseasonable, unsuitable, unsuited, untimely inappropriate as remark, humor: indecorous, infelicitious, untasteful, untoward inapt: amateurish, awkward, clumsy, flat, gauche, ill-timed, improper, inadequate, inappropriate, inept, undue, unsuitable inapt, in English upper society: non-U inarticulate: blurred, dumb, garbled, hesitating, incoherent, inexpressive, muffled, mute, speechless, stammering, tongue-tied, unvocal inartistic: graceless, inelegant, tasteless inasmuch as: because, considering, for, since, while inattention: carelessness, disregard, dreaminess, negligence inattentive: absent, absentminded, abstracted, bored, careless, deaf, distracted, distrait, forgetful, heedless, lax, negligent, preoccupied, remiss, unaware, unheeding, unmindful, unnoticing, unobserving inaudible: infrasonic inaudible for humans: ultrasonic inaugurate: auspicate, begin, commence, induct, initiate, install, institute, introduce, launch, open, start, undertake, usher in inauguration: commencement, coronation, inception, induction, opening inauspicious: adverse, dire, disastrous, foreboding, foul, ominous, sinister, threatening, unfortunate, unlucky, unpromising, unpropitious inborn: basic, hereditary, inbred, ingrained, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctive, intuitive, natural inbred: congenital, deep-seated, inborn, innate, intrinsic, native, natural, primal incalculable: countless, immeasurable, immense, incomputable, inestimable, infinite, innumerable, limitless, measureless, uncertain, uncountable, unpredictable incandescent: aglow, bright, brilliant, electric, glowing, intense, lucid, luminous, radiant, shining incantation: abracadabra, chant,
charm, conjuration, jinx, magic, mantra, rite, sorcery, spell, utterance, voodoo, witchery incantation of nonsense: mumbo jumbo incantation to conjure evil spirit: invocation incapable: helpless, inadequate, incompetent, inept, notable, powerless, unable, unequipped, unfit, unqualified, untrained incapable of being passed through: impervious incapable of being satisfied: insatiable incapable of being transferred, removed: inalienable incapacitate: cripple, damage, disable, disarm, disqualify, handicap, hinder, lame, maim, sideline incarcerate: cage, commit, confine, constrain, detain, immure, imprison, jail incarnate: actualize, embody, exteriorized, manifest, materialize, personified, tangible incarnation of deity: avatar, embodiment, manifestation incautious: bold, careless, hasty, impetuous, improvident, imprudent, indiscreet, negligent, rash, reckless, throughless incendiary: agitator, arsonist, firebug, inflammatory, insurgent, pyromaniac, rebel, subversive incense: anger, aroma, balm, elemi, enrage, essence, fragrance, frankincense, homage, incite, infuriate, irritate, myrrh, perfume, provoke, rile, scent, smell, spice incense container: censer, thurible incense stick: joss stick incensed: enraged, irate, wroth incentive: allurement, carrot, catalyst, encouragement, enticement, fillip, goad, impetus, impulse, incitement, inducement, inspiration, lure, motivation, motive, spark, spur, stimulus, urge incentive for achievement: reward inception: arrival, beginning, commencement, dawn, kickoff, onset, origin, source, start incertitude: doubt, insecurity, instability, skepticism, uncertainty incessant: ceaseless, constant, continuous, endless, eternal, nonstop, perpetual, persistent, relentless, steady, unending, unremitting
inch: creep, length, measurement, move, unit inchoate: amorphous, incipient, incohesive, incomplete, rudimentary, shapeless, unformed, unorganized, unshaped, vague incident: accident, contingent, episode, event, happening, occasion, occurrence, prone, scene incidental: accessory, ancillary, casual, chance, contingent, contributing, fortuitous, minor, nonessential, occasional, related, secondary incidental and lucky: adventitious, contingent, fortuitous incidental and not relevant: marginal, peripheral, tangential incidental or secondary: accessory, adjunct, adscititious, ancillary, auxiliary, subsidiary, supplementary incidental remark: obiter dictum incidental thing or occurrence: contingency incidentally: apropos, by the way, en passant, parenthetically incidents, broken into: episodic incinerate: burn, consume, cremate, fire, parch incipient: beginning, budding, commencing, developing, inceptive, inchoate, initial, nascent incipient flower: bud incise: carve, chisel, cut, engrave, etch, mold incised carving: intaglio incision: cut, gash, notch, scar, slash, slit, wound incisive: acute, biting, clear, concise, crisp, cutting, intelligent, keen, mordant, penetrating, precise, sarcastic, sharp, steeltrap, trenchant incite: abet, agitate, animate, arouse, coax, compel, drive, egg on, encourage, entice, excite, foment, goad, impel, induce, inflame, influence, instigate, lash, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, spur, stimulate, stir up, trigger, urge incite to do bad thing: entice, lure, seduce, solicit, suborn incivility: churlishness, discourtesy, disrespect, impertinence, misbehavior, rudeness, uncivil inclement: brutal, foul, hard, harsh, nasty, rainy, raw, rough, ruthless, severe, stormy, unmerciful inclination: acclivity, affection, affinity, angle, appetite, ascent, attach-
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ment, bent, bias, descent, desire, disposition, druthers, fancy, fondness, grade, gradient, hill, leaning, liking, mind, mindest, mood, partiality, penchant, pitch, preference, proclivity, proneness, propensity, rise, slant, slope, tendency, trend, urge, will, wish, wont inclination or slope: versant inclination or tendency: bent, propensity incline: bend, bias, bow, cant, dip, grade, hill, lean, leaning, pitch, ramp, slant, slope, tend, tilt, upgrade incline from the vertical: rake inclined plane on which ships are built: slip inclined shaft: chute inclined to copy: imitative inclined to one side: alist, heeled include: comprehend, comprise, consist of, contain, cover, embed, embody, embrace, encompass, enfold, incorporate, insert, involve include and take in: comprehend, embrace, subsume include as part of whole: embody, incorporate include within or beneath: subordinate, subsume including many things, parts: compendious, omnibus inclusive: broad, comprehensive, embracing, general, global, surrounding, umbrella, universal inclusive abbreviation: et al., etc. incognito: anonymous, concealed, disguised, nameless, undercover, unidentified, unknown incognizant: ignorant, oblivious, unaware, uninformed, unknowing incoherent: disconnected, disjointed, illogical, inarticulate, incongruous, inconsistent, indistinct, muddled, muttered, rambling, unclear, unconnected, unintelligible incoherent talk: gibberish income: cash, commission, compensation, earnings, emolument, gain, interest, means, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, revenue, royalty, salary, take, wages income after necessities paid for: discretionary income income after taxes paid: disposable income, net income income earned but not paid: accrued interest
income from trust, bequest: endowment income of government: revenue income to live modestly: competence, sufficiency income to pay for necessities: subsistence level income, individual, adjusted for inflation: real income incomparable: excellent, incommeasurable, matchless, peerless, superior, superlative, supreme, surpassing, unequalled, unparalleled, unrivaled, unsurpassed incompatible: adverse, antagonistic, clashing, conflicting, contradictory, contrary, disagreeing, discordant, dissonant, incongruous, inharmonious, irreconcilable, mismatched, opposite, warring incompetence, rising to one's level of: Peter Principle incompetent: bungling, helpless, incapable, inefficient, inept, lacking, unable, unequipped, unfit, unqualified, unskilled, useless incomplete: broken, defective, deficient, divided, fragmentary, imperfect, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, partial, rough, undeveloped, undone, unfinished, wanting incomplete and broken: fragmentary incompleted pitch: balk incomprehensible: abstruse, baffling, confusing, impenetrable, inconceivable, inscrutable, mysterious, perplexing, unclear, unfathomable, unimaginable, unreadable, unthinkable inconceivable: improbable, incredible, strange, unbelievable, unlikely, unthinkable inconclusive: indefinite, open, uncertain, undecided, undetermined, unfinished, unresolved, unsettled, vague incongruous: absurd, alien, conflicting, contrary, disagreeable, discordant, dissonant, imcompatible, inappropriate, inconsistent, inharmonious, ironic, mismatched, unsuitable inconsequential: insignificant, irrelevant, meaningless, measly, minor, negligible, paltry, petty, picayune, slight, trifling, trivial, unimportant inconsiderably: little, minor, scanty, slight, small inconsiderate: careless, impolite, improvident, incautious, indiscreet, in-
sensitive, neglectful, rash, rude, selfish, thoughtless, uncivil, ungracious, unkind inconsistency: disagreement, discrepancy, disparity, variance inconsistent: capricious, conflicting, contradictory, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, divergent, erratic, fickle, incompatible, incongruous, irreconcilable, irregular, uncongenial, unpredictable, unstable inconsistent statement: paradox inconsolable: comfortless, crushed, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, forlorn, heartbroken inconspicuous: low-profile, unobtrusive, unostentatious inconstant: capricious, changeable, disloyal, elusive, erratic, faithless, fickle, fluctuating, uncommitted, unsettled, untrue, vacillating, variable, wayward incontinent: licentious, lustful, unchaste, uncontrolled, unrestrained incontrovertible: certain, incontestable, indisputable, irrefutable, true, undeniable, unequivocal, unquestionable inconvenience: annoy, annoyance, awkwardness, bother, discomfort, discommode, disoblige, disturb, disturbance, hindrance, incommode, nuisance, trouble, uneasiness inconvenient: annoying, awkward, burdensome, embarrassing, inaccessible, inappropriate, inopportune, troublesome, unhandy, unreasonable, unseasonable, untimely incorporate: absorb, assimilate, associate, blend, combine, embody, form, fuse, include, integrate, join, link, merge, unite incorporeal: airy, bodiless, disembodied, immaterial, spiritual, supernatural, unearthly, unsubstantial, unworldly incorrect: erroneous, false, inaccurate, mistaken, not so, untrue, wrong
RELATED TERMS
incorrect concept or opinion based on misinformation: fallacy incorrect conclusion, unintended: paralogism incorrect interpretation: misapprehension, misconception, misconstruction, misunderstanding incorrect name: misnomer
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INCORRIGIBLE - INDENTURE
incorrect though plausible: sophistic, specious incorrect use of a word: catachresis incorrect use of a word grammatically: solecism incorrect use of a word that is close in sound or spelling to correct one: malapropism incorrect, to prove something: confute, rebut, refute % incorrigible: hardened, hopeless, ineradicable, intractable, irreparable, rooted, unmanageable, unreformed incorruptible: honest, honorable, loyal, pure, righteous, trustworthy, untouchable increase: accelerate, accrue, accumulate, add, addition, advantage, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, appreciate, augment, boost, broaden, build, compound, development, dilate, double, enhance, enlarge, enlargement, enrich, escalate, exaggerate, expand, expansion, extend, extension, flourish, further, gain, gather, grow, growth, heighten, hike, increment, inflate, intensify, irrupt, jump, magnify, markup, multiply, proliferate, quadruple, raise, rise, soar, step up, strengthen, surge, swell, triple, upgrade, wax
RELATED TERMS
increase or spread at rapid rate: burgeon, proliferate increase rapidly and irregularly: irrupt increase step-by-step: escalate increase suddenly: surge increase to the highest degree: maximize increasing: increscent increasing by successive addition: cumulative increasing rapidly: exponential W incredible: absurd, amazing, astounding, awesome, extraordinary, fabulous, impossible, outlandish, questionable, remarkable, unbelievable, unlikely, wonderful incredulous: disbelieving, doubting, dubious, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, uncertain increment: accrual, accumulation, addition, advancement, augmentation, gain, growth, increase, raise incriminate: accuse, blame, charge, implicate, inculpate, involve incriminating: in flagrante delicto, redhanded, telltale incubus: burden, demon, nightmare, spirit inculcate: drill, impart, implant, impress, indoctrinate, infuse, instill, program, propagate, teach inculpable: blameless, clean, clear, exemplary, innocent inculpate: accuse, blame, charge, implicate, incriminate, involve incur: acquire, assume, encounter, gain, obtain, sustain incurable: chronic, deadly, hopeless, incorrigible, inoperable, irredeemable, irremediable, irreparable, terminal, uncorrectible, unremediable incurable optimist: Pollyanna incursion: assault, attack, foray, infiltration, inroad, invasion, penetration, raid indebted: appreciative, beholden, bound, grateful, liable, obligated indebtedness: arrears indecent: coarse, dirty, foul, gross, immodest, immortal, improper, impure, indelicate, lewd, nasty, obscene, offensive, raunchy, risqu, scabrous, scurrilous, smutty, unbecoming, unseemly, vulgar indecipherable: cryptic, hieroglyphic, illegible, scrawled, unreadable
increase and expand: amplify, augment, wax increase and intensify: escalate, flare up, inflame, spiral increase and puff: inflate increase as a result of growth: accrue increase in force: groundswell increase in loudness: crescendo increase in power, influence, stature, reputation: aggrandize, elevate, enhance, exalt increase in problem: aggravate, exacerbate increase in rank or power: aggrandize increase in size: dilate, distend, expand, inflate, swell increase in time: extend, prolong, protract increase naturally: grow increase or addition: increment increase or amassing: accretion, accumulation increase or multiplication: propagation
indecision: anxiety, doubt, hesitation, irresolution, uncertainty, vacillation, wavering indecisive: ambivalent, dubious, equivocal, hesitant, inconclusive, indefinite, irresolute, namby-pamby, shaky, uncertain, unclear, vacillating, waffling, wavering indecorous: coarse, distasteful, gross, impolite, improper, inappropriate, inelegant, offensive, rude, unbecoming, uncivil, unfitting indeed: absolutely, actually, admittedly, certainly, honestly, naturally, positively, really, surely, truly, undeniable, undoubtedly, yea indefatigable: diligent, dogged, energetic, industrious, inexhaustible, perservering, persistent, relentless, tenacious, tireless, untiring, unwearying, vigorous indefensible: inexcusable, invalid, pregnable, unpardonable, unprotected, untenable, vulnerable indefinable quality: je ne sais quoi indefinite: ambiguous, doubtful, endless, equivocal, inconclusive, indecisive, inexact, infinite, intangible, loose, nubilous, tentative, uncertain, undetermined, unlimited, unspecific, unsure, vague indefinite and lacking form: amorphous indefinitely: sine die indelible: enduring, fast, fixed, ineffaable, inexpungible, lasting, permanent, uneradicable, unerasable, unremovable indelicate: brash, coarse, gross, impolite, improper, indecent, lewd, offensive, raw, tactless, unbecoming, uncouth, unrefined, unseemly, vulgar indemnifies: pays indemnify: atone, compensate, insure, pay, protect, recompense, reimburse, remunerate, satisfy indemnity: compensation, exemption, insurance, protection, reparation, restitution indent: bruise, depress, dint, inlay, mark, nick, notch, press, recess, serrate, space, stamp indentation: cavity, dimple, ding, groove, impression, indenture, notch, pocket, recess indentation of lines after first: hanging indent indenture: agreement, contract, document, indentation
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INDIAN TRIBES
Central/South American: Ande, Arawak, Aymara, Aztec, Bravo, Carib, Cuna, Guarani, Inca, Kechua, Maya, Olmec, Ona, Quechua, Toltec, Uro, Zapotec Native American: Abenaki, Aleut, Algonquin, Apache, Apalachee, Apalachi, Arapaho, Arikara, Banak, Blackfoot, Caddo, Cayuga, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Chilkat, Chinook, Chippewa, Choctaw, Comanche, Cre, Creek, Crow, Dakota, Dakotah, Delaware, Erie, Hitchiti, Hopi, Huron, Illinois, Ioni, Iowa, Iroquois, Kania, Kansas, Kaw, Keresan, Kiowa, Klamath, Lenape, Maidu, Massachuset, Menominee, Miami, Mohave, Mohawk, Mohegan, Mohican, Mojave, Munsee, Muskhogean, Narragansett, Natchez, Navaho, Navajo, Nez Perce, Nootka, Ojibwa, Omaha, Oneida, Onondaga, Osage, Oto, Otoe, Ottawa, Paiute, Pawnee, Pima, Pontiac, Potawatomi, Pueblo, Sac, Sagamore, Sambos, Sauk, Seminole, Seneca, Shawnee, Shoshoni, Sioux, Siwash, Tana, Taos, Tlingit, Tuscarora, Ute, Winnebago, Yuma, ZuniW
independence: autonomy, emancipation, freedom, liberty, self-government, sovereignty independent: alone, autonomous, exclusive, free, liberated, nonaligned, self-governing, self-reliant, self-sufficient, self-supporting, separate, sovereign, unconnected, uncontrolled, unrestricted independent in existence or function: substantive independent melodic lines combined to make a harmonic relationship: contrapunto, counterpoint independent-minded person: individualist, maverick independent of order in math: commutative indescribable: indefinable, ineffable, overwhelming, unexpressible, unspeakable indestructible: durable, enduring, immutable, lasting, nonperishable, permanent, unbreakable, unchangeable indeterminate: ambiguous, inconclusive, indefinite, inexact, obscure, uncertain, unclear, unresolved, vague index: alphabetize, catalog, file, glossary, guide, indicator, list, mark, measure, pointer, symbol, table, tabulate India butter: ghee, ghi India castes: agarwal, ahir, brahman, brahmin, dhobi, harijan, jat, kshatriya, lohar, mali, maratha, rajput, shudra, singh, sudra, untouchable, vaishya, vaisya India clothing: burga, saree, sari India educated woman: pundita Indian child: papoose Indian curtain concealing women from view: purdah Indian housing: hogan, lodge, teepee, tepee, wickiup, wigwam Indian meeting: powwow
Indian money: sewan, wampum Indian peace pipe: calumet Indian stringed musical instruments: sarod, sitar, tamboura, vina Indian, male: brave, buck, chief, sannup indicate: attest, augur, bespeak, betoken, bode, demonstrate, denote, designate, disclose, display, evidence, evince, exhibit, gesture, hint, imply, import, infer, intimate, manifest, mark, mean, particularize, point, point out, prove, read, register, reveal, show, signify, specify, suggest, symbolize, testify indicate and reveal: disclose, evidence, evince, manifest indicate approach: harbinger, herald, presage indication: auspice, clue, designation, evidence, expression, forewarning, hint, index, inkling, intimation, note, notion, omen, proof, sign, signal, suggestion, symptom, telltale, token, trace, warning indicative: emblematic, expressive, representative, significant, suggestive, symbolic indicator: bellwether, forerunner, index, sign indict: accuse, arraign, charge, impeach, incriminate, inculpate, prosecute, summon indifference: aloofless, apathy, callousness, carelessness, coldness, disdain, disinterest, iciness, insensitivity, languor, lassitude, lethargy, negligence, unconcern indifferent: aloof, apathetic, blas, careless, casual, cold, cool, detached, frigid, heedless, impervious, incurious, insensible, insouciant, lackadaisical, listless, lukewarm, mediocre, neutral, nonchalant, phlegmatic, po-
cocurante, so-so, stoic, uncaring, unconcerned, unfeeling, uninspired, uninterested, unmindful, unmoved indifferent and cool: nonchalant indifferent in feeling: apathetic indifferent to pain or pleasure: stoical indigence: destitution, penury indigenous: aboriginal, autochthonous, congential, domestic, enchorial, endemic, homegrown, inborn, inherent, innate, native, natural, original indigenous language: vernacular indigent: beggarly, destitute, homeless, impecunious, impoverished, lacking, needy, penniless, poor, wanting indigestion: dyspepsia, flatulence, gas, heartburn indignant: angry, annoyed, disgruntled, exasperated, furious, incensed, infuriated, irritated, miffed, sore, steaming, up in arms, wrathful indignation: anger, animosity, animus, disdain, displeasure, fury, ire, pique, rage, resentment, umbrage indignity: abuse, affront, discourtesy, dishonor, embarrassment, humiliation, injustice, insult, offense, outrage, slight, wrong indigo blue: anil indirect: abstruse, circuitous, circular, crooked, devious, dishonest, erratic, evasive, incidental, meandering, misleading, oblique, rambling, roundabout, secondary, shifty, sneaky, subtle, twisting, underhand, vague, zigzag indirect expression: circumlocution, periphrasis indirect mention: allusion indirect or secondhand: vicarious indirect route: detour indiscernible: evanescent, faint, impalpable, imperceptible, indistinct, insignificant, invisible, unnoticeable
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INDISCREET - INELEGANT
indiscreet: brash, careless, foolish, heedless, ill-advised, impolitic, improvident, inconsiderate, injudicious, imprudent, rash, tactless, uncautious, unwise indiscretion: carelessness, folly, foolishness, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, unwariness indiscretions of youth: wild oats indiscriminate: assorted, broad, chaotic, confused, disorganized, haphazard, jumbled, mingled, mixed, motley, random, unplanned, unrestrained, unselective, wanton, wholesale indiscriminate sexually: promiscuous indispensable: basic, cardinal, crucial, essential, imperative, integral, necessary, needed, needful, obligatory, required, requisite, unavoidable, vital indispensable thing: sine qua non indisposed: ailing, averse, confined, disinclined, hesitant, ill, reluctant, sick, sickly, uneager, unwell, unwilling indisposition: affliction, ailment, discomfort, dislike, disorder, illness, infirmity, malady, malaise, reluctance, resentment, sickness indisputable: apodictic, apparent, certain, conclusive, definite, incontrovertible, indubitable, irrefragable, irrefutable, obvious, positive, sure, uncontestable, undeniable, unmistakable, unquestionable indisputable evidence: smoking gun indissoluble: binding, enduring, firm, imperishable, lasting, permanent indistinct: ambiguous, blurred, cloudy, confused, dark, dim, faint, hazy, inaudible, indefinite, misty, muddy, obscure, shadowy, unclear, undefined, vague, weak indistinguishable: identical, imperceptible, same, unclear, vague indite: compose, dictate, pen, write individual: alone, being, distinctive, entity, exclusive, explicit, mortal, one, particular, person, private, self, separate, single, sole, solitary, solo, somebody, special, specific, thing, unique, unit individual and separate: discrete, distinct, diverse individual detail: particular individual in a directory: listee individual or personal: subjective individual speech pattern: idiolect
individual tendency: bent individual uniqueness in hostile universe, philosophy of: existentialism individuality: character, distinction, feature, habit, identity, indivisibility, makeup, mannerism, nature, personality, seity, singularity, temperament, uniqueness individually: alone, apart, independently, personally, separately individually in order: respectively individuals chosen to be representative of group: random sample Indo-European: Aryan indoctrinate: brainwash, educate, imbue, instill, instruct, program, school, teach, train indolent: idle, inactive, inert, lackadaisy, lazy, lethargic, listless, slothful, sluggish, torpid indomitable: courageous, dogged, intrepid, invincible, invulnerable, persevering, spunky, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, unbeatable, undaunted, undefeatable, unyielding indoor swimming pool: natatorium indubitable: apparent, assured, certain, conclusive, evident, indisputable, irrefragable, open, positive, sure, undeniable, unequivocal, unquestionable induce: actuate, cause, coax, convince, draw, elicit, encourage, generate, get, impel, incite, influence, lure, motivate, persuade, press, prompt, sway, tempt, urge inducement: attraction, bait, carrot, consideration, enticement, hook, incentive, instigation, motive, reason, spur, stimulus inducing nausea: emetic induct: admit, draft, enlist, enroll, inaugurate, initiate, install, instate, recruit, register indulge: accommodate, baby, cherish, coddle, cosset, delight, enjoy, favor, gratify, humor, mollycoddle, oblige, pamper, please, satisfy, spoil indulge appetite: sate, satiate indulge freely: give rein to indulge in luxury: live high indulge oneself: luxuriate, revel, wallow indulge whim: gratify indulgence: allowance, clemency, compassion, excess, fondness, forgiveness, gratification, hedonism, lenience, luxury, petting, spree, tolerance
indulgence, excessive: dissipation indulgence, immoral: debauchery, depravity, dissipation, dissoluteness, intemperance indulgent: benign, charitable, compliant, easy, easygoing, gentle, good, kind, pardoning, permissive, tender industrial class: proletariat industrial diamond: bort industrial settlement: adjudication, arbitration, conciliation, mediation industrial worker: blue-collar worker industrialist: magnate, tycoon industrious: active, ambitious, assiduous, busy, busy as a bee, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, enterprising, hardworking, laborious, operose, painstaking, persevering, productive, sedulous, zealous industrious insects: ants industry: activity, business, bustle, commerce, determination, effort, energy, field, ingenuity, labor, manufacturing, occupation, pursuit, toil, work, zeal industry from government to private ownership, change: privatize inebriated: bombed, drunk, intoxicated, loaded, plastered, smashed, stoned, tanked, tipsy, wasted inedible part of meat: gristle ineffable: celestial, devine, empyreal, ethereal, indescribable, inexpressible, sacred, taboo, transcendent, unspeakable, unutterable ineffective: faineant, fruitless, futile, idle, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, ineffectual, inefficient, inept, neutralized, otiose, pathetic, useless, vain, void, weak, worthless ineffective, make: invalidate, nullify, vitiate, void ineffectual: futile, hopeless, idle, impotent, inadequate, ineffective, inefficient, insufficient, unable, unavailing, unproductive, useless, vain, weak inefficient: disorganized, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, slipshod, unfitted, unprepared, unproductive, unskilled, wasteful inelastic: inflexible, rigid, stable, stiff, unadaptable, unbending, unyielding inelegant: awkward, clumsy, coarse, common, crass, crude, gauche, graceless, ungenteel, unrefined, vulgar
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ineligible: disqualified, unacceptable, unfit, unqualified, unsuitable, unworthy ineluctable: certain, doomed, indubitable, inescapable, inevitable, sure, unavoidable, unevadable inept: absurd, awkward, bumbling, bungling, clumsy, foolish, gauche, improper, inane, inappropriate, inapt, incompetent, ineffectual, inefficient, pointless, slow, unbecoming, unfit, unseemly, unskilled, unsuited inept sportsman: duffer inequality: bias, difference, discrimination, disparity, disproportion, diversity, imparity, prejudice, unevenness, unfairness inequity: injustice, unfairness, wrong inert: apathetic, dead, idle, immobile, impassive, inactive, indolent, languid, lazy, lethargic, lifeless, motionless, neutral, passive, phlegmatic, quiet, slack, slow, sluggish, static, stationary, still, supine, torpid inert gas: argon, neon, radon, xenon inertia: idleness, inactivity, indolence, lassitude, oscitancy, passivity, quiescence, stillness inescapable: ineluctable, inevitable inessential: expendable inessential and supplementary: extraneous, extrinsic inestimable: exquisite, incalcuable, invaluable, precious, priceless, unmeasurable, valuable inevitable: assured, certain, decided, destined, doomed, fatal, fated, fateful, imminent, impending, in the cards, ineluctable, inescapable, necessary, sure, unavoidable, unpreventable inexact: erroneous, false, inaccurate, rough, undetermined, vague inexcusable: blameworthy, indefensible, intolerable, reprehensible, unallowable, unforgivable, untenable, wrong inexhaustible: boundless, infinite, tireless, unflagging, unlimited, wearied inexorable: adamant, determined, dogged, harsh, inflexible, intractable, ironclad, relentless, resolute, rigid, rigorous, stiff, stony, strict, unalterable, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding inexpedient: detrimental, futile, impolitic, imprudent, inadvisable, injudicious, inopportune, unwise
inexpensive: bargain, cheap, economical, frugal, low-priced, reasonable, thrifty inexpensive opera: threepenny inexperienced: callow, green, inexpert, naive, raw, rookie, shortsighted, sophomoric, unaccustomed, unfamiliar, unfledged, unpracticed, unskilled, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, unversed, unworldly, verdant, wet behind the ears, young inexperienced person: babe, beginner, greenhorn, greeny, neophyte, newcomer, novice, rookie, tenderfoot, tyro inexpert: awkward, crude, green, inexperienced, unpracticed, unskilled, untrained inexplicable: abstruse, ambiguous, enigmatic, inexplainable, mysterious, obscure, peculiar, strange, unaccountable, unfathomable inexpressive: blank, devoid, dull, empty, flat, impassive, vacant infallible: certain, dependable, divine, exact, faultless, flawless, foolproof, impeccable, perfect, reliable, sure, unerring, unfailing infamous: atrocious, base, contemptible, corrupt, degenerate, despicable, detestable, dishonorable, evil, hateful, heinous, loathsome, miscreant, nefarious, notorious, odious, scandalous, shady, shameful, villainous infamy: discredit, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, ignominy, immorality, odium, reproach, scandal, shameful infamy and disgrace: obloquy infancy: babyhood, beginning, childhood, immaturity, inception, outset, start infant: babe, baby, bambino, bantling, child, kid, minor, neonate, newborn, toddler infantile: babyish, childish, immature, juvenile, sophomoric, youthful infantryman: dogface, doughboy, foot soldier, soldier infatuated: besotted, captivated, charmed, enamored, enchanted, enraptured, enthralled, fond, foolish, gaga, inflamed, obsessed infatuation: attachment, craze, crush, fascination, folly, love, madness, obsession, passion infect: affect, afflict, contaminate, damage, invade, poison, pollute, spoil, taint
infection: contagion, corruption, defilement, disease, illness, malady, plague infection-fighting protein: antibody infection main site: focus, nidus infection-preventing technique: antisepsis infection, spread of: zymosis infectious: catching, communicable, contagious, epidemic, noxious, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, spreading, transferable, transmissible, transmitted, vitiating infectious and spreading disease: pestiferous, pestilent infectious, extremely: virulent infective agent: virus infer: ascertain, assume, conclude, construe, deduce, drive, educe, gather, glean, guess, hint, imply, interpret, opine, reason, speculate, suppose, surmise infer from general principle: deduce, extrapolate inference: assumption, conclusion, conjecture, corollary, deduction, illation, judgment, suggestion, understanding inference drawn from misconception: subreption inference from incomplete evidence: conjecture inference of general from specific: induction inferior: auxiliary, base, below, bum, cheap, common, cull, feeble, impure, inadequate, jerrybuilt, less, lesser, lower, mediocre, minion, minor, nether, peon, petty, poor, secondary, second-rate, shoddy, subaltern, subordinate, substandard, underling, underneath, unequal, unworthy, worst inferior as substitute: ersatz inferior in quality: mean, poor, shoddy inferior, greatly: execrable, paltry, pitiable, sorry infernal: abominable, avernal, awful, chthonian, cursed, damnable, demonic, devilish, diabolical, evil, fiendish, hellish, horrible, satanic, stygian, tartarean, underworld, vicious inferno: abyss, fire, Hades, hell, holocaust, netherworld, pit, underworld infertile: barren, depleted, drained, fruitless, impotent, infecund, sterile, unbearing, unproductive
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INFECTIOUS, VIRAL, OR PARASITIC DISEASE

ague AIDS/Acquired Immune-Deficiency Syndrome AIDS-related complex/ARC amebiasis/amoebiasis amebic dysentery/amoebic dysentery anthrax bascillary dysentery Black Death blackwater fever bovine spongiform encephalopathy brucellosis bubonic plague chicken pox/varicella cholera/Asiatic cholera cowpox/vaccinia Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease dengue fever/dengue/breakbone fever/dandy fever diphtheria dumdum fever dysentery ebola elephantiasis encephalitis lethargica/sleeping sickness/sleepy sickness enteric fever/typhoid fever erysipelas/Saint Anthony's fire fifth's disease frambesia/yaws German measles glandular fever/infectious mononucleosis/mononucleosis gonorrhea grippe/grip/influenza Hansen's disease/leprosy hantavirus helicobacter pylori hepatitis herpes histoplasmosis hookworm/uncinaria influenza/grippe/grip jail fever kala-azar Lassa fever Legionnaires' disease leishmaniasis/Dumdum fever/kala-azar leprosy leptospirosis/swamp fever Lyme disease malaria/paludism/swamp fever/malaria fever measles/rubeola meningitis mononucleosis/infectious mononucleosis/kissing disease mumps ornithosis otitis media paratyphoid fever/salmonella parotitis/parotiditis plague pneumonia poliomyelitis/polio/infantile paralysis prion disease psittacosis/parrot fever Q fever rabies/hydrophobia rat-bite fever relapsing fever/recurrent fever rheumatic fever ringworm Rocky Mountain spotted fever rubella/German measles rubeola/measles scarlet fever/scarlatina schistosomiasis/bilharziasis/snail fever scrub typhus/Japanese river fever/tsutsugamushi disease sexually transmitted diseases shigellosis shingles sleeping sickness/African sleeping sickness smallpox/variola spotted fever strep throat/septic sore throat tetanus/lockjaw thrush tick fever tinea toxic shock syndrome trachoma trench fever trench mouth/Vincent's angina/Vincent's infection trypanosomiasis/sleeping sickness tuberculosis tularemia/rabbit fever typhoid fever/typhoid/enteric fever typhus/prison fever/ship fever/typhus fever undulant fever/brucellosis/Gibraltar fever/Malta fever/Mediterranean fever/Rock fever valley fever variola/smallpox venereal disease/VD whooping cough/pertussis yaws/frambesia yellow fever/yellow jack zoster/herpes zoster/shingles W
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INFEST - INFORMATION
infest: beset, defile, flood, invade, overrun, pester, plague, ravage, swarm infidel: agnostic, atheist, heathen, heretic, pagan, skeptic, unbeliever infidelity: adultery, betrayal, breach, disloyalty, falsity, treason, violation infiltrate: foist, impregnate, leak, penetrate, permeate, seep infiltrator: mole, spy infinite: boundless, countless, endless, eternal, illimitable, immeasurable, immense, interminable, limitless, perpetual, timeless, tremendous, unlimited, vast infinitesimal: insignificant, little, microscopic, minuscule, minute, small, tiny, unnoticeable infinitive with adverb between "to" and verb: split infinitive infirm: ailing, anile, brittle, debilitated, decrepit, disabled, doddering, failing, feeble, fragile, frail, lame, sickly, unsound, vacillating, weak, worn infirmary: clinic, dispensary, hospital infirmity: affliction, ague, ailment, condition, confinement, debilitation, decay, deficiency, disease, feebleness, flaw, frailty, illness, malady, sickness, weakness inflame: aggravate, anger, annoy, arouse, boil, burn, chafe, electrify, enrage, exasperate, excite, fire, heat, impassion, incense, infuriate, irritate, kindle, provoke, rile, stir inflammable: ardent, burnable, combustible, excitable, fiery, hazardous, ignitable, incendiary, irascible, irritable, volatile inflammation: acne, arthritis, boil, bursitis, chafing, conflagration, fire, gout, infection, irritation, phlegmasia, swelling inflammation and fever, concerning: phlogistic inflammation, reducing: anti-inflammatory, antiphlogistic inflate: amplify, augment, balloon, bloat, blow, boost, dilate, distend, elate, enlarge, expand, increase, magnify, overestimate, pump, swell inflate an expense account: pad inflated: blown, bombastic, exaggerated, flatulent, flowery, overloaded, plethoric, pompous, rhetorical, swollen, tumid, turgid, wordy
inflated in speech: overblown, tumid, turgid inflation: deficit finance, deficit financing inflation caused by increased demand for limited goods and services: demand-pull inflation caused by increased production costs: cost-push inflation guide: retail price index inflation, means of protection as against: hedge inflection: accent, articulation, bend, curve, emphasis, enunciation, intonation, sound, timbre, tone, variation inflection of words: accidence inflexible: adamant, adamantine, dogged, firm, fixed, hard, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inelastic, inexorable, iron, obdurate, relentless, rigid, rigorous, steadfast, stiff, strict, stringent, stubborn, unadaptable, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding inflict: administer, deliver, dispense, dump, force, impose, perpetrate, strike, unload, wreak influence: affect, alter, ascendancy, aspect, attract, authority, clout, command, compel, connections, control, dominion, effect, fame, force, govern, gravity, hold, impel, impress, induce, inducement, inspire, lead, leverage, lobby, magnetism, mastery, money, motive, move, persuade, power, pressure, prestige, prominence, prompt, pull, rule, sway, weight influence and stimulus: encouragement, incentive, incitement, motivation influence dictating ethical choice: sanction influence legislators, people with cause trying to: lobby influence of charm and personality: charisma influence over another, person exerting evil or forceful: Svengali influence over others: clout, leverage, manipulation influence with an ideology, forceful: brainwashing, indoctrination influence, position of: ascendancy, dominance, preeminence
influence, susceptible to: biddable, cooperative, docile, ductile, flexible, malleable, pliable, tractable influenced: actuated, guided, impelled, instigated, led, swayed influenced, easily: docile, flexible, malleable, pliable, prone, susceptible influential: dominant, effective, important, instrumental, leading, momentous, potent, powerful, significant, strong influential behind-the-scenes person: eminence grise influential person: luminary, magnate, tycoon influential unofficial advising group: kitchen cabinet influx: arrival, flow, increase, incursion, infiltration, inflow, inpouring, inrush, invasion, tide inform: acquaint, advertise, advise, anile, apprise, betray, blab, brief, communicate, enlighten, familiarize, forewarn, instruct, notify, post, preach, snitch, squeal, talk, tattle, tell, train, update inform formally: notify informal: casual, colloquial, easygoing, frank, homey, loose, natural, relaxed, simple, unceremonious, unofficial informal discussion: chat informal in language: colloquial, conversational informal language: slang informal poll: straw vote informant: canary, fink, informer, nark, rat, sneak, snitch, source, stoolie, tattletale, tipster information: clue, data, direction, documents, dope, facts, feedback, instruction, intelligence, knowledge, lowdown, material, news, notice, poop, report, scoop, tidings, wisdom, word
RELATED TERMS
information about a process or activity, return of: feedback information added at end: afterthought, appendix, postscript information announcement: disclosure, revelation information announcement, formal: bulletin, communiqu information bit by bit, to gather: glean information exchange among professionals: networking
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INFRACTION - INITIATION
information gathered on person, subject: dossier information or mental stimulation that is pointless: pabulum information overheard: hearsay information processes in artificial systems, study of: cybernetics information store: database information to further a cause: propaganda information, exchange or distribution point for: clearinghouse information, of secret: classified information, policy of withholding: obscurantism information, to reveal: divulge, impart, relate information, to supply with vital: brief, prime informative: descriptive, educational, enlightening, illuminating, instructive, revealing informed: abreast, apprised, aware, cognizant, conversant, hep, hip, knowing, notified, told, up on, versed, warned, well read, wise informed on current events: au courant informed on facts: au fait informer: canary, informant, plant, sneak, source, stool pigeon, stoolie, tattletale, tipster W infraction: breach, crime, encroachment, error, infringement, misdemeanor, transgression, violation infrastructure: base, foundation, framework, ground, root, substructure, support infrequent: intermittent, irregular, isolated, occasional, rare, scant, scarce, seldom, sparse, sporadic, uncommon, unusual infringe: breach, break, contravene, disobey, encroach, impinge, infract, intrude, invade, meddle, offend, overstep, trespass, violate infringe on a copyright: pirate infuriate: aggravate, anger, enrage, incense, inflame, ire, irritate, outrage, rile, umbrage, vex infuse: fill, imbue, impart, implant, inculcate, inspire, instill, introduce, leaven, pervade, plant, saturate, soak, steep -ing form of verb acting as adjective or indicating tense: participle -ing form of verb acting as noun: gerund
ingenious: able, acute, adroit, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, crafty, creative, cunning, daedal, gifted, imaginative, innovative, intelligent, inventive, original, refined, resourceful, sharp, skillful, smart, subtle, talented, witty ingenuous: artless, candid, childlike, frank, guileless, honest, innocent, naif, naive, natural, open, simple, sincere, trustful, unaffected, undisguised ingest: absorb, consume, drink, eat, swallow, take inglorious: base, corrupt, degrading, disgraceful, dishonorable, ignominious, infamous, obscure, odious, scandalous, shabby, shameful ingot: bar, block, ironbar, mold ingrained: chronic, congenital, deepseated, established, firm, fundamental, inborn, inbred, inherent, innate, native, rooted ingratiating: affable, agreeable, appealing, fawning, flattering, friendly, gushing, obsequious, oily, pleasing, servile, silken, soft, swarmy, sweet, sycophantic, unctuous, winsome ingredient: additive, component, constituent, element, essence, factor, item, piece ingress: access, door, entrance, entry, gate, opening, penetrate inhabit: dwell, live, lodge, occupy, people, populate, reside, settle, tenant inhabitant: boarder, citizen, colonist, denizen, dweller, habitue, inmate, native, occupant, resident inhabitant from earliest times: aboriginal, autochthon inhale: breathe, consume, devour, drag, inspire, puff, respire, smell, sniff inharmonious: dissonant, incongruous inherent: basic, characteristic, congenital, deeprooted, essential, fundamental, genetic, hereditary, inborn, inbred, indwelling, ingrained, innate, intrinsic, natural inherit: acquire, get, obtain, receive inheritance: bequest, birthright, endowment, estate, gift, heirloom, heritage, legacy, patrimony inheritance from father: patrimony inheritance or right to it: succession inheritance right of eldest son: primogeniture inheritancerightto an estate: reversion
inheritance shared: coparcenary, parcenary inheritance to a particular party, to limit the: entail inherited item of value: heirloom inherited traditions, customs: heritage inherited, as disease: genetic, hereditary inhibit: avert, bar, check, cramp, curb, deter, discourage, forbid, hinder, impede, prevent, prohibit, repress, restrain, restrict, stop, suppress inhibited: cold, controlled, frigit, guarded, reserved, unresponsive inhibition: barrier, hang-up, obstacle, restraint, suppression inhospitable: hostile, impolite, rude, unfriendly, unsociable, unwelcoming inhuman: barbaric, barbarous, beastly, bestial, brutal, brutish, cold, coldhearted, cruel, diabolical, ferocious, heartless, insensate, insensible, malicious, merciless, monstrous, ruthless, savage, vicious inimical: adverse, antagonistic, contrary, harmful, hostile, hurtful, injurious, repugnant, unfavorable, unfriendly inimitable: rare iniquitous: corrupt, evil, immoral, nefarious, sinful, unjust, wicked iniquity: depravity, evil, immorality, infamy, miscreancy, offense, sin, vice, wrong initial: basic, beginning, earliest, elementary, first, fundamental, inceptive, incipient, leading, maiden, opening, original, primary; letter initial letter or sound dropped from word: apheresis initial letter or sound repeating in words: alliteration initial letters of lines forming word: acrostic initial letters of words used to make word: acronym initial T V show: pilot initials in design: monogram initiate: admit, begin, cause, commence, establish, found, haze, inaugurate, indoctrinate, induct, install, introduce, launch, open, originate, start, trigger initiation: admittance, baptism, beginning, ceremony, commencement, enrollment, entrance, induction, introduction, investiture, onset, rite
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INITIATION BY FIRST PAINFUL ORDEAL - INQUISITION
initiation by first painful ordeal: baptism of fire initiation ceremony or occurrence: rite of passage initiation into group: induction initiative: action, ambition, aptitude, creativity, drive, eagerness, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, get-up-andgo, gumption, moxie, pluck, push, spunk inject: force, imbue, inoculate, insert, instill, introduce, mainline, pump, put, shoot, vaccinate injection in vein, of an: intravenous injection of blood, etc.: transfusion injection of medicine into rectum: clyster, colonic, enema injection under skin: hypodermic, subcutaneous injection vial holding liquid: ampoule, ampul, ampule injection, additional dose: booster injection, administered by: parenteral injection, slow: infusion injudicious: dumb, foolish, imprudent, inadvisable, indiscreet, unsound, unwise injunction: behest, charge, command, decree, directive, edict, mandate, order, precept, ruling, writ injure: abuse, affront, assault, bruise, damage, disfigure, harm, hurt, impair, insult, maim, maltreat, mar, offend, spoil, wound, wrong
RELATED TERMS
injured feeling: resentment, umbrage injured or wronged, resentment from being: grievance injurious: abusive, deleterious, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, libelous, malicious, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, slanderous, unhealthy injury: affliction, blow, break, bruise, contusion, cut, damage, detriment, fracture, gash, hardship, harm, hurt, impairment, injustice, insult, laceration, lesion, mayhem, mutilation, sprain, stab, swelling, trauma, whiplash, wound, wrong injury by violence or accident: trauma injury in law: tort injury or harmful action: disservice injury, susceptible to: vulnerable W injustice: bias, breach, crime, discrimination, favoritism, grievance, harm,
hurt, inequality, inequity, iniquity, injury, miscarriage, prejudice, unfairness, violation, wickedness, wrong ink, permanent: indelible ink inkblot test for personality: Rorschach test inkling: clue, glimmering, glimpse, hint, hunch, idea, indication, intimation, lead, notion, scent, suspicion inky: black, dark, ebon, ebony, murky, raven, stained inland region: backcountry, hinterland inland, confined: landlocked inlay work: damask, marquetry, mosaic, tessellation inlet: arm, basin, bay, bayou, bight, channel, cove, creek, entrance, estuary, fiord, firth, fjord, gulf, harbor, inlay, narrows, opening, orifice, passage, ria, sound, strait, stream, waterway inlet of sea between steep cliffs: fjord inlet of sea or river mouth where tide, current meet: estuary inmate: con, convict, felon, inhabitant, lifer, occupant, prisoner inmost: central, deepest, intestinal, intimate inmost nature: core, essence inn: albergo, auberge, caravansary, fonda, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, house, khan, lodge, motel, pub, resort, roadhouse, tavern inn of East and Near East: caravansary, khan inn of Spain: posada innards: bowels, guts, insides, stuffing, viscera innate: born, congenital, essential, hereditary, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inherent, inherited, instinctive, internal, intrinsic, native, natural inner: central, close, concealed, deep, esoteric, hidden, inside, interior, internal, inward, middle, personal, private innkeeper: boniface, host, hosteler, landlord, proprietor, publican, taverner, victualler innocence: blamelessness, chastity, freshness, guiltlessness, naivete, purity, sinlessness, spotlessness, virtue innocence of rural life: pastoral innocence-proving: exculpatory innocent: artless, blameless, chaste, childlike, clean, exemplary, free, greenhorn, guileless, guiltless, harm-
less, ignorant, inculpable, ingenuous, lawful, naive, pristine, simple, unaware, unblamable, uncorrupt, uninvolved, unworldly, upright innocent woman: ingenue innocent, to declare: exculpate, exonerate innocuous: harmless, inoffensive, insipid, jejune, pallid, unoffending innocuous medication: placebo innovation: change, departure, introduction, invention, novelty, vicissitude innovative: contemporary, creative, ingenious, inventive, original innuendo: clue, hint, implication, insinuation, intimation, overtone, reference, suggestion innumerable: countless, incalculable, infinite, legion, many, myriad, numerous inoculate: imbue, immunize, implant, infuse, leaven, protect, steep, vaccinate inoffensive: harmless, innocuous, neutral, safe, unobtrusive inoperative: countermanded, dead, idle, inactive, unworkable inopportune: contrary, ill-timed, impractical, inappropriate, inconvenient, unfortunate, unseasonable, untimely inopportune occurrence: contretemps inordinate: copious, disorderly, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, lavish, outrageous, overmuch, superfluous, surplus, undue, unrestrained, wanton inorganic: artificial, azoic, inanimate, lifeless, mineral inquest: assize, delving, examination, finding, hearing, inquiry, investigation, probe, search inquire: ask, examine, explore, grill, interrogate, investigate, pry, query, question, quiz, scrutinize, search, seek, study inquiring: curious, investigative, searching, wondering inquiry: analysis, audit, check, examination, hearing, inquest, inquisition, interview, investigation, probe, query, question, research, scrutiny inquisition: hunt, inquest, inquiry, investigation, prosecution, search, trial, tribunal
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INSECT TERMS
adult stage: imago antenna: feeler antenna knob: capitulum back or upper surface of insect: tergum change of form or habits after embryonic stage: metamorphosis chirping by grasshopper, cricket: stridulation egg: nit excrement: frass fear of insects: entomophobia feeding tube: proboscis insect carrying germs: carrier, vector insect-eating: entomophagous, insectivorous insect-eating plant: pitcher plant, Venus's-flytrap inquisitive: challenging, curious, interested, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, nosey, nosy, prying, snooping inroad: advance, encroachment, foray, incursion, intrusion, invasion, raid ins and outs: details, particulars, quirks, ropes insane: batty, bizarre, crazed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, delirious, demented, deranged, eccentric, frenetic, immoderate, irrational, loco, loony, lunatic, mad, maniac, manic, nuts, paranoid, psychopathetic, psychotic, screwy, touched, unbalanced, wacky insane, to allege or prove: stultify insanity: aberration, craziness, delirium, dementia, derangement, folly, foolishness, hysteria, lunacy, madness, mania, psychosis, vesania insanity, temporary: amentia insatiable: greedy, unsatisfied, voracious inscribe: brand, carve, chisel, dedicate, engrave, enroll, enter, etch, impress, imprint, indite, list, print, scroll, sign, stamp, write inscribe with symbols: blazon inscribed pillar: stela, stele inscription: autograph, caption, dedication, epigram, epitaph, label, legend, motto, signature, title, writing inscription at the beginning of a book: dedication inscription on tomb or monument: epigraph inscriptions on walls: graffiti inscriptions or decipherment, study of: epigraphy insect in cocoon stage: chrysalis, pupa insects that infest books: bibliophage, bookworm insects, crustaceans, arachnids, etc.: arthropods larva: maggot larva living in water: naiad larva not going through pupal stage: nymph nest: nidus noise made by insect: fritiniency secondary part of insect: appendage shedding of insect's skin: cast, casting stage between larva and adult: chrysalis, pupa study of insects: entomology substance to repel insects: repellent W
inscriptions, study of ancient: epigraphy inscrutable: abstruse, arcane, baffling, blank, cabalistic, hidden, impenetrable, inexplainable, inexplicable, mysterious, secret, sphinxlike, unfathomable, unrevealing inscrutable one: sphinx inscrutable person: enigma insecure: afraid, apprehensive, dangerous, flimsy, frail, hazardous, loose, perilous, precarious, rickety, risky, shaky, uncertain, unconfident, unprotected, unsafe, unstable, unsure, vulnerable inseminate: fertilize, implant, impregnate, promulgate, seed, sow insensate: brutal, dull, fatuous, foolish, inanimate, insensible, senseless, unconscious, unfeeling, witless insensibility: analgesia, apathy, coma, dullness, inactivity, indifference, lethargy, torpor, trance insensible: cold, imperceptible, inanimate, inappreciable, indifferent, insensate, numb, obdurate, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unfeeling, unintelligible, unmindful insensitive: anesthetized, blas, callous, cold, crass, deadened, hardened, impervious, indifferent, numb, unconcerned, unresponsive inseparable: attached, connected, entwined, indivisible, inextricable, unified, united inseparable and essential: inherent, integral, intrinsic, part and parcel of insert: embed, engraft, enter, foist, im-
bed, implant, infuse, inlay, inset, intercalate, interpolate, interpose, introduce, set in insert day in calendar: intercalate insert organ in body: implant insert sound or letter in word: epenthesis insert unacknowledged addition in text: interpolate insertion: intromission insertion mark: caret inside: confidential, indoors, innards, inner, interior, intramural, intrinsic, lining, middle, private, surrounded inside of curved surface: concavity inside or part of essence: immanent, implicit, inherent, intrinsic inside out: backward, evert, inverted, reversed inside out, to turn: evert inside out, to turn a body part: evaginate insider: cognoscente insidious: alluring, artful, concealed, cunning, deceitful, deep, devious, foxy, fraudulent, guileful, harmful, sneaky, snide, treacherous, tricky, underhanded insight: acumen, awareness, discernment, idea, intuition, observation, penetration, perception, understanding, vision, wisdom insightful impression: aperu, intuition insignia: badge, crest, decoration, emblem, mark, medal, stripe, symbol insignia or ensigns: heraldry insignia, V-shaped: chevron insignificant: contemptible, dinky, im-
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material, inferior, irrelevant, little, meaningless, minor, minuscule, minute, negligible, nonessential, nugatory, paltry, petty, puny, small, tiny, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial, worthless insignificant amount: drop in the bucket, iota, tad insignificant person, thing: nonentity insincere: ambiguous, backhanded, deceitful, dishonest, disingenuous, false, feigned, guileful, hollow, hypocritical, left-handed, phony, untruthful insincere support: lip service insincere sympathy: bathos insincere talk of morality, religion: cant insincerely charming: ingratiating, unctuous insinuate: allude, foist, hint, hint at, implant, imply, indicate, infuse, insert, intimate, introduce, penetrate, suggest insipid: arid, banal, blah, bland, boring, commonplace, dead, dry, dull, flat, hohum, jejune, lackluster, lifeless, monotonous, mundane, ordinary, pointless, prosaic, prosy, spiritless, stale, tame, tasteless, unappetizing, uninteresting, vapid insipid remark: platitude insist: assert, claim, contend, demand, expect, maintain, press, require insistent: assertive, dogged, emphatic, firm, forceful, importunate, incessant, pushy, resolute, strident, unyielding insolence: arrogance, audacity, backtalk, boldness, brazenness, contempt, disrespect, effrontery, gall, haughtiness, hauteur, impertinence, impudence, incivility, insult, nerve, presumption, sass insolent: abusive, arrant, arrogant, audacious, bold, brazen, contumacious, defiant, impolite, impudent, overbearing, rude, sassy, saucy, ungracious, unmannerly insoluble: baffling, inexplicable, mysterious, unexplainable, unresolved insolvent: bankrupt, broke, busted, foreclosed, impoverished, penniless, ruined insomnia: agrypnia, ahypnia, anhypnosis, indisposition, restlessness, sleeplessness, wakefulness insouciant: carefree, casual, easygoing,
heedless, indifferent, lighthearted, nonchalant, unconcerned, untroubled inspect: audit, canvass, check, examine, eye, investigate, observe, probe, scan, scout, scrutinize, study, supervise, survey, view inspection: appraisal, checkup, examination, frisk, investigation, parade, review, surveillance inspection of building: assessment, survey inspection or exploration of area: reconnaissance, reconnoitering inspection, cursory, for quality: spot check inspiration: animus, brainstorm, creativity, flash, genius, idea, impulse, incentive, motivation, revelation, spark, spur, stimulus, thought, vision inspiration, divine: afflatus inspire: affect, animate, arouse, cause, encourage, enliven, exalt, excite, fire, galvanize, influence, inspirit, invigorate, motivate, move, prompt, provoke, stimulate, stir, touch inspire with ideas: imbue, permeate, pervade instability: changeability, fluctuation, flux, imbalance, inconstancy, insecurity, shakiness, uncertainty, unpredictability, unsteadiness, volatility, wavering instability, physical: disequilibrium, imbalance install: establish, furnish, inaugurate, induct, initiate, instate, invest, lay, place, position, seat installment: chapter, episode, part, payment, section installment ceremony: investiture installments, to pay in: amortize instance: case, detail, example, exemplify, illustration, occasion, occurrence, precedent, proof, refer, request, show, specimen, suggestion, suit, time instant: breath, direct, fast, flash, immediate, jiffy, minute, moment, pressing, quick, rapid, second, speedy, swift, trice, urgent, wink instantly: directly, immediately, now, pronto, urgently instantly at a given signal: at the drop of a hat instead: alternatively, equivalent, in lieu, preferably, rather, substitute instigate: abet, encourage, excite, fo-
ment, goad, incite, influence, initiate, motivate, move, needle, plot, prod, prompt, provoke, push, spur, stimulate, urge instigate evil: suborn instill: engender, imbue, impart, implant, impress, inculcate, infix, infuse, insert, introduce, pour instinct: feeling, hunch, idea, intuition, sense, tendency instinctive: automatic, congenital, gut, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inherent, innate, intuitive, involuntary, natural, spontaneous, unacquired, visceral instinctive knowledge: intuition instincts defined by Freud: Eros, libido, Thanatos institute: begin, custom, edict, enact, establish, found, inaugurate, launch, ordain, organize, originate, rite, rule, start, tradition institute legal proceedings: prosecute, sue institution immune from criticism: sacred cow institution, someone confined in: inmate institution, within bounds of: intramural instruct: advise, apprise, brief, coach, command, counsel, direct, discipline, drill, educate, enlighten, guide, indoctrinate, inform, lead, show, teach, tell, train, tutor instruct in doctrines, principles: indoctrinate instruct thoroughly: drill instruction: advice, directions, edification, education, formula, lesson, lore, method, recipe, schooling, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage instruction in church principles: catechesis, catechism instructional: didactic, pedagogical instructor: coach, guide, guru, lecturer, mentor, professor, teacher, trainer, tutor instrument for determining a horizontal plane: spirit level instrument recording travel distance: odometer instrument to measure diameter, thickness: calipers instrument, mute for: damper, sordino instrumental: assisting, conducive, contributory, crucial, essential, helpful, influential, useful, vital
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INSTRUMENTAL AND CHORAL COMPOSITION WITH MANY SOLOS - I N T E N S I F Y
instrumental and choral composition with many solos: cantata instrumental composition: sonata instrumental composition in the same key consisting of different dance forms: suite insubordinate: defiant, disobedient, dissentious, factious, fractious, insurgent, mutinous, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, riotous, seditious, ungovernable, unruly, unyielding insubstantial: airy, delicate, fine, flimsy, fragile, frail, imaginary, immaterial, intangible, small, weak insubstantial and spiritual: incorporeal insufferable: agonizing, dreadful, excruciating, hateful, intolerable, painful, unbearable, unendurable insufficient: deficient, drained, incomplete, inadequate, lacking, meager, scanty, scarce, short, sparse, wanting insular: biased, bigoted, clannish, confined, isolated, narrow, prejudiced, provincial, restricted, secluded insulate: cover, enisle, isolate, protect, segregate, sequester, shield, tape insult: abuse, affront, barb, belittle, blackguard, degrade, deride, derogatory, disgrace, humiliate, indignity, malign, mock, offend, outrage, revile, ridicule, roast, scorn, shame, slander, slap, slur, snub, taunt, tease
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insult and criticize: affront, anathematize, contemn, decry, denigrate, denounce, depreciate, deride, derogate, disparage, execrate, vilipend, vituperate insult and slander: calumniate, malign, stigmatize, traduce, vilify insult and taunt: bait, fleer, flout, ridicule, tease, torment insult to God or religion: blasphemy, sacrilege insult to reputation: aspersion, calumny, character assassination, defamation, libel, slander, slur, smear insult, condition of disgrace after: ignominy, obloquy insulting curse: denunciation, invective, vituperation insulting remark or act: calumny, contumely insulting, deliberately: derogatory, disparaging W
insurance: assurance, coverage, indemnity, protection, safeguard, security, warranty insurance coverage for specified period but void upon expiration: term insurance insurance coverage, wide-ranging: comprehensive insurance fixed annual payments for lump sum return: annuity insurance payment: premium insurance policy are to be paid, time when proceeds of: maturity insurance policy, amendment to: endorsement insurance risk and premium calculator: actuary insurance risk of death, injury, loss to others: personal liability insure: cover, guarantee, guard, indemnify, underwrite insurgent: dissident, insubordinate, mutineer, mutinous, radical, rebel, rebellious, rsister, rvolter, revolting, revolutionary insurmountable: hopeless, impassable, impossible, insuperable, invincible, overwhelming insurrection: coup, insurgence, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, uprising intact: complete, entire, inviolate, sound, together, unbroken, undamaged, undefiled, unharmed, unimparied, uninjured, unmarred, unscathed, whole intangible: abstract, ethereal, immaterial, impalpable, indefinite, unapparent, unreal, unsubstantial, vague integral: basic, complete, component, constituent, entire, essential, finished, full, fundamental, indispensable, necessary, whole integrate: blend, combine, coordinate, desegregate, harmonize, join, link, merge, mesh, mix, organize, unite integrity: candor, character, decency, honesty, honor, probity, virtue, wholeness integrity, lack of: dishonesty, improbity integrity, to challenge someone's: discredit, impeach integument: aril, coat, covering, envelope, hide, pelt, skin intellect: acumen, brain, genius, intelligence, mentality, mind, smarts, thinker, understanding, wit
intellect and wit, person of refined: belesprit intellectual: brainy, cerebral, egghead, genius, highbrow, literati, mental, scholar, studious
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intellectual and cultured: highbrow intellectual class: intelligentsia, literati intellectual class gathering: salon intellectual perception of something senses cannot perceive: noumenon intellectual rather than emotional: cerebral intellectual teacher: guru intellectually apprehended: noetic intellectually unsatisfying: jejune intellectuals' research center: think tank* intelligence: acumen, aptitude, brainpower, brilliance, horse sense, information, learning, news, notice, report, sense, smarts, understanding, wisdom, wit, word intelligent: acute, alert, astute, bright, brilliant, cognizant, exceptional, ingenious, logical, quick, sensible, smart, wise intelligible: apparent, clear, definite, distinct, lucid, perspicuous, plain, unmistakable intemperance: dissipation intemperate: drunkenness, excessive, extravagant, immoderate, inclement, severe, unrestrained, violent intend: aim, attempt, contemplate, dedicate, design, determine, expect, mean, plan, propose, signify, strive intended: aimed, calculated, contemplated, deliberate, fianc, fiance, meant, planned, projected, proposed, purposed intended by fate: destined, predestined, preordained intense: acute, ardent, blistering, burning, consuming, deep, earnest, extreme, fervent, fierce, hard, keen, passionate, powerful, profound, rabid, severe, strained, strong, vehement, violent, vivid, zealous intense dislike: hatred intense fear: dread, terror intensify: accentuate, aggrandize, aggravate, bolster, boost, deepen, elevate, enhance, escalate, exalt, heighten, increase, magnify, mount, quicken, rise, sharpen, strengthen
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INTENSITY - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
intensity: concentration, depth, emotion, energy, fervor, fire, force, passion, power, strength, vigor, zeal intent: absorbed, aim, bent, decided, design, determined, diligent, eager, engrossed, firm, fixed, goal, industrious, meaning, preoccupied, purpose, rapt, resolute, riveted, steadfast, tense, watchful, will intention: aim, animus, designation, drift, end, goal, hope, impulsion, motive, object, objective, plan, point, purpose, struggle intention, concealed: hidden agenda, ulterior motive intentional: calculated, deliberate, meant, planned, premeditated, voluntary, willing inter: bury, entomb, inhume, inurn, plant interact: communicate, cooperate, coordinate, interface, join, mesh, unite interbreed: cross, hybridize, mix intercede: arbitrate, interpose, intervene, mediate, negotiate intercept: ambush, block, catch, deflect, grab, hijack, interrupt, seize, stop, take interchange: alternate, barter, commute, convert, exchange, junction, network, permutate, reciprocate, substitute, swap, switch, trade, transposai interchangeable: compatible, convertible, equivalent, fungible, reversible, synonymous, transposable intercourse: business, commerce, communication, communion, connection, contact, conversation, dealings, networking; coitus, copulation, sex interdict: ban, forbid, halt, inhibit, outlaw, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, stop, taboo, veto interest: advantage, appeal, attraction, behalf, benefit, concern, curiosity, enthusiasm, excite, fascinate, grab, hobby, influence, part, passion, pursuit, recreation, sympathy, welfare; credit, earnings, investment, points, share, stake interest-bearing certificate: registered bond interest on bank loans, lowest rate of: prime rate interest paid on principal and accumulating interest: compound interest, cumulative interest
interest paid only on original principal: simple interest interest to protect, one's special: vested interest interest, obsessive: fixation, ide fixe interest, of widespread or universal: catholic interest, to accumulate over time as: accrue interested: absorbed, attentive, committed, drawn, hooked, involved, lured, rapt, taken interested and concentrated on: absorbed, engrossed, immersed, intent, preoccupied, rapt interesting: captivating, challenging, compelling, enchanting, entertaining, intriguing, stimulating interesting and engaging: sapid interesting, extremely: arresting, beguiling, bewitching, captivating, compelling, enchanting, engaging, enthralling, gripping, mesmerizing, riveting, spellbinding, tantalizing interests, group with common: community interfere: block, clash, conflict, disturb, foil, frustrate, hamper, hinder, impede, intervene, intrude, jam, meddle, mess in, obstruct, sabotage, tamper interference, broadcast: static interfering person: buttinsky, interloper, intruder, meddler interim: acting, break, breather, hiatus, interlude, interval, makeshift, meantime, pause, pro tempore, spell, temporary interim replacement: loaner interior: center, core, domestic, heartland, inland, inner, inside, midst, within interior covering: lining interior scene: decor interject: include, insert, interpose, interrupt, introduce interjection: ah, ahem, alas, amen, boo, cheers, egad, er, exclamation, golly, hello, hey, hooray, huh, hurrah, jeepers, oh, oops, ouch, phew, phooey, pooh, psst, rah, rats, shucks, ugh, um, whoopee, wow, yipes interlace: alternate, braid, entwine, intertwine, interweave, knit, mix, twine, weave interlock: mesh interlocked: dovetailed
interloper: busybody, intruder, meddler, trespasser interlude: break, breather, episode, farce, hiatus, interim, intermission, interval, pause, recess, respite, rest intermediary: agent, ambassador, arbitrator, broker, channel, delgate, gobetween, intercessor, mediator, medium, negotiator, referee, umpire intermediate: average, between, common, fair, halfway, intervening, mean, median, middle, moderate intermediate in law: mesne intermediate place or state: limbo intermediate point between two extremes: mean, medium intermediate thing or factor: tertium quid interminable: boundless, ceaseless, constant, continuous, endless, eternal, everlasting, incessant, infinite, perpetual, timeless, unlimited intermingle: associate, blend, intermix, network, socialize intermission: break, cessation, hiatus, interim, interval, pause, recess, respite, rest, stop, suspension, wait intermittent: alternating, broken, cyclical, episodic, fitful, hesitant, irregular, occasional, on and off, periodic, recurrent, rhythmic, spasmodic, sporadic intern: apprentice, doctor, immure, resident, student, trainee internal: centralized, domestic, enclosed, home, inherent, inner, intrinsic, inward, within internal clandestine subversive organization: fifth column internal falling or slipping out of place by organ: prolapse internal in origin: endogenous internal organs: innards, viscera internal to an institution: intramural internal to being or force: immanent, implicit, inherent, intrinsic international: cosmopolitan, global, universal, worldly, worldwide international agreement: pact, peace agreement, treaty international calm: dtente international conference of government officials: summit international negotiating tactic of entering crisis rather than concede: brinkmanship international relations: diplomacy
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international, multicultural: cosmopolitan interpolate: add, alter, change, estimate, foist, inject, insert, intercalate, introduce interpose: arbitrate, insert, intercede, interfere, interject, intervene, introduce, mediate, moderate, negotiate interpret: clarify, commentate, construe, decipher, decode, define, describe, diagnose, explain, explicate, expound, paraphrase, read, render, translate, understand, unravel interpret from rational standpoint: rationalize interpret or explain in detail: construe, elucidate, expound interpret or read code, cipher: decipher, decode, decrypt interpretation: analysis, exegesis, explanation, intent, meaning, rendition, translation, understanding, version
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interpretation of Bible: hermeneutics interpretation of expression or statement: construction interpretation of text or theory: explication, exposition interpretation of text, critical: exegesis interpretation of text, mystical: anagoge, anagogy interpretation or performance of text, role: rendition interpretation, open to more than one: ambiguous interpretation, purposefully misleading: gloss interpretation, science and methodology of: hermeneutics W interpreter: exegete interpreter. Middle East: dragoman interrogate: ask, cross-examination, examine, grill, inquire, investigate, query, question, quiz interrogation: catachism, inquest, inquisition, probe interrupt: arrest, bother, break, cease, check, discontinue, disturb, halt, hinder, inject, interfere, stall, stop, suspend, thwart, upset interrupt progress: disrupt, intercept, intervene, supervene interrupt with comments: heckle, interject, interpose interrupted: discontinuous
interruption: cessation, delay, distraction, disturbance, gap, hiatus, interference, intermission, interregnum, intrusion, lacuna, lapse, pause interruption of utility service: outage intersect: converge, crisscross, cross, cut, divide, meet, separate intersect to form X: decussate intersecting: secant intersection: corner, crossroads, decussation, junction intersperse: bestrew, distribute, pepper, scatter interstellar gas cloud: nebula interstellar space measurement: parsec interstice: aperture, areola, arole, chink, crack, cranny, crevice, hole, interval, opening, orifice, pore, slit, space intertwine: braid, crisscross, enlace, interlace, interweave, knit, lace, link, twist interval: breach, break, delay, gap, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermission, pause, period, phase, recess, respite, rest, space, span, term, time interval between acts, events, activities: intermission, recess interval between end of one's reign and beginning of another: interrenum interval between events, periods: interim interval decreased by semitone, of musical: diminished interval increased by semitone, of musical: augmented interval, peaceful: lull, respite intervene: arbitrate, intercede, interpose, mediate, negotiate, settle intervention: conciliation, intercession, mediation interview: audience, audition, communication, conference, consult, conversation, dialogue, hearing, meeting, question, talk interweave: blend, braid, darn, enlace, fuse, interlace, intertwine, knit, link, mingle, mix, plait, pleach, twist intestinal: enteric
RELATED TERMS
intestinal muscular contractions: peristalsis, vermiculation intestinal pain: colic, gripes intestinal pouch or sac, abnormal: diverticulum intestinal pouches: caeca intestinal vascular projections: villus W intestines: bowels, entrails, guts, innards, insides, viscera intestines of pigs as food: chitterlings intimacy: affection, closeness, fondness, friendship, tenderness, warmth intimate: acquaintance, announce, associate, bosom, buddy, chummy, close, companion, confidant, confidential, cozy, crony, dear, devoted, direct, familiar, friendly, hint, imply, informal, inmost, insinuate, loving, near, pal, personal, private, secret, signify, snug, suggest, trusted intimate apparel: lingerie intimate ballad or song: chanson intimately: cheek by jowl intimately with another: deux intimation: announcement, clue, cue, declaration, hint, indication, inkling, innuendo, notice, scent, suggestion, telltale, warning intimidate: abash, badger, bludgeon, browbeat, bully, coerce, cow, daunt, dominate, faze, frighten, hector, overawe, ride, scare, swagger, terrify, terrorize, threaten into: against, among, condition, divisor, form, inside, interested, toward, until intolerable: abhorrent, excruciating, impossible, insufferable, offensive, unacceptable, unbearable intolerant: biased, bigoted, comtemptuous, disdainful, dogmatic, fanatical, hidebound, hostile, impatient, narrow, outraged, prejudiced, sectarian intolerant one: bigot, racist, sectarian intone: articulate, cant, chant, croon, modulate, recite, sing, utter intoxicant: alcohol, beer, booze, bourbon, dope, drug, gin, liquor, narcotic, rum, vodka, whiskey, wine intoxicated: bombed, buzzed, drunk, ecstatic, euphoric, excited, high, high as a kite, inebriated, loaded, plastered, polluted, smashed, soused, stewed, stoned, tanked, tipsy, wasted, zonked
intestinal divisions: ilea intestinal fortitude: backbone, courage, endurance, grit, guts, nerve, spirit, spunk intestinal inflammation: colitis intestinal malady: cholera intestinal milky fluid: chyle
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INTRACTABLE - INVENTOR OBTAINING EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS
intractable: cantankerous, difficult, disobedient, headstrong, indocile, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, ornery, perverse, pigheaded, stubborn, surly, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, unteachable, unyielding, willful intransigent: inflexible, iron-willed, obdurate, pertinacious, stubborn, uncompromising, unmovable, unyielding, willful intrepid: adventurous, bodacious, bold, brave, courageous, daring, doughty, fearless, gallant, game, gutsy, heroic, nervy, resolute, undaunted, valorous, vigilant intricate: arduous, complex, complicated, convoluted, daedal, difficult, elaborate, entangled, hard, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, perplexing, tangled intrigue: absorb, affair, allure, amour, angle, appeal, artifice, cabal, charm, conspiracy, conspire, design, excite, fascinate, hook, interest, liaison, machinate, machination, plot, puzzle, rivet, romance, scheme intrinsic: basic, essential, fundamental, genuine, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inherent, inmost, innate, inner, natice, natural, necessary, real, true intrinsic nature: essence introduce: announce, begin, broach, debut, enter, establish, herald, inaugurate, induct, initiate, innovate, insert, insinuate, institute, interlarded, interpolate, launch, meet, originate, pioneer, precede, preface, presage, present, recommend, show, sponsor, start, submit, unveil, usher introduce between things: intercalate, interject, interpolate, interpose introduce cunningly: insinuate introduce formally: induct, invest introduce inventive thing: innovate introduce subtly: insinuate introduce to new field, activity: initiate introduction: beginning, commencement, entrance, foreword, inception, insertion, intrada, lead, opening, overture, preamble, preface, prelude, preparation, primer, proem, prologue introduction or theme: lemma introduction to field of study: isagoge introduction to Greek or Roman drama: protasis introduction to text: foreword, preface, proem, prologue
introductory: beginning, elementary, first, initial, precursory, prefatory, preliminary, preludial, prelusive, preparatory introductory comments for a book written by someone other than author: foreword introductory course: induction, orientation introductory discussion: prolegomenon, prolusion introductory explanation: rubric introductory part of treatise or speech: exordium, preamble introductory section in music: overture, prelude introductory tape: demo introductory to an art or science: propaedeutic introspection: contemplation, meditation, reflection, self-analysis, selfexamination introvert: brooder, inward, loner, solitary intrude: bother, disturb, encroach, impose, infringe, interfere, interlope, interpose, interrupt, meddle, obtrude, overstep, press in, trespass intrude on privacy, time, property: infringe, trespass intrude one's opinion: obtrude intruder: trespasser intrusive: aggresive, curious, impertinent, meddlesome, nosy, officious, prying intuition: aperu, clairvoyance, cryptesthesia, ESP, extrasensory perception, feeling, hunch, insight, instinct, premonition, second sight, sense, sixth sense intuitive: clairvoyant, inherent, innate, instinctive, perceptive, psychic, visceral Inuit: Eskimo Inuit house: igloo, iglu inundate: deluge, drown, engulf, flood, overflow, overrun, overwhelm, submerge, swamp inure: acclimatize, accustom, adapt, desensitize, discipline, habituate, harden, season, teach, toughen, train, use invade: assail, assault, attack, encroach, enter, infest, infringe, interfere, intrude, overrun, penetrate, raid, seize, storm, trespass invalid: cripple, feeble, infirm, sickly,
weak; ineffective, null, unfounded, unreasonable, useless, void, worthless invalid and false: inauthentic, spurious invalid and sickly: valetudinarian invalid and without force: nugatory, powerless invalidate: abolish, annul, cancel, negate, neutralize, nullify, offset, quash, revoke, undermine, undo, vitiate, void invaluable: beyond price, costly, expensive, inestimable, precious, priceless, rare invariable: consistent, constant, immutable, inflexible, same, steady, unchanging, unfailing, uniform, unvarying, unwavering invariably: always, forever, perpetually, regularly invasion: assault, attach, encroachment, foray, incursion, influx, inroad, intrusion, irruption, offensive, onslaught, raid invective: abusive, berating, billingsgate, contumely, denunciatory, diatribe, insult, reproach, scurrile, tirade, venom, vituperation inveigh: adminish, belittle, blame, castigate, condemn, declaim, harangue, lambaste, protest, rail, scold, upbraid inveigle: allure, cajole, charm, coax, decoy, entice, entrap, influence, lure, manipulate, persuade, seduce, tempt, wheedle invent: coin, conceive, concoct, contrive, create, design, devise, discover, engineer, envision, evolve, fabricate, fashion, form, frame, imagine, improvise, innovate, originate, patent, pioneer, vamp invent and plan in mind: contrive, devise, excogitate, originate invent details when memory fails: confabulate invent to deceive: concoct, fabricate invent word: coin, mint, neologize invent, produce, perform without preparation: improvise invented: fictitious invention: brainchild, contraption, creation, discovery, fantasy, fiction, gadget, idea, innovation, lie inventive: adept, clever, creative, demiurgic, fertile, ingenious, innovative, resourceful, skillful inventor obtaining exclusive rights: patentee
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INVENTOR'S EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OR TITLE - I R I D E S C E N T GEM
inventor's exclusive right or title: patent inventor's share of proceeds forrightto use invention: royalty inventory: accounting, backlog, catalog, checklist, evaluation, itemize, list, record, register, reserve, roll, stock, stockpile, store, summary, survey, tally inverse: backward, contrary, inverted, opposite, reciprocal, reverse inversion in second phrase/clause of the first's words: chiasmus inversion of word order: anastrophe, hyperbaton invert: alter, flip, inverse, reverse, transpose, turn, upside-down inverted V indicating insertion: caret invest: adorn, bankroll, beseige, clothe, confer, cover, crown, dress, endow, endue, envelop, gird, gown, imbue, install, instate, lend, ordain, robe, surround, wrap investigate: analyze, audit, check, delve, dissect, examine, explore, inquire, inspect, probe, question, research, scrutinize, search, sift, sound, study, survey investigation: analysis, hearing, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, legwork, probe, review investigation for learning: heuristics investigation, formal: inquest, inquiry, inquisition investigator: agent, auditor, detective, examiner, inquisitor, inspector, police, researcher, sleuth investiture: investment investment: asset, backing, capital, financing, loan, money, property, share, speculation, stake, stock, venture investment company offering new shares and buying existing shares on demand: mutual fund investment readily convertible to cash: liquidity investment shareholder: bondholder, rentier investment sold without a sales charge: no-load fund investment vehicle: money market fund investment yield: return investment, risky: speculation investments and assets: portfolio investments in stocks or bonds: securities
investor, optimistic: bull investor, pessimistic: bear inveterate: avid, chronic, confirmed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, enduring, entrenched, established, fixed, habitual, hardened, ingrained, innate, inured, settled invidious: defamatory, detestable, discriminatory, envious, hateful, jealous, odious, repugnant, spiteful, vicious invigorate: animate, energize, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, pep up, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, revitalize, stimulate, stir, strengthen invigorating: bracing, brisk, charged, crisp, healthful, hearty, lively, tonic, uplifting, zestful invigorating drink: tonic invincible: indestructible, invulnerable, powerful, unbeatable, undefeatable inviolable: chaste, consecrated, divine, hallowed, holy, impregnable, pure, sacred, stable, unbreakable invisible: covert, disguised, hidden, imperceptible, inconspicuous, indiscernible, indistinct, unapparent, unobservable, unseen invisible emanation: aura invisible radiation between light and microwaves: infrared invisible radiation between light and X rays: ultraviolet invitation: bid, call, challenge, date, lure, offer, overture, proposal, proposition, request, temptation invite: allure, ask, attract, bid, call, court, draw, entice, include, solicit, summon, urge, welcome invocation: benediction, calling, conjuring, incantation, litany, plea, prayer, sermon invoice: account, bill, inventory, list, receipt, statement invoke: appeal, beseech, call, conjure, entreat, initiate, muster, petition, pray, request, solicit, supplicate involuntary: accidental, automatic, begrudging, compulsory, conditioned, forced, impulsive, instinctive, reflex, reluctant, spontaneous, unconscious, unintended, unrehearsed, unwilling, unwitting involuntary response: reflex involve: associate, commit, complicate, comprehend, comprise, concern, em-
brace, embroil, engage, entail, hook, implicate, imply, include, incorporate, link, snare, tangle, touch, wrap involve as necessary consequence: entail involved: absorbed, complex, elaborate, entangled, immersed, interested, into, intricate, participating, preoccupied involved and committed: engage involved and complicated: convoluted, intricate involved and wasteful procedure: rigmarole involved in argument, contention: embroiled involved in mess: enmeshed, entangled involving effort: operose involving just one operand: unary invulnerable: formidable, immune, impregnable, indestructible, invincible, unbeatable inward: familiar, inbound, inflowing, ingoing, inner, inside, interior, internally, intimate, intrinsic, penetrating, spiritual inward carrying or conducting to central organ: afferent inward-moving or -directed: centripetal inward-turning feet, of: pigeon-toed inward, violent collapse: implosion iodine source: kelp ion, positive: cation, kation ion, negative: anion iota: atom, bit, crumb, grain, jot, particle, shred, smidgen, speck, trace, whit ipso facto: by the fact of irascibility: bile irascible: angry, belligerent, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, cranky, fretful, hot-tempered, huffy, impatient, irate, ireful, ornery, passionate, quick-tempered, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, touchy irate: angry, annoyed, enraged, fuming, furious, incensed, indignant, irascible, irked, livid, mad, provoked, riled, sore, wrathful, wroth ire: anger, annoy, conniption, exasperate, fury, heat, infuriate, rage, resentment, spleen, vehemence, vexation, wrath iridescent: bright, colorful, kaleidoscopic, lustrous, nacreous, opalescent, pearly, prismatic, rainbow-colored, shiny, versicolor iridescent gem: opal
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IRIS - IRREVOCABLE
IRISH TERMS
ancient Irish mystic: druid Celtic language of Ireland: Irish Gaelic, Erse concerning Ireland: Gaelic, Hibernian, Irish, Milesian floral symbol of Ireland: shamrock Irish accent: brogue Irish cudgel: shillelagh iris: ixia iris, white: fleur-de-lis irk: abrade, aggravate, agitate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, disturb, irritate, loess, nettle, peeve, pique, rile, ruffle, tire, upset, vex irksome: annoyance, boring, dull, painful, pesky, rankling, tedious, troublesome, unpleasant, vexation, weariness iron: appliance, ferric, ferrum, fetter, firmness, golf club, handcuffs, hard, hardy, harpoon, inflexible, manacles, metal, press, robust, shackles, steel, strong, stubborn, tough, unyielding
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Irish native: Gael, Celt Irish sprite: leprechaun Irish tobacco pipe: dudeen Irish whiskey: poteen, usquebaugh Irish writing system: ogam, ogham kissing stone: Blarney stone W irregularly edged: corrugated, jagged, pinked, serrated irregularly notched: erose irrelevant: foreign, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, incidental, inconsequent, insignificant, marginal, moot, nihil ad rem, nonessential, peripheral, pointless, tangential, unapt, unconnected, unessential, unimportant, unrelated, wide of the mark irrelevant and unimportant: extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable irrelevant remark: non sequitur irreligious or disrespectful: sacrilege irreparable: broken, destroyed, hopeless, incorrigible, incurable, irredeemable, irreversible, ruined irrepressible: bubbling, ebullient, effervescent, enthusiastic, uncontainable, uncontrollable, vivacious irreproachable: blameless, errorless, exemplary, faultless, flawless, immaculate, impeccable, inculpable, innocent, perfect, spotless, unblemished, unimpeachable irresistible: alluring, charming, compelling, enchanting, fascinating, powerful, seductive, spellbinding, stunning irresolute: doubtful, fickle, fluctuating, hesitant, indecisive, infirm, tentative, uncertain, undecided, undetermined, unsure, waffling, wavering, wishy-washy irresponsible: carefree, careless, foolish, harum-scarum, immature, impetuous, impulsive, independable, reckless, thoughtless, unreliable irreverent: blasphemous, disrespectful, flippant, impious, sassy, satirical, undevout, ungodly irreverent remarks about God, religion: blasphemy irrevocable: conclusive, constant, fated, final, firm, fixed, intractable, irreversible, unalterable
iron for welding or bars: fagot iron forger: blacksmith iron in blocks, crude: pig iron iron in the rough: ore iron ore: hematite, limonite, magnetite, pyrite iron sheet, ridged: corrugated iron iron with zinc, to coat: galvanize iron, tasting like: chalybeate W iron out: agree, compromise, negotiate, reconcile, resolve, settle, simplify, smooth over ironclad: fixed, immutable, inflexible, irrefutable, permanent, rigid, strict, unalterable, warship ironhanded: controlled, despotic, firm, rigid, strict ironic: clever, contrary, cynical, facetious, funny, mordant, sarcastic, sardonic, satirical, surprising, tonguein-cheek, witty, wry ironic and mocking: sardonic ironic and nasty: caustic, mordant, sarcastic ironic remark: sarcasm ironic use of word in unusual sense: antiphrasis ironically humorous: wry ironlike: ferrous ironworks: smithy
irony: antiphrasis, humor, mockery, paradox, sarcasm, satire, twist irrational: absurd, crazy, demented, fanatical, foolish, illogical, insane, mad, mindless, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, stupid, unfounded, unreasonable, unstable, unwise irrational and bizarre: surreal irrational and habitual: pathological irrational and supernatural: transcendental irrational fear or hatred: phobia irrational number: surd irrationally devoted: fanatical irreclaimable: abandoned, hopeless, incorrigible, irredeemable, irreparable, lost irreconcilable: conflicting, discrepant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, opposed, uncompromising irrefutable: certain, conclusive, inarguable, indubitable, ironclad, positive, undeniable, unimpeachable irregular: aberrant, abnormal, aimless, amiss, anomalous, asymmetrical, atypical, bent, broken, changeable, crooked, cursory, desultory, devious, eccentric, elliptical, erose, erratic, fitful, haphazard, immoderate, imperfect, inconsistent, lopsided, nonconforming, occasional, odd, patchy, peculiar, random, sporadic, spotty, uncontrolled, unconventional, unequal, uneven, unlike, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, unsystematic, variable, wayward, weaving, zigzagged irregular and abnormal: aberrant, anomalous, deviant irregular and occasional: episodic, fitful, intermittent, periodic, spasmodic, sporadic irregular and rambling: desultory irregular and unbalanced: asymmetrical irregularity: aberration, abnormality, anomaly, arrhythmia, disorder, flaw, helter-skelter, illegality, imperfection, intermittently, occasionally, periodically, unevenness, variation
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IRRIGATE - IVORY, BONE, SHELL DECORATED WITH CARVING OR INCISION
ITALIAN TERMS
appetizers: antipasto dessert of eggs, sugar, wine: sabayon, zabaglione eatery: trattoria Italian food: antipasto, frittata, gelato, gnocchi, lasagna, linguine, manicotti, minestrone, pasta, pizza, ravioli, salami, scampi, spumoni, tortoni Italian food developed in China: pasta Italian for connoisseur: cognoscente irrigate: flood, inundate, moisten, water irritable: annoyed, atrabilious, bilious, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, disagreeable, dyspeptic, edgy, excitable, fiery, fractious, fretful, grouchy, impatient, inapet, irascible, moody, ornery, peevish, petulant, querulous, quick-tempered, splenetic, tense, testy, tetchy, touchy irritable person: crosspatch, curmudgeon irritable state: snit irritable temperament: asperity irritableness: peevishness, petulance irritate: abrade, acerbate, aggravate, anger, annoy, badger, bait, bother, bug, burn, chafe, disturb, enrage, exascerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, goad, harass, harry, hector, hurt, incense, inflame, irk, madden, miff, nag, needle, nettle, peeve, pique, provoke, rankle, rasp, rib, rile, roil, ruffle, stimulate, sting, tease, upset irritate by rubbing: chafe irritate, constantly: fester, rankle irritating: annoying, galling, irksome, pesky, pestiferous, vexatious irritation: annoyance, chafing, discomfort, itch, rash, sore, vexation Islamic shrine: Kaaba Islamic greeting: salaam Islamic holy city: Mecca Italian for the good life: la dolce vita layered ice cream: spumoni low-fat ice cream: gelati, gelato man: signor milk: latte rice dish: risotto sauce: pesto, salsa woman: signorinaW brood, children, descendants; copy, printing, publication, release, version issue of special stamps: commemorative itch: appetite, burn, craving, desire, hankering, hunger, irritation, longing, scratching, sensation, thirst, tingling, urge, yearning, yen itch or mania: cacoethes itchiness, as from ants: formication itching or hives: urtication itching, severe: pruritus item: account, article, aspect, clause, commodity, component, conversation, detail, entry, feature, object, paragraph, part, particular, point, product, story, thing, topic, unit itemize: catalog, count, document, enumerate, inventory, list, number, record, tally iterate: echo, repeat, resay, retell itinerant: ambulatory, migrant, nomadic, peripatetic, roaming, roving, transient, traveler, traveling, vagabond, vagrant, wandering wayfaring itinerary: account, course, guidebook, outline, plan, route, schedule, tour ivory source: tusk ivory tower: dreamy, impractical, lofty, retreat, unrealistic, visionary ivory, bone, shell decorated with carving or incision: scrimshaw
Islamic person: Moslem, Muslim Islamic potentate: ameer, emir Islamic text: Koran island: ait, archipelago, atoll, cay, enclave, haven, isle, isolate, key, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, skerry island of coral, low and by coast: cay, key island of coral,ring-shaped:atoll island, concerning an: insular island, small rocky: skerry isolate: confine, detach, disconnect, enisle, insulate, island, maroon, quarantine, remove, seclude, segregate, sequester, set apart isolate a thought: prescind isolated: alone, apart, hidden, insular, lone, lonely, private, random, remote, scattered, separated, singled out, solitary, sporadic, unrelated isolated and withdrawn: cloistered, sequestered isolated hill: mesa isolated in occurrence: occasional, sporadic isolated room: sanctum isolation: solitude isolation of sick or possibly sick: quarantine issue: argument, arise, broadcast, concern, controversy, debouch, declare, deliver, distribute, edition, emanate, emerge, emit, flow, focus, hot potato, matter, offspring, outcome, question, result, spread, stem, supply, topic;
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J-shaped: unciform jab: blow, hit, pierce, poke, price, prod, punch, strike, swing, thrust jabber: babble, chat, chatter, drivel, gibberish jackanapes: ape, conceited, coxcomb, impudent, mischievous, monkey jackass: blockhead, burro, dolt, donkey, dunce, fool, idiot, jerk, mule jacket: blazer, bolero, cardigan, casing, chaqueta, coat, combat, covering, denim, dinner, dolman, doublet, envelop, Eton, folder, guernsey, habergeon, hide, parka, peacoat, pelt, reefer, safari, shell, ski jacket, skin, spencer, tuxedo, wammus, wampus, windbreaker, woolly, wrapping jacket with binding arms for restraint: strait] acket jacket with hood for winter: parka jacket with hood not zipping all the way down: anorak jacket with wide lapels, short: Eton jacket jacket, very short: bolero jacket, wide sash to wear with dinner: cummerbund jack-in-the-pulpit: arad, aroid, arum jack-of-all-trades: factotum, handyman, pantologist, tinker jackpot: award, bonanza, kitty, pool, prize, reward, windfall jackrabbit: hare jade: fatigue, gem, hussy, jadeite, jewel, Jezebel, mineral, nag, narass, nephrite, pall, plug, slut, spiritless, tire, tramp, weary, wench jaded: blas, dulled, exhausted, indifferent, satiated, spent, tired, wearied, worn, worn-out jagged: barbed, bristled, cutting, erose, harsh, indented, irregular, nicked,
notched, pointed, ragged, rough, serrated, sharp, spiked, spiny, tattered, toothed, uneven jai alai ball: pelota jai alai basket: cesta jai alai building: fronton jai alai court: cancha, fronton jai alai exclamation: ol jail: arrest, bastille, book, brig, calaboose, can, cell, clink, cooler, dungeon, hoosegow, imprison, incarcerate, joint, jug, keep, lockup, pen, penitentiary, pokey, prison, reformatory, sentence, slammer, stockade jailer: guard, keeper, turnkey, warden, warder jam: bind, cease, clog, compress, congestion, corner, cram, crowd, crush, dilemma, hole, pack, pickle, pinch, predicament, press, push, quandary, scrape, squeeze, stop, stuff, tie up, trouble jam, jelly or preserve: confiture, marmalade Jamaican fruit: ugli Jamaican popular music: reggae jambalaya ingredient: rice jamboree: fete jangle: altercation, bicker, chime, clang, clatter, discord, hubbub, irritate, noise, quarrel, racket, rattle, reverberate, ring, uproar Japan aborigine: Ainu Japan baron: daimio, daimyo Japan clothing: geta, haori, kimono, mino, mompei Japan dancing girl: geisha Japan drama: kabuki, noh Japan drink: mate, sake, saki Japan food: ansu, ayu, chirimen, fugu, fuji, sashimi, sukiyaki, tai, tempura, teriyaki, ume Japan martial arts: judo, jujitsu, karate The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
Japan musical instruments: fuye, koto, samisen, tarko, truyume Japan religion: Buddhism, Confuscianism, Shinto, Shintoism, Tendai Japan suicide: hara-kiri, hari-kari, kamikaze, seppuku Japan title: kami, shogun Japan vehicles: jinricksha, jinrikisha, ricksha, rickshaw Japan writing: hiragana, kana, katakana jape: fool, jeer, jest, joke, mock, prank, quip, trick jar: agitate, bump, clash, clatter, collision, conflict, crash, discord, grate, impact, jangle, jolt, quake, rattle, rock, shake, shiver, shock, startle, stun, tremor, unsettle; bottle, container, cruet, jug, olla, urn, vase, vat, vessel jar for mummy's entrails: canopic jar jar or pot with wide mouth, ancient: olla jar used as capacitor, ancient: Leyden jar jar used for medications, ancient small: gallipot jar with two handles, ancient Greek or Roman: amphora jargon: argot, babble, balderdash, baloney, bull, bunk, cant, dialect, drivel, gibberish, gobbledygook, hogwash, idiom, jabberwacky, lingo, malarkey, nonsense, palaver, patois, pidgin, poppycock, shoptalk, slang, vocabulary jargon where first consonant is put at end of word and "ay" is added: pig Latin jarring: discordant, dissonant, grating, harsh, incongruous, rough, rude jaundice: icterus jaundice-causing liver disease: hepatitis
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JAUNDICED - JETTY
JAPANESE TERMS
artistic dwarfed tree: bonsai assassin: ninja bedding on raised frame: futon broad sash with bow in back: obi clogs: geta cooking pan: wok dish of meat, bean curd, vegetables fried together: sukiyaki dish of raw fish: sushi dish of thin-sliced raw fish: sashimi fencing with poles: kendo floor mat: tatami flower arranging art: ikebana grill: hibachi hereditary army commander until 1867: shogun instrument like zither: koto jaundiced: biased, bigoted, envious, hostile, jealous, prejudiced, skeptical, tainted, yellow jaundiced point of view: cynicism jaundice's yellow bile substance: bilirubin jaunt: cruise, excursion, expedition, hike, journey, junket, outing, picnic, ramble, ride, spin, stroll, trip, voyage jaunty: airy, animated, carefree, dapper, debonair, frisky, lively, perky, pert, playful, rakish, showy, sprightly, spruce, vivacious Java: coffee javelin: dart, harpoon, lance, spear, sport, weapon jaw: babble, berate, chat, chatter, converse, criticize, jabber, prate, scold, talk, yakety-yak; chops, jowl, mandible, maxilla jaw muscles, paralysis of: lockjaw, tetanus, trismus jaw, concerning the: gnathic jaw, lower: mandible jawbone points: gonions jaws in position, of: orthognathous jaws of carnivore: maw jaws or flesh under them: jowls jaws, of jutting: prognathous jazz: animation, bebop, cool, Dixieland, enthusiasm, improvisation, jive, miscellaneous, nonsense, progressive, ragtime, scat, swing jazz performer or devotee: hepcat jazz, early style: barrelhouse jazz, improved singing of: scat jazz, relatively fast instrumental: Dixieland legislature: diet marinated chicken: yakitori martial art like judo: aikido outcast class: eta paper folding art: origami poem: haiku, tanka prince or noble: daimyo ritual suicide by disembowelment: hara-kiri, suiseki robelike dress: kimono samurai code of honor: Bushido sandal: zori upright wrestling: sumo warrior: samurai, shogun weaponless self-defense: jujitsuW
jazzy: exciting, fancy, flashy, lively, sexy, snazzy jealous: apprehensive, bitter, covetous, envious, green-eyed, possessive, protective, resentful, suspicious, wary, watchful jealously possessive: territorial jeans: blue jeans, denims, dungarees, Levis, pants jeer: catcall, deride, fleer, flout, gibe, heckle, hiss, hoot, jabe, mock, razz, ridicule, scoff, sneer, taunt, tease jejune: arid, aris, banal, barren, bland, childish, dull, empty, flat, immature, inane, innocuous, insipid, juvenile, meager, sterile, trite, unexciting, vapid jell: clot, coagulate, congeal, crystallize, harden, materialize, set, shape, solidify, thicken jell foods, carbohydrate used to: pectin jelly becoming fluid, of: thixotropic jelly of meat or fish stock: aspic jellyfish: coelenterate, coward, invertebrate, man of war, medusa, medusoid, milksop, pantywaist, sissy, weakling jellyfish, like a: discophoran jellylike: gelatinous, viscous jeopardize: compromise, endanger, expose, imperil, risk, venture jeopardy: chance, danger, hazard, liability, peril, risk, trouble jerk: ass, dope, dunce, fool, idiot, jiggle, jolt, lurch, nerd, oaf, quiver, reflex, schmo, snatch, spasm, tic, twist, twitch, wriggle, yank
jerkiness as nervous disorder: chorea, Saint Vitus' dance jerky: beef, bouncy, charqui, fidgety, fitful, foolish, intermittent, meat, silly, spasmodic, sporadic, twitching jerky in speech: halting, hesitant jerry-built: cheap, flimsy, inadequate, shaky, sleazy, tacky, unsound jest: banter, clown, drollery, fool, fun, gag, hoax, jape, japery, joke, josh, kid, laugh, prank, quip, razz, roast, sport, tease, trick, trifle, wisecrack jester: buffoon, clown, comedian, comic, fool, harlequin, humorist, japer, jokester, merry-andrew, mime, prankster, trickster, zany jester's cap: cockscomb, coxcomb, foolscap jester's headgear: fool's cap jester's multicolored clothes: motley jesting: banter, facetitious, jocose, playful Jesus' crucifixion marks: stigmata Jesus' sayings not in Gospels: agrapha jet: aero, aircraft, airplane, black, dark, ebony, flow, gush, nozzle, plane, raven, rush, spout, spray, spurt, SST, stream jet black: onyx jet engine power-augmenter: afterburner jet lag: dysrhythmia jet plane's trail of smoke: contrail jettison: abandon, discard, dump, eject, eliminate, hurl, scrap, shed, unload jetty: berth, black, breakwater, dock, ebony, groin, mole, pier, slip, spur, wharf
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JEWEL - JOG
JEWISH TERMS
candelabrum, seven- or nine-branch: menorah ceremonial dinner: seder commandment of law: mitzvah confession: alhet, ashamnu diet: kashrut disparaging term for non-Jew: goy disparaging term for non-Jewish girl: shiksa, shikse doorpost faith symbol: mezuzah female coming-of-age ceremony: bas mitzvah, bat mitzvah, math mitzvah greeting: shalom group of ten Jewish men required for religious service: minyan historical language: Yiddish impure or unfit according to Jewish dietary laws: tref Jewish breads: afikomen, challah, echem, hallah, matzo, matzoh, matzoth Jewish communities outside Israel: Diaspora Jewish community: aljama, kehillah Jewish doctrine: kodashim, mishna, mishnah Jewish laws: chok, chukah, halacha, halakah, kashruth, Talmud, tora, Torah Jewish mystical philosophy based on Old Testament: cabala jewel: adorn, birthstone, brilliant, charm, darling, dear, emerald, gem, masterpiece, ornament, pearl, precious, prize, stone, winner jewel-studded crown: tiara jeweler's cup: dop jeweler's magnifying glass: loupe jeweler's weighing system: troy weight jewelers, group of: ring jewelry: accessory, amulet, anklet, band, bangles, beads, bijouterie, bracelet, brooch, chain, costume, crown, diamonds, earrings, gems, gold, lavalier, locket, necklace, pendant, ring, tiara jewelry box: casket jewelry charm: amulet jewelry collection: bijouterie jewelry, fake: bauble, brummagem, gewgaw, trinket jewels set close so no metal shows: pave jewels, decorated in: encrusted jezebel: hussy, jade, prostitute, slattern, slut, strumpet, tramp, trollop jib: arm, balk, boom, foresail, sail, stop jibe: agree, conform, dovetail, harmonize, match, mesh, shift, square, tack, tally jiffy: flash, hurry, instant, minute, moment, second, shake, trice, wink jiggle: agitate, bounce, jerk, rock, shake, wiggle Jewish prayers: alenu, geullah, shema Jewish prophets: Amos, Daniel, Elias, Elisha, Ezra, Habakkuk, Haggai, Hosea, Jeremiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Zechariah Jewish school, college: yeshiva Jewish toast: mazel tov Jewish women's group: hadassah Jews, mass killing of: pogrom Jews, prejudiced against: anti-Semitic leather box holding scripture: phylactery men's prayer shawl: tallis, tallith prayer book: machzor, mahzor, siddur prayer in daily synagogue: Kaddish prepared without milk, meat or derivatives, according to dietary laws: kosher scarf: abnet seven-day period of mourning: shivah skullcap: kippah, yamilke, yarmulke teacher: rabbi temple: synagogue toylike top: dreidel unleavened bread eaten at Passover: matzo W
jihad: campaign, crusade, holy war, strife, struggle, war jilt: abandon, betray, deceive, desert, discard, drop, dump, forsake, leave jimmy: crowbar, force, lever, open, pry jingle: chime, chinkle, clank, clatter, ditty, limerick, noise, rhyme, ring, song, sound, tune, verse jinx: bewitch, curse, damn, evil eye, hex, nemesis, spell, voodoo, whammy jitters: anxiety, butterflies, dither, fidgety, heebie-jeebies, nervousness, shakes, shivers, uneasiness, willies jittery: edgy, goosey, jumpy, nervous, restless, tense, uneasy jive: bunk, dance, deceitful, jargon, jazz, kid, music, nonsensical, swing, talk job: assignment, career, chore, craft, deed, duty, employment, function, grind, livelihood, mission, occupation, performance, position, post, profession, pursuit, racket, responsibility, stint, task, trade, vocation job content: workload job experience summary: C.V., curriculum vitae, resume job loss by downsizing: attrition, redundancy, retrenchment job permanence: tenure job plus: perk
job recruiter: headhunter job requiring little work: gravy train, sinecure job suited to person's abilities, interests: mtier, niche job, of a sitting: sedentary job, of a tough: exacting job, of an easy: cushy job, sloppy: hack jobber: dealer, middleperson, wholesaler jockey: beguile, cheat, direct, maneuver, manipulate, outwit, trick; driver, rider jockey's clothing: silks jockey's whip: bat jocose: cheerful, frolicsome, funny, humorous, jocular, joking, merry, playful, witty jocular: airy, amusing, animated, blithe, cheerful, comical, elated, entertaining, facetious, festive, frolicsome, funny, gleeful, happy, humorous, jesting, jocose, jocund, joking, jolly, jovial, joyous, lively, merry, mirthful, playful, rollicking, silly, sportive, vivacious, waggish, witty jocund: blithe, cheerful, elated, jocose, jocular, jolly, lighthearted, sprightly jog: activate, jiggle, jostle, nudge, poke, prod, prompt, push, refresh, remind, stimulate; canter, exercise, pace, run, trot
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JOHNNYCAKE -JOURNEY
johnnycake: pone joie de vivre: lan join: abut, accompany, affiliate, ally, amalgamate, annex, associate, attach, bind, blend, bond, border, bridge, cantle, cement, coalesce, combine, connect, consolidate, consort, couple, engage, enlist, enroll, enter, fasten, fuse, glue, interlock, knee, knit, knot, link, marry, mate, meet, merge, mingle, mix, participate, piece, pool, relate, solder, splice, stitch, suture, team, tie, touch, unite, volunteer, wed, weld, yoke join and attach: affix, appose, clamp, fasten, rivet, tether, yoke join as metals: solder, weld join businesswise: amalgamate, consolidate, incorporate, merge join by hinge or joint: articulate join by tie: colligate, lash join from different directions: converge join into cluster: constellate join neatly: dovetail join or blend texts: conflate join or stick: cling, cohere join parts to build whole: assemble join smaller thing to larger: annex, append join together in a league: federate join together or fuse: accrete, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggregate, coalesce, conglomerate join two pieces at ends: splice join up: enlist, enroll joined as pair: conjoint, conjugate, conjunct joined in alliance: confederate, league joined into one from components: composite, compound, integrated, synthesized joined together, writing with letters: cursive joining and touching: abutting, adjacent, contiguous, juxtaposed joint: ankle, articulation, bend, butt, combined, communal, connection, cooperative, coupling, crux, dive, dwelling, elbow, hangout, hinge, hip, junction, knee, knuckle, mutual, point, prison, seam, shared, shoulder, union, united, wrist
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joint of notch and fitted projection: joggle joint of tonguelike strip fitting into a groove on another piece: tongueand-groove joint joint of two abutting surfaces placed squarely together: butt joint, carvel-built joint of two beveled edges forming forty-five-degree angle corner: miter joint joint or point on plant where leaf is attached: node joint pain: gout joint stiffness: ankylosis joint with knob moving freely in cavity: ball-and-socket joint joint, bending of: flexion joint, bushing to secure pipe: ferrule joint, cavity or notch to attach to tenon in: gain, mortise joint, fluid-filled cavity around: bursa joint, projection for insertion into mortise: cog, feather, tenon joints, tough elastic fibrous tissue found in: cartilage W joist: beam, brace, stud, support joke: antic, banter, buffoon, clowning, crack, escapade, farce, fool, fun, gag, goof, hoax, jape, jest, josh, kid, lampoon, parody, pleasantry, prank, quip, rib, sally, satire, stunt, tease, wisecrack, witticism joke or tease at someone's expense: gibe, taunt joke, meant as: jocular joke, straight-faced when telling: deadpan joker: card, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, farceur, humorist, jester, prankster, stand-up comedian, stooge, wag, wit joker in card deck: mistigris jokes, stock of: repertoire joking, given to: good-humored, jocose, jocund, jolly joking, playfully: facetious jollity: amusement, cheer, festivity, frolic, fun, gaiety, glee, hilarity, jocundity, joviality, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, revel, revelry, whoopee jolly: bouncy, cheerful, chipper, convival, delightful, jocose, jocular, jovial, joyful, jubilant, kid, laughing, merry, playful, splendid, sportive jolt: blow, bump, collision, concussion,
floor, impact, jar, jog, jostle, knock, rock, setback, shake, shock, startle, surprise jolt of neck in car accident: whiplash josh: banter, jape, jest, jive, joke, kid, needle, razz, rib, spoof, tease jostle: bulldoze, bump, collide, crowd, elbow, jar, jog, jolt, nudge, push, shake, shove, vie jot: atom, bit, grain, iota, minum, record, scribble, smidgen, speck, tittle, whit, write jounce: bounce, bump, collision, impact, jolt, shake, shock journal: account, almanac, annals, blotter, chronicle, daily, diary, gazette, ledger, logbook, magazine, memoir, newspaper, observation, organ, paper, periodical, publication, record, scrapbook, tabloid, yearbook journal article printed as excerpt: offprint journal of learned society's meetings: annals journal record: entry journalism profession: fourth estate, the press journalism, exaggerated and outrageous: gonzo journalism journalism, irresponsible: yellow journalism journalist: broadcaster, columnist, commentator, correspondent, editor, newsperson, reporter, writer journalist, part-time or freelance: stringer journey: adventure, circuit, course, drive, excursion, expedition, hike, jaunt, junket, migration, odyssey, passage, pilgrimage, ride, roam, route, safari, sojourn, tour, travel, trek, trip, voyage, wend
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joint inflammation: arthritis joint of a groove and fitted piece: rabbet, rebate joint of fan-shaped tenons and interlocking mortises: dovetail
journey at lower fare: excursion journey place to place on foot: peregrination journey segment: leg journey to escape: hegira journey to Mecca: hadj, pilgrimage journey, extended adventurous: odyssey journey, laborious: trek journey, of a roundabout: circuitous journey, short and pleasurable: jaunt journey, supplies for a: viaticum journey's interruption: stopover journey's plan: itinerary W
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JOUST -JUNGIAN FEMININE SIDE OF MALE
joust: bout, combat, contest, duel, tilt, tournament, tourney joustefs weapon: lance jovial: cheery, chipper, convivial, delightful, elated, festive, genial, happy, hearty, humorous, jocose, jocular, jocund, jolly, joyous, jubilant, merry, mirthful, sociable jowl: cheek, dewlap, jaw, mandible, wattle joy: amusement, beatitude, bliss, cheerfulness, delight, ecstasy, elation, enjoyment, excitement, exhilaration, felicity, festivity, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, jubilation, mirth, pleasure, rapture, satisfaction, solace joy of living: joie de vivre joyless: blue, cheerless, depressed, dismal, doleful, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, glum, melancholy, miserable, unhappy, woebegone joyous: blessed, blithe, cheerful, delighted, ecstatic, exuberant, festive, glad, gleeful, happy, heartwarming, jocular, jolly, joyful, jubilant, merry, mirthful, pleased, spirited, upbeat, vigorous, wonderful jubilant: celebrating, elated, excited, exultant, glad, happy, jolly, joyful, joyous, pleased, rejoicing, thrilled, triumphant judge: adjudicate, appraiser, arbiter, arbitrate, arbitrator, assess, assessor, bench, chancellor, conclude, condemn, connoisseur, consider, court, critic, criticize, critique, decide, deem, determine, estimate, expert, find, gather, gauge, honor, intermediary, justice, magistrate, mediator, rank, rate, ref, referee, review, rule, sentence, settle, suppose, try, ump, umpire, weigh
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judge's refusal to concur with majority: dissent, dissenting opinion judge's room: chambers judge's summary to jury: charge, instruction judges, concerning: judicial, judiciary W judgment: analysis, appraisal, assessment, astuteness, award, common sense, conclusion, criticism, decision, decree, discretion, evaluation, fate, insight, opinion, prudence, punishment, reason, ruling, sense, sensibility, sentence, shrewdness, summary, taste, verdict, view, wisdom Judgment Day: crack of doom, day of reckoning, doomsday, end of the world judgment used as standard, legal: precedent judgment, good: discretion judgment, lacking: injudicious judgment, overturning of: abrogation, annulment, cassation judgment, personal: value judgment judgment, showing good: astute, discerning, discreet, discriminating, judicious, politic, prudent, sagacious judgment, standard used for making: criterion, precedent, yardstick judgments, to make moral: moralize, sermonize judicial: constitutional, critical, decretory, distinguished, impartial, lawful, legal, official judicial order to do or refrain from action: injunction judicious: calculating, careful, cautious, diplomatic, discerning, equitable, fair, just, knowing, prudent, rational, reasonable, sagacious, senseful, sensible, sound, thoughtful, wise judo expert: judoka judo levels of proficiency: dan judo or karate attire: gi, judogi judo or karate school: dojo jug: bottle, calaboose, can, canteen, carafe, container, cooler, crock, demijohn, ewer, flagon, growler, jail, jar, lockup, olla, pitcher, prison, stir, toby, vessel juggle: alter, change, disguise, falsify, manipulate, mislead, modify, reorganize, shuffle juggling wooden clubs: Indian club juice: alcohol, cider, electricity, es-
judge or court, before a: sub judice judge's bench: banc judges collectively: judicature, judiciary judge's determination: sentence judge's disqualification of juror: recuse judge's garment: robe judge's hammer: gavel judge's incidental opinion: obiter dictum judge's order prohibiting a party from a specific action: injunction judge's private chamber: camera
sence, fluid, fuel, funds, gasoline, gossip, liquid, liquor, money, nectar, oil, sap, succulence, vitality juice, to squeeze out: extract juice, unfermented grape: must juices from evergreen: sap juicy: dripping, exciting, intriguing, luscious, moist, oozy, provocative, racy, runny, saturated, spicy, succulent, tantalizing juicy gossip: dirt jukebox: nickelodeon julep garnish: mint jumble: assortment, chaos, clutter, confuse, disarray, disorder, hash, heap, hodgepodge, medley, mess, mishmash, mixture, muddle, olio, potpourri, scramble, shake, shuffle, slew, welter jumbo: colossal, elephantine, enormous, gigantic, huge, large, mammoth, monstrous, titanic jump: ambush, boost, bounce, bound, caper, charge, clear, dive, escalate, evade, flinch, hop, hurdle, hustle, increase, leap, lunge, lurch, parachute, plunge, rise, skip, skyrocket, spring, start, startle, upturn, vault jump around playfully: caper, cavort, frisk, frolic, gambol, romp, sport jumped over: leapfrogged jumper: dress, frog, jacket, kangaroo, shot, sled, smock, toad jumping from one thing to another: desultory, disconnected jumping-off place: springboard jumping or leaping: saltation jumping pole: pogo stick jumping sheet attached to frame: trampoline jumping, concerning: saltatorial jumps in equestrianism: capriole, curvet, gambado jumpy: antsy, anxious, apprehensive, excitable, frightened, jittery, nervous, restless, skittish, spooked, tense, uneasy, uptight junction: conflux, connection, contact, crossing, crossroads, gathering, interface, intersection, joint, juncture, meeting, seam, transition, union juncture: choice, condition, crisis, crossroads, emergency, hinge, instant, joint, junction, linkup, moment, pass, point, position, seam, time, union June bug: beetle, dor, dorr, scarab Jungian feminine side of male: anima
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JUNGIAN IDEA DERIVED FROM COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS - JUXTAPOSITION OF WORDS FOR EXPLANATION
Jungian idea derived from collective unconscious: archetype Jungian masculine side of female: animus Jungian social front: persona jungle: bush, forest, jumble, labrynth, maze, wilderness, zoo junior: lesser, namesake, puisne, second, son, student, subordinate, younger juniper: cade, cedar, evergreen, red cedar, retem, sabine, savin, shrub, tree junk: boat, clutter, debris, discard, dope, dreck, dump, flotsam, garbage, jetsam, jettison, litter, refuse, rubbish, salvage, scrap, ship, trash, waste junket: banquet, excursion, feast, jaunt, outing, party, picnic, tour, trip junkie: addict, user junta: cabal, committee, coterie, council, faction, government, tribunal jurisdiction: area, authority, bailiwick, beat, bounds, command, control, county, diocese, district, domain, dominion, field, law, parish, power, precinct, province, reach, scope, territory, venue, zone jurisdiction, having immediate: ordinary juror group: panel
jury: committee, judges, makeshift, panel, peers, tribunal jury member,, defendant's right to reject: peremptory challenge jury selected by each party striking off names: struck jury jury unable to agree on verdict: hung jury jury, attempt to corrupt a: embracery just: accurate, befitting, correct, decent, deserved, due, equitable, ethical, even, exact, fair, fairminded, firm, fitting, hardly, honest, impartial, legal, legitimate, meet, normal, objective, purely, right, simply, solid, suitable, true, trustworthy, unbiased, undistorted, upright, valid; almost, barely, mere, merely, narrowly, only, recently justice: atonement, code, court, equity, fairness, hearing, honesty, impartiality, judge, litigation, magistrate, reparation, righteousness, truth, virtue justice system: judicature, judiciary justice where good is rewarded and evil punished: poetic justice justice, court or seat of: tribunal justice, failure to administer: miscarriage
justice, prudence, fortitude, temperance: cardinal virtues justice, to administer: dispense, mete out, render justification: apologia, apology, defense, excuse, exoneration, explanation, grounds, proof, rationale, reason, redemption, vindication justify: account, approve, authorize, defend, exculpate, excuse, explain, legitimate, legitimize, rationalize, sanction, substantiate, support, uphold, validate, vindicate, warrant justify and acquit: vindicate justify and provide sufficient grounds: warrant jut: beetle, bulge, butt, elongate, extend, extrude, jetty, lengthen, overhang, projection, protrude, shoot jutting rock: tor juvenile: adolescent, callow, childish, green, growing, immature, infant, minor, pubescent, puerile, tender, undeveloped, unripe, young, youthful juxtaposition: abutment, adjacency, contact, nearness, proximity, touching juxtaposition of words for explanation: apposition
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kaiser: emperor, monarch, ruler, title kale: cabbage, cole, colewort, collard kaleidoscopic: changeable, colorful, diverse, fluctuating, motley, protean, variable, vivid kangaroo and pouched animals: marsupial kangaroo pouch: marsupium kangaroo, baby: joey kangaroo, female: blue flier, doe kangaroo, male: boomer, buck kangaroo, pertaining to: macropine kaput: broken, destroyed, incapacitated, over, ruined, shot, wrecked karate: martial art, self-defense karma: atmosphere, aura, destiny, fate, feeling, kismet, power, vibrations keel over: capsize, collapse, faint, fall, overturn, swoon keen: acute, alert, ardent, astute, avid, awake, bewail, boned, clever, cunning, devoted, eager, enthusiastic, fervent, fierce, incisive, intelligent, intense, interested, penetrating, perceptive, pungent, sensitive, severe, sharp, shrewd, solicitous, strong, trenchant, vivid, wail, zealous keen and perceptive: perspicacious keenness of mind: acuity, acumen keep: amass, celebrate, confine, contain, control, delay, detain, deter, endure, fulfill, guard, have, hold, maintain, manage, observe, obstruct, possess, preserve, prevent, reserve, restrain, retain, safeguard, shackle, stock, store, tend, withhold keep an eye on: watch keep at: continue, endure, finish, grind, persevere, persist keep back: check, delay, detain, forbid, hold, postpone, reserve, save, stifle, suppress, withhold
keep company: associate, consort, date, fraternize keep for future use: mothball, store keep from destruction: preserve keep hold of: retain keep or preserve: conserve keep out: bar, blacklist, debar, detain, evade, reject, restrict keep safe: safeguard keeper: attendant, caretaker, chaperon, constable, curator, custodian, escort, guard, guardian, jailer, janitor, manager, sentinel, sentry, warden, warder, watchman keepsake: knickknack, memento, relic, reminder, souvenir, token, trophy keg: barrel, cade, cag, cask, container, drum, hogshead, vat kegler: bowler keister: behind, bottom, buttocks, derrire, fanny, rump, tush kelp and sargasso: algae, seaweed ken: admit, cognizance, grasp, insight, knowledge, lore, perception, recognition, scope, sight, understanding, view, vision, wisdom kennel: den, doghouse, drain, enclosure, flock, gutter, lair, pound, shelter kerchief: babushka, bandana, bandanna, handkerchief, hankie, headrail, scarf, shawl, veil kernel: center, core, essence, germ, grain, heart, issue, meat, nucleus, nut, pit, pith, seed, stone, substance kettle: cauldron, flambeau, hollow, kettledrum, pan, pot, stewpot, teapot, vat, vessel kettledrum: naker, tabla, tabor, tambour, timbal, timpano kettledrum set: timpani key: address, answer, atoll, cay, central, code, critical, digital, essential, explanation, guide, important, island,
isle, islet, main, opener, password, pitch, pivotal, quay, reef, scale, skeleton, solution, ticket, tonality, vital key collector: cagophilist key for many locks: master key, passepartout, passkey, skeleton key key on a map, chart: legend key, write or perform in a different musical: transpose keyboard instrument: accordion, carillon, celesta, clavichord, clavier, harpsichord, organ, piano, spinet, synthesizer
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keyboard, dulcimer: cembalo, clavicembalo, harpsichord keyboard instrument whose strings are plucked by plectrums or quills: harpsichord keyboard instrument, electronic: synthesizer keyboard instrument, organlike: harmonium keyboard instrument, soft-sounding: clavichord keyboard or stringed keyboard instrument: clavier keyboard with pleated bellows, portable: accordion keyboard, mechanically operated piano with paper roll activating: player piano keyboard, piano with pedal: pedal piano keyboard, small harpsichord with one: spinet keyboard, tower bells played by: carillon W keyed up: eager, excited, nervous, stimulated, tense keyhole ridge corresponding to key ridges: ward
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KEYHOLE-SHAPED - KING
keyhole-shaped: clithridiate keyhole, doorknob, door lock metal plate: escutcheon keynote: basis, essence, feature, gist, heart, idea, measure, standard, theme, tone, topic keystone: base, cornerstone, crown, foundation, headstone, mainstay, principle, root, support, wedge khaki cotton twill: chino khan: agha, caravansary, chief, emperor, hostelry, inn, official, ruler kibbutz: collective, commune, farm, hora, settlement kibitzer: busybody, buttinsky, meddler, snoop, spectator kibosh: veto kick: bang, blow, boost, boot, complain, eject, fret, fuss, gripe, growl, grumble, jolt, object, power, protest, punch, punt, recoil, snap, stop, strength; abandon, enjoyment, sensation, thrill kick downstairs: demote kick in: add, contribute, donate, give kick off: begin, commence, inaugurate, launch, open, start kick out: bounce, can, discharge, dismiss, eject, evict, expel, fire, remove kickback: bribe, gift, graft, payoff, payola, repercussion kid: baby, banter, bluff, child, deceive, dupe, fool, hoax, joke, josh, juvenile, rag, razz, rib, ride, spoof, tease, trick, youngster, youth; goat kid leather: suede kidnap: abduct, capture, grab, hijack, nobble, shanghai, snatch kidnap for compulsory service: shanghai kidnap victim's sympathy for captor: Stockholm syndrome kidnapper: captor kidney and other edible beans: haricot kidney disease: nephritis kidney machine: dialyzer, hemodialyzer kidney pain: nephralgia kidney removal by surgery: nephrectomy kidney-shaped: reniform kidney stone: calculus, concretion, nephrolith kidneys, concerning: nephritic, renal kidneys, edible: offal kill: annihilate, asphyxiate, assassinate, cancel, croak, crucify, cull, deaden, destroy, dispatch, do in, electrocute, execute, exterminate,
extirpate, finish, garrote, halt, hang, liquidate, lynch, massacre, murder, numb, poison, ruin, shoot, silence, slaughter, slay, strangle, suffocate, suppress, veto, waste, wipe out
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kill by beheading: decapitate kill by cutting off air supply: asphyxiate, burke, strangle kill for sacrifice: immolate kill or destroy large portion of: decimate kill public figure: assassinate kill summarily: dispatch kill time: dally, dawdle, fool around, idle, procrastinate, stall kill to reduce animal herd: cull kill without due process of law: lynch killer: assassin, butcher, difficult, exterminator, gangster, gunman, hangman, hit man, murderer, slayer, sniper, tough killer, pathological and repeated: serial killer killing: carnage, execution, fatality, homicide, lethality, manslaughter, martyrdom, murder, slaughter, slaying killing action: quietus killing of brother, sister or countryman: fratricide killing of father or of both parents: patricide killing of god, goddess: deicide killing of human by another: homicide killing of mercy: euthanasia killing of mother: matricide killing of racial, ethnic, national group: genocide killing of ruler: regicide killing of self: suicide killing of sister: sororicide killing of wife: uxoricide killing on large scale: carnage, holocaust, massacre, pogrom, slaughter killing that is not deliberate but is unlawful: manslaughter W kill a veto: override killer whale: grampus, orca killjoy: complainer, crape hanger, malcontent, party pooper, pessimist, sourpuss, spoilsport, wet blanket, worrywart kiln: bake, fire, furnace, glaze, hearth, oast, oven, stove kimono sash: obi
kin: aunt, aunts, blood, clan, connection, family, flesh, flesh and blood, folk, kindred, race, related, relation, relations, relative, sib, sibling, tribe kind: affable, affectionate, amiable, amicable, benevolent, benign, blithe, brotherly, charitable, clement, compassionate, congenial, considerate, cordial, favorable, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, goodly, gracious, humane, humanitarian, lenient, loving, merciful, mild, neighborly, obliging, philanthropic, polite, simpatico, sisterly, soft, sympathetic, tendency, tender, warm, warmhearted; brand, breed, class, description, essence, fiber, gender, genre, genus, ilk, make, nature, order, sort, species, type, variety kind act: favor kind and charitable: altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, philanthropic kind and gentle: benign kind and lenient: indulgent kind and sympathetic: compassionate, humane, humanitarian, magnanimous kind forbearance: mercy kindle: animate, arouse, awaken, brood, excite, fire, fire up, flock, glow, ignite, incite, inflame, inspire, light, move, provoke, rise, start, stimulate, stir kindling: firewood, fuel, paper, punk, sticks, tinder, touchwood, twigs kindly and gracious: propitious kindness: assistance, beneficence, benevolence, bounty, charity, compassion, courtesy, generosity, goodwill, help, mercy, philanthropy, sympathy, understanding kindred: affiliated, affinity, allied, ancestry, blood, congenial, connection, family, flesh, folk, kin, lineage, race, related, relationship, similar, tribe king: czar, emperor, leader, lion, majesty, master, monarch, rex, ruler, sovereign, tzar
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king ascending throne, of a: acceding king relinquishing throne, of a: abdicating king, one replacing king during illness or absence: regent king, queen, or czar: potentate
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KINK - KNOCK
KNIVES
anlace barlow bayonet bistoury blade bolo knife bowie knife butter knife carving knife cheese knife clasp knife cleaver dagger dirk drawknife dudgeon fish knife flick knife fruit knife hunting knife jackknife kard kirpan kris kuttar lancet machete misericord palette knife panga parazonium pocketknife poniard puntilla scalpel shiv skean skean dhu snickersnee steak knife stiletto Swiss Army knife switchblade trench knife W
kingdom: commonwealth, country, domain, dynasty, empire, monarchy, realm, scepter, territory, throne kingly: imperial, imperious, lordly, majestic, noble, regal, royal, sovereign, splendid, stately king's attendants: retinue king's baron: thane W kink: bizarre, complication, corkscrew, crick, crimp, crinkle, curve, defect, far-out, flaw, hitch, imperfection, knot, odd, outlandish, spasm, strange, twinge, wrinkle kinky: curled, deviant, frizzy, perverse, twisted, warped, weird kiosk: newsstand, stand kismet: circumstance, destiny, doom, fate, fortune kiss: buss, caress, embrace, French, greet, neck, osculate, peck, salute, smack, smooch kiss in greeting: osculation, salutation kiss of betrayal: Judas kiss kiss of peace: pax kissing with eyes closed: typhlobasia kit: bag, collection, container, equip' ment, gear, instruments, knapsack, lot, outfit, pack, rig, set, supplies, tackle, things, utensils kitchen: canteen, cuisine, galley, mess, scullery kitchen on ship or aircraft: galley kitchen servant: scullion kitchen where chores are done, room adjoining: scullery kitchen, relating to the: culinary kite: bird, check, elanet, hang glider, hawk, sail, soar kite type: box, Chinese, conyne, deltawing, eddy bow, hexagonal kitelike glider: hang glider kittenish: childish, coquettish, coy, flirtatious, frisky, mischievous, playful
kittens, group of: kindle, litter kitty: cat, jackpot, kitten, pool, pot, pussy, stakes kitty comment: meow, miaou kitty treat: catnip kiwi: aptryx, roa kleptomaniac: criminal, pilferer, shoplifter, thief klutz: blockhead, clumsy, lout, lummox, nerd, oaf, schlemiel, stupid knack: ability, adroitness, aptitude, art, dexterity, expertise, feel, flair, forte, gift, head, nose, skill, talent, trick knapsack: backpack, bag, kit, pack, rucksack knave: blackguard, cad, cheat, churl, fraud, jack, lowlife, miscreant, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scamp, scoundrel, trickster, varlet, villain knave, of a notorious: arrant knead: aerate, blend, fold, manipulate, massage, mix, press, stretch, work knee and back-of-thigh tendon: hamstring knee-ankle connector: tibia knee-bend in ballet: pli knee breeches: britches, knickers, shorts knee inflammation: bursitis, housemaid's knee knee jerk: automatism, patellar tendon reflex, reflex knee-jerk: automatic, expected, predictable, reflex, spontaneous knee, soft area behind: popliteal knee, to bounce affectionately on: dandle kneecap: patella kneel: bow, curtsey, genuflect, kowtow, stoop kneel on one knee: genuflect kneeling cushion: hassock kneeling stool: faldstool knell: bell, chime, proclaim, ring, signal, sound, summon, toll, warning
knickknack: bauble, bibelot, bric-abrac, curio, decoration, gadget, gewgaw, gimcrack, novelty, ornament, showpiece, souvenir, toy, trifle, trinket knife: blade, shiv, sword, tool, utensil, weapon; carve, cut, lacerate, lance, pierce, slash, slice, stab, wound
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knife blade: bit knife handle: haft, hilt knife maker: cutler knife of old: snee knife point: tang knife sharpener: hone, whetstone knife types: bayonet, bolo, bowie, bread, butter, cutlass, dagger, dirk, hunting, lancet, machete, pen, pocket, putty, scalpel, shiv, sickle, snee, surgical, Swiss Army, switchblade knife with folding blade that springs open: switchblade knife knife, to sharpen a: hone, whet W knit: bind, conjoin, connect, consolidate, crochet, fasten, furrow, heal, intermingle, intertwine, join, mend, plait, purl, stitch, unite, weave, wrinkle knitted cloth fineness or density: gauge, tension knitted shoe: bootie knitting pattern with diamonds: argyle knitting stitch: cable, purl knives, forks, spoons: cutlery, flatware, silverware, utensils knob: bulge, bump, button, dial, handle, heel, hill, knoll, knot, lever, lump, mountain, node, nodule, pommel, protuberance, switch knobby: torose knoblike part: capitulum, tubercle, umbo knock: abuse, beat, belittle, blame,
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KNOCK DOWN - KYPHOSIS
blow, bounce, bump, clank, collide, criticize, defeat, denounce, hit, jolt, lick, pan, ping, pound, push, rap, reprehend, set back, slam, slur, smack, strike, thump, topple, whack knock down: deck, drop, fell, flatten, floor, level, thrash, trample knock knees: valgus, varus knock off: achieve, assassinate, complete, copy, deduct, desist, discontinue, eliminate, finish, imitation, kill, murder, slay, steal, stop, subtract, waste knock out: deck, floor, kayo, stun knockout: beauty, dish, eyeful, kayo, looker, stunner knoll: hill, hillock, hummock, knell, knob, mound, ring, sound knot: bond, bow, braid, burl, contortion, crowd, entangle, entanglement, gnarl, group, hitch, knob, knur, knurl, link, loop, lump, mesh, node, nodule, protuberance, puzzle, rosette, snag, snarl, tangle, tie knot in cloth: burl knot in wood: knar, nur knot in wool: nep knot lace: tat knot of short hair: noil knot or bun of hair: chignon knot types: blackwall hitch, bowline, carrick bend, figure eight, fisherman's, flat, granny, half hitch, rolling hitch, seizing, sheepshank, shroud, slide, slipknot, square, stevedore's, surgeon's knotted lace work: macram knotty: bumpy, bunched, complex, difficult, gnarled, hard, intricate, nodal, nodule, perplexing, puzzlingly, tricky, troublesome knotty problem: poser know: associate, cognize, comprehend, discern, discriminate, distinguish, experience, fathom, grasp, identify, ken, profess, realize, recognize, see, understand know by intuition: divine know-how: ability, aptitude, capability, experience, expertise, flair, ingenuity, knack, knowledge, mastery, savoir faire, skill, talent
know-it-all: brash; maven, smarty, wiseacre, wisenheimer know more than they do, person who pretends to: philosophaster, philosophunculist knowing: alive, aware, bright, brilliant, cagey, clever, cognition, cognitive, conscious, deep, deliberate, educated, experienced, gnostic, informed, intelligent, intentional, knowledgeable, observant, perception, perceptive, scholastic, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, sophisticated, wise, witty, worldly knowing all things: all-knowing, omniscient knowing before occurrence: prescience knowledge: ability, awareness, cognition, cognizance, comprehension, data, education, enlightenment, erudition, experience, expertise, facts, familiarity, grasp, information, inkling, instruction, intelligence, ken, know-how, learning, lore, revelation, science, understanding, wisdom
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knowledge, relating to intuitive: transcendental knowledge, seeker of: philonoist knowledge, study of the nature of: epistemology knowledge, to spread: disseminate knowledge, total: omniscience knowledgeable: acquainted, apprised, au fait, aware, bright, clever, cognizant, conversant with, educated, experienced, expert, familiar, informed, knowing, posted, proficient, smart, versed, wellversed, wise knowledgeable of subject: conversant knowledgeable person: savant knowledgeable person in many subjects: polyhistor, polymath knowledgeable, made aware of: enlightened W known: acknowledged, familiar, famous, noted, notorious, obvious, popular, prominent, recognized, renowned known only to a few: arcane, esoteric, occult knuckle under: acquiesce, capitulate, cave, give in, submit, succumb, surrender, yield kook: crazy, crackpot, demento, eccentric, flake, lunatic, nut, screwball, wacko kosher: accepted, authentic, clean, ethical, genuine, legitimate, permissible, proper, pure kosher food laws: kashruth kosher, Muslim equivalent of: halal kosher, non-: tref kowtow: bootlick, brownnose, cower, fawn, grovel, kneel, stoop, toady kudos: acclaim, accolade, admiration, award, citation, credit, decoration, esteem, fame, glory, honor, laurels, praise, prestige kyphosis: curvature, humpback, hunchback
knowledge and the arts, movement to advance: humanism knowledge bit by bit, to gather: glean knowledge from sense perception: percept knowledge of an event after it has occurred: hindsight knowledge of right thing to say or do: savoir faire knowledge of something in advance of occurrence: clairvoyance, cryptesthesia, ESP, extrasensory perception, precognition knowledge, belief in experience as the source of: empiricism knowledge, belief in reason as the source of: rationalism knowledge, deep: erudition knowledge, gradual absorption of: osmosis knowledge, instinctive: intuition knowledge, pretended: sciolism knowledge, relating to familiarity or deep: intimate
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I substituted for r: lallation lab medium: agar lab tube used to measure liquids: pipette label: band, brand, call, characterize, classify, define, design, designate, hallmark; description, identification, insignia, logo, mark, name, sticker, tab, tag, ticket labium: lip labor: agonize, childbirth, contractions, drudgery, effort, employees, endeavor, exertion, grind, industry, parturition, slave, stress, strive, struggle, sweat, task, toil, travail, undertaking, work, workers labor union for all workers of an industry: industrial union, vertical union labor union for specialized workers of an industry: craft union, horizontal union labor union is on strike, person who works while: scab labor-union representative: shop steward labor union, business where employees are not required to be in: open shop labor union, business where employees are required to be in: closed shop, union shop labor union, worker who refuses membership in: scab labor, being in: parturient labor, of a drug inducing or facilitating: oxytocic labor, to bring about or stimulate: induce labored: awkward, difficult, forced, heavy, ponderous, strained, strenuous, unnatural laborer: blue-collar worker, coolie, esne, hand, navvy, peon, plebe, serf, toiler, worker, workhand, workman laborious: arduous, assiduous, back-
breaking, burdensome, difficult, diligent, effortful, hard, hardworking, industrious, onerous, painstaking, rigorous, strenuous, tough, uphill labyrinth: complexity, entanglement, intricacy, jungle, knot, maze, mesh, network, snarl, tangle, web labyrinth monster of ancient Greece: Minotaur lace: adorn, border, braid, cord, decorate, edging, embroidery, entwine, fabric, fasten, intertwine, lash, net, netting, plait, ribbon, shoestring, string, thread, tie, trimming, twine, unite
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lace made by interlacing thread with pins: bobbin lace, pillow lace, point lace made by looping and knotting, handmade: tatting lace made of coarse thread twisted in geometric patterns: torchon lace lace made on paper patterns with needle: needlepoint, point lace lace tip, shoe: aglet lace work of woven and knotted cord: macram lace, background of a design in: fond lace, large-patterned coarse: guipure lace, net or mesh foundation for: rseau lace, ruffle of: ruche, tucker lace, small embroidery edging on some: picot lace, to finish or edge with: purl W lacelike metalwork: filigree lacerate: cut, distress, gash, harrow, knife, lance, mangle, pierce, slice, slit, stab, tear, wound lachryma: tear lachrymose: crying, sad, tearful, teary, weeping, weepy lack: absence, dearth, deficiency, defi-
cit, emptiness, failure, famine, fault, inadequacy, insufficiency, loss, minus, need, paucity, poverty, privation, scarcity, shortage, sparsity, want lack of agreement: discord lack of basic necessities: destitution, privation lack of bodily fluid control: incontinence lack of energy: anergy lack of good taste: indecorum lack of marriage laws: agamy lack of maturity: nonage lack of movement: inertia lack of parity: inequality lack of power: impotence, impuissance lack of sight: anopia lackadaisical: apathetic, blah, careless, halfhearted, idle, languid, lazy, lethargic, listless, spiritless, uninspired, unmotivated lackey: attendant, flunky, footman, gorilla, page, servant, thug, toady lacking: absent, deficient, deprived, impaired, inadequate, insufficient, minus, missing, needy, short, shy, wanting, without lacking character or distinction: nondescript lacking coloration: albino lacking ethics: amoral lacking firmness: limp lacking precision: inexact lacking principles: amoral lacking refinement: crude lacking sensitivity: crass lacking understanding: purblind lacking, completely: destitute, devoid lackluster: blah, bland, boring, colorless, drab, dull, flat, humdrum, lifeless, uninspired
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LAKES
Aral Sea (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan) Athabaska (Canada) Baikal (Russia) Balkhash (Kazakhstan) Bangweulu (Zambia) Bear (United States) Becharof (United States) Biwa (Japan) Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran) Chad (Chad, Niger, Nigeria) Champlain (United States, Canada) Chapala (Mexico) Derwent Water (England) Edward (Uganda, Zaire) Erie (United States, Canada) Eyre (South Australia) Finger Lakes (United States) Flathead (United States) Gairdner (Australia) Garda (Italy) George (United States) Great Bear (Canada) Great Lakes (United States, Canada) Great Salt (United States) Great Slave (Canada) Huron (United States, Canada) Issyk-Kul (Kyrgyzstan) Katrine (Scotland) Kioga (Uganda) Kivu (Zaire, Rwanda) Koko-Nor (China) Ladoga (Russia) Lake of the Woods (Canada) Leech (United States) Lochy (Scotland) Loch or Lomond (Scotland) Maggiore (Italy, Switzerland) Malawi (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania) Manitoba (Canada) laconic: blunt, brief, compact, concise, condensed, crisp, curt, pithy, pointed, short, succinct, terse lacquer: coating, finish, gloss, shellac, varnish lacuna: break, cavity, depression, gap, hiatus, interim, interval, opening, pause, space lacy: delicate, elegant, fancy, frilly, netlike, ornate, sheer, transparent, weblike lacy openwork: tracery lad: adolescent, boy, juvenile, kid, shaver, son, stripling, youngster, youth Manzala (Egypt) Maracaibo (Venezuela) Martin (United States) Mead (United States) Michigan (United States) Mobutu Sese Seko (Uganda) Moosehead (United States) Ness (Scotland) Nettilling (Canada) Nicaragua (Nicaragua) Nipigon (Canada) Nyasa (Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania) Okeechobee (United States) Onega (Russia) Ontario (United States, Canada) Patos (Brazil) Pontchartrain (United States) Reindeer (Canada) Rudolf (Kenya) St. Clair (United States, Canada) Superior (United States, Canada) Tahoe (United States) Tanganyika (Tanzania, Congo) Texcoco (Mexico) Titicaca (Bolivia, Peru) Torrens (South Australia) Trasimeno (Italy) Tung-t'ing (China) Turkana (Kenya, Ethiopia) Urmia (Iran) Utah (United States) Vanem (Sweden) Victoria (Tanzania, Uganda) Volta (Ghana) Winnebago (United States) Winnipeg (Canada) Winnipegosis (Canada) Yellowstone (United States) Zurich (Switzerland) W lag: dawdle, delay, dillydally, drag, flag, ladder rung: rundle, spoke, stave, step linger, loiter, procrastinate, slacken, ladder vertical post or strut: stile slow down, stave, straggle, tarry, tire, ladder, rope: accommodation ladder, trail Jacob's ladder lag behind: drag, drop back, trail laden: burdened, hampered, saddled, lager: ale, beer, brew taxed, weighted ladle: bail, calabash, cyathus, dip, diplaggard: dawdler, dilatory, idler, loiper, pour, scoop, serve, spoon terer, mope, remiss, slow, slowpoke, lady: baroness, countess, dame, duchsluggish, straggler ess, female, gentlewoman, girl, lagniappe: benefit, bonus, gift, gratuity, madam, mistress, noblewoman, prinlargess, present, tip cess, queen, woman lagomorph: hare ladylike: elegant, feminine, genteel, lagoon border: atoll mannerly, matronly, polished, polite, laic: amateur, layman; secular proper, refined, respectable lair: burrow, cavern, den, habitat,
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LAND-RELATED TERMS
connected to mainland by isthmus; land extending into water: peninsula every seven years when Jewish land remains fallow: sabbatical year high point of land extending into water: promontory land area increase by river deposits: alluvium land capable of being cultivated: arable land cleared or plowed to stop spread of fire: firebreak, fireguard land cultivation and scientific agriculture: agronomy land gained by recession of water line: dereliction land leveling: gradation land projecting into body of water and connected to mainland by isthmus: peninsula land reserved for minority community: reservation land that is plowed but unseeded, of: fallow land, buildings, immovable property: real estate, real property, realty low-lying land along river: intervale measure of land: acre, are, rood, stere haunt, hideout, nest, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, shelter laissez-faire: inactive, indifferent, tolerant, unconcerned lake or pond, shallow and near larger body of water: lagoon lake, bow-shaped from river: oxbow, oxbow lake lake, small: mere lake, small mountain: tarn lakes and fresh water, scientific study of: limnology lakes, pertaining to: lacustrine lam: bash, beat, escape, flight, flog, hit, strike, thrash, wallop lamb or beef and sliced eggplant layered, Greek: moussaka lamb or mutton, leg of: gigot lamb's mother: ewe lambaste: assail, beat, berate, castigate, clobber, criticize, drub, flay, hammer, pound, pummel, punish, scold, slog, thrash, whip, whop lambent: bright, brilliant, flickering, glowing, luminous, lustrous, radiant, shining lambskin, untanned: kip lame: crippled, decrepit, defective, deformed, disabled, feeble, flimsy, game, gimpy, halt, halting, handicapped, hurt, incapacitate, limping, maim, stiff, unconvincing, weak lamebrain: blockhead, dope, dunce, fool, imbecile, moron, ninny, nitwit, stupid narrow extension of land or territory: panhandle narrow point of land extending into water: spit narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land: isthmus perpetual ownership of land: mortmain pertaining to land tenure and ownership: agrarian physical features of land: topography plan, map or chart of a piece of land: plat possession and use of one's own land: demesne private ownership of land and real estate: fee simple reversion of feudal land to manor: escheat right of government to appropriate land for public use: eminent domain right-of-way part of piece of land: easement something living on or relating to land, of: terrestrial stretch of land: tract title: deed triangular piece of land: gore wide-open extent of land: expanse W
lameness: claudication, halting, limp lament: alas, bemoan, bewail, complaint, condole, cry, deplore, dirge, dolor, elegize, grief, grieve, howl, jeremiad, keen, moan, monody, mourn, outcry, pine, plaint, regret, repent, repine, requiem, rue, sign, sorrow, wail, weep lament or mourning hymn: dirge, elegy, keen, monody, threnody lamentable: dire, distressing, grievous, miserable, sad, unfortunate, upsetting lamp: arc, bulb, chandelier, davy, electric, floor, gas, incandescent, lantern, light, oil, table, torch lamp with light directed upward: torchier lamplight: glim lampoon: burlesque, caricature, farce, mock, parody, pasquinade, roast, satire, spoof, squib, takeoff; satirize lamp's metal frame around light bulb: harp lampshade framework: spider lance: cut, dart, hurl, javelin, launch, pierce, point, skewer, spear, weapon land-and-water animal or vehicle: amphibian landing of airplane past the runway: overshoot landing of airplane short of the runway: undershoot landing of airplane using only electronics: instrument landing
landing of spacecraft on water: splashdown landlord: host, innkeeper, lessor, owner, proprietor landmark: achievement, cornerstone, crisis, event, feature, guidepost, remnant, signpost landscape: countryside, mural, painting, panorama, picture, scene, scenery, view, vista landslide: avalanche, eboulement, lopsided, sweep, victory, win lane: aisle, alley, approach, byway, course, footpath, passageway, path, pathway, race, road, street, strip, track, way languid: apathetic, drooping, dull, enervated, feeble, inactive, indifferent, indolent, lackadaisical, lethargic, listless, slow, sluggish, spiritless, supine, wan, weak languish: ail, decline, deteriorate, diminish, droop, fade, fail, faint, flag, linger, pine, repine, sink, stagnate, suffer, wallow, waste, wilt, wither; neglected languor: apathy, blues, boredom, ennui, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, stagnation, torpor lanky: angular, gangling, gangly, gaunt, gawky, lean, meager, rangy, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, tall, thin lanyard: cord, gasket, gimp, line, rope, string
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LANGUAGE-RELATED TERMS
anthology used in language study: chrestomathy being good in another language, of: fluent commonly used language, of: colloquial, demotic, informal, vernacular concerned with language as it changes through time: diachronic customary language or grammar: usage elaborate, pretentious and insincere language: rhetoric everyday spoken language of area: vernacular, slang formal system of syntax, phonology: structural linguistics geographic boundary line showing where language feature occurs: isogloss gradual change in language: drift hybrid language for communication: lingua franca informal and substandard language: slang knowing only one language: monoglot, monolingual knowing several languages: multilingual, polyglot knowing two languages: bilingual language and speaking style: parlance language as it is actually used by a community: usage language being taught: target language language derived from pidgin but more complex: crole, creolized language language distinguishing word meanings by variations in pitch, tone: tone language language expert: linguist, logogogue language for study, collection of: corpus language formerly pidgin that becomes native language: crole language from which translation is made: source language language into which translation is made: target language 'anguage of a particular community: langue language of a trade, profession, or other group: argot, cant, jargon language of an individual: idiolect language that is hypothetical ancestor of another: protolanguage language that is mixture of two or more languages: pidgin language to describe language: metalanguage language unit that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units: morpheme language used in specific social setting: register language used to communicate by people with different languages: koine, lingua franca language using inflectional affixes to express syntax: synthetic language using morphemes that retain forms and meanings: agglutinative language using word order or function words to express syntax: analytical language well, using: articulate language with regular changes in word form: inflected language long-winded and indirect language: circumlocution, periphrasis, prolixity meaning in language, relating to: semantic mix of language: polyglot mixture of two or more languages, of a: macaronic persuasive and powerful language: eloquence pertaining to language: linguistic pompous language: bombast, euphuism, fustian, grandiloquence regional variety of a language: dialect science and study of language: linguistics, philology science and study of language sounds: phonemics, phonetics, phonology science and study of language use: pragmatics science and study of meaning: semantics sign language: semiology smallest unit of language: morpheme spoken common language, of the: colloquial, vernacular, vulgate strict correctness in language: purism study of grammar development in language: descriptive linguistics study of internal structure of a language: structuralism study of language evolution: historical linguistics, philology study of language similarities and differences: comparative linguistics study of patterns of sentence and phrase formation in language: syntax system of rules for language: grammar way in which words and phrases are used: diction, phraseology wordy and indirect language: circumlocution, periphrasis W
lap: bathe, circle, circuit, course, drink, enfold, lick, loop, orbit, round, slosh, slurp, splash, swathe, wash, wrap lapel or cuffs reverse side shown: revers lapidary: engraver, jeweler lapse: backslide, blooper, blunder, boner, break, deteriorate, disregard, err, error, expire, failure, fall, fault, gap, goof, infraction, lull, mistake, oversight, regression, revert, sink, slide, slip
larceny: absconding, burglary, crime, embezzlement, looting, pilfering, purloining, robbery, stealing, theft, thievery larceny degree: grand, petty lard: coat, cover, embellish, enrich, fat, garnish, grease, lace, oil, shortening, tallow larder: buttery, cellar, cupboard, pantry, provisions, storeroom large: ample, big, booming, broad, bulky,
burly, capacious, coious, colossal, considerable, enormous, exorbitant, extensive, extravagant, far-reaching, fat, generous, giant, gigantic, grand, great, heavy, hefty, huge, hulky, immense, jumbo, liberal, mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, plentiful, pompous, roomy, sizable, substantial, sweeping, titanic, vast, whopping large and grand: grandiose, imposing, monumental
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large and spacious: capacious, commodious, extensive, roomy, voluminous large beer mug: seidel large capital letters: majuscule large enough to be seen with unaided eye: macroscopic large number: host, many, passel, scad, slew large piece: hunk, slab large system based on one of its parts: macrocosm large, extensive, indiscriminate: blanket, wholesale large, noisy gathering: corrobore largely: chiefly, considerably, generally, mainly, mostly, predominantly, primarily largess: charity, contribution, donation, generosity, gift, gratuity, lagniappe, perk, present, tip largest planet in solar system: Jupiter lariat: lasso, noose, reata, riata, rope, tether lariat end: noose lark: adventure, antic, bird, carousal, dido, escapade, frolic, outing, prank, romp, spree larks, group of: exaltation larrup: beat, clobber, flog, lambaste, thrash, whip larval form of certain bivalve mollusks: spat larval form of certain insects: naiad, nymph lascivious: coarse, fleshy, indecent, lecherous, lewd, libertine, licentious, lustful, obscene, salacious, seductive, sensual, steamy, voluptuous, wanton laser-made 3-D image of object: hologram, holograph lash: assail, attack, beat, berate, blister, blow, castigate, chastise, criticize, fasten, flog, hammer, horsewhip, lace, pummel, secure, slash, smack, smite, strike, stroke, thrash, whip lass: colleen, damsel, female, gal, girl, maid, maiden, miss, missy, sweetheart, woman lassitude: apathy, blues, doldrums, drowsiness, enervation, ennui, exhaustion, fatigue, languor, lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, torpidity, torpor, weariness last: climactic, concluding, end, endmost, eventual, extreme, farthest, final, furthest, hindmost, latest, newest, omega, tail, ultimate, utmost last drink of the day: nightcap
last in a series: omega last or inferior part: rump last part: end, fag end, omega last resort: final recourse, pis aller, trump card last resort, as a: faute de mieux, in extremis last syllable heavily accented: oxytone last, second from: penultimate last, third from: antepenultimate last, to: abide, continue, endure, persevere, persist, remain, stand, survive, wear lasting: chronic, classical, constant, continual, deep-rooted, durable, eternal, everlasting, forever, immortal, incessant, perennial, permanent, stable, sturdy, unceasing, unending lasting condition: perpetuity lasting imprint: stamp lasting long time: chronic lasting only briefly: ephemeral, fleeting, transitory lasting throughout year: perennial latch: bolt, button, catch, clamp, close, fasten, fastener, hook, lock, secure late: behind, behindhand, belated, delayed, lagging, overdue, postponed, recent, tardy, unpunctual; dead, deceased, departed, former, past; contemporary, new late autumn mild weather: Indian summer late or delay, to be: procrastinate, tarry late or past the expected time: overdue latent: abeyant, concealed, covert, dormant, hidden, inactive, inferred, passive, potential, quiescent, secret, undeveloped, unrealized later: after, afterward, anon, behind, ensuing, following, hereafter, newer, posterior, soon, subsequently, succeeding lateral: flanking, oblique, pass, side, sidelong, sideward, sideways laterally: sidewise latest in technology: cutting edge latest trend, fashion: dernier cri lathe, clamp holding material on: chuck lather: agitation, bubbles, bustle, commotion, cream, foam, froth, fuss, hassle, soap, suds, wash Latin American ballroom dance: tango Latin American of mixed ancestry: ladino, mestizo Latin American popular dance music: salsa Latin American quickstep: cha cha
Latin American, concerning: Hispanic Latin edition of Bible: Vulgate latitude: breadth, degree, distance, elbowroom, extent, freedom, independence, leeway, liberty, measure, play, range, room, scope, width latke ingredient: potato latrine: bathroom, lavatory, privy, restroom, toilet latter: concluding, final, latest, modern, recent, subsequent, succeeding lattice: configuration, door, frame, gate, grid, mesh, structure, trellis lattice part: lath, slat laud: acclaim, admire, adore, applaud, commend, compliment, eulogize, exalt, extol, glorify, honor, praise, revere, venerate; hymn, song laudable: admirable, commendable, deserving, estimable, exemplary, praiseworthy, sterling laugh: cachinnate, cackle, chortle, chuckle, crow, giggle, guffaw, haha, hee-haw, howl, mock, nicker, roar, scream, snicker, snort, titter laugh, loud: belly laugh, cachinnation, guffaw, horse laugh, roar laugh, snide: snicker, snigger laughable: absurd, amusing, bizarre, comic, comical, derisory, droll, entertaining, facetious, farcical, foolish, funny, hilarious, humorous, ludicrous, merry, mocking, outrageous, ridiculous, risible, silly, strange, witty laughing gas: nitrous oxide laughingstock: butt, dupe, fool, mockery, sport laughter: ha ha, hahas, joviality, merriment, mirth, risibility laughter, given to idiotic: abderian laughter, relating to or causing: risible launch: begin, bombard, catapult, commence, discharge, eject, fire, fling, heave, hurl, introduce, open, premiere, propel, start, throw, toss launch from machine: catapult launch site: pad laurels: accolade, award, commendation, credit, decoration, distinction, glory, honor, kudos, praise, recognition, tribute lava: ashes, basalt, cinders, coulee, latite, magma, obsidian, scoria, slag lava rock, black glassy: basalt, obsidian lava, cinderlike fragments of: cinders, scoriae, slag lava, molten rock making up: magma
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lava, rocks formed by solidification of: igneous lava, sheet of solidified or stream of molten: coulee lavaliere: pendant lavatory: basin, bathroom, comfort station, head, John, latrine, little boys' room, little girls' room, privy, restroom, toilet, washroom lavatory, military: latrine lavatory, outdoor: outhouse, privy lavatory, ship: head lavender: lilac, purple, violet lavish: bestow, bountiful, copious, excessive, expensive, extravagant, exuberant, free, generous, gorgeous, grand, immoderate, impetuous, lush, luxurious, magnificent, munificent, opulent, overindulge, plush, princely, prodigal, profuse, reckless, shower, spend, splendid, squander, unrestrained, unstinting, waste, wild lawn: glade, grass, grounds, park, plot, turf, yard lawn game: badminton, bocci, horseshoes lax: careless, casual, delinquent, disregardful, easy, inactive, lazy, lenient, loose, negligent, oblivious, open, permissive, relaxed, remiss, slack, sloppy, tardy, unconfined, unmindful, unrestrained, unstructured, vague laxative: aperient, cathartic, vacuant, physic, purgative lay bare: strip lay concrete: pave lay down: assert, define, dictate, give up, specify, succumb, surrender, wager, yield lay into: assail, attack, criticize, lambaste, scold lay low: camouflage, cover, disappear, duck, hide, sneak lay off: cease, discharge, fire, halt, release, stop, terminate lay up: accumulate, amass, confine, disable, hide, hospitalize, incapacitate, injure, lay away, save, stock, store lay waste: annihilate, desolate, destroy, devastate, ravage, ruin, wreck layer: atratum, bed, bedding, blanket, coat, coating, covering, crust, depth, film, floor, fold, hen, lamina, level, lining, ply, scale, seam, sheet, skin, slab, story, stratum, substratum, tier, veneer layer in archaeological pit: stratum
layer in organisms, thin: lamella, lamina layer of green oxide on metal: patina, verdigris layer of material: ply layer of rocks: sima layer, external: cortex layers like onion, having concentric: tunicate layers, composed of bonded: laminated layman: amateur, churchperson, follower, laic, novice, parishioner, secular layoff: cutback, dismissal, furlough layout: arrangement, blueprint, design, diagram, disburse, draft, format, invest, map, model, outline, plan, spend laziness: acedia, ennui, idleness, indolence, languor, lassitude, sloth, torpor laziness of attitude: apathy, hebetude, indifference, lethargy lazy: careless, fainant, idle, inactive, indolent, insouciant, lackadaisical, lax, lethargic, loafing, logy, otiose, remiss, shiftless, slack, slothful, sluggish, torpid, unconcerned, unindustrious lazy and sluggish: costive, inert lazy in work habits: fainant, shiftless, shirking, truant lazy person: couch potato, dawdler, fainant, idler, layabout, loafer, sluggard lazy physically: languid, lethargic, listless, torpid lazy, unemotional: lymphatic, phlegmatic lead: advantage, ahead, carry, clue, command, conduct, convey, direct, escort, evidence, excel, first, govern, guide, head, headliner, influence, instruct, manage, persuade, pilot, pioneer, precede, principal, protect, shepherd, sign, spearhead, star, steer, surpass, usher; element, graphite, lode, metal lead astray: beguile, corrupt, deceive, delude, entice, lure, seduce lead line: leash lead on: bait, encourage, entice, flirt, goad, lure, seduce lead or escort: convoy lead poisoning: plumbism, saturnism lead sulfide: galena lead weight on line: plumb
lead, material used in pencil: graphite, plumbago leaden: depressed, downcast, dreary, dull, gloomy, gray, heavy, inert, languid, listless, sluggish leader: bellwether, bishop, boss, cantor, captain, cardinal, chairperson, champion, chief, chieftain, coach, commander, conductor, duke, elder, foreman, general, guide, guru, head, honcho, line, lion, maestro, pilot, pope, president, priest, principal, rabbi, ruler, shogun, spark plug, trailblazer, warlord leader appealing to emotions, prejudices: demagogue leader in field: groundbreaker, guru, initiator, innovator, pioneer, trailblazer, trendsetter leader in name only: figurehead, front man leader or leading indicator of future trends: bellwether leaderless: acephalous leader(s) of new movement: avantgarde leadership: authority, command, direction, guidance, helm, initiative, skill leading: ahead, arch, capital, central, chief, controlling, dominant, first, foremost, guiding, head, headmost, initial, main, motivating, paramount, premier, prime, principal, stellar, unparalleled leading actor: star leading character in drama, literary work: protagonist leading or opening move: initiative leading or supreme: ascendant, dominant, foremost, paramount, predominant, preeminent, preponderant, primary leading position in movement: vanguard leaf: blade, bract, browse, foil, folio, frond, glance, insert, needle, page, petal, scale, scan, sepal, skim, spathe, stalk, thumb
RELATED TERMS
leaf at base of a flower: bract leaf blade: lamina leaf blade system of veins: venation leaf-covered: foliate leaf division: lobe leaf-eating: phyllophagous leaf interstice: arole leaf of book: folio leaf of fern, palm: front
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leaf on Corinthian column: acanthus leaf pores: stoma leaf stalk attaching to stem: leafstalk, petiole leaf-stem angle: axil leaf tapering to a sharp point, of a: acuminate, apiculate, cuspidate leaf that is stalkless and attached at base: sessile leaf vein branch: venule leaf vein or rib: nervure leaf with fine woolly hairs, of a: ciliate, lanate, villous leaf with low rounded projections, of a: crenate, crenulate, rpand, sinuate leaf with rough wrinkled surface, of a: rugose leaf with stiff bristly hairs, of a: strigose leaf, indentation between lobes of: sinus leaf, of a dry withered: sere leaf, rounded projection on: lobe leaf, shaft of compound: rachis leaf, three-part: trefoil leaf, to give off water through stoma of: transpire leafless stem: scape leaflets, clover with three small: shamrock leaflike: phylloid leaflike bract holding flower cluster or spike: spathe leafstalk appendages as for roses: stipule leafstalk sheath: ocrea leafy: abundant, foliate, green, layered, lush, shady, verdant leafy shelter: arbor, bower leaves and organic matter in gardens and yards, dead: kibble leaves on a stem, arrangement of: phyllotaxy leaves or snow heaped by wind: windrow leaves that don't fall off after withering, of: persistent leaves that fall off seasonally, of: deciduous leaves' use of light with chlorophyll: photosynthesis leaves, arrangement of three or more: whorl leaves, bundle or cluster of: fascicle, fascicule leaves, green pigment in: chlorophyll
leaves, of puckered or wrinkled: bullate leaves, relating to: foliaceous, foliate leaves, to strip of: defoliate W leaflet: booklet, brochure, circular, flier, handbill, handout, pamphlet, pinna, tract league: alliance, association, brotherhood, circuit, class, coalition, confederacy, conference, division, federation, fellowship, guild, network, order, sisterhood, union leak: channel, crack, discharge, divulge, drain, drip, escape, fissure, flow, ooze, reveal, rupture, seep, spill, trickle, vent; hole, seepage leakage, liquid lost from container: ullage leaky: porous lean: bare, bend, cant, curve, deficient, depend, emaciated, gaunt, inadequate, incline, lank, lanky, meager, nonfat, poor, prefer, pressure, rawboned, recline, rely, scant, scanty, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, slope, spare, stoop, tend, thin, tilt, unproductive, wiry lean back: recline lean body structure: ectomorph lean to one side: capsize, careen, heel over, keel over, list lean toward: tend lean-to: hut, shack, shanty, shed, shelter leaning: alist, aptitude, bent, bias, desire, inclination, liking, preference, prejudice, propensity, reclining, recumbent, tendency, trend leaning or reclining: recumbent leaning or resting on: incumbent leaning or tendency: inclination, proclivity leap: ascend, bounce, bound, buck, caper, capriole, catapult, cavort, clear, fly, frisk, gallop, gambol, hop, hurdle, increase, jump, lunge, plunge, prance, skip, soar, spring, surge, upswing, vault leap year: bissextile year, intercalary year leap year's extra day: bissextile day learn: acquire, apprentice, ascertain, detect, discover, find, grasp, hear, master, memorize, study, uncover, understand
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learn and understand: apprehend, assimilate, digest learn bit by bit: glean learn by heart: con, learn by rote, memorize learn facts: fathom, plumb learn through examination or experimentation: ascertain W learned: academic, astute, cultivated, deep, educated, erudite, informed, intellectual, lettered, literary, read, scholarly, versed, wise learned discourse on subject: tome, treatise learned person: pedant, pundit, sage, savant, scholar learned person in many subjects: polyhistor, polymath learned response: conditioned reflex learned, ostentatiously: inkhorn learner: abecedarian, apprentice, beginner, disciple, novice, pupil, scholar, student, trainee learner in life, late: opsimath learning: comprehension, culture, discipline, education, erudition, experience, information, knowledge, literature, lore, philosophy, scholarship, science, wisdom
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learning by memorization: rote learning learning by tape during sleep: hypnopedia learning through investigation: heuristics learning, a branch of: discipline learning, early and long-lasting: imprinting learning, methods to strengthen: reinforcement W lease: charter, contract, grant, hire, let, rent, rental lease, person granting: lessor leaseholder: lessee leash: bind, bridle, burb, chain, choker, control, cord, harness, lead, rein, restrain, rope, strap, tether leash ring: terret least: fewest, lowest, merest, minimal, minimum, shortest, slightest, smallest, tiniest, trivial, unimportant least amount: iota, minimal, whit least amount possible: amsace
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leather: hide, oxhide, skin, strap, tan, thrash, whip

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leather by mineral tanning, to convert: taw leather flask: olpe leather for bookbinding: skiver leather hides, one who prepares: currier leather hides, to prepare: curry leather of goat antelope, soft: chamois leather of goatskin tanned with sumac, fine soft: morocco leather of horsehide or goatskin, fine: cordovan leather of untanned hide: rawhide leather sheet for writing or painting: parchment leather strap for sharpening razor: strop, strope leather strip: strap, thong leather to make smooth, rub: dub leather treated to look used or antique: distressed leather types: buckskin, buff, cabretta, calfskin, chamois, chevrette, cordovan, cowhide, deerskin, horsehide, kid, morocco, nappa, pebble grain, rawhide, scotch grain, skiver, split, suede leather whip: cat-o'-nine-tails leather, gilded designs on: tooling leather, glossy black: patent leather leather, tallow and oil for dressing: dubbin leather, to bend or mold: crimp leatherlike: coriaceous W leave: abandon, allowance, assign, bequeath, cede, dash off, decamp, depart, desert, embark, emigrate, endow, escape, evacuate, exclude, exit, flee, forgo, forsake, furlough, getaway, goest, hit the road, holiday, liberty, license, move, omit, part, permission, permit, quit, relinquish, retire, sabbatical, scram, split, vacate, vacation, vamoose, will leave behind: abandon, desert, forsake, relinquish leave of absence: furlough leave one's motherland: emigrate leave-taking: farewell, valediction leave, absence without: AWOL, French leave leaven: activator, catalyst, enzyme, ferment, imbue, infuse, raise, yeast
leavening agent: yeast leavetaking: cong, dismissal leavetaking in mass numbers: exodus leaving faith, party, principles: apostasy lecherous: carnal, corrupt, goatish, lawd, lewd, lustful, raunchy, salacious lectern: desk, platform, podium, stand lecture: address, admonish, berate, class, discourse, hearing, lesson, orate, oration, preach, prelect, rebuke, reprimand, scold, sermon, sermonize, spiel, talk lecture, formal discourse or: disquisition lecture, moralizing: homily lecture, short: briefing lecturer: docent, instructor, lector, professor, reader, speaker, teacher ledge: berm, edge, mantle, platform, ridge, shelf, sill, vein ledger: book, entry, headstone, record, tombstone leech: barnacle, bloodsucker, parasite, sponge, worm leek or relative: allium leer: eye, fleer, goggle, grimace, look, lust, ogle, smirk, stare leery: cautious, distrustful, guarded, skeptical, suspicious, uncertain, wary lees: dregs, residue leeway: clearance, cushion, drift, elbowroom, flexibility, latitude, margin, play, room, space, tolerance left: abandoned, departed, exited, gone, larboard, liberal, port, quit, remaining, went left- and right-handed: ambidextrous left-hand book page: verso left-handed: awkward, clumsy, dubious, gauche, insincere, maladroit, sinistral, southpaw left-handedness: mancinism left-hander: southpaw left over: extra, residual left side in heraldry: sinister left side of boat, plane (facing forward): port left side of ship: larboard, port left unharmed: spared left-winger: leftist, liberal, radical, socialist leftover: excess, extra, leavings, oddment, ort, remainder, remanent, remnant, residue, scraps, surplus leftover food reheated, of: rchauff leftovers mixed together: gallimaufry, hash The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
leftovers or remainder: remains, remnants, vestiges leftward at sea: aport leg: appendage, bender, brace, cabriole, circuit, column, course, drumstick, gam, limb, pole, prop, run, shank, stage, stake, support; walk
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leg between knee and foot: cms, shank leg bone: femur, fibula, metatarsals, patella, tarsals, tibia leg coverings: chaps, gaiter, gambado, legging, puttee leg kicks from squat in Slavic dance: kazatsky leg muscle: biceps femoris, gastrocnemius, psoas, rectus femoris, tibialis anterior, vastus lateralis leg muscle, large upper-: hamstring leg vein, of a swollen: varicose vein, varix leg, relating to the: crural W legacy: bequest, birthright, devise, foundation, gift, heirloom, heritage, inheritance legate: agent, ambassador, consul, delegate, deputy, emissary, envoy, nuncio, representative legatee: heir legator: testator legend: code, fable, fiction, folklore, key, lore, motto, myth, saga, story, table, tale, tradition legendary: celebrated, fabled, famous, fictitious, immortal, invented, mythical, noted, storied legendary account: saga legerdemain: artfulness, conjuring, deceit, deception, magic, trickery legible: apparent, clear, discernible, distinct, neat, readable legion: countless, flock, many, multitude, numerous, various; army, troops legislation: act, bill, charter, enactment, law, ordinance, regulation, ruling, statute legislative: nomothetic legislative bill: measure legislative errand runner: page legislative group with common interest: bloc, lobby legislator: assemblyperson, congressperson, delegate, lawgiver, lawmaker, politician, representative, senator
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LEGAL TERMS
according to law: de jure administer law, to: dispense against the law: illegal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful alteration of legal document: spoliation ambiguity in wording of a law: loophole authorized by law: legal branch of government enforcing laws: administration, executive branch of government making laws: legislature breaking a law: breach, contravention, infraction, infringement, transgression, violation breaking law or pledge: infraction breaking of law involving liability and not breach of contract: tort by law: de jure complete body of laws: canon, legal code, pandects controversial legal case: cause clbre courts of law, relating to: forensic create or pass laws, to: legislate doorkeeper of law court or legislature: sergeant, sergeant at arms, usher engage in legal proceedings,to: litigate exemption from a law: dispensation exemption from law for foreign diplomats: diplomatic immunity formally approve a law, to: ratify, sanction habitual lawbreaker: scofflaw hypothetical case argued by law students: moot law: act, assize, canon, decree, derectum, edict, fiat, institute, ordinance, precept, prescript, prescription, proclamation, regulation, rule, statute, stipulation, ukase (axiom, fundamental, principle, theorum) law based on judicial decision and precedent: case law law based on usage, not legislation: unwritten law law courts: judicature, judiciary law derived from custom, usage, and court decisions: common law law enacted by legislature: statute law enforcement officer for U.S. county: sheriff law governing Sunday activities: blue law law having little or no force, of a: nugatory law no longer valid or enforced: dead letter law law of city government: ordinance law setting a time limit on legal action in certain cases: statute of limitations law student: stagiary law violation less serious than felony: misdemeanor law violation that is grave crime (murder, rape, burglary): felony lawbreaker: criminal, crook, delinquent, felon, offender, outlaw, violator law-establishing: legislative, nomothetic lawful: authorized, constitutional, due, established, just, kosher, legal, legit, legitimate, licit, official, permissible, rightful lawless: anarchical, barbarous, chaotic, disorderly, illegal, illegitimate, insurgent, lewd, mutinous, riotous, ungoverned, unruly laws against drinking, dancing: blue laws laws to a code, to organize: codify lawsuit on behalf of group: class action lawsuit: accusation, action, case, claim, litigation lawyer: advocate, attorney, barrister, commoner, counsel, counselor, defender, shyster lawyer expelled: disbarred lawyer for the state: public prosecutor lawyer in a court case: counsel lawyer's fee: retainer legal: allowable, authorized, constitutional, contractual, juridical, juristic, lawful, legitimate, licit, permissible, statutory, valid legal administrator: trustee legal age: major legal authority to act for another: power of attorney legal claim: lien, title legal code: pandect legal document of contract or conveyance of property: deed legal document with facts and point of specific case: brief legal document: deed, lease, will, writ legal jargon: grimgribber, legalese legal matter: res, tort legal obligation to return to court or perform court-ordered act: recognizance legal order preventing wrong or enforcing right: remedy legal order prohibiting party from specific action: injunction, restraining order legal proceeding where third party with custody is ordered to hand over item: garnishment legal restriction: entail legal right of ownership for literary and artistic property: copyright legal right of ownership: title legal right of passage: easement legal right to take property of debtor as security or payment: lien legal right to use and profit from another's property: usufruct legal right: droit, lien legal rights advisory read to suspect: Miranda warning legal scholar: jurist legal seller: transferor legal setting: venue legal tender: cash, coin of the realm, currency, money legal term for beneficiary of action: usee legal writ requiring appearance in court to give testimony: subpoena legal wrong: tort legalize: allow, authorize, enact, license, permit, sanction, validate legally accepted: admissible, competent, eligible legally based: de jure legally establishing validity of will: probate legally obligated: liablemaking or giving laws: prescriptive
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LEGAL TERMS
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one with knowledge of the law: juristorder having force of law: decree, edict, fiat, proclamation, prescript, ukase party against which law action is brought: defendant party instituting suit in law court: plaintiff put a law into effect by announcement,to: promulgate release of prisoner before sentence is completed: parole require by law or agreement: stipulate right and power to interpret and apply law: jurisdiction science or philosophy of law: jurisprudence someone taking law into one's own hands: vigilante start legal proceedings, to: litigate strict adherence to law: legalistic unlawful execution of lawful act: misfeasance unscrupulous lawyer: pettifogger, shyster void a law: annul, repeal, rescind, revoke willful negligence in pursuing legal claim: laches W
leisurely: calmly, casually, deliberately, gradually, idly, languidly, relaxed, slowly, unhurried lemon rind as flavoring: zest lemur: ape, loris lend: accommodate, afford, extend, furnish, give, grant, impart, loan, permit, provide, supply lender who charges illegally high interest: loan shark lender's written safeguard: collateral note length: compass, diameter, dimension, distance, duration, interval, longitude, period, radius, range, reach, span, term, time length of time something persists, continues: duration length, concerning: longitudinal lengthen: augment, continue, eke, elongate, expand, extend, increase, produce, prolong, protract, stretch lengthy: extended, long, padded, protracted, tedious, wordy lenient: assuasive, benevolent, charitable, clement, condoning, easy, emollient, forgiving, gentle, indulgent, kind, lax, merciful, mild, pardoning, permissive, relaxing, soothing, sparing, sympathetic, tolerant lenitive: mitigable lens: bifocal, contact, glass, meniscus, monocle, optic, spectacles, trifocal
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legislature: assembly, body, congress, council, diet, house, parliament, senate

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legislature with full attendance: plenum legislature with two houses, chambers: bicameral legislature's bills on hold: hopper W legitimate: accepted, authentic, cogent, fair, genuine, just, lawful, legal, proper, real, recognized, rightful, sound, square, true, valid, warranted legitimize illegal money through intermediate agent: launder legume: bean, pea leisure: chance, convenience, ease, freedom, holiday, opportunity, recreation, relaxation, rest, spare time, vacation; idle leisure activity: avocation, hobby, play, sport
lens covering watch: lunette lens curved inward: concave lens curved outward: convex lens defect: aberration lens for close-ups: zoom lens lens for one eye: monocle lens gathering light and directing it: condenser lens imperfection causing faulty image: distortion lens in microscope: object glass, object lens, objective, objective lens lens irregularity causing faulty image: astigmatism lens setting, camera: F-stop lens with two prescriptions: bifocal lens, concave-convex: meniscus lens, device in optical instrument limiting light to: aperture W lentigo: freckle, spot leopard: cheetah, panther leopard spot: maculation leopard, pertaining to: pardine
leprechaun: dwarf, elf, fairy, sprite lesbianism: sapphism, tribadism lesbianism, concerning: sapphic lesion: abscess, cut, flaw, gash, injury, sore, tumor, ulcer, wound less: diminished, fewer, inferior, little, lower, minus, reduced, shortened, smaller lessee: renter, tenant lessen: abate, abridge, alleviate, assuage, attenuate, bate, belittle, condense, contract, curtail, cut down, decrease, degrade, deplete, depreciate, dilute, diminish, disparage, downsize, dwindle, ease, impair, lighten, lower, minify, minimize, mitigate, narrow, reduce, relieve, retrench, shrink, soften, subside, truncate, wane, weaken lessen a reputation, tending to: derogatory, disparaging, pejorative lessen dramatically: plummet, slump lessen gradually: abate, dwindle, ebb, pare down, subside, taper off, wane, whittle lessen greatly or empty: decimate, deplete lessen guilt of offense: extenuate lessen in importance: belittle, debase, demean, depreciate, derogate, detract, devalue, disparage, minimize lessen intensity of: allay, alleviate, assuage, palliate, slacken lessen or withdraw: recede lessen scope or freedom: constrict lessen size of herd: cull lessen strength or purity: attenuate, dilute lessen the extent of: abbreviate, abridge, curtail, truncate lessen the seriousness of: extenuate, mitigate lessen the value of: downgrade lessen volume or size: compress, condense, contract, shrink lessening of yield in proportion to outlays of capital, labor, time: diminishing returns lesser: inferior, lower, minor, reduced, secondary, smaller lesson: assignment, class, deterrent, education, example, exercise, experience, instruction, lecture, message, model, moral, practice, reading, rebuke, reprimand, reproof, study, task, text, warning lesson preparation: homework lessor: grantor, landlord, owner
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LET - LIABILITY
let: allow, approve, authorize, cause, charter, grant, hire, lease, leave, license, permit, release, rent, suffer, tolerate; rented let go: dismiss, emit, fire, free, release, relinquish, sack let it stand (proofreading): stet let off: absolve, acquit, drop, ease, emit, excuse, exonerate, forgive, free, pardon, spare, vent let on: acknowledge, admit, confess, disclose, divulge, hint, indicate, pretend, suggest letdown: anticlimax, bathos, blow, disappointment, drawback, frustration, setback, slump lethal: dangerous, deadly, fatal, harmful, mortal, poisonous, toxic lethargic: apathetic, comatose, dull, enervated, heavy, inactive, inert, lackluster, languid, lazy, listless, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, torpid lethargy: apathy, hebetude, impassivity, inactivity, inertia, languor, lassitude, laziness, sleep, sluggishness, sopor, stupor, torpor letter (document): billet-doux, dispatch, epistle, memorandum, memo, message, missive, note, post card, report, telegram, wire
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letter delivered from post office it was posted at: drop letter letter of recommendation: testimonial letter requesting that copies of original be sent to others: chain letter letter sent via telegraph: telegram, wire letter sent with haste: dispatch letter, afterthought at end of: postscript, PS letter, interoffice: memo, memorandum letter, long: epistle, missive letter, love: billet-doux letter, postage mark on: frank letter, short: note, postcard letter, threatening: poison-pen letter letters, concerning the writing of: epistolary W letter (of alphabet): capital, character, logograph, majuscule, miniscule, symbol
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letter dropped at beginning or end in pronunciation: elision letter dropped at end of word: apocope letter dropped in middle of word: syncope letter embellishment: serif letter for letter: literatim letter going above body e.g. b, part of a: ascender letter going below body e.g. p, part of a: descender letter in red in manuscript: uncial letter or design cut out: stencil letter representing entire word or phrase: logogram, logograph letter representing neutral unstressed vowel: schwa letter that represents more than one sound: polyphone letter, capital: majuscule, uppercase letter letter, finishing line off main stroke of a: serif letter, large: capital, majuscule, uppercase letter, not capital: lowercase letter, minuscule letter, pronunciation sign added to a: accent, diacritic letter, small: lowercase, miniscule letter, upright stroke of a: stem letters as design, initial: monogram letters for readability, space between: kern letters joined together in writing or printing: ligature letters of a language, arranged in an order: alphabet letters of Greek and Latin, rounded capital: uncial letters paired to represent speech sound: digraph letters repeated at start of words: alliteration letter(s) that represent one sound: grapheme * lettuce types: bibb, Boston, chalk, cos, garden, iceberg, Romaine, water letup: abatement, break, cessation, diminish, ease, lull, pause, reduction, slacken, slowdown, stop, wane levee: bank, berth, burbar, dike, dock, embankment, jetty, landing, pier, quay, ridge level: aligned, balanced, consistent, direct, equal, even, flat, flush, horizon-
letter dropped at beginning of word: aphaeresis, aphesis
tal, matched, parallel, proportionate, same, smooth, steady, straight, true, uniform; aboveboard, degree, floor, grade, layer, plane, point, position, rank, stage, story, stratum, tier level below which the ground is saturated with water: water table level expanse of land: plateau level in series: stratum level land with few/no trees: savanna level of responsibility or authority in hierarchy: echelon, rank level or flat, aligned: flush level or parallel to horizon: horizontal level or row in seating: terrace, tier level prefix: planilevel surface, having a: plane, tabular level, instrument for determining if surface is horizontal or: level, spirit level level, relatively stable: plateau level, to: aim (demolish, destroy, equalize, flatten, rase, raze, reduce levelheaded: collected, composed, cool, poised, practical, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible, sound, together leveling of land: gradation leveling wedge: shim lever: bar, binder, crowbar, jack, jimmy, lam, machine, peavey, peavy, pedal, pry, tool, treadle lever pivots, point on which: fulcrum leverage: advantage, clout, credit, influence, power, weight leviathan: creature, dragon, ship, whale; enormous, giant, large levitate: float, hover, lift, rise, suspend levity: amusement, buoyancy, foolishness, frivolity, fun, hilarity, humor, humour, inconstancy, laughs, lightness, silliness levy: assess, assessment, burden, charge, collect, duty, exact, extent, fee, fine, impose, tariff, tax, tithe, toll, wage lewd: base, bawdy, coarse, filthy, indecent, ithyphallic, lascivious, lecherous, licentious, lubricious, lustful, obscene, pornographic, racy, randy, rude, salacious, suggestive, unchaste, vulgar, wanton, wicked lexicographer: author, compiler, definer, editor, lexicologist, linguist lexicon: dictionary, glossary, language, onomasticon, vocabulary, wordlist liability: accountability, blame, bur-
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LIABILITY FOR ANOTHER, PERSON ASSUMING - L I F E L E S S
den, debt, drawback, duty, exposure, hindrance, minus, obligation, proneness, responsibility, shortcoming liability for another, person assuming: guarantor, surety liability or debt gradually worked off: amortized liability to conviction, punishment: jeopardy liable: accountable, answerable, apt, bound, contingent, exposed, inclined, likely, penetrable, possible, prone, responsible, subject, susceptible, vulnerable liable to err: fallible liable to injury, attack, criticism: vulnerable liable, to become: incur liaison: affair, amour, bond, contact, encounter, fling, intermediary, intrigue, link, mediator, relationship liar: cheat, deceiver, exaggerator, fabricator, fibber, perjurer, prevaricator, pseudologue libel: calumniate, defame, denigrate, discredit, lampoon, malign, slander, smear, vilify; calumny, defamation, scandal liberal: abundant, ample, benevolent, bounteous, bountiful, broad, broadminded, charitable, flexible, free, freehanded, generous, giving, handsome, lavish, lenient, magnanimous, munificent, open, openhanded, plentiful, profuse, progressive, radical; latitudinarian liberal arts, four highest: arithmetic, astronomy, geometry, music, quadrivium liberal arts, lower three: grammar, logic, rhetoric, trivium liberal in political belief: leftist liberal, tolerant in religious belief: latitudinarian liberality: largess liberate: acquit, clear, deliver, discharge, emancipate, free, loosen, manumit, redeem, release, rescue, set free, unbind, unchain, unfetter, unshackle libertine: debauchee, dissolute, freethinker, immoral, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, rake, rou, sensualist liberty: autonomy, choice, emancipation, freedom, furlough, independence, leave, license, permission, privilege, right, sovereignty
libidinous: carnal, lascivious, lewd, libertine, lustful, satyric, wanton library: athenaeum, archive, bibliotheca, books, gallery, institution, reading room
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library book added to collection: accession library books reduced on photographic film: microfiche library classification number: call number library classification system: Dewey decimal system, Library of Congress classification library nook for study: carrel library reading room: athenaeum library shelves of books: stack W lice, infestation with: pediculosis, phthiriasis lice, relating to: pedicular license: allow, authority, authorize, certificate, charter, empower, entitlement, excise, franchise, freedom, laxity, leave, liberty, looseness, pass, passport, patent, permission, permit, proof, sanction, unrestraint, variance license or certify something that meets standards: accredit license plate, specially selected: vanity plate license to distribute company's goods or services in an area: franchise license to publish, official: imprimatur licensing charge for certain privileges: excise licentious: amoral, carnal, depraved, dissolute, free, immoral, lascivious, lewd, libertine, libidinous, loose, lustful, obscene, profligate, promiscuous, satyric, uncontrolled, unprincipled, unrestrained, unruly, wanton lichen kin: moss licit: authorized, lawful, legal, licensed, permissible, sanctioned lick: beat, clobber, conquer, defeat, flog, hit, overcome, punch, shellac, smack, speed, surmount, thrash, trace, trounce, whip, win; graze, lap, stroke, taste, tongue lickety-split: fast, jiffy, quickly, rapidly, speedily, swiftly licorice flavoring: anise lid: cap, cover, curb, hood, limit, maximum, plug, restraint, roof, top lie: canard, deceit, deceive, deception, dishonesty, distort, equivocate,
equivocation, exist, fabricate, fabrication, falsehood, falsify, falsity, fib, fudge, invent, inveracity, mendacity, misinform, mislead, misrepresentation, misstate, palter, perjury, prevaricate, prevarication, story, subreption, tale, untruth; bask, languish, loll, lounge, position, prostrate, recline, remain, repose, rest, situated, sprawl lie detector: polygraph lie down: recline, repose lie face downward: grovel lie in and enjoy: bask lie in court: perjure lie in wait and surprise: ambush, lurk, waylay lie relaxed: languish lie, to: equivocate, fabricate, fudge, palter, prevaricate, temporize, tergiversate lie, trivial: white lie lien: charge, claim, mortgage, right lien on personal property: chattel mortgage lieu: instead, place, stead, substitution life: animation, being, biosis, energy, enthusiasm, essence, existence, soul, spirit, vigor, vitality, zest
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life fluid of the gods: ichor life force: lan vital life from nonliving matter, hypothetical creation of: abiogenesis, autogenesis, spontaneous generation life processes and organisms, study of: physiology life, concerning: vital life, length of a: longevity life, parts of universe supporting: ecosphere life, processes of cell or organism necessary for maintenance of: metabolism life, restore: resurrect, resuscitate life, view that all matter has: hylozoism W life history written by another: biography life insurance double payment in case of accidental death: double indemnity life, Buddhist and Hindu belief in the sacredness of all: ahimsa lifeless: amort, automatic, barren, bloodless, cold, dead, deal, deceased, defunct, dull, empty, extinct, flat, inactive, inanimate, inert, lackluster,
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L I F E L E S S STATE - LIKE
lethargic, listless, mechanical, spent, spiritless, static, stiff, torpid, uninhabited, vapid, wooden lifeless state: abiosis lifelike: accurate, graphic, naturalistic, real, realistic, simulated lifelike three-dimensional image produced by laser: hologram life's work of artist: oeuvre lifesize drawing or representation: macrograph lifetime: age, being, day, duration, endurance, existence, forever, period, span lifework: calling, career, occupation, profession, purpose, pursuit, vocation, work lift: aid, ascend, aspire, boost, crane, elevate, encourage, enhance, exalt, hand, heave, help, hoist, improve, jack, levitate, mount, pilfer, pry, purloin, raise, rear, repeal, rescind, revoke, ride, rise, steal, support, swipe, take, transport, upgrade; derrick, elevator, ligament, theft lift up your hearts: sursum corda ligature: band, bandage, binding, bond, connection, cord, filament, link, tie, wire light (action): land on, perch light (illumination): beacon, beam, brighten, bulb, candle, dawn, daybreak, fire, flame, flare, flash, fluorescent, glimmer, glow, ignite, illuminate, illumine, kindle, lamp, lantern, lucent, luminary, lumine, luminous, moon, neon, radiance, shine, spark, sunny, sunrise, torch light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation: laser light and airy: ethereal light and shade in art: chiaroscuro light around celestial object: aureole, corona, nimbus light at the end of day, fading: crepuscle, crpuscule, twilight light brown: ecru, sorel light bulb with filament: incandescent lamp light bulb working on electromagnetic radiation: fluorescent lamp light contact in billiards: kiss light emission at low temperatures: fluorescence, luminescence, phosphorescence light emission from heating: incandescence
light emission through biochemical process in organisms: bioluminescence light energy by plant as energy source, use of: photosynthesis light fixture's frosted covering or reflector: diffuser light for moviemaking: klieg light light from organism: bioluminescence light from something exposed to radiation: phosphorescence light-headed: delirious, dizzy, faint, flighty, giddy, silly, unsteady, woozy light in wavelengths: spectrum light inside car: courtesy light, map light light intensity measurement based on candle in one square foot: foot-candle light into spectral rays, to separate: disperse light meal on fasting days: collation light measure: candela, lumen, lux, photon light on fire: conflagrate light or heat ray bent in transit: refraction light or sound wave change when source and observer in motion: Doppler effect light phenomenon of night sky: aurora light-producing: luminiferous light pulses, lamp with: strobe light light radiation, electronic device varying in response to: electric eye, photocell, photoelectric cell light rain: sprinkle light reflected by celestial body: albedo light-rejecting: opaque light up: illume, illuminate, irradiate light wave, turning or bending of: refraction light waves into colors of rainbow, breaking up of: diffraction light when struck by radiation, substance capable of emitting: phosphor light, allowing passage of: translucent, transparent light, as gases: aeriform light, as gauze: gossamer light, brief blaze of: flare light, brilliant: luster, radiance, scintillation light, buoyant wood: balsa light, concerning: photic light, early type of stage: calcium light, limelight light, emitting self-generated: fluorescent, luminous, phosphorescent light, flickering with: lambent The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
light, fluffy baked egg dish: souffl light, giving off: radiate light, having no: aphotic light, not allowing passage of: opaque light, powerful carbon-arc lamp making intense: klieg light light, semiconductor diode that converts voltage to: LED light, signal: beacon, Bengal light, flare, lighthouse, Very light light, study of: optics light, to put out a: douse, extinguish, quench, snuff
RELATED TERMS
light (of mood): carefree, casual, cheerful, dainty, deft, delicate, easy, ethereal, faded, fragile, frivolous, gentle, graceful, happy, lively, merry, mild, nimble, pastel, petty, portable, simple, slender, small, soft, trifling, trivial, undemanding, untaxing, weightless W lightbulb, threadlike glowing conductor in: filament lighten: allay, alleviate, bleach, brighten, decrease, dilute, ease, fade, gladden, gleam, illuminate, jettison, lessen, reduce, relieve, shine, trim, unburden, unload lighthearted: blithe, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, gay, glad, happy, insouciant, jovial, lively, merry, rollicking, spirited, unconcerned, untroubled, upbeat, vivacious, volatile lighting technician on film: gaffer lighting technician on film, assistant: best boy lightly: daintily, easily, effortlessly, faintly, gently, gingerly, mildly, softly, subtly, tenderly lightness and gaiety: levity lightning in sheetlike illumination: sheet lightning lightning in single discharge: bolt, flash, streak lightning without thunder: heat lightning likable: amiable, attractive, charming, congenial, friendly, genial, nice, personable, pleasant like: admire, adore, approve, cherish, choose, endorse, enjoy, favor, love, prefer, preference, relish, wish; akin, as, as if, compatible, equal, equivalent, homogenous, identical, parallel, quasi, related, resembling, same, similar, synonymous, uniform
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LIKELIHOOD - LINEN
likelihood: appearance, chance, possibility, probability, prospect likely: achievable, apt, attainable, believable, conceivable, destined, expected, feasible, hopeful, inclined, liable, plausible, possible, presumably, probable, prone, suitable likely to become or be: prospective liken: compare likeness: affinity, copy, double, duplicate, effigy, equivalence, facsimile, guise, image likeness of disliked person: effigy likening thing to another using "like" or "as": simile likewise: also, and, besides, ditto, furthermore, moreover, similarly, too liking: affection, affinity, appetite, appreciation, delight, fancy, favor, fondness, gusto, inclination, lust, penchant, pleasure, preference, propensity, shine, taste, tendency, whim liking, special fondness or: partiality, predilection lilliputian: diminutive, dwarf, little, midget, petty, small, teeny-weeny, tiny, trivial lilt: air, intonation, move, refrain, sing, song, tune lily: aloe, arum, butterfly, calla, celestial, climbing, flamingo, flower, glory, ixia, magic, mariposa, meadow, mountain, orange, pad, panther, plant, pond, rain, sego, spider, tiger, toad, tomlin, water, western, yucca lily family: liliaceae lily-livered: afraid, chicken, cowardly, fainthearted, gutless, timid, yellow limb: appendage, arm, bough, branch, edge, extension, extremity, fin, flipper, leg, member, offshoot, projection, prosthesis, twig, wing limb by amputation, loss of: avulsion limb by some animals, regrowth of lost: regeneration limb falling asleep, tingling of: obdormition limb, deprive of: dismember, maim, mutilate limb, displace: dislocate limb, illusory: phantom limb limber: agile, elastic, flexible, graceful, lithe, pliable, pliant, resilient, spry, supple; loosen limbo: dance, neglect, nowhere, oblivion lime: calcium oxide, citrus lime growing up in cave: stalagmite
lime hanging down in cave: stalactite limestone, concerning: calcareous limit: absolute, ambit, barrier, border, bound, boundary, brink, ceiling, check, circumscribe, closure, conclude, confine, constrain, contract, curb, curfew, deadline, define, edge, end, extent, extreme, extremity, fence, finish, fix, goal, inhibit, maximum, mete, parameter, quota, ration, restrain, restrict, set, stint, term, ultimate, verge limit above which something goes into effect: threshold limit legal inheritance: entail limit of damage or loss: damage control limit on bringing a legal action, law setting time: statute of limitations limit or modify, to: qualify limit or outer boundary: perimeter, periphery limit or range of one's knowledge, experience, interest: horizon limit or range of power, action: tether limit or restriction: restraint, stint, straight)acket, stricture, tether limit or restriction that begins at a specified time: curfew limit set forth in document clause: proviso limit that may be admitted or needs to be reached: quota limit to a locality: localize limit, leeway beyond a: play, tolerance limit, to establish a: circumscribe, delimit, demarcate limit, to go beyond a: transgress limited: confined, few, finite, having bounds, inadequate, local, ltd., narrow, reserved, restricted, scanty, short limited allotment: ration limited and narrow: parochial limited by conditions: finite limited in growth, development: stunted limited in possibility for change: inflexible limited or excluding most: esoteric, exclusive, rarefied, restricted, select limitless: ad infinitum, bottomless, boundless, countless, endless, eternal, immeasurable, infinite, unending, unrestricted, vast limn: delineate, depict, describe, draw, paint, represent limp: dodder, droopy, enervated, falter, feeble, flabby, flaccid, flexible,
flimsy, floppy, gimp, hitch, hobble, lame, limber, loose, soft, stagger, weak, wilted, wobble limpid: bright, clear, comprehensible, crystalline, distinct, lucid, pellucid, pure, serene, translucent, transparent, untroubled line: axis, barrier, border, boundary, cable, carrier, column, configuration, contour, cord, course, dash, division, draw, file, formation, goods, groove, letter, march, mark, message, method, pattern, policy, principle, procedure, queue, rank, rope, route, row, rule, scratch, seam, stitch, stock, streak, string, stripe, stroke, suture, system, tier, track, wire, wrinkle line bounding plane area in math: perimeter line considered limit to a curve: asymptote line finishing off main strokes of letter: serif line in which each successive word has one more s: ropalic line joining two points on a curve: chord line meeting a curve: secant line of bold cliffs: palisades line of cliffs: scarp line of latitude: parallel line of longitude: meridian line of people or vehicles stationed to guard area: cordon line of verse: stich line on a crystal: stria line on ship showing how much it may be loaded: load line, Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark line or dash over vowel for 'long" sound, horizontal: macron line or lines, concerning: linear line with weight for determining depth, verticality: plumb line line, containing a common: coaxial, collinear line, making contact at a point along a: tangent line, slanted: forward slash, virgule line, to cut across or through a: intersect line, very thin: hairline lineage: ancestry, background, birth, blood, breed, clan, descent, family, forebears, genealogy, heredity, kindred, pedigree, race, stirps, stock, tribe lineament: feature linear measure, ancient: cubit linen: articles, barras, bedding, bra-
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LINEN SOURCE - LIQUOR
bant, brin, cambric, cloth, damask, dornick, fabric, garments, lawn, napery, paper, sheets, thread, toile Unen source: flax Unen, household: napery Uner's path: sea lane Unes beginning with same word/phrase: anaphora Unes in which certain letters form a name or message: acrostic Unes meeting at the same point, of: concurrent, convergent Unes of printed or written material, number of: linage, lineage Unes of verse ending with pause: endstopped Unes of verse running over to following Une: enjambed Unes on Ught background, squares of dark: tattersall Unes on map, horizontal: latitude Unes on map, vertical: longitude Unes shading a drawing, fine: hatching Unes spoken by different characters, ancient Greek dialogue with alternate: stichomythia Unes that can be read left to right and alternately right to left, writing: boustrophedon Unes that serve as reference for plotting points: axis Unes used to find x-y coordinate, intersecting: crosshairs Unes, of straight: rectilinear Unes, ornamental work of branching: tracery Uneup: list, roster, schedule, slate Unger: cling, dawdle, delay, dillydally, drag, dwell, fritter, idle, lag, loiter, mosey, poke, remain, stay, survive, tarry, trifle, wait Ungo: argot, cant, dialect, idiom, jargon, language, patter, slang, vernacular, vocabulary Ungua franca: koine Unguist: grammarian, interpreter, lexicographer, pantoglot, philologist, polyglot Unguistic elements, arrangement of: collocation, syntax Unguistic feature boundary Une: isogloss Unguistic study of form and structure of words or language: morphology Unguistics: philology Unguistics as it has changed through time, study of: diachronic
Unguistics at specific stage of development, study of: descriptive, synchronic Unguistics branch deaUng with speech sounds and their representation: phonetics Unguistics deaUng with meaning of words, branch of: lexicology Uniment: arnica, balm, embrocation, lotion, oil, ointment Uning folded out: revers Uning inside the cover of a book: doublure Uning up of earth, sun, moon: syzygy Unk: associate, band, bond, braced, catenate, chain, combine, component, concatenate, conjoin, connect, connection, contact, couple, course, fastener, fuse, group, hitch, hook, hookup, implicate, interface, involve, join, joint, linkage, network, nexus, tie, unite, vinculum Unk in series: catenate, concatenate Unked series: catenas, concatenation Unking word: and Uon: cat, celebrity, cougar, feline, king, notable, puma, simba, star, wildcats Uonhearted: bold, brave, courageous, fearless, intrepid, valiant UonUke: leonine Uons, group of: pride Up: border, brim, brink, edge, kiss, labellum, labium, margin, mouth, nozzle, rim, spout, tip; backtalk, insolence, sass Up deformity with cleft: harelip Up-related consonant: labial Up, groove from nose to upper: philtrum Up, ring on: labret UpUke: labiate Ups: labia Ups, concerning: labial Ups, having thick: labrose Ups, to wrinkle the: pucker, purse Uquefy: melt Uquescent: runny Uqueur: alcohol, amaretto, anisette, bndictine, cordial, kahlua, triple sec Uqueur, aniseed-flavored Greek: ouzo Uqueur, Ucorice flavored: sambuca Uquid: aqueous, available, beverage, convertible, dissolved, extract, fluent, fluid, juice, liquor, melted, nectar, solution, solvent, watery Uquid and crystal, state of matter between: mesomorphic
Uquid becoming soft soUdified mass: clot, coagulate, curdle Uquid between fine suspension and solution: colloid Uquid butter: ghee, ghi Uquid cloudy by stirring up sediment, to make: roil Uquid flavoring for soaking meat: marinade Uquid from wound: ichor, pus Uquid in reUgious ritual: libation Uquid into gas, change from: evaporate Uquid mixed with finely ground cement, plaster of Paris, clay: slurry Uquid part of fat: olein Uquid poured as reUgious ritual: libation Uquid property of having stretched elastic membrane top: surface tension Uquid surface distortion when interacting with soUd: capillarity, capillary action Uquid suspension in pharmacology: magma Uquid that cannot be mixed, of a: immiscible Uquid that leaks from container: ullage Uquid through semipermeable membrane, diffusion of: osmosis Uquid under pressure, operated or moved by: hydraulic Uquid waste: effluent Uquid when shaken or stirred, becoming: thixotropic Uquid, able to absorb: permeable, porous Uquid, boil down: decoction Uquid, change from gas into: condense Uquid, curved upper surface of: meniscus Uquid, material settUng at bottom of: dregs, foots, grounds, lees, sediment Uquid, of a sticky thick: viscid, viscous Uquid, regulator for flow of: baffle Uquid, soUd particles dispersed in: suspension Uquid, suspension of globules of one Uquid in a second: emulsion Uquidate: abolish, amortize, auction off, clear, dissolve, eliminate, kill, murder, repay, settle, square, terminate Uquor: alcohol, ale, beer, beverage, bitters, booze, bourbon, brandy, brew, cocktail, cordial, drink, firewater, gin, grog, hooch, intoxicant, lager,
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LIQUOR DISTILLED FROM FERMENTED GRAIN, POTATOES, OR CORN - L I T I G A T I O N
moonshine, rum, rye, sake, saki, scotch, spirits, stout, vodka, whiskey, wine liquor distilled from fermented grain, potatoes, or corn: vodka liquor distilled from potatoes or grain, Scandinavian: aquavit, schnapps liquor distilled from the fermented mash of the Agave tequilane plant: tequila liquor fermented from palm trees: toddy liquor with water or carbonated beverage in tall glass: highball liquor, whiskey or brandy, strong: aqua vitae, eau-de-vie lissome: agile, athletic, flexible, graceful, limber, lithe, nimble, pliant list: arrange, bill, brief, canon, cant, catalog, catalogue, census, chart, count, dictionary, directory, docket, enumeration, file, glossary, incline, index, inventory, itemize, lexicon, manifest, record, register, roll, roster, rota, schedule, slate, table, tabulate list extender abbreviation: et al list in detail: particularize, specify list of acknowledgments on T V show moving vertically: crawl list of articles on hand with quantity: inventory list of candidates: slate, ticket list of dead: necrology list of events: agenda list of investments held: portfolio list of merchandise or services purchased: invoice list of mistakes: errata list of names: roster, rota list of names, reading a: muster, roll call list of performances, skills that one can draw upon: repertoire list of petty procedures: rigmarole, rigamarole list of potential murder victims: hit list list of prayers and fixed responses: litany list of printing errors: errata list of specific requirements: specifications, specs list of things to do: agenda list of things wanted or hoped for: wish list list of words with definitions: glossary list of workers on T V show or film: credits list of writings: bibliography
list one by one: detail, enumerate, itemize, tally list unit: item list, to: careen, heel, keel, lean, slope, tilt, tip list, to enter a name on a: enroll, register listen: attend, audit, auscultate, concentrate, eavesdrop, hark, harken, hear, heed, monitor, note, obey, overhear listen secretly: eavesdrop listen, call to: oyez listener: auditor, ear listener, patient and helpful: sounding board listening: auscultation listening distance: earshot listening instrument for doctor: stethoscope listing of names, addresses, other data: catalog, directory listless: anemic, apathetic, bored, careless, drowsy, dull, enervated, faint, heartless, heedless, inattentive, lackadaisical, languid, lazy, lethargic, sleepy, sluggish, spiritless, supine, uninterested listlessness: ennui lists or tables, to arrange in: codify, tabulate litany: chant, invocation, list, prayer, recital, refrain, rogation, supplication literacy for the ability and use of language but not in reading and writing, equivalent to: oracy literacy for the ability to do numerical calculations, equivalent to: numeracy literal: accurate, actual, authentic, exact, factual, precise, prosaic, real, unerring, verbatim literal translation from one language to another: caique, loan, translation literal, not: figurative literary: bookish, educated, erudite, intellectual, lettered, pedantic, scholarly, versed literary burlesque: parody literary circle: cnacle, clique, coterie, salon literary club: atheneum literary collection: ana literary commentary: apparatus criticus, critical apparatus literary composition with character revealing character in speech: dramatic monologue
literary movement, early part of 20th century: imagism literary movement, mid-19th century: realism literary or artistic imitator: epigone literary or artistic principles, premise: donne literary passage cited as illustration or instance: locus classicus literary passage of inner thoughts, emotions of character: interior monologue literary passages by one author, selection of: chrestomathy literary patchwork: cento literary professional: litterateur literary selections: ana, analects, anthology, digest literary sketch: cameo literary study, classical scholarship: philology literary subjects, writings on: belles lettres literary theft: plagiarism literary work evaluation: literary criticism literary work judged by its emotional effect: affective fallacy literary work on a specific subject, scholarly: monograph literary work, first copies of a: first edition literary work, humorous interlude in: comic relief literary work, note about: annotation, gloss literary work, short and descriptive: vignette literary works intended for a particular group: esoterica literary works intended to stimulate sexual desire: erotica literate: educated literature: article, belles lettres, biography, books, epode, essay, fiction, letters, nonfiction, novel, pamphlet, poetry, prose, thesis, writings literature, category of: genre literature, people with knowledge of: literati literature, popular or sentimental: kitsch lithe: agile, clever, flexible, graceful, lean, limber, lissome, nimble, pliant, slender, slim, supple, svelte litigate: sue litigation: action, case, contest, dispute, lawsuit, suit, trial
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LITTER - LOBSTER TRAP OR BASKET
litter: clutter, debris, disorder, garbage, junk, mess, pile, refuse, rubbish, rummage, trash, waste; brood, offspring, young; bed, bier, couch, straw, stretcher litter of pigs: farrow little: crumb, dash, diminutive, dinky, insignificant, mean, microscopic, miniature, minor, petite, petty, pinch, puny, rich, seldom, slight, small, speck, stunted, tiny, trace, unimportant, wee little bit: droplet, iota, mite, modicum, particle, pittance, shred, smidgen, soupon, tittle liturgy: ceremony, rite, ritual, sacrament, service, worship livable: acceptable, bearable, comfortable, cozy, endurable, habitable, snug, suitable, tolerable live: abide, active, animate, are, blazing, board, breathe, burning, continue, dwell, dynamic, energetic, exist, experience, glowing, in person, inpropria persona, maintain, occupy, reside, room, subsist, survive, unexploded, vigorous, vivid live and survive: subsist live dully: stagnate, vegetate live in: inhabit, reside live in the country: rusticate live off: sponge live together: cohabit livelihood: bread, business, career, craft, employment, job, living, occupation, profession, subsistence, sustenance, trade, vocation liveliness: alacrity, brio, effervescence, esprit, pep, sparkle, spirit, tittup, vim, vivacity lively: active, agile, airy, alert, alive, animated, blithe, bright, brisk, buoyant, bustling, busy, buzzing, cheery, chipper, chirpy, eager, effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, exuberant, feisty, fresh, frisky, humming, industrious, jaunty, mercurial, nimble, peppy, pert, piquant, rambunctious, snappy, sparkling, spirited, sprightly, spry, stimulating, vibrant, vigorous, vivacious, volatile lively and rapid movement with leaps, jumps, and turns: allegro lively and stimulating: exhilarating, invigorating lively Bohemian round dance for couples: polka
lively Spanish bullfighting dance: paso doble lively Spanish dance in triple time: bolero lively Spanish dance performed in triple time: fandango lively, musically: allegro liver: gland, hepar, organ, tomalley liver disease: biliousness, cirrhosis, hepatitis liver paste, goose: pt de foie gras liver, concerning the: hepatic lives, area where organism: habitat lives, place where one: domicile, residence livid: angry, ashen, bleak, bruised, colorless, discolored, enraged, fuming, furious, incensed, irate, pale, purple living: alive, animated, being, bread, income, lifestyle, livelihood, means, realistic, subsistence, sustenance, vital, vivid, work living biologically in different regions: allopatric living biologically in same region: sympatric living on both land and water: amphibious living on its own, capable of: viable living organism, in: in vivo living organism, of: organic living organisms developing only from living organisms: biogenesis living plant or animal: organism living together and benefitting, organisms: symbiosis living together but not married: cohabitation, concubinage, shacking up living together harmoniously, capable of: compatible lizard that changes color: chameleon lizard types: adda, agama, anole, chameleon, dab, dabb, eft, flying, galliwasp, gecko, gila, goana, horned toad, iguana, Komodo dragon, monitor, newt, saurian, skink, tuatera, uta, worrell lizard, like a: lacertilian, saurian lizardlike amphibian: salamander lizard's regrowth of cut-off tail: regeneration lizard's shedding of tail when necessary: autotomy lizard's skin hanging from throat: wattle llama relatives: alpaca, guanaco, vicuna load: bear, bundle, burden, cargo, carThe Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
riage, clog, contents, drag, drain, encumber, flood, freight, goods, hamper, haul, lade, oppress, pack, pressure, saddle, shipment, stow, stuff, tote, weigh, weight loading wharf: staithe loaf: dawdle, dillydally, idle, laze, lazy, loiter, lounge, slack, take it easy; bread loafer: bum, deadbeat, drone, goldbricker, idler, layabout, lazybones, lounger, shoe, slouch, vagabond, vagrant, wastrel loamy deposit: loess loan: accommodation, advance, credit, mortgage; borrow, lend loan for property with the deed as security: mortgage loan of funds for services rendered to government: imprest loan repayable upon demand: call loan, demand loan loan translation in language: caique loan, property acceptable as security for: collateral loan, to pay off a: redeem loans, agency accepting accounts receivable as security for short-term: factor loath: against, averse, counter, disinclined, hesitant, inimical, odious, reluctant, resisting, unwilling loathe: abhor, abominate, deplore, despise, detest, dislike, hate, scorn, spurn loathing: abhorrence, odium loathsome: abhorent, abominable, cloying, deplorable, detestable, disgusting, distasteful, foul, hateful, hideous, horrible, mean, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repugnant, revolting, ugly, undesirable, vile lob: heave, hit, launch, propel, throw, toss lobby: advance, anteroom, doorway, entrance, entrance hall, foyer, hall, room, vestibule; influence, persuade, pitch, promote, solicit loblolly: pine lobster: crustacean, decapod lobster claw: chela, nipper, pincer lobster eggs: roe lobster family: decapod lobster liver: tomalley lobster shell: mail lobster trap or basket: creel
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LOBSTER TYPES - LONG
lobster types: American, black, European, grasshopper, Maine, Norway, rock, spiny lobster unfertilized eggs, red when cooked: coral local: confined, endemic, homegrown, insular, limited, narrow, native, neighborhood, provincial, regional, restricted, topical local and restricted: endemic, native local boy: native son local dialect: patois local in application: topical local in origination: aboriginal, autochthonous, indigenous local language: vernacular local political level: grass roots locale: area, place, region, scene, site, venue locate: detect, discover, dwell, espy, establish, find, pinpoint, position, seat, see, settle, site, situate, spot, stand, trace, uncover locate with precision: pinpoint location: area, bearings, habitat, place, point, position, scene, site, situation, spot, whereabouts location finder: Loran lock: bolt, cage, clamp, confine, fasten, fastener, grip, hook, latch, link, seal, secure; curl, ringlet, tress, tuft, wisp lock part that key presses to shoot bolt: talon lock part that releases bolt when moved by key: tumbler lock with hinged slotted part, secured by pin, bolt, padlock: hasp lock, revolving part in: spindle lock, springless bolt turned by key: dead bolt locking mechanism, as a pawl or catch: detent lockjaw: tetanus, trismus lock's edge plate with slot for bolt: selvage lock's metal surrounding plate: escutcheon lock'sridgethat corresponds to key's notch: ward lockup: calaboose, clink, cooler, hoosegow, jail, penitentiary, pokey, prison, slammer loco: mad, crazy locomotive: diesel, engine, iron horse, ironhorse locomotive front triangular frame: cowcatcher
locomotive, power-collecting trolley above: pantograph locust: cicada, grasshopper locust tree: carob locust types: bald, greenstriped, hellow, Rocky Mountain, seventeen-year, water lode: deposit, fissure, lead, reef, strike, vein lodge: accommodate, bestow, board, brotherhood, cabin, camp, chapter, club, cottage, couch, domicile, dwell, encamp, harbor, hostel, hotel, motel, shelter lodging: abode, barracks, bed, camp, chambers, dormitory, dwelling, habitation, hostel, hostelry, hut, inn, longhouse, nest, quarters, residence, room, roost, tavern, teepee, tent, wigwam lodging of soldiers in private home: billet loft: attic, balcony, dormer, gallery, garret, raise, studio lofty: aerial, aery, arduous, arrogant, condescending, dignified, distinguished, elevated, eloquent, eminent, epic, exalted, generous, grand, haughty, high, imposing, majestic, mighty, noble, overbearing, pompous, proud, raised, soaring, stately, steep, tall log: account, billet, diary, journal, record, register, stump, timber, wood log-and-mud dwelling: hogan logarithm decimal part: mantissa logarithm integer part: characteristic logic: analysis, connection, deduction, philosophy, rationale, reason, reasoning, sense logic argument with two or more alternatives that contradict original contention: dilemma logic proposition with two alternatives but only one true: disjunction logic syllogism in which a premise or conclusion is not stated explicitly: enthymeme logic that is series of incomplete syllogisms: sorites logic, error in: fallacy logic, faulty: choplogic logic, intuitive reasoning as opposed to: lateral thinking logic, major or minor proposition in syllogism of: premise logic, something made the basis of a proposition in: predicate
logic, subsidiary proposition used to demonstrate principal proposition in: lemma logical: analytical, clear, coherent, intelligent, legitimate, perceptive, rational, reasonable, sensible, sound, valid, wise logical argument: dialectic, syllogism logical disproof of proposition by showing absurdity of conclusion: reductio ad absurdum logical rather than intuitive: dianoetic logical reasoning: ratiocination logical reasoning from general premise to particular conclusion: deduction, synthesis logical reasoning from particular instances to general truths: induction logical reasoning with major and minor premise and conclusion: syllogism logically conflicting: incompatible, mutually exclusive logically false: faulty, invalid logically from what preceded it, statement that does not follow: non sequitur logically self-evident: a priori, analytic, apodictic, tautologous logrolling: birling logrolling contest: roleo logs in fireplace, stand for: andiron, firedog logs, floating barrier of: boom logs, trough for carrying: sluice loincloth: dhoti, lavalava, pareu loiter: dawdle, delay, dillydally, hesitate, idle, lag, laze, linger, loaf, loll, lounge, saunter, slough, stroll, tarry loll: dangle, dawdle, droop, idle, loaf, loiter, lounge, recline, relax, slouch, sprawl, tarry London native: Brit, Cockney, Londoner lone: alone, apart, individual, isolated, secluded, single, sole, solitary, solo, unique lonely: abandoned, alone, apart, deserted, desolate, forlorn, forsaken, homesick, isolated, lonesome, secluded, solitary lonely and sad: bereft, desolate, forlorn, forsaken lonely and withdrawn: alienated, estranged long: ache, crave, desire, hope, hunger, lust, miss, pine, thirst, want, yearn;
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LONG AGO - LOSS FROM SALE OF A S S E T S
elongated, extended, extensive, interminable, lengthy, prolix, protracted, tedious, tiresome, unending long ago: lang syne, once upon a time, yore long and drawn-out: prolonged, protracted, sustained long and indirect: circuitous long and stretched: elongated, extended, rangy long and tedious: interminable, marathon long and wordy: prolix long-established: inveterate long explanation, narrative: megillah long for: ache, crave, desire, hanker, miss, pine, yearn long jump: broad jump long-lasting: abiding, durable, enduring, resilient long-lasting, as illness: chronic, persistent long-standing: continual, durable, enduring, lasting, perpetual, persistent, rooted long-suffering: enduring, forbearing, lenient, patient, tolerant long time: ages, coon's age, eon, month of Sundays long upholstered seat: sofa long-winded: diffuse, garrulous, lengthy, loquacious, periphrasis, prolix, rambling, redundant, spiel, verbose, wordy long-windedness: circumlocution, periphrasis, prolixity, spiel long wooden bench: settle long, deep cut: gash long, light sled: toboggan long, narrow valley: canyon long, slow journey: trek longing: hope, itch, wistful, yearning, yen longing for past: nostalgia longitude line: meridian look: air, appearance, aspect, behold, characteristic, demeanor, expect, expression, face, fleer, focus, gander, gape, gawk, gaze, glance, glare, glimpse, glower, goggle, inspect, leer, notice, observation, ogle, peek, peep, peer, reconnaissance, review, scan, scout, scrutinize, search, see, sight, snoop, squint, stare, surveillance, view, visage, watch look after: attend, guard, mind, nurse, protect, see to, support, tend, watch
look down on: condescend, despise, dominate, patronize, spurn look for: await, expect, hunt, pursue, research, search, seek look forward to: anticipate, await, expect look into: check, examine, explore, inspect, investigate, probe, research, sift, study look like: resemble, seem look or countenance: semblance, visage look over: browse, disregard, eye, ignore, scan, skim, survey look sullen: pout look up: discover, improve, progress, recuperate, refer, research, seek looker-on: audience, bystander, observer, spectator, witness looking back: hindsight, retrospect lookout: beacon, crow's nest, guard, observer, patrol, perspective, post, scout, sentinel, sentry, surveillance, vigil, watch, watchtower, widow's walk loom: appear, brew, dawn, emanate, emerge, gather, hulk, impend, implement, materialize, near, rise, threaten, tower, weave; machine loony: crazy, demented, deranged, foolish, insane, lunatic, nuts, silly, wacky loop: arc, bend, billet, bow, circle, circuit, coil, curl, curve, eye, fold, kink, knot, noose, picot, spiral, surround, turn, twirl loop-shaped handle: ansa loop, string or garland suspended in a: festoon, swag loophole: alibi, aperture, escape, excuse, opening, out, outlet, slit loops forming edging: picot loops that form pile of fabric, uncut: terry loose: apart, baggy, careless, coarse, detached, disconnected, dissolute, easy, fast, flabby, flaccid, free, immoral, indefinite, insecure, lax, liberated, limber, movable, open, promiscuous, random, relaxed, sagging, separate, slack, unattached, unbound, unbridled, uncaged, unchained, unchecked, unconfined, undone, unfastened, unhitched, unlash, unleash, unrestrained, unstable, untied, untightened, vague, wild, wobbly loosen: disconnect, ease, extricate,
free, liberate, relax, relieve, slacken, unbind, unchain, undo, unfasten, unpeg, unpin, unstrap, untie loot: booty, dough, haul, money, pelf, pilfer, pillage, plunder, prize, ravage, rob, sack, snatch, spoils, steal, strip, swag, swipe lop: clip, crop, cut, dangle, droop, eliminate, flop, hang, prune, slice, sned, snip, trim, truncate lopsided: cockeyed, crooked, irregular, leaning, skewed, tipped, unbalanced, unequal, uneven, unsteady, unsymmetrical, warped loquacious: babbling, chattering, gabby, garrulous, jabbering, noisy, talkative, wordy lord: aristocrat, bishop, earl, governor, king, landowner, marquis, master, nobleman, peer, prince, royalty, ruler, seigneur lordly: arrogant, august, bossy, cavalier, condescending, despotic, dictatorial, dignified, domineering, gracious, grand, grandiose, haughty, high-andmighty, honorable, lofty, magisterial, magnificent, majestic, masterful, noble, overbearing, proud, regal, snobbish, stately, superior, uppity lore: belief, custom, erudition, fable, history, knowledge, learning, legend, myth, superstition, tale, tradition, wisdom lorgnette: eyeglass, opera glass lose: bereave, default, defeat, displace, elude, fail, forfeit, mislay, misplace, miss, stray, surrender, wander, waste lose as punishment: forfeit lose color: fade lose focus: blur lose force: flag, wane lose freshness: droop lose one's nerve: chicken out lose strength: pall, weaken lose through failure to appear: default loser: also-ran, bomb, bust, deadbeat, failure, flop, lemon, nerd, schlemiel, underdog loss: accident, affliction, bereavement, calamity, casualty, cost, damage, death, decrease, defeat, deficit, deprivation, destruction, disaster, failure, injury, leak, misfortune, price, privation, ruin, sacrifice, waste loss for words, pretending to be at a: apophasis loss from sale of assets: capital loss
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LOSS IN VALUE FROM AGE, WEAR - LOVESICK
loss in value from age, wear: depreciation loss of consciousness, brief: syncope loss of experts or scientists to another country: brain drain loss of memory: amnesia loss of merchandise, as through theft: shrinkage loss of muscle coordination: ataxia loss of speaking ability: aphasia loss of tasting ability: ageusia loss of unaccented vowel at word's beginning: aphesis loss, to make amends for: compensate loss, to make up for a: recoup lost: abandoned, absent, absorbed, abstracted, astray, at sea, confused, dead, defeated, destroyed, disappeared, doomed, dreaming, engrossed, extinct, forfeited, forgotten, gone, hidden, irrevocable, mislaid, missing, obscured, perished, perplexed, preoccupied, rapt, ruined, squandered, strayed, wasted lot: allotment, allowance, amount, assortment, batch, bunch, bundle, chance, clearing, clump, destiny, doom, fate, field, fortune, group, hazard, heap, land, luck, number, parcel, percentage, plat, plot, portion, quantity, ration, share, tract lotion: ablution, balm, cleanser, cream, embrocation, emollient, liniment, moisturizer, oil, ointment, salve lots: acres, fates, galore, gobs, legion, loads, lucks, many, oodles, plentitude, realty, reams, scads, slew, tons, wad lottery: chance, contest, drawing, gamble, lotto, raffle, sweepstake, sweepstakes lotto's relative: keno loud: bigmouthed, blaring, blatant, blustering, boisterous, brassy, brazen, colorful, deafening, earsplitting, emphatic, flashy, garish, gaudy, glaring, noisy, obnoxious, obvious, offensive, ostentatious, piercing, raucous, roaring, showy, sonorous, splashy, stentorian, strident, thundering, tumultuous, turbulent, unrefined, uproarious, vehement, vociferous, vulgar loud and clear: clarion loud and deep: plangent, resonant, resounding, sonorous loud and shrill: strident loud enough to be heard: audible
loud pedal on piano: reverberation pedal, sustaining pedal loud person: stentor loud ringing: peal loud, extremely: blaring, stentorian loud, guitar-based rock music with violent lyrics: heavy metal loudly in music: forte, fortissimo loudness measure: decibel loudness, gradual decrease in: decrescendo, diminuendo loudness, gradual increase in: crescendo loudspeaker reproducing high-pitched sounds: tweeter loudspeaker reproducing low-pitched sounds: woofer loudspeaker system: PA system, publicaddress system loudspeaker, partition preventing interference in: baffle, diffuser Louisiana cooking: crole Louisiana, person from southern: Cajun lounge: bar, club, couch, idle, loaf, lobby, loiter, loll, parlor, pub, recline, rest, saloon, slouch, sofa louse: cad, cootie, insect, knave, rat, scoundrel louse egg: nit lousy: awful, bad, dirty, horrible, pediculous, poor, rotten, terrible lout: bend, boor, bow, bumpkin, clod, clodhopper, clown, curtsy, dolt, dumbbell, fool, klutz, lummox, oaf, stoop, twit louver: blind, slat lovable: adorable, captivating, charming, cuddly, dear, endearing, enthralling, sweet, tender, winning love: admire, adoration, adore, affection, agape, amor, caress, charity, cherish, dear, devotion, embrace, enamor, enthusiasm, fancy, feeling, flame, fondness, goodwill, idolize, infatuation, like, precious, romance, sweetheart, valentine love affair: amour, enthusiasm, liaison, relationship, romance love affair, secret: amour, intrigue, liaison love affair, to carry on casual: fool around, philander love apple: tomato love as friends without sex: platontc love feast: agape love for your offspring: geneity, storge love god: Amor, Cupid, Eros
love goddess: Aphrodite, Astarte, Hathor, Ishtar, Venus love letter: billet-doux love not returned: unrequited love of others: altruism love of women: philogyny love out of selfishness: cupboard love love poem: amoret, sonnet love potion: aphrodisiac, philter love seat: settee love song: serenade, torch song love, believing one is in: besotted, infatuated love, Christian: agape love, concerning: amatory, amorous, erotic love, foolish: infatuation love, in: enamored, smitten love, intense: adulation, ardor, rapture lovely: adorable, angelic, attractive, beautiful, captivating, charming, cute, delicious, enchanting, exquisite, graceful, ideal, irresistible, nice, pleasant, pretty, sweet, tender lover: admirer, adorer, beau, boyfriend, buff, Cassanova, Don Juan, enthusiast, fan, fianc, fiance, flame, girlfriend, husband, lothario, mistress, paramour, Romeo, suitor, sweetheart, wife lover kept by older woman: gigolo lover of animals: philotherian lover of arguments or debate: philopolemicist lover of beauty: esthete, philocalist lover of good food: gourmand lover of learning: philomath lover of literature, language: philologist lover of married woman: cicisbeo lover of math and science: philomath lover of myths: philomythist lover of trends and fads: philoneist lover of truth: philalethist lover, illicit: paramour lover, live-in: concubine, significant other lover, promiscuous: Don Juan, ladykiller, rake lover, promiscuous lady: floozy, moll, prostitute lover, secondary: concubine lover, to discard a: jilt lover, to run away to marry: elope lover's song: serenade lovers, meeting of: assignation, rendezvous, tryst lovesick: languishing, longing, moonstruck, yearning
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LOVING - LUMINOUS WITH HEAT
loving: affectionate, amorous, benevolent, caring, considerate, devoted, erotic, faithful, fond, passionate, tender, warm loving devotion: reverence, veneration loving expression: endearment loving flirtation: dalliance loving, longing look: belgard low: base, bass, beneath, bestial, blue, coarse, common, contemptible, crude, cruel, deep, degraded, dejected, depressed, destitute, dirty, down, economical, faint, filthy, glum, gross, humble, hushed, ignoble, inferior, mean, melancholy, miserable, moo, muffled, murmured, nasty, nominal, offensive, plebian, quiet, reduced, rude, shallow, short, slight, small, sordid, under, undignified, unethical, unfavorable, unhappy, unworthy, vile, vulgar, weak, whispered, woebegone low at neckline, cut: decollete low blood sugar: hypoglycemia low bow: salaam low-calorie descriptive: lite low-calorie sweetener: saccharine low-down: base, contemptible, depressed, despicable, mean, vile low-key: easygoing, laid-back, relaxed, softened, subdued, subtle low-minded: coarse, crude, lewd, offensive, vulgar low point: base, bottom, foot, nadir, worst low point on graph: trough low-priced: bargain, cheap, discounted, economical, inexpensive low sandhill: dune low ship deck: orlop low-spirited: blue, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, discouraged, down, forlorn, gloomy, melancholy, woebegone low tide: ebb, neap low voice: alto low, hard baseball hit: line drive low, sturdy cart: dray lowbred: boorish, coarse, common, crude, unrefined, vulgar lower: abase, abate, below, beneath, cheapen, debase, decreased, degrade, demean, demit, demote, depreciate, depress, descend, devalue, diminish, dip, disparage, downgrade, droop, drop, fall, glare, glower, humble, im-
merse, inferior, less, lessen, mute, nether, reduce, scowl, sink, submerge, subside, under lower-class person: pleb, plebeian lower in rank: demote; secondary, subaltern, subordinate lower in status, to: degrade, demote, downgrade, relegate lower jaw: mandible lower middle class: petite bourgeoisie lower or working class: proletariat lower part of a ship's hull: bilge lowest class or underclass: lumpenproletariat lowest deck of a ship: orlop lowest layer: bedrock lowest point: nadir lowest point in orbit: perigee lowland: bottoms, flat, holm, marsh, swamp, vale, valley lowly: base, commonplace, humble, ignoble, mean, meek, modest, mundane, ordinary, plain, prosaic, simple, unassuming lox's companion: bagel loyal: dependable, devoted, dutiful, faithful, feal, firm, liege, patriotic, reliable, staunch, steadfast, true, true blue, trustworthy loyal person: liegeman, myrmidon, partisan, trouper loyalty: adherence, allegiance, bond, constancy, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, honor, piety, steadfastness, troth loyalty destroyed: disaffection loyalty to group: esprit de corps, fellowship loyalty, expression of: fealty, homage lozenge: pastille, tablet, troche lubricate: anoint, grease, moisten, oil, smooth lubrication, study of: tribology lucid: beaming, bright, brilliant, clear, cogent, crystal, evident, intelligible, luminous, obvious, pellucid, radiant, rational, sane, sensible, shining, translucent, transparent lucid and transparent: limpid lucid and understandable: perspicuous luck: accident, advantage, blessing, break, chance, destiny, fate, fluke, fortuity, fortune, handsel, hit, kismet, lot, opportunity, prosperity, success, win luck, bad: ambsace luck, dependent on: aleatory
luck, fortunate discoveries by: serendipity luck, sudden change of: vicissitudes luck, sudden good: godsend, windfall lucky: auspicious, beneficial, boding well, canny, charmed, fortuitous, fortunate, golden, happy, opportune, propitious, prosperous, providential, successful, timely lucky charm: amulet, periapt, talisman lucky discovery: serendipity lucky gain: fluke, windfall lucrative: fruitful, gainful, moneymaking, paying, productive, profitable, remunerative, worthwhile ludicrous: absurd, antic, awful, bizarre, comic, comical, crazy, farcical, foolish, funny, laughable, nonsensical, ridiculous, risible, silly, zany lug: box, buck, carry, drag, draw, haul, nut, pull, schlep, tote, tow, transport, tug, worm luggage: baggage, bags, gear, suitcase, truck, valise luggage conveyor belt: carousel lugubrious: bleak, depressing, dismal, doleful, dour, funeral, gloomy, melancholy, morose, mournful, sad, sorrowful, woebegone lukewarm: cool, halfhearted, indifferent, tepid, unenthusiastic, unresponsive lull: allay, breather, calm, compose, ease, hush, interval, pacify, pause, quell, quiet, serenity, settle, soothe, still, stop, subside, tranquilize, wane lullaby: berceuse, cradlesong, croon, music, sleepsong, song lumber: blunder, boards, burden, log, plod, shuffle, timber, trudge, useless, wood lumberjack: cutter, logger, lumberman, woodchopper luminary: bigwig, celebrity, dignitary, eminence, light, notable, planet, somebody, star, sun, VIP luminescent: bright, fluorescent, gleaming, glimmering, glistening, glowing, luminous, radiant, shining, twinkling luminous: beaming, bright, brilliant, clear, evident, glowing, illuminated, inspiring, intelligent, lucid, luminescent, obvious, radiant, shining, translucent, transparent, vivid luminous radiation: aura luminous with heat: incandescent
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LUMMOX - LYRIC POEM
lummox: boor, bungler, clumsy, klutz, lout, oaf, stupid lump: aggregate, bear, beat, blob, bulge, bulk, bunch, burl, cake, clot, clump, dollop, endure, glob, gob, gobbet, growth, heap, hunk, knob, knot, knurl, mass, node, nodule, nugget, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, tumor, wad, wedge, welt, withstand lump in yarn: slub lump of chewed food: bolus lump of earth: clod lump of metal: nugget lump, small: node, nodule, swelling lumpish: awkward, bulky, clumsy, cumbersome, dull, heavy, sluggish, stupid lunacy: absurdity, craziness, derangement, folly, foolishness, idiocy, ineptitude, insanity, madness, mania, silliness, stupidity lunar depression: rill, rille lunatic: bananas, batty, bonkers, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, demoniac, deranged, insane, irrational, kooky, loco, loony, mad, madman, maniac, maniacal, neurotic, nutty, psycho, psychopath, psychotic, screwball, unsound, wacky, zany luncheonette: caf, cafeteria, diner, restaurant, sandwich shop, snack bar lung disease, infectious: consumption, phthisis, TB, tuberculosis lung sac where exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place: air sac, alveolus lung, membrane of: pleura lunge: attack, barge, burst, charge, dive, jump, leap, lurch, plunge, pounce, rush, stab, surge, thrust lungs, abnormal sound of diseased: crepitate, rale lungs, concerning the: pneumonic, pulmonary lungs, tubes of trachea leading to: bronchi lupine: fierce, plant, rapacious, ravenous, wolfish lurch: blunder, careen, flounder, jerk,
jolt, lunge, pitch, plunge, reel, rock, roll, stagger, stumble, sway, swerve, teeter, totter, weave lurch side to side: careen lure: allure, allurement, appeal, attract, attraction, bait, beguile, cajole, camouflage, captivate, capture, charm, chum, coax, decoy, draw, entice, fascinate, hook, inveigle, seduce, solicit, tempt, trap, trick lure, bird or animal used as: decoy lurid: appalling, ashen, fiery, gaudy, ghastly, gloomy, gory, graphic, grim, gruesome, hideous, horrible, livid, macabre, pale, sallow, savage, sensational, shocking, terrible lurk: ambush, creep, hide, prowl, skulk, slink, sneak, snoop, unsuspected luscious: appetizing, aromatic, delicate, delicious, delightful, divine, exquisite, flavorful, heavenly, juicy, opulent, ornate, rich, ripe, savory, scrumptious, sensual, sensuous, succulent, sweet, tasty, tempting, voluptuous, yummy lush: alcoholic, ambrosial, delectable, deluxe, drunk, elaborate, epicurean, fancy, grand, luxurious, mellow, posh, profuse, rich, ritzy, sensual, soft, succulent lust: ache, aphrodisia, appetite, concupiscence, craving, cupidity, desire, eroticism, hunger, long, passion, thirst, urge, want, yearning luster: beauty, brightness, brilliance, distinction, glaze, glint, glory, gloss, iridescence, polish, radiance, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor lusterless: dead, dim, drab, dull, faded, flat, gloomy, lifeless, prosaic, tarnished, wan lustful: amorous, concupiscent, dissolute, fulsome, itching, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, passionate, prurient, randy, salacious, wanton lustfully looking at someone: oculoplania lustrous: bright, brilliant, dazzling, glis-
tening, glossy, glowing, illustrious, luminous, polished, radiant, sheeny, shining, sparkling, splendid lustrous cotton fabric: sateen lusty: dynamic, energetic, hardy, hearty, joyous, merry, mighty, potent, powerful, robust, rugged, sound, strong, sturdy, vigorous, virile luxuriant: deluxe, elegant, extravagant, fancy, lavish, lush, opulent, ornate, plush, posh, rank, rich, sensuous, sumptuous luxuriate: bask luxurious: affluent, costly, elaborate, elegant, expensive, extravagant, grand, indulgent, lavish, lush, magnificent, opulent, plush, posh, rich, sensuous, splendid, sumptuous, voluptuous luxurious situation: bed of roses luxury: amenity, bliss, comfort, delicacy, ease, extravagance, frill, hedonism, indulgence, splendor luxury-loving: epicurean, hedonistic, prodigal, profligate, sybaritic lying: deceitful, dishonest, false, fibbing, fraudulent, medacious, misleading, treacherous, untruthful lying down: decumbent, flat, prone, reclining, recumbent, supine lying down and growing on ground: decumbent lying down or reclining: recumbent lying face down: prone, prostrate lying face upward: supine lying flat: prostrate lying next to: adjacent, contiguous, tangential lying under oath: perjury lying with limbs out to the sides: spread eagle lynch: execute, hang, kill, murder, string up lynx: bobcat, caracal, cat, catamount, wildcat lyric: alba, dithyramb, madrigal, melic, musical, ode, odic, poem, poetic, rondeau, rondel, sonorous, verse, words lyric poem: epode, ode
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macabre: deathlike, dreadful, eerie, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, horrible, sick macabre being: ghoul macadamize: pave, tar macaw: ara, arara mace: baton, club, mallet, rod, spice, staff, weapon macerate: emaciate, liquefy, mash, permeate, ret, saturate, soak, soften, steep machete: blade, bola, bolo, knife, sickle, weapon Machiavellian: ambitious, crafty, cunning, deceitful, devious, foxy, sly, treacherous, tricky, unscrupulous machination: conspiracy, contrivance, design, intrigue, maneuver, plan, plot, ruse, scheme machine: apparatus, appliance, auto, automobile, car, computer, contraption, contrivance, device, engine, gadget, instrument, mechanism, robot, tool, vehicle machine gun: Bren, Browning, Chatterbox, Garrand, Gatling, Maxim, Sten, Strafe, Thompson, Tommy gun machine re-creating conditions of environment or bigger machine: simulator machinelike person: automaton, robot, zombie machines, person who does not like: Luddite macho individual: he-man, machismo macrocosm: cosmos, nature, totality, universe, world maculate: blemish, blotched, defiled, impure, polluted, speckled, spotted, stained mad: agitated, angry, distraught, enraged, fuming, furious, incensed, infuriated, irate, ired, irked, livid, outraged, rabid, ticked
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mad and overpowered by emotion: fanatical, obsessed mad or crazy: bananas, certifiable, daft, demented, deranged, desperate, distracted, distraught, fanatical, foolish, frantic, frenetic, insane, irrational, loco, loony, maniacal, meshuga, non compos mentis, psychotic, rabid, rage, unbalanced, unhinged, unreasonable, unstable, wild madam: chatelaine, donna, frau, lady, mdm., mistress, mme., mrs., salutation, senora, title, woman madcap: brash, crazy, flighty, foolish, impetuous, impulsive, rash, reckless, stupid, wild madcap escapade: caper madden: anger, bother, derange, enrage, incense, infuriate, outrage, provoke, rile, unhinge, upset made: artificial, built, compiled, constructed, contrived, created, invented, manufactured, produced made-up: created, fabricated, fictional, imaginary, invented, painted, unreal madhouse: asylum, bedlam, chaos, funny farm, pandemonium, sanitarium, uproar madman, madwoman: deranged, loon, lunatic, maniac, psycho, psychopath, psychotic madness: amazement, bedlam, delirium, delusion, dementia, derangement, ecstasy, frenzy, furiosity, furor, fury, insanity, lunacy, mania, paranoia, psychosis, rage, schizophrenia maelstrom: confusion, current, eddy, storm, swirl, turmoil, upheaval, vortex, whirlpool maestro: bandleader, composer, conductor, master, teacher magazine advance order: subscription
magazine copies distributed: circulation magazine for devoted fans: fanzine magazine for weapons: arsenal, cache, chamber, compartment, depository, depot, storehouse, warehouse magazine sales stall: kiosk magazine shape and layout: format magazine staff and circulation list: masthead magazine summary article: digest magazine, cheap and sensational: pulp magazine, expensive and classy: glossy magazine, printed: digest, gazette, journal, monthly, periodical, publication, repository, review, weekly maggot: bug, grub, larva, worm magic: charm, conjuration, conjury, deception, enchantment, fairy, hocus-pocus, illusion, legerdemain, mystic, necromancy, occult, rune, sorcery, sortilege, spell, supernatural, theurgy, voodoo, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry
RELATED TERMS
magic object: amulet, charm, fetish, juju, rabbit's foot, relic, talisman, wishbone magic potion: philter magic rod: wand magic sign: rune magic spell: incantation magic trick: hocus-pocus, legerdemain, prestidigitation, sleight of hand magic word(s): abracadabra, incantation, open sesame, presto magic, black: necromancy magical: charming, enchanted, fascinating, marvelous, mysterious, occult, spellbinding, spooky magical and occult, pertaining to: mermetic
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MAGISTERIAL - MAKE EXAGGERATED CLAIMS
magical arts: occult magician: charlatan, charmer, conjurer, enchanter, entertainer, fortuneteller, genie, illusionist, juggler, mage, magus, mandrake, medium, necromancer, shaman, sorcerer, thaumaturge, thaumaturgist, warlock, witch, wizard It magisterial: arrogant, august, authoritative, bossy, dictatorial, dignified, dogmatic, domineering, highhanded, imperious, judicial, lofty, lordly, overbearing, pompous, stately, stuffy magistrate: administrator, alcade, archon, bailiff, chief, consul, court, governor, judge, justice, official magistrate, concerning a: magisterial magnanimous: altruistic, benevolent, big, chivalrous, eschewing, forgiving, free, generous, heroic, high-minded, honorable, liberal, lofty, noble, unselfish, unstinted magnate: baron, bigwig, industrialist, lord, mogul, nabob, noble, titan, tsar, tycoon magnesium silicate: talc magnet, soft iron bar linking poles of horseshoe: armature, keeper magnetic: alluring, captivating, charismatic, drawing, hypnotic, mesmerizing, pulling, seductive magnetic disk, to erase information from: degauss magnetic force driving bodies apart: repulsion magnetic mineral: lodestone magnetic physically: polar magnetic poles of opposite charge in close proximity: dipole magnetism or charm, personal: charisma magnetization, maximum: saturation magnificent: august, beautiful, brilliant, dazzling, elegant, epic, exalted, excellent, glorious, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, great, imposing, lavish, majestic, noble, opulent, outstanding, palatial, proud, regal, resplendent, splendid, stately, striking, sublime, superb, wonderful magnifier for jeweler: loupe magnify: aggravate, amplify, augment, boost, dilate, embellish, enhance, enlarge, eulogize, exaggerate, ex-
pand, increase, inflate, intensify, multiply, overemphasize, overstate, swell magniloquent: boastful, bombastic, flowery, grandiloquent, lofty, pompous, turgid magnitude: bigness, breadth, bulk, dimension, eminence, extent, greatness, importance, intensity, mass, measure, proportion, quantity, range, significance, size, space, volume, weight magnum opus: achievement, classic, epic, masterpiece, one's great work magus: magi, magician, sage, seer, sorcerer, wizard maid: attendant, domestic, housekeeper, servant maiden: damsel, earliest, first, girl, inaugural, lass, lassie, missy, new, unmarried, untried, virgin maiden lady: spinster maiden name of married woman, indicating: ne mail: armor, communication, dispatch, express, forward, letter, package, parcel, post, postcard, send, ship mail boat: packet mail called for by addressee: general delivery mail chute opening: slot mail, undeliverable: nixie mailing privilege: frank maim: batter, cripple, damage, disable, disfigure, dismember, injure, lame, mangle, massacre, maul, mutilate main: absolute, capital, central, chief, critical, direct, duct, essential, first, foremost, grand, head, important, leading, major, paramount, predominant, preeminent, preponderant, prime, principal, purpose, supreme, vital main artery: aorta main axis of flower: rachis main body of the church: nave main course of meal: entre main element or feature: staple main idea: burden, gist, gravamen main or pipe: conduit, line main vein of ore: mother lode mainstay: backbone, brace, crutch, key, pillar, rope, supporter mainstream: middle of the road maintain: affirm, allege, argue, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, defend, hold, insist, justify, stand firm, state, sustain, uphold, vindicate, warrant The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
maintain physically: conserve, control, keep, manage, preserve, retain, supply, support maintainable: dfendable, tenable maintenance: alimony, care, conservation, keep, livelihood, preservation, repairs, sustenance, upkeep maintenance and repair: upkeep maintenance man: janitor maize: corn, milo, yellow majestic: august, ceremonious, courtly, dignified, elegant, epic, grand, grandiose, imperial, impressive, kingly, lofty, magnificent, noble, princely, regal, royal, splendid, stately, stunning, sublime major: big, chief, considerable, critical, crucial, extensive, foremost, great, important, leading, paramount, predominant, primary, principal, serious, significant, sizable, superior, vital majority: adulthood, age, bulk, edge, generality, margin, mass, seniority; greater, more, most majority in election that is not more than half: plurality majority, understood and accepted by: lowest common denominator make: accomplish, achieve, acquire, appoint, assemble, attain, bear, build, cause, coerce, coin, compel, compose, comprise, constitute, construct, create, earn, effect, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, force, forge, form, formulate, frame, generate, invent, manufacture, mark, mold, originate, prepare, press, produce, render, require, secure, shape, suppose, synthesize make amends: atone, compensate, expiate, reconcile, settle, square make aware: disclose, enlighten, inform, notify, reveal, tell make-believe: charade, dream, fake, fantasy, fiction, imaginary, imagined, invention, magic, playacting, pretend, sham, simulate, unreal make by mixing ingredients: concoct, confect, cook up make certain: assure, check, ensure, examine, guarantee, investigate make do: accept, eke, employ, endure, improvise, suffice, survive make-do meal: potluck make effort: attempt, strive, try, undertake, venture make exaggerated claims: oversell
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make fun of: deride, embarrass, imitate, jape, mimic, parody, rib, ridicule, tease make getaway: bolt, escape, flee make good: accomplish, achieve, arrive, compensate, fulfill, justify, reimburse, repay, succeed make headway: achieve, advance, improve, progress make hostile: alienate, antagonize, provoke make ill: afflict, disgust, nauseate, repulse, revolt, sicken make indistinct: blur make ineffective: negate make insensitive: deaden make into: alter, change, convert, reform, transform make into law: enact make known: advertise, advise, announce, broadcast, declare, disclose, divulge, expose, impart, notify, proclaim, publicize, publish, reveal, tell, uncover, unveil make light of: belittle, disparage, pooh, underestimate make marginal notes: annotate make merry: celebrate, revel make off: abscond, bolt, decamp, depart, escape, flee, run away, scamper, skedaddle, skip make or achieve gradually: evolve make or become better: ameliorate make or create: fabricate, innovate, invent, originate, pioneer make or create from available materials: improvise make or fashion: forge, mold make or think up: contrive, devise, excogitate make out: accomplish, achieve, detect, determine, discern, espy, fare, gather, kiss, manage, neck, notice, observe, see, spot, succeed, understand make statement: comment, explain, expound, remark make sure: ascertain, check, determine, review, secure make uneasy: discomfort, disturb, trouble, upset make unnecessary: obviate make up: arrange, assemble, atone, coin, complete, compose, conciliate, concoct, consist, constitute, create, devise, fabricate, formulate, improvise, invent, mend, pretend, reconcile
make up for: atone, compensate, counterbalance, countervail, offset maker: author, builder, composer, creator, inventor, manufacturer, originator, producer makeshift: alternative, emergency, extemporaneous, impromptu, improvised, provisional, replacement, rude, slapdash, stopgap, substitute, temporary makeshift item from available materials: bricolage makeup: character, complexion, composition, configuration, constitution, fiber, format, plan, shape, structure, style makeup artist: visagiste makeup for actors: greasepaint makeup for face: blush, cosmetics, lipstick, mascara, powder, rouge mal de mer: seasickness maladroit: awkward, blundering, bumbling, bungling, clumsy, floundering, gauche, impolitic, inept, inexpert, tactless, ungraceful malady: affliction, ailment, complaint, debility, disease, disorder, distemper, illness, infirmity, sickness malaise: anxiety, depression, despair, disease, illness, lassitude, melancholy, sickness malapropos: improper, inappropriate, inopportune, irrelevant, untimely malaria: ague, jungle fever, miasma, paludism, sickness malaria carrier: anopheles, mosquito malaria-infested: paludal malarkey: balderdash, drivel, foolishness, hogwash, nonsense malcontent: agitator, anarchist, cornplainer, discontented, disgruntled, dissatisfied, grouch, grumbler, insurgent, rebel, rebellious, rvolter, troublemaker, uneasy male: guy, man, manful, mankind, manlike, manly, mannish, masculine, paternal, virile male ant: aner male ballet dancer: danseur male ballet dancer, principal: premier danseur male bee: drone male club: fraternity male cosmic principle: yang male counterpart of ballerina: danseur noble male creature with pointed ears, goat horns and legs: satyr
male deer: hart, roebuck, stag male dominance: androcentrism, male chauvinism male duck: drake male features on a woman: virilism male figure on pillar: telamon male genital oral stimulation: fellatio male head of household: father, paterfamilias male hormone: androgen, testosterone male line of descent, of a: patrilineal male menopause: male climacteric male of beef cattle: steer male pig: boar male plant organ: stamen male pride: machismo, macho male sex chromosome: Y chromosome male sheep: ram, tup male side of family: agnate male sterilization surgery: vasectomy male swan: cob male turkey: torn male, fussy: fribbler, twiddlepoop malediction: anathema, curse, cuss, damnation, denunciation, imprecation, jinx, malison, slander, whammy malefactor: convict, criminal, culprit, delinquent, felon, knave, offender, rascal, scoundrel, villain, wrongdoer maleficence: evil, mischief maleness, to deprive of: emasculate males-only party: stag malevolence: animosity, antagonism, bitterness, despiteful, enmity, evil, grudge, hateful, hatred, hostility, malice, malicious, malign, rancor, sinister, spite, spleen, vicious, wicked malfeasance: crime, delinquency, misconduct, wrongdoing malfunction: breakdown, failure, flaw, foul-up, glitch, problem, snag malice: bane, bitterness, despite, enmity, grudge, hate, malevolence, meanness, rancor, resentment, spite, spitefulness, spleen, vengefulness, venom malicious: bitter, catty, despiteful, evil, felonious, harmful, hateful, malevolent, malignant, mean, nasty, pernicious, poisonous, rancorous, resentful, revengeful, sinister, snide, spiteful, venomous, vicious, virulent, wicked malicious destruction: sabotage malign: antagonistic, asperse, backbite, baleful, belittle, calumniate, defame, denigrate, derogate, detrimental, evil, foul, hateful, hurtful, injurious,
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TYPES OF MAMMALS
aquatic mammals: cetacean, desman, dolphin, dugong, hippopotamus, manatee, manati, narwhal, otter, platypus, porpoise, rytina, sea lion, seal, shark, sirenian, walrus, whale arboreal mammals: ai, banxring, fisher, glutton, kinkajou, lemur, monkey, opossum, orangutan, raccoon, sloth bovine mammals: bison, bos, bull, calf, cow, longhorn, ox, steer, taurine, zebu burrowing mammals: armadillo, badger, gopher, mole, squirrel, suricate, wombat carnivorous mammals: badger, bear, carnivore, cat, coyote, dingo, dog, fox, lion, mongoose, otter, panda, raccoon, skunk, tiger, weasel, wolf cud-chewing mammals: ruminant domestic mammals: cat, cattle, dog, horse, sheep edentate mammals: ant bear, anteater, armadillo, pangolin, sloth, tamadau equine mammals: colt, filly, foal, horse, mare, stallion, zebra extinct mammals: mastodon, quagga, rytina, stegodon feline mammals: bobcat, cat, cougar, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, ocelot, ounce, panther, puma, serval, tiger flying mammal: bat gnawing mammals: beaver, rat, rodent, squirrel herbivorous mammals: bovine, daman, dugong, equine, hippopotamus, manatee, orangutan, rhinoceros, ruminant, tapir highest order of mammal: primate horned mammals: antelope, bison, buffalo, cow, deladang, gaur, goat, ox, reem, reindeer, rhinoceros insectivorous mammals: bat, hedgehog, mole, shrew, tenrec lagomorph mammals: hare, rabbit lowest order of mammals: marsupial, Marsupialia marsupial mammals: bandicoot, kangaroo, koala, opossum, possum, tait, wallaby, wombat nocturnal mammals: bat, hyena, kinkajou, lemur, macaco, platypus, raccoon, ratel, tapir, tarsier, wombat porcine mammals: boar, hog, peccary, pig, swine primate mammals: baboon, chimpanzee, gibbon, gorilla, lemur, marmoset, monkey, orangutan ruminant mammals: alpaca, antelope, bison, buffalo, camel, cattle, chewer, deer, giraffe, goat, llama, moose, okapi, ox, sheep, steer, vicuna, yak toothless mammals: armadillo, edentate, pangolin, sloth tropical mammals: coati, coatimodi, coati-mundi, peccary, rhino, rhinoceros ursine mammals: bear, panda vulpine mammals: fox, wolf mammal with backbone: vertebrate mammal with even number of toes, such as pigs: artiodactyl mammal with four stomachs, such as cattle: ruminant mammal with gnawing incisor teeth, such as rat: rodent mammal with hooves, such as horse: ungulate mammal with odd number of toes, such as horse: perissodactyl mammals giving birth: viviparous W
libel, malevolence, mudsling, pernicious, revile, sinister, slander, slur, smear, stain, tarnish, traduce, vilify, virulent malignant: evil, fiendish, hateful, injurious, invidious, malicious, pernicious, rancorous, spiteful, vicious, wicked malignant physically: cancerous, diseased, fatal, noxious, poisonous, venomous, virulent malignity: venom malinger: dodge, evade, fake, loaf, sham, shirk mall: alley, arcade, concourse, court, plaza, promenade, square, walk malleable: adaptable, compliant, ductile, flexible, impressionable, plastic, pliable, pliant, supple, tractable mallet variety: carpenter's, croquet, maul, metal, plastic, rubber, wooden malnutrition: beriberi, cachexia, emaciation, scurvy, starvation malnutrition from lack of protein: kwashiorkor
malnutrition from lack of vitamin B: beriberi malnutrition from lack of vitamin C : scurvy malodorous: fetid, foul, funky, noisome, offensive, putrid, rank, reeking, rotten, smelly, stenchy, stinking, vile malpractice: carelessness, misconduct, negligence malt beverage: ale, beer malt vinegar: alegar maltreat: abuse, damage, harm, injure, mishandle, misuse, victimize mammal: beast, bovine, carnivore, cat, coati, edentate, equine, feline, marsupial, ovine, primate, rodent, ruminant, swine, ungulant mammary gland: udder mammon: avarice, gain, possessions, riches, wealth mammoth: behemothic, colossal, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, great, huge, large, massive, monumental, stupendous, titanic
mammoth and ponderous: elephantine mammoth kin: mastodon man: anthropos, biped, bloke, boyfriend, buck, chap, chiel, creature, fellow, gent, guard, guy, hombre, homme, homo sapiens, human, husband, male, mensch, mister, mortal, valet
RELATED TERMS
man as center of universe: anthropocentric man supported by woman (unmarried): gigolo man to man: mano a mano man wearing woman's clothes: drag man, castrated: eunuch man, concerning: human, humane, mortal man, hater of: misandrist, misanthrope man, primitive: savage, urmensch man, resembling: android, anthropoid, anthropomorphic man, rich: billionaire, capitalist, croesus, magnate, millionaire, nabob, plutocrat, tycoon
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MANIAS BY OBSESSION OR ADDICTION

activity: flowers: anthomania money: chrematonia, theomania stealing: kleptomania ergasiomania food: sitomania mania reptiles: stillness: alcohol: dipsomania food, eating: phagomurder: homicidoophidiomania eremiomania animals: zoomania mania mania riches, great wealth: suicide: autophonoBeatles: Beatlemania foreigners: music: celomania, plutomania mania bed rest: clinomania xenomania musicomania, melrunning away: drasun: heliomania bees: apimania foul speech: coprolaomania petomania surgery: tomomania birds: ornithomania lomania nakedness: gymnosea: thalassomania talking: logomania, books: bibliomania freedom: eleuthromania second coming of verbomania bridges: mania narcotics: Christ: parousiatesticles: orchidogephyromania fur: doramania letheomania mania mania buying: oniomania gaiety: cheromania night: noctimania self-importance: theater: cats: ailuromania great wealth: plutonoise or sound: phomegalomania theatromania counting and nummania nomania sex: erotomania, thinking: phronemobers: arithmomania hair: trichomania nudity: nudomania nymphomania, samania crowds: demomania, home: oikomania one's own wisdom: tyromania traveling: ochlomania horses: hippomania sophomania sexual desire: aphroddromomania, hododancing: imagined disease: nooneself: egomania isiomania, erotomania, poriomania choreomania somania open spaces: agoramania wandering: ecdemiodead bodies: necroinsects: mania sexual desire in femania mania entomomania penis: mentulomania males: nymphowashing, bathing: abdeath: thanatomania islands: nesomania plants: florimania mania lutomania demonic possession: joy from complainpleasure: hedonosexual desire in water: hydromania cacodemonomania ing: paramania mania males: satyromania wine: enomania, oidogs: cynomania light: photomania politics: politicomasin: hamartomania nomania drinking: potomania listmaking: nia single idea or thing: woods: hylomania drinking water: hyglazomania pornography: pornomonomania words: verbomania drodipsomania lying and exaggeratgraphomania sitting: kathisomania work: ergomania drugs: narcomania ing: mythomania postage stamps: timsleep: hypnomania writing: eating: phagomania, marriage: gamomania bromania snow: chionomania graphomania, scribsitomania medicines: pharmapower: megalomania solitude: automania blemania, scriboerotica: eroticomania comania railroad travel: siderspeech: lalomania mania W fire, arson: pyromania men: andromania guide, handle, odromomania spending: squanderhead, husband, lead, man, sciences of: anthropology, manager or producer of entertainment: fish: ichthyomania mice: musomania maintain, religion: entheomaethnology maneuver, manipulate,mania impresario man, short: homunculus, shrimp, muddle, operate, order, oversee, reg- mandate: behest, brief, charge, comsquirt ulate, rule, run, steer, superintend, mand, decree, directive, edict, inman, young: boy, lad, springal, stripjunction, order, precept, referendum, supervise, survive ling, varlet, youth W requisition, rule, sanction, warranty, manage by skillful or tricky acts: conword, writ trive, engineer, maneuver man-made: artificial, synthetic, mandatory: compulsory, essential, manage to live: subsist unnatural forced, imperative, necessary, obligamanagement: administration, agency, man-made bank: levee tory, required brass, care, charge, conducting, execman-made fiber: acetate mandible: beak, jaw, jawbone utives, generalship, governance, man-woman friendship, pertaining to: maneuver: contrive, deploy, drill, engiguidance, helm, intendance, ordiplatonic neer, exercise, exploit, finagle, finance, overseer, policy, steerage, manacle: band, bond, chains, confine, nesse, jockey, manipulate, move, superintendence control, cuff, fetters, handcuff, irons, navigate, outflank, pilot, plot, ploy, manager: boss, curator, director, doer, restraint, shackle scheme, steer, stratagem, stunt, tacexecutive, executor, foreman, foremanage: accomplish, administer, boss, tic, trick woman, grent, handler, steward, conduct, contrive, control, cope, maneuver for advantage: jockey, supervisor deal, designate, direct, dominate, enstratagem manager or agent of another: procurator maneuver in diplomacy: dmarche gineer, execute, fare, finagle, govern,
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MANEUVER TO OUTWIT ANOTHER - MAP FOR TAX PURPOSES maneuver to outwit another: ploy maneuvers to gain end or advantage: gamesmanship, tactics manger: cradle, crib, rack, stable, stall, trough mangle: batter, butcher, calender, cripple, cut, deform, disfigure, dismember, garble, hack, iron, ironer, lacerate, maim, mar, maul, mutilate, presser, ruin, spoil mangy: dirty, filthy, mean, rundown, scruffy, scurvy, seedy, shabby, squalid mangy one: cur manhandle: abuse, bully, maul, mistreat, paw, push, rough up manhood: virility mania: addiction, cacoethes, compulsion, craze, delirium, derangement, disorder, fascination, fear, fetish, fixation, frenzy, hangup, infatuation, insanity, lunacy, madness, obsession, passion, rage maniac: crackpot, crazed, deranged, enthusiast, fanatic, insane, lunatic, madman, madwoman, nut, psychotic, psychopath maniacal: demoniac, lunatic manic-depressive condition, mild: cyclothymia manicure board: emery manifest: apparent, approve, bare, clear, conspicuous, declare, demonstrate, develop, disclosed, discover, display, embody, evident, evince, exhibit, expose, express, glaring, indicate, indisputable, indubitable, mark, materialize, noticeable, obvious, open, overt, palpable, patent, plain, prove, reveal, seem, show, signify, undisguised, unmistakable, visible manifest in writing: index, list manifestation: display, epiphany, example, expression, meaning, presentation, proof, revelation, sign, symptom manifestation of divine being: epiphany manifesto: declaration, edict, intentions, order, placard, policies, principles, proclamation, statement, writ manifold: abundant, diverse, many, multifold, multiform, multiple, numerous, sundry, various maniple: fanon, orale manipulate: control, exploit, finagle, handle, influence, manage, maneuver, operate, rig, scheme, shape, swing, use, wield, work manipulated for an advantage, person: pawn manipulation of body parts to treat disease: osteopathy manipulator of another: Svengali mankind: flesh, homo sapiens, humanity, humans, male, people, race manlike: android, humanoid manly: bold, brave, courageous, daring, fearless, gallant, lionhearted, male, manful, masculine, resolute, strong, undaunted, valiant, virile manna: bonanza, boon, delicacy, gift, windfall mannequin: dummy, figure, manikin, model manner: air, appearance, aspect, attitude, bearing, behavior, breed, category, character, conduct, course, custom, demeanor, deportment, etiquette, fashion, form, formalities, habit, kind, look, method, mien, mode, practice, protocol, sort, species, style, system, technique, tone, way manner in which someone behaves: demeanor, deportment manner of feeling: attitude manner of governing: governance manner of operating: modus operandi manner of speaking: faon de parler, idiom, locution, parlance manner of walking: gait manner, harsh in: abrasive brusque, curt manner, overrefined in: precious manner, peculiar: mannerism mannered: affected, artificial, formal, posed, self-conscious mannerism: affectation, bearing, eccentricity, habit, idiosyncrasy, individuality, peculiarity, pose, quirk, tic, trait mannerly: civil, courteous, decorous, genteel, polished, polite, respectful, well-behaved manners: amenities, behavior, conduct, courtesy, decorum, etiquette, formalities, miens, modes, protocol manners, fine point of: punctilio manners, improper: solecism manor: castle, chateau, estate, house, land, mansion, villa manservant: attendant, butler, footman, garon, steward, valet mansion: abode, castle, chateau, dwelling, estate, hall, home, house, manor, palace, residence, villa manslaughter: crime, homicide, killing, murder mantilla: scarf mantle: cape, capote, cloak, coat, cover, envelope, filament, glow, hood, mantilla, robe, screen manual: book, enchiridion, guide, guidebook, handbook, physical, primer, text manual labor, concerning: blue-collar manual skill: handicraft, handiness manual worker: blue-collar worker manual worker, skilled: artisan, craftsperson manufacture: assembly, build, concoct, create, fabricate, fake, forge, invent, make, mold, prepare, produce, synthesize manufactured item: ware manumission: emancipation, freedom, liberation, release, rescue manure: compost, dung, excrement, fertilizer manuscript: codex, composition, copy, document, draft, handwriting, writing; typewritten manuscript bound as a book: codex manuscript copier: amanuensis manuscript with decoration: illuminated manuscript manuscript written on more than once: palimpsest manuscript, to correct and prepare: copy-edit manuscripts are worked on, room where: scriptorium manuscripts, professional copyist of: scribe manuscripts, unsolicited: slush pile many: a lot, bountiful, countless, diverse, gobs, legion, lots, manifold, much, multi, multifarious, multiple, multiplex, multiplied, multitude, myriad, numerous, scores, several, sundry, tons, varied, various many-eyed giant: argus many, very: countless, innumerable, multitudinous, myriad, umpteen map: atlas, blueprint, cartograph, chart, delineate, design, diagram, draft, explore, globe, graph, image, outline, picture, plan, plat, plot, projection, sketch, survey map book: atlas map circle-and-star symbol: compass rose map collector: cartomaniac map for tax purposes: cadaster
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M A P KEY E X P L A I N I N G S Y M B O L S - M A R K E D
map key explaining symbols: legend map of a region: chorography map of earth with latitude, longitude lines: Mercator projection map of sphere on plane surface, system of: projection map representation of surface features, positions, elevations: topography map showing changes in atmospheric pressure, line on weather: isobar map showing elevations and surface configuration: contour map, relief map map, symbols used to pinpoint a position on a: coordinates maple genus: acer maple tree sap spike: spile mapmaking: cartography map's lines for distance east or west of prime meridian: longitude map's lines for distance north or south of equator: latitude map's pattern of vertical and horizontal lines: grid mar: blemish, blot, botch, bruise, damage, deform, disfigure, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mangle, mark, nick, ruin, scar, scratch, spoil, tarnish marathon: activity, contest, enduro, event, race maraud: attack, foray, pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, ravage, rove, steal marauder: bandit, buccaneer, desperado, looter, pillager, pirate, plunderer, raider, ravager, robber marble: agate, ball, basalt, cold, dolomite, game, granite, hard, mib, mid, mig, rock, sculpture, smooth, stone, taw, unfeeling marble, concerning: marmoreal marble, large playing: alley, shooter march: advance, advancement, course, drill, file, hike, journey, move, parade, procession, progress, step, stride, strut, tramp, travel, traverse, trek, walk march doggedly: slog marching practice: close order drill marching with legs swinging straight out, knees locked: goose-step mare's nest: complication, deception, fraud, hoax, lie, trick margarine: oleo margin: allowance, border, boundary, brim, brink, edge, fringe, hem, indentation, latitude, leeway, lip, perimeter, rim, room, shore, side, verge
margin note of explanation: marginalia, scholium margin of variation: latitude, leeway margin, having lines printed straight along one: justified marginal: borderline, insignificant, minimal, negligible, peripheral, small, unimportant marginalia: notes marigold genus: tagetes marijuana: cannabis, dope, drug, ganja, grass, hemp, herb, joint, loco weed, marihuana, Mary Jane, moocah, pot, reefer, tea, weed marina: basin, boatyard, dock marinade: brine marinate: soak, souse marinated seafood, Latin style: escabeche marine: aquatic, leatherneck, marinai, mariner, maritime, nautical, naval, oceanic, ocanographie, pelagic, seafaring, seagoing, water; sailor marine alga: seaweed marine and freshwater organisms that can swim freely: nekton marine color: aqua mariner: gob, navigator, sailor, salt, seafarer, seaman, seawoman, shipmate, swabbie, tar, yachtsman, yachtswoman marionette: puppet marital: conjugal, connubial, married, matrimonial, nuptial, spousal, wedded mark: ambition, attribute, badge, betoken, blemish, brand, character, chart, criterion, dent, distinction, dot, dupe, emblem, feature, fool, gauge, goal, grade, heed, identity, image, importance, impress, impression, imprint, indication, influence, inscription, label, letter, line, logo, manifest, measure, nick, note, notice, number, objective, pock, point, rating, scar, score, seal, sign, spare, speckle, spot, stamp, standard, strike, symbol, symptom, tag, target, trace, track, trait, victim, yardstick mark as verb: denote, designate, distinguish, observe mark between compounded word: hyphen mark boundaries: delimit, demarcate mark down: cut, devaluate, lower, reduce, slash mark extent or limits: circumscribe mark for a Spanish n: tilde
MARINE CORPS RANKS

Commissioned Officers General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Warrant Officers Chief Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer One Five Four Three Two
Enlisted Personnel Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Sergeant Major Master Gunnery Sergeant First Sergeant Master Sergeant Gunnery Sergeant Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Private First Class Private * mark for identification, to: flag mark for omission: dele mark impressed on paper, identifying: watermark mark in Arabic like apostrophe: hamza mark like hook under : cedilla mark of a wound: scar mark of authenticity: cachet, hallmark mark of disgrace: stigma mark of distinction: cachet mark of identification: earmark mark of insertion: caret mark on domino, die, playing card: pip mark over a short vowel: breve mark over a Spanish letter: tilde mark used to punctuate text: punctuation mark, reference mark mark with grooves: striate mark, accent, on foreign letters: diacritical mark marked: apparent, branded, clear, conspicuous, destined, distinct, empha379
MARKED WITH GRADATIONS - MARSH
MARKING AND MEASURING TOOLS

bevel butt gauge caliper carpenter's level carpenter's pencil carpenter's square center punch chalk liner combination square compass depth gauge dividers electronic level feeler gauge folding rule framing square gauge level line level marking gauge mason's level micrometer miter box miter square mortise gage plumb bob plumb rule protractor rafter square rule ruler scale scratch awl scriber slide caliper square steel rule straight edge studfinder tape measure torpedo level T square turning caliper wing divider W
sized, evident, fated, identified, noted, noticeable, obvious, prominent, pronounced, stained, striking, tabbed, traced marked with gradations: calibrated marked with lines: lineate, striped marker: arrow, counter, flag, gravestone, guide, indicator, monitor, notch, peg, pole, rag, recorder, scorer, signal, stone, tombstone market: advertise, agora, bazaar, boutique, delicatessen, emporium, exchange, mall, mart, outlet, peddle, plaza, rialto, sale, shop, square, store, vend, wholesale market ahead of time: presell market on decline: bear market market on rise: bull market market with few producers/sellers: oligopoly market, outdoor: flea market marketable: bankable, salable, sellable, vendible, wanted, wholesome marketing and supplying goods: distribution marketing privilege within certain premises: concession, franchise marketing studies: demographics marking spots on animals or plants: maculation marks indicating insert: carets marks on a score: rests marks with fine lines: striates marksman: deadeye, sharpshooter, shot, sniper, straight shooter marmalade: jam, jelly, orange peel, preserve marmite: casserole, earthenware, kettle, pot marmoset: monkey, tamarin maroon: abandon, desert, enisle, forsake, isolate, leave, peer, shipwreck, strand maroon as color: cerise, magenta, purple, purplish, red, reddish
marquee: awning, canopy, signboard, tent marriage: alliance, association, betrothed, connubial, espousal, link, match, matrimony, nuptials, unikon, union, wedding, wedlock
RELATED TERMS
marriage after death or divorce of first spouse: deuterogamy, digamy marriage between different races: miscegenation marriage between incompatible partners: heterogamosis marriage between royal and partner of lower rank: morganatic marriage between well-matched persons: nomogamosis marriage broker: matchmaker, schatchen, shadchan marriage by mutual agreement but without ceremony: common-law marriage marriage ceremony, to celebrate in: solemnize marriage estrangement: alienation of affections marriage late in life: opsigamy marriage outside the tribe, clan, caste: exogamy marriage partner, right to affection and sexual relations with: consortium marriage performed by justice of peace, civil official: civil marriage marriage to inferior person: mesalliance marriage to one person: monogamy marriage to two or more people: bigamy, polygamy marriage trousseau, chest for: hope chest marriage vows, in violation: adulterous, extramarital, illicit marriage with sexual relations, fulfillment of: consummation
marriage within the tribe, clan, caste: endogamy marriage, announcement of impending: banns marriage, ceremony or state of: matrimony marriage, concerning: conjugal, connubial, hymeneal, marital, matrimonial, nuptial marriage, forced: shotgun wedding marriage, living together without: cohabitation marriage, money or property brought by bride to groom in: dowry marriage, possessions the bride assembles for: trousseau marriage, run away with lover to have secret: elope marriage, to end a: annul, dissolve, divorce marriage, to reestablish a broken: reconciliation marriage, trial: companionate marriage marriage, unsuitable: misalliance marriageable: eligible, nubile married or engaged: betrothed, espoused married parents, born of: legitimate married woman's legal status: coverture marry: associate, couple, espouse, hitch, join, link, pledge, splice, tie the knot, unite, wed, yoke marry secretly: elope marry someone above one's social status, wanting to: hypergamy ^ marrow: core, essence, essential, inmost, medulla, pith, substance, vitality Mars, study of: aerology marsh: bayou, bog, everglade, fen,
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glade, mire, moor, morass, palude, quagmire, slashes, slough, swale, swamp, wetland marsh bird: heron, rail, snipe, sora, stilt marsh gas: methane marsh growth: reed, sedge marsh, concerning a: paludal marsh, poisonous atmosphere of: effluvium, miasma marsh, sluggish stream through: bayou marshal: align, arrange, array, assemble, deploy, direct, gather, guide, lead, mobilize, muster, usher marshal as person: constable, officer, sheriff marshy ground: morass, ooze, swale, wash marsupial: bandicoot, euro, kangaroo, koala, opossum, possum, wallaby, wombat mart: bazaar, emporium, exchange, fair, mall, market, shop, store martial: aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, hostile, militant, military, warlike martial art: aikido, judo, jujitsu, karate, kendo, kung fu, sumo, tae kwon do martial art, Chinese karatelike: kung fu martial art, Chinese meditative: tai chi chuan martial art, Japanese nonresistance: aikido martial art, Korean aggressive karatelike: tae kwon do martial art, self-defense: judo martial arts weapon of sticks joined by rope or chain: nunchaku, nunchakus, nun-chucks martinet: authoritarian, dictator, disciplinarian, ramrod, tyrant martini ingredient: olive martini served with pickled onion: Gibson martyr: persecute, sacrifice, torment; saint, sufferer, victim martyrdom: affliction, anguish, suffering, torment, torture marvel: admire, astonish, astonishment, curiosity, gape, goggle, miracle, portent, sensation, surprise, wonder marvelous: amazing, astonishing, awesome, excellent, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, great, incredible, magnificent, outstanding, prodigious, sensational, spectacular, splendid, stupendous, super, superb, terrific, wonderful, wondrous
masculine: brave, macho, male, manlike, manly, potent, powerful, robust, strong, vigorous, virile mash: cream, crush, flirt, grind, mess, mixture, mush, pulp, pulverize, scramble, smash, squash mashed and strained food: puree mask: camouflage, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, facade, face, front, guise, hide, masquerade, screen, shield, veil, visor mask providing protection or air: inhalator, respirator mask worn with hooded robe: domino masked: concealed, covert, disguised, incognito, larvated, latent masked ball or costume party: masquerade masked merrymaker: mummer masochism, sadism: algolagnia masonry: ashlar, brickwork, stonework, trade mason's carrier: hod mason's tool: trowel masquerade: camouflage, charade, disguise, guise, impersonate, mask, masque, party, pretend, pretense masquerade ball: bal masque mass: accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, assemblage, assemble, batch, blob, body, bulk, bunch, bundle, clot, collection, composition, congeries, congregate, congregation, consolidate, crowd, gather, gob, gross, group, heap, horde, jam, knot, liturgy, lump, magnitude, majority, matter, measurement, mob, mound, mountain, pile, prayer, rite, service, stockpile, store, substance, sum, volume, whole mass book: missal mass confusion: chaos mass-market advertising to public: admass massacre: annihilation, bloodbath, butchery, carnage, decimation, genocide, murder, slaughter, slay massacre, Jewish: pogrom massage: caress, knead, manipulation, press, rub, rubbing, stimulate, stroke massage-giver: masseur, masseuse massage system on feet for body parts: reflexology massage with acupressure points: shiatsu massage, deep muscular: Rolfing massage, therapeutic: physical therapy, physiotherapy
masses, pertaining to: demotic masses, the: canaille, common people, hoi polloi, mob, plebs massive: boisterous, bulky, colossal, enormous, giant, gigantic, gross, heavy, huge, immense, jumbo, large, mammoth, monumental, ponderous, substantial, titanic, vast, weighty, whopping mast lookout: crow's nest mast rigging: stay mast supporting sails, rigging: spar mast type: fore, jigger, jury, lower, main, mizzen, top, topgallant mast, to lower a: strike master: artist, best, boss, captain, champion, chief, commander, connoisseur, craftsman, doctor, educator, expert, guru, headman, lord, maestro, matriarch, overseer, paramount, patriarch, prevail, professional, ruler, sahib, sire, swami, teacher, tutor, wizard master, to: acquire, best, dominate, down, get, govern, learn, lick, overpower, overcome, prevail, regulate, rule, subdue, subjugate, surmount, tame, triumph, understand master in an art: maestro, virtuoso master key: passe-partout master of ceremonies: emcee, host, MC, performer, speaker, toastmaster master of many jobs: jack-of-all-trades master pattern: template master violinist: auer master, relating to a: magisterial masterful: able, adept, arbitrary, authoritative, clever, commanding, crackerjack, dictatorial, domineering, expert, forceful, imperial, imperious, overbearing, preeminent, proficient, skilled mastermind: artist, author, brains, expert, genius, planner; organize, plan masterpiece: brainchild, chef d'oeuvre, classic, creation, jewel, magnum opus, masterwork, objet d'art, perfection, pice de rsistance, tour de force, treasure masterstroke: coup mastery: command, conquest, control, domination, expertise, grasp, grip, influence, knack, proficiency, rule, skill, supremacy, victory masthead crosstree: jack masticate: chew, chomp, crunch, crush, gnash, grind, knead masf s angle of slant: rake
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mast's lookout: crow's nest mast's lower end: heel masturbation: autoeroticism, onanism mat: border, carpet, cushion, doily, pad, rug, tatami mat of straw for floor covering: tatami mat on chair or sofa back: antimacassar mat, decorative and lacy: doily mat, to: entangle, interweave, snarl, tangle matador: bullfighter, toreador, torero matadors' prey: toro matador's red cape: capa, muleta match: companion, compare, coordinate, correlate, correspond, counter, counterpart, couple, duplicate, equal, even, fit, lookalike, marriage, marry, mate, oppose, pair up, parallel, partnership, peer, pit, pout, rival, side, spar, spouse, team, tie, twin, union, vesta, wick match or competition: bout, contest, event, game, meet, race, tournament match to determine winner: playoff match, at poker: call match, slow-burning: fusee, vesuvian matchbook collector: phillumenist matchbook striking surface: friction strip matched pair, part of: companion piece, pendant matching clothing pieces: coordinates matchless: alone, exemplary, exquisite, incomparable, inimitable, nonpareil, peerless, superior, unbeatable, unequalled, unparalleled, unrivaled, unsurpassed matchmaker: marriage broker, schatchen, shadchan mate: associate, breed, buddy, chum, cohort, colleague, companion, comrade, confidant, consort, couple, equal, fellow, friend, husband, join, marry, match, pair, pal, partner, peer, procreate, sidekick, spouse, twin, wed, wife mate or complement: counterpart material: apparatus, cloth, data, equipment, fabric, facts, gear, goods, information, ingredient, linen, matter, metal, stuff, substance, things, tool material in nature: bodily, corporeal, essential, important, meaningful, objective, pertinent, physical, real, relevant, significant, tangible materialism: heterodoxy, physicism, pragmatism, utilitarianism
materialistic: acquisitive, banausic, greedy, mercenary, possessive, sensate, unspiritual, worldly materialize: appear, concretize, emanate, emerge, energize, evolve, happen, loom, manifest, reify, rise, shape, show matriel: apparatus, arms, equipment, gear, machinery, provisions, supplies, tackle maternal: motherly, protective maternal side family name: matronymic maternally related: enate maternity: childbearing, gestation, motherhood, pregnancy math power to which a base must be raised to produce a given number: log, logarithm math progression with difference remaining constant: arithmetic progression math progression with ratio remaining constant: geometric progression math quantity with fixed value: constant math ratio: sine math statement showing equality of two expressions: equation math term indicating parts into which the whole is to be divided: denominator math theorem aboutright-angledtriangles: Pythagorean theorem mathematics branch dealing with limits, differentiation and integration of functions of variables: calculus mathematics branch dealing with sides and angles of triangles: trigonometry mathematics branches: algebra, analysis, arithmetic, calculus, computing, geometry, logarith, mechanics, statistics, trigonometry mathematics symbols: multiplicand, operand mathematics terms: cosine, decimal, derivate, digit, fraction, graph, pi, problem, quaternion, root, scalar, sector, sine, surd, theorem, vector mathematics types: applied, pure matinee: entertainment, movie, performance, play, show matriarch: dowager, female, matron, mother, queen, ruler matriculate: admit, enroll, enter, join, register
matrimonial: betrothed, bridal, conjugal, connubial, marital, married, nuptial matrimony: connubiality, marriage, nuptials, union, wedlock matrix: cast, die, form, gangue, groundmass, mat, model, mold, pattern, shape, womb matron: dame, dowager, female, housekeeper, matriarch, mother, overseer, widow matter: affair, business, concern, content, difficulty, discharge, issue, obstacle, problem, source, subject, text, thesis, topic, trouble, waste, worry matter and energy, science of: physics matter-of-fact: calm, cold, direct, dull, frank, impersonal, literal, objective, practical, pragmatic, prosaic, realistic, unaffected, unemotional matter, physical: being, body, constituent, elements, entity, mass, material, object, solid, stuff, substance, thing mattress covering: ticking mattress holder: bedstead mattress stuffing: batt, kapok mattress support: bedspring mattress, Japanese: futon mattress, straw-filled hard: paillasse, pallet mature: adult, age, aged, blossom, complete, considered, develop, developed, evolve, flower, grown, mellow, prime, ripe, ripen, season, seasoned, settled mature insect: imago maturity: adulthood, development, experience, manhood, maturation, womanhood maturity, approach to: puberty maturity, showing early: precocious maudlin: bathetic, corny, emotional, lachrymose, mawkish, mushy, sentimental, tearful, tipsy, weepy maul: abuse, bash, batter, beat, bruise, club, gavel, hammer, injure, mace, mallet, mangle, manhandle, pound, pummel, staff, stomp maunder: babble, blather, drift, drivel, mumble, mutter, ramble, stray, wander mausoleum: catacomb, monument, tomb mauve: lavender, lilac, plum, purple, violet maven: connoisseur, expert
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MEASUREMENT TERMS
act or process of measuring: mensuration area measurement: acre, are, area, decare, foot, hectare, inch, length, meter, mile, quantum, yard capacity measurement: barrel, bushel, cask, fluidram, gallon, gill, liter, minim, orna, peck, pint, quart cloth measurement: ell, yard concerning measurement: mensural, metrical electrical measurement: ampere, ergon, horsepower, joule, ohm, volt, watt energy measurement: BTU, calorie, erg, joule, thermal unit item of measurement: caliper, clock, odometer, rule, ruler, scale, standard, tape, time, yardstick land measurement: acre, ar, are, area, decare, hectare, kiliare, mile, rod, rood length measurement: centimeter, cubit, decimeter, digit, dra, ell, foot, hectometer, inch, kilometer, knot, league, meter, micron, mile, millimeter, nail, pik, rod, yard light measurement: candela, candlepower liquid measurement: aam, barrel, gallon, gill, hogshead, keg, kiloliter, liter, magnum, minims, pint, pipet, pipette, quart, rundlet, runlet, tierce measure: act, amount, benchmark, cadence, calculate, criterion, degree, estimate, gauge, girth, law, mete, quota, ration, rhyme measure the depth of: fathom, sound measure up to the mark: toe measure used in comparison or judgment: criterion, yardstick measure water depth: plumb, sound maverick: bohemian, dissenter, loner, nonconformist, stray, unbranded maw: craw, gullet, jaws, mouth, stomach mawkish: bathetic, emotional, gushy, insipid, maudlin, mushy, nostalgic, sentimental, sickening, teary maxim: adage, aphorism, apothegm, axiom, catchword, doctrine, gnome, moral, motto, precept, proverb, rule, saw, saying, truism, word maximum: apex, ceiling, climax, culmination, greatest, highest, limit, most, optimum, paramount, peak, ultimate, utmost, zenith may: allowed, can, hawthorn, likelihood, might, must, permitted, possible, shrub, wish maybe: conceivable, feasible, perchance, perhaps, possibility, possibly mayhem: chaos, commotion, confusion, pandemonium, violence maze: bewilder, confound, confusion, hodgepodge, jungle, labyrinth, mesh, network, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, tangle, web measured: calculated, careful, computed, deliberate, exact, gauged, meted, restrained, standardized, timed, uniform, weighed measured amount of medicine: dose measured in relation to the stars: sidereal measured out: allotted measurement: amount, area, assessment, calculation, dimension, distance, frequency, height, length, magnitude, mass, measuration, quantity, size, volume, weight measuring instrument: actinometer, baroscope, caliper, calorimeter, colorimeter, densimeter, gage, gauge, gravimeter, meter, pluviometer, protractor, ruler, seismograph, sextant, tape, vinometer, yardstick measuring instrument with two arms hinged together: divider, sector medicinal measurement: dram, minim, ounce, scruple metrical measurement: centigram, dekagram, gram, kilogram, milligram, quintal, ton, tonne nautical measurement: fathom, knot practical, not scientific measurement: rule of thumb side-to-side measurement: breadth sound measurement: decibel, phon temperature measurement: calorie, calory, Celsius, centigrade, degree, Fahrenheit, kelvin, therm, therme time measurement: century, day, decade, hour, microsecond, millenium, millisecond, minute, moment, month, nanosecond, score, second, week, year weight measurement: bale, carat, dram, grain, hectoliter, kiloliter, liter, ounce, pound, scruple, ton, troy W meal with a variety of foods: smorgasbord meal, after a: postprandial meal, appetizer before: hors d'oeuvre meal, light: collation, refection meal, main dish of: entree meal, of an outdoor: alfresco meal, side dish of: entremets meals and room included in rate: American plan mean: abject, average, base, beggarly, coarse, common, contemptible, cruel, evil, excellent, hostile, humble, ignoble, intermediate, irascible, low, malicious, median, medium, mid, middle, midpoint, miserly, narrow, nasty, niggardly, norm, ornery, paltry, par, penurious, petty, poor, selfish, snide, sordid, spiteful, stingy, truculent, ugly, unkind, unpleasant, vile, vindictive mean as verb: allude, denominate, denote, designate, express, get at, imply, import, indicate, intend, intimate, propose, purport, purpose, show, signify, specify, stand for, suggest, symbolize
meadow: bed, field, grassland, heath, lea, mead, park, pasture, prairie, sward, vega, veldt meager: bare, exiguous, feeble, gaunt, insufficient, lacking, lean, lenten, little, measly, mere, poor, puny, scant, scanty, skimpy, slim, small, spare, sparse, starved, thin meager salary: stipend meal: banquet, board, breakfast, brunch, chow, cookout, dinner, feast, feed, flour, food, grain, grub, lunch, menu, potluck, repast, snack, supper, victuals meal at fixed price, full-course: prix fixe, table d'hte meal combining breakfast, lunch: brunch meal- or dinner-related: prandial meal served in the late afternoon or early evening, large: afternoon tea, high tea, tea meal where guests serve themselves: buffet meal where items are separately priced, of a: a la carte
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mean behavior: cheeseparing, doggery mean sea level: geoid meander: amble, curve, drift, ramble, roam, rove, snake, stray, turn, twist, wander, wind, zigzag meaning: acceptation, aim, content, context, definition, designation, drift, essence, gist, hint, import, indication, intent, intention, knowledge, message, point, purport, purpose, sense, significance, signification, spirit, substance, tenor, translation, understanding meaning equivalent to another word, word with a: synonym meaning of language forms, study of: semantics meaning of literary text, implicit: subtext meaning of, to explain or figure out the: construe meaning opposite that of another word, word with a: antonym meaning or purpose: aim, intent meaning suggested or associated with something: connotation meaning to word, going from: onomasiology meaning, accepted: acceptation meaning, depth of: profundity meaning, direct and specific: denotation meaning, doubtful: ambiguity meaning, exact: literal meaning, explicit: denotation meaning, full lexical: notional meaning, general: drift, gist, gravamen meaning, having hidden: cryptic, enigmatic meaning, having more than one: polysemous meaning, having more than one interpretation or: ambiguous meaning, having one: monosemous, univocal meaning, implicit: connotation meaning, intended: import, purport, significance, tenor meaning, linguistic item in its capacity of referring to a: referent meaning, of or relating to: semantic meaning, subtle difference of: gradation, nuance meaning, text around word or passage determining its: context meaning, to misinterpret: distort, misconstrue, pervert
meaning, word with a second underlying: double entendre meaningful: consequential, deep, eloquent, expressive, heavy, important, pithy, pointed, significant, useful, worthwhile meaningful linguistic unit, smallest: morpheme meaningful sign: omen meaningless: aimless, blank, empty, hollow, insignificant, nugatory, senseless, shallow, unimportant, useless, worthless meaningless or sociable talk: phatic means: assets, avenue, budget, channel, funds, income, instrument, manner, method, mode, path, resources, road, system, way, wealth, wherewithal meantime: interim, interval, temporary, while measles' skin rash: roseola measles, German: rubella measly: contemptible, insignificant, meager, paltry, puny, skimpy, unimportant, worthless measurable by common standard: commensurable, commensurate meat: beef, brawn, comestibles, core, essence, fare, flesh, food, gist, heart, lamb, marrow, muscle, mutton, nourishment, nutriment, pork, veal, venison, viande, victuals
RELATED TERMS
meat or fish, boneless strip of: filet, fillet meat or poultry grilled and served in a tortilla: fajita meat or poultry simmered in gravy: fricassee meat pie: pasty meat pie topped with mashed potatoes: shepherd's pie meat portion, small: collop meat surface, to char: sear meat, beef or ox: boeuf meat, beef tenderloin: chateaubriand, chateaubriant meat, beefsteak: bifteck meat, duck or duckling: canard, caneton meat, egg, onion, anchovy dish: salmagundi meat, rotating spit for roasting: rtisserie meats and vegetables boiled: pot-aufeu* meaty: heavy, interesting, rich, significant, solid, substantial mechanic: artisan, craftsman, machinist, operator, worker mechanical: automatic, emotionless, instinctive, involuntary, reflex, routine, unconscious, uninspired mechanical way of doing something: rote mechanically done: perfunctory mechanics studying motion but not forces or bodies' mass: kinematics mechanism: apparatus, appliance, catch, component, device, engine, gadget, gear, instrument, machinery, means, method, motor, operation, process, system, technique, tool mechanize: automate medal: award, badge, decoration, laurel, plaque, purple heart, trophy, wreath medal as emblem of honor: decoration medal worn on chest: pectoral medal, back of: reverse, verso medal, front of: obverse medal, Olympic: bronze, gold, silver medalist: winner medals, study or collection of: numismatics meddle: butt in, dabble, impede, interfere, interlope, intervene, intrude, kibitz, mess with, pry, snoop, tamper, tinker
meat and tomato sauce, served with: alia bolognese meat and vegetable dish, boiled: potau-feu meat and vegetables dish: stew meat and vegetables grilled on a skewer: shish kabob, shish kebab, shish kebob meat cut: chop, chuck, crown roast, cutlet, filet, flank, ham, joint, leg, liver, loin, rib, roast, round, rump, shoulder, sirloin, steak meat dish: giblets, pot roast, ragout, rissole, stem, stew, veal cutlet meat-eating: carnivorous, creophagous, zoophagous meat foods, cooked and processed: charcuterie meat grade: choice, commercial, first, grade A, prime, second, top meat in liquid before cooking, to soak: marinate meat jelly: aspic
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meddler: busybody, buttinsky, kibitzer, snoop, tattletale meddlesome: busy, curious, impudicity, interfering, intrusive, nosy, officious, prying, snooping media: cable, communications, magazines, news, newspaper, press, publishing, radio, television medial: average, center, central, mean, median, middle, ordinary median: average, center, intermediate, mean, medial, middle, midpoint, midway, norm mediate: arbitrate, conciliate, intercede, interpose, intervene, moderate, negotiate, referee, resolve, umpire mediator: agent, arbitrator, broker, gobetween, intercessor, intermediary, judge, moderator, negotiator, ombudsman, peacemaker, referee, umpire medic: doc, doctor, intern, physician, practitioner, surgeon medieval: antiquated, Dark Ages, feudal, Gothic, Middle Ages medieval association of merchants or artisans: gild, guild medieval chemistry: alchemy medieval helmet: armet, sallet medieval liturgical music: plainchant, plainsong medieval merchants' guild: hanse medieval minstrel: jongleur, troubadour medieval municipal corporation: commune medieval peasant: serf medieval political and economic system with vassals: feudal system, feudalism medieval serf: esne medieval tax: geld, murage, scutage, tithe medieval tournament: carousel, joust medieval trade organization: Hanseatic League medieval weapon: crossbow, lance, mace, sword mediocre: acceptable, adequate, average, common, commonplace, fair, indifferent, inferior, mean, medium, middling, moderate, normal, ordinary, passable, pedestrian, presentable, prosaic, second-rate, serviceable, so-so, tolerable mediocre and everyday: ordinary, runof-the-mill, undistinguished, unexceptional, uninspired mediocre in character: bland, insipid
mediocre performer: hack meditate: consider, contemplate, deliberate, dream, mull, muse, ponder, pore, reflect, revolve, ruminate, speculate, study, think, weigh meditation: cogitation, contemplation, examination, mysticism, prayer, thought, TM, yoga meditation chant: mantra meditation folded leg position: lotus meditation, westernized: transcendental meditation medium: average, fair, mean, medial, midst, midway, moderate, normal, ordinary medium or channel: agent, atmosphere, channel, clairvoyant, climate, diviner, environment, fortuneteller, genre, instrument, intermediary, magazine, mediator, music, newspaper, organ, painting, radio, sculpture, setting, television, tool, vehicle, writing medley: assortment, blend, collection, combo, conglomeration, farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, jumble, melange, miscellany, mixture, olio, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi meek: docile, fawning, gentle, humble, lowly, mild, moderate, modest, patient, peaceful, reserved, resigned, servile, sheepish, spineless, subdued, submissive, sycophantic, timid, tolerant, unassertive, unassuming, weak, yielding meet: appropriate, assemble, battle, bump, chance, clash, collide, competition, comply, confer, confront, congregate, connect, contact, contend, contest, convene, converge, cross, duel, encounter, equal, event, face, find, fit, fitting, fulfill, gather, greet, happen, intersect, join, match, moderate, proper, rendezvous, satisfy, sit, suitable, touch, tournament, tryst meet expectations: cut the mustard meet face to face: confront meet former classmates: reune meet halfway: bargain, compromise, deal, middle, settlement meeting: assembly, caucus, conclave, conference, congress, convocation, encountering, huddle, junction, moot, rally, rendezvous, sess, session, union meeting at agreed-upon place: rendezvous
meeting at same point: concurrent meeting chairperson: convener, moderator meeting for academic discussion: colloquium, convention, seminar, symposium meeting for consultation and discussion: conference, powwow meeting for decisions on political delegates, policy, leadership: caucus meeting for decisions on religious policy: consistory meeting for discussion: conversazione, forum meeting for working on ideas: brainstorming meeting of church officials: synod meeting of lovers: assignation, tryst meeting of representatives, formal: congress meeting of the minds: agreement, approval, collection, confrontation, consultation, date, encounter, engagement, forum, gathering, harmony, powwow, rapport, showdown, summit, symposium, tryst meeting offering counsel or instruction: clinic, workshop meeting or assembly for a cause: rally meeting or interaction point: interface meeting program: agenda meeting to confer on subject: symposium meeting with all members present: plenum meeting with leader, formal: audience meeting, minimum number of members needed for formal: quorum meeting, recorded proceedings of a: minutes meeting, secret: conclave meeting, secret, of lovers: tryst meeting, to call a: convene, convoke meeting, to suspend or end a: adjourn meeting, unplanned: encounter megrim: blues, caprice, depression, dizziness, fancy, flounder, headache, melancholy, migraine, unhappiness, vertigo, whim melancholy: atrabilious, blue, cheerless, dejection, depressing, depression, desolation, despair, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, doleful, downcast, downhearted, dreary, dull, dumps, funereal, gloomy, glum, low, moody, pensive, plaintive, sad, sadness, sepulchral, somber, sorrowful, tristful, unhappy, woebegone, woeful
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assistant or emergency technician: paramedic branch for women's health matters: gynecology case history: anamnesis check-up: physical cure-all medicine: panacea equipment and supplies of physician or institution: armamentarium health: rehabilitate inactive substance given to hypochondriac or test subject: placebo insertion of tube into body passage: intubation instrument to hold open a body cavity: speculum large medicinal pill: bolus medical: aesculapian, corrective, curative, healing, iatric, medicinal, therapeutic medical and biological technology: bioengineering medical branch dealing with blood and blood-producing organs: hematology medical branch dealing with infants and children: pediatrics medical branch dealing with nervous system: neurology medical branch dealing with pregnancy and childbirth: obstetrics medical branch dealing with skeletal system, muscles, joints, ligaments: orthopedics medical branch dealing with the skin: dermatology medical branch dealing with urinary tract and urogenital system: urology medical branch dealing with women's health care: gynecology medical branch easing irritation: abirritant medical branch interpreting or establishing facts for law case: forensic medicine medical branch studying disease: pathology medical branches: cardiology, chiropractic, dermatology, diagnostics, endocrinology, general practice, geriatrics, gynecology, internal, neurology, obstetrics, ophthalmology, oral surgery, orthopedics, osteopathy, pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, therapy, urology, veterinary medical center: clinic medical drugs collectively: pharmacopoeia medical instruments: aspirator, audiometer, cannula, CAT scanner, defibrillator, electrocardiograph, endoscope, forceps, iron lung, kymograph, lancet, osteoclast, otoscope, polygraph, retractor, scalpel, speculum, stethoscope medical knowledge relating to legal questions: forensic medicine medical preparation protected by trademark: patent medicine, proprietary medicine medical specialist with diploma: diplomate medical student in supervised practical training: intern medical treatment: paramedic medication inserted in body cavity: suppository medicinal: aesculapian, curing, healing, medical, medicative, pharmaceutic, remedial, salutary, therapeutic medicinal amount: dosage, dose medicinal beverage: tisane medicinal pill: lozenge, pastille, perle, troche medicinal plant or medicine obtained from it: simple medicine: analgesic, antacid, antibiotic, anticoagulant, antidote, antihistamine, antitussive, capsule, cathartic, decongestant, diuretic, emetic, expectorant, hypnotic, injection, laxative, medicament, ointment, paregoric, pill, potion, prescription, sedative, serum, soporific, steroid, tablet, tincture, tranquilizer, vaccine medicine available without prescription: officinal, over-thecounter medicine causing flow of urine: diuretic medicine causing vomiting: emetic medicine for allergies: antihistamine medicine for anxiety: diazepam, tranquilizer, valerian, Valium medicine for arthritis, gout, rheumatism: cortisone medicine for bacterial infection: amoxicillin, antibiotic, sulfonamide, tetracycline medicine for blocked nasal passages: decongestant medicine for blood clotting: anticoagulant, warfarin medicine for causing vomiting after poison ingestion: emetic medicine for constipation: cathartic, laxative, purgative medicine for cough: antitussive medicine for cough, pain, insomnia: codeine medicine for diabetes: insulin medicine for diarrhea, intestinal pain: paregoric medicine for expulsion of phlegm, mucus: expectorant medicine for fever: antipyretic medicine for heart disorder: digitalis, digoxin medicine for increasing urine discharge: diuretic medicine for insomnia: hypnotic, soporific medicine for malaria: quinine medicine for pain: analgesic medicine for Parkinson's disease: L-dopa, levodopa medicine for particular ailment, disorder: specific medicine for shock: noradrenaline, norepinephrine medicine for skin rash: calamine medicine for stomach gas: antacid medicine given by injection: parenteral medicine man: healer, priest, shaman, witch doctor medicine prepared according to doctor's prescription: ethical, magistral medicine to restore health: restorative medicine with secret ingredients: nostrum, quack remedy oath of ethics: Hippocratic oath office or institution where medicines are dispensed: dispensary, pharmacy person receiving clinical training in medical specialty: resident prescription that is mixed: compound
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preventative measure: prophylactic professional symbol: caduceus purgative: enema side effect showing treatment, procedure to be inadvisable: contraindication sweet solution added to medicine to make it taste better: elixir technique involving physical treatment of disorder: modality melancholy and pessimism: weltschmerz melancholy, profound: lypothymia mlange: assortment, combo, hodgepodge, medley, mishmash, mixture, olio, pasticcio melanoma: cancer meld: amalgamate, blend, combine, fuse, incorporate, join, merge, unite melee: affray, battle, brawl, clash, commotion, dogfight, donnybrook, fight, fracas, fray, riot, row, ruckus, scuffle, skirmish meliorate: better, improve, soften mellifluous: golden, honeyed, musical, pleasant, smooth, sugared, sweet, syrupy mellow: age, aged, developed, juicy, mature, matured, relaxed, rich, ripe, ripen, softened, soothing, tender, unhurried melodic: ariose, arioso, canorous, dulcet, melodious melodic material added above or below existing melody: counterpoint, polyphony melodious: agreeable, arioso, canorous, dulcet, harmonious, lyrical, melodic, musical, pleasing, tuneful melodramatic: corny, emotional, exaggerated, sensational, showy, theatrical melody: air, aria, ditty, harmony, lay, lyric, music, refrain, resonance, rhythm, song, strain, theme, tune
technique with needle insertion to relieve pain: acupuncture therapy: modality treatment based on observation and experiment, of: empirical unorthodox medical treatment: alternative medicine W
MELONS
cantaloupe casaba Crenshaw honeydew muskmelon Persian watermelon winter melon W
melody added to melody: counterpoint melody or counterpoint sung higher than the main melody: descant melt: bake, blend, burn, colliquate, cook, deliquesce, disintegrate, dissipate, dissolve, dwindle, flow, flux, fuse, heat, liquefy, perspire, render, scorch, smelt, soften, sweat, thaw, yield melt gradually: deliquesce melt ore and extract metal: smelt melted and clarified: rendered melting: liquescent melting metal, vessel for: crucible member: affiliate, branch, chapter, component, constituent, division, element, fellow, part, piece, portion, section, segment member of body: arm, extremity, leg, limb member of group represented by public official: constituent member of legislative body: legislator member of legislative body in charge of attendance, discipline: Whip member of legislative body, presiding officer: Speaker member or founder of organization, an original: charter member members, not leaders, of organization: rank and file members, to acquire new: enlist, enroll, recruit membership: affiliation, association, brotherhood, club, enrollment, fellowship, group, seat, sisterhood, society membership ceremony of admission: initiation membership trial period: probation membership, end of: expiration membrane around fetus or embryo: amnion, chorion membrane dividing two cavities or masses of tissue: septum membrane lining abdominal cavity: peritoneum
membrane lining closed body cavity: serosa, serous membrane membrane occluding vagina: hymen membrane of inner eyelid: nictitating membrane membrane separating abdominal and thoracic cavities: diaphragm membranous: telar memento: keepsake, relic memoir: account, autobiography, biography, commentary, confessions, diary, journal, narrative, recollection, record, report memorable: celebrated, distinguished, eventful, extraordinary, historic, illustrious, important, impressive, lasting, notable, noteworthy, remarkable, remembered, reminiscent, special, unforgettable memorable point on landscape: landmark memorandum: agenda, announcement, brief, chit, diary, directive, dispatch, letter, message, minute, notation, note, reminder, report memorandum of major points: aide-mmoire memorial: cairn, ceremony, commemorative, mausoleum, memento, memoir, monument, plaque, record, relic, remembrance, shrine, souvenir, statue, testimonial, token, trophy memorial or marker of stone heap: cairn memorize by repetition, routine: rote memorized materials, saying: recitation memory: cognizance, image, mind, prompt, recall, recapture, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence, retention, retrospection, rote memory aid: aide=mmoire, mnemonic, mnemonic device, tickler memory book: album, diary, journal, scrapbook memory loss: amnesia, fugue, lethe, oblivion memory of event: anamnesis, recollection, reminiscence
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memory of experience, confusion of fantasy with: paramnesia memory of precise visual images: photographic memory memory of visual images, distinct: eidetic memory of, in: in memoriam memory, capacity for: recall, retention, retrieval memory, commit to: con, memorize memory, fixed in one's: engraved, inscribed memory, tending to retain: retentive, tenacious memory, to exclude painful: repress memory, very vivid: hypermnesia men, hatred of: misandry menace: bother, danger, hazard, impend, jeopardy, peril, pest, threat, threaten, torment, troublemaker menacing: formidable, frightening, imminent, intimidating, looming, minacious, minatory, threatening menagerie: zoo mend: ameliorate, amend, bar, better, convalesce, correct, cure, darn, doctor, fix, heal, help, improve, knit, patch, rebuild, rectify, recuperate, refurbish, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, resew, restore, sew mendacious: deceitful, dishonest, false, fibbing, lying, untrue, untruthful mendicant: beggar, friar, monk, panhandler, pauper, vagabond menial: base, degrading, demeaning, humble, ignoble, lowly, mean, servant, servile, slavish, sordid, subservient, sycophantic menial worker: peon menstruation blood: menses menstruation cessation: menopause menstruation, abnormal suppression of: amenorrhea menstruation, first: menarche menstruation, membrane shed during: decidua mental: cognitive, crazed, deranged, disturbed, insane, intellectual, intelligent, mind, psychotic, unstable mental age tested, divided by chronological age, multipled by 100: intelligence quotient, IQ mental anguish: dolor mental as opposed to physical: psychogenic mental block: inhibition mental conception: idea mental confusion: amentia
mental discomfort: malaise mental disorder: aphasia, delusion, hypochondria, insanity, megalomania, neurosis, oddity, paranoia, psychosis, quirk, schizophrenia mental disorder involving withdrawal from reality: schizophrenia mental ennui: acedia mental estrangement: alienation mental image, illusory: phantasm, phantasma mental institution: asylum, funny farm, loony bin, madhouse, sanatorium, sanitarium mental institution, consignment to: commitment, committal mental lapse: aberration mental powers impaired: dementia mental quickness: acumen mental telepathy: cryptesthesia, ESP mentality: acumen, attitude, brainpower, discernment, intelligence, makeup, mind, rationality, reasoning, sense mentally alert: agile mentally deficient: backward, retarded mentally deficient person: ament, imbecile mentally imagined, vividly: eidetic mentally retarded person with one brilliant talent: idiot savant mentally sound: compos mentis, sane mentally unsound: non compos mentis mention: allude, allusion, citation, cite, comment, denote, hint, honor, imply, indication, inform, name, notice, observation, quote, record, refer, reference, remark, speak, specify, statement, tribute mention for first time: broach mention indirectly: allude mention individually: specify mention saying something will not be mentioned: apophasis mentor: adviser, coach, counselor, guru, instructor, master, teacher, trainer, tutor menu: bill of fare, card, carte, cuisine, dishes, list, meal, options, program menu special: blue plate menu with separately priced items: a la carte mephitic: foul, noxious, offensive, poisonous, smelly, stinking mercenary: covetous, greedy, hack, hireling, legionnaire, soldier, sordid, venal, vendible, warrior
merchandise: commodities, goods, line, product, staples, stock, wares merchandise, taking back defective: rehibition merchandise, to: advertise, sell merchandising event: sale merchant: broker, businessman, businesswoman, buyer, dealer, exporter, jobber, peddler, purveyor, retailer, salesman, saleswoman, seller, shopkeeper, storekeeper, trader, vendor, wholesaler merchant ship: argosy, oiler merciful: benign, charitable, clement, compassionate, forgiving, humane, kind, lenient, pardoning, sparing, sympathetic, tender merciless: cruel, ferocious, fierce, grim, hard-hearted, harsh, heartless, implacable, inhumane, mean, relentless, ruthless, savage, unyielding, wanton mercurial: adroit, changeable, clever, cunning, flighty, fluctuating, inconstant, lively, quick, quicksilver, shrewd, volatile mercy: benevolence, blessing, charity, clemency, compassion, forgiveness, generosity, goodwill, grace, humanity, kindness, leniency, lenity, pity, ruth, sympathy, tenderness, tolerance mercy killing: euthanasia mere: absolute, bare, boundary, entire, insignificant, limit, little, negligible, only, pure, scant, sheer, simple, slight, small, sole, stark, unadulterated, utter merely: barely, just, only, quite, simply, solely, utterly meretricious: blatant, cheap, deceptive, flashy, glaring, gaudy, junky, loud, misleading, showy merge: absorb, amalgamate, assimilate, blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, consolidate, converge, fush, incorporate, integrate, join, meld, pool, unify, unite merger: alliance, coalition, combination, takeover, unification, union meridian: acme, apex, apogee, circle, climax, culmination, curve, noon, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith merit: award, credit, desert, deserts, deserve, dignity, earn, excellence, rate, reward, stature, virtue, warrant, worth merited or deserved: condign
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MERITORIOUS - METER
meritorious: admirable, commendable, deserving, exemplary, honorable, laudable, worthy meritorious award: honor merriment: amusement, celebration, cheerfulness, conviviality, enjoyment, festivity, frolic, fun, gaiety, glee, jocularity, jollity, joviality, laughter, merrymaking, mirth, revelry merry: blithe, cheerful, festive, frolicsome, gay, glad, gleeful, happy, hilarious, jocose, jocular, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, lively, mirthful, pleasant, sprightly, sunny, vivacious merry-go-round: carousel merrymaking: amusement, carousal, celebration, conviviality, enjoyment, festive, festivity, frolic, jolly, merriment, pleasure, revelry mesa: butte, loma, mountain, peak, plateau, tableland mesh: agree, connect, coordinate, engage, ensnare, entangle, grid, harmonize, interlock, net, netting, network, screen, skein, snare, tangle, web mesmerize: captivate, charm, control, enthrall, fascinate, hold, hypnotize, spellbind mesmerize or stun: petrify, stupefy mess: botch, bungle, clutter, commotion, confusion, crisis, crumple, dabble, debris, difficulty, dilemma, dirty, disarray, dishevel, disorder, eyesore, fiasco, fiddle, hodgepodge, jumble, litter, meal, muddle, mull, pickle, predicament, rations, scramble, shambles, snafu, soil, trouble, wreckage, wrinkle mess around: dabble, dawdle, experiment, fiddle, flirt, fool, play, putter, tinker mess up: blunder, botch, bungle, confuse, dirty, disorganize, err, goof, muff message: bulletin, cable, code, communication, communiqu, dispatch, epistle, information, letter, meaning, memo, memorandum, mission, missive, moral, news, note, point, report, telegram, wire, word message, implied: subtext message, interrupt a: intercept message, pass along a: relay messenger: ambassador, angel, apostle, carrier, courier, crier, delegate, dispatcher, emissary, envoy, evangelist,
go-between, gofer, harbinger, herald, intermediary, legate, mercury, minister, page, pigeon, prophet, runner messy: cluttered, dirty, disheveled, jumbled, sloppy, unkempt, unpleasant, untidy metal alloy of silver and gold: electrum metal alloy of tin and lead, antimony, or copper: pewter metal-and-enamel work: cloisonn metal by heating and beating, to form: forge metal by heating and cooling, to strengthen or harden: anneal, temper metal capable of being drawn out in length, of a: ductile, tensile, tractile metal capable of being shaped, of a: malleable, workable metal decorated by inlaying wavy patterns: damascening metal decorating technique where hollowed out areas are filled with enamel and fired: champlev metal disk: paillette, paten metal disk to be stamped for coin: flan metal fragments from high-explosive shell: shrapnel metal highly resistant to oxidation, corrosion: noble metal metal in alloy, principal: matrix metal in bar or block: ingot metal into thin leaf or foil, hammer or cut: foliate metal is melted and molded, factory where: foundry metal or ore deposit: lode, vein metal piece: dross, filings, gad, ingot, lemel, lode, nugget, paten, pig, scissel, scoria, seam, slag, slug, solder, spline, stope, swarf, vein metal protection: armor, chain mail, mail metal refuse: slag metal sheet: lames, lamina, leaf, plate, tagger metal types: cadmium, cerium, cobalt, copper, erbium, gold, iridium, iron, lead, lutecium, mercury, osmium, pewter, platinum, potassium, radium, silver, solium, terbium, tin, uranium, yttrium, zinc metal with wavy inlay or etching, decorate: damascene metal worker: blacksmith, coppersmith, goldsmith, riveter, silversmith, smith, tinsmith metal, concerning: metallic, metalliferous, ory, tinny
metal, dissolve or wear away: corrode metal, engrave or emboss: chase, enchase metal, impurity on molten: dross metal, nonprecious: base metal metal, precious: gold, platinum, silver metal, weakness in: fatigue metallic ore, mass left over from smelting: scoria, slag metallic parts, fusible alloys used to join: solder metallic sound: clang, clank, clink, ting metals and alloys, science of: metallurgy metals by applying heat, join: weld metals shaped by hammering: wrought metals, mixture of two or more: alloy metals, vessel for melting: crucible metalware with enamel or lacquer design: tole metamorphose: alter, change, mutate, transfigure, transform, transmute metamorphosis: alteration, change, conversion, evolution, modification, mutation, permutation, rebirth, reformation, transfiguration, transformation, translation, transmogrification, transmutation, transubstantiation metaphor: allegory, analogy, comparison, figure of speech, image, simile, symbol, trope metaphor is identified, word or phrase with which the vehicle of a: tenor metaphor or exaggerated comparison: conceit metaphorical: figurative metaphysical: abstract, abstruse, esoteric, immaterial, intangible, philosophical, supernatural, transcendental, unearthly mete: administer, allocate, allot, apportion, bound, boundary, disburse, dispense, distribute, dole, give, limit, measure meteor: falling star meteor shower, celestial origin of: radiant meteor that is as bright or brighter than planets: bolide, fireball meteoric: blazing, brief, celestial, dazzling, flashing, rapid, spectacular, sudden, swift meteorologist: forecaster, weatherman, weatherwoman meteors, study of: aerolithology meter: arrangement, beat, cadence, measure, measurement, music, pattern, rhythm, swing, time, verse
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METER, ONE-HUNDRETH - MILD
meter, one-hundreth: centimeter meter, one-tenth: decimeter meter, one-thousandth: millimeter method: approach, fashion, form, formula, manner, means, mode, modus operandi, order, pattern, plan, procedure, process, routine, rule, science, strategy, style, system, technique, usage, way method based on observation or experiment, of a: empirical method of learning by discovery, educational: heuristic method of operating: MO, modus operandi method of teaching reading and spelling based on phonetic interpretation: phonics method of transporting oil: pipage method planned to achieve specific goal: strategy, tactics method, therapeutic: modality methodical: deliberate, exact, meticulous, orderly, organized, precise, systematic meticulous: careful, detailed, exact, fastidious, finical, fussy, methodical, neat, painstaking, persnickety, precise, punctilious, scrupulous, thorough mtier: business, calling, career, craft, forte, line, occupation, profession, specialty, trade, work metric: ampere, candela, carat, centigram, centiliter, centimeter, decigram, deciliter, decimeter, dekagram, dekaliter, dekameter, gram, hectare, hectogram, hectoliter, hectometer, hour, kelvin, kilogram, kiloliter, kilometer, liter, meter, micromillimeter, milligram, milliliter, millimeter, minute, radian, second, steradian, stere, ton, tonne metric prefixes: atto, billi, centi, deci, deka, femto, giga, hecto, kilo, mega, micro, milli, nano, pico, tera metrical patterns, analysis of verse into: scansion metrical time unit, minimal: mora metropolitan: bishop, city, cosmopolitan, municipal, urban mettle: bravery, character, courage, fire, guts, nerve, quality, spirit, spunk, vigor mettlesome: alley, ardent, brave, courtyard, fiery, hideaway, meow, peppery, plucky, seagull, spirited, spunky, street, valiant
Mexican blanket-like shawl: serape Mexican cactus: mescal Mexico food: arepa, atole, chile, enchilada, frijoles, guacamole, quesadilla, salsa, taco, tamale, tortilla, tostada mezzanine: balcony, entresol microbe: bacillus, bacteria, germ, microorganism, organism, parasite microchip: integrated circuit microcosm: small world microfilm sheet: fiche, microfiche microorganism: aerobe, bacillus, bacterium, germ, microbe, protozoan, spirillum, virus microorganism carrier: vector microphone interference-preventer: baffle microphone receiver converting sound to signal: diaphragm microphone return of output as input: feedback microphone, long movable arm used for: boom microscope eyepiece: ocular microscope lens or lenses: objective microscope slide, thin specimen for: section microscope slide, to put a specimen on a: mount microscope with high-intensity illumination: dark-field microscope, ultramicroscope microscope, visible without: macroscopic microscopic: atomic, infinitesimal, little, minute, small, tiny microscopic organism: amoeba, animalcule microscopic protozoan, oval ciliate: Paramecium microscopic single-celled organism: protozoan, protozoon microwave tube creating power: magnetron midday rest period: siesta middle: average, belly, between, center, central, core, halfway, intermediate, intervening, marrow, mean, medial, median, midst, midway, waist Middle Ages: medieval middle-class: bourgeois, common, ordinary middle ear: tympanum middle ear bone: anvil Middle East cone-shaped felt hat with tassel: fez middle finger: mdius middle finger's tip: dactylion
middle ground: juste-milieu middle number in distribution: median middle of sequence of events: in mdias res middle of word, letters inserted in: infix middle or average, ideal: golden mean middle or intermediate factor: tertium quid middle way: via media middle, in the: intermediate middleman: agent, broker, dealer, distributor, factor, go-between, huckster, intermediary, liaison, middlewoman, retailer, salesperson, trader middling: average, common, fair, indifferent, mediocre, medium, moderate, okay, ordinary, so-so midget: dwarf, homunculus, manikin, miniature, munchkin, pygmy, small, tiny midmorning tea/coffee with snack: elevenses midst: among, between, center, core, depth, halfway, heart, mean, medium, middle, midpoint, thick midwife: accoucheuse, assistant, practitioner mien: air, appearance, aspect, attitude, aura, bearing, behavior, carriage, conduct, countenance, demeanor, deportment, guise, look, mannerism, ostent, presence, semblance, style miff: anger, annoy, bother, displease, irritate, offend, spat, upset might: ability, capability, clout, control, domination, drawn, may, muscle, power, strength, supremacy mighty: able, courageous, enormous, extensive, forceful, great, heroic, huge, imposing, massive, monumental, omnipotent, potent, powerful, puissant, stalwart, strong, towering, tremendous, vast, vigorous, violent migraine: headache, megrim migrant: drifter, itinerant, mover, nomad, transient migrate: drift, move, relocate, roam, rover, trek, travel, wander migration: diaspora, exodus, flight, journey, movement, passage migratory: mobile, moving, nomadic, roving, seasonal, transient, wandering migratory, non-: sedentary mild: balmy, benign, bland, clement, cool, delicate, docile, easy, easygoing, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, indulgent, kind, lenient, medium,
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meek, moderate, pleasant, smooth, soft, soothing, tame, temperate, tranquil, unassuming, warm mild cigar: claro mild climate, of a: temperate mild reproof: admonition mild substitute for offensive word: euphemism mildew: blight, fungus, mold, must mildness: lenity milestone: achievement, anniversary, breakthrough, event, landmark, milepost, plateau, step milieu: ambience, atmosphere, climate, environment, scene, setting, surroundings militant: aggressive, belicose, combative, defiant, fighter, martial, soldier, warlike, warring, warrior milk fermented by bacteria: yogurt milk heated to kill microorganisms: pasteurized milk included: au lait milk made uniform in consistency: homogenized milk of camel or mare, fermented: kumiss milk of cow, first: beestings, colostrum milk plant: dairy milk sugar: lactose milk types: condensed, cream, dried, evaporated, formula, goat's, homogenized, low fat, mother's, pasteurized, powdered, skim, two-percent, whole milk watery part: serum, whey milk with sugar added, reduced thick: condensed milk milk, concentrated unsweetened: evaporated milk milk, concerning: lacteal, lactic milk, sour curdled: clabber milk, to: bleed, drain, draw, elicit, empty, exhaust, exploit, nurse, siphon, squeeze, suckle milk, to get baby off mother's: wean milk, to produce: lactate milk, to squeeze out: express milkshake: cabinet, frapp, milk shake, shake, velvet milksop: chicken, coward, jellyfish, lightweight, milquetoast, mollycoddle, pansy, pantywaist, sissy, weakling, wimp, yellowbelly milky: chalky, cloudy, lacteal, lactescent, opaline, pearly, white milky liquid: emulsion mill: beat, box, crush, device, dress,
fight, finish, granulate, grind, knurl, polish, powder, pulverize, roam, shape, thrash, transform millennium: golden age, happiness, paradise, prosperity, serenity, thousand years, Utopia million metric tons of TNT: megaton million million: tera-, trillion million million million: exa-, quintillion million million millionth: picomillion millionth: micromillstone: affliction, burden, load, responsibility mime: actor, ape, apery, buffoon, clown, copy, farce, imitate, impersonate, jester, mimic, represent mimic: actor, actress, ape, burlesque, comedian, copycat, copying, counterfeit, echo, imitate, impersonate, impressionist, mime, mock, parrot, ridicule, simulate, thespian, trouper mimic bird: myna mimicry of a work: parody, pastiche mince: chop, cut, grind, hash minced sheep or calf innards cooked in the animal's stomach, Scottish: haggis mincing: affected, dainty, delicate, fussy, genteel, la-di-da, persnickety, pretentious mind: belief, brain, concentration, faculty, feeling, inclination, instinct, intellect, intelligence, memory, mentality, opinion, outlook, psyche, reason, recollection, regard, sanity, senses, sentiment, spirit, thoughts, view, will mind and soul, cosmic: logos, nous mind-expanding: psychedelic mind on the body, concerned with the influence of the: psychosomatic mind over matter: psychokinesis mind reading: cryptes thesia, telepathy mind, bringing to: presentative mind, of sound: compos mentis, sane mind, originating in the: psychogenic mindful: alert, attentive, awake, aware, careful, cautious, cognizant, conscious, observant, sensible mindless: asinine, foolish, forgetful, idiotic, inattentive, insane, negligent, oblivious, regardless, silly, stupid, thoughtless, unattuned, unintelligent mine: cache, cavity, colliery, deposit, excavation, explosive, gallery, hole, lode, passage, pit, quarry, sap, scoop, shaft, supply, tunnel, vein
mine access: adit mine and its physical plant, coal: colliery mine car: tram mine deposit: lode mine excavation by steps: stope mine levels, inclined shaft between: winze mine parallel to vein, almost horizontal entrance to: drift mine roof, prop to support: gib, sprag mine shaft, hole at lowest point: sump mine shaft, rigging for hauling and lifting in: headgear mine, to: burrow, delve, dig, drill, unearth mine types: coal, copper, diamond, gold, iron, open pit, quartz, silver, strip, surface mine ventilation partition: brattice mine ventilation shaft: upcast mine with seams and outcrops close to ground level, open: strip mine miner: collier, digger, dredger, excavator, prospector, sapper mineral deposit: lode, nest, placer, reef, seam, vein mineral deposits, to search for: prospect mineral ores, divination to find: rhabdomancy mineral spring: spa mineral water: seltzer water mineral, nonmetallic: asbestos, boron, gangue, graphite, gypsum, halite, iodine, spar mineral, soft: gypsum, talc minerals into a mine to deceive, to place: salt miner's lamp: Davy lamp, safety lamp mines after fire or explosion, asphyxiating gases in: afterdamp, blackdamp, chokedamp minesweeping equipment: paravane mingle: amalgamate, associate, blend, circulate, coalesce, combine, commingle, compound, fuse, immix, intermix, join, meld, merge, mix, network, socialize, unite miniature: diminutive, lilliputian, little, microscopic, midget, mini, miniscule, minute, petite, pocket, small, teeny, tiny, toy miniature Japanese tree: bonsai miniature people: pygmy miniature representative system: microcosm
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MILITARY TERMS
aircraft with single mission: sortie ancient Roman unit of 3000-6000 troops: legion ancient Roman unit of 300-600 troops: cohort ancient Roman unit of 60-120 troops: maniple attack: blitzkrieg, incursion, raid braided cord on left shoulder of uniform: fourragre bugle call in morning: reveille cap with flat circular top and visor: kepi civilians organized in military fashion, of: paramilitary commanding officer of military organization: CO, commandant commendation for outstanding service: citation compulsory military service: conscription concerning the military: martial, warlike decoration for wounded in action: Purple Heart dismiss from service for disciplinary reasons, to: cashier extra military forces sent in: reinforcements force into military service, to: commandeer, impress, pressgang, shanghai heavy military equipment: hardware hierarchy: chain of command high-ranking military officer: brass hat important military message: dispatch leave of absence: furlough lodging for military troops: billet, quarter menial labor in the military: fatigue military academy freshman: plebe military base and training center: depot military base in another country: outpost military detachment for particular job: detail military equipment: caisson, camion, catapult, jeep, matriel, ordnance, tank military expedition: anabasis military green: olive drab military group: army, battalion, cadre, camp, cavalry, company, corps, division, drill, echelon, file, force, formation, guard, legion, line, parade, platoon, regiment, reserve, review, squad, troop, unit military intervention used in diplomacy: gunboat diplomacy military operation times: h-hours military operations dealing with matriel and personnel: logistics military person: adjutant, aide, brigadier, captain, colonel, minimal: bare, basic, insignificant, least, littlest, minimum, slightest, smallest, token minimal amount of an element: atom minimize: belittle, decrease, depreciate, diminish, disparage, downplay, lessen, reduce minimize importance: play down, softpedal minimum: least, littlest, lowest, mere, minimal, slightest, smallest, speck commander, constabulary, estafet, gendarmes, general, Green Beret, guard, lieutenant, major, marshal, MP, patrol, subaltern military planning: logistics military prisoner: POW military unit of troops or ships on special mission: detachment, task force minor battle: skirmish nonmilitary person: civilian officer such as corporal, sergeant, petty officer: NCO, noncommissioned officer officer trainee: cadet officer who is second lieutenant or higher: commissioned officer officer's assistant: adjutant, aide-de-camp officers planning operations: general staff position established in enemy territory: beachhead, bridgehead, foothold, salient post: garrison post in western U.S.: presidio promotion in rank with no pay raise: brevet reduction or abolition of military forces and armaments: disarmament remove military forces or installations: demilitarize request for military supplies: requisition required sign-up for military duty: conscript, draft, levy service stripe: hashmark shops on base: post exchange, PX sign up for military duty: enlist, enroll, recruit small military fighting force: commando smallest military unit: squad student at military school: cadet subdivision of military force: echelon switch from military control to civilian control: demilitarize system for supplying an army with food: commissariat temporary encampment: bivouac to discharge military service: demobilize trial by military court: court-martial troops contributed to a military effort: contingent unit fighting on sea and land: marine unit that fights from vehicles or horseback: cavalry unit that fights on foot: infantry unit trained to parachute: paratroopers W
minimum means needed to sustain life: subsistence minimum members needed to conduct official business of organization: quorum mining of coal by stripping off soil rather than sinking shaft: strip mining mining tool, rock-boring: trepan minion: dainty, darling, delicate, dependent, favorite, follower, idol, re-
tainer, subordinate, sycophant minister: agent, ambassador, attendant, chaplain, clergy, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, evangelist, father, padre, parson, pastor, preacher, priest, rabbi, reverend minister's charge: pastorate minister's or priest's residence: manse, parsonage, rectory minister's spot: pulpit
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MINISTRY SCHOOL - MINT, TO
MINERALS
acanthite cassiterite goethite mineral wax silica actinolite celestite graphite molybdenite silicate alabaster cerussite gummite monazite silicon albite chalcedony gypsum muscovite mica/isinsmaltite/smaltine allanite chalcocite halite glass smithsonite alunite chalcopyrite hatchettine natrolite sodalite amblygonite chlorite hematite nepheline/nephelite soda niter amphibole chromite hemimorphite niccolite spar anadalusite chrysoberyl heulandite obsidian sperrylite analcime cinnabar holosiderite olivenite sphalerite anglesite clay hornblende olivine sphene anhydrite coal hypersthene orpiment spinel antimony cobaltite/cobaltine idocrase orthoclase spodumene apatite coke ilmenite ozokerite stannite aplite colemanite iolite peat staurolite apophyllite columbite iron pyrites pentlandite stibnite aragonite cordierite jadeite perlite stilbite argentite corundum jet phenakite/phenacite strontianite argillite covellite kaolinite phlogopite sulfur arsenic crocoite/crocoisite kernite phosphate rock sylvanite arsenopyrite cryolite kyanite phosphorus sylvite/sylvine/ asbestos cuprite lazulite pitchblende sylvinite asphalt cyanotrichite lazurite polybasite talc augite dendrite lepidolite psilomelane tantalite autunite diamond leucite pumice tellurium aventurine/aventurin diaspore lignite pumicite tetrahadrite azurite diatomite lime pyrargyrite thorite barite diopside limonite pyrite (fool's gold) topaz bauxite dolomite magnesite pyrolusite torbernite beryl dumortierite magnetite pyromorphite tourmaline biotite elaterite malachite pyrophyllite tremolite bismuth emery maltha pyroxene tripoli bitumen enstatite manganite pyrrhotite/pyrrhotine trona blue john epidote marcasite quartz ulexite borax epsomite marl realgar uraninite bornite erythrite meerschaum red clay vanadinite boron feldspar mica rhodochrosite vermiculite brimstone fluorite microlite rhodonite willemite bromine fluorspar millerite rock witherite brookite franklinite mineral charcoal rock salt wolframite brucite gadolinite mineral coal rutile wollastonite minor league: bush ministry calcite school: seminary galena mineral oil league scapolite troubadour wulfenite mint condition: brand-new, excellent, minor mistake: lapse minor: carbon incidental, insignificant, garnet lesser, mineral salt scheelite zeolite fresh, new, undamaged little, petty, secondary, slight, small, minor planet: asteroid carnallite garnierite mineral tallow serpentine zincite mint family plant: basil subordinate, superficial, trivial, minority: adolescence, group, immatucarnotite glauconite mineral tar siderite mint flavoring: menthol zoisiteW unimportant rity, nonage, youth minor cut: nick minor god or inferior deity: demigod minor in age: adolescent, child, dependent, infant, juvenile, nonage, teenager, underage, youth minority group gradually adopting ways of prevailing culture: assimilation minstrel: bard, entertainer, gleeman, harper, jongleur, musician, performance, player, poet, show, singer, mint for specimen coins, chest at: pyx mint, as money: bundle, coin, fortune, heap, money, stamp mint, to: fabricate, invent, manufacture, mold
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MINTING OF COINS, REVENUE FROM - MISHAP
minting of coins, revenue from: seigniorage minus: defect, deficiency, diminished, from, lacking, less, negative, subtract, without minuscule: diminutive, insignificant, microscopic, minute, small, tiny, unimportant minute: atomic, blow-by-blow, detailed, exact, flash, immaterial, in re, insignificant, instant, jiffy, lilliputian, little, meticulous, microscopic, minuscule, mite, petty, piddling, precise, record, second, shake, slight, small, teeny, thorough, tiny, trifling, unimportant, wee minute arachnid: mite minute groove: stria minute particle: atom minutes: acta, notes, proceedings, record, summary minutiae: details, ins and outs, items, odds and ends, particulars, trivia minx: coquette, flirt, hussy, jade, slut, woman miracle: feat, marvel, mystery, phenomenon, portent, sign, wonder miracle substance for turning metal into gold: philosophers' stone miracles, performer of: thaumaturgist miraculous: amazing, astonishing, divine, extraordinary, magical, marvelous, mysterious, spectacular, supernatural, wonderful, wondrous miraculous solution: magic bullet mirage: delusion, dream, fata morgana, hallucination, illusion, optical illusion, phantasm, vision mire: bog, define, delay, embroil, entangle, fen, glar, marsh, muck, mud, ooze, quag, quicksand, slough, sludge, stall, swamp, tangle mirror: ape, copy, echo, emulate, exemplar, exemplify, image, imitate, looking glass, mimic, model, reflection, speculum mirror mounted on swiveling frame: cheval glass mirror, inversion of left and right as seen in: lateral inversion mirror, reflective metal coating on back of glass: foil, tain mirror, signaling with sun on: heliograph mirrors, relating to: catoptric mirth: amusement, cheerfulness, delight, festivity, frivolity, fun, gaiety, gladness, glee, happiness, hilarity,
jocularity, jollity, joy, joyousness, levity, merriment, playfulness, pleasure, spleen misadventure: accident, adversity, blow, blunder, boner, catastrophe, debacle, disaster, error, faux pas, lapse, mishap misanthrope: hater misanthropic: antisocial, cynical, distrustful, unfriendly, unsociable misappropriate: defalcate, embezzle, misuse, steal, swindle misbegotten: fatherless, illegitimate, unlawful misbehave: act up, disobey, transgress misbehavior: disrespect, impropriety, misconduct, misdeed, shenanigans miscalculate: blunder, err, miscount, misinterpret, misjudge, overestimate, overshoot, underestimate miscarriage: botch, failure, malfunction, misdeed, mishap, mismanagement, mistake, spontaneous abortion miscarry by animal: slink miscellaneous: assorted, diverse, heterogeneous, mixed, motley, random, scattered, sundry, varied miscellany: ana, anthology, assortment, blend, collection, combination, compilation, hodgepodge, medley, melee, mixture, olio, omniumgatherum, potpourri, variety mischance: accident, catastrophe, misadventure, misfortune, mishap mischief: damage, devilment, devilry, deviltry, espiglerie, evil, harm, hob, hurt, injury, knavery, misbehavior, misdeed, naughtiness, prank, rascality, roguery, shenanigans, trouble, waggery mischief-maker: gremlin, hellion, imp, pixie, rogue, scamp mischievous: apish, devilish, elfin, elfish, evil, harmful, impish, injurious, knavish, naughty, playful, prankish, roguish, sly, sportive, teasing, tricky, vexing, waggish, wicked mischievous activity: hanky panky misconception: delusion, error, fallacy, misjudgment, mistake misconduct: disorder, impropriety, malfeasance, misbehavior, misdoing, mismanage, offense, transgression, wrongdoing misconduct in public office: malversation, misprision
misconstrue: distort, miscalculate, misconceive, misinterpret, misjudge, misunderstand miscreant: blackguard, evildoer, heretic, infidel, knave, malefactor, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, transgressor, unbeliever, villain, wretch miscue: blooper, err, error, fluff, mistake, slip misdeed: crime, delinquency, fault, indiscretion, mischief, misdemeanor, offense, sin, transgression, violation, wrongdoing misdemeanor: criminality, violation mise-en-scne: ambience, atmosphere, climate, environment, locale, site, stage setting, surroundings miser: cheapskate, churl, curmudgeon, hoarder, niggard, pennypincher, Scrooge, skinflint, tightwad miserable: abject, depressed, despicable, discomfort, disconsolate, doleful, feeble, forlorn, gloomy, hopeless, melancholy, pitiful, poor, shabby, sorrowful, sorry, woebegone, woeful, wretched miserly: avaricious, cheap, close, closefisted, covetous, frugal, greedy, ironfisted, mean, near, parsimonious, penurious, scrimping, stingy, tight miserly person: curmudgeon, pennypincher, Scrooge, skinflint, tightwad misery: ache, adversity, affliction, agony, ailment, anguish, burden, calamity, depression, desolation, despair, distress, gloom, grief, melancholy, misfortune, pain, sadness, sorrow, suffering, torment, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness misfortune: accident, adversity, affliction, ambsace, bad luck, catastrophe, calamity, curse, disaster, dole, harm, misadventure, mischance, misery, mishap, tragedy, trouble, woe misgiving: alarm, apprehension, distrust, doubt, qualm, suspicion, uncertainty, unease misguided: confused, foolish, misdirected, misinformed, misled, mismanaged mishandle: abuse, botch, bungle, fumble, maltreat, mismanage, muff mishap: accident, blunder, boner, casualty, disaster, error, fiasco, misadventure, misfortune, tragedy
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MISHMASH - MITIGATE
mishmash: heterogeneity, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, mlange, mixture, olio, pasticcio, pastiche misinform: deceive, lie, misdirect, misguide, mislead, misstate misinterpret: distort, err, misunderstand, miscalculate, misconceive, misconstrue, misread, pervert misjudge: err, miscalculate, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misthink, overestimate, presume, underestimate mislay: displace, lose, misplace mislead: bait, bamboozle, beguile, betray, bilk, bluff, cheat, deceive, delude, dupe, equivocate, fool, hoodwink, inveigle, misdirect, misguide, misinform, mismanage, seduce misleading: ambiguous, confusing, deceiving, deceptive, distorted, equivocal, factitious, false, fraudulent, illusory, inaccurate, sham misleading information, deliberately: disinformation misled: hoodwinked mismanage: botch, bungle, misgovern, mishandle, misinterpret, muff misplace: disarrange, displace, lose, mislay, unsettle misplay: bobble, error, fumble, miscue, muff, renege misprint: typo misrepresent: belie, bend, deceive, disguise, distort, falsify, feign, lie, mislead, misstate, twist, wrench misrepresentation: chicanery, exaggeration, pretense, untruth miss: avoid, desire, disregard, err, escape, fail, failure, fault, flub, forget, ignore, lack, miscue, misfire, mistake, muff, neglect, omission, omit, overlook, skip, want, yearn missile: arrow, bomb, bullet, dart, ICBM, minuteman, nike, patriot, projectile, rocket, scud, sidewinder, spear, torpedo, trajectile, weapon missile guided by gyroscopic device: buzz bomb, flying bomb, robot bomb missile housing: silo missile launched from ground against airborne target: surface-to-air missile missile part containing explosives, etc.: warhead missile path or course: trajectory missile system with multiple warheads launched by one rocket: MIRV missile with freefalling descent, selfpowered ascent: ballistic missile
missile, self-propelled: projectile missile, self-propelled underwater: torpedo missile, unmanned aircraft serving as self-contained: cruise missile missile's explosive charge: payload missile's lateral deviation: azimuth missile's turning about vertical axis: yaw missiles, simultaneous release of several: salvo missing: absent, AWOL, gone, lacking, lost, misplaced, omitted missing person: absentee mission: assignment, calling, charge, commission, duty, embassy, errand, goal, legation, ministry, objective, purpose, task, undertaking mission, agent sent on a: emissary mission, government representative sent on a: envoy mission, to question about knowledge or intelligence gained during: debrief missionary: apostle, converter, evangelist, promoter, propagandist missive: billet, dispatch, epistle, letter, memorandum, message, note, report misspelling: cacography misspellings used to represent dialect, nonstandard speech (e.g. luv): eye dialect misspent: frittered, misapplied, squandered, wasted misstate: color, confuse, distort, misrepresent, twist, warp misstatement: falsehood, falsity, prevarication, tale, untruth misstep: blooper, bungle, error, faux pas, miscue, mistake, slip, slipup, stumble, trip mist: blur, brume, cloud, condensation, damp, dew, drizzle, film, fog, haze, mist, moisture, murk, obscure, precipitation, rain, smog, sprinkle mistake: balk, bloomer, blooper, blunder, bobble, boner, bungle, err, erratum, error, faux pas, folly, miscalculate, misconceive, miscue, misinterpret, misstep, omission, oversight, slip, slipup mistake in argument or conclusion: paralogism mistake in grammar: misconstruction, solecism mistake in printed text: typo mistake one thing for another: confound, mix up
mistake revealing unconscious thought or emotion, verbal: Freudian slip, lapsus linguae, slip of the tongue mistake, likely to make a: fallible mistake, social: faux pas, gaffe mistake, stupid: boner, clanger, howler, pratfall mistaken: confused, erroneous, false, in error, inaccurate, incorrect, misguided, misinformed, wrong mistaken idea, to free from a: disabuse mistaken thought or idea: misapprehension, misconception, misunderstanding mistaken use of word or phrase: catachresis, malapropism mistaken, to prove someone: confute, rebut, refute mistakes noted for book: corrigenda mistreat: abuse, harm, injure, mishandle, outrage, violate mistress: chatelaine, concubine, courtesan, dozy, hostess, housekeeper, kept woman, ladylove, lover, paramour, sweetheart mistress of fashionable household: chatelaine mistress, abandoned: grass widow mistrust: apprehension, concern, doubt, dubiety, question, skepticism, suspect, wonder mistrusting: disbelieving, leery, skeptical misty: bleary, blurred, clouded, dim, filmy, foggy, hazy, indistinct, musky, nebulous, obscure, sentimental, vague, vapory misunderstand: misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret misunderstanding: argument, conflict, confusion, difference, disagreement, dispute, feud, misconception, mistake, quarrel, spat, squabble misunderstanding between generations: generation gap misuse: abuse, exploit, maltreat, misapplication, misappropriate, mistreat, negligence, outrage, pervert mite: acarid, atom, bit, bug, insect, iota, minim, minute, nit, parasite, particle, smidgen, speck, tick mites, infestation with: acariasis mitigate: abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bate, calm, cushion, diminish, ease, lessen, lighten, moderate, pacify, palliate, placate, quell, reduce, relax, relieve, slake, soften, soothe, sweeten, temper, tone
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MIX - MODEST mix: alloy, amalgamate, associate, blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, compound, concoct, confuse, consort, cross, crossbreed, fuse, fusion, hybridize, incorporate, interbreed, intermingle, join, jumble, link, merge, mingle, shuffle, socialize, stir, toss, unite, whip mix and combine: blend, meld mix and combine to make new whole: homologize, synthesize mix and unite: assimilate, integrate, merge mix by inserting: interlard, intersperse mix into social situation or crowd: fraternize, mingle mix to uniform consistency: homogenize mix up: addle, confound, confuse, disorder, disrupt, disturb, fluster, muddle, perplex mix-up: confusion, disorder, melee, mess, mistake, snafu, tangle mix up ingredients: concoct mixed: assorted, blended, diverse, heterogeneous, hybrid, impure, inconclusive, intermingled, miscellaneous, mongrel, motley mixed and varied: miscellaneous mixed feelings: ambivalence mixed in interests: diversified mixed in origin: half-breed, hybrid mixed metaphor: catachresis mixed or dissimilar elements, having: diffuse, heterogeneous, multifarious, omnifarious mixed origin or composition, of: hybrid, mongrel mixed race relationship: miscegenation mixing paint board with thumb hole: palette mixing reagents to determine concentration of a solution: titration mixing, counteract in: neutralize mixing, something added by: admixture mixing, unable to undergo: immiscible mixture: admixture, amalgam, assortment, batch, blend, brew, collection, combination, composite, compound, concoction, conglomeration, fusion, hash, hodgepodge, medley, melange, mess, miscellany, mishmash, olio, potpourri, stew, variety mixture of cement, sand and water: mortar mixture of chemical elements: compound mixture of dissimilar ingredients: alloy, amalgam, farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hybrid, jumble, medley, melange, miscellany, mishmash, motley, olio, olla podrida, omniumgatherium, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi mixture of substances with different consistencies: colloid, emulsion, suspension moan: complain, cry, deplore, grieve, groan, grumble, lament, sob, sough, wail, weep, whimper, whine moat: barrier, channel, ditch, fosse, trench moat, walled ditch, or hedge: ha-ha mob: clique, crowd, drove, flock, gang, gathering, group, herd, masses, multitude, pack, populace, rabble, ring, surround, swarm, syndicate mob rule: mobocracy, ochlocracy mobile: changeable, fluid, locomotive, migratory, movable, portable, sculpture, traveling, unstable mobilize: activate, assemble, gather, marshal, muster, prepare, rally mobster: criminal, gangster, hood, hoodlum, mafia mock: ape, parody, artificial, banter, burlesque, caricature, copy, counterfeit, deceive, deride, disappoint, fake, false, farce, fleer, flout, imitate, imitation, insult, jape, jeer, jibe, joke, lampoon, mimic, ridicule, scoff, scorn, sham, sneer, stimulated, taunt, tease mock attack: feint mock or criticize: pillory mock or ridicule: deride, derogate, gibe, heckle, jeer, make fun of, scoff at, taunt mock trial: kangaroo court, moot court mock-up: model mockery: burlesque, derision, farce, imitation, irony, joke, laughingstock, parody, ridicule, sarcasm, satire, sham, spoof, travesty, trifle mocking piece of writing: burlesque, caricature, lampoon, parody, pasquinade, pastiche, satire, spoof, travesty mocking whistle: catcall mocking, cynically: sardonic mod: chic, fashionable, latest, modern, offbeat, stylish, up-to-date mode: appearance, approach, attitude, chic, custom, fad, fashion, flair, form, look, manner, method, modus, order, rage, state, style, system, technique, trend, variety, vogue, way model: archetype, avatar, blueprint, build, copy, design, display, effigy, example, exemplar, exemplary, facsimile, fashion model, figure, form, gauge, ideal, imitate, manikin, mannequin, miniature, mirror, mockup, mold, parade, paradigm, paragon, pattern, perfect, plan, portrait, poser, prototype, replica, reproduction, shape, sitter, standard, symbol, type, typical, version, wear model cut to show interior: cutaway model for clothes display: mannequin model for larger system, small system regarded as: microcosm model literary passage: locus classicus model of greatly reduced size: miniature model of intended work in sculpture, architecture: maquette model of solar system, mechanical: orrery model plane wood: balsa model, old astronomical: armillary sphere moderate: abate, alleviate, arbitrate, average, balanced, bate, bland, calm, conservative, control, decrease, diminish, ease, even, fair, gentle, lessen, lower, mediate, mediocre, medium, middle of the road, mild, ordinary, prudent, qualify, reasonable, slacken, slight, sober, soft, soften, temper, temperate moderation: abstinence, balance, control, diminution, limitation, measure, prudence, restraint, restriction, steadiness, temperance moderation, quality of wise: sophrosyne moderator: arbitrator, bater, chairman, chairwoman, judge, mediator, peacemaker, umpire modern: avant-garde, contemporary, current, fashionable, latter-day, neoteric, new, novel, prevailing, recent, up-to-date modern and of the highest level of development: high-tech, state-of-theart modern, extremely: avant-garde, futuristic modern, needlessly new and: newfangled modern, opposite of: classical modernization: aggiornamento modernize: improve, refresh, refurbish, rejuvenate, renovate, reorganize, update modest: average, bashful, chaste, coy,
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MODEST ABOUT ONE'S VALUE - MONASTIC
decent, demure, diffident, humble, meek, mild, moderate, plain, prim, reasonable, reserved, retiring, shy, simple, unassuming, unexcessive, unobtrusive, unpretentious, unshowy, virtuous modest about one's value: selfdeprecating modest and in background: selfeffacing, unobtrusive modesty: bashfulness, coyness, demureness, humility, pudency, reserve, shyness, virtue modicum: iota, tinge modify: adapt, alter, amend, change, etude, influence, lessen, limit, mitigate, moderate, reduce, reorganize, revise, rework, soften, transform, vary modish: chic, contemporary, dashing, fashionable, happening, snazzy, stylish, swank, trendy, voguish modulate: adjust, change, harmonize, regulate, temper, tone, tune modus operandi: method, operation, organization, procedure, system, way mogul: autocrat, baron, bump, lord, magnate, mongol, mongolian, mound, personage, ruler, tsar, tycoon moiety: affiliation, component, element, fraction, half, part, piece, portion, share moist: clammy, damp, dank, dewy, humid, rainy, wet moist medicinal mass: poultice moist, sticky stuff: muck moisten: anoint, bedew, dabble, dampen, dip, humidify, irrigate, saturate, soak, sparge, sprinkle, water, wet moisten with oil: embrocate moisten while cooking: baste moisture: dampness, dew, drizzle, humidity, liquid, mist, precipitation, rain, vapor, water, wetness moisture-absorbing: deliquescent moisture in air, measurement of: hygrometry moisture, promoting retention of: humectant moisture, soaked with: saturated moisture, without any: dehydrated mold: adapt, cast, character, devise, die, fashion, form, fungus, humus, knead, make, mildew, model, moulage, must, pattern, plot, sculpture, shape, stamp, transform mold for casting: matrix
mold in which objects are cast: die molding around door, window: architrave molding around walls and near ceiling: cornice molding as design, horizontal: cornice, stringcourse, table molding edge: arris molding of footprints, etc. at crime scene: moulage molding projecting from panel surface: bolection molding, concave: cavetto, conge, cove molding, lengthwise groove in: quirk molding, narrow convex: astragal, baguette, bead, beading, chaplet, reeding molding, partly concave and partly convex: cyma, cymatium, ogee, talon moldy: dated, decaying, fusty, hoary, mildewed, musty, rotten, stale mole: birthmark, fault, growth, mark, nevus mole, malignant: melanoma mole, pertaining to: talpine molecule: atom, bit, fragment, ion, iota, part, particle, speck, unit molecule component: atom moles, group of: company, labor, movement molest: abuse, accost, annoy, assail, attack, bother, disturb, encroach, harass, harm, interfere, misuse, tease, torment, trouble, vex mollify: abate, alleviate, appease, calm, conciliate, cushion, ease, lessen, lull, mitigate, moderate, pacify, placate, quiet, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, soothe, sweeten, temper, tranquilize mollusk: abalone, chiton, clam, cuttlefish, limpet, snail, whelk mollusk cephalopod: argonaut mollusk classes: amphineura, bivalvia, cephalopoda, gastropoda, monoplacophora, scaphopoda mollusk shell: bivalve, chambered, cockle, cowrie, cowry, test, testa, testae, univalve mollusk shell concretion: pearl mollusk teeth: radula mollusk types: abalone, argonaut, chama, chiton, clam, coat-of-mail, cockle, cuttlefish, etheria, leda, limpet, murex, mussel, octopus, oyster, pearly nautilus, razor shell, scallop, seaslug, shipworm, slug, snail, spat, squid, tellin, whelk, winkle mollusk young: spat
mollusk, eight-armed: octopus mollusk, gastropod: abalone, slug, snail, taenioglossa, whelk mollusk, marine: abalone, asi, murex, nautilus, scallop, whelk mollusk, one-shell: snail, univalve mollusk, shell-less: slug mollusk, ten-armed: squid mollusk, two-shell: bivalve, chama, clam, cockle, leda, mussel, oyster, scallop, spat mollycoddle: baby, indulge, milsop, overprotected, pamper, recreant, spoil, weakling molt: cast, change, discard, exuviate, shed molten: glowing, liquefied, melted, seething molten metal: solder molten rock: lava, magma moment: consequence, element, import, importance, magnitude, significance, stage, weight moment in time: flash, instant, jiffy, minute, point, second, tick, time, twinkling, wink moment of truth: test momentary: brief, ephemeral, fleeting, immediate, passing, quick, short, transient, transitory momentous: crucial, decisive, epochal, eventful, fateful, grave, historic, important, meaningful, paramount, pivotal, serious, significant, unparalleled, weighty momentum: drive, energy, force, impetus, motion, thrust, tide, velocity monad: atom, one, unit monarch: autocrat, butterfly, czar, despot, emperor, empress, king, majesty, prince, princess, queen, ruler, sovereign monastery: abbey, cloister, convent, friary, hospice, lamasery, minister, nunnery, prior, priory, retreat, sanctuary monastery head: abb, abbot, prior monastery of Eastern Orthodox Church, head of: archimandrite monastery of lamas: lamasery monastery room for copying, writing, illuminating manuscripts: scriptorium monastery, layperson living in: oblate monastic: ascetic, austere, celibate, contemplative, monkish, oblate, recluse, secluded, solitary
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MONETARY - MONKEY, NEW WORLD
monetary: budgetary, commercial, financial, fiscal, pecuniary monetary value of currency, government reduction of: devaluation money: argent, bankroll, bill, blunt, boodle, booty, brass, bread, cabbage, capital, cash, cent, change, chattel, chips, clink, coin, coinage, currency, cush, dinero, dough, dubs, dump, finances, folding green, funds, gelt, gilt, gold, green stuff, greenbacks, grig, handsel, hansel, hard cash, jack, jake, kale, lettuce, livre, long green, loot, lour, lucre, mammon, maneh, mazuma, mina, moola, moolah, moss, noters, oof, ooftish, pelf, resources, rhino, riches, rocks, scratch, stipend, swag, tender, tin, wad, wampum, wealth, wherewithal
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money and asset interchangeability: liquidity money and possessions, motivated by: materialistic, mercenary money and worldly concerns, focus on: materialism money as bribe: hush money money as evil influence: mammon money as income: revenue money bet with privileged information: smart money money by intimidation, to obtain: blackmail, extort money derived from fundraising or commercial venture: proceeds money dishonestly acquired: pelf money drawer: till money exchange rate: agio money factory: mint money for contingencies: mad money money for incidental expenses: pin money money for new risky venture: venture capital money for new venture: seed money money for or associated with a murder: blood money money from account, written order for payment of: draft money fund for entertainment: slush fund money gain, unexpected: windfall money gift: alms, bequest, charity, endowment, largesse money given as gift for service: gratuity, pourboire, tip
money given for new venture in exchange for promised profits: grubstake money held until certain conditions fulfilled: escrow money in coins or currency, concerning: numismatic money in pool or reserve: kitty money lender: banker, loanshark, pawnbroker, shylock, usurer money not backed by gold or silver, government-authorized: fiduciary money obligations, capable of meeting: solvent money of a fund or estate, principal or capital sum of: corpus money or financial resources: coffers, exchequer, funds, treasury money or property bequeathed in will: bequest, legacy money or property in custody of third party for delivery upon fulfillment of conditions: escrow money paid in advance to get contract or bargain: earnest money paid out: disbursement, expenditure money paid to keep secret: bribe, hush money money paid upon termination: golden handshake, severance pay money paid, return of some: rebate money recipient: payee money returned due to pressure, coercion, or secret agreement: kickback money set aside for a purpose: appropriation money short of what is needed or expected: deficit, shortfall money supply, economic theory based on regulation of: monetarism money transport: armored car money withdrawn from bank in excess of credit: overdraft money worth less, decline in prices: deflation money, coined: coin, specie money, concerning: monetary, pecuniary money, counterfeit: bogus, boodle, queer money, legally valid: legal tender money, low, for new venture: shoestring money, making much: lucrative, profitable, remunerative money, necessary: wherewithal
money, of a small amount of: nominal, trifling money, small amount of: peanuts, pittance money, to convert assets into: liquidate, realize money, to disguise the source of illegal: launder money, to forge: counterfeit money, to misuse or embezzle: misappropriate money, to pay: remit money, trade goods or services without: barter moneyed: affluent, loaded, opulent, prosperous, rich, wealthy moneylender: usurer moneylender, extortionist: shylock moneymaking: gainful, lucrative, profitable, successful, worthwhile W monger: dealer, hawker, merchant, peddler, trader, trafficker, vender mongrel: crossbred, cur, dog, halfbreed, hybrid, mixed, mutt, tyke monition: admonition, caution, caveat, citation, forewarning, hint, intimation, notice, order, summons, warning monitor: adviser, check, control, counselor, device, guard, mentor, observe, police, reminder, survey, track, warship, watch monk: abbot, anchorite, archoret, brother, cnobite, clerk, eremite, fakir, fra, friar, lama, monastic, votary
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monk haircut: tonsure monk or nun candidate: neophyte, novice, postulant monk orders: Benedictine, Capuchin, Carthusian, Cistercian, Dominican, Franciscan, Trappist monk, Buddhist: arhat, bhikhu, bodhisattva, bonze, lama monk, Eastern Orthodox: caloyer, hegumen, startis monk, Hindu: guru, sannyasin monk, Islamic: mystic, sufi W monkey business: foolishness, highjinks, shenanigans, silliness monkey family member: primate monkey. New World: acari, ateles, beelzebub, capuchin, coaita, couxia, gri-
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son, howler, marmoset, miriki, orabassu, ouakari, sai, saki, samari, sapajou, spider, squirrel, tamarin monkey, Old World: baboon, bandar, doue, grivet, jocko, langur, macaque, patas, potto, quenon, rhesus, toque, vervet monkey, pertaining to: simian monkeyshine: antic, caper, lark, prank, tomfoolery, trick monocle: eyeglass, lorgnon, pince-nez monogram: character, cipher, design, identification, initials, symbol monograph: discourse, dissertation, essay, thesis, tract, treatise monolith: block, column, menhir, monument, pillar, statue, stone monologue: address, discourse, lecture, oration, soliloquy, speech monopolize: absorb, consume, control, corner, dominate, engross, hog, manage, preoccupy, sew up monopoly: cartel, consortium, control, corner, domination, exclusivity, syndicate, trust monopoly by a few purchasers: oligopsony monopoly by single purchaser: monopsony monopoly, anti-: antitrust monotone: drone monotonous: boring, drab, dull, flat, humdrum, mundane, repetitious, repetitive, routine, same, tedious, unchanging, uniform, unvaried, wearisome monotonous routine: grind, rut monotony: boredom, humdrum, redundancy, sameness, tedium, uniformity monster: afreet, barbarian, beast, behemoth, bogeyman, bogie, brute, centaur, cerberus, chimera, colossus, creature, cyclops, demon, devil, dragon, fiend, frankenstein, freak, gargoyle, giant, gigantes, gila, gorgon, harpy, hippocampus, huge, hydra, kraken, lamia, medusa, naiad, nereid, ogre, ore, savage, scoundrel, scylla, sphinx, vampire, werewolf, yeti, zombie monster with many heads: Hydra monsters, study of: teratology monstrosity: abortion, freak, malformation, miscreation, teratism monstrous: abnormal, atrocious, awful, Brobdingnagian, colossal, deformed, diabolical, enormous, fantastic, frightful, gargantuan, ghastly, gigan-
tic, heinous, hideous, horrible, huge, immense, large, mammoth, massive, outrageous, overwhelming, revolting, shocking, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, unnatural, vast monstrous act: enormity, wickedness month, of or in the following: proximo month, the current: instant monthly: mensal monument: cairn, gravestone, headstone, marker, mausoleum, memento, memorial, monolith, record, remembrance, reminder, shrine, statue, testament, token, tomb, tombstone, tribute monument ceremony: dedication, unveiling monument commemorating heroes and heroines of nation: pantheon monument for dead buried elsewhere: cenotaph monument inscription: epigraph monument plate: plaque monument, tall four-sided: obelisk monumental: astounding, awesome, enduring, enormous, epic, epochal, gigantic, great, historic, huge, immense, important, impressive, mammoth, massive, memorable, significant, stupendous mooch: beg, bum, cadge, drift, filch, skulk, sneak, steal, wander mood: ambiance, atmosphere, attitude, aura, caprice, disposition, emotion, feeling, frame of mind, humor, inclination, spirit, spirits, strain, temper, temperament, tone, vein, whim mood shifts, suffering from extreme: manic-depressive moody: angry, atrabiliar, brooding, capricious, crabby, depressed, fickle, gloomy, grumpy, melancholy, moping, sulky, sullen, surly, temperamental, touchy moolah: bread, gelt, kale, paper money moon, concerning: lunar, lunate, selenian, selenic
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moon phases: apogee, apsis, crescent, cusp, dark, first quarter, full, half, last quarter, menisci, meniscus, new, octant, perigee, phasis, waning, waxing moon, first or last quarter: crescent moon, four-day period between old and new: interlunar moon, half: demilune moon, having two cusps like crescent: bicuspid moon, more than half: gibbous moon, points of crescent: cusp moon, ring of light around: aureole, corona moon, study of: selenography, selenology moon, sun, Earth lined up: syzygy moon, waning: decrescent moon, waxing: increscent moonlight on water, reflection of: moonglade moonlighter's business: sideline moon's dark area: mare moon's decrease in size: wane moon's increase in size: wax moon's orbit is closest to center of Earth, point when: perigee moon's orbit is most distant from center of Earth, point when: apogee W moonshine: alcohol, bathtub gin, bootleg, eyewash, homebrew, hooch, liquor, sauce, whiskey, white lightning moonshiner's factory: still moor: berth, dock, heath, tether, wasteland mooring: wharf moot: argue, argument, broach, contestable, debatable, debate, discuss, dispute, litigation, meeting, plead, problematic, questionable, speak, uncertain, undecided, unresolved, unsettled mope: brood, despair, droop, fret, grump, linger, pine, pout, stew, sulk moppet: child, kid, toddler, tyke, youngster moral: aboveboard, axiom, chaste, decent, ethic, ethical, good, homily, honest, honorable, just, lesson, maxim, message, motto, noble, point, principled, proverb, pure, righteous, scrupulous, truism, upright, virtuous moral code, adherence to: integrity, probity, rectitude
moon after harvest moon: hunter's moon moon in thick convex shape: gibbous moon moon in thin convex shape: crescent moon moon near autumnal equinox: harvest moon moon parts: cleft, crater, mare, maria, rill, rille, scar, sea
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moral conduct: ethics moral conduct. Buddhism: dharma moral conscience: scruples moral corruption: baseness, decadence, depravity, dry rot, turpitude moral decay, in: decadent moral improvement: edification, enlightenment moral lapse: sin moral law that applies to all, unconditional: categorical imperative moral maxim: precept moral obligation: duty moral obligation, study of: deontology moral or immoral, neither: amoral moral or religious belief, repudiation of all: anarchism, nihilism moral principles permitting greater liberty to one over another: double standard moral restraint, lacking: dissolute, libertine, licentious moral standards and values, erosion of: anomie moral truth told in story: exemplum morale: attitude, confidence, disposition, esprit, esprit de corps, mood, outlook, spirit, state, zeal morality: ethics, goodness, honor, integrity, mores, principles, righteousness, scruples, standards, uprightness, virtue morality play role: everyman moralizing: didactic, pedantic, sententious, trite moralizing lecture: homily morally bad: degenerate, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilent, scrofulous, unsavory morally good: decent, virtuous morally instructive: didactic morally neutral: adiaphorous morally unrestrained: libertine morass: bog, fen, marsh, mess, quag, quagmire, snarl, swamp, tangle, wetlands moratorium: ban, cessation, delay, halt, suspension morbid: corrosive, dark, diseased, dreadful, gloomy, grim, grisly, gruesome, horrible, malicious, melancholic, morose, painful, pathological, saturnine, sick, sullen, tenchant, unhealthy mordant: acid, biting, burning, keen, pungent, sarcastic, sharp
more: added, additional, again, also, another, better, else, expanded, extra, further, greater, increased, plus moreover: additionally, also, and, besides, further, likewise, too, yet moribund: death, decaying, doomed, dying, fading, obsolete, regressing, terminated morning: A.M., aurora, cockcrow, dawn, daybreak, forenoon, sunrise, sunup morning bugle or drum call: reveille morning moisture: dew morning or dawn, song about: aubade morning prayer: ave, matins morning, in the: antemeridian, matutinal moron: blockhead, boob, dimwit, dolt, dull, dunce, fool, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, numskull, stupid, supposition morose: blue, choleric, churlish, crusty, depressed, dolorous, dour, gloomy, glum, gruff, grum, melancholy, moody, moping, morbid, sad, saturnine, sour, splenetic, sulky, sullen, surly, unhappy morpheme that retains meaning alone (e.g. cat): free form morpheme, various forms of a: allomorph morsel: bit, bite, crub, delicacy, fliver, fragment, mouthful, nibble, piece, scrap, slice, snack, snap, taste, tidbit mortal: animal, being, conceivable, deadly, deathly, deep, destructive, dire, earthling, extreme, fatal, finite, grave, grim, human, lethal, man, terminal, terrible, unrelenting, woman mortal blow: coup de grce mortality: bloodshed, carnage, death, ephemerality, fatality, humankind mortar between brick or tiles: grout mortarboard adornment: tassel mortar's club-shaped tool: pestle mortgage: contract, deed, hock, lien, loan, obligation, pawn, pledge, trust mortgage in installments, to pay: amortize mortgage on property: lien mortgage or claim on property: encumbrance mortgage something, to: hypothecate mortgaged property, to repossess: foreclose mortify: humble, torment, shame, humiliate, disgrace, discipline, chagrin, embarrass, humble, humiliate, shame, snerd, torment
mortise insertion: tenon mortuary: charnel, funeral parlor mortuary notice: obit, obituary mosaic: design, diapered, intarsia, patchwork mosaic piece: tessera, tile mosaic woodwork style: intarsia mosaic work: inlay mosey: amble, linger, ramble, saunter, shuffle, stroll mosque: church, hall of prayer, masjid, shrine, temple mosque balcony: maqsura mosque leader: imam mosque lectern: kursi, minbar mosque niche indicating direction to Mecca: mihrab mosque south wall: giblah mosque tower: manara, minaret mosque, person calling others to prayer in: muezzin mosquito: aedes mosquito carrying disease-causing microorganisms: vector mosquito netting fabric: marquisette mosquito, common: culex moss: bog, lichen, morass, swamp, treebeard moss which decomposes into peat: sphagnum moss, single-celled reproductive body in: spore moss, study of: bryology mote: atom, dot, iota, may, might, particle, speck moth-eaten: decayed, decrepit, worn moth genus: arctia moth larva: caterpillar moth or butterfly: lepidopteran moth pupa in cocoon: chrysalis moth relative: butterfly moth spot: chloasma, fenestra moth types: clothes, corn earworm, forester, hawk, luna, mattet, miller, silkworm, tinea, tine id mothball substance: naphthalene mother: dam, foster, mamma, mater, matron, nurse, nurture, parent, wellspring mother alligator: cow mother as head of family: matriarchy mother as head of household: materfamilias mother-of-pearl: nacre mother-of-pearl shellfish: abalone mother ruling a clan, family, tribe: matriarch mother, concerning a: maternal
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mother, derived from name of: matronymic mother, different father but same: uterine mother, looking more like your: matroclinous mother, murder of: matricide motherhood: maternity mothering child for pay, woman: surrogate mother mother's depression, new: postpartum mother's side of family: distaff side, enate mother's side, of descent through: matrilineal mother's uterus as source of offspring: venter motif: theme motion: agitation, gesture, impulse, inclination, move, movement, signal, stir motion picture advance showing: sneak preview motion picture art and production: cinematography motion picture computerized process for black-and-white coloring: colorization motion picture effect of jumping to later action: jump cut motion picture effect of still image: freeze frame motion picture effect of stopping camera while change is made: stop-action, stop-motion motion picture effect where scene is edged off by next scene: wipe motion picture fast, blurred shot: flash pan motion picture-making blackboard with hinged top: clapper motion picture run of camera or recorder: take motion picture sequence following for panoramic effect: pan, pan shot motion picture sequence made by camera or track or dolly: dolly shot, tracking shot, traveling shot motion picture shot combining live action and fake background: matte shot motion picture shot with camera following moving object: running shot motion picture studio cafeteria or lunchroom: commissary motion picture transfer of recording to another medium: dubbing
motion picture transition fading former scene into new scene: dissolve, lap dissolve motion picture translated dialogue: subtitle motion picture with rebirth and discovery: film noir motion, concerning: kinetic motion, impetus of body in: lan, momentum motion, resistance to: inertia motionless: at rest, breathless, dead, immobile, inert, rigid, sedentary, stagnant, stagnate, static, still, transfixed motivate: foster, impel, induce, influence, inspire, move, provoke, stimulate, stir motivation: cause, impetus, incentive, incitement, inducement, influence, stimulus motive: cause, end, impulse, incentive, object, purpose, reason, sake, spur, stimulus motive kept secret: ulterior motive motley: assorted, dappled, diverse, diversified, heterogeneous, hodgepodge, miscellaneous, mixed, mottled, multicolored, pastiche, piebald, pied, varied, varigated motor: auto, automobile, buggy, car, device, drive, engine, instrument, machine, ride motor on outside of boat: outboard motor motor race for skill and speed: autocross motor types: compound, diesel, electric, rotary, steam, turbine, wankel motor, stationary part of: stator motor, turning part of: rotor motorboat skimming surface at high speed: hydroplane motorcycle seat for extra rider: pillion motorcycle, customized: chopper mottled: blotched, checkered, dappled, diverse, motley, piebald, speckled, splotched, spotted, variegated mottled in black and white: piebald motto: adage, aphorism, axiom, byword, catchword, expression, maxim, phrase, precept, proverb, saying, slogan, truism, watchword motto in beginning of book: epigraph mound: bank, barrow, bulwark, butt, cairn, dune, elevation, embankment, heap, hill, hump, knoll, mass, mogul, pile, stack, tuffet, tumulus
mound of stones as memorial or marker: cairn mound over ancient burial: barrow, tumulus mounds and hills, with: tumulose mount: advance, ascend, aspire, augment, climb, escalate, frame, grow, hill, increase, intensify, mountain, position, prepare, rise, scale, seat, stage, straddle mountain: alp, aret, arte, barrow, ben, berg, bundoc, bundocks, butte, chain, cone, crest, dagh, everest, fell, kop, mesa, mont, onlay, orogency, peak, ridge, sawbuck, sierra, spur, summit, volcano
RELATED TERMS
mountain areas, concerning: montane mountain base: foot, piedmont mountain climber at end of rope, to secure: belay mountain climbing: mountaineering mountain climbing boot spikes: crampons mountain climbing metal ring for attaching rope to something: carabiner, snap ring mountain climbing spike: piton mountain forests: arctice, boreal, coniferous, deciduous, ice pack, low alpine, snow line, temperate, tree line, tropical, tundra mountain lake, small: tarn mountain lion: cougar mountain mass with separate peaks: massif mountain on sea floor: seamount mountain or range, lateral ridge projecting from: spur mountain pass: col, cove, gap, gate, ghat, gorge mountain peak: pinnacle mountain peak, sharp pointed: aiguille mountain-range backbone: massif mountain reflection: alpenglow mountain ridge: aret, arte, crest, peak, sawbuck, sierra, spur, summit mountain run-off: rill mountain science: orogenesis, orography, orology mountain sickness: veta mountain snow: jokul, nv mountain sport: alpestrian, alpinism mountain study: orography, orology mountain valley, steep hollow in: cirque, cwm
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MOTOR VEHICLES
ambulance dragster hearse panel truck station wagon amphibian DUKW/duck hook and ladder pantechnicon steamroller armored car dump truck hot rod pickup truck stock car autobus dune buggy jalopy police car streetcar automobile eighteen-wheeler Jeep race car/racer/racing stretch limousine/ beach buggy fastback jitney car limo brougham fire engine juggarnaut ragtop subcompact car cab flatbed limousine/limo recreation vehicle/ tanker truck cabriolet float lowrider RV taxicab camion forklift microbus rig touring car camper four-by-four/4x4 minibus roadster tow truck caravan four-door car minicar rocket car town car cement mixer garbage truck minivan runabout tractor truck compact car go-kart moon buggy scrambler two-door car convertible golf cart motor coach sedan utility coup grader motor home semitrailer van crawler grand touring car moving van six-by-six victoria W dodgem car hardtop off-road vehicle sports car double-decker bus hatchback paddy wagon squad car mouth-watering: appealing, appetizing, grieve, keen, lament, long, melanmountain with steep sides and level choly, regret, rue, sigh, wail, weep, delicious, inviting, palatable, tasty top: butte yearn mouth, concerning the: oral mountain, broad gently sloping base mournful: depressing, dolorous, elemouth, congenital fissure in roof of: of: pediment giac, grievous, lugubrious, plaintive, mountain, concerning: alpen, alpescleft palate plangent, sad, saddened, somber, trine, alpine, etiolin, mountainous, mouth, open expanse of: rictus sorry, unhappy, woebegone orological mouthful: bite, gulp, morsel, piece, mournful sound: groan, moan mountain, flat-topped submarine: portion, taste mourning: anguish, bereavement, deguyot mouthlike opening as in nematode: spair, dolor, garb, grieving, sadness mountain, lower oneself from: abseil, stoma mourning black band: crape rappel mouthpiece: adviser, attorney, counmourning clothes: weeds mountain, of a steep: precipitous selor, lawyer, spokesman, spokespermourning song: dirge, elegy, lament, mountain, steep slope of: escarpment son, spokeswoman monody, threnody mountain, steeply projecting mass mouthpiece of wind instrument: emmourning watch before burial: wake from: crag bouchure, reed mouse: murine, rodent, vermin mountaineer shoe plate for ice: movable: ambulatory, changeable, demouse family: rodent crampon tachable, loose, mobile, motile, pormousy: bashful, drab, quiet, shy, timid mountaineering descent with rope: table, transportable, unstable, mouth: aperture, beak, cavity, crevice, rappel unsteady crow, delta, entrance, estuary, funmountains or mountain ranges, movable properties: chattels nel, gab, kisser, mug, orifice, spokeschain of: cordillera move: act, action, advance, affect, alpesman, spokeswoman, stoma, voice mountains, from the far side of the: trine, alpine, animate, arouse, budge, mouth and its diseases, branch of meditramontane, transalpine, cause, change, crawl, deed, drift, drive, cine concerning: stomatology ultramontane evacuate, excite, flow, glide, go, goad, mouth cavity or cheeks, concerning the: mountains, high jagged range of: huge, impel, incite, induce, influence, buccal sierra inspire, instigate, kindle, lead, leave, mountainside gorge or gully: couloir mouth of river: embouchure, estuary migrate, motion, motivate, mountainmouth or an opening: os mountainside rock pile: scree W ous, persuade, proceed, prompt, propel, mouth or body opening: orifice propose, relocate, rouse, rugged, run, mouth or gullet of animal: maw mountebank: charlatan, cheat, faker, shift, spur, start, step, stimulate, stir, mouth organ: harmonica, kazoo stratagem, suggest, sway, touch, transfraud, hawker, hustler, impostor, mouth part: alveoli, floor, gums, jaw, fer, turn, walk phony, pretender, quack, swindler lips, pharynx, roof, teeth, tongue, RELATED TERMS mounted sentinel in advance of outpost: uvula move about: stir vedette mouth the words: lip sync move across: traverse mourn: ache, anguish, bemoan, cry,
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Aconcagua (Argentina) Adirondack Mountains (United States) Alaska Range (United States) Aleutian Range (United States) Allegheny Mountains (United States) Alps (France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria) Andes (South America) Annapurna I (Nepal) Annapurna II (Nepal) Appalachian Mountains (United States) Ararat (Turkey) Athos (Greece) Balkan Range (Bulgaria) Batian (Kenya) Ben Nevis (Scotland) Bighorn Mountains (United States) Blue Mountains (Jamaica) Blue Mountains (New South Wales and Australia) Blue Mountains (Papua New Guinea) Blue Mountains (United States) Blue Ridge Mountains (United States) Bonete (Argentina) Brazilian Atlantic Coast Range (Brazil) Broad Peak (Kashmir) Byachung Kang (Nepal) Cantabrian Mountains (Spain) Carmel (Israel) Carstensz (New Guinea) Catskill Mountains (United States) Central New Guinea Range (New Guinea) Cho Oyo (Nepal) Communism Peak (Tajikistan) Cook (New Zealand) Cordillera de Los Andes (South America) Cotopaxi (Ecuador) Dhaulagiri (Nepal) Duwoni (Uganda) Eiger (Switzerland) El Condor (Argentina) Elbrus (Republic of Georgia) Ellsworth (Antarctica) Fuji (Japan) Gasherbrum (Kashmir) Golan Heights (Israel) Gosainthan (Tibet) Grand Teton (United States) Granite Peak (United States) Great Dividing Range (Australia) Great Smoky Mountains (United States) Green Mountains (United States) Gurla Mandhata (Tibet) Helicon (Greece) Highlands (Scotland) Himalayas (South Asia) Huascaran (Peru) Hymettus (Greece) The Wri Jagerhorn (Switzerland) Jongsong Peak (Nepal) Jungfrau (Switzerland) K2 or Godwin Austen (Kashmir) Kanchenjunga (Nepal, Sikkim) Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) Kungur (China) Lebanon Mountains (Lebanon) Lenin Peak (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan) Lhotse I (Nepal, Tibet) Lhotse II (Nepal, Tibet) Libertador (Argentina) Logan (Yukon) Makalu (Nepal, Tibet) Manaslu (Nepal) Masherbrum (Kashmir) Matterhorn (Switzerland, Italy) Mont Blanc (France) Mount Elbert (United States) Mount Erebus (Antarctica) Mount Etna (Sicily) Mount Everest (Nepal, Tibet) Mount Hood (United States) Mount Kirkpatrick (Antarctica) Mount Kosciusko (Australia) Mount McKinley (United States) Mount Mitchell (United States) Mount of Olives (Israel) Mount Olympus (Greece) Mount Ossa (Greece) Mount Parnassus (Greece) Mount Rainier (United States) Mount Rosa (Italy, Switzerland) Mount Rushmore (United States) Mount Saint Helens (United States) Mount Shasta (United States) Mount Vesuvius (Italy) Mount Whitney (United States) Mourne Mountains (Ireland) Mulhacen (Spain) Nanga Parbat (Kashmir) Nuptse (Nepal) Ojos del Salado (Argentina, Chile) Olympic Mountains (United States) Orizaba (Mexico) Ozark Mountains (United States) Pikes Peak (United States) Pissis (Argentina, Chile) Popocatepetl (Mexico) Pumasillo (Peru) Pyramid (Nepal) Revolution Peak (Tajikistan) Rocky Mountains (United States) Sierra Madre (United States and Mexico) Sierra Nevada Range (Spain) Sierra Nevada Range (United States) 's Digest Flip Dictionary
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MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAIN RANGES

Snowdon (Wales) Snowy Mountains (Australia) Teide (Canary Islands) Tent Peak (Nepal) Teton Range (United States) Tien Shan (Kyrgyzstan-China) Toubaki (Morocco) Trans-Antarctic Mountains (Antarctica) move ahead steadily: forge move aimlessly: gallivant, maunder, meander, ramble, roam, rove, traipse, wander move along in easy gait: amble, lope, mosey, saunter move backward and withdraw: recede move backward to inferior condition: retrogress move boat with long pole: punt move clumsily: lumber move crablike: sidle move faster: accelerate move in a circle: gyre move in a stream: flow move in bouncy way: flounce move in different directions from a point: diverge move in headlong rush: stampede move in wavelike motion: undulate move irregularly at sea: yaw move like advancing waves: surge move like clouds: flit, scud move nimbly: flit move or go around: circumvent, skirt move out: evacuate, leave, vacate, withdraw move quickly: flit, hie, scamper, scurry, skedaddle, spank move rapidly along surface: skitter move rapidly and out of control: careen, career move shakily: dodder move slightly: budge move slowly: dawdle, inch, lag, loiter, wade move smoothly: glide move sneakily: prowl, sidle, slink move spontaneously, having the power to: motile, tactic move swiftly: dart, flit, scud, zip move swiftly and forcefully: hurtle move through mud: slosh move to a new place: relocate move to gain advantage: gambit
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Tupungato (Argentina and Chile) Vinson Massif (Antarctica) Washington (United States) Weisshorn (Switzerland) West Sumatran-Javan Range (Sumatra-Java) White Mountains (United States) Yerupaja (Peru)W
move toward from different points: converge move toward or downward: gravitate move up: advance, ascend, boost, climb, hoist, promote, raise move upward: arise move with effort: slog move without lifting feet much: shuffle move without propelling power: coast move, animal refusing to: restive move, market-wise: sell move, to be unable to: paralyzed W movement: action, activity, campaign, crusade, drive, gesture, locomotion, mobility, motion, rhythm, steps, stirring, trend, unrest movement by mental powers: psychokinesis, telekinesis movement of particles suspended in fluid or gas: Brownian motion movement perceived due to different observational position: parallax movement toward or away from external stimulus: taxis movement, concerning: kinetic, motive movement, expression by body: gesture movement, forward: headway movement, graceful and rhythmic: eurythmie movement, to impede: immobilize movement, total or partial loss of: apraxia movie: cine, cinema, film, flick, picture, screen, show movie award: Oscar movie theater, squalid: fleapit movie, low-budget: B movie, B picture moviemaking: cinematography moving: affecting, arousing, astir, emotional, exciting, gripping, impressive, inspirational, on the go, pathetic, poignant, provoking, stimulating, stirring, touching
moving about: ambulant, ambulatory moving in different direction: divergent moving in emotional way: poignant moving inward: afferent, centripetal moving outward: centrifugal, efferent moving sideways: laterigrade, sidling moving stairway: escalator moving water, living in: lotie moving with grace: agile, flexible, limber, lissome, lithe, supple mow: clip, crop, cut, heap, lay, level, mass, pile moxie: backbone, courage, energy, grit, guts, heart, initiative, nerve, skill, spirit, spunk much: about, abundance, alot, ample, considerable, exceedingly, great, greatly, heaps, loads, lots, many, mire, most, multitude, plenty, quantity, remarkable, scores, sizable, sufficient, uncommon, very mucilage: adhesive, glue, gum, paste, substance muck: complicate, dirt, drudge, dung, filth, garbage, goo, gook, gunk, manure, mud, ooze, refuse, sewage, slime, sludge, trash, waste mucus: slime mucus coughed up from respiratory tract: sputum mucus from eyes or nose: rheum mucus in breathing passages: phlegm mud: dirt, mire, mush, ooze, roil, silt, slime, sludge, soil mud or silt deposited by water flow: sullage mud, depression filled with: slough muddle: addle, befuddle, bewilder, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, chaos, complicate, confound, confuse, daze, disorder, embroil, flounder, fluster, fuddle, fumble, humble, mess, mishmash, mismanage, mix,
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TYPES OF MURDER
killing without express or implied intent but not necessarily murder: manslaughter mercy killing: euthanasia murder by secret government order: executive action murder done with some planning, of a: premeditated murder of baby: infanticide murder of brother: fratricide murder of father: patricide murder of god: deicide murder of king/queen: regicide murder of mother: matricide murder of parent: parricide murder of prominent person: assassinate murder of self: suicide murder of sister: sororicide murder of spouse by spouse: mariticide murder of wife: uxoricide murder victims, list of potential: hit list planned murder: premeditated ritual murder: hara-kiri, seppukuW
muddy, muff, obfuscate, obscure, perplex, pother, roil, snafu, snarl, stumble, stupefy, tangle muddled: bemused, bewildered, cloudy, foggy, fuzzy, incoherent, tipsy, turbid, unorganized muddy: besmeared, blurred, clouded, cloudy, confused, dirty, drab, filthy, grimy, hazy, miry, mucky, murky, obscure, roil, slushy, soily, spattered, squalid, turbid, unclear, vague muff: blow, botch, bungle, error, flub, fumble, fur, warmer muffin, light and hollow: popover muffle: cushion, dampen, deaden, dull, envelope, hush, lessen, mute, muzzle, shroud, shush, silence, smother, soften, stifle, suppress, wrap muffler: cover, mask, scarf, silencer mug handle: ear mug in shape of man with threecornered hat: toby mug or cup, small: noggin mug with lid: flagon, stein, stoup mugger: assailant, attacker, crocodile, thief, thug muggy: clammy, damp, dank, humid, moist, sticky, sweltering mulch: compost, litter, manure, straw mulct: balk, cheat, deceive, defraud, fine, fleece, forfeit, penalize, penalty, punish, rook, steal, swindle mule: burro, crossbreed, donkey, hinny, hybrid, jack, jackass, slipper, spinner mules, driver of: muleteer mules, group of: barren, pack, rake, span mulish: balky, determined, headstrong, intractable, obstinate, ornery, pigheaded, recalcitrant, stubborn mull: cloth, consider, contemplate,
dawdle, deliberate, loiter, muse, ponder, pore over, powder, reflect, ruminate, think, weigh mulled beverage: cider mulled port with oranges, sugar, cloves: bishop multicolored: checkered, dappled, motley, mottled, particolor, piebald, pied, polychrome, variegated multifarious: assorted, diverse, heterogeneous, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, multiple, versatile multilingual: polyglot multiple: assorted, manifold, many, multifarious, numerous, several, varied multiplication sequence that works independent of order: commutative multiply: augment, breed, burgeon, compound, enlarge, grow, increase, magnify, procreate, reproduce, spread multiply or breed, cause organism to: propagate multisided figure: polygon multitalented: versatile multitude: army, array, bevy, collection, crowd, drove, flock, heap, horde, host, legion, many, mass, mob, myriad, pack, populace, public, scores, sea, swarm, throng multitudinous: abundant, considerable, countless, crowded, many, numerous, populous, voluminous mum: mute, silent, speechless, still mumble: chew, grumble, mouth, murmur, mutter, patter, whisper mumbo jumbo: baloney, bugaboo, confusion, gibberish, hocus pocus, jargon mummies, study of: momiology mummy entrails, jar for: canopic jar mumps: parotitis munch: bite, champ, chew, chomp, crunch, eat, grind, masticate
mundane: commonplace, cosmic, everyday, humdrum, ordinary, prosaic, routine, secular, terrestrial, unearthly, worldly municipal: borough, city, civic, community, town, urban municipal map: plat munificent: altruistic, benevolent, bountiful, charitable, free, generous, humanitarian, kindly, lavish, liberal, openhanded, philanthropic munitions: ammunition, armament, equipment, weapons murder: asphyxiate, assassinate, butcher, crows, destroy, do in, electrocute, eliminate, execute, exterminate, guillotine, hang, homicide, kill, killing, lynch, manslaughter, massacre, slaughter, slay, strangle, waste murder, lack of ability to achieve state of mind necessary for: diminished responsibility murderer: assassin, criminal, executioner, killer, slaughterer, slayer murderous: arduous, bloodthirsty, bloody, brutal, cruel, deadly, destructive, difficult, ferocious, homicidal, lethal, monicidal, ruinous, savage murky: ambiguous, black, cheerless, cloudy, dark, dense, dim, dismal, dreary, foggy, fuzzy, gloomy, gray, mirky, misty, muddy, obscure, unclear murmur: babble, brool, buzz, complain, coo, drone, fret, groan, grumble, hum, moan, mumble, mutter, purr, repine, report, sound, susurration, undertone, utter, whisper murmuring softly: susurrant murmuring sound: curr, purl, sough muscle: beef, brawn, clout, flesh, force, influence, meat, might, power, sinew, strength
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MUSCLES OF THE BODY

abdominal anterior tibial biceps brachii biceps femoris crural ligaments soleus deltoid erector external oblique extensor fascia lata flexor gastrocnemius gluteus maximus gracilis hamstring latissimus dorsi pectoralis major pectoralis minor quadriceps rectus abdominis rectus femoris rotator cuff sartorius sternomastoid tendon of Achilles trapezius triceps brachii W
RELATED TERMS
muscles, fibrous connective tissue holding, separating, or binding: fascia muscles, outline of well-developed: definition muscles, sense that detects movement of: kinesthesia muscles, study of: myology W muscular: athletic, brawny, burly, fibrous, hardy, husky, lean, mighty, powerful, robust, sinewy, stalwart, strong, thewy, vigorous muscular contraction: spasm muscular contraction against resistance: isometric muscular contraction, intense involuntary: convulsion muscular contractions, wavelike: peristalsis muscular loss: ataxia musculature of body shown in picture: ecorche museum: archive, atheneum, collection, foundation, gallery, institution, library, repository museum collection manager: curator museum exhibit, three-dimensional: diorama museum piece: relic mush: amorousness, cornmeal, crush, drivel, flattery, goo, journey, march, porridge, pudding, sentimentality, slush, travel, trek mush or mash: pap mush, cornmeal: polenta mushroom: cpe, champignon, chanterelle, fungi, fungus, morel, spore, toadstool mushroom caps: pilei mushroom cap's thin skin: pellicle mushroom-like edible fungi: truffle mushroom parts: annulus, basidiospore, basidium, cap, gill, hymenium, pileus, stem, sterigma, stipe mushroom poison: amanita, mycetism, toadstool mushroom-shaped: fungiform mushroom species: agaric, champignon, chanterelle, morel mushroom yielding a dark fluid: inky cap mushroom, edible Asian: Chinese black mushroom, golden oak mushroom, Oriental black mushroom, shiitake mushy: corny, gooey, gushy, mawkish, pulpy, romantic, sentimental, slushy, soft, spongy, spoony
musical composition: arioso, ballad, ballade, boutade, cabaletta, cantata, cento, chanson, concerto, tude, fugue, glee, interlude, intermezzo, monody, motet, nocturne, nonet, opera, operetta, opus, oratorio, piece, prelude, rondo, scherzo, serenade, sonata, sonatas, sonatina, symphony
RELATED TERMS
muscle and bones, branch of surgery for: orthopedics muscle condition: tonus muscle contraction: convulsion muscle coordination loss: ataxia muscle fibers, rapid twitching of: fibrillation muscle furrow: stria muscle pain, cramp: myalgia muscle protein: actin muscle rigidity or flexibility, extreme: catatonia muscle rigidity: catalepsy, rigor muscle strength: brawn muscle strength measurer: ergometer muscle to bone, fibrous tissue connecting: tendon muscle tone: tonicity, tonus muscle twitching: fibrillation muscle weakness: atony muscle, fibrous tissue supporting a: ligament muscle, prominent fleshy part of: vente muscle, shortening and thickening of working: contraction
composition about morning: aubade composition based on story or ideal: symphonic poem, tone poem composition featuring point of technique: tude, study composition for 1-4 instruments with 3-4 independent movements: sonata composition for full orchestra and small group of solo instruments: concerto grosso composition for gondolier: barcarole composition for instrument or voice, written form of: score composition for instrumental chamber orchestra: divertimento composition for mass of deceased person: requiem composition for orchestra and one or more solo instruments: concerto composition for orchestra and solo instruments: concerto composition for organ or keyboard instrument with full composition for small ensemble, like suite and sonata: serenade composition for three unaccompanied males: glee composition for voices and orchestra telling sacred story: oratorio composition improvised on solo instrument: voluntary composition in 3/4 time: scherzo composition made up to suit composer's fancy: fantasia, fantasy composition of choruses, solos, recitatives: cantata composition of composer, numbered: opus composition performed by small group or quartet: chamber music composition serving as introduction: prelude composition suggestive of rural life: pastorale composition telling religious story: oratorio composition to perfect a technique: tude
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MUSIC TERMS
12-tone music: dodecaphony music mania: melomania animated: allegro, vivace, vivo music or hymn played while clergy enter a church: procesappreciative of music: philharmonic sional arrangement of music for performance by orchestra: music or hymn played while clergy exits a church: recesorchestration sional beat: ictus, meter, pulse, rhythm, tempo, time music played during the offering of communion: offertory change from one key or tonality to another by progression: music syllables (in order): do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti modulation music symbols: accidental, alia breve, bar, brace, clef, cleft, chord: augmented, diminished, dominant, tonic, triad fermata, flat, key, ligature, natural, note, presa, rest, segno, combination of parts at same pitch or in octaves: unison sharp, slur, staff, tie, turn device keeping time: metronome music teacher, composer, conductor: maestro embellished music: arpeggio, cadenza, flourish, grace note, music that is invented without preparation: improvisation mordent, roulade, run, trill, turn music timer: metronome exercise: scale music with two or more independent melodies played tohumorous medley of music: quodlibet gether: polyphony instrumental music: concerto, tude, fantasia, fugue, jazz, musical: canorous, choral, harmonious, lyrical, melodious, march, minuet, overture, polka, ragtime, rhapsody, sereoperatic, revue, rhythmic, show, songful, symphonious, nade, sonata, suite, swing, symphony, waltz tonal mark made above or below staff to show notes beyond range: musical accompaniment that is integral: obbligato ledger line musical afterthought: postlude melodic phrase: leitmotif, leitmotiv musical aptitude: ear melodies for two or more voices: polyphony musical bell sound: chime morning song: aubade musical break: rest music between stanzas of hymn: interlude musical closing: coda music characterized by trills and runs: coloratura musical composition: anthem, aria, chorale, tude, hymn, music dealing with daybreak or sunrise: aubade madrigal, postlude, psalm, requiem, solo, suite music dominated by single melodic line: homophony, monmusical flourish: roulade ody, monophony nonelectric music: acoustic music for eight players: octet passage: coda music for five players: quintet popular music of spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics: rap music for four players: quartet ragtime music with tinny-sounding piano: honky-tonk music for nine players: nonet school of music: conservatory music for one player: soli, solo school of music with extreme simplification and trancelike music for seven players: septet effect: minimalism music for six players: sestolet, sextet showy passage in music: fanfare, flourish music for three players: trio sounds chosen by performer of music: aleatory music for two players: duet, duo stock of music that person or group can perform: repertoire music group: band, choir, chorus, combo, ensemble, orchesswelling in loudness: crescendo tra, quartet, symphony, trio vocal music: anthem, aria, ballad, canon, cantata, chanson, music hall: odeon chant, chorale, hymn, madrigal, opera, round, serenade arabesque composition with bodily movement, composition with theme repeated contrapuntally: fugue composition, whimsical: humoresque interpreting: eurythmies composition, words of a: lyrics composition with choruses, solos, composition, dreamy instrumental: compositions: cantatas, tudes, recitatives: cantata nocturne fugues, sonatas, suites composition with improvisatory style composition, improvisatory: compositions depicting or defining and free form: capriccio rhapsody composition with melody repeated in composition, improvised irregular: incident or idea: program music rhapsody compositions not defining idea or inone or more voices overlapping: canon cident but being solely rhythmic or composition, light orchestral: melodic: absolute music composition with reiterated harextravaganza monic pattern: chaconne, composition's separation by short composition, lullaby: berceuse movement: intermezzo W passacaglia composition, short: bagatelle composition with theme occurring composition, short movement sepathree or more times between suborrating major sections of: intermezzo musical conductor: maestro musical counterpoint: descant dinate themes: rondo composition, short whimsical:
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MUSIC DIRECTIONS AND NOTATIONS

as written: sta bass accompaniment: continuo, figured bass, thorough bass, thoroughbass bold: audace disconnected: staccato dying away: calando emotional: appassionato evenly: equalmente excited: agitato, spiritoso fast: allegro, presto, tostamente, tosto, veloce, vivace, vivo faster: stretto for string instruments: tablature, tabs freely: ad libitum full time value or sustained: tenuto gayly: giocoso gently: dolce half: mezzo heavy: pesante held: tenuto hurried: agitato joyous: giocoso leap: salto less: meno little, a: poco lively: allegro, animato, giocoso, vivace loud: forte, fortissimo louder: crescendo lovingly: amabile, amoroso majestic: maestoso moderate: andante, moderato musical direction dignified: maestoso musical counterpoint, concerning: contrapuntal musical instrument, distinctive tone of a: timbre musical instrument, entire range of a: diapason, register musical instrumental composition, improvisatory: capriccio musical material added above or below existing melody: counterpoint musical passage in rhythm of natural speech: recitative musical performance, brilliant technique in: bravura musical production lighter than opera: operetta musical production or variety show: revue musical shift of accent in passage or composition: syncopation musical shift to different key: transposition musical sound, theory or study of physical properties of: harmonics muted: sorda, sordo passionless: freddo plaintive: dolente, doloroso playful: giocoso, scherzando plucked: pizzicato quick: allegro, presto, schnell, tostamente, tosto, veloce, vite, viva, vivace quickening: affrettando repeat: ancoro, bis, segno repeat a passage, to: bis repeated: represa sad: dolente sadly: doloroso sharp: sforzando, staccato silence: tacet silent: tacet sliding: glissando slow: adagio, andante, grave, larghetto, largo, lento, tardo slowing: rallentando, rit, ritard, ritardando smooth: dolee, grazioso, legato soft: dolce, pianissimo, piano softening: diminuendo softer: decrescendo solemn: grave spirited: animato, spiritoso stately: maestoso, pomposo strong: forte, fortissimo sustained: sostenuto, sustenuto, tenuto sweet: dolce tender: amabile W
musical stringed instrument like zither but with buttons: autoharp musical study piece: tude musical style of nonsense words with jazz: scat singing musical syllables representing tones: solfeggio, solmization musically unaccompanied: acapella musician: artist, bard, baritone, cellist, composer, conductor, drummer, entertainer, flutist, guitarist, maestro, minstrel, organist, performer, pianist, piper, player, saxophonist, serenader, singer, soprano, tenor, troubadour, violinist, virtuoso, vocalist musician with master's ability, technique, style: virtuoso musician, eminent: maestro musicians and music publishers, district with many: Tin Pan Alley musicians, job or performance for: gig music's metric unit between two bars on staff: measure
music's tonal system consisting of seven tones in fixed relationship: key musing: absorbed, daydreaming, introspective, meditative, pensive, pondering, reflective, reverie musket: carbine, firearm, fusil, gun, matchlock, rifle, weapon muss: chaos, disarrange, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, jumble, mess, ruffle, rumple, shambles, turmoil must: duty, erato, essential, mold, necessity, need, need to, obligation, ought, prerequisite, requirement, shall, should, stum, want mustache, bushy drooping: walrus mustache mustache, long curved: handlebar mustache mustard gas or other blistering agent: vesicant mustard plaster: poultice, sinapism muster: accumulate, amass, assemble, call, collect, congregate, crowd, en-
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MUSIC GENRES, VARIETIES, AND STYLES

acid rock circus music heavy metal primitive semiclassical music acoustic rock classical music hillbilly music program music shockabilly aleatory music concerto hip-hop progressive jazz show tunes alternative rock country-and-western honky-tonk progressive rock ska ambient music music house music progressive soul soft rock anthem country music hymn protest music soul music art music country rock inspirational music psychedelic music soundtrack art rock dance hall instrumental music psychobilly spiritual atonal music or atondance music jazz punk rock stadium rock alism deca-rock jazz rock punkabilly steel band ballet music Delta blues karaoke R&B or rhythm-andsurf music ballroom music disco Latin rock blues swing baroque music Dixieland march raga-rock symphony music beach music doo-wop martial music ragtime synthesized music bebop easy listening music metal rap music synthpop big band electronic music military music rave technopop bluegrass elevator music modern jazz reggae theater music blues ensemble music Muzak rhythm-and-blues or thirdstream music boogie field music New Age R&B thrash metal boogie-woogie folk music new wave rock-and-roll through-composed cabaret folk rock opera music rock music music Cajun funk operetta music rock 'n' roll twelve-tone music or calypso fusion party music rockabilly serialism cathedral music gangsta rap piped music romantic music vocal music chamber music glitter rock political rock sacred music wind music chant gospel music polyphonic music salon music Zopf music henchman, henchwoman, minion, dinate,pop intractable, list, gather, choral music generate, invoke, grungemarmusic rebellious, riotsalsa zydecoW servant, sycophant shal, mobilize, organize, rally, roster, ous, seditious, tumultuous, turbulent, church music hard rock power pop scat mysterious: abstruse, arcane, cabalistic, roundup, summon uncontrollable, unruly concealed, cryptic, curious, dark, enigmusty: aged, antiquated, damp, dank, mutiny: defiance, insurrection, rebelmatic, esoteric, inexplicable, inscrutadirty, dull, filthy, mildewed, moldy, lion, resistance, revolt, riot, strife, ble, magical, mystic, occult, puzzling, rank, rotten, smelly, sour, spoiled, upheaval, uprising recondite, runic, secret, strange, supersqualid, stale, timeworn, tired, trite mutt: dog, mongrel, pooch natural, unfathomable, unknown mutable: alterable, changeable, erratic, mutter: complain, growl, grumble, fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, mermysterious and known to few: arcane, moan, mumble, murmur, patter, curial, unreliable, vacillating, variesoteric whisper able, wavering mysterious or supernatural: numinous muttonchops: burnsides, sideburns, mutate: alter, anomaly, change, conmysterious, one who is: enigma whiskers vert, modify, mutant, mutation, vary mystery: arcanum, cliffhanger, conunmuttonhead: blockhead, dunce, fool, mutation that drastically alters genetic drum, craft, enigma, novel, puzzle, idiot, stupid makeup of organism: saltation riddle, secret, stickler, story, stumper, mutual: associated, bilateral, collecmute: deaden, dumb, muffle, mum, thriller, trade, whodunit tive, common, interactive, joint, remuzzle, quiet, silent, soften, speechmystery story: whodunit ciprocal, related, shared less, unspoken, voiceless mystery with police investigation: pomutual reliance: interdependence mute for instrument: sordino lice procedural muzzle: censure, cork, cover, gag, harmutilate: batter, butcher, cripple, dammystic: cabalistic, cryptic, enigmatic, esness, nose, quiet, repress, restrain, siage, deface, destroy, disfigure, hack, oteric, magic, magical, mystical, oblence, snout, squelch hurt, injure, lame, maim, mangle, mar scure, occult, paranormal, recondite, myopic: astigmatic, blind, blurred, mutilation of legal document: secret, seer, sorcerous, spiritual, supernearsighted, presbyopic, shortsighted spoliation natural, symbolic, visionary, wizardly myriad: army, countless, endless, flood, mystical: anagogic, arcane, cryptic, esmutineer: insurgent, malcontent, radihost, innumerable, legion, lots, scores cal, rebel, rvolter, subversive oteric, hermetical, magical, occult, myrmidon: attendant, cohort, follower, mutinous: lawless, disaffected, insubororphie
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Brass Wind Instruments alpenhorn/alphorn althorn ballad horn baritone horn bass horn bombardon bugle clarion cornet cornopean double-bell euphonium E-flat horn euphonium flugelhorn French horn hand horn helicon horn hunting horn key trumpet lituus lur mellophone nyas taranga ophicleide orchestral horn pocket trumpet post horn sackbut saxcornet saxhorn saxtuba serpent slide trombone sousaphone tenor horn tenor tuba tromba trombone trumpet tuba Keyboard Instruments accordion baby grand barrel organ calliope cembalo clarichord clavichord clavicittern clavicymbal clavicytherium clavier concert grand concertina console piano digital piano grand piano harmonichord harmonium harpsichord hurdy-gurdy lyrichord manichord melodion melopiano monochord organ pair of virginals parlor grand pianette piano pianoforte pipe organ player piano reed organ spinet square piano squeezebox street piano synthesizer upright piano virginal vocoder Percussion Instruments anvil barrel drum bass drum bata bells bodhran bones bongo bull roarer carillon castanets celesta/celeste chime cimbalom/cymbalom clappers claves conga drums conical drum cowbell cylindrical drum cymbals double drum footed drum game Ian glass harmonica glockenspiel gong hackbrett hand bells high-hat cymbals humming top Jew's harp jingling Johnny kazoo kettledrum lithophone maraca marimba membranophone metallophone musical glasses musical saw naker orchestral bells pedal drum peyote drum rattle rhythm stick santir side drum sistrum sleigh bells slit-drum snappers snare drum spoons steel drum tabla tabor tam-tam tambourin tambourine tenor drum thumb piano thunder stick timbale timbrel timpani tintinnabula tom-tom triangle Turkish crescent vibraharp vibraphone washboard wood block xylophone String Instruments acoustic guitar archlute autoharp balalaika bandore banjo banjorine bass fiddle bass guitar bass viol bouzouki cello centerhole guitar cithara cittern classical guitar concert guitar contrabass crowd double bass dulcimer electric guitar fiddle gittern guitar gutbucket harp Hawaiian guitar Irish harp kit kithara koto lute lyre mando-bass mando-cello mandola mandolin mandolute mandore oud pandora pochette psaltery/psaltry rebec/rebeck rote samisen sarod/sarode sitar Spanish guitar steel guitar string bass tamboura/tambura theorbo troubadour fiddle ukulele/uke viele viol violin zither Woodwind Instruments bagpipe bass oboe bassanello bass clarinet basset horn bassoon bombard bombardon clarinet contrabassoon double bassoon English horn fife fipple flute flageolet flute hautboy/hautbois/ oboe heckelphone hornpipe krummhorn/ crumhorn musette nose flute oaten pipe oboe/hautboy/ hautbois ocarina Pandean pipe panpipe penny whistle piccolo pipe pommer recorder saxophone shawm syrinx tabor tenoroon whistle W
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MYSTICAL INTERPRETATION - MYTHS EXPLAINED AS BEING BASED ON REAL EVENTS
MUSLIM TERMS
annual fast: Ramadan ascetic: dervish, fakir, fekeer, sufi call to prayer: azan cap: kulah, kullah, taj crusade: jahad, jehad, jihad expert on Koran: mufti holy cities: Mecca, Medina house of worship: masjid, mosque monastery: khankah, ribat, tekke mosque: masjid Muslim: Abadite, Islam, Islamic, Mahometan, Mohammadan, Moor, Moro, Muslim, Mussulman, Paynim, Saracen, mystical interpretation: anagoge mystical or secret teachings: cabala mystify: baffle, bamboozle, befuddle, confound, confuse, bewilder, muddle, perplex, puzzle, stump mystifying: cryptic Shiite Muslim calendar: Jumada, Mulharram, Rabia, Rajab, Ramadan, Safar, Shaban, Shawwal, Zu'lhijah, Zu'lkadah official summoning faithful to prayer: muezzin sacred book: Koran, Qur'an scholar of holy law: mullah sects: Abadite, Ahmadiya, Dervish, Isawa, Senusi, Shiite, Sifatite, Sunnite, Wahabi spiritual guide: pir student: softa teacher: alim, imam, mujtahid, mulla, mullah, pirW
myth: allegory, fable, fantasy, folklore, legend, parable, saga, story, tale, tradition mythic lamp-dweller: genie mythical: fabled, fabricated, fictitious, imaginary, invented, legendary,
unreal mythical creature, part lion, part eagle: griffin, gryphon mythical multiheaded serpent: hydra myths explained as being based on real events: euhemerism
MYTHOLOGICAL AND LEGENDARY CHARACTERS

abominable snowman/yeti Achilles Adapa Adonis Aegir Aeneas afreet/efreet Agamemnon Aladdin Ali Baba Alifanfaron Amazons Amon Amphion amphisbaena Antaeus Argonauts Argus Asclepius Atlas Atropos Azazel Baba Yaga Babe the Blue Ox banshee/banshie barghest basilisk Beowulf Bigfoot/Sasquatch Blob, the blunderbore bogeyman/bogyman/ boogeyman/ boogyman Bragi Brobdingnagian brownie bugbear bunyip Cacus Calliope Callisto Calypso Cassandra Cassiopeia Castor Cecrops centaur Cephalus Cerberus Charybdis Chimera/Chimaera Cinderella Circe Clio Clotho Clytemnestra cockatrice Cupid Cyclops Daphne Deianira Diomedes Don Juan Dracula dragondryad/ hamadryad Echo Electra Enceladus Erato Euterpe Fafnir Fates Faust Ferragus firedrake Fortuna Frankenstein's monster Furies/Eumenides/ Erinyes Galapas Galatea Galligantus Gargantua genie Geryon ghost ghoul giant Gigantes gnome goblin Godzilla Gog golem Goliath Gorgon gremlin Grendel griffin/gryphon Guinevere Harpy Hecate Hecatoncheires Helen Hercules/Heracles hippocampus hippogriff/ hippogryph hobbit Hydra Hyperion Icarus Iris Jack Frost Jason j inni/j innee/dj inni/ d jinny John Henry Jotun kelpie King Arthur King Kong kobold Kraken Kriss Kringle Laches is lamia Lares leprechaun Leviathan Lilith Loch Ness monster Lorelei Magog manticore Medusa Melpomene Merlin mermaid merman Midas Midgard serpent Mimir Minotaur Muses naiad Narcissus nereid Nibelungs Nymphs Oceanus
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Odnir Odysseus Oedipus ogre ogress ore oread Orion Pandora Pantagruel Parsifal Paul Bunyan Pecos Bill Pegasus Peter Pan Phoenix Pied Piper Pollux Polyhymnia Polyphemus Priam Prometheus Puck Pygmalion Python Rip Van Winkle ' Robin Hood roc Romulus Rumpelstiltskin salamander Santa Claus Sasquatch/Bigfoot Satyr Scheherezade Scylla sea serpent Siegfried simurgh Sinbad Sir Galahad Sir Lancelot siren Sleeping Beauty Sphinx stork Styx succubus Titan tooth fairy Triton troll Typhon Ulysses unicorn Urania vampire Vidar werewolf William Tell windigo witches wolfman wyvern/wivern yeti/abominable snowman Ymir zombie W
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nab: apprehend, arrest, bust, capture, catch, collar, grab, nail, pinch, seize, snatch nabob: bigwig, deputy, dignitary, governor, magnate, nawab, notable, tycoon, viceroy nag: ache, aggravate, annoy, badger, berate, bother, fuss, goad, hackney, harangue, harass, harp, heckle, hector, henpeck, horse, importune, irritate, jade, needle, nudge, pester, plug, prod, racehorse, ride, scold, torment, urge nagging: niggling naiad: nymph nail: arrest, capture, catch, collar, detect, expose, seize, trap nail by bending protruding end, secure a: clinch nail container: keg nail file: emery board nail head: stud nail in hardware: affix, brad, fasten, fastener, hammer, join, pound, secure, spike, stud, tack nail of animal: claw, talon nail or brad without a head: sprig nail with tiny head, thin: brad nail, claw, or hoof: unguis nail, crescent-shaped mark of: cuticle nail, formative tissue or cells of: matrix nail, painful dead skin around: hangnail nail, painful sore around: agnail nails, flesh under finger-: quick naive: artless, candid, childish, green, guileless, gullible, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, natural, simple, trusting, unaffected, unassuming, unschooled, unsophisticated, unworldly naive and immature: jejune naive or innocent girl: ingenue navet, falsely showing: faux-naf
naked: au naturel, bare, barren, defenseless, disclosed, discovered, disrobed, exposed, manifest, nude, obvious, pure, revealed, stripped, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, undressed, unprotected, vulnerable namby-pamby: banal, inane, innocuous, insipid, sapless, sentimental, spineless, weak, wishy-washy name: agnomen, alias, appellation, appoint, baptize, brand, byline, call, celebrity, choose, christen, cite, classify, cognomen, delegate, denomination, deputize, designate, designation, distinction, dub, entitle, epithet, family, handle, headliner, identity, label, moniker, nomenclature, nominate, personage, pseudonym, race, reputation, select, signature, sobriquet, style, tab, tag, term, title name as different from specific name, common: trivial name, vernacular name at baptism: christen name at birth, identifying word for: ne name before article, writer's: byline name-calling: revilement name derived from a thing or place, personal: eponym name derived from father's side: patronymic name derived from mother's side: matronymic, metronymic name derived from place or region: toponym name for class or group: denomination, designation name in support of, to lend one's: endorse name on a check, to write one's: endorse name only, in: nominal, titular name or identity, assumed: incognito
name or initials, to have printed with one's: personalize name or nickname, assumed: sobriquet name or nickname, personal: moniker name or surname, family: cognomen name or title, descriptive substitute for: epithet name replaced by epithet or title: antonomasia name spelled backward as pseudonym: ananym name substituted for another with which it is closely associated: metonymy name system: nomenclature name taken by a writer, assumed: allonym name unknown, condition of having one's: incognito name used by an author, another: nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym name, assumed: alias, sobriquet name, common rather than scientific: vernacular name, erroneous: misnomer name, false: alias, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym name, family or last: cognomen, surname name, fictitious: anonym, nom de guerre, pseudonym name, first or given: praenomen name, good: euonym name, having an unknown or unacknowledged: anonymous, incognito name, having the same: homonymous name, historical, assumed by a writer: allonym name, pet: hypocorism name, place: toponym name, preposition used as mark of noble rank before a: nobiliary particle name, secret: cryptonym
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name, substitution of epithet or title for proper: antonomasia name, taxonomic: tautonym name, to give a: designate, dub, nominate, style name, unknown: anonym name, woman's family: maiden name nameless: anonymous, incognito, indescribable, innominate, obscure, unknown, unmentionable, untitled namely: especially, i.e., id est, noted, particularly, sc, scilicet, specifically, that is, that is to say, to wit, videlicet, viz. nameplate for professional: shingle names in taxonomy, procedure for assigning: nomenclature names, concerning: onomastic names, having two: binomial names, study of: onomastics, onomatology naming of journalistic source: attribution nanny: au pair, caregiver, governess, maidservant, nurse nap: break, doze, fluff, forty winks, fuzz, nod, pile, pour, respite, rest, shag, shut-eye, siesta, sleep, slumber, snooze, wink nap-raising device: teasel nape of neck: nucha, scruff napery: linens napkin: cloth, diaper, doily, handcloth, linens, serviette, towel narcissistic: conceited, egotistical, selfloving, vain, vainglorious narcotic: anesthetic, anodyne, coca, cocaine, dope, downer, drug, ether, hashish, heroin, hypnotic, junk, LSD, marijuana, medication, morphine, opiate, opium, painkiller, quaalude, sedative, soporific, tranquilizer, valium narcotic law enforcer: lark, narc narcotic seller: candy man, dealer, peddler, pusher, source narrate: characterize, chronicle, depict, describe, detail, discourse, recite, recount, relate, report, spin, state, tell narrative: account, anecdote, comment, conte, dialogue, epic, episode, history, legend, myth, narration, saga, statement, story, tale narrative or tale with moral: fable narrative poem: epic, epos, idyl narrow: biased, bigoted, close, confining, constrict, cramped, definite,
eliminate, hidebound, illiberal, inexorable, inflexible, lessen, limited, little, meager, mean, pinched, prejudiced, reactionary, reduce, restricted, rigid, scant, select, slender, slim, small, sound, strait, strict, taper, tight narrow and limited: parochial, provincial narrow board: slat narrow canyon: gorge narrow channel: stria narrow elevated walkway: catwalk narrow flag: streamer narrow foyer: hall narrow furrow: stria narrow glacial ridge: eskar narrow inlet: ria narrow land strip connecting two larger land masses: isthmus narrow-minded: biased, bigoted, hidebound, inflexible, insular, intolerant, limited, parochial, petty, prejudiced, provincial, sectarian, shallow narrow-minded teacher: pedant narrow-mindedness: tunnel vision narrow opening: slit, slot narrow piece: strip narrow space, margin: hairbreadth narrow street: alley narrow the eyes: squint narrower, to become gradually: taper narrowing of a passage: stenosis narrowing of passage, abnormal: stricture narrowly: almost, barely, just, nearly nasal: rhinal nasal cavity: sinus nasal obstruction: adenoid nasal-sounding: adenoidal, twangy nastily insinuating: snide nasty: abominable, awful, cruel, dirty, disgusting, evil, filthy, foul, gross, harmful, hateful, horrible, indecent, loathsome, malicious, mean, nauseating, obscene, offensive, raunchy, repugnant, repulsive, sickening, squalid, ugly, unpleasant, vicious, vile, vulgar, wicked nation: commonwealth, community, country, land, people, race, republic, sovereignty, state, territory, tribe, union nation uncommitted to superpower: neutral nation, nonaligned nation national: citizen, countrywide, domestic, ethnic, federal, nationwide, political, public The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
nations advocating intermediate position: third force nation's desire to reduce tensions with former rival: dtente nation's goods and services: GNP, gross national product nation's recognition of another's laws and institutions: comity of nations native: aboriginal, autochthonous, citizen, congenital, constitutional, domestic, endemic, inborn, inbred, indigene, ingrained, inhabitant, inherent, innate, local, natal, natural, original, regional, resident native country: fatherland, motherland native language: vernacular native of one country who resides in another country: expatriate native or originating where found: aboriginal, autochthonous, enchorial, indigenous native to area or people: endemic natty: chic, dapper, fashionable, neat, posh, smart, spruce, tidy, trim natural: accepted, anticipated, artless, candid, common, congenital, easy, expected, general, genuine, illegitimate, inborn, inbred, inherent, innate, instinctive, intuitive, naive, native, normal, open, organic, plain, primitive, pure, regular, rustic, sincere, unaffected, unrefined natural and healthful: holistic natural and rough: agrestic natural and unrefined: earthy natural attraction: affinity natural attribute: appanage natural environment of organism: habitat natural from birth: inborn, innate, native natural gift or ability: endowment natural good qualities: cardinal virtues natural inclination, arising from: spontaneous, unrehearsed natural resources, controlled use and protection of: conservation natural resources, reduction of: depletion natural response to stimulus: instinct naturalize: acclimatize, accustom, adapt, adopt, character, conform, disposition, essence, kind, nature, sort, structure, temperament, type, universe nature: attributes, category, constitution, environment, makeup, outdoors, property, quality, style
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NAVY RANKS
Commissioned Officers Fleet Admiral Admiral Vice Admiral Rear Admiral (upper half) Rear Admiral (lower half) (Commodore is part of Rear Admiral lower half) Captain Commander Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Lieutenant Junior Grade Ensign Warrant Officers Chief Warrant Officer (W-4) Chief Warrant Officer (W-3) Chief Warrant Officer (W-2) Enlisted Personnel Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Senior Chief Petty Officer Chief Petty Officer Petty Officer First Class Petty Officer Second Class Petty Officer Third Class Seaman; Airman; Fireman Seaman Apprentice; Airman Apprentice; Fireman Apprentice Seaman Recruit^
nature area for wildlife: sanctuary nature, purposeful development in: teleology nature, to relate closely as with: commune nature's influences on an organism's development: nurture naught: cipher, insignificant, nonexistence, nothing, useless, worthless, zero, zilch naughty: bad, disobedient, disorderly, evil, fiendish, immoral, improper, lewd, mischievous, obscene, playful, unruly, vulgar, wayward, wicket naughty or difficult: incorrigible nausea: disgust, dizziness, hatred, loathing, queasiness, revulsion, sickness, vomiting nauseate: bother, disgust, loathe, repel, revolt, sicken, upset nauseated: queasy, seasick, sick nauseated easily: prudish, squeamish
nauseating: disgusting, distasteful, fulsome, loathsome, offensive, qualmish, repugnant, sickening nautical: aquatic, marine, maritime, Naval, oceanic, pelagic, seafaring nautical acknowledgment: aye, aye nautical direction: abeam, aft, alee, aport, leeside nautical guy line: stay nautical man: bosun, salt nautical measure: fathom, knot nautical mop: swab nautical rope: lanyard nautical signaling flag: Blue Peter nautical whistle: boatswain's whistle naval detection method: sonar naval fleet, small: detachment, flotilla, squadron naval jail: brig naval petty officer with clerical duties: yeoman naval petty officer with navigation duties: quartermaster nave: body, center, core, hub, middle navel: omphalos, umbilicus navel, contemplation of one's: omphaloskepsis navigate: cruise, direct, guide, journey, keel, maneuver, operate, pilot, sail, steer navigation: nautics, piloting, sailing, seamanship, shipping, traveling, voyaging, yachting navigation aid: loran, radar, sextant navigation based on position estimates, not based on celestial bodies: dead reckoning navigation based on the positions of celestial bodies: astronavigation, celestial navigation navigation by the horizon or landmarks, aircraft: contact flight, contact flying navigational instrument measuring celestial bodies: astrolabe, sextant navigator: airman, aviator, copilot, explorer, mariner, pilot, sailor, seaman navy: armada, fleet, flotilla nay: against, denial, deny, moreover, negative, no, not, refuse ne'er-do-well: bum, idler, incompetent, loafer, loser, shiftless, wastrel, worthless near: about, adjacent, advance, almost, alongside, approach, approaching, approximately, around, beside, circa, close, close in on, contiguous, convenient, dear, handy, immediate, im-
minent, intimate, looming, neighboring, nigh, rival, similar, touch, vicinal near future, in the: imminent, impending near in space or relationship: vicinity near or next to: abutting, adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, verging on nearby: about, accessible, adjacent, close, convenient, handy, in close, nigh nearly: almost, circa, roughly, virtually, well-nigh, within an inch of nearness: contiguity, propinquity, proximity nearsighted: astigmatic, myopic, shortsighted neat: adroit, clean, clever, concise, dapper, dexterous, exact, exciting, great, immaculate, kempt, meticulous, natty, nice, nifty, orderly, organized, precise, prim, pure, refined, shipshape, skillful, spick-and-span, spotless, spruce, swell, tidy, tosh, trig, trim, uncluttered, undiluted neat and compulsive: anal-retentive nebula: galaxy, nimbus, vapor nebulous: ambiguous, cloudy, foggy, hazy, indefinite, indistinct, misty, murky, obscure, uncertain, unclear, vague necessarily: accordingly, certainly, indubitably, inevitably, naturally, perforce, unavoidably, undoubtedly necessary: crucial, essential, fundamental, imperative, important, indispensable, inevitable, integral, mandatory, needed, paramount, required, requisite, unavoidable, vital necessary and essential: inherent, integral, intrinsic necessary and required: binding, compulsory, de rigueur, imperative, incumbent, indispensable, inescapable, mandatory, obligatory, statutory necessary changes have been made: mutatis mutandis necessary consequence or accompaniment, to have as: entail necessary element or condition: prerequisite, sine qua non necessary means for existing: subsistence necessary, something considered: desideratum necessitate: command, compel, demand, entail, force, impel, oblige, require
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necessity: clothing, essential, food, must, need, prerequisite, requirement, shelter, want, water neck: cape, cervix, collar, column, isthmus, nape, scruff, strait neck arteries: carotid neck cloth off back of hat: havelock neck enlargement, noncancerous: goiter, struma neck feather: hackle neck injury caused by abrupt jerking: whiplash neck muscle contraction, unnatural: torticollis, wryneck neck or neck-shaped anatomical structure: cervix neck-related: cervical, napal neck sinking into shoulders, look of: hunksit neck, back of: nape, nucha, scruff neck, loose skin hanging from: dewlap neck, wrinkled skin of: wattle neckerchief: bandanna, handkerchief, kerchief, scarf necklace: band, beads, carcanet, chain, choker, collar, jewelry, locket, pearls, pendant, rivire, rope, torque necklace of twisted metal: torque necklace with pendant and long chain: lavaliere necklace worn on throat: choker necklace, jewelry attached to: pendant neckline, low, of dress: dcolletage necktie: ascot, band, bolo tie, bow tie, clip-on tie, cravat, foulard, four-inhand, string tie necktie cord with clasp: bolo tie necktie in bowknot: bow tie necktie made of scarf: cravat necktie with simple slip knot: four-inhand necktie with wide simple slip knot: Windsor necrology: obituary necromancy: conjuration, enchantment, goety, magic, sorcery, thaumaturgy, witchcraft, wizardry necropolis: boneyard, cemetery, graveyard nectar: ambrosia, amrita, drink, honey, wine ne: born need: compulsion, crave, demand, dependence, desire, distress, emergency, essential, exigency, extremity, hanker, hunger, lack, longing, must, necessity, obligation, pinch, poverty,
require, requirement, requisite, shortage, thirst, urgency, want, weakness, yearn needle: annoy, badger, bother, get at, goad, harass, irk, prod, provoke, ride, taunt, tease, twit needle case: etui needle hole: eye needle injected beneath skin, of a: hypodermic needle-pricking medical procedure: acupuncture needle-shaped: acerate, acerose, aculeate needle-shaped drill or mountain peak: aiguille needle, phonograph: stylus needle, phonograph arm holding: tone arm needlelike part or structure: acicula needless: excessive, gratuitous, inessential, pointless, superfluous, unnecessary, useless needlework: appliqu, crochet, embroidery, knitting, quilting, sampler, sewing, stitching, tatting needlework frame, wooden: tambour needlework made by looping thread with hooked needle: crochet needlework on canvas, decorative: needlepoint needy: destitute, disadvantaged, down and out, impoverished, indigent, penniless, poor nefarious: atrocious, base, corrupt, depraved, despicable, detestable, evil, gross, heinous, horrible, infamous, miscreant, rank, rotten, sinful, treacherous, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked negate: abolish, annul, deny, gainsay, impugn, invalidate, nullify, quash, repudiate, retract, revoke, undo, veto negative: adverse, blank, contradict, detrimental, film, minus, nay, neutral, nil, not, pessimistic, resisting, skeptical, unfavorable, veto negatively charged atom: anion neglect: abandon, bypass, carelessness, default, discount, disregard, fail, failure, fault, forget, ignore, inattention, laxity, omission, omit, overlook, oversight, pretermit, reject, shirk, slight, slip neglect to fulfill obligation: default, dereliction, laches, nonfeasance neglected: dilapidated, untended neglected condition: desuetude
neglectful: careless, heedless, inattentive, remiss, slack, thoughtless, unmindful, unwatchful negligee: camisole, kimono, nightgown, nightie, peignoir, robe negligence: laxity, laxness negligent: careless, delinquent, derelict, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, inconsiderate, indifferent, lax, remiss, slack, slipshod, thoughtless negligent, heedless: careless negligible: insignificant, minute, piddling, remote, slim, small, trifling negotiate: arrange, bargain, barter, contract, deal, debate, dicker, discuss, haggle, hurdle, manage, settle, surmount, transact, traverse, treat negotiation: compromise, deal, mediation, treaty negotiation between employer and representatives of organized workers: collective bargaining negotiation with hard bargaining: horse-trading negotiations, final statement of terms in: ultimatum neigh: nicker, whinny neighbor: abut, address, adjoin, border, friend, nearby, touch, verge neighborhood: area, block, community, district, environs, locality, parish, precincts, region, section, street, suburb, turf, vicinity, zone neighboring: vicinal neighborly: amicable, civil, cordial, friendly, helpful, hospitable, kind, polite, sociable nemesis: antagonist, avenger, bane, destruction, downfall, enemy, opponent, rival neophyte: beginner, catechumen, convert, greenhorn, learner, newcomer, novice, proselyte, rookie, student, tiro, trainee, tyro nepenthe: drug, narcotic, opiate nephritic: renal Neptune god of: sea Neptune planet order: eighth Neptune's spear: trident nerd: creep, drip, misfit, oaf, sap, twerp Nero killed: Agrippina, Lucan, Octavia, Seneca Nero's kingdom: Rome Nero's mother: Agrippina Nero's successor: Galba Nero's wife: Octavia, Poppaea nerve: audacity, backbone, boldness, brass, bravery, brazenness, coolness,
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courage, daring, effrontery, encourage, energy, fearlessness, fortitude, gall, gameness, grit, guts, hardihood, heart, moxie, pluck, presumption, spirit, spunk, stamina, strength, temerity, tendon, vigor
RELATED TERMS
nervous one: fidgeter, fraidcat nervous sign: tic, twitch nervous system: brachial, cervical, coccygeal, digital, femoral, intercostal, lumbar, mandibular, maxillary, median, ophthalmic, peroneal, radial, sacral, sciatic, thoracic, tibial, ulnar
RELATED TERMS
NERVE PAIRS
first pair of cranial: olfactory nerve second pair of cranial: optic nerve third pair of cranial: oculomotor nerve fourth pair of cranial: trochlear nerve fifth pair of cranial: trigeminal nerve sixth pair of cranial: abducens nerve seventh pair of cranial: facial nerve eighth pair of cranial: statoacoustic nerve ninth pair of cranial: glossopharyngeal nerve tenth pair of cranial: vagus nerve eleventh pair of cranial: accessory nerve twelfth pair of cranial: hypoglossal nerve W
nerve cell: neuron nerve cell process: axon nerve cells forming nerve center, group of: ganglion nerve ending carrying impulse to organ: effector nerve ending responding to stimuli: receptor nerve fibers, bundle of: fascicle, fasciculus nerve fibers, starlike bundle of: peduncle nerve inflammation: neuritis nerve network: rete nerve networks: retia nerve sensing pain, pressure, heat, cold: protopathic nerve sensing touch, temperature intensity: epicritic nerve, cranial: abducens, facial, glossopharyngeal, hypoglossal, oculomotor, olfactory, optic, statoacoustic, trigeminal, trochlear, vagus nerveless: calm, collected, controlled, cool, cowardly, dead, fearful, inert, powerless, spineless, spiritless, weak nerves: jitters nerves carrying impulses from brain or spinal cord: deferent, efferent nerves carrying impulses to brain or spinal cord: afferent nerves, network of: plexus W nervous: anxious, apprehensive, concerned, edgy, excitable, fearful, fidgety, jittery, jumpy, nervy, neurotic, querulous, sensitive, shaky, skittish, tense, touchy, unstrung, upset, uptight nervous and upset: fraught, overwrought nervous disorder like a phobia, mania, depression: neurosis nervous disorder with fatigue, memory loss: neurasthenia nervous disorder with irregular and uncontrollable muscle movement: chorea nervous excitement: agitation, dither nervous feeling: butterflies
nervous system or a nerve, of the: neural nervous system parts reducing digestive secretions, speeding the heart, contracting blood vessels: sympathetic nervous system nervous system parts regulating involuntary actions: autonomic nervous system nervous system parts stimulating digestive secretions, slowing the heart, dilating blood vessels: parasympathetic nervous system nervous system, brain and spinal cord of: central nervous system nervous system, parts not including brain and spinal cord of: peripheral nervous system nervous system, study of: neurology W nervous unease, of: fretful, high-strung, jittery nervously excited: fevered, overwrought nervously move: fidget nervousness: anxiety, heebie-jeebies, jitters, willies nervousness, hormone secreted in response to: adrenaline, epinephrine nervousness, in a state of: anxious, on tenterhooks nervy: bold, brash, brazen, cheeky, gutsy, impudent nest: abode, aerie, aery, brook, cave, den, eyrie, fit, group, hive, home, hount, lair, nide, nidus, swarm nest just after hatching, leaving the: nidifugous nest of bird in high place: aerie, eyrie nest of boxes: inro nest of insect, spider: nidus nest of predatory bird, high: aerie nest until ready to fly, staying in: nidicolous nest, to build a: nidify nestle: bundle, caress, cuddle, embed, embrace, lodge, nuzzle, shelter, snuggle
net: bag, capture, catch, ensnare, entangle, entrap, hook, lace, mesh, network, reticulum, seine, seize, trap, trim, web net in money, to: clear, gain, make, profit, realize, take, yield net or mesh foundation for lace: rseau net or network, open spaces in: interstice, mesh net profit: bottom line net type: drift, drop, gill, grawl, keep, landing, seine, snood, trammel net, large fishing: seine net, three-layer fishing: trammel net, to entangle or catch in: enmesh nether: below, beneath, inferior, lower, under Netherlands people: Dutch, Flemish, Frisian, Hollander netlike: cancellate, cancellous, lacy, reticular, reticulate, retiform netlike cap worn on hair: snood nettle: agitate, aire, annoy, bother, fret, irk, irritate, peeve, pique, provoke, rile, ruffle, splice, trouble, upset, vex network: chain, circuitry, grid, labyrinth, matrix, maze, mesh, nexus, organization, plexus, reseau, rete, reticulation, reticulum, structure, system, web network or grid: reticle, reticule neurotic: anxious, compulsive, erratic, nervous, obsessive, unstable, uptight neurotic anxiety: angst neurotic condition: inferiority complex, insecurity neuter: alter, asexual, balanced, castrate, detached, disinterested, ex-
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NEUTRAL - NIGHTSTICK pressionless, fix, flat, impartial, intransitive, neuter, neutral, nonpartisan, objective, spay, sterilize, unallied, unbiased, undecided neutral: achromatic, colorless, gray, indifferent, nonaligned neutral and sexless: epicene, neuter neutral person working out dispute: arbitrator, go-between, intermediary, ombudsman neutralize: abrogate, annul, balance, block, cancel, counteract, frustrate, negate, nullify, offset, stop, undo never-ending: constant, continual, eternal, everlasting, immortal, infinite, lasting, perpetual, unceasing, uninterrupted nevertheless: although, anyhow, but, however, howsoever, notwithstanding, regardless, still, tho, though, withal, yet new: additional, contemporary, current, fresh, green, improved, inexperienced, latest, modern, novel, original, rebuilt, recent, regenerated, remodeled, renovated, restored, revived, unaccustomed, unexplored, unfamiliar, untested, untried, unused new and fresh: novel, vernal new and modern: neoteric new and primitive: pristine new birth: rebirth, renascence new word, expression, usage: neologism newborn child: neonate newcomer: baby, beginner, fledgling, greenhorn, immigrant, neophyte, novice, rookie, settler, tenderfoot, tyro, upstart newcomer to organization: initiate newcomer to success, ambitious: arriviste newcomer to wealth, power, importance: nouveau riche, parvenu, upstart newfangled: contemporary, fresh, latest, modern, novel, stylish, unique newly conceived: nascent newly introduced element: innovation newly made: in mint condition newly rich: nouveau riche, parvenu news: account, announcement, bulletin, canard, communique, description, dirt, dispatch, flash, gossip, information, intelligence, lowdown, poop, release, report, revelation, scoop, tidings, word news correspondent, freelance: stringer news of current interest, of: topical news story gotten by luck or initiative: exclusive, scoop news story, misleading: canard news summary: update, wrapup news, journalism that exaggerates and distorts: yellow journalism newsmonger: busybody, gossip, reporter, tabloid, tattler newspaper: biweekly, community, daily, gazette, herald, journal, metropolitan, periodical, publication, sheet, tabloid, weekly newspaper archive: morgue newspaper headline across width of page: banner, streamer newspaper late-night shift: lobster shift newspaper list of staff, circulation: masthead newspaper section with light entertainment (Europe): feuilleton newspaper with sensational stories, small-format: tabloid newspapers sold or distributed, number of: circulation newspapers, the selling of features, comic strips, etc. for publication in range of: syndication newsprint, large continuous roll of: web next: adjoining, after, behind, closest, ensuing, following, immediate, nearest, proximate, subsequently, succeeding, then next to: abutting, adjacent, adjoining, almost, alongside, beside, bordering, contiguous, juxtaposed, neighboring, practically, side by side, tangential next to last: penult, penultimate next to nothing or worthless: ambsace next to the last syllable is acutely accented: paroxytons nexus: bond, center, connection, core, link, network, tie, union nibble: bite, chew, crumb, eat, gnaw, morsel, peck, snack, speck nice: accurate, agreeable, appealing, charming, choosy, considerate, cordial, correct, courteous, dainty, decent, delicate, delightful, discerning, elegant, exact, exacting, exquisite, fastidious, fine, finical, friendly, fussy, genteel, gentle, good, gratifying, helpful, likable, lovely, particular, peachy, picky, pleasant, pleasing, polite, precious, precise, profligate, proper, refined, respectable, skillful, subtle, swell, wanton, warmhearted niche: alcove, apse, corner, cranny, cubbyhole, hollow, nook, place, recess, retreat, slot, space nick: chip, cut, dent, dint, indentation, mark, notch, scratch, slit nickname: agname, agnomen, andy, byword, cognomen, handle, label, len, minicker, moniker, sobriquet, tag nickname, descriptive: cognomen, epithet nickname, humorous: sobriquet nifty: cool, excellent, fashionable, marvelous, natty, neat, peachy, sharp, smart, stylish, super, swell, terrific niggard: avaricious, cheap, closefisted, mean, miser, miserly, niggardly, scanty, scrimper, skinflint, stingy, tight niggardly: frugal, greedy, grudging, meager niggling: finicky, fussy, petty, picayune, trifling nigh: about, adjacent, almost, beside, close, near, nearly, neighboring, practically night: bedtime, darkness, dusk, evening, sundown, twilight night and day of equal length: equinox night before: eve night blindness: nyctalopia night person: owl night-sky streaks in northern hemisphere: aurora borealis, northern lights night watch over body before burial: wake night, concerning: nocturnal night, deadline to be inside at: curfew nightclub: bar, bote, cabaret, cafe, copa, disco, discotheque, honkytonk, hot spot, spot, tavern nightclub female singer: chanteuse nightclub with recorded music: discotheque nightdress: negligee, nightgown, peignoir nightfall: dusk, eve, evening, gloaming, sundown, sunset, twilight nightingale: florence, philomel, songbird, thrush, warbler nightmare: apprehension, demon, dream, fancy, fiend, horror, incubus, spirit, succubus, vision nightstick: baton, billy, bludgeon, club, cudgel, staff
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nihilism: anarchy, antheism, chaos, disorder, lawlessness, renunciation, repudiation, skepticism nil: naught, nihil, nonexistent, nothing, zero nimble: active, adroit, agile, alert, brisk, clever, deft, dexterous, fleet, limber, lithe, lively, quick, spry, swift nimbus: atmosphere, aura, aureole, cloud, halo, vapor nincompoop: ass, blockhead, boob, clod, fool, idiot, imbecile, jerk, lummox, moron, ninny, nitwit, simpleton nine days of prayer for Catholics: novena nine inches: span ninefold: nonuple, novenary ninepin: skittle ninety to ninety-nine years old, from: nonagenarian ninth day before the ides: nones ninth hour: none nip: bite, blast, check, chill, clip, compress, curtail, cut, dart, dash, dram, drink, hurry, morsel, pinch, remove, sever, shot, sip, snag, snatch, snort, squeeze, steal, sting, stop, thwart, twitch nipper: biter, boy, child, lad, youngster nipple: mamilla, pap, teat nipple coverings for showgirls: pasties nipple dark circle: areola nippy: biting, brisk, chilly, cold, crisp, cutting, freezing, sharp nirvana: bliss, compassion, condition, emancipation, harmony, joy, paradise, seventh heaven, stability, wisdom nitid: bright, glossy, glowing, lustrous, radiant, resplendent, shiny, spruce nitpick: carp, cavil, criticize, quibble nitpicking: captious, hairsplitting nitrogen, concerning: azotic nitty-gritty: brass tacks, crux, essence, essentials, heart, lowdown, meat nitwit: blockhead, bonehead, coot, dolt, dope, dunce, fool, idiot, imbecile, nincompoop, ninny, oaf, pinhead, simpleton nix: forbid, no, nothing, refusal, sprite, veto no: any, denial, disagree, naw, nay, negative, never, nix, not, refusal, veto no-nonsense: businesslike, demanding, direct, efficient, grave, hard, practical, rigid, serious, stern, strict
nobility: aristocracy, dignity, eminence, exaltedness, integrity, magnanimity, peerage, peers, prestige, royalty noble: aristocratic, august, cavalier, dignified, distinguished, elevated, eminent, epical, ethical, exalted, excellent, fine, free, gallant, generous, good, grand, grandiose, heroic, honorable, ideal, idealistic, illustrious, imperial, just, kingly, lofty, lordly, magnanimous, majestic, moral, peer, peeress, precious, princely, principled, proud, pure, pureblooded, queenly, regal, renowned, righteous, splendid, stately, sterling, sublime, venerated, worthy noble in mind and heart: magnanimous noble or distinguished: distingue, majestic, stately, sterling noble title or rank, person without: commoner noble, grand: baronial nobleman: archduke, aristocrat, baron, baronet, count, duke, earl, emperor, gentleman, grandee, knight, lord, magnifico, marquis, patrician, peer, prince, valet, viscount nobleman below duke but above earl and count: marquess, marquis nobleman or prince, Anglo-Saxon: atheling nobleman, German medieval: burgrave nobleman, high Russian: boyar nobleman, highest Spanish or Portuguese: grandee nobleman, lower French: chevalier nobleman, lower Spanish: hidalgo nobleman, medieval German: landgrave noblewoman: archduchess, baroness, contessa, countess, duchess, empress, gentlewoman, lady, marquise, marquises, princess, queen nobody: cipher, jackstraw, nonentity, pipsqueak, punk, scrub, upstart noctambulism: sleepwalking, somnambulism nocturnal: night, nightly, nighttime nocuous: damaging, dangerous, deadly, harmful, injurious, noxious nod: acceptance, acknowledge, agree, approval, beckon, bend, bow, doze, drift, drowse, gesture, greeting, motion, salute, signal, signify, sleep, yes nodding, head: nutation node: bump, complication, dilemma,
granule, growth, joint, knob, knot, lump, nodule, point, protuberance, swelling nodose: lumpy noel: carol, yuletide noggin: cup, dome, head, mug, noddle, pate noise: babel, bang, blare, blast, boom, bruit, clamor, commotion, din, explosion, fanfare, fuss, gossip, hubbub, pandemonium, racket, shouting, sound, talk, thunder, uproar, yelling noise-absorber: baffle, muffler noise like snoring, coarse rattling: rhonchus noise measure: decibel noise of crashing waves: plangent noise of crickets: stridulation noise of great crowd: tumult noise, crackling popping: crepitation noise, discordant: cacophony, discord, dissonance noise, gradual decrease in: decrescendo, diminuendo noise, gradual increase in: crescendo noise, grating shrill: stridor noise, loud sustained: clamor, hubbub, racket noise, loud wailing: keening, ululation noise, metal tinkling: jangle, tintinnabulation noise, murmuring rustling: froufrou, purl, sough, susurration noise, repeated clanging: clangor noise, repeated echoing: reverberation noise, shrill: stridor noise, shrill clear: clarion noise, to interrupt a: stifle noiseless: deadened, hushed, inaudible, mute, quiet, silent, still noisemaker: baneful, bell, clapper, dangerous, distasteful, horn, nasty, noisome, noxious, putrid, rancid, rank, rattle, repulsive, revolting, vile, whistle noisome: destructive, disgusting, fetid, foul, harmful, hurtful, offensive, pernicious, stinking, unwholesome noisy: aroar, blatant, boisterous, clamorous, clattery, deafening, lively, loud, rackety, rambunctious, screaming, squeaky, thunderous, tumultuous, turbulent, uproarious, vociferous noisy and exuberant: boisterous, rumbustious noisy and harsh-sounding: blaring, grating, jarring, raucous
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NOISY AND VEHEMENT - NORMAL
noisy and vehement: clamorous, strident, vociferous noisy argument, to have: caterwaul noisy breath: rale noisy celebration: revelry noisy celebration for newlyweds: charivari, shivaree noisy commotion: tumult noisy confusion: babel, bedlam, fracas noisy dance: stomp, tap noisy disturbance: brouhaha, commotion, furor, hullabaloo, riot, ruckus, ruction, rumpus noisy fray: riot noisy laughing: cachinnation noisy mock serenade: charivari, shivaree noisy place: babel, bedlam noisy salute: salvo noisy scene: havoc, mayhem, pandemonium noisy sleeper: snorer noisy, extremely: stentorian noisy, making loud sounds: clamorous nom de plume: alias, elia, pen name, pseudonym nomad: Arab, Bedouin, itinerant, migrant, roamer, rover, roving, vagabond, wanderer nomadic: drifting, itinerant, migratory, peripatetic, traveling, wandering nomenclature: appellation, catalogue, classification, designate, designation, glossary, language, list, name, taxonomy, terminology, vocabulary nominal: formal, inexpensive, insignificant, mere, minimal, ostensible, professed, small, supposed, titular nominate: appoint, call, choose, designate, elect, name, offer, propose, select, slate, specify, submit, tap nominee: applicant, candidate, hopeful non compos mentis: demented, deranged, incompetent, insane, not of sound mind nonage: childhood, immaturity, infancy, youth nonalcoholic drinks: mocktails nonappearance excuses in British law: essoins nonbeliever: agnostic, atheist, doubter, heathen, infidel, pagan, skeptic, unbeliever nonchalant: airy, blas, calm, careless, causal, collected, cool, easy, easygoing, imperturbable, indifferent, lethargic, offhand, unemotional noncommittal: ambiguous, evasive, in-
decisive, indefinite, middle of the road, neutral, reserved, tentative, vague noncompliant: belligerent, disobedient, rebellious, stubborn, unorthodox, unruly nonconformist: beatnik, bohemian, dissenter, dropout, eccentric, hippie, maverick, oddball, orthodox, radical, rebel, recusant, renegade, weirdo nonconformity: anomaly, disbelief, discordance, dissent, dissidence, heresy, peculiarity, recusancy nondescript: commonplace, dull, mousy, ordinary, unexceptional, unimpressive, unmemorable nondrinker: teetotaler nondrinking: abstinent, temperate nonentity: cipher, nobody, nonexistence, nothing, small fry, strawman, zero, zilch nonessential: deadwood, dispensable, expendable, extrinsic, incidental, insignificant, trivial, unimportant, unnecessary nonesuch: matchless, paradigm, paragon, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled nonetheless: even so, however, nevertheless, still, though nonexistent: baseless, extinct, fictional, groundless, imagined, missing, mythical, null nonfading: colorfast nongraduate: dropout nonhuman or inanimate: insensate, insensible noninterference in government, business: laissez-faire nonmaterial and spiritual: incorporeal nonmetrical hymn, song, or chant using words taken from the bible: canticle nonmilitary: civilian nonobservance: disregard, failure, laxity, negligence, slight, violation nonpareil: A-one, ideal, oner nonpartisan: equitable, fair, impartial, independent, just, neutral, objective, unbiased, unprejudiced nonplus: baffle, balk, bewilder, blank, confound, confuse, disconcert, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, fluster, frustrate, perplex, puzzle, rattle, stump, stymie nonproductive: barren nonprofessional: amateur, dabbler, laic, layman, layperson, laywoman, tyro
nonreligious: profane, secular nonresistant: meek, passive, submissive, tolerant, yielding nonsense: absurdity, amphigory, antics, applesauce, babble, balderdash, baloney, bilge, blah, blarney, blather, bosh, bull, bunk, bunkum, craziness, drivel, drool, faddle, fandangle, fiddle-faddle, flapdoodle, flummery, folder, folderol, folly, foolishness, footle, frivolity, garbage, gibberish, gobbledygook, guff, hogwash, hokum, hooey, horsefeathers, inanity, jabberwocky, jive, junk, malarkey, moonshine, muck, mumbo jumbo, poppycock, rot, rubbish, shenanigans, silliness, tomfoolery, tosh, trash, tripe, triviality, trumpery, twaddle nonsense and empty talk: bunk, claptrap, flimflam, hokum, malarkey, rigmarole, waffle nonstop: constant, continuous, direct, endless, incessant, uninterrupted nonverbal expression: sigh nonviolent: irenic, pacifist, passive, peaceful nonviolent methods of Buddhists and Hindus: ahimsa nonviolent methods of Mahatma Gandhi: satyagraha nonviolent methods, refusal to obey civil laws by: civil disobedience nonviolent methods, resistance by: passive resistance nonviolent resistance: civil disobedience, passive resistance, satyagraha nonworking: idle nook: alcove, angle, byplace, cavity, corner, cove, cranny, crevice, glen, hideaway, hole, niche, recess, retreat nook or alcove for informal meals: dinette noon: apex, eight bells, meridian, midday, twelve o'clock noon, after: postmeridian noon, before: antemeridian noose: ensnare, entrap, hang, hitch, lariat, lasso, loop, snare, tie, trap norm: average, benchmark, gauge, mean, median, model, par, pattern, rule, scale, standard norm, to depart from a: deviate normal: average, common, compos mentis, conventional, expected, natural, ordinary, orthodox, reasonable,
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TYPES OF NOSES
broad flat: leptorrhinian, platyopic bumpy: kyphorrhinos curved or hooked: aquiline hawklike: accipitrine high prominent-bridged: Roman nose short: pug nose, snub nose straight: Grecian nose turned-up: retrouss W regular, routine, sane, sound, standard, together, traditional, typical, usual normal according to custom, fashion: established, prevailing, wonted normal breathing: eupnea normal consequence: corollary normal custom or usage: consuetude normal customs, person adhering to: conformist Norse epic or saga: edda north: arctic, cold, polar North Star: polar star, polaris, polestar north, concerning the: boreal north, of the far: arctic, hyperborean northeaster: gale, storm, wind northerly habitable world according to ancient Greeks: Thule, Ultima Thule Northerner who went South after Civil War: carpetbagger nose: beak, bill, busybody, conk, detect, flair, gift, investigate, knack, meddle, muffle, muzzle, nozzle, poke, proboscis, pry, scent, schnoz, schnozz, schnozzle, smell, smeller, sniff, sniffer, sno, snoop, snoot, snout, spy nose blockage: congestion nose congestion medicine: decongestant nose-dive: dip, drop, plummet, plunge, skid nose out: edge nose partition: septum nose plastic surgery: nose job, rhinoplasty nose red from drunkenness: coppernose nose ridge above lip, separating nostrils: columella nose, branch of medicine treating the: rhinology nose, concerning the: nasal, rhinal nosebleed: epistaxis nosegay: bouquet, flowers, posy, sprigs nosh: eat, snack nostalgia: homesickness, loneliness, longing, reminiscence, sentimentality, yearning
nostril: nare, naris nostrils' side bulbs: alae nostrils, bone of wall between: vomer nostrils, cavity close to: sinus nostrils, wall between: septum nostrum: elixir nosy: curious, inquisitive, intrusive, meddlesome, prying, snooping not: denial, hardly, nay, negative, neither, nought, prohibition, refusal notable: aileron, baron, celebrity, chief, distinguished, eminent, eventful, fabled, famous, heavyweight, historic, kingpin, leader, luminary, memorable, mogul, noteworthy, personality, remarkable, storied, superstar, VIP notarize: attest, certify, validate notation: annotation, entry, marking, memo, memorandum, record, system notational sign, in music: segno notch: cut, degree, dent, dint, gash, groove, incision, indent, indentation, jab, level, mark, nick, pass, record, score, scotch, serrate, step, tally, undercut notch cut by saw or ax: kerf notch for inserted part: feather, gain, mortise, rabbet, tenon notch or groove: chamfer, chase, indentation, kerf notched: erose, serrate notched as a leaf: erose notched at edge: crenelated, indented, serrated notched at edge of fabric: pinked notches for keeping count: tally notches on coin: fluting, milling notches or teeth, set of: serration note: annotate, comment, commentary, eminence, enter, epistle, heed, indicate, indication, inscription, jot, key, letter, line, mark, memo, memorandum, message, minute, missive, notice, observation, observe, perceive, pitch, record, remark, reminder, report, reputation, scale, scribble, song, sound, symbol, thank you note as legal tender: bill, certificate, chit, currency, draft, greenback, I.O.U., loan, money, promissory, token, voucher note at bottom of page: footnote note group in music: chord note individually: enumerate, itemize, particularize, specify
note, explanatory or critical: annotation, commentary, gloss note, reminder: aide-mmoire, memo, memorandum note, whole: semibreve notebook: diary, journal, log, record, register notebook of quotes, literary excerpts: commonplace book noted: celebrated, distinguished, eminent, famous, illustrious, marked, prominent, recognized, renowned, seen notes in margin: marginalia notes (music) lengthened or shortened arbitrarily: rubato notes (music) short and detached: staccato notes of chord played in quick succession: arpeggio notes played without a break and linked to each other: appoggiato noteworthy: considerable, eminent, epic, exceptional, important, meaningful, memorable, notable, observable, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, significant, special nothing: bagatelle, blank, cipher, free, nada, naught, nihil, nil, nix, none, nought, null, trifle, useless, zero, zilch nothingness: death, emptiness, naught, nihility, nonentity, nonexistence, oblivion, vacuum, void notice: acknowledge, aprissal, attention, ban, billet, care, caution, caveat, civility, cognizance, consideration, discern, espy, greet, heed, mark, mind, observe, recognize, regard, see, sense notice or announcement: advertisement, advice, announcement, article, brochure, bulletin, citation, comment, disclosure, leaflet, memorandum, mention, news, note, obituary, pamphlet, poster, remark, sign, warning noticeable: clear, conspicuous, distinct, evident, marked, noteworthy, obvious, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, salient, sensational, striking, unmistakable noticeable and observable: apparent, discernible, evident, explicit, manifest noticeable and perceivable: appreciable, palpable
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NOTICEABLE, IMMEDIATELY - NUCLEAR BOMB WITH LESSENED PHYSICAL DAMAGE
noticeable, immediately: conspicuous, glaring, patent, prominent, pronounced, unmistakable notify: acquaint, advise, announce, apprise, brief, broadcast, circulate, clue, declare, divulge, inform, post, promulgate, publish, report, signal, tell, warn notion: belief, caprice, clue, conceit, concept, desire, fancy, hint, idea, image, inclination, inkling, insight, intention, intimation, opinion, theory, thought, understanding, vagary, view, whim notoriety: celebrity, fame, infamy, publicity, reputation, scandal, stigma notorious: acclaimed, apparent, arrant, bad, blatant, celebrated, dishonorable, disreputable, famous, flagrant, infamous, known, scandalous, villainous notwithstanding: against, although, aside, despite, even, howbeit, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, regardless, spite, though nought: zero noun: name, person, place, thing
RELATED TERMS
noun affected by the action verb: object noun expressing direction from or cause in some Indo-European languages: ablative noun expressing possession, measurement, or source in some IndoEuropean languages: genitive noun for both male and female forms: epicene noun for person or thing being addressed in some languages like Latin: vocative noun formed with -ing, verbal: gerund noun functioning as an explanatory equivalent: appositive noun identifying a specific person, place or thing: proper name, proper noun noun inflection for case, number, gender in some languages: declension noun or noun equivalent, designating: substantive noun or pronoun and its modifiers: noun phrase noun or pronoun following linking verb: predicate nominative
noun preceded by the article representing all members of a class: common noun noun representing idea, concept, quality: abstract noun noun representing physical thing: concrete noun noun representing substance or concept that is indivisible: mass noun, noncount noun noun representing substance that can form a plural: count noun noun representing unique individual, place, event: proper name, proper noun noun that denotes a group: collective noun noun that is direct object of verb or preposition: accusative noun that is indirect object of verb in some languages like Latin: dative noun that is subject of verb in some languages like Latin: nominative noun to designate a class or group, substitution of personal name for common: antonomasia noun to which a pronoun refers: antecedent noun types: common, personal, pronoun, proper noun, adjective, pronoun complementing a verb: objective complement noun, concerning a: nominal W nourish: administer, cherish, cultivate, develop, feed, foster, maintain, nurse, nurture, promote, rear, stimulate, strengthen, supply, support, sustain nourishes, something that: nurture, nutriment, sustenance nourishing: beneficial, healthful, hearty, nutritious, wholesome nourishment: ailment, food, meat, nutrient, nutriment, provisions, support, sustenance nourishment, providing: alimentary nourishment, source of: food, nutrient, nutrition nouveau riche: newly rich, parvenu, upstart nova: star novel: avant-garde, contemporary, daring, different, fresh, innovative, modern, new, newfangled, odd, original, uncommon, unique, unusual
novel (book): fiction, paperback, romance, story

R E L A T E D TERMS
novel about actual persons with fictional names: roman clef novel about adventures of roguish hero: picaresque novel novel about moral, intellectual development of youth: bildungsroman novel about several generations of family, community, or society: roman-fleuve, saga novel novel continuing work of previous novel: sequel novel in the form of a series of letters: epistolary novel published in installments: feuilleton novel with events preceding previous novel: prequel novel, brief, with a moral: novella novel, short additional section at end of: afterword, epilogue, postscript W novel's introductory chapter: prologue novelty: bauble, change, contraption, fad, gewgaw, innovation, knickknack, oddity, trinket novice: abecedarian, amateur, apprentice, beginner, colt, convert, fledgling, greenhorn, learner, neophyte, newcomer, plebe, punk, pupil, rookie, student, tenderfoot, tiro, trainee, tyro now: at present, directly, forthwith, immediately, in our time, instantly, modern, present, promptly, pronto, soon, straightaway, today now and then: infrequently, occasionally, periodically, seldom, sometimes noxious: baneful, dangerous, deadly, destructive, evil, fetid, harmful, hurtful, injurious, lethal, nocent, nocuous, noisome, pernicious, poisonous, putrid, revolting, stinking, toxic, unhealthy, unwholesome, virulent noxious atmosphere: miasma nuance: degree, gradation, nicety, refinement, shade, soupon, subtlety, suggestion, touch, variation nub: bulge, bump, core, crux, essence, gist, kernel, knob, knot, lump, nucleus, point, substance nuclear bomb with lessened physical damage: neutron bomb
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NUCLEAR CAPACITY EXCEEDING AMOUNT NEEDED TO DESTROY ENEMY -NUN, TO BECOME A
nuclear capacity exceeding amount needed to destroy enemy: overkill nuclear detonation point: ground zero nuclear explosion's cloud: fireball, mushroom nuclear explosion's released energy: yield nuclear fuel, elements used in: plutonium, uranium nuclear means of discouraging enemy attack: deterrent nuclear reaction with heavy nucleus split into fragments: fission nuclear reaction with nuclei combining to make massive nuclei: fusion nuclear reactor: pile nuclear reactor that slows fast neutrons, substance in: meltdown nuclear weapons or energy, means other than: conventional nuclear weapons, calling for an end to acquisition or deployment of: nonproliferation nucleus: cadre, center, core, crux, focus, kernel, nub, ring, seed, spark nude: au naturel, bare, exposed, naked, raw, stark, stripped, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, undressed nudge: bump, elbow, jab, jog, jostle, poke, prod, push, shove, touch nudism: naturism nugatory: futile, hollow, idle, ineffectual, invalid, trifling, trivial, useless, vain, worthless nugget: chunk, clump, gold, hunk, lump, mass nuisance: annoyance, bother, burden, exasperation, headache, imposition, inconvenience, irritation, pest, plague, problem, thorn null: ineffectual, insignificant, invalid, nonexistent, nothing, nullify, useless, void, worthless, zero null and void: diriment, invalid nullify: abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, counteract, invalidate, negate, neutralize, null, offset, renege, repeal, rescind, revoke, squash, undo, veto, void nullity: cipher, naught, nonentity, nothing, zero, zilch numb: anesthetized, blunt, de:ad, deaden, desensitize, different, dull, freeze, insensible, insensitive, paralyze, stun, stupid, torpid, unfeeling number: aggregate, amount, array, bunch, bundle, calculate, compute, count, crowd, flock, fraction, group,
herd, horde, host, many, multitude, myriad, numerate, percentage, proportion, quantity, quota, scads, score, several, slew, sum, swarm, tally, total number or numeral: cardinal, cipher, decimal, denominator, digit, factor, figure, integer, numeral, numerator, prime, symbol number admitted, maximum: quota number assigned to library book: call number number by which another number is to be divided: divisor number expressed as an integer or quotient of integers: rational number number from which another number is to be subtracted: minuend number in numbering system, character indicating: digit, figure number indicating position in sequence (lst,2nd,3rd): ordinal number number indicating quantity: cardinal number number midway between highest and lowest numbers of series: median number multiplied in multiplication problem: factor number multiplying a variable: coefficient number needed to make up a whole: complement number obtained by dividing one quantity by another: quotient number obtained by multiplying two or more numbers: product number obtained when another number is divided into one, e.g. 7 of 1/7: inverse, reciprocal number of steps, problem-solving procedure with finite: algorithm number or range of numbers occurring most frequently in a set: mode number sequence in which each is formed by adding a constant to the preceding number, e.g. 2,5,8 or 1,3,5: arithmetic progression number showing how many times a number is used as factor in calculation: exponent, power number slightly above another: superscript number slightly below another: subscript number that divides exactly into another number: aliquot number that divides into another without a remainder: factor
number that is integer or quotient of integers, whole number or fraction: rational number number that is result of multiplying: factorial number the pages of a book: foliate, paginate number to be divided: dividend number to be multiplied: multiplicand number to be subtracted from another: subtrahend number used in counting (1,2,3): cardinal number number written using base 10: decimal number, positive or negative whole: integer number, vast: multitude, myriad numbered: doomed, fated, limited, marked, specified, totalled numbered musical composition: opus numbering system: numeration, reckoning numberless: endless, immeasurable, incalculable, infinite, myriad, numerous, unlimited numbers used to determine position of something: coordinates numbers, amount obtained by adding: sum numbers, concerning: numerical numbers, relation between two: proportion, ratio numbers, study of the occult meanings of: numerology numeral: cipher, digit, figure, integer, letter, number, symbol numerate: calculate, count, list, number, tally, total numeration system using only 0 and 1: binary number system, binary system numerous: abundant, copious, diverse, extensive, infinite, large, lots, many, multiple, multitudinous, plentiful, several, untold, voluminous numskull: blockhead, bonehead, dolt, dunce, fool, idiot, imbecile, jerk, knucklehead, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit nun: abbess, anchorite, devotee, postulant, prioress, sister, vestal, votaress nun or monk: votary nun who is superior of convent: abbess, prioress nun, candidate for: neophyte, novice, novitiate, postulant nun, to become a: take the veil, take vows
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NUN, WOMAN LIVING IN R E L I G I O U S COMMUNITY LIVING WITHOUT VOWS OF -NYMPH
nun, woman living in religious community living without vows of: canoness nuncio: ambassador, delegate, diplomat, messenger, representative nuncupative: oral nunnery: abbey, convent, monastery, order, sisterhood nun's cone-shaped headdress: cornet nun's donation as candidate: dowry nun's dress: habit nun's starched neck-and-shoulder piece of habit: guimpe nun's white headdress: wimple nuns, group of: superfluity nuptial: bridal, connubial, espousal, hymeneal, marital, matrimonial, wedding nurse: attend, care, cherish, cradle, feed, foster, harbor, nanny, nourish, nurture, rear, Sisterkenny, suckle, tend nurse who raises child: dry nurse
nursery: crche, greenhouse, playroom, preschool nurse's teenaged helper: candy striper nurture: bolster, cherish, cultivate, develop, educate, feed, foster, mother, nourish, nurse, raise, rear, strengthen, support, teach, tend, train, uphold nut: acorn, almond, betel, bur, cashew, core, filbert, hazel, hickory, kiik, kola, peanut, pecan, pistachio nut confection: nougat nut fitting over bolt: lug nut nut of the Americas, two-part bumpy: peanut nut, hazel-: filbert nut, oval thin-shelled U.S.: pecan nut, round hard-shelled Australian: macadamia nut, smooth hard-shelled North American: hickory
nuthatch genus: sitta nutriment: aliment, diet, food, nourishment, nutrition, provisions, support, sustenance nutrition and diet, science of: sitology nutrition, defective: dystrophy nutrition, pertaining to: trophic nutritious: balanced, healthy, nourishing, salubrious, wholesome nutritious snack: gorp nutritive meal: salep nuts: bananas, batty, bonkers, crazy, demented, deranged, eccentric, insane, loco, loony, mad, masts, nutty, touched, wild nutty liqueur: amaretto nuzzle: caress, cuddle, fondle, nestle, nudge, push, snuggle nymph: damsel, deity, fairy, female, girl, houri, maiden, mermaid, naiad, oread, siren, sprite, sylph, woman
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oaf: blockhead, bonehead, boob, boor, clod, clown, dolt, dumbbell, dunce, fool, foundling, goof, goon, idiot, jerk, lout, lummox, lump, moron, nincompoop, nitwit, simpleton oak fruit: acorn oak variety: bear, black, blackjack, bluejack, bur, canyon, chestnut, holly, huckleberry, laurel, live, poison, Red, scarlet, scrub, Western, white, willow oar: blade, paddle, pole, propel, row, rower, scull, sweep oar blade horizontal between strokes, to turn an: feather oar in position that acts as fulcrum, device holding: oarlock oar in position, device holding: becket oar or paddle blade: palm oar types: needle, spade oarlock: thole oarsman: gondolier, helmsman, rower, sculler oasis: garden, haven, refuge, relief, sanctuary, spa, wadi oasis, illusion of: mirage oath: adjuration, affidavit, affirmation, appeal, bond, contract, curse, expletive, obligation, pledge, profanity, promise, swear, swearword, testimony, vow oath of fidelity to feudal lord: fealty, homage oath of new physicians: Hippocratic oath oath, declaration given in place of an: affirmation oath, one who testifies in writing under: deponent oath, testimony under: deposition oath, to make declaration under: testify oath, written statement under: affidavit
oaths, one legally empowered to administer: notary, notary public oatmeal: cereal, food, porridge oatmeal cake: scone obdurate: adamant, callous, cruel, firm, hard, hardened, hardhearted, headstrong, immovable, impenitent, inflexible, insensible, intractable, iron, obstinate, persistent, pigheaded, rigid, rough, rugged, stubborn, unbending, unemotional, unfeeling, unshakable, unyielding obedience unsupported in reality, verbal: lip service obedience, person of unquestioning: apple-polisher, bootlicker, flunky, lacky, minion obedient: abiding, acquiescent, amenable, attentive, compliant, docile, duteous, dutiful, heedful, loyal, mindful, obeying, obsequious, respectful, submissive, tame, tractable, yielding obedient and easily managed: amenable, biddable, compliant, governable, obeisant, pliable, tractable obedient, overly: acquiescent, deferential, docile, obsequious, servile, submissive, sycophantic, unctuous obeisance: bow, curtsy, deference, esteem, fealty, gesture, homage, honor, kowtow, loyalty, reverence, salaam, salutation, submission obelisk: column, dagger, mark, monolith, monument, needle, pillar, pylon, shaft, tower obese: chubby, corpulent, fat, fleshy, heavy, overweight, plump, pudgy, rotund obey: accept, acquiesce, comply, conform, follow, heed, mind, observe, respect, submit, yield
obey and comply: abide by, acquiesce in, adhere to, conform to, defer to, humor, indulge, toe the line obey to gain favor: fawn, kowtow, truckle obfuscate: bewilder, blur, cloud, confuse, darken, dim, garble, hide, muddle, obscure, perplex, puzzle obiter dictum: comment, opinion, remark obituary: announcement, death notice, eulogy, necrology obituary commemoration: epitaph object: aim, design, doodad, duty, end, essence, expostulate, function, gadget, goal, intent, item, mark, mission, motive, oppose, point, principle, purpose, reason, target, thing, thingamajig, victim object affected by the action verb: indirect object object as guide to travelers: landmark object believed to have magical powers: fetish object beyond or real only to senses and unknowable through reasoning: phenomenon object made by humans: artifact object of attention: cynosure object of worship: icon, idol object understood only by intellect and not by senses: noumenon object with magical, spiritual power: fetish, juju, relic, talisman object, to: argue, cavil, challenge, demur, disapprove, dispute, protest, take exception objection: argument, cavil, challenge, demural, exception, gripe, oppose, protest objection or disagreement: dissent, dissidence
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OBJECTION OR UNEASY FEELING ABOUT SOMETHING - OBSTINATE
objection or uneasy feeling about something: qualm, scruple objection, irrelevant or petty: quibble objection, to affirm validity of: sustain objectionable: abhorrent, deplorable, disagreeable, exceptional, loathsome, offensive, repellent, reprehensible, revolting, unacceptable, undesirable, unpleasant, vile objective: aim, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, duty, end, fair, goal, impartial, just, mission, motive, purpose, straight, target, unbiased objective and representative of reality: realistic objective and unbiased: disinterested, dispassionate, impartial objet d'art: bauble, bibelot, curio, gewgaw, trinket, virtu objurgate: abuse, berate, castigate, chide, execrate, rebuke, reprove, scold oblation: gift, offering, presentation, sacrifice obligated: beholden, bound, committed, forced, indebted, required obligation: agreement, bond, burden, commitment, compulsion, contract, debt, duty, guarantee, indebtedness, liability, loan, mortgage, must, need, oath, onus, pledge, promise, requirement, responsibility, vow, warranty obligation owed: fealty obligation to honorable behavior by nobility: noblesse oblige obligatory: binding, compulsory, enforced, essential, imperative, incumbent, irrmissible, mandatory, necessary, required, unavoidable oblige: accommodate, assist, compel, constrain, contribute, favor, force, gratify, help, necessitate, obligate, please, require oblique: angled, askance, askew, aslant, awry, backhanded, bent, crooked, cross, diagonal, evasive, inclined, indirect, out of kilter, pitched, roundabout, sidelong, sideways, sidewise, skew, slanting, sloped, tilted, underhand, vague oblique or diagonal line: bias obliterate: abolish, annihilate, blot, cancel, delete, destroy, efface, eliminate, erase, expunge, extinguish, raze, waste oblivion: amnesty, emptiness, forgetfulness, lethe, limbo, nonexistence, nothingness, obscurity, pardon
oblivious: absentminded, blind, disregardful, inattentive, preoccupied, unaware, unconscious, unnoticing, unwitting oblong: angular, elliptical, elongated, oval, rectangular oblong figure: quadrilateral, tetragon oblong-shaped cut gem: baguette obloquy: aspersion, calumny, censure, contempt, defamation, disgrace, dishonor, ignominy, infamy, invective, odium, shame, vilification obnoxious: abhorrent, annoying, detestable, foul, hateful, liable, loud, nasty, offensive, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, unpleasant, vile obscene: bawdy, coarse, crude, dirty, disgusting, fescennine, filthy, foul, foulmouthed, gross, immoral, impure, indecent, lascivious, lewd, licentious, loathsome, lurid, nasty, offensive, pornographic, profane, rank, raunchy, repugnant, repulsive, salacious, scatological, smutty, vulgar obscene material: pornography obscene talk: bawdry, coprolalia obscenity, interest in: scatology obscure: ambiguous, becloud, bedim, befog, bemist, blanket, blind, block, blot, blurred, caliginous, camouflage, cloak, cloud, cloudy, complicated, conceal, confuse, cover, cryptic, dark, darken, deep, difficult, dim, disguise, enigmatic, equivocal, falsify, foggy, forgotten, gloomy, hazy, hidden, hide, incomprehensible, indistinct, mask, murky, mystic, mystical, overshadow, puzzling, remote, screen, secluded, secretive, shadowy, shield, uncertain, unclear, undefined, unimportant, unknown, unnoticeable, vague, veil obscure and foggy: cloudy, misty, obnubilate obscure except to expert: arcane, esoteric, recherch obscure or muddle: eclipse, obfuscate obscure person: quidam obscure saying or riddle: enigma obscured at twilight: crepuscular, murky obsequies: ceremony, funeral, rites, service obsequious: attentive, bootlicking, compliant, cowering, fawning, groveling, kowtowing, menial, obedient, servile, slavish, slick, submissive, subservient, sycophantic, toadying
observable: aboveboard, open, overt observance: attention, celebration, ceremony, custom, form, formality, mark, observation, practice, regard, rite, ritual, service, tradition observant: alert, attentive, aware, discerning, keen, mindful, perceptive, vigilant, watchful observation: attention, autopsy, comment, commentary, discovery, espial, examination, finding, monitoring, note, notice, probe, remark, scrutiny, study, surveillance, survey, view observation area on roof of house: widow's walk observation as the basis: a posteriori observation or experiment, based on: empirical observation, close: surveillance observatory: catbird seat, lookout, tower, watchtower observe: adhere, behold, catch, celebrate, commemorate, comment, comply, detect, discern, espy, eye, follow, heed, honor, keep, look, mark, monitor, note, notice, obey, perceive, regard, remark, respect, see, sight, solemnize, spot, study, take notice, to see, view, watch, witness observe carefully: scrutinize observer: bystander, eyer, onlooker, spy observing one's own thoughts: introspection observing post, favorable: coign of vantage obsessed: beset, consumed, controlled, dogged, dominated, engrossed, fixated, haunted, hooked, infatuated obsession: amnia, attraction, compulsion, craving, craze, fascination, fetish, fixation, ide fixe, infatuation, mania, passion, phobia, preoccupation obsessively anxious: neurotic obsolete: ancient, antiquated, archaic, dated, extinct, old, old-fashioned, out, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, outworn, pass, superannuated, timeworn obsolete thing, to get rid of: pension off, put out to pasture obsolete thing, to replace: supersede obstacle: bar, barrier, block, blockade, bump, catch, difficulty, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, obstruction, snag, stumbling block, vicissitude obstinate: bulky, bullheaded, cantankerous, contrary, crotchet, deter-
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OCEANS AND SEAS

Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea Amundsen Sea Andaman Sea Antarctic Ocean Arabian Sea Arafura Sea Aral Sea Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Baffin Bay Bali Sea Baltic Sea Banda Sea Barents Sea Bay of Bengal Beaufort Sea Bellingshausen Sea Bering Sea Black Sea Caribbean Sea Caspian Sea Celebes Sea China Sea Chukchi Sea Coral Sea East China Sea Flores Sea Greenland Sea Gulf of Alaska Gulf of California Gulf of Guinea Gulf of Mexico Hudson Bay Indian Ocean Inland Sea Ionian Sea Irish Sea Java Sea Kara Sea Laptev Sea Ligurian Sea Mediterranean Sea Molukka Sea North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean North Sea Pacific Ocean Persian Gulf Philippine Sea Red Sea Ross Sea Sargasso Sea Savu Sea Sea of Azov Sea of Galilee Sea of Japan Sea of Marmara Sea of Okhotsk South Atlantic Ocean South China Sea South Pacific Ocean Tasman Sea Timor Sea Tyrrhenian Sea Weddell Sea White Sea Yellow Sea %
mined, dogged, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, muleheaded, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, staunch, steadfast, stubborn, sullen, tough, unbending, unruly, willful obstinately resistant: diehard, hardheaded, hidebound, refractory, unregenerate obstreperous: boisterous, clamorous, defiant, loud, noisy, raucous, unruly, vociferous obstruct: arrest, bar, barricade, barrier, beset, block, block up, blockade, check, choke, clog, close, congest, crimp, curb, dam, delay, encumber, filibuster, foil, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, oppose, plug, prevent, retard, screen, shroud, stonewall, stop, stymie, thwart obstructed section: bottleneck obstructing: in the way, obstruent obstruction: barrier, dam, delay, difficulty, encumbrance, gridlock, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, restriction, roadblock, snag, stumbling block
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obstructionist tactic: filibuster It obtain: accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, capture, collect, compass, earn, encompass, gain, gather, get, procure, purchase, reach, reap, receive, secure, sponge, succeed, take, win obtain by force or threat: extort obtain or receive from a source: derive obtrude: impose, infringe, interfere, intrude obtrusive: aggressive, brash, forward, impertinent, intrusive, meddlesome, noticeable, obvious, officious, presumptuous, protruding, pushing, pushy obtrusive plants: weeds obtuse: blunt, crass, dense, dull, ignorant, insensitive, opaque, round, stupid obverse: complement, counterpart, face, front, opposite obviate: avert, avoid, circumvent, dodge, forestall, interfere, intervene, preclude, prevent, ward obvious: apparent, blatant, clear, conspicuous, distinct, evident, glaring, lucid, manifest, open and shut, overt, palpable, patent, plain, self-explanatory, unmistakable, unsubtle, visible obvious and following necessarily: analytic, tautologous obvious and needing no proof: axiomatic, self-evident, self-explanatory obvious and noticeable: conspicuous, salient obvious and plain: clear, evident, manifest, patent
obstruction of blood supply, death of tissue due to: infarction obstruction of blood vessel by mass: embolism obstruction of duct, passage: occlusion, stricture obstruction of normal operations: sabotage obstruction, serious: deadlock, impasse, logjam
obvious remark or statement: commonplace, platitude, truism obvious, concerned only with what is: superficial, trivial obvious, totally: blatant, glaring, gross, palpable occasion: celebration, ceremony, chance, condition, event, excuse, function, gathering, grounds, happening, hint, incident, instance, instant, milestone, moment, opportunity, reason, time occasional: infrequent, intermittent, irregular, odd, periodic, random, rare, scarce, scattered, sporadic, stray occasionally: from time to time, hardly, irregularly, now and then, periodically, rarely, sometimes occlude: absorb, block, clog, close, impede, obstruct, plug, prevent, seal occult: arcane, concealed, cryptic, eerie, esoteric, hidden, inscrutable, magic, mysterious, mystical, psychic, recondite, secret, supernatural, underground, voodoo, weird occupancy: habitation, occupation, tenancy, tenure occupant: denizen, dweller, inhabitant, inmate, lessee, renter, resident, tenant occupation: business, calling, career, control, employment, habitation, industry, job, line, livelihood, mtier, profession, pursuit, racket, seizure, takeover, tenure, trade, vocation, work occupation for which one is suited: mtier
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OCCUPIED - OFFENSIVE
occupied: absorbed, busy, engaged, engrossed, in use, inhabited, populated, rented, settled, taken occupy: amuse, busy, dwell, employ, engage, establish, fill, fulfill, immerse, inhabit, involve, overrun, populate, possess, reside, seize, take, tenant occupy completely: absorb, engross occupy oneself in amusing way: disport occur: appear, arrive, befall, betide, chance, come, eventualize, exist, hap, happen, materialize, pass, result, strike, transpire occur as result: ensue, eventuate, follow occur at same time, to: synchronize occur between two points in time: intervene, supervene occurrence: accident, affair, case, circumstance, condition, development, encounter, episode, event, happening, incidence, incident, occasion, situation occurring at same time as something else: concurrent, simultaneous occurring intermittently: spasmodic occurring repeatedly: frequently, recurrently occurring together: concomitant ocean or water that is not reached by sunlight: aphotic ocean route: lane, sea lane ocean spray blown by wind: spindrift ocean wave, destructive: tsunami oceanic: aquatic, marine, maritime, nautical, pelagic, seafaring, thalassic, vast octave: cask, eight, interval, note, scale, tone octopus: cephalopod, devilfish, mollusk octopus arm, for one: tentacle octopus, tapeworm, leech sucker: acetabulum ocular: eye, ophthalmic, optic, sight, visible, visual odd: aberrant, abnormal, atypical, bizarre, curious, deviant, different, droll, eccentric, fanciful, freakish, funny, irregular, lone, occasional, offbeat, peculiar, quaint, queer, rare, strange, uncommon, uneven, unique, unmatched, unpaired, unusual, weird odd and confined to small group: abstruse, esoteric
odd and inconsistent: anomalous, discordant, erratic, incongruous, out of place odd and supernatural: eerie, uncanny odd and unconventional: bizarre, eccentric, freakish, grotesque, idiosyncratic, ludicrous, outlandish, outr, pixilated, quirky, singular, whimsical odd and unnatural: inexplicable, preternatural odd item: curio odd notion: vagary odd-numbered page: recto odd on purpose: capricious, perverse, weird odd, comically: bizarre, kooky, zany oddball: batty, crackpot, eccentric, kook, misfit, oddity, peculiar, strange, weirdo oddity: abnormality, anomaly, curiosity, eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, irregularity, phenomenon, quirk, unnaturalness odds: advantage, chance, chances, degree, edge, likelihood, percentage, probabilities odds and ends: assortment, bits, hodgepodge, jumble, leftovers, miscellany, mixture, motley, olio, paraphernalia, potpourri, remnants, scraps, sundries odds and ends, discarded: flotsam, jetsam ode: poem, psalm, ratio, song, variance, verse odious: abhorrent, abominable, detestable, disgusting, evil, forbidding, foul, hateful, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, infamous, loathsome, mean, obnoxious, offensive, putrid, rancid, repugnant, revolting, rotten, sickening, terrible, vile odium: antipathy, blot, condemnation, contempt, disapprobation, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, hate, hatred, malice, shame, spot, stain, stigma odor: aroma, bouquet, effluvia, essence, esteem, estimation, flavor, fragrance, fume, fumet, funk, nidor, perfume, redolence, reputation, repute, scent, smell, stench, stink, tang odor of decay: effluvium odorless gas: argon odorous: aromatic, balmy, dank, fragrant, pungent, rank, smelly odyssey: epic poem, trek, trip oeuvre: opus, output, work
of: about, concerning, from, like, regarding off: abroad, absent, apart, aside, astray, away, canceled, crazy, distant, eccentric, farther, gone, incorrect, launched, postponed, remote, removed, slack, slim, unlit, wrong off-balance: lopsided, topsy, uneven, unsteady off base: erroneous, incorrect, mistaken, wrong off-center: alop, askew, eccentric, irregular, strange, unbalanced, unsteady off-color: blue, dirty, indelicate, lewd, obscene, offensive, purple, racy, risque, salty, smutty, spicy, suggestive, vulgar off course: amiss, errant off the cuff: ad lib, adlib, extemporaneous, impromptu, spontaneous off the record: confidential, private, restricted, secret, undisclosed off the wall: crazy as a loon, goofy, wacky offal: carrion, debris, garbage, junk, leaving, refuse, remains, rubbish, trash, waste offbeat: bizarre, different, eccentric, odd, peculiar, strange, unique, unusual, weird offend: abuse, aggravate, anger, annoy, appall, attack, dishonor, displease, disturb, harm, hurt, insult, irritate, miff, mortify, nettle, outrage, pique, repel, revolt, shock, sin, transgress, trespass, upset, vex, zing offend and hurt: alienate, antagonize, estrange offend one's pride: pique offended, to be: take exception, take umbrage offender: criminal, crook, culprit, sinner offense: affront, aggression, assault, attack, breach, charge, crime, delictum, delinquency, fault, felony, guilt, huff, indignity, misdeed, misdemeanor, onslaught, peccadillo, sin, tort, trespass, umbrage, violation, wrongdoing offense against ruler: lse-majest, lse majesty offense not as bad as felony: misdemeanor offensive: appalling, assault, attack, coarse, fetid, foul, fulsome, gross, gruesome, hideous, horrible, horrid,
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invading, invasion, invidious, loathsome, nasty, noisome, noxious, obnoxious, obscene, off-color, push, rank, rude, storming, unsavory, vile offensive and belittling: derogatory offensive and foul: noisome offensive and unnecessary: gratuitous offensive by acting superior: condescending, patronizing offer: advance, attempt, bid, commend, extend, feeler, furnish, pledge, present, proffer, propine, propose, reward, show, submit, suggest, tender offer for acceptance: proffer, tender offer of a price: bid offer, invitation: approach, overture offering: alms, charity, contribution, donation, gift, oblation, present, sacrifice, tribute offering fulfilling vow or pledge, of an: votive offering of worship or thanks: oblation offering to a god, conciliatory: propitiation offhand: abrupt, careless, casual, cavalier, chance, curt, extemporaneous, extemporary, hasty, impromptu, improvised, informal, spontaneous, unplanned, unrehearsed office: agency, appointment, bailiwick, berth, building, bureau, business, capacity, commission, department, duty, function, job, occupation, place, position, post, responsibility, service, shop, situation, station, workstation office employee: bookkeeper, clerk, data processor, keypuncher, pencil pusher, receptionist, secretary, typist office-supply seller: stationer office work, concerning: clerical, secretarial office, act or condition of holding: incumbency, occupation, tenure office, advancing to higher: preferment, promotion office, badge of: insignia office, formal induction into: inauguration, induction, investiture office, to install to public: inaugurate, induct, invest, swear in office, to remove from: depose, dethrone office, to select or set aside for an: designate officeholder remaining until inauguration though not reelected: lame duck officeholder, current: incumbent
officer: administrator, agent, aide, captain, director, executive, general, manager, official, president, secretary, treasurer
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officer between noncommissioned officer and commissioned officer: warrant officer officer investigating death: coroner officer keeping order in organization: sergeant, sergeant at arms, usher officer of military organization, commanding: commandant officer that is second lieutenant or above: commissioned officer officer, army: adjutant, brigadier, chaplain, colonel, lieutenant, major, quartermaster, sergeant, surgeon general officer, federal court: marshal officer, law-enforcement: bailiff, chief, constable, cop, detective, marshal, patrolman, patrolwoman, policeman, policewoman, sheriff officer, navy: admiral, captain, commander, commodore, ensign, lieutenant, mate, mister officers, group of: mess W official: administrator, agent, aide, alderman, alderwoman, ambassador, bureaucrat, chairman, chancellor, commissioner, comptroller, constable, councilman, councilwoman, dean, dignitary, director, envoy, executive, functionary, judge, leader, magistrate, manager, mayor, minister, notary public, officer, president, referee, representative, selectman, selectwoman, umpire
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official empowered to witness and certify documents: notary, notary public official in bureaucracy: bureaucrat official in courtroom during trial: bailiff official investigating complaints and mediating settlements: ombudsman official opening ceremony: commencement, dedication official order: edict official questioner: inquisitor official record: register official report: compte rendu, white paper official seal: cachet, stamp official, misconduct of public: malfeasance, malversation officially recognized: accredited, legitimate officials, corruption of public: graft, jobbery W official, being: approved, authentic, authoritative, authorized, bona fide, canonical, certified, endorsed, formal, genuine, legitimate, sanctioned officiate: chair, command, direct, govern, head, moderate, oversee, preside, ref, referee, regulate, umpire officious: arrogant, busy, efficacious, impersonal, impertinent, impudent, informal, interfering, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, pushy, snooping, unofficial offset: account, balance, compensate, compensate for, complement, counteract, counterbalance, countervail, equalize, ledge, neutralize, recess, redeem offshoot: arm, branch, by-product, consequence, derivative, descendant, outgrowth, ramification, scion, spin-off, sprout, subsidiary, twig offshore: asea, seaward offspring: brood, child, children, daughter, descendant, family, fruit, generation, heir, issue, kid, litter, outcome, produce, product, progeny, result, scion, seed, son, young, youngster
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official and orthodox: canonical official announcement: communiqu, proclamation official approval or permission: authorization, fiat, ratification, sanction, validation official approval to publish: imprimatur official deadline for coming in at night: curfew official denial: dementi official document: writ official document for authority: credentials official documents, language of: officialese
offspring of mixed races: half-breed offspring of stallion and female ass: hinny
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offspring that hatch inside body, having: ovoviviparous offspring that hatch outside body, having: oviparous offspring, create: beget, procreate, reproduce offspring, having live: viviparous offspring, having many: philoprogenitive, prolific offspring, having more than one: multiparous W often: common, constantly, continually, frequent, frequently, generally, much, repeatedly ogle: eye, gape, gaze, glance, leer, look, stare ogre: beast, brute, demon, fiend, giant, monster, troll, tyrant oil: anoint, attar, balm, chrism, coat, cream, fat, fuel, gas, grease, lanolin, lube, lubricate, smear oil and balsam used in church sacraments: chrism, holy oil oil and vinegar holder: cruet oil from flax seed: linseed oil from lemon-scented Asian grass: citronella oil in crankcase, rod for measuring: dipstick oil job, for short: lube oil or fat with long-chain carbon compounds: polyunsaturated oil or petroleum processing plant: refinery oil or similar substance that reduces friction: lubricant oil-producing rock: shale oil products: bitumen, chemicals, diesel fuel, gasoline, kerosene, lubricants, natural gas oil to as in ceremony, to apply: anoint oil types: animal, butter, castor, codliver, cooking, corn, cottonseed, crude, fatty, linseed, lubricating, machine, mineral, motor, olive, palm, sesame, soybean, vegetable, whale oil used in dyeing: aniline oil well that is overflowing: gusher oil well, sudden escape of gas or liquid from: blowout oil well, tall framework supporting equipment over: derrick, oil platform oil well, to begin drilling an: spud oil wells, apparatus used for digging: rig oil, concerning: oleaginous, unctuous oil, gas etc., substance from earth that is separated into: petroleum
oil, remains settling or filtered out when refining: foots oils and inhalants, promotion of health using fragrant: aromatherapy oily: bland, fatty, flattering, fulsome, glib, greasy, oleaginous, oleose, pinguid, plausible, rich, sebaceous, slick, slippery, smooth, suave, unctuous oily substance from wool: lanolin ointment: balm, cerate, chrism, cream, dressing, embrocation, liniment, lotion, medicine, nard, remedy, salve, spikenard, unction, unguent okay: acceptable, agreed, amen, approve, assent, authorize, blessing, consent, fine, jake, ok, pass, permission, ratify, yes okra's edible pods as soup or vegetable: gumbo old: aged, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, bygone, dated, elderly, experienced, former, hoary, lifelong, mature, medieval, obsolete, outdated, pass, past, seasoned, senile, senior, stale, timeworn, traditional, venerable, vintage, worn-out old age: caducity, decrepitude, dotage, maturity, senectitude, senescence, senility old age, branch of medicine concerned with: geriatrics old age, metaphorically: sunset old age, of yore: eld old age, resulting from or concerning: geriatric, senile old age, to shake from: dodder, totter old and commanding respect: venerable old and grayish-white: hoary old and rare items dealer: antiquarian old and worn-out: decrepit, dilapidated old and wrinkled: wizened old-fashioned: aged, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, behind the times, bygone, cocktail, corny, dated, dmod, dowdy, drink, fossilized, fuddy-duddy, fusty, obsolete, old hat, ossified, out of date, outdated, outmoded, pass, primitive, quaint, stagnated, stale, traditional, vieux jeu, vintage old-fashioned person: antediluvian, diehard, fogy, fuddy-duddy, mossback old hat: antiquated, archaic, behind the times, clich, dated, obsolete, outdated, pass, shopworn, stale, timeworn, trite, vintage
old or past: erstwhile, ex-, former, previous, quondam, whilom old or rare books, dealer in: antiquarian old, very: ancient, antiquated, archaic, superannuated olio: collection, hash, hodge podge, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, mlange, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, potpourri, salmangundi, stew olive genus: olea, Oleo europaea olla: container, crock, earthenware, jar, jug, pot olla-podrida: stew omelet with ham, onion, green pepper: western omelet omelet with tomato, onion, green pepper: Spanish omelet omen: a straw in the wind, augury, auspice, bode, bodement, forebode, foreshadow, harbinger, indication, portent, prediction, premonition, presage, prophecy, sign, token, warning omen of death: knell ominous: apocalyptic, baneful, dangerous, dark, dire, dismal, doomed, dour, fateful, fearful, foreboding, gloomy, grim, menacing, portentous, sinister, threatening, unlucky omission: blank, chasm, elision, ellipsis, error, exclusion, failure, lapse, negligence, overlook, oversight, skip omission of similar or adjacent syllable: haplology omission of sound (s) at beginning of word: aphaeresis, aphesis omission of sound (s) at end of word: apocope omission of sound (s) in middle of word: syncope omission of understood word(s): ellipsis omission of unstressed vowel or syllable: elision omission, act of: preterition omit: alide, avoid, bypass, cancel, cut, dele, delete, disregard, drop, edit, elide, eliminate, except, exclude, forget, ignore, miss, neglect, overlook, skip, slip, spare omnibus: anthology, compilation, including, vehicle, whole omnipotent: all-powerful, almighty, deity, godlike, great, mighty, powerful, supreme, unequaled, unlimited omnipresent: allover, everywhere, infinite, simultaneous, ubiquitous omniscient: all-knowing, knowledgeable, learned, pansophical, wise
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on: about, above, against, ahead, along, atop, covering, forward, over, touching, upon, with, within on guard: alert, careful, cautious, vigilant, wary, watchful on hand: accessible, available, convenient, stocked on the ball: able, alert, competent, qualified, skilled, smart on the contrary: au contraire, but, contrasting, conversely, inversely, oppositely once: already, back, before, earlier, erst, former, past, previously, quondam once-over: checkup, examination, inspection, look, survey oncoming: approaching, expected, imminent, impending, looming one: alone, chosen, different, digit, individual, number, numeral, person, same, separate, single, sole, solitary, undivided, uni, unique, unit, unite, united, uno one-billionth: nano one-colored: monochrome one-eyed giant: Cyclops, Polyphemus one-horse sleigh: cutter one hundred years: centenary, centennial one-seeded fruit: drupe one-sided: biased, lopsided, partial, prejudiced, uneven, unfair, unilateral, unjust one-sided surface, continuous: Mobius strip one-sided topologic surface having no inside or outside: Klein bottle one-time: former, past, previous, prior, quondam one-way conversation: monolog one-wheeled vehicle: unicycle oneness: accord, concord, harmony, identity, indivisibility, integrity, sameness, singularity, uniformity, union, unity, wholeness onerous: arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, exacting, exhausting, grueling, hard, heavy, laborious, oppressive, pressing, rigorous, strenuous, taxing, toilsome ongoing: advancing, continuous, current, endless, evolving, improving, operating, unfolding, uninterrupted onion before development of bulb: scallion onion family: allium onion family plant: leek
onion genus: Allium cepa onion types: Bermuda, Danvers, green, leek, scallion, shallot, Spanish, white, wild onion with long, pointed, pear-shaped bulb: shallot onion, having a layered bulb as an: tunicate onion, resembling: alliaceous onions, cooked with: lyonnaise onlooker: bystander, eyewitness, gazer, observer, rubberneck, sightseer, spectator, viewer, witness only: barely, but, entirely, except, exclusively, however, individual, just, lone, mere, merely, nevertheless, nothing but, simply, single, singly, singular, sole, solely, solitary, totally, unparalleled, unrivaled, yet onomatopoeia: echoism onrush: assault, attack, deluge, flood, flow, gush, onset, onslaught, race, surge, tide onset: assault, attack, attempt, beginning, birth, charge, commencement, dash, dawning, encounter, onrush, onslaught, origin, outbreak, push, raid, start onslaught: assault, attack, blitz, invasion, offensive, onrush, onset, storm onto: above, atop, aware, informed, over, toward, upon onus: blame, burden, duty, liability, load, obligation, responsibility, stigma, task, weight onward: advancing, ahead, along, away, beyond, forward oodles: abundance, gobs, heap, heaps, loads, lot, lots, rafts, scads, slew, slews, tons oomph: attraction, dash, drive, lan, energy, pizzazz, spirit, stamina, strength, vigor, vitality ooze: bleed, discharge, drip, emanate, emit, escape, exude, gook, leak, marsh, mire, muck, mud, overflow, secrete, sediment, seep, seepage, slime, slob, sludge, spew, weeze opal type: black, chalcedony, fire, geyserite, girasol, harlequin, hyalite, menilite, milky, noble, precious, white opaque: blurred, clouded, concealed, dark, dense, dull, muddy, nubilous, obscure, obtuse, stupid, unclear, unintelligible, vague open: accessible, agape, airy, ajar, apparent, available, begin, blatant,
candid, clear, cleared, commence, crack, direct, disclose, expand, explicit, expose, extended, extroverted, flagrant, forthright, frank, free, gaping, hole, honest, initiate, naked, objective, obvious, originate, outdoors, overt, patent, plain, prone, release, revealed, sincere, start, susceptible, unbolt, unclose, unconcealed, uncovered, undecided, undo, unfasten, unfold, unlace, unlatch, unlocked, unplug, unreserved, unseal, unstop, untie, untwine, unwrap, vacant, vacated, wide open-air: alfresco, outdoor, outside, spacious open air, in the: alfresco open and observable: overt open-and-shut: apparent, clear, evident, obvious open area in a forest: glade open audition: cattlecall open country: bush, range, veld open-handed blow: slap open-minded: fair, flexible, just, liberal, objective, tolerant, unbiased open or begin use formally in ceremony: dedicate, inaugurate open stretch of pavement or grass: esplanade, promenade open surface, land, sky: expanse open to action or influence: exposed, vulnerable open to admitting substances: permeable, porous open to question: arguable, disputable, moot open to the sky: hypethral open up discussion on: broach open wide: gape, yawn openhanded: altruistic, benevolent, bountiful, charitable, free, generous, kind, liberal, receptive openhearted: frank, honest, kindly, sincere, warm opening: aperture, beginning, breach, break, cave, chance, cleft, commencement, crack, cranny, crevice, debut, door, fissure, gap, gash, gate, hiatus, hole, lacuna, launch, mouth, opportunity, orifice, outlet, pass, pore, portal, possibility, rift, slit, slot, space, span, start, threshold, vent, width, window opening for coins: slot opening in a mold for molten metal: sprue
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OPENING IN CHESS OR OTHER ENDEAVOR - OPPOSED, UNCHANGEABLY
opening in chess or other endeavor: gambit, initiative opening in wall for door or window: embrasure opening left for attaching a sleeve: scye opening motto or quotation: epigraph opening of a dead end street: cul opening of letter or greeting: salutation opening of the mouth: rictus opening or slit in clothing: placket opening or space, small: interstice opening oration at commencement: salutatory opening performance: premiere openly acknowledge: avow, confess openly and clearly expressed: explicit, forthright openly oppose: defy openmouthed: aghast, amazed, astonished, awestruck, confounded, gaping, insistent, surprised, vociferous openwork barrier: grille openwork fabric: mesh opera: aida, libretto, musical, theater
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operose: arduous, diligent, hard, industrious, laborious opiate: deaden, depressant, dope, downer, drug, hypnotic, narcotic, opium, sedative, soporific, tranquilizer opine: conclude, deem, hold, judge, offer, regard, state, suppose, surmise, think, view opinion: advice, attitude, belief, concept, conclusion, conjecture, conviction, decision, dictum, doctrine, estimate, estimation, evaluation, expression, feeling, guess, hypothesis, idea, impression, judgment, notion, persuasion, say, say-so, sentiment, tenet, theory, think, thought, view, viewpoint
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opinionated and immature: sophomoric opinionated theorist or exponent of ideology: ideologue opinions, division into two contradictory: dichotomy W opium: chandu, codeine, cryptopine, dope, drug, heroin, hops, intoxicant, laudanine, laudanum, opiate, poppy, soporific opium addiction: meconism opponent: adversary, antagonist, anti, assailant, challenger, combatant, competitor, enemy, foe, nemesis, opposition, rival opponent for the sake of argument: devil's advocate opponent, troublesome: nemesis opportune: advantageous, appropriate, auspicious, convenient, favorable, fitting, fortunate, pat, ready, seasonable, suitable, timely, well-timed opportune time to carry out something: window of opportunity opportunity: advantage, break, chance, exploit, fortuity, hope, occasion, opening, room, shot, stab, turn opportunity, to take best advantage of: capitalize on, cash in on, exploit, utilize oppose: argue, battle, block, buck, combat, conflict, confront, contest, contradict, contrast, controvert, counter, cross, debate, defy, deny, differ, disagree, dispute, duel, encounter, face, fight, front, gainsay, match, meet, object, obstruct, oppugn, pit, protest, rebel, repel, resist, traverse, vie, withstand oppose and balance out: counterbalance, counterpose, countervail, offset oppose and stand up to: challenge, confront, defy, protest, remonstrate oppose, in a debate: rebut oppose, to: contradict, controvert, deny, dispute, gainsay, oppugn, repudiate opposed: anti, averse, repugnant opposed and unharmonious: contradictory, incompatible, inconsistent opposed to change or progress: conservative, reactionary opposed to usual beliefs: heterodox opposed to verso: recto opposed, diametrically: antipodal opposed, unchangeably: implacable, irreconcilable
opera company, director of: impresario opera female lead: diva, prima donna opera interval entertainment: divertissement, entr'acte opera singer's vibrato: tremolo opera solo song: aria, arietta opera song text or spoken part: libretto opera voice: basso, casso, heldentenor operatic singing of tonal lyricism: bel canto operatic singing style: bel canto W operate: drive, function, man, manage, maneuver, manipulate, perform, pilot, run, use, work operation: action, agency, business, engagement, exercise, function, influence, overseeing, procedure, process, production, surgery, transaction, undertaking, use operation, management and details of an: logistics operative: active, agent, detective, effective, efficient, hand, in use, manipulative, open, spy, workable operator: agent, broker, computer, conductor, dealer, driver, emergency, manager, motorist, speculator, switchboard, telephone, user
opinion at variance with established beliefs: heresy, heterodoxy opinion based on emotion or feeling: sentiment opinion based on inconclusive evidence or guess: conjecture, speculation, supposition, surmise opinion contrary to established doctrine: heresy opinion for or against that affects judgment: bias, parti pris, prejudice opinion formed in advance: preconception opinion generally held, of majority or group as a whole: consensus opinion opposed to established views: heresy opinion or conception, conventional oversimplified: stereotype opinion or idea serves as measure of acceptability, person whose reactions to: sounding board opinion poll: survey opinion taker: pollster opinion, disagreeing in: dissident opinion, fixed or strong: conviction, dogma, persuasion opinion, gathering of force of public: groundswell opinion, of a fixed: entrenched opinion, to deliver an: render opinion, to form beforehand: preconceive opinionated: adamant, biased, bossy, bullheaded, dictatorial, dogmatic, inflexible, obstinate, overbearing, pigheaded, stubborn, uncompromising
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ORANGE
apricot aurora brass-colored burnt Roman ocher cadmium orange carotene carrot chrome orange copper dark orange helianthin hyacinth mandarin marigold mikado ocher old gold orange-red orange-yellow pale orange peach pumpkin realgar red-orange Rubens' madder saffron Spanish ocher tan tangerine terra cotta titian yellow-orange W
opposing: adverse, anti, at variance, conflicting, rival opposing and contradicting: contrary, perverse opposing attitudes or feelings, having: ambivalent opposing or antagonistic: adversarial opposing sides, shared by: reciprocal opposite: across, adverse, antagonistic, antipodal, antipodean, antipole, antithesis, antithetical, antonym, contra, contradictory, contrary, contrast, converse, counter, counterpoint, diametrical, different, face to face, facing, inverse, paradox, polar, reverse, vis--vis opposite in meaning: antonym opposite terms combined in a phrase: oxymoron opposite that completes a whole: complement opposite, direct: antithesis, converse, inverse opposite, exactly: antipodal, contrary, diametrical, dilemmatic, polar opposition: animosity, antagonism, antis, clash, competition, contention, contrariety, defiance, encounter, enemy, hostility, resistance, rivalry, strife, struggle opposition group: faction opposition or unlikeness: antinomy, contradiction, discrepancy, disparity, incongruity opposition to authority: contumacy, dissent opposition, hostility resulting in: antagonism opposition, nonviolent: passive resistance opposition, of a feeling of: adversative, antipathetic, averse, oppugnant opposition, to induce: polarize oppress: abuse, afflict, burden, constrain, crush, depress, dishearten, distress, harass, harrow, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, persecute,
pressure, ravish, repress, smother, subdue, subjugate, suppress, trample, trouble, weight, wrong oppression: affliction, dullness, injustice, lassitude, misery, suffering, tyranny oppressive: bleak, burdensome, cruel, depressing, dismal, distressing, gloomy, hard, hardhanded, harsh, heavy, heavyhanded, muggy, onerous, overbearing, overwhelming, severe, stifling, suffocating, taxing, vexing oppressive thing: burden, incubus oppressor: authoritarian, autocrat, czar, despot, dictator, martinet, tyrant opprobrious: abusive, contemptuous, despicable, disgraceful, hateful, infamous, invective, malicious, notorious, scornful, shameful opprobrium: abuse, contempt, disdain, disgrace, dishonor, disrespect, ignominy, infamy, odium, offense, reproach, scorn, scurrility, shame oppugn: attack, contend, contradict, dispute, oppose, question, resist opt: choose, decide, elect, pick, prefer, select, take, vote optical illusion: mirage optimist, naive: Pollyana optimistic: bright, cheerful, confident, enthusiastic, happy, hopeful, hoping, idealistic, promising, roseate, rosy, sanguine, sunny, upbeat optimistic about rising prices: bullish optimistic, naively: Panglossian optimum: best, greatest, height, ideal, maximum, peak, supreme, zenith option: alternative, choice, decision, druthers, feature, item, prerogative, privilege, right, selection, vote optional: alternative, available, contingent, discretionary, elective, facultative, nonobligatory, unforced, voluntary opulent: abundant, affluent, book,
composition, elegant, extravagant, gaudy, lavish, luscious, luxurious, opus, plentiful, plush, profuse, rich, showy, study, swank, wealthy, work opus: brainchild, creation, masterpiece or: alternative, either, else, ere, instead, oppositely, rather, substitute, uncertainty oracle: augury, clairvoyant, maxim, medium, prediction, prophecy, revelation, sage, seer, sibyl, soothsayer oracular: cryptic, delphic, diving, enigmatic, esoteric, foreseeing, mysterious, mystical, obscure, prophetic, vatic oral: acroamatic, aloud, articulate, lingual, narrated, phonetic, sonant, spoken, unwritten, uttered, verbal, vial, voiced oral defamatory statement: slander oral sex, reciprocal: 69, sixty-nine oral teaching: catechesis oral, not written: nuncupative orange and related fruits: citrus
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orange container: crate orange decorated with cloves: pomander orange rind as flavoring: zest orange seed: pip orange variety: bergamot, blood, China, Florida, Maltese, mandarin, navel, Seville, sweet, tangerine, Temple, wild orange, and others: pekoes orange, bitter: bigarade, bitter orange, Seville orange, sour orange orange, spongy white tissue of: pith orangelike fruit of tangerine tree: mandarin orange W orangutan: anthropoid, ape, mias, primate, satyr orate: address, declaim, filibuster, harangue, lecture, recite, sermonize, speak, spiel, spout
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ORATION -ORDINARY AND UNPRETENTIOUS
oration: address, discourse, eulogy, lecture, sermon, soapbox, speech orator: demagogue, lecturer, rhetorician, speaker, spellbinder, spokesperson oratorical: articulate, eloquent, rhetorical oratory: chapel, discourse, elocution, eloquence, preaching, public speaking, rhetoric orb: ball, circle, circuit, earth, eye, eyeball, globe, ocular, planet, ring, sphere orbit: circle, circuit, course, cycle, dominion, ellipse, influence, path, radius, range, realm, revolution, rotation, scope, track
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orbit around moon closest to moon's center, point of: perilune orbit around moon farthest from moon's center, point of: apolune orbit east to west, opposite of most celestial bodies: retrograde orbit of celestial body closest to the sun, point of: perihelion orbit of celestial body farthest from sun, point of: aphelion orbit of celestial body from center of attraction, closest or farthest point in: apse, apsis orbit of moon or satellite closest to earth, point of: perigee orbit of moon or satellite farthest from earth, point of: apogee orbit, of a noncircular: eccentric, elliptical orbiting manmade body: satellite ^ orchard: arbor, farm, garden, grove, plantation, trees orchestra: band, chamber, ensemble, gamelan, group, instruments, maestro, philharmoic, philharmonic, string, symphony orchestra instrument: bass, bells, cello, clarinets, cornet, drum, flute, French horn, gong, harp, oboe, oboes, piano, piccolo, saxophone, timpani, trombone, trumpets, tuba, viol, viola, violin, xylophone orchestra section: brass, percussion, reed, reeds, string, strings, woodwind orchestra, small: chamber orchestra orchestral composition based on a theme and consisting of one movement: symphonic poem, tone poem
orchestral composition in at least three movements: symphony orchestra's first violinist and assistant conductor: concertmaster orchestra's place: pit orchestrate: arrange, compose, coordinate, harmonize, organize, score orchid root: salep orchid variety: baby, butterfly, buttonhole, calypso, Christmas, cobra, cradle, cymbidum, Easter, hyacinth, moth, rainbow, scarlet, snowy, spider, vanda ordain: allot, appoint, arrange, authorize, command, commission, conduct, consecrate, constitute, decree, deem, destine, enact, establish, install, name, order, predestine, prepare ordeal: experience, grief, nightmare, suffering, test, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble order as group: association, brotherhood, caste, category, class, club, fellowship, genus, grade, lodge, rank, sisterhood, society order by authority: decree, edict, fiat, proclamation, ukase order by legislature or ruler: law, ordinance, regulation, rule, statute order by virtue of authority: decree, ordain, prescribe order from the premises: evict order of events: sequence order of players: lineup order of rank or authority: chain of command order of rank or preference: precedence order of, to reverse or change the: transpose order or authorize task or job, to: commission order or command: directive, mandate order or command, to: adjure, enjoin, exhort order or equivalence between parts: proportion, symmetry order or hierarchy: pecking order order or request for something, formal: requisition order or send back: remand order prohibiting course of action, court: injunction order to appear before judge: habeas corpus order to appear in court: subpoena, summons
order to buy or sell stocks or commodities at prevailing market price: market order order to perform a specified duty: mandamus order to perform or refrain from action: injunction order to refrain: monition order, a particular: disposal, distribution, placement order, act or process of following in: succession order, arbitrary: fiat order, authoritative: behest, ukase order, having no: aleatory, arbitrary, haphazard, random order, having the nature of an: imperative, peremptory order, in: acceptable, all right, hunkydory, kosher, proper order, in working: functional, operational, operative order, rearrangement of an: permutation order, to issue an: dictate, lay down, stipulate order, to place in particular: arrange, dispose order, to put carefully in: arrange, codify, collate, collocate, systematize, tabulate ordered arrangement of elements in set: permutation ordered or in sequence: consecutive, sequential, serial, successive orderly: businesslike, controlled, cosmic, exact, formal, manageable, methodical, neat, obedient, peaceable, peaceful, precise, quiet, regulated, ruly, shipshape, snug, systematic, tidy, tranquil, trig, trim, uncluttered, uniform, well-behaved orderly whole of universe: cosmos ordinance: act, canon, code, enactment, order, ruling, statute ordinary: average, banal, common, commonplace, conventional, customary, day-to-day, everyday, exoteric, familiar, frequent, garden variety, habitual, hackneyed, mediocre, mundane, natural, normal, prosaic, quotidian, regular, routine, so-so, traditional, trivial, typical, uneventful, unexceptional, usual ordinary and plain: anonymous, inconspicuous, prosaic, unexceptional ordinary and unpretentious: homespun
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ORDINARY EVERYDAY LANGUAGE - ORIGINATE, CONCERNING OR HAVING POWER TO
ordinary everyday language: colloquial, vernacular ordinary language: prose ordinary person as opposed to specialist: layman, layperson, laywoman ordnance: ammunition, armaments, armor, artillery, cannon, equipment, firearms, guns, supplies, torpedoes, weapons ore: blende, bronze, copper, gold, iron, lead, metal, mineral, platinum, rock, silver, tin, zinc ore analysis: assay ore deposit: bonanza, lode, metal, mine, vein organ: agency, channel, console, forum, instrument, journal, magazine, means, medium, melodeon, newspaper, periodical, publication, tool, vehicle, voice organ for transplant, one who gives: donor organ out of place: prolapse organ pipe: flue, reed organ pipe similar to the clarabella: melodia organ pipes, group of matched: register organ stop: bombardon, bourdon, quint, reed organ through wall that normally holds it, protrusion of: hernia, rupture organ wall, body: paries, parietes organ, desklike part of: console organ, human: brain, ear, eye, heart, intestine, kidney, liver, lung, nose, pancreas, stomach, tongue organ, main part of bodily: corpus organ, musical: accordion, Calliope, harmonica, harmonium, hurdygurdy, melodeon organ, normal firmness of body: tone organ, pathological change in: lesion organ, small reed: melodeon organ, two principal stops on pipe: diapason organic: basic, constitutional, fundamental, healthful, inborn, inherent, interconnected, living, natural, nonsynthetic, simple organic compound: amide, amine, enol, ester, imide, steroid organic equilibrium: homeostasis organic salt: ester organic soil: peat organic substance providing nutrients for plants: humus organic wholes are greater than sum of parts: holism
organism: amoeba, animal, bacterium, being, cell, entity, fungus, germ, individual, life, microbe, monad, person, plant, protist, protozoan, virus organism derived asexually from ancestor: clone organism's body: soma organisms in relation to environment: ecology organisms of different species for mutual benefit, association of: symbiosis organisms, single-celled microscopic eukaryotic: protozoan, protozoon organist's finale: postlude organization: agency, alliance, arrangement, association, band, brotherhood, business, circle, club, coalition, company, confederation, configuration, constitution, cooperative, coordination, corporation, disposition, establishment, fellowship, firm, format, framework, group, guild, institute, league, lodge, order, partnership, planning, profession, setup, sisterhood, system, team, trade, union
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organization financed by a government but run independently: quango organization, criminal: Cosa Nostra, gang, mafia, syndicate organization, political: bloc, machine, party organization's members, not leaders: rank and file W organize: arrange, catalog, create, edify, establish, formulate, found, index, marshal, neaten, plan, set up, sort, start organized persecution of a minority group: pogrom organized protest: sit-in organizer, entertainment: impresario organs, concerning internal: splanchnic, visceral organs, internal: entrails, innards, viscera orgiastic: Dionysian, pagan orgy: bacchanal, Bacchanalia, bash, binge, carousal, debauch, feast, fling, frolic, indulgence, merry-making, party, rampage, revel, romp, saturnalia, spree orient: acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, align, conform, familiarize, locate
orifice: aperture, crack, hole, inlet, mouth, opening, outlet, pore, slit, slot, vacity, vent origin: alpha, ancestry, anture, basis, beginning, birth, blood, cause, commencement, conception, creation, embryo, evolution, extraction, family, genesis, inception, inspiration, lineage, maternity, parent, parentage, paternity, provenance, provenience, root, seed, source, spring, start origin and development of humans, scientific study of: anthropogenesis origin of word: etymology, word history origin of word, incorrect: folk etymology origin or descent: ancestry, derivation, extraction, family tree, lineage, parentage, paternity, pedigree origin or source: fountainhead, originator origin, biological point of: radix origin, place of: derivation, provenance, starting point, terminus a quo original: aboriginal, archetypal, authentic, creative, earliest, eccentric, first, first generation, forerunner, fresh, fundamental, genuine, initial, innovative, inventive, native, new, novel, oddity, pioneer, primal, primary, primeval, primitive, primordial, pristine, prototype, unique original and creative: Promethean original and first: primal, primitive, primordial original condition, brand new: mint condition original form, concerning something in: endemic, native original inhabitant: arborigine, native original model or type: archetype, blueprint, prototype original population, concerning the: aboriginal, autochthonous, indigenous originality: cleverness, creativeness, freshness, ingenuity, innovation, novelty, unorthodoxy originate: arise, begin, birth, cause, coin, commence, contrive, create, develop, devise, discover, emanate, establish, father, formulate, found, generate, hatch, inaugurate, initiate, institute, introduce, invent, launch, make, produce, rise, spawn, spring, start, stem originate, concerning or having power to: creative, seminal
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ORIGINATING EXTERNALLY - OUTBURST
originating externally: exogenous originating in an area or environment: aboriginal, autochthonous, indigenous originating internally: endogenous originator: author, causer, creator, designer, father, fountainhead, initiator, innovator, inventor, mother, pioneer, precursor, progenitor, trailblazer origins and causes, study of: etiology origins and forms of proper names, study of: onomastics ornament: adorn, amulet, attire, bead, beautify, brooch, deck, decorate, decoration, design, embellish, emboss, embroider, enrich, festoon, figurine, finery, flower, furbish, furnishing, garnish, gewgaw, jewel, trim ornament carved in low relief: anaglyph ornament-holding furniture piece: tagre ornament made by setting pieces into surface: inlay ornament on arch, arched structure: finial ornament that hangs: pendant ornament with raised design: emboss ornament, small: bauble, bric-a-brac, gewgaw, gimcrack, knickknack, novelty, trinket ornamental: chichi, decorative, dressy, elaborate, elegant, fancy, florid, frilly, rococo ornamental graphical element, e.g. bullet: dingbat ornamentation done with tools: tooling ornamentation having raised work: embossment ornamentation of metal with wavy patterns: damascene ornamentation, art style marked by: rococo ornamentation, bizarre: baroque ornate: baroque, bombastic, cantankerous, contrary, dazzling, elaborate, fancy, flamboyant, flashy, florid, flowery, glitzy, irritable, lush, luxurious, mean, opulent, ornery, rococo, showy, stubborn ornate writing: purple prose ornery: cranky, cross as a bear, crotchety, grouchy, mean, nasty, surly orotund: bombastic, clear, loud, pompous, resonant, resounding, rich, showy, sonorous, stentorian orphan: forsaken, foundling, waif orthodox: accepted, approved, canoni-
cal, conservative, conventional, correct, customary, devout, pious, proper, standard, traditional oscillate: flicker, fluctuate, palpitate, pulsate, rock, sway, swing, unsteady, vacillate, vary, vibrate, waver oscitate: yawn osculate: buss, contact, kiss, peck, touch osmosis: absorption, assimilation, diffusion, passage osprey: ossifrage osprey cousin: erne ossify: harden, fossilize, petrify, set, stiffen, thicken ossuary: receptacle, tomb, urn, vault ostensible: alleged, apparent, clear, illusory, implied, likely, obvious, pretended, professed, purported, seeming, supposed ostentation: display, eclat, exhibition, flare, flashiness, flaunting, flourish, pageantry, parade, pomp, pomposity, pretense, pretentious, show, spectacle, splash ostentatious: chichi, dashing, elaborate, extravagant, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, gaudy, grandiose, loud, overdone, pompous, pretentious, showy, splashy, sporty, swanky ostentatious display of knowledge: pedantry ostracize: avoid, banish, blackball, blacklist, exclude, exile, expatriate ostrich: bird, rhea ostrich cousin: emu ostrich or emu: ratite ostrich, concerning an: struthious other: added, additional, alternative, different, distinct, else, former, further, more, opposite, spare otherwise: alternatively, contrarily, differently, else, oppositely, variously otiose: empty, futile, hollow, idle, inactive, indolent, ineffective, laggard, lazy, slothful, sterile, superfluous, surplus, useless, vain otitis: earache otter family: musteline otter, pertaining to: lutrine ouch: blazes, brooch, clasp, cry, darn, displeasure, oops, pain, setting, shoot ought: anything, behoove, cipher, desirability, duty, likelihood, must, obligation, should, want oust: banish, bar, depose, dethrone, discharge, dismiss, eject, evict, expel, fire, ostracize, remove, topple, unseat
out: absent, away, exterior, external, extinguished, forth, gone, not in, public, published, revealed out-and-out: absolute, arrant, complete, downright, entire, frank, notorious, outright, perfect, pure, sheer, thoroughgoing, unequivocal out loud: oral out of business: defunct out of control: amok, amuck, crazy, doomed, lost, rampant, ruined, runaway, wild out-of-date: antiquated, archaic, obsolete, old hat, old-fashioned, outmoded, pass, superannuated, vieux jeu out of fashion: antiquated, dated, dmod, pass, unfashionable out of hand: disorderly, uncontrolled, unmanageable, unruly, wild out of kilter: askew, crooked, uneven out of line: crooked, exorbitant, uneven, unreasonable out of order: awry, broken, defective, faulty, inoperative, kaput, malfunctioning out of place: inapposite, inappropriate, inept, inopportune, lost, malapropos, mislaid, unsuitable out of practice: rusty, stale out of the blue: sudden, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen out of the ordinary: different, extraordinary, phenomenal, rare, remarkable, unique, unusual out-of-the-way: distant, far-off, isolated, obscure, remote, removed, secluded out of touch: disoriented, estranged, unaware, unstable out of tune keyboard or stringed instrument: wolf outage: blackout, brownout, failure, interruption outback: bush, country, remote, rural, wilderness outbreak: beginning, burst, commotion, conflict, epidemic, eruption, explosion, fury, insurrection, mutiny, onset, plague, revolt, riot, ruckus, uprising outbreak, renewed: recrudescence outbuilding: barn, garage, outhouse, shed, stable, storehouse outburst: access, attack, blast, blow-up, discharge, disturbance, eruption, ex-
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plosion, frenzy, gale, gust, paroxysm, rage, scene, tantrum, tiff, tirade, torrent outcast: banished, bum, derelict, exile, expatriate, expelled, fugitive, harijan, leper, pariah, refugee, rejected, runaway, untouchable, vagabond, vagrant outclass: bast, exceed, excel, outdo, surpass outcome: aftermath, causatum, conclusion, consequence, denouement, effect, end result, fallout, fate, issue, payoff, reaction, result, score, upshot outcome of plot: denouement outcome, possible: eventuality outcry: alarm, bawl, clamor, complaint, hubbub, noise, objection, protest, racket, scream, screech, shout, shriek, upheaval, uproar, yell outdated: antiquated, archaic, corny, dmod, obsolete, old, pass, square, superannuated, unfashionable outdo: beat, best, better, cream, defeat, exceed, excel, outclass, outshine, overcome, surpass, top, transcend, worst outdoor meal: barbeque, fte champtre, picnic outdoors: alfresco, country, fresh air, in the open, outside, surroundings outer: alien, beyond, ectal, exposed, exterior, external, extraneous, foreign, peripheral, remote, space outer covering or coat, natural: integument outer edge: perimeter, rim outer end of a spoon: toe outer feather: penna outer layer of body organ: cortex outer layer of the skin: derma outermost: extreme, farthest, final, last, periphery, remotest, utmost outermost part or region: periphery outfit: array, attire, clothing, dress, duds, equipment, furniture, garb, gear, getup, kit, provisions, rig, suit, trappings outfit or team: company, corps, ensemble, enterprise, organization, party, squad, team, unit outfit, to: clothe, equip, furnish, supply outflow: drainage, effluent, issue outgoing: cordial, demonstrative, exiting, extroverted, former, friendly, genial, gregarious, leaving, open, retiring, sociable, warm outgoing and sociable: gregarious
outgoing person: extrovert outgrowth: branch, bulge, consequence, culmination, derivative, issue, node, offshoot, offspring, product, projection, result, sequel, sprout outgrowth of organ or part: apophysis outgrowth, unnatural: excrescence outhouse: latrine, lavatory, outbuilding, privy, toilet outing: clambake, day trip, drive, excursion, hike, jaunt, junket, picnic, ride, spree, trip, vacation outlandish: alien, barbarous, bizarre, eccentric, exotic, extravagant, fantastic, foreign, odd, outrageous, peculiar, remote, strange, unorthodox, unusual, weird, wild outlast: endure, persist, prevail, remain, survive outlaw: ban, bandit, banish, condemn, criminal, crook, desperado, felon, forbid, fugitive, gangster, hoodlum, miscreant, prohibit, proscribe, stop outlaw-seeker for reward: bounty hunter outlay: charge, cost, disbursement, expenditure, expense, payment outlet: aperture, channel, door, egress, escape, exit, market, opening, orifice, passage, shop, spillway, store, vent outline: blueprint, border, chart, configuration, conformation, contour, delineate, describe, draft, figuration, figure, form, frame, fringe, limits, limn, lineament, map, perimeter, plan, preplan, profile, prospectus, rundown, shape, silhouette, skeleton, sketch, summary, syllabus, synopsis, trace outline in black or filled with color: silhouette outline of plot: scenario, treatment outline of study, course: syllabus outline sketchily: adumbrate outline, to draw an: delineate, depict, describe, sketch outlook: angle, aspect, attitude, direction, expectation, exposure, forecast, perception, perspective, probability, prognosis, prospect, slant, view, viewpoint, vista outlook of narrator: point of view outlying: afar, distant, external, faraway, outer, remote, removed outlying area: purlieu outmoded: antiquated, archaic, by-
gone, dated, dmod, horse and buggy, obsolete, old-fashioned, outdated, pass outpatient part of hospital: polyclinic outpost: boundary, frontier, position, settlement, station outpouring: deluge, effusion, flood, gush, outburst, overflow, spate, stream output: achievement, energy, gain, harvest, power, production, profit, take, turnout, yield outrage: abuse, affront, anger, atrocity, enormity, evil, harm, illtreat, incense, iniquity, insult, mistreat, misuse, offend, offense, ravish, rile, shock, wrongdoing outrageous: abominable, atrocious, base, brutal, crazy, debauching, despicable, dreadful, excessive, exorbitant, extreme, flagrant, gross, heinous, horrible, horrid, obscene, shocking, ungodly, unreasonable, unspeakable, vile, wicked outrageous person: enfant terrible outrageous wickedness: villainy outrageously bad: egregious, flagrant outrageously scandalous: scabrous outr: bizarre, eccentric, extravagant, strange, unconventional outrigger canoe: proa outright: absolute, complete, dead, direct, entire, flat, forthwith, instantly, openly, sheer, thoroughly, total, unconditional, undeniable, unmitigated, whole outrun: beat, defeat, distance, elude, exceed, surpass outset: beginning, birth, commencement, dawning, origin, start outshine: eclipse outside: alfresco, covering, distant, exterior, external, facade, faint, farthest, remove, slender, slight, slim, small, unlikely outside angle of wall: coign, quoin outside normal perception: transcendent outside something's nature: extrinsic outside the jurisdiction of an area: extraterritorial outside, coming from the: exogenous, extraneous, extrinsic outside, external: peripheral outside, state of being or feeling: alienation, disassociation, estrangement outsider: alien, foreigner, odd man out, outcast, outlander, stranger
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OUTSKIRTS - OVERPOWER
outskirts: boundary, edge, environs, fringes, limit, outpost, purlieus, sticks, suburbs outspoken: artless, blunt, brash, candid, direct, explicit, frank, free, honest, open, opinionated, oral, unreserved, vocal outspread: broad, expanded, free, opened, unfolded, unlimited, unrestrained, widespread outstanding: celebrated, distinguished, dominant, eminent, excelling, exceptional, famed, famous, foremost, great, impressive, major, marked, notable, noted, noticeable, overdue, preeminent, prominent, remarkable, renowned, standout, superb, superlative, transcendent, uncollected, unpaid, unsettled outstanding accomplishment: pice de rsistance, showpiece outstanding and prominent: salient outstanding example: paragon outstanding feature: highlight outstrip: best, defeat, exceed, excel, outdo, overtake, pass, surpass, top, transcend, win outward: apparent, ectad, evident, exterior, external, formal, noticeable, obvious, ostensible, overt, perceivable, superficial, visible outward carrying, directed away: efferent outward-directed: centrifugal, deferent, efferent outward, push or thrust: protrude outward, spread or turned: splayed outweigh: compensate, dominate, exceed, offset, override, overshadow, prevail, surpass outwit: baffle, bamboozle, best, circumvent, dupe, euchre, finagle, foil, fool, fox, frustrate, jockey, outmaneuver, thwart ouzo flavor: anise oval: egg-shaped, ellipse, elliptical, oblong, ocoid, ovate, spherical oval- or almond-shaped: amygdaloid ovary cavity: follicle ovary removal from female animal: spaying ovation: acclaim, applause, broiler, cheering, hand, homage, laudation, praise oven: baker, furnace, hearth, kiln, oast, range, stove oven for baking or firing ceramics: kiln
oven or stove with space for cooking several things at one time: range over: above, across, additionally, again, also, anew, atop, beyond, clear, completed, concluded, done, elapsed, ended, excess, excessive, extra, finished, hurdle, leap, midst, past, terminated, through, throughout, too, upon, vault over and above: additional, besides, beyond, super overabundance: excess, glut, plethora, profusion, superfluity, surfeit, surplus overall: comprehensive, extensive, generally, head-to-foot, largely, mainly, mostly, primarily, sweeping, total overattentive: officious, solicitous overbearing: arrogant, bossy, bullying, cockey, dictatorial, disdainful, dominant, domineering, egotistical, haughty, high-handed, imperious, insolent, lordly, overpowering, overweening, peremptory, pompous, proud, superior overblown: bombastic, excessive, flowery, inflated, pretentious, profuse, superfluous, windy overboard, to cast: jettison overburden: encumber, exhaust, oppress, overloaded, overwhelm overcast: cloudy, dark, darken, dull, foggy, gloomy, gray, hazy, heavy, lowering, nebulous, obscure, sullen overcharge: cheat, clip, embellish, extortion, fleece, gyp, nick, pad, soak, stick overcoat: capote, Chesterfield, great coat, Inverness, parka, raincoat, reglan, surtout, topcoat, ulster overcome: appall, awe, beat, best, conquer, crush, daunt, defeat, exceed, hurdle, lick, master, overpower, overwhelm, prevail, prostrate, speechless, suppress, surmount, triumph, vanquish overcome, impossible to: insuperable, insurmountable overconfident: arrogant, brash, cocky, presumptuous overdevelopment: hypertrophy overdo: exaggerate, exceed, exhaust, fatigue, overstate, overwork overdue: arrears, behind, belated, delayed, delinquent, late, outstanding, tardy, unpaid overeat: gluttonize, gorge, indulge, satiate, stuff
overeating with self-induced vomiting: binge-purge syndrome, bulimarexia, bulimia nervosa overexcited: high-strung, hyper overflow: abundance, alluvion, cascade, deluge, drain, ebullient, engulf, excess, exuberant, flood, inundate, outlet, overrun, pour, slop, soak, spate, spill, submerge, surplus, swim, torrent overflow of stream, sudden: freshet overflow of water, channel for: spillway overflowing: exuberant, inundant, swarming, teeming overgrown: colossal, dense, excessive, huge, jungly, lush, rank, wild overgrowth of shrubs or undergrowth: brake, copse, thicket overhang: bulge, drape, eaves, extend, jetty, jut, overlap, project, protrude, suspend overhaul: doctor, examine, mend, rebuild, recondition, redo, renovate, repair, restore, revamp overhead: above, aerial, aloft, cost, cover, expenses, insurance, outlay, rent, roof, upkeep overindulgence: debauchery, depravity, dissipation, excess, gluttony, intemperance, overdrinking, overeating, spoiling, satiation overindulgent: immoderate overjoyed: charmed, delighted, ecstatic, elated, euphoric, happy, jubilant, thrilled overkill: destruction, excessive, genocide, slaughter, surplus overlap: cover, flap, imbricate, intersect, overhang overlapping in regular arrangement: imbricate overlapping planks or boards, built with: clinker-built, lapstrake overlay: coat, cover, glaze, pave, plate, spread, superimpose, veneer overload: burden, encumber, excess, glut, inundate overlook: absolve, chaperon, chaperone, condone, disregard, excuse, forget, forgive, ignore, inspect, manage, miss, neglect, omit, pardon, pass, pretermit, skip, slight, supervise overlook from a height: command, dominate overlord: chief, czar, despot, emperor, ruler, suzerain, tyrant overpower: beat, bulldoze, clobber, conquer, cream, crush, dazzle, defeat,
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OVERRIDE - OYSTER'S PEARLY INTERNAL LAYER deluge, master, overbear, overcome, overthrow, overwhelm, rout, stun, subdue, subjugate, trounce, vanquish override: annul, cancel, defeat, nullify, quash, reverse, revoke, veto overrule: abrogate, disallow, invalidate, overturn, supersede, veto overrun: crush, defeat, devastate, exceed, infest, inundate, invade, massacre, overwhelm, raid, ravage, swarm, teem overseas: abroad, alien, exotic, foreign, ultramarine oversee: direct, examine, inspect, manage, monitor, rule, run, shepherd, supervise, survey, watch overseer: administrator, boss, chaperon, chaperone, chief, curator, director, foreman, guardian, head, inspector, manager, superintendent, supervisor overshadow: cloud, cover, darken, dominate, dwarf, eclipse, obfuscate, obscure, outshine, rule, shade overshadowing: adumbral oversight: blunder, carelessness, disregard, error, failure, inadvertence, inattention, lapse, mistake, neglect, negligence, omission, skip, slipup oversimplifying: simplistic oversleeping: hypersomnia overspread with color, light: suffuse overstate: amplify, brag, color, embellish, exaggerate, exceed, expand, inflate, magnify, overdo overstatement: hyperbole overstep: encroach, exceed, infringe, transgress, trespass, violate overt: apparent, clear, manifest, obvious, open, public, unconcealed, undisguised, visible overtake: apprehend, approach, attain, catch, overhaul, pass, reach overtax: burden, exceed, exhaust, overload, overwork, strain, tire overthrow: confound, conquer, defeat, demolish, depose, destroy, destruction, dethrone, discomfit, dismiss, downfall, fell, foil, oust, overcome, overpower, overturn, overwhelm, prostrate, raze, rebellion, remove, rout, ruin, subvert, topple, tumble, undermine, unseat, upset, vanquish overthrow government: coup d'tat overtone: association, hint, implication, inference, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, meaning overture: approach, beginning, composition, foreword, intro, introduction, invitation, opening, poem, preface, prelude, prologue, proposal, proposition, tender, ultimatum, volunteer overturn: capsize, countermand, invalidate, overthrow, reverse, spill, subvert, tilt, tip, topple, upend, upset, void overuse, commonplace through: banal, clichd, hackneyed, shopworn, trite overweening: arrogant, brash, egotistical, haughty, highhanded, insolent, pompous, presumptuous, pushy, vain overweight: ample, chubby, corpulent, fat, heavy, hefty, huge, obese, plump, portly, pudgy, tubby overweight state: embonpoint overwhelm: amaze, astonish, bury, confuse, conquer, crush, defeat, deluge, devastate, engross, engulf, floor, inundate, massacre, oppress, overcome, overpower, overrun, overthrow, overturn, puzzle, rout, sink, smother, steamroll, submerge, swamp, whip overwhelming: awing, domineering, overbearing, staggering overwork: burden, exhaust, exploitation, labor, strain, tax, tire overwrought: agitated, emotional, excited, flustered, frenzied, hysterical, nervous, ornate, overdone, shaken, weary ovine female: ewe ovule: egg, embryo, integuments, nucellus, seed, seedlet ovum: egg, egg cell, gamete, oosphre, seed,spore ovum develops by meiosis, cell from which: oocyte owing: attributable, beholden, due, in debt, indebted, mature, obligated, outstanding, payable, unpaid owl family: Strigidae, Strigiformes, Tytonidae owl-like: strigine owl, kind of: barn, boobook, eagle, hawk, hoot, horned, pigmy, screech, snow, spotted own: acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, confess, control, have, hold, individual, maintain, possess, recognize, rejoice in, retain own up: accept, acknowledge, admit, confess owned, land exclusively: domain owned, privately: proprietary owner: buyer, landlady, landlord, landowner, proprietor, titleholder owner's certificate: deed ownership: claim, deed, dominium, holding, possession, tenancy, title ownership of private land and real estate: fee simple ownership, full: freehold ox: aver, banteng, beast, bison, bovine, buff, buffalo, bugle, bull, bullock, cow, gaur, gayal, musk, oaf, seladang, taurine, yak, zebu ox tail: ide ox, extinct: aurochs, urus oxen harness: yoke oxen, concerning: bovine, taurine oxide, iron: ferric, limonite, magnetite, rust oxidize: burn, corrode, heat, rust oxygen removed from compound, reaction in which: reduction oxygenate: aerate, oxygenize oyster: bivalve, mollusk, shellfish oyster hors d'oeuvre: angels on horseback oyster product: pearl oyster type: bluepoint, flat, native, rock, saddlerock, tonged, wild oyster's pearly internal layer: motherof-pearl, nacre
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pabulum: diet, food, fuel, nourishment, nutrient, nutriment, support, sustenance pace: amble, canter, clip, count, gait, gallop, lick, march, measure, motion, move, progress, rate, speed, step, strait, stride, tempo, time, tread, trot, walk pachyderm: elephant, hippopotamus, mammoth, mastodon, rhinoceros pacific: appeasing, calm, gentle, harmonious, irenic, mild, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiet, serene, smooth, tranquil pacifist: appeaser, dove, flower child, passive rsister, peacemonger pacify: abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, conciliate, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quiet, reconcile, salve, sedate, serene, settle, soften, soothe, subdue, tame, tranquilize pack: baggage, bale, band, bunch, bundle, carry, compact, container, crowd, deck, fill, flock, gang, group, heap, horde, jam, knapsack, load, mob, parcel, pile, squeeze, store, stow, stuff, swarm, tote, truss pack animal: ass, burro, mule, sump ter pack down with repeated pressure: tamp pack of cards: deck package: box, bundle, container, crate, encase, packet, parcel, wrap package or message deliverer: courier package with plastic affixed to cardboard: blister pack, bubble pack packed: congested, full, jammed, loaded, overcrowded, overflowing, stuffed, tamped packet: boat, bundle, container, envelope, folder, package, parcel, pouch packet as of sugar, small sealed: sachet
packing or stuffing material: dunnage pact: agreement, alliance, arrangement, bargain, bond, cartel, contract, covenant, deal, tract, treaty, understanding pad: abode, amplify, bolster, buffer, cushion, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, fatten, fudge, inflate, mat, muffle, notebook, overcharge, overstate, pillow, plod, protect, quilt, stuff, tablet, tramp, trudge, wad, walk pad, medicine: compress padding: filler, lining, packing, protection, stuffing, wadding padding in pillows, mattresses: flock, kapok padding of feathers: down padding or stuffing in furniture: upholstery paddle: ally, blade, dabble, oar, racket, row, scull, spank, thrash paddle, blade of: palm paddy plant: rice padre: chaplain, father, minister, monk, pastor, priest paean: acclamation, anthem, hymn, laud, laudation, ode, praise, psalm, song paella ingredient: rice pagan: agnostic, gentile, heathen, hedonist, heretic, idolator, infidel, nonbeliever, skeptic, unbeliever page: announce, attendant, bellboy, bellhop, footboy, gofer, messenger, servant, usher, valet page at start of book: frontispiece page not slit or trimmed: uncut page number and heading at top: header, running head page number in book: folio page size, formerly: sexto page that folds out: foldout, gatefold page, left-hand: verso
page, right-hand: recto page, to: beep, call, summon pageant: celebration, display, exhibition, parade, pomp, pretense, procession, show, spectacle, tableau pages facing each other: spread pages in order, to arrange: collate pages of book, to thumb through: riffle pages of multipart continuous paper form, to separate: decollate pages of, to number the: paginate pages, blank space of margins on: gutter pagoda: alcove, gazebo, memorial, pavilion, shrine, temple, tower paid: anted, compensated, indemnified, refunded, reimbursed, rewarded pail: bucket, can, container, piggin, receptacle, vessel pail or bucket wire handle: bail pain: ache, afflict, affliction, agony, anguish, annoy, bother, cramp, crick, discomfort, disquiet, distress, grief, grieve, gripe, harm, heartache, hurt, injury, irritation, malaise, nuisance, pang, pest, punishment, soreness, sting, strain, suffering, torment, torture, travail, trouble, twinge, unhappiness, upset, wound pain along nerve (s): neuralgia pain due to anesthetic, insensibility to: analgesia, anesthesia pain felt in another body part though problem is elsewhere: referred pain pain infliction on others as source of sexual pleasure: sadism pain of lost limb felt by amputee: phantom limb pain pain or illness, imaginary: humdudgeon pain reliever: acetaminophen, anodyne, aspirin pain-relieving hormone: endorphin pain spasm, severe: throe pain, absence of: analgesia
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PAIN, DERIVING SEXUAL PLEASURE FROM INFLICTED - PALE
PAINTING TECHNIQUES
applying thick layers: impasto pigment mixed with egg yolk or glue: tempera splattering, dripping, etc: action painting varicolored dots: pointillism drying oil as vehicle: oil painting opaque watercolors mixed with gum: gouache pain, deriving sexual pleasure from inflicted: masochism pain, indifferent to: stoical pain, marked by: dolorous pain, minimum level for tolerating: threshold pain, of a piercing: fulminant, lancinating pain, of stinging: smarting, tingling pain, relieving: analgesic, anodyne, lenitive pain, severe abdominal: colic, gripes pain, shrink or flinch in: wince pain, spasm of: pang, throe pain, to inflict severe: excruciate pain, to relieve: allay, alleviate, mitigate, palliate painful: acute, agonizing, angry, annoying, awful, difficult, dolorous, excruciating, grueling, hurting, irksome, irritated, laborious, piercing, raw, sharp, sore, stinging, throbbing, troublesome, uncomfortable painful and embittering experience: wormwood painful course or experience: Via Dolorosa painful effort: agony, anguish, suffering, travail painful experience: ordeal pains in the face, shooting: tic douloureux, trigeminal neuralgia painstaking: assiduous, careful, conscientious, diligent, exacting, fussy, laborious, methodic, meticulous, precise, punctilious, scrupulous, sedulous, strenuous, thorough paint: brush, coat, color, daub, decorate, depict, enamel, gaud, limn, makeup, picture, pigment, portray, pretend, represent, rouge, stain, tint, varnish
RELATED TERMS
resin-based paint: acrylic shades of gray only: grisaille watercolors on wet plaster: fresco dribbling or splashing for effect: action painting painting on wall: fresco, frieze, mural, puttoW
paint applied in thick layers on a canvas or painting surface: impasto paint atomizer for delicate work: airbrush paint in dots or short strokes: stipple
paint in which vehicle is drying oil: oil paint paint layer: coat paint made with pigment mixed with beeswax and heated: encaustic paint-mixing board: palette paint of water-soluble pigment: watercolor paint paint pigments are mixed for application, oil or other substance in which: base, vehicle paint stroke: daub paint that dries to hard, glossy finish: enamel paint thinner: turpentine paint to promote drying, substance added to: drier, siccative paint with latex binder: latex paint, rubber-base paint paint, dry coloring matter mixed with a base to make: pigment paint, dull rough finish of: mat, matte paint, priming coat of: couch, sizing paint, quick-drying semigloss: acrylic paint paint, undercoat of: primer painted or carved panels hinged together, two: diptych painter: artisan, artist, illustrator painters, group of: illusion painting: art, canvas, composition, design, drawing, mural, oil, picture, portrait, seascape, watercolor painting cracks: craquelure painting in different shades of same color: monochrome, monotint painting or photograph of inanimate objects: still life painting placed in certain parts of a book: vignette painting prop: easel painting schools: abstract, Dutch, expressionist, Flemish, Florentine, French, impressionist, pop, postimpressionist, Spanish, surrealism, symbolism, Venetian painting, blurring or softening of: scumble
painting, plaster of Paris and glue as base for: gesso painting, small detailed: miniature painting, to depict by: limn paintlike glaze used for paper, cloth, wall surfaces: size W pair: brace, couple, deuce, duad, duo, dyad, match, mate, set, span, team, twins, two, twosome, unite, yoke pair of matched horses or oxen: span pair of objects considered as single unit: duad pair of things: brace, doublet paired: binary, dichotomized, double, mated paired horses: span pairs, forming: jugate pairs, to arrange in: geminate pal: ally, amigo, associate, buddy, chum, cohort, companion, comrade, confidant, crony, friend, mate, partner, sidekick palace: alcazar, castle, chateau, manor, mansion, seraglio, villa palace of sultan: seraglio palace, concerning a: palatial paladin: champion, douzeper, hero, knight, supporter palatable: acceptable, agreeable, appetizing, delectable, delicious, delightful, heavenly, pleasing, sapid, savory, tasty, toothsome palatial: elegant, grandiose, imposing, lush, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, opulent, ornate, plush, posh, regal, ritzy, splendid, stately palaver: babble, blab, chatter, chitchat, clack, conference, conversation, debate, dialogue, discussion, flatter, flummery, gab, jolery, parley, talk, wheedle pale: anemic, ashen, ashy, blanch, bleak, bloodless, cadaverous, chalky, colorless, deathlike, diminish, dull, encircle, enclose, fade, faint, feeble, fence, ghastly, haggard, insipid, light,
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PALE AND SICKLY YELLOW COMPLEXION, OF - PAPER lily, lurid, pallid, pastel, peaked, picket, sick, sickly, stake, wan, weak, white, whiten, whitish pale and sickly yellow complexion, of: sallow pale complexion, of: ashen, cadaverous, etiolated, livid, pallid, pasty, peaked pale, to become: blanch, bleach palisade: barrier, bluff, cliff, defense, enclosure, fence, fortify, furnish, slope, stockade, surround pall: bore, cloak, cloud, cloy, coffin, covering, damper, disgust, gloom, insipid, satiate, shadow, tire, weary pallet: bed, blanket, cot, mattress, palette, platform palliate: allay, alleviate, calm, cloak, conceal, conciliate, cover, diminish, disguise, ease, excuse, extenuate, glaze, gloss, hide, lessen, lull, mitigate, mollify, relieve, soften, soothe, sugarcoat, whitewash pallid: anemic, ashen, ashy, blah, bleak, bloodless, boring, colorless, dull, lifeless, monotonous, wan palm: areca, atap, betel, nipa, pale, talipot, thin, wan, white palm of hand or sole of foot, concerning: volar palm reading: chiromancy, fortunetelling, palmistry palm variety: bamboo, betel, butterfly, cabbage, coconut, date, doom, fan, feather, funeral, hemp, ivory, mangrove, needle, oil, palmyra, petticoat, pignut, rock, royal, silver, snake, umbrella, wax, weddell, wine, yellow palm's fleshy pads as in palmistry: mount palm's rounded part below thumb: thenar palmy: booming, delightful, glorious, pleasant, rosy, serene, successful, palooka: clumsy, idiot, lug, lummox, stupid palpable: apparent, blatant, certain, clear, concrete, discernible, distinct, evident, manifest, material, noticeable, obvious, ostensible, patent, perceptible, plain, real, recognizable, tactile, tangible palpate: feel palpitate: atonic, beat, crippled, flutter, palsied, pound, pulsate, pulse, quiver, shake, spastic, throb, tremble, vibrate palpitatingly: pitapat palsied: paralyzed, shaking, trembling palsy-walsy: chummy, friendly, intimate palter: babble, bargain, cheap, deceive, equivocate, falsify, fib, haggle, lie, meager, paltry, piddling, poor, prevaricate, quibble, shabby, trifle, wretched paltry: bare, base, contemptible, flimsy, insignificant, mere, petty, picayune, pitiful, puny, rubbish, sorry, trash, trashy, trifling, trivial, unimportant, vile, worthless pamper: baby, caress, cherish, coddle, cosset, cuddle, dandle, fondle, gratify, humor, indulge, mollycoddle, pet, satiate, spoil pamphlet: booklet, brochure, bulletin, ephemeron, flyer, folder, handbill, handout, leaflet, manual, tract pan: basin, container, kettle, skillet, vessel pan-fry: saut pan in picture, to: follow, scan pan or flat metal surface for cooking: griddle pan out: click, happen, succeed, work pan, to: criticize, denounce, review, ridicule panacea: catholicon, cure, cure-all, cureall, elixir, nepenthe, nostrum, remedy panache: charisma, dash, lan, flare, plume, style, swagger pancake: bannock, blin, blini, blintz, blintze, crpe, flapjack, fritter, griddlecake, hotcake, slapjack pancake turn: flip pancake with flaming orange sauce, thin: crpe suzette pancake, small light Russian: blini pancake, thin with filling: crpe pandemonium: bedlam, chaos, clatter, commotion, confusion, craziness, disorder, hell, noise, racket, riot, tumult, turmoil, uproar pander: bawd, cater, gratify, pimp, procurer panegyric: acclamatory, citation, complimentary, eloge, encomium, eulogy, laudation, priase, tribute panel: board, committee, gore, group, insert, jury, partition, section panel head: moderator panel on lower part of inner wall: wainscot panel truck: van paneling: wainscoting panels, work consisting of two painted or carved: diptych pang: ache, agony, anguish, cramp, pain, smart, spasm, stab, tang, throb, throe, torment, twinge, twitch panhandle: beg, bum, cadge, hustle, solicit panic: alarm, anxiety, chaos, confusion, consternation, crash, dismay, dread, fear, frenzy, hysteria, overreact, scare, slump, stampede, terror, trepidation, unnerve panic, paralyzing: consternation panorama: compass, horizon, overview, perspective, picture, radius, range, scene, scenery, scope, survey, sweep, view, vista panoramic camera eye: wide-angle lens pansy-like bloom: viola pant: ache, beat, blow, gasp, heave, palpitate, puff, pulsate, throb, yearn panther: cat, cougar, jaguar, leopard, puma pantomime performer: mime artist, mummer pantry: ambry, buttery, closet, cupboard, larder, pannier pants: bellbottoms, blue jeans, britches, capri, chaps, chinos, corduroys, denims, drawers, jeans, knickers, slacks, trousers pants ending just below knee: capri, clamdiggers, pedalpushers pants ending just below knee and wide: knickerbockers, knickers pants, wide-hipped riding: jodhpurs pantywaist: milksop, sissy, weakling, wimp papa: dad, daddy, father, pa, pop papal: apostolic, papistic, pontifical papal ambassador: nuncio papal bull's round seal: bulla papal cape: orale papal court: curia, rota, see papal court over other authority, supporting the: ultramontane papal letter not as formal as bull: brief papal letter to bishops of a country or countries: encyclical papal letter with decision on point of law: decretal papal vestments: alb, cassock, chasuble, crosier, cross, miter, mozzetta, sash, stole, zuchetto paper: article, assignment, composition, critique, deed, diploma, dissertation, document, essay, examination, exposition, foolscap,
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PAPER 8'/iX 13 INCHES - P A R A S I T E
monograph, report, sheet, stationery, theme, thesis, tissue, treatise, vellum, wallpaper, writing paper 8V2X 13 inches: legal cap paper 1 3 x 1 6 inches: foolscap paper 2 3 x 3 1 inches: imperial paper bag paper: kraft paper bound in a book, sheet of: leaf paper connecting a book's cover to its contents, folded: end leaf, end paper, flyleaf paper cover on book: dust jacket paper cutouts, decoration with: dcoupage paper decorated with raised design: embossed paper for printing newspaper, inexpensive: newsprint paper frill on meat chop or cutlet: papillote paper hole covering for loose-leaf sheets: reinforcement paper imitating sheep- or goatskin sheets: parchment paper money: bills, cash, greenbacks, notes, scrip paper or newspaper: daily, folio, gazette, journal, periodical, publication, tabloid paper or newsprint, large continuous roll of: web paper pasted to front or back binding of book: end paper paper pieces thrown on festive occasions: confetti paper pulp and glue or paste that can be molded: papier-mch paper resembling fine parchment: vellum paper reused: recycled paper screen, Japanese rice-: shoji paper sizes: atlas, copy, crown, demy, elephant, emperor, folio, foolscap, imperial, legal, medium, royal paper strip of telegraphic printer: ticker tape paper unit of 480-516 sheets: ream paper used as pH or acid-base indicator: litmus paper paper used for printing, superior grade: bond paper paper, 24-25 sheets of: quire paper, ancient: papyrus paper, carbohydrate important in making: cellulose paper, cellulose mixture used to make: pulp paper, crinkled tissue: crepe paper
paper, heading at top of: letterhead paper, Japanese art of folding: kirigami, origami paper, opaque thick printing: Bible paper, India paper paper, rough grainy feel of: pebble paper, strong yellow: manila paper paper, to reprocess: recycle paper, very thin: rice paper papermaker's symbol: watermark papers on a subject, collection of: dossier papoose: baby, child, infant par: average, balance, equal, equality, equivalence, norm, normal, parity, sameness, standard par excellence: excellent, preeminent, superior, supreme parable: allegory, apologue, fable, legend, moral, myth, story, tale parachute of spacecraft or satellite: drogue parachute parachute opening to catch the air, part of: canopy parachute ropes connecting harness and canopy: rigging, shrouds parachute to body, straps holding: harness parachute, cord pulled to release: ripcord parachute, sport of jumping from airplane with: skydiving paraclete: advocate, aider, comforter, consoler, Holy Spirit, intercessor parade: advertise, array, caravan, cavalcade, ceremony, demonstration, display, exhibit, exhibition, flash, flaunt, flourish, grandeur, march, march past, marshal, masquerade, motorcade, pageant, pageantry, pomp, procession, promenade, review, show, spectacle, stroll, strut, ticker-tape parade for heroes: ticker-tape parade parade of cars: motorcade parade of slaves, etc. fastened together: coffle parade, funeral procession or: cortege paradigm: example, ideal, model, pattern, prototype, sample, yardstick paradise after death: Elysian fields, Elysium, happy hunting ground, Valhalla paradox: absurdity, anomaly, antinomy, contradiction, enigma, puzzle paraffin: wax paragon: cream, epitome, example,
ideal, jewel, model, nonesuch, nonpareil, paradigm, pattern, quintessence, tops, ultimate, unequaled paragraph set in: indent paragraph symbol: pilcrow parallel: abreast, agree, alike, alongside, analog, analogue, collateral, compare, correlation, correspond, counterpart, equal, equate, equivalent, even, like, match, relation, similar parallelogram: oblong, plane, rectangle, rhomb, square parallelogram with oblique angles and equal opposite sides: rhomboid paralyze: cripple, deaden, demolish, destroy, disable, freeze, gorgonize, halt, immobilize, incapacitate, maim, numb, petrify, stun, transfix
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paralysis involved in physical and psychological disorders: catalepsy paralysis of arms or legs: quadriplegia paralysis of jaw: lockjaw, tetanus, trismus paralysis of lower half of body: paraplegia paralysis of one side of the body: hemiplegia paralysis of schizophrenia: catatonia paralysis of single limb or muscle group: monoplegia paralysis, complete or partial: palsy paralysis, partial: paresis paralyze with fear: petrify W paramount: cardinal, chief, commanding, crowning, dominant, foremost, highest, master, predominant, preeminent, premier, prime, principal, ruler, superior, supreme, utmost paramour: amoret, concubine, courtesan, gallant, leman, lover, mistress, suitor paranormal ability, briefly: ESP parapet: barricade, battlement, breastwork, bulwark, embankment, embattlement, railing, rampart, wall paraphernalia: accessories, accoutrements, apparatus, appurtenances, belongings, equipment, furnishings, gear, materials, supplies, tackle, things paraphrase: interpret, recapitulate, rephrase, restatement, revise, reword, summarize, synopsis, translate parasite: bacteria, barnacle, bloodsucker, bug, deadbeat, dependent,
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P A R A S I T E IN OR ON, TO LIVE AS A - PARTICULAR
freeloader, hanger-on, hangeron, leech, moocher, moss, opportunist, organism, sponge, sponger, sycophant, toady, virus parasite in or on, to live as a: infest parasitic insects: lice, nits parasitic larva: bot parasitic worm: helminth, trematode parasol: canopy, sunshade, umbrella parboil: blanch parcel: acreage, apportion, box, bunch, carton, company, crew, deal, distribute, divide, dole, fragment, group, land, lot, pack, package, packet, part, piece, plat, plot, portion, property, ration, section, tract, wrap parcel out: mete parch: blister, burn, char, dehydrate, desiccate, dry, roast, scorch, sear, shrivel, wither parched: arid, dry, sere, torrid parchment: diploma, paper, papyrus, scroll, sheepskin, vellum parchment made from animal skin, fine: vellum parchment or tablet reused: palimpsest pardon: absolution, absolve, acquit, amnesty, clear, commute, condone, exculpate, excuse, exempt, forgive, free, grace, liberate, mercy, overlook, release, remission, remit, reprieve, spare, tolerate, vindicate pardon by confessing, to obtain: shrive pardon granted by government: amnesty pardonable: remissible, venial pardons, buying or selling of religious: simony pare: clip, curtail, cut, decrease, diminish, flay, peel, prune, reduce, remove, shave, shear, skin, trim parent: ancestor, author, begetter, cause, dad, daddy, father, forbear, forebear, forefather, generate, guardian, mama, mater, mom, mother, origin, papa, produce, progenitor, protector, rear, sire, spawn parent killing: parricide parent, female four-legged: dam parent, in the position or place of: in loco parentis parentage: filiation parenthetical: bracketed, explanatory, incidental, qualifying pariah: outcast, scapegoat, undesirable, untouchable
parish: archdiocese, brethren, churchgoers, community, congregation, diocese, flock, fold, parishioners parity: analogy, balance, closeness, consistency, equity, likeness, similarity park: commons, forest, grounds, meadow, playground, preserve, refuge, sanctuary, stop, woodland park employee: ranger parlance: conversation, diction, idiom, language, lingo, phrasing, speech, talk, tongue, verbiage parley: confab, confer, conference, consult, conversation, debate, discuss, discussion, huddle, palaver, speak, talk, treat parliament: assemblage, assembly, congress, council, court, diet, gathering, legislature, senate parlor: lounge, reception, room, salon Parmesan cheese, served with: alia parmigiana parochial: biased, bigoted, insular, limited, narrow, petty, prejudiced, provincial, restricted parody: ape, burlesque, caricature, copy, exaggerate, farce, imitate, lampoon, mimic, mock, pastiche, satire, spoof, takeoff, travesty paronomasia: pun paroxysm: agitation, attack, convulsion, eruption, frenzy, fury, outbreak, outburst, pang, rage, rapture, seizure, spasm, tantrum, throe parrot: ape, aper, bird, copy, echo, imitate, kaka, kea, mimic, polly, repeat parrot disease: psittacosis parrot variety: cockatoo, conure, kakapo, lory, lovebird, macaw, parakeet, quetzal, trogon parroting speech: psittacism parrots, concerning: psittacine parry: avert, avoid, block, circumvent, deflect, dodge, elude, evade, fend, shirk, sidestep, ward parsimonious: avaricious, cheap, chintzy, close, economical, frugal, illiberal, meager, mean, miserly, niggardly, penny-pinching, penurious, skimpy, stingy, thrifty, tightfisted parson: clergyman, cleric, clerk, minister, pastor, preacher, priest, rector, reverend parsonage: manse part: allotment, behalf, bit, character, chip, chunk, component, constituent, cut, department, detail, divi-
sion, element, factor, fraction, fragment, half, incomplete, ingredient, item, member, parcel, piece, portion, quota, ration, region, role, section, sector, segment, share, side, slice, some, subdivision, unit part considered in relation to the whole: percentage, proportion part extending from main body: branch, offshoot, ramification, subdivision part of speech expressing emotion: interjection part of speech shift, e.g. noun used as verb: functional shift part of whole: component, constituent, element, ingredient part standing for the whole: synecdoche part-time amusement: diversion part-time lodging: pied--terre part-time news correspondent: stringer part, small: modicum, snippet part, to: allot, apportion, break, cleave, cut, detach, disjoin, disperse, disunite, divide, ration, segment, separate, sever, slice, split, sunder partake: consume, divide, drink, eat, engage, participate, sample, share, taste parti-colored: checkered, motley, piebald, pied, variegated partial: biased, colored, favored, fractional, halfway, inclined, incomplete, limited, one-sided, partisan, prejudiced, sectional, slanted, unfair, unfinished partiality: affinity, bias, fancy, favoritism, fondness, inclination, interest, leaning, preference, slant, taste, tendency partiality, predetermined: predilection participant: accomplice, actor, ally, associate, cohort, collaborator, colleague, contributor, fellow, helper, player participate: assist, complete, concur, contribute, cooperate, engage, enter, join, partake, perform, play a part, share participle lacking clear relation to sentence subject: dangling participle particle: ace, anion, atom, atomon, bit, crumb, dot, drop, element, fleck, fragment, grain, granule, ion, iota, mite, molecule, morsel, mote, pellet, piece, ray, scrap, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, trace particular: accurate, careful, choosy, circumstance, definite, detail, de-
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PARTICULARIZE - P A S S
tailed, distinct, especial, exacting, exceptional, extraordinary, fact, fastidious, finicky, fussy, individual, item, itemized, lone, minute, notable, noteworthy, peculiar, persnickety, picky, point, precise, scoop, selective, separate, special, specific, uncommon, unique, unusual particularize: individuate parting: adherent, adieu, biased, breakup, departure, devotee, division, factionary, farewell, follower, goodbye, partisan, separation, split partisan: advocate, backer, champion, defender, disciple, doctrinal, fanatic, guerilla, sectarian, stalwart, supporter, sympathizer, zealot partition: allotment, apportionment, barrier, compartment, detachment, distribution, divide, division, fence, panel, portion, screen, section, separate, separation, septum, severance, wall partition in aircraft, ship, spacecraft: bulkhead partly: comparatively, halfway, incompletely, notably, noticeably, partially, slightly, somewhat partly frozen rain: sleet partly melted snow: slush partly open, as a door: ajar partner: accomplice, ally, assistant, associate, buddy, chum, cohort, colleague, companion, compeer, comrade, confederate, crony, fellow, friend, helper, husband, mate, pal, sidekick, spouse, teammate, wife partner at home: helpmate, helpmeet, spouse partner at work: associate, collaborator, colleague, confrere, consociate partner in activity: bedfellow, cohort, crony, sidekick partner in contest or practice: sparring partner partner in criminal activity: accessory, accomplice, confederate, henchman partnership: affiliation, alliance, association, business, cahoots, cartel, company, conglomerate, firm, gang, marriage, organization, ring, union partnership of dissimilar organisms: symbiosis partnership, secret: cahoots, collusion partridges, group of: brace, covey parts that fit and complete each other, one of two: complement, counterpart
parts to make a whole, combining of: synthesis parts, consisting of dissimilar: heterogeneous parts, consisting of similar: homogeneous parts, having distinct and varied: composite, compound parts, having two: bipartite parts, to break down into: decompose, deconstruct parturition: birth, childbirth, delivery party: affair, bacchanal, ball, banquet, bash, carouse, celebration, dance, festivity, fiesta, gala, gathering, occasion, orgy, picnic, reception, shindig, shindy, shower, social, soiree, spree, stag, tea, wingding party to something: alliance, association, body, cabal, clan, coalition, company, crew, defendant, detachment, faction, force, group, individual, outfit, person, plaintiff, ring, sect, side, squad, troop, troupe party for men only just before wedding: bachelor party, stag party party for special occasion, especially as welcome or greeting: reception party for women only: hen party, ladies' night party or gathering of social or intellectual crowd: conversazione, salon party or reception, evening: soiree party, life of the: tummler party, orgylike: bacchanal party, outdoor: barbeque, clambake, cookout, fte champtre, picnic party, tea: tea dance, th dansant party, to move about at a: circulate, socialize, work the room parvenu: arrogant, newcomer, nouveau riche, snob, upstart pasquinade: burlesque, farce, lampoon, parody, satire pass as law: abjudicate, advance, approve, authorization, bequeath, convey, decree, enact, give, happen, permission, permit, proceed, progress, qualify, ratify pass away: cease, decease, depart, die, discontinue, elapse, end, expire, furlough, leave, perish, succumb pass between two mountain peaks: col pass beyond limits of: transcend pass by: abandon, disregard, elapse, ignore, neglect, omit, overlook, skip pass guaranteeing safe journey: safeconduct
pass imperceptably to another state: gradate pass in land: canyon, col, gap, gorge, juncture, passage, pathway, ravine pass in lieu of passport: laissez-passer pass in round of competition: bye pass off: eject, foist, palm, pretend, vanish pass on: convey, relay, transmit pass on in a will: devise pass or slip by: elapse pass or wander from one subject to another: discursive pass out: black out, circulate, distribute, faint, swoon pass over: dismiss, disregard, elide, forget, ignore, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, skip, wipe pass through tissue: transpire pass thrown by other team, to catch a football: intercept passable: acceptable, accessible, adequate, admissible, clear, crossable, fair, mediocre, navigable, negotiable, okay, open, satisfactory, so-so, tolerable, travelable, unobstructed passage: access, adit, aisle, alley, aorta, aqueduct, atrium, avenue, belt, burrow, channel, corridor, course, crossing, door, duct, egress, enactment, entry, estuary, excerpt, exit, fare, gangway, gate, gorge, hall, journey, lane, legislation, pass, path, permission, piece, quotation, ratification, reading, road, route, selection, strait, text, transit, transition, transmission, travel, tunnel, verse, voyage passage from Bible: pericope passage from literary work: excerpt, extract passageway: adit, aisle passageway connecting two structures: breezeway passageway of amphitheater or stadium: vomitory passageway open on one side: loggia passageway, especially with shops: arcade passageway, heavily traveled: thoroughfare passageway, intricate: labyrinth, maze pass: aged, ancient, antiquated, archaic, bygone, dated, demoded, extinct, faded, lapsed, obsolete, oldfashioned, outdated, outmoded, past, superannuated
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PASSENGER - PAT
passenger: commuter, fare, hitchhiker, pilgrim, rider, stowaway, traveler, wayfarer passenger being cancelled: bump passenger list: manifest passenger vessel: liner passing: adequate, brief, cursory, death, demise, elapsing, ephemeral, exceeding, fleeting, illusive, momentary, quick, temporary, transitory passing down through successive stages of time or a process: devolution passing of a soul into another body after death: metempsychosis, reincarnation, transmigration passing or fleeting: migratory, transient passion: adoration, amour, anger, appetite, ardor, craving, craze, dedication, desire, devotion, distress, eagerness, ecstasy, lan, emotion, enthusiasm, feeling, fervor, fire, fury, gusto, heat, hunger, infatuation, intensity, ire, love, lust, obsession, rage, sensuality, temper, thirst, zeal passion for flowers: anthomania passion for religion: evangelism passion, foolish: infatuation passion, great: ardor, fervor, rapture passion, unreturned: unrequited passionate: affectionate, aflame, amorous, ardent, avid, emphatic, enthusiastic, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, flaming, frenetic, heated, hotheaded, hot-tempered, hotblooded, impassioned, intense, lustful, peppery, perfervid, romantic, sensual, steamy, stimulated, sultry, torrid, vehement passionate and angry speech: diatribe, tirade passionate and excitable: incensed, inflammable passionate and happy: ecstatic, rhapsodic passionate leader: demagogue passive: apathetic, compliant, docile, dormant, inactive, inert, lethargic, lifeless, phlegmatic, quiescent, quiet, stoic, stolid, submissive, unassertive, yielding passive consent: acquiescence, sufferance passive resistance: satyagraha passivity, marked by: supine passkey: master key, passe-partout passport: conge, credentials, identification, key, license, safeguard, ticket, visa, voucher
password: catchphrase, countersign, open sesame, password, shibboleth, watchword past: after, ago, antecedents, antiquity, beyond, bygone, ended, expired, foregone, former, gone, history, latter, over, preceding, previous, prior, yesterday, yore past episode or scene used in entertainment or literature: flashback past events, perception of significance of: hindsight past events, sequence of: chronology past participle of verb, e.g. had learned: pluperfect past period, influencing or applying to a: retroactive, retrospective past, review or contemplation of the: retrospect past, something handed down from the: heritage, legacy pasta: fettuccini, gnocchi, lasagna, linguine, macaroni, manicotti, orzo, ravioli, rigatoni, shells, spaghetti, tortellini, vermicelli, ziti
RELATED TERMS
pasta cooked firm: al dente pasta in the form of potato dumplings: gnocchi pasta layered between cheese, meat, and sauce, wide strips of: lasagna pasta made from steamed semolina wheat: couscous pasta made of wheat particles: semolina pasta pressed and dried into tubes or other shapes: macaroni pasta stuffed with meat or cheese, ring-shaped: tortellini pasta tubes stuffed with meat or cheese: cannelloni pasta with pockets stuffed with cheese, meat, or seafood: ravioli pasta, concerning: farinaceous pasta, large ribbed macaroni: rigatoni pasta, long narrow ribbon: fettuccine, linguine pasta, long string: spaghetti pasta, long, thin: vermicelli pasta, medium tubular: ziti pasta, short tubular: penne pasta, small ring-shaped filled: tortellini W paste: affix, attach, batter, beat, cement, cream, fasten, glue, patch, pate, punch, seal, stick, strass paste gem: rhinestone
paste, avocado: guacamole paste, mashed chickpeas: hommos, hummus, humus paste, meat: pt paste, sesame seed: tahini pasted on surface, artwork of materials and objects: collage pastel: assortment, color, crayon, delicate, light, mishmash, pale, pastiche, tint pastiche: hodgepodge, jumble, medley, olio pastille: lozenge, troche pastime: activity, amusement, diversion, entertainment, game, hobby, leisure, recreation, relaxation, sport pastor: clergyman, clergywoman, ecclesiastic, minister, padre, parson, preacher, priest, rabbi, rector, reverend, shepherd pastoral: agrarian, bucolic, country, ecclesiastical, idyllic, picturesque, poem, rural, rustic pastoral poem: idyl, idyll pastor's place: manse pastry: baba, baklava, cake, Danish, delicacy, clair, flan, fritter, goodies, phyllo, pie, puff, strudel, tart pastry filled with custard or whipped cream, chocolate-covered: clair pastry for Greek foods, very thin sheets of: phyllo pastry into ridged edge, pinch: crimp pastry of fruit rolled in thin dough and baked: strudel pastry stuffed with meat or fish: volau-vent pastry with nuts and honey, very thin: baklava pastry, bakery specializing in: patisserie pastry, biscuitlike: scone pastry, fat used in making: shortening pastry, in: en crote pastry, ridged edge of: fluting pasturage: eatage pasture: agist, feeding, grass, grazing, herbage, lea, meadow, range, retirement pasture chip: cowpie pasture grass: grama pasture land: lea pasty: adhesive, ashen, bloodless, chalky, dull, gluey, pale, pallid, sickly, unhealthy; meat pie pasty mass: magma pat: apropos, aptly, caress, dab, exactly, fitting, ideal, opportunely, pertinent,
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PATCH - PAUSE
piece, readily, rehearsed, relevant, soothe, strike, stroke, suitable, tap, timely, touch patch: area, blotch, chunk, clump, cover, darn, doctor, emblem, fix, insignia, mend, piece, plot, reinforcement, repair, restore, revamp, scrap, settle patch to glue or sew on: appliqu patchouli: mint patchwork: fragments, hodgepodge, jumble, mlange, medley, mess, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, olio, pastiche patchy in color: brindled, piebald, pied, pinto, skewbald, splotched pate: brain, crown, dome, head, intellect, meat, noggin, paste, pie, spread patella: kneecap paten: disk patent: apparent, clear, conspicuous, distinct, evident, flagrant, gross, manifest, obvious, open, overt, plain, rank, unobstructed patent granted: control, copyright, franchise, grant, invention, license, protection paternal: benevolent, fatherly, protective, tender paternity: fatherhood path: access, alley, artery, avenue, byway, fare, lane, line, orbit, road, route, track, trail, walk, way path along beach or waterfront: boardwalk path along river or canal for animals to tow boats: towpath path cut by mower: swath path of projectile: trajectory path or trail for horseback riding: bridle path path, heavily traveled: thoroughfare path, narrow elevated: catwalk pathetic: affecting, doleful, heartbreaking, lamentable, miserable, moving, pitiful, poor, rueful, sad, useless, worry pathos: emotion, feeling, pity, poignancy, sentiment, sympathy, tenderness patience: calm, composure, cool, diligence, endurance, fortitude, perseverance, poise, resignation, resolution, stoicism, submission, tenacity, tolerance patient: case, enduring, forgiving, long-suffering, meek, mild, persistent, subject, tireless, understanding
patient receiving transplant, blood etc.: donee, recipient patient treated at hospital but not staying there: outpatient patient under duress: forbearing, longsuffering patient, of direct observation of: clinical patient, suit for restraining violent: straightjacket patient's case history: amamnesis patio: courtyard, deck, lanai, piazza, porch, terrace patois: argot, cant, dialect, idiom, jargon, lingo, slang, vernacular patriarch: ancestor, chief, elder, father, founder, head, leader, male, ruler, sire, venerable patrician: aristocrat, blueblood, highborn, lordly, noble, stately, upperclass patrimony: ancestry, bequeathal, endowment, estate, heritage, inheritance, legacy patriot: chauvinist, flag-waver, jingoist, loyalist, nationalist, partisan, volunteer patrol: detachment, garrison, guard, inspect, protect, safeguard, scout, sentinel, watch patrol wagon: black maria patrolman's milieu: beat patron: advocate, angel, backer, benefactor, champion, client, customer, guardian, guest, host, manager, owner, protector, shopper, sponsor, supporter, user patron, person protected by: protge, protg patronage: aegis, assistance, auspice, backing, business, buying, clientele, custom, customers, egis, encouragement, favor, help, nepotism, protection, sponsorship, subsidy, trade patronize: assist, condescend, deign, frequent, promote, snub, stoop, support, talk down to patsy: chump, dupe, goat, pawn, pigeon, sap, sucker, victim patter: babble, cant, chatter, drum, glib, jabber, jargon, move, mumble, rattle, scuttle, sound, speak, talk, tapping, utter pattern: archetype, arrangement, configuration, conformation, copy, design, diagram, emulate, example, exemplar, figure, form, format, guide, ideal, imitate, markings, method,
model, mold, motif, order, paradigm, plaid, plan, prototype, sample, sequence, specimen, stencil, system, template, trend
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pattern in embroidery, decorative: device pattern made by setting pieces into a surface: inlay pattern of behavior, distinctive: syndrome pattern of dark-lined squares on light background: tattersall pattern of elements in literary, artistic or architectural composition: ordonnance pattern of fibers in leather, wood, stone: grain pattern of short parallel slanted lines in alternating directions: herringbone pattern of swirled abstract shapes: paisley pattern of symmetrical figures, repeated: fret, key, meander pattern of varicolored diamond shapes: argyle pattern or example: exemplar, paradigm pattern or gauge for accurate copying: template pattern or method of operating: modus operandi pattern or system of doing things: regimen, routine pattern that is model for a process or system: paradigm pattern, Chinese blue-on-white: willow pattern pattern, having wavy rippled: moire pattern, overlap in regular: imbricate pattern, repeated: motif patterns in relief, decorated with: repouss ^ paucity: dearth, guilty, insufficiency, lack, poverty, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, sparsity paunch: abdomen, belly, breadbasket, bulge, gut, potbelly, stomach, tummy pauper: almsman, bankrupt, beggar, destitute, indigent, insolvent pause: break, breath, breather, caesura, cease, cessation, comma, delay, demur, halt, hesitate, hesitation, hiatus, hover, intermission, interruption, interval, layoff, letup, lull, recess, respite, rest, stay, stop, wait
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PAUSE BETWEEN ACTS OF PLAY - PEACH PIT
pause between acts of play: intermission pause for rest or relief: recess, respite pause in continuity or governments: interregnum pause in space, time, continuity: break, hiatus pause indicator: comma pause or interruption in verse or conversation: caesura pause or suspension in proceedings: adjournment pause temporarily: intermit pave: asphalt, blacktop, cover, floor, macadamize, overlie, prepare, smooth, surface, tile paved outdoor space adjoining residence: patio pavement: concrete pavilion: awning, canopy, covering, dome, gazebo, kiosk, litter, structure, tent paw: foot, hand, pad, toe pawn: counter, dupe, flunk, fool, guarantee, guaranty, hock, hostage, impignorate, patsy, pledge, puppet, stooge, sucker pay: allowance, ante, atone, clear, commission, compensate, compensation, defray, fee, foot, grant, hire, income, indemnify, liquidate, outlay, profit, reciprocate, recompense, refund, reimburse, remit, remunerate, retribution, return, reward, salary, satisfy, settlement, spend, stipend, tip, tribute, wage, wages, yield pay attention: heed, mind, note pay back: compensate, compound, rebate, reimburse, remunerate, retaliate, return pay costs or expenses: defray pay in installments: amortize pay out from fund: disburse, expend pay rate or price, difference in: differential payable: due, mature, obligatory, outstanding, owed, owing, receivable, unpaid payback: revenge payload: cargo, charge, haul, weight paymaster: bursar, cashier, purser, treasurer payment: alimony, allowance, amends, annuity, award, cash, compensation, debt, defrayal, discharge, dues, duty, expenditure, fee, fine, honorarium, levy, money, pension, premium,
price, rebate, recompense, remittance, requital, return, reward, stipend, tariff, tax, toll, tuition
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payment able to be used as needed or desired: discretionary payment as acknowledgment of gratitude, respect, admiration: tribute payment as favor, for free: ex gratia payment as percentage of sale or as agent for services rendered: commission payment by each party for his own: Dutch treat payment extorted to prevent disclosure: blackmail payment for employment: compensation, emolument payment for periodical or series of performances over specified time: subscription payment for release of seized person, property: ransom payment for service rendered: consideration, recompense, remuneration payment for services or as allowance, fixed and regular: stipend payment for something not ordinarily reimbursed: honorarium payment in addition to salary: fringe benefit, perquisite payment made to author: royalty payment made to professional adviser: retainer payment of an allowance or income: annuity payment of an obligation: tender payment or charge: rate payment or reward: guerdon, recompense payment to clergyman: prebend payment to dismissed employee, generous: severance pay payment to former lover: palimony payment to former spouse: alimony, maintenance payment to induce action or motivate effort: bonus, incentive payment to influence someone's views or conduct: bribe payment to offset or make reparation: compensate payment to shareholders from corporation earnings: dividend payment upon termination: severance pay
payment, done without expecting: voluntary payment, reduction in or return of some: rebate payment, to force a: blackmail, exact, extort * payoff: bribe, climax, conclusion, culmination, fee, graft, outcome, payola, profit, result, retribution, reward, settlement payola: bribe, bribery, bribes, graft, payoff pea container: pod pea family: legume peace: agreement, amity, armistice, ataraxia, calm, concord, contentment, ease, equanimity, harmony, neutrality, order, pacification, pact, quiet, repose, rest, serenity, tranquility, treaty, truce
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peace agreement: treaty peace be with you: pax vobiscum peace branch: olive peace of mind: ataraxia, equanimity, tranquillity peace pipe: calumet peace terms decided by dominant country: Pax Romana peace, granting concessions to maintain: appeasement peace, person advocating: dove peace, person advocating military force over: hawk peace, promoting: conciliatory, irenic, Pacific, placatory peace, reestablishment of: dtente, rapprochement peace, temporary: armistice, truce W peaceable: amiable, amicable, friendly, gentle, irenic, nonviolent, Pacific, peaceful, placid, undisturbed peaceful: calm, halcyon, irenic, neutral, nonviolent, pacific, peaceable, placid, quiet, serene, silent, steady, still, tranquil, undisturbed peaceful in purpose: irenic peacemaker: ambassador, arbitrator, conciliator, diplomat, mediator, negotiator, pacifist, placater peach genus: Prunus persica peach or other fruit that adheres to its stone: clingstone peach or other fruit that does not adhere to its stone: freestone peach pit: stone
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PEACH, FOR ONE - PEEVISH
PEACHES
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PEARS
Anjou Bartlett Bosc Clapp Favorite Cornice Kieffer Le Conte Sheldon Wilder Early winter nellisW peach, for one: drupe peachy: dandy, divine, excellent, fine, marvelous, nice, splendid peacock eyespot: ocellus peacock, concerning a: pavonine peacocks, group of: muster, ostentation, pride peak: acme, aiguille, alp, apex, apogee, climax, cone, crag, crest, crown, culmination, maximum, meridian, mountain, perfection, pinnacle, point, roof, summit, tip, top, tor, ultimate, visor, zenith peaked: ailing, anemic, ashen, drawn, emaciated, pale, sharp, sickly, spiked, thin, wan, weak peal: bells, blast, bong, boom, chime, clap, noise, resound, reverberate, ring, thunder, toll peanut: Arachis hypogaea, earthnut, goober, groundnut, mani, petty, pinda, pindal, plant, puny, seed, small pear-shaped: obconic, pyriform pear-shaped instrument: mandolin pearl: color, gem, jewel, lustrous, margaric, nacre, orient, paragon, seed
pearl found in: oyster pearl of high quality, luster of: orient pearl that is irregular in shape, of: baroque pearl, artificially produced: cultured pearl pearl, concerning: margaric pearl, large spherical: paragon pearl, small imperfect: seed pearl pearly: clear, ivory, milky, nacreous, opalescent, shining pearly inner surface of some mollusk shells: mother-of-pearl, nacre peasant: boor, bumpkin, churl, cotter, countryman, esne, farmer, fellah, kern, knave, kulak, laborer, lowlife, muzhik, peon, rustic, ryot, serf, sharecropper, swain, toiler, villain peat moss: sphagnum peccadillo: blunder, error, fault, misdeed, mistake, offense, sin, transgression, violation, wrongdoing peccant: corrupt, erring, guilty, sinful peck: beak, bill, bite, buss, carp, dot, hole, jab, kiss, nag, nose, pick, prick, tap peculate: embezzle, steal peculiar: abnormal, bizarre, characteristic, curious, distinctive, distinguishing, eccentric, exclusive, idio, odd, offbeat, outlandish, queer, wacky, singular, strange, unique, unusual, weird peculiar to a locality, people: endemic peculiarity: attribute, character, crotchet, feature, idiosyncracy, kink, mark, oddity, oddness, stamp, trait, twist peculiarity of behavior: eccentricity, foible, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, quirk pecuniary: economic, financial, fiscal, monetary pedagogic: academic, educational, instructional, instructive, scholastic, tutorial pedagogue: educator, instructor, pedant, schoolmaster, teacher, tutor pedal of piano, right: loud pedal, reverberation pedal, sustaining pedal pedal of potter's wheel or sewing machine: treadle pedantic: academic, bookish, didactic, donnish, hairsplitting, learned, precise, scholastic, schoolish pedantic effort: lucubration pedantic teacher: pedagogue, prig pedantic word: inkhorn word The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
pedantic writing: lucubration peddle: canvas, dispense, hawk, huckster, piddle, pitch, push, retail, sell, solicit, vend peddler of provisions to soldiers: sutler peddler of religious literature: colporteur peddler's item: ware pedestal: anta, base, column, foot, foundation, leg, pillar, podium, stand, support pedestal between base and cornice / surbase: dado pedestal on which statue or column stands: plinth pedestrian: banal, commonplace, dull, everyday, humdrum, mundane, ordinary, prosaic, so-so, unexciting, unimaginative, uninteresting pedestrian person: hiker, stroller, walker, wayfarer pedestrian crosswalk: zebra crossing pedestrian disregarding traffic rules: jaywalker pedestrian shopping street or complex: arcade, mall pedicel: stem pediculosis problem: lice pedigree: ancestry, bloodline, breed, descent, genealogy, heredity, heritage, line, lineage, purebred, stock, thoroughbred peduncle: stalk, stem peek: gander, glance, glimpse, look, peep, snoop, watch peel: bark, cover, flake, flay, hull, husk, pare, remove, rind, scale, shovel, shuck, skin, strip, uncover peep: chatter, cheep, chirp, chirrup, glance, hoot, look, peek, peer, snoop, spy, squeak, tweet, watch peep show: raree peephole: crevice, eyehole, eyelet, judas, opening, slit, slot peephole, one-way: judas peeping Tom: voyeur peer: associate, baron, companion, comrade, contemporary, equal, juror, lord, mate, nobleman peerage: gentry, jurisdiction, nobility, rank, title peerless: excellent, incomparable, matchless, superlative, supreme, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled peeve: aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, disturb, exasperate, irk, irritate, nettle, provoke, rile, vex peevish: bilious, cantankerous, cap-
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tious, carping, contentious, contrary, cranky, critical, cross, crotchety, crusty, discontented, disgruntled, dyspeptic, fractious, fretful, huffy, irascible, irritable, mean, obstinate, ornery, pettish, petulant, querulous, snappish, sullen, surly, testy, touchy, waspish peevishness: bile, ill temper, petulance, spleen peewee: diminutive, dwarf, lilliputian, little, miniature, reese, small, teeny, tiny peg: attach, dowel, fix, join, leg, nob, notch, pin, plug, prong, spike, stake, throw, tooth peg or pin fitting in corresponding hole: dowel pegs on boat that are oarlocks: thole pin pejorative: belittling, debasing, demeaning, derogatory, disparaging, irreverent, negative, slighting pelagic: aquatic, marine, oceanic, thalassic pelf: loot, lucre pell-mell: chaos, confusion, disarray, disorder, haphazard, headlong, heedlessly, helter-skelter, hurriedly, impetuously, in a rush, pandemonium, recklessly, turmoil pellet: ball, bolus, bullet, mass, pebble, pill, rock, shot, stone, wad pellucid: bright, clear, comprehensible, crystalling, explicit, limpid, luminous, plain, simple, translucent, transparent pelt: assail, batter, beat, belt, blow, cast, clobber, fur, hair, hide, hurl, hurry, pepper, pound, pummel, rawhide, skin, stone, strike, thrash, thrust, wallop, whack pelvic: ilial pelvis part: coccyx, ilium, ischium, pubis, sacrum, symphysis pen: cage, confine, coop, corral, crib, draal, encage, enclose, enclosure, fence, fold, hutch, imprison, jail, kennel, penitentiary, prison, stockade, yard pen made from feather shaft: quill pen name: alias, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pseudonym pen point: nib pen types: ball point, desk, drawing, felt-tip, fountain, highlighter, marker, quill, reed, stylograph pen, fluorescent marking: highlighter
pen, to: author, compose, quill, stylus, write penal: corrective, disciplinary, punishing, punitive, punitory, retributive penalize: amerce, castigate, discipline, fine, handicap, punish penalty: amercement, damages, disadvantage, fine, forfeit, hardship, loss, mulct, penance, punishment, retribution, suffering penalty in which something is given up or taken away: forfeit penalty or obligation demanded: imposition penalty remission: pardon penalty that ensures compliance or conformity: sanction penalty to a less severe one, to change a: commute penalty, punish with arbitrary: amerce penance: absolution, atonement, compunction, contrition, expiation, forgiveness, mortification, penalty, remorse, repentance, suffering Penates' partner: Lares penchant: affinity, attraction, bent, bias, fancy, fondness, inclination, knack, leaning, liking, partiality, predilection, proneness, propensity, taste, tendency pencil to check bleeding: styptic pencil writing matter: graphite, plumbago pend: await, hang pendant worn on chain around neck: lavaliere pendent ornament: tassel pending: awaiting, dependent, during, hanging, undecided, unresolved, unsettled pendulate: swing pendulous: dangling, droopy, hanging, pendent, suspended, tentative pendulum's length of swing: rating penetrate: absorb, bore, comprehend, discern, drill, drive, enter, fathom, imbue, infiltrate, insert, insinuate, invade, perforate, permeate, pervade, pierce, prick, puncture, stab, stick, thrust, understand penetrate completely: permeate penetrating: acute, astute, caustic, cutting, deep, discriminating, harsh, incisive, insightful, into, intrusive, keen, knowing, mordant, perceptive, pervasive, sagacious, sharp, shrewd, stinging, trenchant penguin feature: flightless
penicillin and other bacterial infection medicine: antibiotic penicillin source: mold peninsula: cape, chersonese, headland, neck, point penis canal for urine and semen: urethra penis gland controlling urine and secreting fluid as part of semen: prostate penis head: glans penis, fold of skin covering head of: foreskin, prepuce penis, having erect: ithyphallic penis, representation of: phallus, priapus penis, representation of erect: ithyphallic penislike: phallic penitence: anguish, attrition, compunction, contrition, distress, expiation, grief, penance, qualm, regret, remorse, repentance, scruple, shame, sorrow penitent: atoner, compunctious, contrite, regretful, remorseful, repentant, ruer, shamed, sinner, sorry penitent period: lent penitentiary: brig, can, clink, cooler, coop, jail, joint, jug, pen, poky, prison, slammer, stir, stockade penitent's sentiment: remorse penmanship: handwriting, longhand, script, writing penmanship, beautiful: calligraphy penmanship, the art of: chirography pennant: banner, color, emblem, ensign, flag, jack, pendant, pennon, streamer, symbol penniless: bankrupt, broke, busted, destitute, impecunious, impoverished, insolvent, needy, poor, stone broke pennon: banner, color, ensign, flag, gonfalon, jack, pennant, pinion, streamer, symbol penny-pinching: miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, stingy, tight pension: allowance, annuity, IRA, payment, social security, subsidy, support pension drawn while holding another job: double-dipping pension recipient: pensioner pension, to allow to retire on: superannuate pensive: absorbed, blue, contemplative, dreamy, introspective, medita-
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PENT-UP - PERFECT
tive, melancholy, pondering, preoccupied, reflective, ruminating, sober, solemn, thinking, thoughtful, wistful pent-up: bridled, checked, inhibited, repressed, stored, suppressed pentad: five pentagram: star penurious: barren, destitute, frugal, indigent, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, poor, stingy, tight penury: barrenness, dearth, destitution, indigence, insufficiency, need, poverty, privation, scantiness peon: drudge, footman, hand, laborer, messenger, pawn, peasant, serf, servant, slave people: citizens, clan, commoners, community, electorate, family, folk, humanity, humans, individuals, inhabit, inhabitants, kin, laity, mankind, men, multitude, nation, ones, persons, plebeians, plebs, populace, populate, proletariat, public, rank and file, society, stock, subjects, tribe, women people forced by circumstances to listen: captive audience people-loving: philodemic people outside specific occupation: laity people with common interests: birds of a feather people, elite: crme de la crme pep: animation, briskness, dash, energy, enthusiasm, getup, ginger, gusto, hardihood, invigorate, liveliness, oomph, snap, spirit, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, zip pepo variety: cantaloupe, cucumber, gourd, pumpkin, squash, watermelon pepper: condiment, exercise, fruit, hot, plant, spice pepper plant: capsicum, kava pepper variety: black, cayenne, cherry, chili, green, jalapeno, paprika, pimiento, red, sweet pepper, pungent red: cayenne pepper, red garden: pimiento pepper, served with: au poivre peppermint camphor: menthol peppery: biting, choleric, cranky, fiery, hot, irascible, keen, lively, passionate, poignant, pungent, sarcastic, sharp, snappy, spicy, spirited, spunky, stinging, vivid, zesty peppy: active, alert, animated, lively, perky, spirited, spry, vigorous, vivacious
per: apiece, by, each, for, through, to, via per day: per diem per person: per capita per se: alone, essentially, fundamentally, intrinsically, solely per year: annually, per annum perambulate: mosey, promenade, ramble, roam, stroll, tour, walk perceive: apprehend, behold, comprehend, deduce, descry, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, divine, feel, grasp, hear, identify, know, mind, note, notice, observe, realize, recognize, see, sense, smell, spot, taste, touch, understand perceive as different: discern perceived by sight or hearing: sensate perceived under the threshold of consciousness: subliminal percentage: allotment, cut, division, interest, odds, part, piece, portion, probability, profit, proportion, rate, ratio, share, split perceptible: apparent, appreciable, clear, cognizable, detectable, discernible, lucid, noticeable, obvious, palpable, recognizable, sensible, tangible, visible perception: acumen, awareness, concept, idea, image, insight, intuition, judgment, ken, sensation, tact, thought, understanding perception after an event: hindsight perception independent of senses: ESP, extrasensory perception perception of a fact: cognizance perception of distant stimuli by extrasensory means: telesthesia perception of one's own consciousness: apperception perception, below threshold of conscious: subliminal perception, extraordinary: clairvoyance, cryptesthesia, ESP, extrasensory perception, telesthesia perception, false or distorted, that seems real: hallucination perception, keen: sensibility perception, something known through intellect not sense: noumenon, thingin-itself perception, something known through sense: phenomenon perceptive: acute, alert, astute, aware, insightful, keen, observant, perspicacious, sensitive, sharp, wise
perch: alight, bar, fish, land, peg, pike, pole, rod, roose, roost, seat, sit, squat, staff, stick percolate: brew, drip, filter, leach, ooze, penetrate, permeate, seep, sift, strain, transfuse, trickle percussion: blow, collision, impact, jolt, shock, sound percussion instrument: bones, bongo, castanets, chime, chimes, claves, conga, cymbal, drum, glockenspiel, gong, kettle drum, kettledrum, lithophone, maraca, marimba, piano, rattle, tambourine, tabor, timbal, timpani, triangle, vibraphone, xylophone percussion instrument of board with metal ridges: washboard percussion instrument of gourd with pebbles or beans: maraca percussion instrument of metal bars played with two hammers: glockenspiel percussion instrument of small drum head with jingles: tambourine percussion instrument of wooden bars on chromatic scale played with two mallets: xylophone percussion instrument with resonators and resembling xylophone: marimba percussion instrument with resonators and metal disks: vibraharp, vibraphone percussion section of orchestra: battery perdition: condemnation, damnation, destruction, doom, downfall, hell, loss, ruin peregrination: expedition, hiking, jaunt, journey, roaming, roving, travels, traversing, trip peremptory: absolute, authoritative, bossy, commanding, decided, decisive, dictatorial, dogmatic, domineering, final, harsh, imperative, imperious, masterful, overbearing, positive, rigid, rigorous, uncompromising, urgent perennial: annual, changeless, constant, continual, durable, enduring, fixed, geophyte, lifelong, neverfailing, permanent, perpetual, plant, recurrent, timeless, unceasing perfect: absolute, accomplish, accurate, blameless, complete, consummate, correct, culminating, entire, exact, excellent, expert, exquisite, faultless, fine, finish, finished, flawless, fulfill, holy, ideal, immaculate,
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PERFECT EXAMPLE - PERMANENT
impeccable, improve, infallible, irreproachable, masterly, precise, pure, realize, right, sinless, sound, stainless, suitable, thorough, unblemished, unerring, unimpaired, unimpeachable, unmarred, untarnished, Utopian, whole perfect example: archetype, avatar, epitome, exemplar, paragon, phoenix perfect example of characteristic or idea: embodiment, incarnation, personification perfect state or excellence: ne plus ultra perfect tennis serve: ace perfection: acme, excellence, fullness, fulness, ideal, integrity, maturity, ne plus ultra, paragon, pink perfectly: absolutely, altogether, entirely, quite, superbly, totally perfidious: deceitful, disaffected, dishonest, disloyal, faithless, false, shifty, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, untrue, untrustworthy, venal perforate: bore, drill, penetrate, permeate, pierce, pounce, prick, punch, puncture, sieve, stamp perforations on postage stamp sheets or rolls: roulette perform: accomplish, achieve, act, at, complete, dramatize, effect, enact, execute, exert, exhibit, fulfill, furnish, gesture, operate, play, present, render, stage, transact, work perform functions of an office: officiate perform on the spur of the moment: extemporize, improvise perform or be responsible for a crime: perpetrate perform or conduct business: transact perform with formal ceremony: solemnize performance: accomplishment, act, acting, benefit, ceremony, completion, concert, consummation, deed, depiction, effect, efficiency, exhibition, feat, fulfillment, function, matinee, play, portrayal, presentation, recital, rendition, review, show, spectacle, stint, stunt, test, work performance added after audience demand: encore performance and interpretation of text or role: rendition performance by solo performer: recital performance of musical or dramatic work: rendering, rendition
performance of musical or dramatic work in daytime: matinee performance that is a triumph: star turn performance, brilliant technique in: bravura performance, demand for additional: encore performer: actor, actress, artist, artiste, doer, entertainer, impersonator, mime, musician, player, star, thespian, trouper, worker performer, veteran: trouper performer's stock of pieces, songs, or skills: repertoire, repertory performers' waiting room: green room perfume: aroma, attar, aura, balm, bouquet, cense, chypre, cologne, essence, flavor, fragrance, incense, myrrh, odor, patchouli, potpourri, redolence, sachet, scent, smell, spice, sweeten perfume bottle: phial perfume floral essence: attar perfume from evaporating, liquid added to keep: fixative perfume sprayer: atomizer perfume to slow rate of evaporation, substance added to: ambergris perfumed bag: pomander, sachet perfumed ointment: pomade perfumed powder: talc perfumed stick or substance that is burned: incense, joss stick perfumes, oil used in: attar, bergamot, citronella, musk, patchouli perfunctory: automatic, careless, cursory, disinterested, indifferent, lackadaisical, listless, mechanical, passionless, routine, standard, superficial, unthinking perhaps: conceivably, feasibly, imaginably, likely, maybe, perchance, possibly, probably, suppose peril: adventure, crisis, danger, endanger, exposure, hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, liability, menace, pitfall, risk, threat, trap peril, imminent: sword of Damocles perilous: chancy, dangerous, dicey, hairy, hazardous, precarious, risky, touchy, treacherous, unsafe, unstable, unsteady perimeter: border, boundary, brim, circumference, edge, edges, fringe, margin, outline, periphery period: age, century, close, conclusion, cycle, date, day, decade, dot, duration, ending, eon, epoch, era, finis,
generation, hear, interval, point, season, semester, sicle, span, stop, term, termination, time period just before a holiday: eve period of decline: sunset period of development of new life in uterus: gestation, pregnancy period of existence or persistence: duration period of history, particular: epoch, era period of joy and prosperity: millennium period of nonwork: downtime period of power and popularity: heyday, prime period of woman: menses, menstruation period, early harmonious: honeymoon period, intervening: interlude periodic: intermittent periodic rise and fall: tide periodical: annual, cyclical, daily, infrequently, intermittent, journal, magazine, newspaper, occasionally, recurring, review, routinely, seasonal, tabloid periods used to indicate word(s) omitted: ellipsis peripatetic: ambulatory, itinerant, migrant, mobile, nomadic, rambling, roving, traveling, wandering peripatetic person: nomad, rover peripheral: distant, external, incidental, minor, outermost, secondary periphery: ambit, border, boundary, brim, circumference, edge, edges, environs, fringe, limit, outside, outskirts, perimeter, rim, surface perish: croak, crumble, decay, decease, depart, die, disappear, expire, fade, pass away, ruin, succumb, vanish perjure: deceive, equivocate, falsify, forswear, lie, mislead, prevaricate, suborn perk: appanage, benefit, bonus, extra, fringe benefit, gain, gratuity, percolate, perquisite perk up: animate, brighten, convalesce, improve, invigorate, rally, recuperate, refresh, revive perky: alert, animated, bouncy, brisk, bubbly, cheerful, happy, lively, pert, spirited, vivacious permafrost area: tundra permanent: constant, diurnal, durable, endless, enduring, eternal, everlast-
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PERMANENT AND LASTING FOR ETERNITY - PERSON
ing, fixed, imperishable, in perpetuity, indelible, indestructible, lasting, sempiternal, stable, unending permanent and lasting for eternity: forever, perdurable, perennial, perpetual permanent and unchanging: immutable, indelible, indissoluble, irreversible, irrevocable, substantive permanent apparatus, appliance: fixture permanent basis, job status that has: tenure permanent physically: abiding, enduring, imperishable, indestructible permanent reminder: scar permanent, making: perpetuate permanently beautiful: amaranthine, everlasting permeable: absorbent, passable, penetrable, porous, spongelike permeate: diffuse, drench, fill, filter, imbue, infiltrate, leaven, ooze, penetrate, pervade, saturate, seep, soak permeation and absorption, gradual: osmosis permissible: acceptable, admissible, allowable, endorsed, lawful, legitimate, licit, permitted, unprohibited permission: allowance, approbation, approval, authorization, consent, endorsement, fiat, grant, leave, liberty, license, permit permission implied: sufferance permission to leave: conge, exeat, nunc dimittis permission to proceed: clearance permission, granting: facultative permit: admit, allow, authorize, condone, consent, countenance, empower, enable, furlough, grant, have, leave, legalize, let, license, pass, passport, permission, ratify, sanction, suffer, tolerate, visa, warrant permit issuer: licenser permitted by law: legal, licit permutation: alteration, change, modification, shift, transformation pernicious: baleful, baneful, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, evil, fatal, harmful, hurtful, malign, mortal, noxious, ruinous, toxic, wicked perorate: address, declaim, lecture, orate, rant, speak perpendicular: erect, horizontal, plumb, sheer, straight, upright, vertical
perpetrate: commit, enact, execute, perform, pull, wreak perpetual: constant, continual, continuous, endless, enduring, eternal, ever, everlasting, incessant, perennial, permanent, unceasing, unending, uninterrupted perpetuate: continue, eternalize, immortalize, keep, maintain, preserve, prolong, sustain perplex: amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, bamboozle, bedevil, beset, bewilder, boggle, complicate, confound, confuse, cumber, diffuse, distract, dumbfound, embroil, entangle, muddle, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, puzzle, snarl, stump, thwart perplexing situation: quandary perquisite: appanage, due, fee, gain, gratuity, income, perogative, privilege, proceeds, profit, reward, right, tip persecute: abuse, afflict, annoy, badger, bait, crucify, harass, harry, heckle, hound, maltreat, martyr, molest, oppress, pester, torment, torture, victimize, wrong persecution complex: paranoia persecutory campaign: witch-hunt perseverance: constancy, continuance, dedication, determination, diligence, drive, endurance, grit, insistence, patience, persistence, resolution, spunk, stamina, steadfastness, tenacity persevere: abide, endure, last, maintain, persist, prevail, pursue, stick persevering: assiduous, dogged, indefatigable, indomitable, persistent, pertinacious, stubborn, tenacious, unremitting persiflage: banter, chaffing, flippery, frivolity, mockery persist: abide, continue, endure, insist, last, linger, perdure, persevere, prevail, remain, survive persistent: assiduous, consistent, constant, continuing, continuous, determined, diligent, dogged, durable, enduring, fixed, gritty, insistent, obdurate, persevering, pertinacious, relentless, resolute, sedulous, steadfast, stubborn, sustained, tenacious, unshakable persistent pain: ache persistent striving: perseverance persnickety: choosy, finicky, fussy, particular, picayune
person: being, body, chap, child, creature, earthling, entity, fellow, guy, human, individual, life, man, mortal, one, self, soul, woman
RELATED TERMS
person apart from others: loner, odd man out, outsider person being addressed: second person person coming into new country to live: immigrant person from whom a family is descended: stirps person granted exclusive right: patentee person in whom another confides: confidant person named after another: namesake person other than speaker or person being addressed: third person person typifying quality or idea: personificaiton person who buys and sells for another, on commission: broker person who corrects and prepares book for publication: copy editor person who focuses solely on others: alterocentric person who has admirable qualities: mensch person who has refined tastes: bon vivant person who has superior specialized knowledge: cognoscente person who has two or more distinct personalities: multiple personality person who has undergone sex change: transsexual person, admirable: mensch person, animal, plant living off another: parasite person, bad: anathema, blackguard, cad, caitiff, heel, knave, toad person, crazy: lunatic, monomaniac, nut, psychopath, psychotic person, engaged: fianc, fiance person, foolish: clown, dotard, halfwit, simpleton, sop, zany person, in: in propria persona, live person, middle-class: bourgeois, bourgeoisie person, mixed blood: half-breed, mestizo, metis, mulatto, octoroon person, nonjewish: gentile person, skilled: adept, artisan, artist, master, mechanic, talent
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PERSONABLE - PEST
person, small: dwarf, midget, poppet, runt, sprat person, stupid: ass, blockhead, bonehead, boob, boodle, clod, coot, dolt, duffer, dullard, dumbbell, dunce, fool, gump, imbecile, moron, nitwit, simpleton person, wealthy: capitalist, millionaire, nabob, nob, plutocrat W personable: affable, amiable, attractive, charming, easygoing, friendly, handsome, likable, pleasant, shapely, sociable, warm personage: being, bigwig, celebrity, dignitary, heavyweight, individual, magnate, notable, tycoon, VIP personal: confidential, individual, intimate, particular, private, privy, secret personal and biased: subjective personal and private: intimate personal belongings: chattels, dunnage, effects, estate, peculium personal charm: charisma personal experience summary: curriculum vitae, CV, rsum, vita personal verbal attack to destroy reputation: character assassination personality: behavior, celebrity, character, charisma, disposition, ego, emotions, humor, identity, makeup, nature, psyche, self, star, temperament, trait personality feature: facet, quality, trait personality test: inkblot test, Rorschach test personality, aggressive and competitive: Type A personality, having a changeable: mercurial, volatile personality, relaxed and tolerant: Type B personification: prosopopeia, role personify: characterize, embody, epitomize, exemplify, externalize, imitate, incarnate, represent, symbolize, typify personnel: crew, employees, people, staff, troops, workers personnel nucleus: cadre personnel reduction through retirement, etc.: attrition personnel specialist for executives: headhunter person's name which is source of another place/thing's name: eponym
perspective: angle, context, expectation, mindset, outlook, panorama, relativity, viewpoint, vista perspicacious: acute, alert, astute, clearheaded, discerning, keen, observant, perceptive, savvy, shrewd, wise perspicacity: acumen perspicuous: apparent, clear, conspicuous, crystal, distinct, intelligible, keen, lucid, luminous, manifest, obvious perspiration: hidrosis perspiration, excessive: diaphoresis perspiration, smelly: bromidrosis, kakidrosis, osmidrosis perspire: excrete, exude, secrete, sweat persuadable: acceptive, amenable, ductile, flexible, impressionable, malleable, obliging, pliant, tractable persuade: allure, argue, brainwash, coax, convert, convince, entice, incite, induce, influence, inveigle, lead, lure, prompt, seduce, sell, sway, tempt, urge persuade by deceit: finagle, wangle persuade or force with threats: coerce, dragoon, induce, prevail upon persuade or influence legislators etc., to try to: lobby persuade withflattery:cajole, coax, inveigle, smooth-talk, soft-soap, wheedle persuade, talk or speech intended to: spiel persuasion: affiliation, belief, character, church, class, conviction, creed, cult, denomination, enticement, faction, faith, mind, pull, religion, school, sentiment, type, view persuasive and insincere flattery: snow job persuasive: cogent, compelling, convincing, effective, eloquent, impelling, incisive, influential, seductive, slick, smooth, trenchant persuasive pressure: jawbone pert: active, alert, alive, animated, arch, audacious, bold, brazen, brisk, chipper, dapper, energetic, fresh, frisky, insolent, jaunty, lively, naughty, perky, sassy, saucy, smart, spirited, sprightly, spry, vivacious pertain: apply, associate, befall, belong, concern, connect, refer, regard, relate, touch pertinacious: bullheaded, determined,
dogged, firm, headstrong, inflexible, obstinate, persistent, stubborn, tenacious, unshakable pertinent: applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, connected, fitting, germane, material, proper, related, relative, relevant, suitable, timely perturb: agitate, annoy, bother, confuse, disconcert, disorder, disturb, fluster, irritate, pester, trouble, unsettle, upset, vex, worry peruse: analyze, examine, inspect, read, scan, scrutinize, search, study, survey pervade: animate, charge, fill, imbue, inform, penetrate, permeate, saturate, spread, suffuse pervasive: common, dominant, extensive, general, prevalent, universal, widespread pervasive atmosphere: aura perverse: awkward, backward, balky, contentious, contrary, corrupt, cranky, crotched, degenerate, depraved, determined, deviant, difficult, diverse, forward, fractious, obstinate, ornery, petulant, stubborn, vicious, wayward, wicked, wrongheaded pervert: abuse, adulterate, contort, corrupt, debase, degenerate, demoralize, deprave, desecrate, deviant, distort, divert, garble, misapply, misconstrue, misdirect, misinterpret, misrepresent, misuse, poison, ruin, subvert, twist, undermine, warp, weirdo perverted: abnormal, corrupt, distorted, immoral, kinky, twisted, unnatural, wicked pervious: accessible, approachable, open, penetrable, permeable, porous pesky: annoying, bothersome, disagreeable, disturbing, irksome, obnoxious, troublesome, vexatious pessimism: cynicism, despair, gloom, hopelessness, melancholy, weltschmerz pessimist: bear, complainer, crapehanger, cynic, killjoy, misanthrope, sourpuss, worrier pessimistic: bleak, cynical, despairing, disbelieving, doubting, gloomy, hopeless, negative, skeptical pest: annoyance, bane, bother, bug, creep, gnat, heckler, insect, irritation, louse, nuisance, pestilence, plague, trouble, vermin
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pester: aggravate, annoy, annoyance, badger, bait, bother, bug, devil, earse, get at, harass, harry, hound, irk, irritate, nag, plague, rib, ride, tease, torment, trouble pester for payment: dun pestiferous: annoying, bothersome, diseased, harmful, pernicious, toxic, unhealthy, virulent pestilence: blight, destruction, disease, epidemic, evil, pest, plague, scourge pestilent: contagious, dangerous, deadly, harmful, infectious, lethal, noxious, pernicious pestle grinds, bowl in which: mortar pet: caress, cherish, cherished, coax, coddle, cosset, cuddle, embrace, fondle, hug, indulge, kiss, neck, pamper, stroke pet, one's: beloved, darling, dear, favorite, idol, jewel, lover petals from single node, three or more: whorl petals that drop off quickly, of: fugacious peter out: diminish, dwindle, fade, fizzle, stop, wane petite: dainty, delicate, demure, diminutive, lilliputian, little, small, tiny, wee petition: address, appeal, application, apply, ask, beg, beseech, call, entreat, entreaty, implore, invoke, plea, plead, pray, prayer, proposal, request, solicit, sue, supplicate petri dish contents: agar petrify: appall, daze, deaden, fossilize, frighten, horrify, immobilize, numb, paralyze, startle, stun petticoat: clothes, female, feminine, kilt, slip, undercoat, underskirt, underwear, waistcoat petty: base, childish, chintzy, contemptible, diminutive, frivolous, inconsiderable, inessential, inferior, insignificant, irrelevant, little, mean, measly, minor, nagging, niggling, nugatory, paltry, picayune, piddling, puny, shallow, slight, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant petty criticism; carping, nitpicking petty quarrel: spat, tiff petulant: crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, displeased, fretful, grouchy, gruff, hoity-toity, huffy, impatient, insolent, irascible, irritable, moody, peevish, pettish, querulous, snappish, sulky, sullen, testy
pew: bench, seat, slip, stall phantasm: apparition, dream, eidolon, fancy, fantasy, illusion, image, mirage, nightmare, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, vapor, vision phantom: eidolon, figment, hallucination, idol, phantasm, specter, vision, wraith pharmacist: apothecary, chemist, druggist phase: angle, aspect, chapter, condition, facet, feature, hand, leg, look, part, period, position, side, stage, step, time Ph.D. submission: dissertation, oral exam, thesis, viva voce phenomenal: exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, incredible, outstanding, rare, remarkable, sensational, super, unique, unprecedented, unusual phenomenon: abnormality, actuality, event, experience, fact, happening, incident, marvel, miracle, paradox, sensation, wonder pheromone: animal chemical, scent philanderer: adulterer, dbaucher, flirt, lover, swinger, tomcat, womanizer philanthropic: altruistic, benevolent, charitable, generous, giving, humane, humanitarian, kindhearted, magnanimous, openhanded philanthropist: altruist, benefactor, contributor, donor, humanitarian, patron philatelist's interest: stamps philippic: diatribe, exchange, reproach, screen, tirade Philippines capital: Manila philosophers, group of: wrangle philosophical: abstract, calm, composed, deep, learned, logical, metaphysical, profound, rational, reflective, resigned, serene, stoic, temperate, thoughtful, wise philosophical issue that is formally addressed: quodlibet philosophical thought, concerning: noetic philosophies, to reconcile and unite: syncretize philosophy: axiology, belief, conviction, doctrine, epistemology, ethics, ideology, metaphysics, principles, psychology, reasoning, school, theory, values, wisdom
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philosophy based on the teachings of Confucius: Confucianism philosophy dealing with nature of knowledge, branch of: epistemology philosophy dealing with nature of reality, branch of: metaphysics philosophy fields: aesthetics, logic philosophy of law: jurisprudence philosopy of the condition of a thing v/hose essence is fully realized: entelechy philosophy of the principles and standards of human conduct: ethics philosophy of the world and life, comprehensive: Weltanschauung philosophy, school of: Eleatic, epicurean, Gnostic, idealism, materialism, modern, nihilism, Platonic, Pythagorean, realism, Sophist, Stoic, tabula rasa, yoga philosophy, unformed featureless infant mind of: tabula rasa ^ phlegmatic: aloof, apathetic, calm, cold, composed, cool, dull, impassive, indifferent, lethargic, listless, slow, sluggish, spiritless, unemotional phobia: anxiety, apprehension, dread, fear, neurosis, obsession phoenix: bird, paragon, statue, symbol phoneme, various forms of a: allophone phonetic: oral, spoken, vocal, voiced phonetic notation system for hearingimpaired: visible speech phonetic unit capable of a distinction in meaning, smallest: phoneme phonograph: gramophone, hi-fi, machine, stereo, turntable, victrola phonograph needle: stylus phonograph record collector: discophile phonograph recording catalog: discography phony: artificial, bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, fictitious, fraud, imitation, impostor, sham, spurious, unread phony appearance: facade phony corporation: dummy corporation photocopying: xerography, Xerox phrase: clich, couch, diction, idiom, motto, present, proverb, saying, slogan, state, term, verbiage, voice, word
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philosophy and ethics, concerning: deontological
phrase formed by reordering another phrase: anagram
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PHILOSOPHIES
aestheticism Cynicism Hinduism Neo-Hegelianism rationalism agnosticism Cyrenaics historicism Neo-Platonism/ realism ahimsa deconstructionism Hobbism Neoplatonism reductionism altruism deism holism Neo-Scholasticism relativism animism deontology humanism nihilism Sankhya anthroposophy descriptivism Humism nominalism Satyagraha antinomianism determinism hylomorphism noumenalism scholasticism apriorism dialectical materialhylotheism objectivism Scotism Aristotelianism ism hylozoism occasionalism secular humanism asceticism Donatism idealism ontology secularism atheism dualism immaterialism optimism sensationalism atomism dynamism individualism ordinary language Shintoism Augustinianism eclecticism instrumentalism philosophy Sikhism Averroism egoism intuitionism organicism skepticism axiology Eleaticism Jainism pacifism socialism Baconism empiricism Jansenism panlogism Socratic philosophy behaviorism Epicureanism Judaism panpneumatism solipsism Benthamism epiphenomenalism jurisprudence pantheism Spencerianism/ Bergsonism epistemology Kantianism Parmenidean school Spencerism Berkeleianism essentialism logical positivism personalism Spinozism Bonaventurism estheticism Manichaeism/ perspectivism spiritualism Bradleianism ethics Manichaeanism pessimism Stoicism Brahmanism eudaemonism/ Marxism phenomenalism structuralism Buddhism eudemonism materialism phenomenology subjectivism Cartesianism euhemerism mechanism physicalism syncretism Catholicism existentialism mentalism Platonism Taoism communism Fabianism metaphysics pluralism theism Comtism fatalism Mimamsa positivism Thomism conceptualism Fichteanism Mithraism pragmatism transcendentalism Confucianism functionalism Modernism prescriptivism utilitarianism consequentialism Gnosticism monasticism probabilism utopianism contextualism hedonism monism Protestantism vitalism cosmotheism Hegelianism Mormonism Puritanism voluntarism creationism Heideggerianism mysticism Pyrrhonism yogaW critical naturalism Pythagoreanism physical fitness exercises: calisthenics phraseology: diction, language, locuphrasephilosophy in wide popular Heracliteanism use: tion, manner, parlance, style, syntax, physical fitness exercises for cardiovascatchphrase wording phrase occurring only once in lancular health: aerobics guage: hapax legomenon physical fitness exercises for muscles phraseology peculiar to a language or region: idiom using resistance: isometrics phrase or watchword of group: phylactery: amulet, charm, reminder, physical science of the static and dyshibboleth talisman namic behavior of fluids: fluid mephrase with syntax independent of chanics, hydraulics context, qualifying: parenthesis physic: cathartic, cure, drug, heal, medicine, treat phrase, arrangement of words to form physical, not spiritual or conceptual: meaningful: construction physical: bodily, brute, carnal, concorporeal, objective, tangible physician: consultant, curer, doc, doccrete, corporeal, examination, maphrase, newly invented: coinage, tor, healer, intern, medic, medico, neologism terial, natural, real, somatic, substantial, tangible, violent quack, sawbones, specialist, surgeon phrase, shortened or condensed: brachylogy physician's training time at hospital: physical characteristics of individual, residency esp. as related to disease: habitus phrase, word, etc. inserted to add explanation or comment: physical desires, concerning: carnal, physiognomy: appearance, aspect, parenthesis W sensual countenance, expression, face, fea-
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PHYSIQUE - PICNIC
PHOTOGRAPHY TERMS
affix photograph on backing for display, to: mount brown tint for photographs: sepia clarity of detail: definition composite of photographs: mosaic film coating: emulsion improving a photograph: retouching medium that scatters light: diffuser old photography process: daguerreotype one who photographs attractively, of: photogenic photograph: blowup, candid, film, image, likeness, mug, picture, pinup, portrait, record, slide, snap, snapshot, still, tintype photograph of person's face: head shot, mug shot photograph with light and dark patches, of a: grainy photographer of celebrities: paparazzo (paparazzi) photographic: cinematic, exact, lifelike, picturesque, precise photographic plate or piece of film: exposure photographic print on smooth shiny paper: glossy photographic slide viewed with light: transparency screen of three colors used in: rseau small print for preliminary viewing: contact print three-dimensional photograph: hologram unbordered photograph: vignette written explanation for photograph: caption W
PHYSICS TERMS
abrupt change from one energy level to another: quantum jump branch of physics dealing with action of forces on matter: mechanics branch of physics dealing with equilibrium mechanics of stationary bodies: statics branch of physics dealing with relation of heat to other forms of energy: thermodynamics physical constant relating the energy of a photon to its frequency: Planck's constant physical phenomenon in which surface of liquid is a stretched elastic membrane: surface tension physical phenomenon of body's tendency to resist acceleration: inertia physical phenomenon of constant erratic motion of tiny particles suspended in fluid or gas: Brownian motion physical phenomenon of force's tendency to produce turning or twisting: moment of force, torque physical phenomenon of time required for half the nuclei ture, look, mien, portrait, visage physique: anatomy, body, build, constitution, figure, form, frame, makeup, muscles, shape, stature piano: clavichord, clavier, grand piano, instrument, pianoforte, Pianola, player, spinet, upright piano piano adjuster: tuner piano family: keyboard piano inventor: Cristofori piano-key wood: ebony piano, largest grand: concert grand piano, mechanically operated: player piano piano, small upright: spinet pianolike instrument: celesta, clavichord piazza: balcony, colonnade, patio, porch, portico, square, veranda of radioactive material to undergo decay: half-life physical phenomenon that frequency of waves changes when source and observer are in motion relative to each other: Doppler effect physical principle that at constant temperature the volume of a gas varies inversely with its pressure: Boyle's law physical principle that body's loss of weight in fluid is equal to the weight of fluid displaced: Archimedes' principle physical principle that energy of isolated system remains constant: conservation of energy physical principle that equal volumes of gasses under same conditions have same number of molecules: Avogadro's law physical theory that radiant energy is transmitted in discrete units: quantum theory physical variable, such as mass, length or speed, that has distance but no direction: scalar physical variable that has distance and direction: vector W
picaroon: adventurer, buccaneer, freebooter, knave, pirate, rogue picayune: little, mean, measly, petty, piddling, small, small-time, trivial, unimportant pick: bargain, best, choice, choose, cream, cull, druthers, elect, elite, gather, harvest, jimmy, opt, pluck, prefer, preference, prize, select, take pick on: badger, bull, criticize, goad, tease, torment pick up: acquire, apprehend, collect, gain, garner, gather, improve, learn, procure pick up the tab: treat picket: boycott, fence, guard, lookout, pale, patrol, post, protester, rail, sentinel, stake, strike, striker, tether picket-line crosser: scab
pickle: bind, crisis, dilemma, jam, mess, plight, predicament, quandary, trouble pickle juice: brine pickle relish: chow chow pickle, food: capers, chutney, cucumber, cure, dill, garlic, gherkin, marinate, sweet pickled vegetable: beet pickpocket: cannon, cutpurse, digger, dipper, fingersmith, friskers, jostle, riffle, robber, thief pickup: acceleration, boost, impromptu, stimulant pickup truck part: cab picky: choosy, finicky, fussy, meticulous, particular, persnickety picnic: barbecue, barbeque, cookout, fte champtre, outing
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PICNIC BASKET - PILE OF WOOD FOR BURNING DEAD BODY
picnic basket: hamper pictorial composition by juxtaposing or superimposing pictures: montage picture: canvas, cartoon, conceive, copy, delineate, depict, describe, draw, drawing, envision, etching, explain, film, flick, icon, idea, illustrate, illustration, image, imagine, impression, likeness, mosaic, movie, painting, panorama, pastel, photo, photograph, pictorial, portrait, portray, portrayal, print, represent, scene, shot, show, sketch, snapshot, tableau, vignette, watercolor
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picture framed with a mat border: passe-partout picture holder: album, frame picture in box or 3-D setting: diorama picture made by juxtaposing pictures or designs: collage, montage picture made of small colored pieces set into a surface: mosaic picture on computer representing command or program: icon picture on interior of cylindrical room, composite: cyclorama picture or graphic description: tableau picture or image of sacred person: icon picture or symbol representing word, meaning, or sound: hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, pictograph picture with blurry edges: vignette picture writing: hieroglyphics picture, represent in a: depict, limn picture, written explanation of: caption pictures or symbols representing words, puzzle with: rebus pictures, concerning: pictorial picturesque: alluring, artistic, beautiful, charming, graphic, idyllic, photographic, quaint, scenic, striking, vivid W piddling: insignificant, little, measly, paltry, petty, picayune, small, trifling, trivial pie: blackbird, cobbler, crustade, dessert, pastry, tart, turnover pie filled with meat, seafood, or vegetables, custard: quiche pie filled with molasses and brown sugar: shoofly pie
pie with a mashed potatoe crust, meat, baked: shepherd's pie pie with ice cream: la mode piebald: dappled, heterogeneous, mixed, motly, mottled, multicolored, pinto, spotted, varicolored, variegated piece: article, assemble, bit, component, creation, crumb, cut, essay, exposition, flake, fraction, fragment, hunk, join, lot, mend, morsel, painting, paper, parcel, part, patch, percentage, portion, sample, section, segment, shred, slab, slice, sliver, snack, story, strip, unit pice de rsistance: accomplishment, centerpiece, main dish, masterpiece, roast, roti, showpiece piece together: assemble, combine, create, form, make piece, cut or broken off: cantle piecemeal: fragmentary, gradual, intermittent, patchy, partly, spotty pier: anta, berth, breakwater, buttress, column, dock, jetty, landing, pilaster, pile, pillar, quay, slip, support, wharf pier or wharf protecting harbor or shoreline: jetty pierce: bite, bore, break, broach, cleave, cut, drill, enter, gash, gore, hole, impale, lance, penetrate, perforate, probe, puncture, slash, spear, spike, stab, stick, sting, tunnel, wound pierce with a horn: gore pierce with a stake: impale pierce with numerous holes: perforate, riddle piercing: acute, agonizing, blaring, clear, cutting, deafening, earsplitting, high, intense, keen, loud, painful, poignant, pungent, roaring, screeching, sharp, shrill piercing tool: awl piety: ardor, devotion, devoutness, faith, fealty, fervor, fidelity, godliness, holiness, loyalty, religion, reverence pig: hog, mammal, porcine, porker, slob, swine pig castrated after reaching maturity: stag pig castrated while young: barrow pig family: Suidae pig food: bacon, chap, chitlins, ham, pettitoes, pork, sausage, trotters pig just after weaning: shoat
pig litter: farrow pig or swine, like a: porcine pig paddock: pen, sty pig that has not farrowed: gilt pig, female: sow pig, male: barrow, boar pig, young: barrow, farrow, gilt, piglet, runt, shoat, shote pigeon family: Columbidae pigeon house: cote pigeon kin: dove pigeon that can puff itself up: pouter pigeon that rolls while flying: roller, tumbler pigeon types: carrier, crowned, fantail, fruit, homing, isabel, pouter, turtledove pigeon used as decoy: stool pigeon pigeon, clay: bird, disk, skeet, target pigeon, young: squab pigeonhole: arrange, assort, catalog, compartment, compartmentalize, cubbyhole, cubicle, label, niche, rank, recess, shelf, slot, store, type pigeonhole in dovecote: columbarium pigeons, concerning: columbine pigheaded: dense, headstrong, insistent, obstinate, perverse, stubborn, unyielding, willful piglike: porcine pigment: color, colorant, dye, paint, shade, stain, tint pigment and beeswax fixed with heat: encaustic pigment, earthy: ocher, sienna, umber pigmentation, lacking any: albinism pigmented skin areas: nevi pigpen: dump, hole, mess, sty pigs as food, small intestines of: chitlings, chitlins, chitterlings pigs, food and liquid mixed to feed: slop, swill pigs, food of nuts for: mast pigs, litter of: farrow pigtail: braid, plait, queue pike: drive, expressway, freeway, highway, lance, parkway, point, road, thruway, tollgate pilaf ingredient: rice pilaster: alette, anta, column, pier, pillar, post, support pile: accumulate, amass, boodle, bundle, cock, collection, fortune, gob, hair, heap, hill, hoard, jam, load, mass, money, mound, nap, pyre, shag, stack, wad, wealth, wool, yarn pile of stones as marker or grave: cairn pile of wood for burning dead body: pyre
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PILE, MOUND, HEAP - PIPE
pile, mound, heap: cumulus piles: hemorrhoids pileup: accident, accumulation, collision, crash, stack pilfer: filch, finger, hook, loot, pillage, purloin, rob, snitch, steal, swipe, take, thieve pilgrim: crusader, hadji, palmer, pioneer, settler, sojourner, traveler, wanderer, wayfarer pilgrimage: crusade, expedition, hadj, hajj, journey, mission, sojourn, trip, voyage pilgrimage to Mecca: hadj, hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, one who has made: hajji pill: ball, bolus, capsule, lozenge, medicine, pastille, pellet, pilule, placebo, tablet, troche pillage: appropriate, booty, confiscate, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devastate, lift, loot, maraud, pilfer, pinch, plunder, raid, ransack, ravage, rifle, steal, swipe, trespass pillager: freebooter, looter, marauder, plunderer, vandal pillar: anta, colonnade, leader, mainstay, obelisk, pedestal, pier, pilaster, pile, post, prop, shaft, stele, support pillar as monument or gravestone: stele pillar marking boundary: terminus pillar shaped like female: caryatid pillar shaped like male: telamon pillar with capital and base: pilaster pillar with Native American symbols: totem pole pillar with pyramid top, four-sided Egyptian: obelisk pillar, female figure as supporting: caryatid pillar, rectangular, supporting arch or roof: pier pillarlike stone, large: dolmen, megalith, menhir, monolith pillars and one across top, two large stone: dolmen, trilithon pillars, ring of stone: cromlech, henge pillars, row of regularly placed: colonnade pillow: bolster, cushion, headrest, padding, support pillow cover: sham pillow stuffing: eider, kapok, ticking pillow, long hard: bolster pilot: ace, airman, airwoman, aviator, conductor, coxswain, director, flier,
fly-boy, fly-gal, guide, helmsman, helmswoman, leader, operate, scout, steer, steerer pilot of aircraft: aviator, aviatrix pilot of balloon or lighter-than-air craft: aeronaut pilot, suicide: kamikaze pilot's seat designed for emergencies: ejection seat, ejector seat pimple: abscess, acne, blackhead, blemish, boil, papule, pustule, whelk, whitehead, zit pimple of keratin and sebum in pore: blackhead, comedo pimple of sebaceous gland: milium, wen, whitehead pimple on eyelid: sty pimple, break out in a: erupt pimplelike projection at root of hair: papilla pimples, goose: goose bumps, horripilation, piloerection pin: affix, attach, badge, bind, bolt, brooch, clasp, clip, confine, cotter, dart, dowel, fasten, fastener, fix, jewelry, join, ornament, peg, rivet, secure, stake, thole pin a medal on: decorate pin fitting into corresponding hole to fasten adjacent pieces: dowel pin in form of clasp: safety pin pin in shaft, locking: linchpin pince-nez: eyeglasses, lorgnette, lorgnon, spectacles pincers: forceps, pliers, tongs pincers, small: tweezers pinch: contract, cramp, grab, grasp, nip, snip, squeeze, tweak, vellicate pinch into tight folds or curls: crimp pinchbeck: counterfeit, fake, imitation, spurious pine: ache, agonize, brood, crave, desire, dwindle, flag, fret, grieve, hunger, lament, languish, long, moon, mope, mourn, repine, want, waste, wither, yearn pine cone petal: scale pine-cone shape: pineal pine family: conifer pine fruit: cone pine variety: Apache, blue, Buddhist, cedar, cypress, evergreen, fir, foxtail, giant, gray, hickory, jack, loblolly, mahogany, mountain, Norwegian, nut, pinon, pond, red, Scotch, spruce, stone, sugar, Weymouth, white pineapple: pina
PINK
begonia blush cameo carnation casino pink coral-pink deep pink fiesta flamingo flesh-pink hot pink incarnadine livid pink mallow pink nymph ombre orange-pink orchid rose pale pink peach petal pink reddish pink rose royal pink salmon shell pink shocking pink tea rose W
pineapple-shaped: pineal ping: clink, knock, noise, sound, ting pinhead: clown, dunce, fool, insignificant, small, stupid, tiny pinnacle: acme, apex, belfry, climax, crest, crown, height, peak, serac, spire, summit, top, turret, zenith pinnacle of glacial ice: serac pinniped: seal pinon seed: pine nut pinpoint: aim, diagnose, distinguish, exact, finger, fix, identify, locate, point, precise, spot pinto: horse, mottled, piebald, pied pioneer: colonist, discover, experimental, explorer, first, initial, innovator, invent, original, pathfinder, pilgrim, settler, trailblazer pious: commendable, dedicated, devine, devout, faithful, godly, holy, loyal, priestly, religious, reverent, saintly, sanctimonious, spiritual, worthy pious, hypocritically: holier-than-thou, sanctimonious, self-righteous pipe: aqueduct, briar, canal, cask, con-
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PIPE ADAPTER TO FIT DIFFERENT-SIZED PIPES TOGETHER - PLACING IN TIME ERRONEOUSLY ductor, conduit, drain, duct, flue, flute, hookah, hose, instrument, leader, main, outlet, passage, peep, reed, sewer, siphon, spout, stack, supply, trough, tube, tweet, whistle pipe adapter to fit different-sized pipes together: bushing pipe cleaning device of rubber suction cup on wooden handle: plumber's helper, plunger pipe collar: flange pipe connecting smaller pipe: header pipe dream: fantasy, hope, illusion pipe fitting: elbow, ell, tee pipe for hot air or smoke: flue pipe or channel for rainwater: conduit, culvert pipe with multiple apertures for connections: manifold pipe with S- or U-bend: trap pipe's bowl and shank: stummel pipe's bowl of magnesium silicate: meerschaum pipsqueak: nobody, runt, small, twerp piquancy: salt, spice, tang, zest piquant: biting, bitter, flavorful, peppery, poignant, provocative, pungent, racy, salty, sharp, snappy, sparkling, spicy, stimulating, stinging, tangy, tart, zestful, zesty pique: aggravate, anger, annoy, annoyance, arouse, bother, displeasure, exasperate, excite, fret, grudge, incense, ire, irritate, irritation, miff, nettle, offend, offense, peeve, pout, pride, provoke, resentment, rile, snit, stimulate, sting, strunt, umbrage, vexation pirate: buccaneer, corsair, freebooter, marauder, picaroon, plagiarize, plunderer, privateer, raider, robber, sea dog, sea wolf, steal, thief pirate flag: Jolly Roger, skull-andcrossbones pirate ideas, writings, music: plagiarize pirate sword: cutlass pistils of flower: gynoecium pistol: automatic, derringer, firearm, gat, gun, handgun, revolver, rod, sixshooter, weapon pit: abaddon, abyss, cavern, cavity, chasm, crater, depression, downfall, foxhole, grave, gully, hell, hole, hollow, indentation, mine, pockmark, seed, shaft, sump, trap, trench, underworld, well pit in which water is collected: sump pit of stomach: solar plexus pitch black: ebon pitch in: contribute, cooperate, egin, help, participate, volunteer, work pitch in sound: accent, frequency, intonation, sound, tone pitch of musical instrument, adjust: temper pitch or slant: angle, cant, cast, changeup, curve, degree, fastball, fling, forkball, heave, hurl, incline, knuckler, line, lunge, lurch, plunge, raise, rate, rock, roll, seesaw, slant, slider, slope, spitball, throw, tilt, toss, totter pitch to sell: sales talk, snow job, spiel pitch, concerning: piceous pitcher: carafe, container, creamer, decanter, ewer, jar, jug, olla, vessel pitcher part: ear pitcher plant: flytrap pitcher's place: bullpen piteous: merciful, miserable, pathetic, pitiful, pitying, ruined, woeful pitfall: danger, drawback, hazard, peril, risk, snag, snare, springe, trap, traps pith: center, core, corey, crux, essence, fiber, force, gist, gist of the matter, heart, importance, marrow, meat, nucleus, pulp, significance, soul, strength, substance, sum and substance, vigor pith helmet: topee, topi pithy: brief, compact, concise, crisp, forceful, laconic, meaningful, meaty, pointed, short, significant, succinct, terse pithy saying: apothegm, motto pitiable: sorry pitiful: commiserable, contemptible, despicable, dismal, forlorn, heartrending, mean, miserable, moving, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, sorrowful, sorry, suffering, woeful, wretched pitiless: brutal, callous, cruel, ferocious, hardhearted, harsh, heartless, inhuman, insensitive, merciless, obdurate, relentless, ruthless, savage, stony, unfeeling, unmerciful, unsympathetic pittance: alms, bit, dole, little, mite, peanut, scrap, smidgen, trace, trifle pituitary gland: hypophysis pity: charity, clemency, comfort, commiserate, compassion, crime, forbearance, kindliness, lament, mercy, pathos, piety, shame, solace, sympathy, tenderness, understanding pity for, to feel: commiserate, sympathize with pity, arousing: pathetic pivot: avert, axis, center, focus, fulcrum, hinge, rotate, shirl, slue, spin, swing, swivel, turn pivotal: central, critical, crucial, decisive, determining, essential, important, vital pivotal point: center of gravity, hinge pivoted part of electric machine: armature pivoting, capable of: trochoid pixie: brownie, elf, fairy, goblin, imp, leprechaun, rascal, sprite pizzazz: dazzling, lan, energy, excitement, exuberance, flair, flamboyance, oomph, pep, spirit, zing placard: advertisement, affiche, announce, bill, bulletin, notice, plaque, poster, sign placate: appease, calm, conciliate, humor, mollify, pacify, quiet, sooth, tranquilize place: allocate, area, assign, base, bestow, city, community, deposit, dispose, duty, dwelling, gait, home, identify, install, invest, lay, lieu, locale, locality, locate, location, locus, niche, plant, point, posit, position, post, put, rank, region, residence, responsibility, room, seat, second, set, site, situate, situation, space, spot, standing, station, status, stead, stick, store, tract, vicinity, village, where place a bet: wager place in reference to particular event: locale, locus, setting place in society or profession: prestige, status place inside something else: embed, insert place name or name derived from a place: toponym place nearby: locality, neighborhood, vicinity place on map, find a: locate, pinpoint place or scene where something takes place: venue place over or on top of: superimpose place's distinctive atmosphere: genius loci placid: calm, collected, composed, contented as a cow, even, gentle, irenic, mild, peaceful, quiet, serene, still, tame, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled placing in time erroneously: anachronism
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plagiarize: appropriate, copy, forge, lift, pirate, steal, thieve plague: affliction, annoyance, badger, bane, bedevil, bother, calamity, chafe, contagion, curse, disease, epidemic, fret, gall, harass, harry, hassle, importune, infestation, irritate, nuisance, outbreak, pest, pester, pestilence, pox, rash, scourge, suffering, tease, teast, torment, trouble, worry plague spread by rats: black death, bubonic plague plain: apparent, austere, average, bald, bare, basic, blunt, bovious, broad, campaign, candid, clear, coarse, direct, distinct, downright, even, evident, explicit, fair, frank, genuine, glaring, gross, guileless, homely, homemade, homespun, homey, honest, humble, ingenuous, legible, level, manifest, mere, modest, moor, nondescript, obvious, open, ordinary, outspoken, patent, primitive, pure, simple, straight, straightforward, transparent, unadorned, unaffected, unassuming, unattractive, undisguised, unembellished, unmistakable, unvarnished plain and clear: unambiguous, unequivocal plain-cooked: au naturel plain to see: conspicuous, evident, manifest, obvious, salient plain where most of the rain falls: llano plain, flat treeless grassy: steppe plain, land: champaign, flatland, heath, meadow, plateau, prairie, savanna, steppe, tundra, wold plainsong: Gregorian chant plainsong beginning: intonation plaintiff: accuser, complainant, litigant, prosecutor, suer, usee plaintive: cross, doleful, dolorous, elegiac, fretful, lamenting, mournful, piteous, pitiful, rueful, sad, sorrowful, woebegone plait: braid, crease, fold, interweave, knit, pigtail, pleach, pleat, tress, tuck, twine, weave plaited straw: sennit plan: agenda, aim, arrange, arrangement, blueprint, brainstorm, budget, calculate, chart, conception, conspire, contemplate, contrive, design, devise, diagram, draft, drawing, engineer, foresee, form, formulate, frame, game, idea, intend, layout, map, method, order, organize, outline,
platform, plot, policy, premeditate, program, project, proposal, proposition, purpose, schedule, scheme, shape, sketch, stratagem, strategy, system, think plan for radio program: format plan for trip: itinerary plan in mind: concoct, contrive, design, devise, formulate, invent, scheme plan into effect, to put: carry out, execute, implement plan not fully worked out, of a: makeshift, stopgap, tentative plan or intend: contemplate, destine, envisage, mediate, purpose plan or model: blueprint, prototype plan or order: arrangement, disposition plan or rough drawing: draft, sketch plan, description of a: specification, specs plan, impediment to a: hitch, snag plan, overall or long-range: strategy plan, realization of: fruition plan, to make sketchy outline of: adumbrate plane: aero, aircraft, jet plane and level: degree, even, flat, flush, grade, horizontal, smooth planet: celestial body, earth, globe, heavenly body, world planet at closest point to Sun: perihelion planet at farthest point from Sun: aphelion planet closer to Sun than Earth is: inferior plant planet farther from Sun than Earth is: superior planet planet or celestial body, very small: asteroid, minor planet, planetoid planet orbit that is not circular, of a: eccentric planet path: orbit planet viewing and measuring device: planetarium planet, dark area on: mare planetarium: orrery planetary: earthly, erratic, global, nomadic, terrestrial, universal, wandering, worldly planets and stars' positions, predictions based on birth date in relation to: horoscope planets, Noon, Sun in imaginary band: zodiac plank: board, deal, duckboard, lumber, platform, slab, support, timber
plank alongside of a ship: wale plank as removable footway: gangplank, gangway planking, continuous line of: strake planks, built of edge-to-edge: carvelbuilt planks, built of overlapping: clinkerbuilt, lapstrake planks, promenade made of: boardwalk planned and deliberate: premeditated planned for, possibility that must be: contingency planned or intended: projected planner: administrator, architect, creator, designer, executive planning beforehand: forethought, preparation planning details of an operation: logistics planning for future: providence planning large project with tasks, milestones, schedules and their interrelations: critical path analysis, critical path method planning to achieve an end, aim, goal: tactics planning, having some degree of: premeditated plans: blueprints, intentions, maps plant adapted to extreme changes of weather: tropophyte plant adjustment to new habitat: ecesis plant and animal comparisons, science of: biostatics plant and animal periodic phenomena, science of: phenology plant and animal processes, science of: physiology plant and structures, science of: morphology plant angiosperm: dicot, monocot plant appendage: awn plant body: cormus, stem, thallus plant branch: ramus plant bred from two varieties or species: hybrid plant bristle: awn, beard plant cell containing starch grains: statocyst plant coloring: carotene, chlorophyll, endochrome, xanthophyll plant cultivation not in soil: aquaculture, hydroponics plant cultivation, science or art of: horticulture plant deprived of sunlight, whitening of: etiolation
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PLANT DISEASE - PLASTER
plant disease: blight, blister, edema, ergot, gall, mildew, mold, mosaic, rot, rust, scab, smut plant-eating: herbivorous, phytophagous plant food-conducting tissue: phloem plant green pigment using sunlight for photosynthesis: chlorophyll plant growing from self-sown or accidentally dropped seed: volunteer plant growing in mineral solutions: hydroponics plant growing on another plant for support but not nutrients: aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte plant growth determined by external stimulus: tropism plant growth determined by internal stimulus: nastic plant growth, herb not woody: herbage plant having branching parts: dichotomy plant into another region, introduce: domesticate, naturalize plant juice: sap plant life of a region: flora plant naturalized in region: denizen plant or animal as representative of new species: holotype plant or animal membranes: septa plant or animal occupying area from initial stage to climax: sere plant or animal surviving from earlier period: relict plant originating or growing in area, of a: indigenous plant part just below flower or on flower stalk, leaflike: bract plant parts: appendage, axil, bine, boll, bract, bud, bulb, bur, burr, button, cambium, caulis, cellulose, cholorophyll, cormus, cutin, flower, fruit, grain, lenticel, medula, meristem, node, nut, palet, phloem, pip, pith, pod, radicle, radix, rhizome, rod, root, scion, shaft, sprig, stalk, stamen, stem, stems, stipel, stolon, stoma, stomata, tendril, trunk, xylem plant pest: aphid, aphis, mite plant plot: bed plant pore: stoma plant pot or stand, large decorative: jardiniere plant process using carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight: photosynthesis plant runner: stolon plant sheath: ocrea
plant shoot, twig, or cutting: cion, scion, slip plant specimens, case for: vasculum plant that originated and persisted only through cultivation: cultivar plant water-conducting tissue: xylem plant whose flowers retain color when dried: everlasting, immortelle plant with single embryonic seed leaf: monocotyledon plant with two embryonic seed leaves: dicot, dicotyledon plant, arrangement of 3+ leaves on: whorl plant, aquatic: cattail, lotus, need, papyrus, sedge, water lily, watercress plant, bulbous: camas, hyacinth, jonquil, lily, narcissus, onion, quamash, tulip plant, cactus: cereus, dildo, mescal, nopal, opuntia, prickly pear, saguaro plant, carnivorous: butterwort, pitcher plant, sundew, Venus's flytrap plant, climbing: betel, bignonia, byrony, creeper, derris, ivy, jasmine, liana, morning glory, philodendron, smilax, vetch, vine, wisteria plant, concerning a: agamic, botanic, botanical, vegetal, vegetative plant, cone-bearing: cedar, conifer, cypress, fir, gingko, pine, redwood, spruce, yew plant, desert: agave, alhagi, aloe, brittlebush, cactus, cholla, mesquite, paloverde plant, evergreen: boxberry, clubmoss, fir, pine, spruce, wintergreen plant, flowerless: alga, clubmoss, fern, fungus, horsetail, kelp, lichen, liverwort, moss, seaweed plant, foreign: exotic plant, garden: amaryllis, anemone, aster, begonia, bletia, bluebell, calla, canna, carnation, celery, celosia, chrysanthemum, clarkia, clivia, cosmos, crocus, daffodil, daisy, delphinium, dianthus, forget-me-not, gardenia, gazania, geranium, gerbera, gypsophila, hollyhock, hyacinth, iris, ixia, jonquil, larkspur, lily, lobelia, lupine, marigold, muscari, myosotis, oxalis, pansy, pentunia, peony, phlox, poppy, primrose, rhododendron, rose, scabiosa, snapdragon, statice, stock, sweetpea, tulip, verbena, viola, zinnia
plant, grain: barley, buckwheat, corn, maize, millet, oat, rice, rye, teff, wheat plant, marsh: bulrush, cattail, j uncus, reed, sedge plant, medicinal: aconite, aloe, boneset, camomile, camphor, caraway, chamomile, dandelion, fennel, garlic, gentian, ginger, hemlock, henbane, ipecac, juniper, licorice, lobelia, monkshead, mullein, mustard, nettle, parsley, peppermint, poppy, saffron, sage, senna, simple, wormwood plant, microscopic: bacterium, diatom, microphyte, mold, spore plant, native: indigene plant, onionlike: chive, leek, scallion, shallot plant, poisonous: amanita, atis, belladonna, castor, cowbane, datura, foxglove, larkspur, nightshade, oleander, poke, sumac, tobacco, upas plant, succulent: agave, aloe, bitterroot, gasteria, herb, houseleek plant, thorned: briar, cactus, cocklebur, nettle, rose, teasel, thistle plant, to breed: propagate plant, to go limp as a: droop, wilt plant, young: cion, cutting, scion, seedling, shoot, sprout, vinelet plantation: colony, estate, farm, ranch plants indoors, place for raising: vivarium plants living or growing for only one year or season: annual plants living three or more years: perennial plants of a region: flora, plant life, vegetation plants taking two growing seasons to complete life cycle: biennial plants turning toward the sun or light, phenomenon of: heliotropism plants, bell-shaped cover for: cloche plants, concerning: vegetal plants, cone-bearing evergreen: cycad plants, cutin layer covering epidermis of: cuticle plants, invertebrate animals resembling: zoophyte plants, science or study of: botany, phytology plaque: badge, brooch, decoration, disk, medal, memorial, nameplate, patch, plate, slab plaster: adhere, ceil, cement, coat,
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PLASTER AND PEBBLE ROUGH FINISH FOR OUTSIDE WALLS - PLAYFUL IN MUSIC
cover, gesso, glue, grout, gypsum, mortar, paste, salve, smear, spackle, stucco plaster and pebble rough finish for outside walls: pebble dash, rock dash plaster application, strip as guide for smooth: screed plaster finish for interior wall: stucco plaster finish for walls and ceilings, thin: grout plaster level or smooth, to make: float plaster of lime, pebbles, shells for wall: roughcast plaster of paris and glue: gesso plaster used to coat walls and line chimneys: pargeting plaster, painting on dry: secco plaster, painting on moist: fresco plaster, to coat with: render plasterer's tool: trowel plasterlike surface for painting: gesso plastic: acrylic, adaptable, ductile, elastic, flexible, formative, malleable, moldable, pliable, pliant, soft, synthetic, waxy, yielding plastic capable of polarizing light passing through it: Polaroid plastic fiber: saran plastic in die, to shape: extrude plastic made of resin, lightweight: acrylic plastic of synthetic resin, laminated: Formica plastic polymer, rigid thermo-: polystyrene plastic surgery: anaplasty plastic surgery to improve looks: cosmetic surgery plastic, tough flexible shiny: vinyl plastic, trademarked synthetic: Baklite plastic, transparent thermoplastic acrylic resin: lucite plasticlike durable floor covering: linoleum plastics, compounds of many repeated linked units making up: polymer plate: armor, base, coat, cover, denture, disc, dish, disk, lamina, layer, pane, panel, paten, saucer, scale plate of bone or tissue: lamella, lamina plate on tortoise underside: plastron plate or platter on which food is carved or served: trencher plate or warmer, hot: chafing dish plate used in a church service: paten plateau: elevation, highland, mesa, milestone, table, tableland, uplands
plateau, small and steep-walled: mesa plates or scales, bony: cuirass plates, covered with bony scales or: scutate, scutellate platform: altar, base, boardwalk, chart, dais, deck, estrade, floor, forum, gangplank, ledge, pallet, podium, pulpit, ramp, rostrum, scaffold, skid, soapbox, stage, stand, terrace platform for coffin: bier platform for speaker, conductor: dais, podium, rostrum, tribune platform for storing or moving cargo, portable: pallet, skid platform or raised framework, often temporary: scaffold platform with steps at entrance of building: stoop platform, low and wheeled: dolly platform, political: objectives, plan, policy, position, program, soapbox, stand platitude: banality, bromide, clich, commonplace, corn, shibboleth, triteness, triviality, truism piatonic: idealistic, quixotic, spiritual, theoretical, transcendent, Utopian, visionary platoon: battery, company, crew, detachment, division, force, formation, group, outfit, patrol, squad, team, unit platter: charger, disc, dish, disk, lanx, plate, record, salver, tray, trencher platypus family: monotreme plaudit: acclaim, acclamation, applause, approbation, approval, cheer, compliment, kudo, ovation, praise plausible: acceptable, believable, colorable, credible, logical, reasonable, specious, valid play (performance): amusement, comedy, drama, entertainment, hit, musical, opera, performance, show, tragedy
RELATED TERMS
play, discourse revealing character's thoughts in a: soliloquy play, scenery and props: mise-enscne play, section end with explanation: epilogue play, short performance as interlude to a: divertissement, entr'acte play, to test or try out for: audition play's stage articles, not costumes or scenery: property play's opening performance: premiere plays, asked to play the same kind of part repeatedly in: typecast plays, organization performing a season of different: repertory company plays, writer or adapter of: dramatist, dramaturge, playwright W play a musical composition in a different key: transpose play at or undertake superficially: dabble play down: belittle, deemphasize, minimize, soft-pedal, soften, underrate play on words: equivoque, paranomasia, pun play to gain time: temporize play with something: toy, trifle play, to: act, amuse, carouse, cavort, contend, delight, disport, enact, engage, execute, farce, fiddle, flirt, flop, frolic, gamble, gambol, impersonate, jest, joke, manipulate, margin, merrymaking, oppose, pantomime, participate, perform, portray, recreate, relax, romp, swing play, word: paranomasia, punning playboy: Casanova, Don Juan, flirt, ladykiller, libertine, lothario, philanderer, profligate, rake, Romeo, swinger, wolf, womanizer played out: beat, bushed, depleted, drained, ended, exhausted, finished, pooped, spent, tired player: actor, actress, adversary, athlete, competitor, contestant, entertainer, gambler, jock, opponent, participant, performer, star, thespian playful: blithe, coltish, coy, elfin, frisky, frolicsome, funny, gamesome, humorous, jocose, jocular, jolly, kittenish, larkish, lively, merry, mischievous, prankish, rollicking, spirited, sportive, sprightly playful in music: scherzo
play act: emote play or scene with two actors speaking: duologue play performed in the afternoon: matinee play, characters of a: dramatis personae play, climax or resolution of: denouement play, conversation between characters in a: dialogue
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PLAYFUL OR WHIMSICAL COMPOSITION - PLOT, SECRET
playful or whimsical composition: humoresque playful talk: banter, bantering, repartee playful teasing: badinage playfully, move about: caper, cavort, frisk, frolic, rollick, romp, sport playfulness or playing, concerning: ludic playing card spot: pip playmate: amigo, buddy, chum, companion, comrade, friend, pal plaza: common, court, green, marketplace, park, square plea: alibi, apology, appeal, argument, entreaty, excuse, explanation, overture, petition, prayer, pretext, request, solicit, suit, supplication plead: advocate, appeal, argue, ask, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, importune, petition, pray, solicit, supplicate, urge plead for another: intercede plead poverty: poor-mouth pleasant: affable, agreeable, amiable, appealing, charming, congenial, cordial, delightful, engaging, enjoyable, fair, favorable, felicitous, fine, friendly, genial, good, gracious, grateful, gratifying, humorous, jocular, joyous, likable, lovely, merry, mild, nice, pleasing, refreshing, sunny, sweet, warm, welcome, winsome pleasant-sounding: euphonious pleasant-tasting: sapid pleasant, quality of being: amenity pleasantry: banter, fun, gesture, greeting, jest, jocularity, joke, quip, remark, salutation, wit, witticism please: agree, amuse, content, delight, elate, enjoy, gladden, grab, gratify, humor, humour, indulge, like, placate, satisfy, suit, thrill, tickle, titillate, will, wish please, trying hard to: fawning, obsequious, servile, sycophantic, toadying, unctuous pleased, very: ecstatic, enraptured, transported pleasing: agreeable, attractive, charming, delectable, delightful, desirable, ducky, enchanting, enjoyable, favorable, fawning, glad, inviting, likable, liking, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasurable, prepossessing, winsome pleasurable: delightful, enjoyable, entertaining, gratifying, pleasing, satisfying, sensual
pleasurable to the senses: sensual pleasure: amusement, bliss, cheerfulness, choice, comfort, contentment, delectation, delicacy, delight, desire, diversion, enjoyment, fancy, felicity, fruition, fun, gladness, gratification, haiety, happiness, hedonism, hobby, jollity, joy, like, merriment, mirth, preference, relish, selection, treat, will pleasure as way of life: primrose path pleasure craft: yacht pleasure from one's own suffering or pain: masochism pleasure from others' misfortune: schadenfreude pleasure-loving: epicurean, hedonistic pleasure through others' achievements, gaining: vicarious pleasure trip: jaunt, junket pleasure, person devoted to: sybarite, voluptuary pleasure, pursuit of or devotion to: hedonism pleasure, to amuse oneself to gain: disport pleat: crease, crimp, fold, gather, kilt, ruffle, shir, tuck pleated edge to garment or curtain: flounce plebe: cadet plebeian: base, coarse, common, commoner, everyday, homely, ignoble, lowborn, lowly, ordinary, unrefined, vulgar pledge: assurance, assure, betroth, bind, certainty, collateral, commit, contract, covenant, engage, gage, guarantee, guaranty, impignorate, insurance, I.O.U., mortgage, oath, pawn, promise, seal, security, surety, swear, toast, troth, vouch, vow, wage, warrant, word pledged property to ensure repayment of loan: collateral pledged securities as collateral for loan: hypothecation plenary: absolute, complete, entire, full, inclusive, whole plenipotentiary: agent, ambassador, diplomat, emissary, spokesperson plentiful: abounding, abundant, affluent, ample, bounteous, bountiful, copious, extravagant, exuberant, fertile, fruitful, full, galore, generous, large, lavish, liberal, lush, opulent, overflowing, plenteous, plenty, profuse, rich, rife, swarming
plentiful in appearance: barmecidal plentiful supply, overly: embarrassment of riches plentiful, endlessly: bottomless, inexhaustible, infinite, untold plentiful, extremely: brimming, flush, oversupplied, populous, replete, rife, teeming plenty: abundance, affluence, ample, amplitude, copious, enough, exuberance, fullness, galore, generous, gobs, heaps, loads, lots, much, oodles, opulence, plenitude, plentiful, plentitude, prosperity, reams, slew, sufficiency, wealth plenty in offspring, production: fecund, fertile, fruitful, profuse, prolific plenty, horn of: cornucopia plethora: excess, flood, glut, many, overabundance, overflow, repletion, surfeit, surplus plexus: mesh, network, rete, system, web pliable: adaptable, bendable, compliant, docile, ductile, easy, flexible, limber, lithe, malleable, manageable, moldable, plastic, pliant, responsive, soft, supple, tactile, tractable, workable, yielding pliant: elastic, flexible, limber, lissome, malleable, pliable, soft, supple, yielding plight: betroth, bind, condition, crisis, difficulty, dilemma, fix, impasse, jam, pickle, pinch, pledge, predicament, promise, quandary, situation, state plod: drag, drudge, flounder, grind, grub, labor, moil, plow, plug, schlepp, slog, stomp, struggle, toil, tramp, trudge, work plot: acre, cabal, calculate, chart, collaborate, collude, connive, conspiracy, conspire, contrive, design, devise, diagram, engineer, grave, intrigue, land, lot, machination, map, mark, outline, parcel, patch, plan, plat, scenario, scheme, setup, story, theme, tract plot of literary or dramatic work: scenario plot or conspiracy: complot, intrigue, machinations plot resolution: denouement plot to foil another: countermine plot to incriminate innocent person: frame-up plot, secret: collusion, connivance
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PLOTTERS - POEM
TYPES OF POEMS
crude, irregular poem: doggerel Japanese 3-line 17-syllable poem: haiku Japanese 5-line 31-syllable poem: tanka lament for deceased: elegy, monody, threnody long lyric poem: ode morning poem: aubade narrative poem meant to be sung: ballad, lay poem about rural life: bucolic, eclogue, idyll, pastoral poem expressing thoughts and feelings: lyric poem for bride and bridegroom: epithalamium, prothalamion poem in which first letters of lines spell something: acrostic poem of 10 or 13 lines with two rhymes: rondeau plotters: cabal, confederacy, conspiracy plover: bird, killdeer, lapwing, turnstone, wader plover's cousin: sandpiper plow: break, bulldoze, cultivate, dig, farm, forge, furrow, mole, plough, press, smash, till plow, blade or wheel attached on front of: coulter plow, ridge between furrows made by: list plow, trench made by: furrow plowed ground, farm implement to even off: harrow plow's track: furrow ploy: frolic, gambit, gimmick, joke, maneuver, move, ruse, scam, scheme, strategy, tactic, trick pluck: backbone, bravery, courage, daring, finger, fortitude, gameness, grit, guts, hardihood, jerk, mettle, moxie, nerve, pick, plunder, pull, remove, resolution, snatch, spirit, spunk, strip, strum, tear, tug, yank pluck eyebrows: tweeze plucker for clavichord-type instrument: quill plucker for guitar: pick, plectrum plucking, played by: pizzicato plucky: bold, brave, courageous, daring, fearless, game, unafraid, undaunted, valiant plug: advertise, block, boost, bung, clog, close, cork, dam, fitting, hack, mention, persevere, plowhorse, push, seal, stopper, stopple, stuff, wad plug connecting more than one device to electrical socket: adapter plug for muzzle of cannon, gun: tampion poem of 14 lines with conventional rhyme scheme: sonnet poem of 19 lines with two rhymes: villanelle poem of 4 lines: quatrain poem of 7 lines: heptastich poem of 8 lines and two rhymes with two lines repeated: triolet poem of three stanzas: ballade poem on heroic figure: epic, heroic poem poem retracting something said in earlier poem: palinode poem with final letters of lines forming word: telestich poem with middle letters of lines forming word: mesostich short and pastoral poem: eclogue short witty poem: epigram W fling, immerse, jump, lunge, plummet, rush, sink, souse, submerge, swim, thrust, tumble plunk: drop, place, pluck, plump, sink, sound, strike, strum, throw, toss plurality: advantage, bulk, majority, most, multitude, variety plus: added, added to, addition, advantageous, also, and, asset, augment, beneficial, bonus, expand, helpful, increase, more, perk, positive plush: deluxe, elegant, fancy, lavish, lush, luxurious, opulent, palatial, posh, ritzy, sumptuous, swank plutocrat: capitalist, magnate, moneybags, tycoon plutonic: abyssal, Cimmerian, igneous, infernal pluvial: rainy ply: bend, comply, employ, exercise, exert, fold, handle, importune, maneuver, manipulate, mold, pursue, shape, steer, urge, wield, work ply of material: fold, layer, thickness poach: encroach, filch, pilfer, plunder, steal, trample, trespass pocket: cavity, compartment, pouch, sack, sinus pocket billiards: pool pocket for watch: fob pocketbook: bag, billfold, handbag, poke, pouch, purse, satchel, wallet pockmark: scar pod: bag, boll, capsule, case, cocoon, flock, hull, husk, pouch, sac, sheath, shell, shuck, silicle pod, splitripened:dehisce podiatrist's concern: feet podium: base, dais, lectern, pedestal, platform, pulpit, stage, wall poem: acrostic, ballad, composition,
plug of cask, vent: spigot, spile plug of tobacco: chaw plug or seal edges and crevices: caulk plug up: estop plum: carrot, catch, dividend, find, prize, reward, windfall plum variety: American, black, cherry, Damson, date, European, ground, hog, Indian, Oklahoma, sloe, wild plumb: delve, explore, fathom, probe, search, solve, sound plumb or perpendicular: straight, vertical plumber's tool: plunger, snake plumbers, group of: flush plume: crest, egret, feather, panache, preen, pride, prize, quill, token plummet: buxom, chubby, crash, decline, descend, dip, downturn, drop, fall, fleshy, nose-dive, obese, plop, plumb, plunk, portly, rotund, sink, stout, support plump: abundant, ample, back, obese, round, tubby, zaftig plump body structure: endomorphic, pyknic plunder: booty, depredate, devastate, fleece, forage, foray, goods, loot, maraud, peach, pilfer, pillage, pirate, pluck, prey on, raid, ransack, rape, rapine, ravage, raven, ravish, rifle, rob, sack, spoils, steal, swag plundered goods: booty, loot, spoils plunderer: bandit, freebooter, looter, marauder, pillager, raider, rapparee, ravager, thief, vandal plundering: rapacious plunge: absorb, descend, dig, dip, dive, douse, drive, duck, dump, engulf, fall,
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POEM'S LINE IN IAMBIC HEXAMETER WITH CAESURA AFTER THIRD FOOT - POKER FOR FIREPLACE
dimeter, ditty, doggerel, elegy, epic, epithalamium, epode, epos, idyll, ionic, jingle, limerick, lyric, madrigal, ode, poetry, rhyme, rime, rondeau, rondo, rune, song, stanza, sulogy, tercet, threnody, verse poem's line in iambic hexameter with caesura after third foot: alexandrine poem's set of verses: canto, stanza, stave poet: artist, author, balladist, bard, idyllist, lyricist, lyrist, minstrel, muse, odist, rhymer, rimer, scop, writer
RELATED TERMS
poet, eminent: laureate poet, poor untalented: poetaster poet, woman: poetess W poetic: beautiful, dramatic, dreamy, epical, epodic, idyllic, imaginative, lyrical, odic, rhythmic, romantic poetic image, exaggerated: conceit poetic measure: meter, spondee poetic metrical foot of one accented and two unaccented syllables: dactyl poetic metrical foot with middle syllable of three accented: amphibrach poetic metrical foot with one long syllable followed by a short: trochee poetic metrical foot with one short syllable: mora poetic metrical foot with one short syllable followed by a long: iamb, iambus poetic metrical foot with two long accented syllables: spondee poetic metrical foot with two short followed by one long syllable: anapest poetic short closing stanza: envoy poetic structure, study of: prosody poetic unit of two rhymed lines in iambic pentameter: heroic couplet poetic upbeat: arsis poetic verse of variable, usu. unrhymed, lines: free verse poetic writing: verse poetric rhythm imitating speech: sprung rhythm poetry, book of: anthology, chrestomathy poetry, two successive rhyming lines in: couplet poignant: acute, affecting, astute, biting, bitter, cutting, distressing, incisive, keen, moving, painful, piercing, piquant, pungent, sharp, sour, stinging, touching, urgent point-blank: blunt, close, direct, frank, plainly, straight
point in a drawing in which parallel lines appear to converge: vanishing point point in an eccentric orbit: apsis point in argument, acknowledgment of effective: touch point in drawing where parallel lines converge: vanishing point point of contact: interface point of intersection: node point of intersection by three or more lines: concurrence point of no return: Rubicon point of origin: starting point, terminus a quo point of view: angle, attitude, opinion, outlook, perspective, position, standpoint point of view beforehand, forming: preconceive point on body to stop bleeding: pressure point point on which something rotates: pivot point or condition relevant only to a specialist: technicality point out: denote, indicate, show point that is no longer meaningful: moot point point the finger at: accuse point, to approach an intersecting: converge point, to go different directions from a common: diverge point, to the: poignant, relevant pointed: accurate, actuate, acuate, aculeate, acuminate, acute, barbed, biting, concise, conspicuous, cultrate, direct, fine, keen, marked, penetrating, picked, piercing, piked, poignant, pronged, sarcastic, sharp, stinging, striking
RELATED TERMS
pointed arch: ogee, ogive pointed end or point: cusp pointed heel: stiletto pointed in shape: acerate, acerose, aculeate, acuminate pointed instrument for writing or engraving: stylus pointed tool: awl, punch, stylar W pointer: arm, dial, dog, gauge, hand, index, indicator, rod, stick pointer or hint: clue, suggestion, tip pointless: absurd, academic, blunt, futile, hypothetical, idle, inane, inept, insignificant, ridiculous, senseless, silly, unnecessary, useless
poise: aplomb, assurance, balance, bearing, calm, calmness, composure, confidence, dignity, elegance, equilibrium, grace, maintain, stability, steady, support, suspend, tact poised bearing: presence poison: anee, arsenic, bacteria, bane, botulin, botulism, cancer, contagion, contaminate, corrupt, curare, cyanide, debase, debauch, envenom, evil, harm, inee, infect, kill, murder, pervert, plague, pollute, salmonella, taint, toxin, venom, virus, vitiate poison affecting entire body, of a: systemic poison antidote: mithridate, theriaca poison, deadly: bane poison, immunity or tolerance to a: mithridatism poison, remedy to counteract effects of: antidote, antitoxin, antivenin poisoning often from inadequately cooked or washed food, food: salmonella poisoning, salmonellosis poisoning, former term for food: ptomaine poisoning poisoning, severe food: botulism poisonous: baneful, deadly, fatal, harmful, lethal, noxious, toxic, venomous, virulent poisonous gas in coal mine: afterdamp, firedamp poisonous metallic element, extremely: arsenic poisonous secretion of animal: venom poisonous snake: adder, asp, rattler, viper poisonous substance that stimulates production of antibody: antigen poisonous white alkaloid, extremely: strychnine poisonous, extremely: virulent poisons and treatment of poisons, study of: toxicology poisons, substance once considered antidote to all: mithridate poke: awaken, blow, bonnet, bulge, dally, dawdle, delay, dig, drag, intrude, jab, job, jog, lag, loiter, meddle, mosey, nudge, probe, prod, pry, punch, push, putter, sack, shove, snoop, stir, thrust poke around: root poke for water: dowse poke fun at: jibe poker for fireplace: salamander
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POKY - POLE RAISING AND LOWERING BUCKET IN WELL
POISONOUS PLANTS
Aconite Alsike Clover Amanita Angel's Trumpet Arrowgrass Arrowhead Baneberry Banewort Bearded Darnel Belladonna Birdsfoot Trefoil Bitter Cherry Black Cherry Black Locust Black Nightshade Bleeding Heart Bloodroot Boston Ivy Bouncing Bet Bracken Fern Broad Beans Buckeye Buffalo Bur Buttercups Caley Pea Calla Lily Cardinal Flower Castor Bean Castor-Oil Plant Celandine China berry Choke Cherry Christmas Rose Cocklebur Common Nightshade Common Oleander Common Vetch Corn Cockle Corn Lily Cow Cockle Cowbane Cowslip Creeping Charlie Crowfoot Crown Vetch Daphne Datura Deadly Nightshade Death Angel Mushrooms Death Camas Death Cap Delphiniums Desert Potato Devil's Trumpet Dock Dogbane Doll's-eyes Downy Thornapple Drooping Leucothoe Dutchman's Breeches Eastern Skunk CabElderberry Ergot Euphorbia Everlasting Pea False Hellbore Fiddleneck Flax Foxglove Gastrolobium Gill-over-theGround Glory Lily Bulb Golden Chain Great Lobelia Ground Ivy Groundsels Hairy Vetch Halogeton Hellebore Hemlock Henbane Horse Chestnut Horse Nettle Horsebrush Horsetail Indian Tobacco Irises Jack-in-the-Pulpit Japanese Pier is Jessamine Jimsonweed Johnson Grass Laburnum Lambkill Lamb's Quarters Lantana Larkspur Lily-of-the-Valley Locoweed Lucerne Lupine Mandrake Marijuana Marsh Marigold Mayapple Mescal Bean Mexican Poppy Milkweed Milo Monkey Agaric Monkshood Moonseed Morning Glory Mountain Fetterbush Narrow-leaved Vetch Nephtytis Nightshade Nux Vomica Oak Trees Oleander Opium Poppy Panther Cap Periwinkle Philodendron Pigweed Pin Cherry Poinsettia Poisonberry Poison Hemlock Poison Ivy Poison Oak Poison Sumac Pokeweed Ponderosa Pine Prickly Poppy Purging Nut Purple Vetch Ragworts Red Angel's Trumpet Red Clover Red Sage Rhubarb leaf Rosary Pea Senecio Sensitive Fern Sheep Laurel Sierra Laurel Singletary Pea Snow-on-theMountain Sorghum Spurges Squirrel Corn St. John's Wort Star-of- Bethlehem Stinging Nettle Sudan Grass Swamp Onions Sweet Pea Tall Fescue Tangier Pea Thorn Apple Tobacco Tree Tobacco Tung Oil Tree Upas Water Hemlock West Indian Lantana White Camas White Clover White Snakeroot Wild Cherries Wild Onions Wisteria Wolfsbane Yellow Sage Yellow Star Thistle YewW
POKER TERMS
demand for hand disclosure: call game with first card face down, four others face up: stud poker hand of five cards of the same suit: flush hand of five cards of the same suit in numerical sequence: straight flush hand of five consecutive cards not all of same suit: straight hand of five highest cards of same suit: royal flush hand of four cards in one suit: four flush poky: confined, cramped, dawdling, dull, frumpish, jail, pokey, prison, shabby, slammer, slow, small polar: arctic, contradictory, diametric, freezing, opposite hand of three of a kind and a pair: full house increase a bet, to: raise initial contribution to pot: ante kitty: pot laying down of cards to determine winner: showdown poker-faced: neutral, serious, sober, somber, stolid poker varieties: baseball, bluff, draw, jack, straight, strip, stud withdraw from game by laying one's hand down, to: foldW staff, wand pole a boat forward: punt pole of a ship for sails orrigging:spar pole raising and lowering bucket in well: sweep, swipe
polar region phenomenon: midnight sun polar weather condition of heavy cloud cover over snow: whiteout pole: axis, bar, beam, boom, caber, guide, mast, pike, post, rod, spar,
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POLE, CARVED AND PA IN TED NATIVE A M E R I C A N . POLITICIAN S, G ROUP OF
pole, carved and painted Native American: totem pole polecat, pertaining to: mustelid, musteline police: bobby, constable, constabulary, cop, detective, flatfoot, fuzz, gendarme, govern, guard, heat, law, marshal, MP, officer, patrol, patrolman, patrolwoman, policeman, policewoman, protect, sheriff, watch police informer or spy: stool pigeon police matters into one's own hands, one who attempts to take: vigilante police officer: bobby, cop, copper, flatfoot, roundsman, the fuzz, the heat police officer in training: cadet police officer's club: billy club, nightstick police on navy vessel: master-at-arms police organized like military unit: constabulary police record book: blotter police surveillance: stakeout police tactical squad: SWAT team police to secure an area, rope or line used by: cordon police unit, district under jurisdiction of specific: precinct police van: paddy wagon police, detained or held under guard by: custody policies of group, declaration of political: manifesto policy: action, code, contract, course, custom, line, method, plan, platform, principle, procedure, program, sagacity, strategy, system, tactics, wisdom policy reversal: about-face, volte-face policy, long-range: plan, strategy poliomyelitis vaccine: Sabin vaccine, Salk vaccine polish: brighten, buff, burnish, gloss, luster polish or cultivation: poise, refinement polished: buffed, shiny, smooth, suave, waxed polishing rock, porous: pumice polite: attentive, bane, civil, complaisant, considerate, correct, courteous, courtly, cultivated, cultured, decorous, gallant, genteel, gentle, mannerly, neighborly, polished, proper, refined, respectful, suave, thoughtful, urbane polite act: courtesy polite and proper, extremely: ceremonious, punctilious polite utterance: civility, pleasantry
polite, of speech that is: phatic politeness, generally accepted: convenances, convention, etiquette, protocol politesse: propriety politic: adroit, artful, astute, calculating, crafty, cunning, diplomatic, discreet, expedient, judicious, prudent, sharp, shrewd, tactful, tactical, wise, wuave political: civic, governmental, legislative political activist: anarchist, demagogue, dissident, extremist, guerrilla, hawk, lobbyist, nihilist, peacenik, radical political appearance, brief: whistle-stop political beliefs, extreme in: intransigent political campaign speeches, location of: hustings political candidate or party's motto: slogan political candidate unexpectedly nominated: dark horse political cause, actively committed to: engage political change, favoring revolutionary: radical political clean-up: purge political coalition: bloc political concern: issue political corruption: malversation political dinner, lecture tour: rubber chicken circuit political extremist: anarchist, Jacobin, leftist, nihilist political favors, exchange of: logrolling political group causing dissention: faction political group's declaration of principles: manifesto, platform political group's pamphlet of appeal or declaration: tract political ideas, one with ambitious: Utopian, visionary political issue or policy, person actively against: activist, dissident, insurgent, militant, protestor, Young Turk political laws and principles of a government: constitution political leader emotionally appealing to populace: demagogue political league or association: federation political meeting for decisions on political delegates, policy, leadership: caucus
political pact between church and state: concordat political parties or groups with political cause, alliance of: coalition political party: Communist, Democratic, GOP, Green, Labor, Republican, Socialist, Tory political party but is not a member, one who sympathizes with: camp follower, fellow traveler political party, to unfairly divide districts to favor a: gerrymander political party, zealots forming core of revolutionary: cadre political patronage: pork barrel political philosophy: anarchism, capitalism, collectivism, communism, conservatism, democracy, extremism, laissez-faire, liberalism, Maoism, Marxism, nihilism, socialism political philosophy supporting people vs. privileged elite: populism political platform part: plank political policy, refusal to obey laws to try to change: civil disobedience political power: clout political power to appoint to governmental positions: patronage political propaganda found in entertainment: agitprop political risk to limit to seek advantage: brinkmanship, brinksmanship political slander: character assassination political slant: spin political speeches, to travel and give: stump political system that no longer exists: ancien regime political tactic of getting rid of undesirable people or opponents: purge political theory that Communist nation will cause neighbors to become Communist: domino theory political underground movement: apparat, apparatus politically amoral: Machiavellian politically divide voting area for interests of a political party: gerrymander politically neutral person: mugwump politician: congressperson, lawmaker, leader, legislator, officeholder, politico, senator, statesperson, statist politician charged with enforcing party discipline and attendance: whip politician who uses impassioned appeals: demagogue politicians, group of: odium
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POLITICKING AROUND COUNTRYSIDE - POPULATION
politicking around countryside: barnstorming politics or business, dishonesty in: graft poll: ballot, canvass, census, clip, count, counting, head, list, listing, opinion, shear, survey, tally, trim poll, first public opinion: Gallup poll poll, unofficial: straw poll pollen: dust, microspores pollen-bearing organ: stamen pollen from one plant to another, transfer: cross-pollination, xenogamy pollens and spores, study of: palynology pollex: thumb pollinate: breed, fertilize pollinated by insects: entomophilous pollinated by wind-dispersed pollen: anemophilous pollination among flowers by same plant: endogamy pollination in plants, self-: , autogamy pollute: contaminate, corrupt, debauch, defile, desecrate, dirty, foul, poison, profane, smear, soil, stain, taint pollution: contamination, desecration, impurity, smog, uncleanness, waste polo match period of play: chukker poltergeist: apparition, ghost, phantasm, specter, spirit poltroon: chicken, coward, craven, dastard, milksop, varlet, weakling, wetch, yellowbelly polygon, eight-sided: octagon polygon, five-sided: pentagon polygon, four-sided: tetragon polygon, nine-sided: nonagon polygon, seven-sided: heptagon polygon, six-sided: hexagon polygon, ten-sided: decagon polygon, three-sided: triangle polygon, twelve-sided: dodecagon polyhedron that bends light rays: prism polyp: anemone, coelenterate, coral, growth, hydra, hydroid, tumor polysyllabic: sesquipedalian pomegranate sweet syrup: grenadine pommel: beat, finial, handle, knob, pound, pummel, saddlebow, strike pomp: ceremonial, ceremony, cortege, display, fanfare, fare, form, glitter, grandeur, pageantry, parade, pride, ritual, show, spectacle, splendor, state, strut pompous: affected, aloof, arrogant, bloated, bombastic, condescending, consequential, disdainful, egotistic, flaunting, grandiose, haughty, high-
faluting, hoity-toity, huffish, insolent, la-di-da, large, lofty, officious, orotund, ostentatious, overbearing, patronizing, pontifical, portentous, pretentious, proud, puffy, pushy, selfimportant, sniffy, snobbish, snooty, snotty, stately, stilted, stuck-up, supercilious, swaggering, tumid, uppish, uppity, vain, vainglorious pompous gait: strut pompous language: fustian, grandiloquence pompous moralizing, given to: canting, holier-than-thou, pious, pontifical, preachy, punctilious, sanctimonious, sententious, sermonizing pond: basin, lagoon, lake, mere, pool, tarn ponder: appraise, brood, chew the cud, consider, contemplate, deliberate, dwell, evaluate, examine, mediate, meditate, mull, muse, pore, reason, reflect, ruminate, speculate, study, think, weigh, wonder ponderous: awkward, bulky, cumbersome, dreary, dull, heavy, hefty, humdrum, labored, large, massive, monotonous, tedious, weighty pongid: ape pontiff: bishop, pontifex, pope pontifical: arrogant, dogmatic, overbearing, papal, pompous, pretentious, puffy pontificate: orate pony: cayuse, crib, glass, horse, mustang, nag, pinto, racehorse, trot pooh-pooh: boo, catcall, deride, disdain, dismiss, hiss, knock, raspberry, razz, sneer pool: basin, billiards, car, cartel, combination, combine, cooperative, funds, game, group, jackpot, kitty, lagoon, lake, mere, merge, natatorium, pond, pot, puddle, reservoir, resources, salina, share, tank, tarn pool and billiard table green cloth: baize pool frame: rack pool shot, curving: mass poop out: exhaust, fatigue, tire poor: abject, bankrupted, bare, barren, base, broke, cheap, cheesy, defective, depleted, deprived, destitute, disadvantaged, emaciated, empty, feeble, fruitless, humble, hungry, ill, impecunious, impoverished, inadequate, indigent, inferior, infertile, insignificant, insolvent, insufficient, lacking, lean, meager, mean, necessitous,
needy, paltry, penniless, penurious, pinched, pitiful, scanty, seedy, shabby, sorry, sparse, squalid, strapped, subpar, underprivileged, unfortunate, unlucky, unsatisfactory pop: bang, burst, explosion, hit, shoot, shot, snap, sock, strike pope: otho, pius, pontiff, Vicar of Christ, vicegerent pope and a government, agreement between: concordat pope over national authority, supporting: ultramontane pope, assembly of cardinals by: consistory pope, concerning the: papal pope, formal meeting with: audience pope, meeting held to elect new: conclave pope, office and jurisdiction of: papacy pope's ambassador or representative: nuncio pope's central administration of church: curia pope's decree on canon law: decretal pope's formal letter: bull pope's incapability of error: infallibility pope's informal letter: brief pope's letter addressed to bishops: encyclical pope's official representative: emissary, legate pope's secular affairs, cardinal managing: camerlengo poplar: abele, alamo, aspen, balsam, cottonwood, downy, tree, tulip tree poppy variety: black, California, horned, Mexican, opium, oriental, snow poppycock: balderdash, baloney, bosh, gibberish, hogwash, jive, malarkey, nonsense, rot, rubbish, trash populace: commonality, demos, masses, mob, multitude, people, plebeians, plebs, public, society popular: accepted, admired, celebrated, cheap, common, current, democratic, demotic, famous, fashionable, favored, favority, noted, preferred, prevailing, prevalent, sought, trendy popular everyday speech: vulgate popularity: acclaim, celebrity, esteem, fame, favor, notoriety, vogue populate: colonize, inhabit, live, occupy, people, settle population: citizens, denizens, inhabitants, people, residents, society
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POPULATION, GENERAL - POSITIVE WITH NO QUALIFICATIONS
population, general: canaille, commonality, hoi polloi, plebeians, plebs, populace, proletariat, riffraff, the masses population, sample meant to be representative of: cross section population, science of: demography population, to increase rapidly in: irrupt populous: crowded, jammed, multitudinal, numerous, populated, swarming populous region of several large cities: megalopolis porcelain: ceramic, china, crackleware, earthenware, nankeen porcelain made of clay mixed with bone ash: bone china porcelain material: frit porcelain, pale grayish-blue glaze applied to: clair de lune porch: balcony, breezeway, colonnade, deck, entrance, gallery, lanai, plaza, portico, solarium, stoa, stoop, terrace, veranda, verandah porch with roof supported by columns: portico porch's step at entrance of building: stoop porcine: hoggish, piggish, rapacious porcupine spine: quill pore: brood, examine, foramen, gaze, meditate, opening, ponder, search, stare, study pore: stoma pork: bacon, food, funds, ham, hamhog, jowl, loin, meat, pig, shoulder, sowbelly, swine pornographic: dirty, indecent, lewd, obscene, offensive, raunchy, smutty, steamy pornographic movie: adult movie, blue movie, stag film, X-rated movie pornography: erotica, smut pornography, mild: soft-core pornography, study of: coprology porous: absorbent, leaky, penetrable, permeable, pervious, spongy porous volcanic rock: pumice porpoise: cetacean, dolphin, mammal, seahog, whale porridge: burgoo, crowdie, frumenty, grits, grout, gruel, loblolly, mush, oatmeal, polenta, pottage, putu, samp, skilly porridge of uncertain temperature: pease port: boatyard, carriage, city, deportment, destination, dock, entrance, exit, gate, harbor, haven, landing,
larboard, mooring, opening, portal, porthole, refuge, shelter, town, transport port and sherry: wines port side of ship: larboard portable: convenient, handy, light, manageable, mobile, movable, pocket portal: adit, arch, augur, bode, door, doorway, entrance, gate portend: bode, entry, gateway, herald, omen, opening, passage, port, predict portent: caution, clue, foreboding, foretoken, marvel, miracle, omen, premonition, prodigy, sign, vibes, warning, wonder portentous: exciting, foreboding, looming, ominous, pompous, pretentious, significant, weighty porter: ale, bearer, beer, bellhop, carrier, carry, doorkeeper, gateman, hamal, redcap, skycap, stout, transport porterhouse's cousin: sirloin portico: arcade, atrium, balcony, colonnade, patio, piazza, porch, stoa, terrace, veranda, verandah, walkway portion: allocation, allotment, allowance, apportion, bit, bite, cut, deal, destiny, distribute, division, divvy, dole, dollop, dose, dowry, endow, fate, helping, kismet, lot, measure, moiety, parcel, part, percentage, piece, quantity, quota, ratio, ration, section, segment, serving, share, slice portion, biggest: lion's share portly: beefy, bulky, burly, chubby, chunky, corpulent, dignified, fat, fate, grand, hefty, majestic, obese, plump, pudgy, stately, stocky, stout, striking portmanteau: bag, gladstone, luggage, suitcase, valise portrait: account, drawing, image, likeness, painting, photograph, picture, similitude, sketch portrait, exaggerated or comical: caricature portray: act, copy, delineate, depict, describe, draw, duplicate, enact, frame, image, imitate, impersonate, limn, paint, picture, play, represent, reproduce, show portrayal of rural life: bucolic, eclogue, idyll, pastoral pose: affectation, air, attitude, expression, guise, mannerism, position, posture, stance, state
poser: facer, problem, puzzle, question, riddle, stickler posh: chic, elegant, exclusive, luxurious, opulent, ritzy, smart, swanky, tony posing customer working with con: shill posing under false identity: imposture position: affirmation, angle, assignment, bearings, belief, class, condition, disposition, importance, job, judgment, locale, location, locus, niche, office, opinion, outlook, place, placement, point, pose, post, posture, rank, rating, seat, set, side, site, situation, slot, spot, stance, stand, standing, standpoint, station, stature, status, tenet, viewpoint position in relation to direction or weather conditions: aspect, exposure position in, to enjoy a controlling: dominate position of control: helm position of something in space, two or more numbers determining: coordinates position of things, to reverse or transfer the: transpose position of, to determine: locate, pinpoint position on a scale: ranking, rating position relative to surroundings: bearings, orientation position side by side: juxtapose position that requires little or no work: sinecure position with respect to a point of reference, to: orient, orientate position, advantageous: bully pulpit position, occupying the same: coincident position, to force out of a: dislodge positive: absolute, actual, affirmative, assertive, assured, beneficial, categorical, certain, clear, cocksure, complete, conclusive, confident, convinced, decided, decisive, definite, dogmatic, downright, emphatic, empirical, explicit, firm, genuine, helpful, plus, practical, real, sure, undisputed, unequivocal, unmistakable, unqualified, useful positive and dictatorial: peremptory positive assertion of opinion: dogmatic positive declaration: asseveration positive electrode: anode positive particle: ion positive with no qualifications: categorical
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POSSE - POTHER
posse: band, gang, search party, vigilante possess: acquire, bear, bewitch, control, dominate, have, hold, inhabit, maintain, occupy, own, retain possessed: cursed, demoniac, haunted possessed, to free from being: exorcise possessing a will: testate possession: asset, belongings, control, goods, mastery, ownership, property, territory, title, wealth possession by which prestige is measured: status symbol possession that's more trouble than it's worth: white elephant possessions, excessive regard for: materialism possessions, treasured household: lares and pnates possessive case in grammar: genitive possessive pronoun: her, hers, his, its, our, ours, their, whose, your possibility: chance, contingency, eventuality, feasibility, likelihood, odds, potential, probability, prospect possible: attainable, conceivable, earthly, feasible, imaginable, likely, manageable, practicable, probable, realistic, viable, workable possible but not certain: contingent, facultative, latent, potential possible outcome: eventuality, scenario possibly: maybe, perchance, perhaps, probably possibly valid or acceptable: credible, plausible possum: coon post: advertise, advise, announce, assign, base, beat, brief, circulate, courier, dispatch, inform, notify post as foundation: pile, spile post at end of staircase handrail: newel post exchange: canteen, PX post or position: fort, job, lookout, office, place, position, situation, station post or support: beam, column, leg, mast, picket, pillar, pole, stake, stilt, stud postage stamp design: spandrel postage stamps and marks, collection and study of: philately postage stamps, book of: carnet postcard collecting: deltiology postcard collector: deltiologist poster: advertisement, affiche, an-
nouncement, banner, bill, billboard, broadside, notice, placard, sign, sticker poster material: oaktag poster with printing on one side: broadside posterior: after, back, backside, behind, butt, buttocks, derrire, dorsal, fanny, following, hind, hinder, keester, rear, retral, seat, subsequent, succeeding, tush posterity: children, descendants, family, heirs, offspring posthaste: expeditious, fast, pronto, quickly, rapidly, speedy, swiftly postmortem investigation: inquest postmortem law officer: coroner postmortem medical examination: autopsy postmortem medical specialist: pathologist postpone: adjourn, defer, delay, hold in abeyance, mothball, pigeonhole, procrastinate, prorogue, put off, put on the back burner, remand, remit, reprieve, shelve, stay, suspend, table, wait, waive postpone a decision, act evasively to: temporize postpone and waste time: procrastinate postpone indefinitely: table postpone or avoid making a statement or giving an answer: equivocate, prevaricate postpone or forgo a right: waive postpone proceedings, to: adjourn postponed offer or promise: rain check postponement: respite, stay postponement or cancellation of punishment: reprieve, respite postponement or suspension of planned activity: moratorium posts supporting handrail: baluster posts, defensive barrier of: palisade, stockade postscript: appendage, appendix, attachment, footnote, rider, sequel, supplement postulate: assert, assume, assumption, axiom, claim, demand, element, hypothesis, posit, premise, presume, presuppose, principle, require, suppose posture: attitude, bearing, carriage, demeanor, display, feeling, manner, mien, outlook, pose, position, shape, stance, standing, state, status
posy: blossom, bouquet, corsage, flower, motto, nosegay, sentiment, verse pot: basin, basket, bet, bowl, caldron, cauldron, container, crock, cup, decay, deteriorate, drink, fortune, kettle, kitty, pan, pool, shoot, tankard, toilet, urn, vessel, wager pot for cooking over fire: caldron pot with tight lid for slow cooking: Dutch oven pot, airtight, cooking quickly under pressure: pressure cooker pot, earthenware broad-mouthed: olla pot, small earthenware: pipkin potable: clean, fresh, pure, unpolluted potage: soup potage, sometimes cold: consomm potassium hydroxide: potash potassium nitrate: niter potato: murphy, plant, spud, tater, tuber, vegetable, yam potato bud: eye potato dumplings: gnocchi potato pancake: latke, lefse potato soup, thick: vichyssoise potato types: baked, chip, French fries, Idaho, Maine, mashed, Russet, scalloped, sweet, white potato, for example: tuber potatoes baked in casserole with sauce: scalloped potatoes cooked with cheese and browned bread crumbs: au gratin potatoes cooked with finely sliced onions: Lyonnaise potatoes in a casserole, thin sliced: potatoes Anna potatoes strips deep-fried: chips, French fries, frites potbelly: abdominal, paunch, stomach, stove potency: authority, efficacy, energy, force, hardihood, influence, kick, might, muscle, power, strength, vigor, virtue, vitality potency, male: virility potent: able, cogent, control, effective, efficient, forceful, influential, mighty, powerful, robust, strong, sturdy, vigorous, virulent potential: ability, aptitude, capability, concealed, latent, manque, possibility, possible, promising, undeveloped, unfulfilled, unrealized pother: ado, agitation, annoyance, bother, bustle, commotion, confu-
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POTION - POWER, GOVERNMENT BY PERSON WITH ABSOLUTE
sion, controversy, disturbance, flap, fuss, harass, hassle, stir, to do, turmoil, uproar, worry potion: brew, dose, draft, dram, drink, drug, medicine, mixture, philter, remedy, tonic potpourri: assortment, blend, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, melange, miscellany, mishmash, mixture, olio, pastiche, salmagundi, stew potter: ceramicist, ceramist, cotter, dabble, dawdle, fiddle, idle, loiter, mess, poke, putter, saunter, tinker, trifle potter's clay fired once but not glazed: biscuit potter's clay used for decorating and coating ceramics, thin: slip potter's mixing and shaping tool: pallet potter's wheel, to shape or form on a: throw pottery: ceramics, china, crockery, deftware, delft, earthenware, porcelain, stoneware, ware pottery before glazing, coloring or decoration applied to: underglaze pottery fired at low temperatures: earthenware pottery fragment found by archaeologist: potsherd, shard, sherd pottery kiln in which pots are fired without direct flame: muffle pottery or ceramics before firing, coating applied: glaze pottery oven: kiln pottery with pale green glaze: celadon pottery with surface of fine cracks, glazed: crackleware pottery, blue and white glazed: delft pottery, glazed colorful opaque: faience pottery, hard unglazed: basalt pottery, hard waterproof ceramic clay used in: terra cotta pottery, hard white: ironstone pottery, heavy nonporous: stoneware pottery, richly colored and decorated Italian: majolica potterylike: fictile pouch: bag, container, cyst, handbag, marsupium, pocket, pocketbook, pod, purse, sac, saccule, sack, sporran pouch branching from hollow organ: diverticulum pouch mammal: marsupial pouch of female marsupial: marsupium pouch or pouchlike structure of organism: sac pouch-shaped: bursiform
pouch worn on front of kilt: sporran pouchlike cavity with one opening: cecum poultice: cataplasm, compress, dressing, fomentation, plaster poultry: chicken, duck, fowl, geese, goose, grouse, hen, partridge, pheasant, pigeon, pullet, quail, rooster, turkey pounce: attack, claw, dart, leap, plunge, pound, powder, punch, spring, stamp, strike, surge, swoop, talon pound: bang, bash, batter, beat, blow, buffet, clobber, clout, crush, ezra, grind, hammer, knock, malleate, maul, powder, pulverize, pummel, quid, smack, sock, stamp, stomp, strike, tamp, thrash, thump, unit, wallop, weight pour: cascade, decant, deluge, discharge, drain, drench, effuse, emit, empty, flood, flow, gush, inundate, issue, rain, spew, spill, spout, stream, teem, vent pour liquid from one container to another: decant, transfuse pourboire: gift, gratuity, lagniappe, tip pouring of liquid in religious ritual: affusion, libation pout: brood, fish, fret, frown, grump, mope, moue, pique, sulk pouting face: moue poverty: dearth, destitution, dire straits, impoverishment, inadequacy, indigence, lack, need, pauperism, pennilessness, penury, privation, rags, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, want poverty area: slum poverty-stricken: broke, destitute, impoverished, indigent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor powder: cosmetic, dust, explosive, film, medicine, pollen, pounce, snow, sprinkle, talc, talcum powder in a mortar, to crush into a: bray powder, case containing face: compact powder, to grind or crush to a: bray, crush, comminute, granulate, grind, pulverize, triturate powdery: dusty, pulverized, pulverulent powdery coating on some fruits, newly minted coins: bloom powdery texture, having a: farinaceous power: ability, agency, arm, authority, brawn, capacity, clout, command, control, dominance, domination, do-
minion, effort, empire, energy, fight, force, guns, hand, influence, intensity, jurisdiction, leverage, mastery, might, money, muscle, potency, prestige, right, rule, sovereignty, stamina, status, steam, strength, supremacy, sway, sword, throne, vigor, virility, vis, weight power and control: ascendancy, authority, dominance, domination, dominion, jurisdiction, predominance, preeminence, sovereignty, supremacy power and influence: clout, sway power and unconditional authority, unrestricted: carte blanche power bike: moped power failure: blackout, outage power formally, to relinquish: abdicate, renounce power from central government to local units, transfer of: devolution power from the earth's internal heat, of: geothermal power group: elite power in a hierarchy, level of: echelon power in time of shortage, cutback or reduction in electrical: brownout power is exercised, territory in which one's: bailiwick, domain, fiefdom, parish, realm power network: grid power of 1000 watts: kilowatt power of a physical object in motion: impetus, inertia, momentum power of choosing: volition, will power of microscope or fineness of detail that can be shown of an image: resolution power of one state over another: hegemony, suzerainty power of thought, feeling: intensity power or ability, inherent: aptitude, faculty power or status, categorization according to: hierarchy, pecking order power that is left to one's judgment and not based on laws, of a: discretionary power that is unlimited, of a: plenary, plenipotentiary power to a representative, to assign: delegate, depute power to produce desired effect: efficacy power without legal authority, to seize and hold: usurp, wrest power, absolute: autarchy, autocracy, despotism power, government by person with absolute: tyranny
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POWER, HAVING SUPREME - P R E C A R I O U S
power, having supreme: omnipotent, sovereign power, muscular: sinew, thew power, one in a position of: overlord power, person with delusions of: megalomaniac power, position of: driver's seat power, to have or get controlling: predominate, prevail power, to make greater in: aggrandize power, to remove from: depose power, without: nugatory, powerless powered bicycle: moped powerful: able, brawny, convincing, dominant, dominating, effacious, effective, great, Herculean, important, influential, invincible, leonine, mighty, omnipotent, passive, potent, puissant, stout, strong, supine, versatile powerful and convincing: cogent, compelling, incisive, trenchant powerful person: magnate, mogul, nabob, potentate powerful person who influences candidate selection: kingmaker powerful, arrogantly: dictatorial, domineering, imperious powerless: crippled, defenseless, frail, impotent, impuissant, ineffectual, nugatory, unable, unfit, vulnerable, worthless powwow: assembly, confer, conference, congress, council, discussion, forum, huddle, meeting, talk practicable: accessible, attainable, doable, feasible, possible, realistic, usable, viable, workable practical: bandy, efficient, feasible, functional, possible, pragmatic, pragmatical, proficient, realistic, seasoned, sensible, skilled, sound, suable, useful, utile, utilitarian, veteran, workable practical and routine: banausic practical experience, guided by: empirical practical, not theoretical: pragmatic practicality: common sense, gumption, horse sense practically: almost, basically, essentially, most, nearly, virtually practice: drill, exercise, perform, play, preparation, process, rehearse, repeat, train, use practice boxing: spar practice or business: clients, profession, trade
practice or custom: habit, manner, method, praxis, procedure, rote, routine practice or test exercise: dry run, rehearsal, trial practice, state of being out of: desuetude pragmatic: active, busy, busybody, dogmatic, logical, meddlesome, practical, realistic, sensible, skilled, systematic, utilitarian prairie: grassland, llano, meadow, pampa, plain, quamash, savanna, steppe prairie schooner: wagon prairie wolf: coyote praise: acclaim, accolade, admiration, adore, adulate, adulation, applaud, appraise, approbation, bless, blessing, celebrate, commend, commendation, compliment, congratulate, esteem, eulogize, eulogy, exalt, extol, extoll, flatter, glorify, glory, hail, homage, honor, hosanna, kudos, laud, magnify, panegyrize, plaudit, proclaim, revere, salute, tout, tribute, vaunt, worship praise expressed publicly: acclaim, accolate, bouquet, compliment, encomium, eulogy, homage, laudation, panegyric, tribute praise or promote, to: endorse, puff, tout praise to God, short hymn or expression of: doxology praise, enthusiastic: approbation, plaudits praise, shout of worshipful: hosanna praise, song of: paean praiseworthy: admirable, commendable, complimentary, deserving, exemplary, laudable, meritorious, stellar praline ingredient: pecan prance: caper, cavort, dance, flounce, frolic, gambol, parade, romp, sashay, strut prank: adorn, antic, caper, caprice, curvet, decorate, dido, entic, escapade, frivolity, frolic, gambol, hijinks, horseplay, joke, lark, mischief, monkeyshine, shenanigans, tomfoolery, trick, whim prate: babble, blab, boast, brag, chat, chatter, clash, drivel, gab, jabber, prattle, runon, talk, tongue, utter, yack
praxis: custom, exercise, habit, practical, practice pray: appeal, ask, beg, beseech, conjure, implore, invoke, petition, plead, request, supplicate prayer: appeal, application, ave, benediction, blessing, chant, complin, compline, confession, epiclesis, grace, invocation, litany, matin, orison, paternoster, petition, plea, request, suit, supplication, thanksgiving, vesper, worship
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prayer beads: rosary prayer book: bible, breviary, hymnal, liturgy, missal, ordo prayer ending: amen prayer expressing a wish or vow, of a: votive prayer folding bench or stool: faldstool prayer in church, psalm or other piece sung as invitation to: invitatory prayer kneeling bench with space for book: prie-dieu prayer on behalf of others: intercession prayer opening ceremony: invocation prayer or hymn sung at opening of church service when minister enters: introit prayer shawl of some Jews: tallith prayer with list of supplications having responses: litany prayers or religious texts: devotions prayers or services in evening: vespers praying figure: orant W preach: advocate, evangelize, exhort, humilize, lecture, moralize, proclaim, profess, sermonize, teach preach, traveling to: itinerant preacher: ecclesiastic, evangelist, minister, missionary, parson, pastor, pulpiteer, reverend preachy: moralizing, pontifical, sententious, sermonizing preamble: foreward, introduction, preface, prelude precarious: chancy, dangerous, doubtful, dubious, hazardous, insecure, perilous, risky, rocky, touch and go, tricky, uncertain, unstable, unwarranted
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PRECIOUS AND SEMIPRECIOUS STONES

agate alexandrite almandine amazonite amber amethyst andradite aquamarine aragonite aventurin azurite basanite beryl black opal bloodstone brilliant cairngorm carbuncle carnelian/cornelian cat's-eye chalcedony/ calcedony charoite chessylite chrysoberyl chrysolite chrysoprase citrine coral demantoid diamond emerald fire opal garnet gemstone girasol heliotrope hematite hyacinth jade jadeite jasper jet kunzite lapis lazuli lazurite malachite melanite moonstone morganite nephrite olivine onyx opal pearl peridot quartz red jasper rhodonite rose quartz rubasse rubellite ruby rutile sapphire sard sardius sardonyx smoky quartz spinel star sapphire sunstone tiger-eye topaz touchstone tourmaline turquoise unakite water sapphire white sapphire zircon W
precaution: care, carefulness, foresight, prudence, safeguard precautions, taking: circumspect, prudent precede: announce, antecede, antedate, forego, introduce, lead, outrank, pace, predate, preface, surpass precede in history: antedate precedence: importance, preference, priority, rank, superiority precedent: custom, decision, example, guideline, instance, model, preceding, ruling, standard precedent establisher: test case preceding: above, anterior, before, earlier, first, former, heretofore, precursory, prevenient, previous, prior precept: axiom, behest, brief, canon, code, command, commandment, decree, direction, doctrine, document, dogma, edict, fundamental, injunction, law, mandate, maxim, motto, order, ordinance, principle, regulation, rule, statute, tenet, writ preceptor: expert, guru, instructor, mentor, specialist, teacher, tutor precinct: area, beat, boundary, district, domain, environs, quarter, sector, subdivision, territory, ward precious: adorable, beloved, cherished, choice, costly, darling, dear, delicate, expensive, exquisite, fastidious, favority, fragile, inestimable, loved, overrefined, particular, picky, priceless, prized, rare, treasurable, treasured, valuable, valued
precipice: bluff, cliff, crag, declivity, drop, ledge, steep precipitate: abrupt, accelerate, brash, expedite, fall, hasten, hasty, headlong, hurl, hurried, hurry, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, precipitous, rash, reckless, sleet, speed, sudden, throw, unexpected precipitation: condensation, downpour, drizzle, hail, hastening, impetuosity, mist, moisture, rain, sleet, snow precipitous: abrupt, hasty, precipitate, quick, rapid, rash, sheer, steep precis: abridgement, abstract, condensation, digest, epitome, summary, synopsis precise: accurate, careful, definite, detailed, even, exact, explicit, fastidious, faultless, fixed, formal, fussy, immaculate, literal, meticulous, neat, nice, painstaking, particular, proper, punctilious, rigid, specific, stiff, strict, stringent precise detail: minutia, trifle, trivia precise person, extremely: perfectionist, purist, stickler precise statement of particulars: specifications, specs precision: accuracy, attention, care, correctness, exactness preclude: avert, bar, cease, close, debar, discontinue, exclude, forbid., hinder, impede, inhibit, prevent, prohibit, stop precocious: advanced, bright, fresh, gifted, intelligent, premature, sassy, smart
preconceived judgment: parti pris preconception: assumption, bias, nation, prejudice, presumption precook in water: parboil precursor: ancestor, forerunner, harbinger, herald, messenger, predecessor, trailblazer, vanguard predatory: carnivorous, marauding, pillaging, plundering, predacious, preying, rapacious, raptorial, ravenous, vulturine predecessor: ancestor, forbear, forebear, forefather, foremother, precursor predestination: destiny, doom, fate, foredoom, fortune, preordination predetermined: agreed, decided, deliberate, fixed, planned, prearranged, premeditated predetermined fate: predestination predicament: bind, condition, corner, crisis, difficulty, dilemma, emergency, fix, hole, jam, pickle, pinch, plight, quandary, scrape, situation, spot, state predicament with no way out: impasse predicate: affirm, assert, aver, base, declare, establish, imply, proclaim, profess, rest predict: anticipated, augur, call, certain, conjecture, divine, envision, expected, forbode, forebode, forecast, foresee, foretell, guess, likely, omen, portend, predictable, prognosticate, prophesy, read, soothsay, suppose
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PREDICTION - PREMIUM
prediction: forecast, foresight, guest, hunch, insight, prognosis, prophecy predilection: bent, bias, druthers, leaning, mindset, partiality, penchant, predisposition, preference, prejudice, proclivity, propensity, tendency predisposed: biased, prone, willing predisposition: inclination, leaning, likelihood, predilection, susceptibility, tendency, willingness predisposition to certain diseases: diathesis predominant: chief, controlling, dominating, important, influential, leading, main, paramount, prevailing, prevalent, primary, principal, reigning, ruling, superior predominate: command, domineer, govern, lead, manage, master, prevail, rule, sovereign preeminent: best, capital, chief, distinguished, dominant, famed, honored, incomparable, main, outstanding, prominent, renowned, star, stellar, superior, supreme, towering, unequalled, unparalleled, unrivalled, unsurpassed preempt: acquire, appropriate, arrogate, bump, confiscate, displace, obtain, seize, sequester, take, usurp preen: adorn, clean, dress, groom, neaten, perk, plume, press, pride, primp, prune, smooth, spruce, trim preface: begin, commence, explanation, front, introduce, introduction, overture, preamble, precede, prelude, proem, prologue preface or introduction: proem, prolegomenon prefer: advance, choose, desire, elect, fancy, favor, like, opt, pick, promote, raise, rather, select preference: advancement, bias, choice, cup of tea, druthers, favoritism, partiality, predilection, prejudice, priority, propensity, selection, upgrading prefigure: adumbrate, foreshadow, foretell, hint, imagine, indicate, presage, suggest, symbolize, type, typify pregnancy: gestation
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pregnancy, 8th week+ unborn young of human: fetus pregnancy, childbirth and post childbirth, branch of medicine providing care for women in: obstetrics pregnancy, concerning: antenatal, prenatal pregnancy, imagined: false pregnancy, pseudocyesis, pseudopregnancy pregnancy, non-Western cultural practice where husband takes to bed in: couvade pregnancy, premature expulsion of fetus ending: miscarriage, spontaneous abortion pregnancy, technique for determining position of fetus in: ballottement pregnancy, toxic condition of: eclampsia pregnancy, woman who has had only one: primipara pregnant: abounding, creative, enceinte, expectant, expecting, fecund, fertile, fruitful, gestating, gravid, heavy, hopeful, meaningful, momentous, potential, prolific, replete, rich, significant, teeming, weighty pregnant, to make: fecundate, fertilize, impregnate, inseminate W prehistoric: ancient, immemorial
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pregnancy for genetic abnormalities and sex of fetus, test during: amniocentesis pregnancy occurring in already-pregnant animal: superfetation pregnancy outside the uterus: ectopic pregnancy
prehistoric hominids or primates resembling humans: protohuman prehistoric human being of Africa: australopithecine prehistoric human being of Europe: Cro-Magnon prehistoric human being of Europe, Africa, Asia: Neanderthal man prehistoric human being, ancestor of Homo sapiens: Homo erectus, sinanthropus prehistoric large block of stone, often upright: monolith prehistoric monument in England: Stonehenge prehistoric monument of monoliths: cromlech prehistoric monument of one capstone atop two megaliths: dolmen prehistoric monument of one monolith: menhir prehistoric very large block of stone, often upright: megalith W
prejudice: bent, bias, bigotry, damage, discrimination, distort, favoritism, harm, hatred, hinder, hurt, impair, inclination, influence, intolerance, parti pris, partiality, preconception, predetermine, predilection, predisposition, prejudgment, prepossess, racism, sexism, slant, taint prejudice and inflexibility, characterized by: doctrinaire, dogmatic prejudiced: biased, jaundiced, myopic, narrow-minded, parochial, partial prejudiced individual: bigot, racist prejudicial: biased, contrary, damaging, detrimental, discriminatory, harmful, injurious, undermining, unjust prelate: abbess, abbot, archbishop, bishop, cardinal, dignitary, ecclesiastic, hierarch, priest prelate with highest rank in country, province: primate preliminary: antecedent, basic, beginning, exploratory, fundamental, inductive, initial, introductory, precursory, preface, prefatory, preparatory, previous, prior, qualifying preliminary draft or record of transaction: protocol prelude: beginning, foreward, fugue, introduction, opening, overture, preface, proem premature: early, immature, incomplete, precocious, undeveloped, unready, unripe premature babies, device for: incubator premature news disclosure: leak prematurely: untimely premeditated: calculated, conscious, contrived, deliberate, intended, intentional, planned, predetermined, studied premeditation: malice aforethought, malice prepense premiere: beginning, debut, inaugural, opening, performance premise: argument, assumption, hypothesis, postulate, presume, proposition, supposition, thesis premise, and conclusion, major premise, minor: syllogism premise, to assert the truth of a: hypothesize, posit, postulate premises: bounds, campus, grounds, land, layout, property, site premium: agio, award, bonus, bounty, carrot, choice, excellent, gravy, installment, payment, prime, prize, recompense, reward, superior
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PREMIUM ON MONEY EXCHANGED - P R E S S U R E POINTS
premium on money exchanged: agio premonition: apprehension, feeling, foreboding, forewarning, hunch, misgiving, omen, prediction, sign, vibes, warning preoccupation: fixation, ide fixe, obsession preoccupied: absent, absentminded, absorbed, bemused, distracted, engaged, engrossed, immersed, lost, oblivious preordain: destine preparation: alertness, arrangement, composition, concoction, foresight, foundation, groundwork, readiness, readying, training preparatory work for project: homework, spadework prepare: adapt, address, adjust, alert, arm, arrange, braced, coach, concoct, condition, construct, cook, devise, dispose, draft, edit, equip, finished, fit, fix, frame, furnish, groom, instruct, make, outfit, pave, plan, prime, process, provide, qualify, ready, rehearse, settle, strengthen, supply, train prepare hide: tan preponderance: ascendancy, command, dominance, most, predominance, prevalence, superiority, supremacy, weight preposition: for, from, into, onto, per, to, unto, upon preposition (e.g. de, van) in name indicating noble rank: nobiliary particle prepossess: bias, influence, predetermine, prejudice, preoccupy prepossessing: attractive, charming, enchanting, handsome, pleasant preposterous: absurd, bizarre, crazy, foolish, insane, irrational, ludicrous, nonsensical, outrageous, ridiculous, senseless, silly, unbelievable, unreasonable prerequisite: condition, essential, mandatory, must, necessary, postulate, requirement prerogative: advantage, birthright, choice, exemption, gift, grant, immunity, option, preeminence, privilege, right presage: apprehension, augur, augury, betoken, bode, feeling, forebode, forecast, foretell, forewarn, harbinger, indicate, indication, intuition, omen, portend, portent, predict, prediction, premonition, prescience,
presentiment, prognostic, prognosticate, prophecy, prophesy, sign, soothsay, token, warning prescience: foreknowledge, foresight, omniscience, prediction, presage prescribe: allot, appoint, assign, authorize, command, control, define, designate, dictate, direct, enjoin, establish, guide, limit, ordain, order, recommend, rule prescribed form: rite prescript: command, decree, law, regulation, rule, statute prescription: direction, dose, drug, formula, medicine, mixture, recipe, remedy prescription only, by: ethical, magistral prescription, available without: officinal, over-the-counter presence: air, alertness, apparition, appearance, aspect, aura, bearing, being, calmness, character, closeness, company, cool, demeanor, deportment, influence, look, manner, mien, occupancy, poise, proximity, sangfroid, spirit present and modern: being, contemporary, current, existing, here, immediate, nearby, now, nowadays, ready, today present but not active or evident: latent present everywhere at once: omnipresent, ubiquitous present for consideration or payment: render present or gift: award, bonus, bounty, donation, endowment, gift, grant, gratuity, lagniappe, largess present tense describing past events: historical present present time: nonce present, to: address, allege, bestow, confer, contribute, demonstrate, display, donate, give, introduce, manifest, offer, perform, render, serve, show, tender presentable: acceptable, appropriate, decent, okay, proper, respectable, satisfactory, stylish, suitable presentation: appearance, award, debut, delivery, demonstration, gift, lecture, performance, pitch, production, show presentiment: apprehension, expectation, feeling, foreboding, intuition, premonition, presage, vibes
presently: anon, currently, directly, immediately, now, shortly, soon, today preservation: care, defense, maintenance, protection, safeguard, safekeeping, saving, storage preservative: alcohol, chemical, formaldehyde, salt, saltpeter, vinegar preservatives, to treat a corpse with: embalm preserve: can, compote, cure, defend, dehydrate, dry, embalm, freeze, govern, guard, jam, jelly, keep, maintain, mummify, pickle, refrigerate, retain, safeguard, salt, save, season, secure, shield, smoke, spare, store, uphold preserve by removing moisture: desiccate preserve by salting, smoking, or aging: cure preserve in brine: corn preserves, something that: fixative preside: administer, chair, conduct, control, direct, handle, head, manage, moderate, oversee, regulate, run presidential prerogative: veto press: bear, bind, bother, bunch, compel, compress, constrain, cram, crowd, crunch, crush, drive, embrace, emphasize, entreat, express, flatten, force, gather, hasten, horde, hug, impact, importune, impress, imprint, iron, jam, knead, mash, mob, pack, pile, pressure, push, ram, roller, rush, smooth, squash, squeeze, steam, stuff, tax, throng, thrust, urge, wring press clothes: iron press conference: announcement, briefing, hearing, interview press food or drinks on someone: ply press or media: correspondent, journalist, reporter press, sensational exaggerated: yellow journalism pressing: acute, burning, critical, crucial, exacting, immediate, imperative, important, importunate, serious, urgent pressure: anxiety, burden, compression, constraint, difficulty, duress, force, heat, impression, mass, oppression, power, pull, push, squeeze, stress, tension, urge, weight pressure of liquids and gases, measuring instrument for: manometer, sphygmomanometer pressure points: brachial artery, com-
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PRESSURE PREFIX - PRICE FIXED AND ANNOUNCED AS MINIMUM FOR ITEM BEING AUCTIONED
mon carotid artery, facial artery, femoral artery, subclavian artery, temporal artery pressure prefix: piezopressure, condition caused by sudden change of deep-sea: caisson disease, decompression sickness, the bends pressure, feeling of tightness and: constriction pressure, measuring instrument for atmospheric: barometer pressure, measuring instrument for variations in: kymograph pressure, moved or operated by fluid: hydraulic pressure, unit of atmospheric: millibar pressure, weather map line for meeting points of equal atmospheric: isobar, isopiestic pressurized vessel for sterilization: autoclave prestidigitation: magic prestige: cachet, dignity, distinction, eminence, esteem, fame, honor, importance, influence, position, power, prominence, rank, renown, respect, stature, status prestigious: distinguished, eminent, famed, honored, influential, prominent, renowned, respected presto: fast, instantaneous, magic, quickly, rapidly, suddenly presumably: apparently, credible, doubtlessly, indubitably, likely, ostensibly, probably, supposedly, unquestionably presume: believe, conjecture, consider, deduce, gather, guess, impose, infringe, postulate, reason, speculate, suppose, surmise, venture presumption: audacity, belief, boldness, brass, cheek, chutzpah, daring, effrontery, forwardness, gall, nerve, speculation, suspicion presumptuous: arrogant, assuming, audacious, bold, brash, brazen, conceited, confident, familiar, forward, haughty, insolent, pompous, pushy, rude, smug, uppity presuppose: assume, believe, infer, posit, reckon, speculate, surmise pretend: acknowledge, act, affect, assume, bluff, claim, counterfeit, deceive, disguise, dissemble, dissimulate, fake, feign, imagine, imitate, impersonate, let on, mislead, pose, proclaim, profess, put on, sham, simulate
pretend illness: malinger pretend to be sleeping or dead: play possum pretend to be someone else: impersonate, masquerade, mimic pretended: bogus, false, ostensible, sham, specious pretended blow: feint pretender: actor, charlatan, deceiver, dissembler, fake, faker, fraud, hypocrite, imitator, impostor, phony, quack, snob pretending: disingenuous pretense: affectation, appearance, assumption, brazenness, charade, claim, cloak, cover, deceit, deception, disguise, excuse, fabrication, facade, fake, false front, falsehood, feint, fiction, flam, fraud, guile, guise, humbug, hypocrisy, imagined, insincerity, mask, occasion, ostentation, pose, pretext, sham, show, simulation, smugness, trick, trickery pretense as part of scheme: artifice, dodge, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, wile pretension: airs, charade, claim, hypocrisy, ostentatious, pretext, showiness, snobbishness, title pretentious: arrogant, arty, conceited, extravagant, flamboyant, flashy, flowery, gaudy, grandiose, highflown, highfaluting, inflated, insincere, lofty, ornate, ostentatious, overblown, pompous, presuming, showy, smug, splashy, turgid preternatural: abnormal, atypical, exceptional, extraordinary, ghostly, miraculous, mysterious, supernatural, uncommon, unnatural, unusual pretext: cover, device, disguise, excuse, front, locus standi, mask, masquerade, pretense pretty: adroit, alluring, appealing, attractive, beautiful, captivating, clever, comely, cunning, cute, dainty, darling, dollish, elegant, fair, graceful, handsome, ingenious, lovely, moderately, skillful, terrible prevail: beat, conquer, control, dominate, obtain, overcome, reign, rule, succeed, surmount, triumph, win prevailing style: trend prevalent: accepted, accustomed, common, current, dominant, established, frequent, general, influential, perva-
sive, popular, prevailing, rampant, regnant, rife, ruling, superior, usual, widespread prevaricate: deceive, dodge, equivocate, evade, exaggerate, falsify, fib, lie, mislead, misrepresent, palter prevarication: deception, dishonesty, fabrication, falsehood, fib, lie, tale, untruth prevent: anticipate, arrest, avert, balk, bar, bind, block, dam, debar, defend, deter, estop, foil, forbid, forestall, frustrate, gag, guard, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, intercept, interrupt, nip in the bud, obstruct, obviate, parry, preclude, preempt, prohibit, repress, resist, restrain, stave off, stop, thwart, veto, ward, ward off, warn prevent from continuing: abort, arrest, balk, curb, frustrate, thwart prevent from joining social organizatin: blackball, ostracize prevent from moving: immobilize, paralyze prevent legally: estop prevent or hold back: stifle, suppress prevent something, acting to: prophylactic preventive: anticipatory, prevenient preview: foretaste, sample, show, trailer previous: ante, antecedent, anterior, before, beforehand, bygone, earlier, early, erstwhile, fore, foregone, former, heretofore, onetime, past, preceding, precipitate, premature, prior, quondam, unfounded previous to consideration: a priori previously: already, back, before, earlier, heretofore, once prey: food, game, quarry, underdog, victim prey, seeking and taking: predacious, predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening prey, to: capture, depredate, hunt, kill, plunder, ravage, seize preying on others, organism: predator price: amount, ante, appraisal, assessment, charge, cost, damage, estimation, evaluate, expense, fare, fee, penalty, punishment, rate, sacrifice, value, worth price fall caused by decrease of money in circulation: deflation price fixed and announced as minimum for item being auctioned: reserve price
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PRICE FIXED FOR WHOLE MEAL - PRINTED CHARACTER JOINING TWO OR MORE LETTERS
price fixed for whole meal: prix fixe price last reported for stock or security: market price price rise combined with fall in money value: inflation price, amount added to selling: markup price, of an unfairly high: exorbitant, extortionate priceless: amusing, cherished, costly, funny, hilarious, inestimable, invaluable, irreplaceable, precious, prized, rare, treasured, valuable prick: bore, broach, cactus, cut, goad, jag, nettle, perforate, pierce, ping, pinhole, pink, point, prod, prompt, puncture, smart, spur, stab, stick, stimulate, sting, thorn, urge prickle: acantha, barb, bristle, chill, point, sensation, spiculum, spike, thorn, tingling prickly: burry, coarse, complicated, irritable, scratchy, sharp, spined, spinous, spiny, thorny, touchy, troublesome pride: amour propre, arrogance, best, boast, cockiness, conceit, crow, dignity, disdain, egoism, egotism, elite, enjoyment, esteem, glory, haughtiness, hauteur, honor, huff, insolence, jewel, loftiness, lordliness, mettle, plume, prime, respect, satisfaction, self-assurance, self-esteem, smugness, spirit, splendor, vainglory, valor, vanity priest: abb, bishop, chancellor, churchman, churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, dignitary, divine, ecclesiastic, father, flamen, friar, lama, minister, padre, pastor, pontifex, pontiff, preacher, presbyter, rabbi, rector, shaman, vicar priest jointly officiating communion: conclbrant priest officiating communion: celebrant priest, confession to: shrift priest, residence of Catholic: presbytery priestly: churchly, ecclesiastical, hieratic, sacerdotal priest's abstention from sex: celibacy priesfs calling: vocation priest's forgiveness of sin: absolution priests, group of: mass, pontificality priest's home: manse priest's residence: rectory priest's sacrament for critically ill or injured: extreme unction, last rites priest's vestment: alb, amice
priggish: complacent, pompous, prim, smug, straitlaced, stuffy, vain prim: ceremonial, decorous, demure, formal, genteel, neat, nice, particular, precise, prissy, proper, prudish, sedate, shipshape, snug, staid, stiff, straight, straitlaced, stuffy, tidy, trim, wooden prima donna: actress, diva, lead, star prima facie: first blush primary: basic, central, chief, direct, dominant, earliest, elementary, essential, first, fundamental, immediate, initial, leading, main, primal, prime, primitive, principal, underlying, vital primary where public selects candidates: direct primary primate: anthropoid, ape, archbishop, baboon, bishop, chimpanzee, gorilla, Homo sapiens, human, lemur, mammal, man, monkey, orangutan, prosimians prime: best, chief, choice, coach, cream, elite, essential, excellent, greatest, important, main, original, pick, prep, prepare, primary, principal, ready, size, superior, supreme, tutor, undercoat prime of day: dawn, daybreak, morning, sunrise primer: basal, book, hornbook, reader, textbook primitive: aboriginal, ancient, antiquated, archaic, barbaric, basic, crude, early, elemental, elementary, first, fundamental, original, prehistoric, primal, primary, primeval, primordial, pristine, simple, uncivilized, uncultured, undeveloped primitive state, reversion to: atavism primordial: early, elementary, first, fundamental, original, primal, primary, primeval primp: adorn, beautify, dress up, groom, gussy up, preen, spruce up prince: archduke, atheling, emeer, emir, monarch, nobleman, potentate, raja, rajah, royalty, ruler, sovereign princely: grand, lavish, lordly, magnificent, noble, regal, royal, sovereign, stately principal: administrator, arch, capital, cardinal, champion, chief, dean, dominant, essential, first, foremost, head, headmaster, high, highest, important, leader, main, money, out-
standing, paramount, predominant, preeminent, preponderant, primal, primary, prime, star, stellar principal commodity: staple principal female ballet dancer: premiere danseuse principal male ballet dancer: premier danseur principle: axiom, belief, canon, code, credo, creed, dictum, doctrine, dogma, element, essence, ethics, foundation, fundamental, honor, integrity, law, morals, precept, rule, standards, teaching, tenet, theorem, truth, uprightness principle maintained as true: tenet principle prescribing course of action or conduct: precept principle upon which judgment is based: criterion, standard principle, brief statement expressing a: motto principle, self-evident: axiom, postulate principle, truth, or rule of conduct, succinct formulation of: maxim principle, underlying: foundation, groundwork, substratum principle, unquestioned: gospel principles and practices of a discipline: methodology principles or ideas upon which work is based: donne principles that provide greater opportunity to one group and not another, set of: double standard print: copy, edition, engrave, fabric, film, fond, impression, lithograph, magazine, newspaper, picture, publication, publish, stamp, text, type, write print made by treating printing area to retain ink and nonprinting area to repel ink: lithograph print made from a carved plate or block: engraving print made from raised portion of a design: block print print or type style, straight: roman print, blurred: mackle print, one that sets written material into: compositor, typesetter printed at one time from same set of type, copies of publication: impression printed character joining two or more letters: ligature
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PRINTED DOCUMENT, DOTS OR DASHES LEADING EYE ACROSS - PRIVATELY SAID
printed document, dots or dashes leading eye across: leaders printed document, space between lines of type in: leading printed document, to adjust spacing between letters of: kern printed document, to adjust spacing in lines of: justify printed document, white space of margin in: gutter printed in thick heavy type: boldface printed letter, fine line finishing a main stroke of: serif printed letter's part extending down: descender printed letter's part extending up: ascender printed material, trial sheet of photos or: proof printed matter for errors, to read: proofread printed matter of short-lived interest: ephemera printed matter to form sequence of pages, arrangement of: imposition printed matter, last line of paragraph appearing at top of page of: widow printed matter, symbol to indicate insertion of: caret printed matter, to nullify a correction or deletion in: stet printed running head: catchword, guide word printed works produced on office computers: desktop publishing printer: compositor, linotyper, lithographer, machine, pressman, presswoman, typesetter, typographer printing by indirect image transfer: offset printing done with plate bearing an image carved into surface: gravure, intaglio printing even with outside margin: flush printing frame holding pages or columns of type: chase printing from a raised inked surface, process of: letterpress printing from plate treated so that some areas take ink and others repel it: lithography printing from raised surfaces: letterpress printing or typing error: errata, typo, typographical error
printing process reproducing by photography on plates in relief: photoengraving printing process with impression transferred to roller and then paper: offset printing proof: galley printing sign of hand pointing right: index fist printing style of black letters, German: fraktur printing style with letters slanting to the right: italic printing type of one size and face: font printing type of the same design: typeface printing type with thicker darker lines: boldface printing type with thin light lines: lightface printing type with two or more characters, single piece of: logotype printing, trial impression or sheet made in: proof prior: antecedent, anterior, before, earlier, erstwhile, former, past, preceding, precursory, preexisting, previous, retroactive prior, poetically: ere priority: ascendancy, order, position, precedence, preference, rank, seniority, superiority, urgency prism: crystal, cylinder, figure, gem, spectrum, stone prison: bastille, big house, brig, calaboose, can, cell, clink, cooler, dungeon, guardhouse, hole, hoosegow, jail, keep, lockup, pen, penitentiary, pokey, quod, slammer, stir, stockade, tank prison camp, enclosed area of: compound prison cell, dark underground: dungeon, oubliette prison for political dissidents: gulag prison for those awaiting trial: custody, detention, detention center, jail, lockup prison head: warden prison on condition of payment of security, release from: bail prison or jail, military base: stockade prison sector: cell prison sentence, pardon from: remission prison terms running one after another, of: concurrent prison, rehabilitation center for after: halfway house
prison, resident of: inmate prison, ship used as: hulk prisoner: captive, con, convict, detainee, hostage, jailbird, lifer prisoner granted special privileges: trusty prisoner is isolated from other prisoners, condition when: solitary confinement prisoner of captors who set terms for his/her release: hostage prisoner to return to criminal habits, tendency of a former: recidivism prisoner transfer or delivery to another place: extradition prisoner, early release of: parole prisoner, guarding of: custody prisoner, restraining garment for: straitjacket prisoners are permitted outside employment, program where: work release prisonlike institution for discipline and training of young or first offenders: reformatory prisons and punishment, study of: penology prison's keeper of keys: jailer, turnkey prissy: effeminate, finicky, fussy, prim, prudish, sissified, squeamish, straitlaced, stuffy pristine: clean, early, fresh, new, original, primitive, pure, uncorrupted, unspoiled, untouched, untrod privacy: isolation, privity, retreat, seclusion, secrecy, solitude private: clandestine, closet, concealed, confidential, covert, desolate, discreet, hidden, hushed, inside, intimate, nonpublic, personal, privy, reclusive, remote, secluded, secret, sequestered, soldier, solitary, unofficial private and personal: intimate private conversation between two: ttea-tte private matters are disclosed, one to whom: confidant, confidante private property: peculium private room: sanctum private, in: in camera private, knowing something: privy to privateer: buccaneer, corsair, distress, freebooter, lack, pauperism, penury, pirate, privation, ship, vessel privately: sub rosa privately and exclusively owned: proprietary privately said: sotto voce
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PRIVATELY WITH ONE OTHER PERSON - PROD
privately with one other person: a deux privation: absence, deprivation, destitution, hardship, loss, misery, need, poverty, want privilege: advantage, allowance, birthright, boon, charter, concession, entitlement, exemption, favor, freedom, grace, grant, honor, immunity, liberty, permission, perquisite, prerogative, right privilege entails responsibility: noblesse oblige privilege, exclusive: prerogative privileged: allowed, authorized, confidential, eligible, elite, immune, privy, secret, special privy: aware, clandestine, concealed, confidential, conscious, covert, hidden, informed, in on, private, privileged, secret privy or bathroom: head, latrine, lavatory, outhouse, toilet prize: appreciate, award, best, bonus, booty, carrot, catch, choice, cream, crown, elite, esteem, gem, goal, jackpot, jewel, leverage, loot, medal, payoff, pick, plate, plum, premium, prime, purse, reward, seized, spoil, stake, treasure, trophy, value, winnings prize for arts or sciences, one honored with: laureate prize for inferiority: booby prize prize for loser or worthy competitor: consolation prize prize money: loot, purse prize, biggest possible: jackpot prize, second: proxime accessit prizefight: bout, boxing match, contest, fisticuffs, match pro: advocate, authority, expert, favoring, for, master, professional, supporting, whiz, with pro tempore: interim, pro tern, temporarily probability: chances, credibility, likelihood, odds, possibility, prospect, shot probability, having same or equal chances or: random probable: apt, believable, conceivable, logical, possible, presumable, reasonable, seeming probable and possible: feasible probable or expected to happen: prospective probable or valid: plausible probably: apparent, feasible, imaginably, likely, presumably, supposedly
probe: analysis, delve, examine, exploration, explore, inquiry, instrument, investigate, investigation, penetrate, poke, query, quiz, research, scout, scrutinize, search, seek, sift, snoop, test probity: goodness, honesty, honor, integrity, morality, righteousness, sincerity, uprightness, virtue problem: complication, difficulty, dilemma, enigma, issue, knot, obstacle, poser, puzzle, quandary, question, riddle, situation, sum, trouble, unmanageable problem of choice between unpleasantries: dilemma problem solving by trial and error: heuristic problem-solving or research center: think tank problem, difficult: conundrum, enigma, poser problem, intricate: Gordian knot, imbroglio, labyrinth, mare's nest, morass, quagmire problem, intuition used to solve: lateral thinking problem, unforeseen: hitch, snag problem, unsolvable: deadlock, dilemma, impasse, quandary, stalemate problematic: ambiguous, debatable, disputable, doubtful, dubious, moot, questionable, tricky, uncertain, unsettled problematic situation: difficulty, dilemma, distress, plight, predicament problems that together indicate a condition: syndrome problems, imaginary cause of: gremlin proboscis: beak, nose, organ, snoot, snout, trunk procedure: approach, course, custom, formula, measure, method, mode, policy, process, program, routine, step, technique procedure or system followed daily: regimen procedure, operating: MO, modus operandi proceed: advance, arise, begin, commence, continue, derive, emanate, flow, go on, march, move, pass, progress, spring, start, wend proceed smoothly: amble proceed without pause, musically: segue proceedings: account, acta, activity, business, dealings, doings, litigation, matters
proceeds: earnings, gate, income, loot, profit, receipts, return, revenue, split, take, winnings process: cook, course, evolution, function, manner, method, mode, notice, operation, order, outgrowth, passage, policy, practice, prepare, procedure, progress, routine, step, summons, system, technique, usage, writ process of development: evolution processes of an organism that maintain life: metabolism procession: caravan, cavalcade, column, cortege, course, file, formation, line, litany, march, parade, series procession of motor vehicles: motorcade procession ofridersor horse-drawn carriages: cavalcade procession out of church by clergy and choir: recession procession, ceremonial or funeral: cortege procession, spectacular: pageant proclaim: advertise, announce, assert, avow, blare, blazon, broadcast, call, celebrate, declare, divulge, exhibit, glorify, herald, mark, outcry, praise, preach, promulgate, publish, show, sound, state, tell, toot, trumpet, utter, ventilate, voice proclaim loudly: trumpet proclaim widely: blazon, bruit proclaimed unfit for use: condemned proclamation: announcement, ban, declaration, decree, edict, mandate, manifesto, notice, promulgation, pronunciamento, publication, statement, ukase proclivity: bent, disposition, inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, propensity, talent, tendency procrastinate: dally, defer, delay, loiter, postpone, prolong, stall, wait procreate: bear, beget, conceive, father, mother, multiply, parent, produce, reproduce, sire, spawn proctor: agent, delegate, monitor, representative, supervise, supervisor procure: aar, acquire, attain, bring, earn, effect, find, gain, get, induce, land, obtain, promote, score, secure, win prod: egg, elbow, encourage, excite, goad, incite, move, nudge, poke, prompt, provoke, push, shove, spur, urge
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PRODIGAL - PROGRAM OF COURSES OFFERED BY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
prodigal: abundant, excessive, extravagant, gluttonous, lavish, lush, luxurious, opulent, profligate, profuse, spender, spendthrift, squanderer, squandering, wasteful, wastrel prodigious: astonishing, colossal, enormous, epic, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, giant, gigantic, grand, huge, immense, impressive, large, mammoth, marvelous, mighty, monumental, portentuous, spectacular, stupendous, tremendous, wonderful prodigy: genius, marvel, miracle, natural, phenomenon, portent, wizard, wonder produce: bear, beget, breed, build, cause, create, cultivate, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, exhibit, fabricate, generate, grow, harvest, induce, make, manufacture, multiply, offspring, originate, parent, present, procreate, reveal, shape, show, spawn, stage produce as food: fruits, harvest, staples, vegetables, yield produce egg: ovulate produce or come forth with idea or discovery, about to: parturient produce or obtain from a source: derive produce sound by vibration: resonate producing many, much: prolific producing or capable of producing desired effect: efficacious product: consequence, device, effect, goods, item, merchandise, offshoot, outgrowth, output, produce, result, yield product grown in region, principal: staple product or article of trade or commerce: commodity product or service of company, chief: flagship production: assembly, manufacturing, movie, output, performance, play, show, yield production of goods and services by nation: GNP, gross national product productive: active, busy, creative, energetic, fecund, fertile, fruitful, germinal, pregnant, prolific, rich, seminal, useful, valuable, worthwhile proem: foreword, introduction, opening, preface, prelude, prologue profane: abuse, blasphemous, coarse, crude, debase, defile, desecrate, dirty, filthy, foul, godless, impious, irreverent, lay, lewd, obscene, raunchy, sac-
rilegious, secular, smutty, temporal, ungodly, unhallowed, unholy, uninitiated, unsanctified, vulgar, wicked, worldly profanity: curse, cuss, expletive, oath, obscenity, swear profess: admit, affect, affirm, announce, assert, avow, claim, confess, declare, purport, state, vouch profession: art, business, calling, career, craft, declaration, employment, endeavor, faith, forte, job, mtier, occupation, skill, trade, vocation, work profession, members of a learned: faculty profession, one who practices a: practitioner profession, resources habitually called on in a: stock-in-trade professional: ace, adept, expert, hired, master, paid, pro, proficient, shark, skilled, trained professional contact-sharing: networking professional or clerical worker: whitecollar worker professor: don, educator, instructor, lecturer, teacher, tutor professor retired but retaining honorary title: emeritus proffer: extend, give, offer, present, proposal, submit, suggest, tender proficiency: ability, adeptness, advance, aptitude, capability, competence, dexterity, efficiency, expert ness, know-how, knack, mastery, skill proficient: able, adept, competent, efficient, expert, master, professional, skilled, skillful, versed profile: configuration, contour, description, figuration, form, outline, review, side, silhouette, sketch profile, drawing or portrait of human: silhouette profit: advantage, avail, benefit, earnings, gain, good, help, improve, income, increase, interest, killing, lucre, money, net, proceeds, remuneration, return, revenue, surplus, take, yield profit after deductions and expenses: bottom line, net profit amount added to original price: markup profit anticipated but not yet realized: paper profit
profit before deductions and expenses: gross profit from: cash in profit from commercial or fundraising venture: proceeds, yield profit from employment: emolument profit from sale of assets: capital gain profit, something that can be used for advantage or: grist profitable: advantageous, beneficial, fruitful, gainful, lucrative, productive, prosperous, remunerative, rewarding, useful, worthwhile profitable and easy work: gravy train, sinecure profligate: corrupt, depraved, dissolute, extravagant, immoral, lavish, libertine, licentious, prodigal, reprobate, roue, sinful, spender, spendthrift, squandering, wasteful, wastrel profound: abysmal, bottomless, deep, emotional, enlightened, exhaustive, far-reaching, heavy, intellectual, intense, moving, penetrating, philosophical, recondite, sagacious, sage, serious, thoughtful, unfathomable, wise profound and hidden: recondite profuse: abundant, ample, bountiful, copious, excessive, extravagant, exuberant, galore, generous, hearty, lavish, lush, luxuriant, munificent, opulent, plentiful, prodigal, replete, riotous progenitor: ancestor, forefather, founder, originator, parent, precursor, sire progeny: blood, breed, brood, child, children, descendants, family, fruit, generation, issue, lineage, offspring, posterity, product, race, seed, sons, strain prognosis: diagnosis, forecast, prediction, prophecy prognosticate: augur, divine, forebode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, portend, predict, presae, prophesy prognosticator: augur, divine, diviner, fortuneteller, prophet, seer, soothsayer program: agenda, broadcast, bulletin, calendar, card, catalog, course, docket, list, notice, outline, plan, playbill, presentation, prospectus, schedule, scheme, show, slate, syllabus, timetable program of courses offered by educational institution: curriculum
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PROGRAM OR SYSTEM OF DIET AND EXERCISE - P R O M O T I N G ONESELF OR ONE'S OWN
program or system of diet and exercise: regimen program simultaneously on radio and television, to broadcast: simulcast program, recorded radio or television: transcription program, spoken matter that links parts of radio or television: continuity program, to transmit a radio or television: relay progress: advance, breakthrough, circuit, course, develop, development, evolution, expedition, fare, grow, growth, headway, improve, improvement, journey, march, move, passage, proceed, promotion progress to new level: graduate progress toward goal: headway progressing equally: pari passu progression: chain, continuation, course, development, evolution, growth, improvement, order, sequence, series, stage, string, succession progression, orderly or gradual: gradation progressive: active, advancing, continuing, forward, gradual, growing, liberal, rising progressive in political party, young: Young Turk prohibit: ban, bar, block, debar, disallow, forbid, hinder, impede, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, prevent, proscribe, restrict, stop, veto prohibit and forbid by law: enjoin, interdict, restrain prohibit from church membership: excommunicate prohibited: banned, forbidden, illegal, illicit, restricted, taboo, tabu, unlawful, verboten prohibited by convention or tradition: taboo prohibited by law, goods: contraband prohibited goods, to make or sell: bootleg prohibiting party from course of action, court order: injunction, writ prohibition: ban, injunction, taboo prohibition by a government on trade with a foreign nation: embargo prohibition law: estoppel prohibition of disclosure of details of legal case: gag order prohibitive: expensive, forbidding, limiting, oppressive, restrictive project: activity, assignment, enter-
prise, feature, goal, idea, intention, pattern, plan, proposition, scheme, task, undertaking, venture, vision, work project on basis of facts: extrapolate, infer project that is daring or having uncertain outcome: undertaking, venture project, management of the details of a: logistics project, to: beetle, bulge, extend, extrude, fling, hurl, launch, propel, protrude, shoot, throw projected sequence of events: scenario projectile: arrow, bomb, bullet, dart, impelling, missile, rocket, shaft, shell, shot, spear, torpedo, weapon projectile, diameter of large: caliber projecting: extruding, jutting, protruding, salient projectingrim,edge, collar for strength, attachment etc.: flange projecting structure with only one end supported: cantilever projecting transparencies or opaque objects on screen, device for: epidiascope projection: abutment, approximation, arm, bulge, cornice, eminence, empathy, estimate, extension, forecast, guess, hook, ledge, overhand, point, prediction, protrusion, protuberance, ridge, tab, tusk projection on piece of wood for mortise insertion: tenon projector, movie: cinematograph projects, something that: protuberance proletariat: commonalty, commoners, masses, plebs, rabble, working class proliferate: burgeon, escalate, grow, increase, multiply, mushroom, procreate, propagate, spawn, spread, sprout prolific: abounding, abundant, fecund, fertile, fruitful, lush, plentiful, productive, proliferous, reductive, rich, spawning, swarming prolific, childrenwise: philoprogenitive prolix: diffuse, lengthy, prolonged, protracted, redundant, tedious, tiresome, verbose, wearisome, wordy prologue: foreward, introduction, opening, preamble, preface, prelude, proem, prolusion prolong: endure, extend, increase, last, lengthen, perpetuate, persist, protract, stall, stretch
prolonged: continued, delayed, drawnout, extended, lengthened, prolix, protracted, spun out, sustained promenade: ball, boardwalk, cakewalk, dance, deck, gallery, mall, marina, parade, party, reception, stroll, walk prominence: bump, celebrity, crest, distinction, eminence, fame, greatness, importance, nobility, notoriety, pinnacle, popularity, prestige, protrusion, rank, renown, salience, standing prominent: celebrated, conspicuous, distinguished, eminent, famed, famous, great, illustrious, important, leading, marked, notable, noticeable, obvious, outstanding, popular, projecting, protruding, renowned, salient, striking, unmistakable promiscuous: casual, confused, diverse, fast, immoral, indiscriminate, loose, random, unchaste, wanton promise: ability, agree, assurance, assure, band, betroth, commitment, contract, covenant, declaration, engage, ensure, grant, guarantee, oath, obligation, outlook, pawn, pledge, plight, potential, stipulate, swear, troth, vow, warranty, word promise despite resistance, to obtain a: extract promise of marriage: plight one's troth promise to human race, God's: covenant promise, fail to fulfill: renege, welsh promised land: Canaan, heaven, paradise, Utopia, Zion promising: apt, bright, budding, encouraging, happy, hopeful, rising, rosy, talented, up-and-coming promising to be favorable: auspicious, boding well, propitious promising young actress: starlet promontory: bill, head, headland, jutty, mount, ness, peak, point, projection, ridge, scaw, spit promote: abet, advance, advocate, aid, better, bolster, boost, champion, elevate, encourage, endorse, enhance, exalt, forward, foster, further, help, move up, patronize, plug, prefer, publicize, push, sponsor, translate promoter: advocate, agent, booster, lobbyist, organizer, proponent, supporter promoter or backer: angel, patron, sponsor promoting oneself or one's own: boosterism
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PROMOTING OR TENDING TO CAUSE - PROPERTY
promoting or tending to cause: condupronto: fast, immediately, now, cive, contributive promptly, quickly, soon promotion: advancement, advertising, pronunciation: accent, articulation, buildup, elevation, fanfare, hype, drawl, elocution, phonology, speech, preferment twang promotion, sensational: ballyhoo, pronunciation and speech sounds, study puffery of: phonemics, phonetics, phonology prompt: active, alert, assist, cue, cuent, pronunciation mark over or under excite, fast, forward, goad, hint, inletter: diacritical mark duce, instantaneous, motivate, pronunciation of a word, insertion of a move, needle, nudge, on time, prod, sound in the: epenthesis provoke, punctual, quick, ready, repronunciation of usually silent final mind, reminder, responsive, spur, consonant of a word when followed by swift, timely, urge word starting with vowel: liaison promptness: alacrity, dispatch pronunciation of words, study of the: orthoepy promulgate: advertise, announce, broadcast, communicate, declare, de- pronunciation produced out of desire to be correct, mis-: hypercorrection cree, notify, proclaim, sound prone: apt, disposed, exposed, flat, horpronunciation, agreeable: euphony izontal, inclined, liable, likely, open, pronunciation, clarity and distinctness passive, pronated, prostrate, ready, of: articulation, diction, elocution, reclining, recumbent, supine, suscepenunciation tible, willing pronunciation, conforming to: phonetic prong: fork, hook, horn, nib, point, pronunciation, misuse of a word based spike, spine, spur, tine on similar: malapropism pronoun: her, hers, him, its, itself, one, pronunciation, omission of initial or fiour, she, that, thee, them, these, nal sound in: elision they, this, those, who, who so, your, proof: argument, authentication, certiyou fication, confirmation, credentials, pronoun ending in -self: reflexive edit, evidence, exhibit, galley, indipronoun cation, probate, reason, test, testipronoun refers, word or phrase to mony, trial, validation, verification which: antecedent proof by mathematical process: pronoun that introduces a relative derivation clause: relative pronoun proof for another proposition, proposipronoun, concerning a: pronominal tion that follows using existing: corollary pronounce: affirm, announce, articulate, declare, decree, deliver, enunci- proof of crime: corpus delicti, smoking gun ate, phonate, say, sound, speak, utter, verbalize, vocalize proof of property ownership: title deed pronounce, phrase or sentence that is proof or disproof of proposition by difficult to: tongue twister showing absurdity of inevitable conpronounced: apparent, clear, conspicuclusion: reductio ad absurdum ous, distinct, evident, marked, noproof, burden of: onus probandi ticeable, unmistakable proof, real or substantial as: substanpronounced with back of tongue touchtive, tangible ing soft palate: guttural, velar proof, self-evident: axiomatic pronounced with sound omitted: elide proof, something that is tangible: pronounced without stress when foltestament lowed by another word: proclitic proof, supposed but without: alleged, pronounced without stress when prehypothetical ceded by another word: enclitic proof, to clear of blame or suspicion pronouncement: announcement, with: vindicate broadcast, declaration, decree, dicproofreading mark to ignore correct and tum, edict, judgment, proclamation, let original stand: stet promulgation, statement proofs of a book's text: galley proofs, pronouncing "r" like "I" or "I" like "x" galleys or "w": lallation prop: bolster, brace, buttress, lean, leg,
shore, staff, stand, stay, stilt, strengthen, support, sustain, tip up, truss propaganda: agitprop, brainwashing, doctrine, hoopla, hype, indoctrinate, publicity propaganda distribution, means for: agitprop propagandist: activist, advocator, apostle, missionary, proponent propagate: breed, broadcast, develop, diffuse, disseminate, fecundate, generate, grow, multiply, proclaim, procreate, publicize, reproduce, spawn, spread, transmit propel: drive, force, hurl, launch, move, prompt, push, send, shove, sling, spur, throw, thrust, urge propeller: blade, driver, fan, fin, oar, paddle, prop, screw propeller blade: vane propeller, turbulent flow of air driven back by: slipstream propensity: affection, affinity, appetence, aptness, bent, bias, disposition, fancy, inclination, leaning, liking, partiality, penchant, predilection, prejudice, proclivity, proneness, susceptibility, taste, tendency proper: able, acceptable, accurate, advisable, allowable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, chaste, comme il faut, convenient, conventional, correct, decent, decorous, due, ethical, fine, fitting, formal, good, honest, just, ladylike, meet, moral, polite, prim, respectable, right, seeming, seemly, strict, suitable, true, useful proper and appropriate: comme il faut, expedient proper and conventional: orthodox proper and orthodox: canonical proper behavior: etiquette, good manners, protocol proper in behavior: decorous proper or customary act or procedure: formality properness in usage: propriety property: acre, acreage, appropriate, asset, assets, attribute, belongings, characteristic, chattel, domain, dominion, effects, estate, feature, goods, holdings, homestead, land, lot, ownership, possessions, premises, quality, real estate, realty, riches, trait, wealth
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ROPHECY - PROSE RELATED TERMS
property acceptable as security for loan: collateral property as long as it is not damaged, the right to enjoy: usufruct property beyond mortgage or liability, residual value of: equity property claim: lien property for public use, right of government to appropriate private: eminent domain property held back for a special government purpose: reservation property held for life: freehold property improvement: capital expenditure property or money fraudulently and in violation of trust, to take or use another's: defalcate, embezzle, peculate property owned: asset property ownership tied to political power: timocracy property returned to the grantor or grantor's heirs after grant has expired: reversion property reverting to government in absence of legal heirs: escheat property seizure in legal proceeding: attachment property set aside by man for widow: jointure property that is transferrable to another, of: alienable property to certain heirs, to limit inheritance of: entail property to oneself, to transfer another's: expropriate property to which one has absolute ownership: domain property transfer: conveyance property transferee: alienee property transferer: alienor property, condition of holding: occupation, tenure property, extensive piece of landed: demesne, estate property, law granting a use of another's: servitude property, legal claim or right to: title property, legal document of contract or transfer of: deed property, lien or claim on: encumbrance property, movable personal: chattel, chose property, to deprive of rights or: dispossess, divest
property, to repossess mortgaged: foreclose property, to seize and hold: distrain, distress, levy property, to stealthily intrude on another's: encroach, trespass W prophecy: bodement, declaration, divination, forecast, foretelling, portent, prediction, prognosis, revelation, vision prophesy: augur, divine, forebode, forecast, foreshow, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, soothsay, vaticinate, warn prophet: augur, clairvoyant, diviner, forecaster, fortuneteller, medium, oracle, predictor, seer, soothsayer, sorcerer, visionary prophet, major: Baruch, Daniel, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Jeremiah prophetess: Cassandra, pythoness, seeress, sorceress prophetic: apocalyptic, clairvoyant, divinatory, fateful, fatidic, foreshadowing, foretelling, mantic, mysterious, mystic, oracular, predictive, prognostic, pythonic, sibylline, signifying, vaticinatory, vatic, vatical prophetic disclosure: apocalypse, revelation prophetic response given through a medium: oracle prophetic sign: harbinger, omen, portent, presage propinquity: affinity, closeness, connection, continguity, kinship, nearness, proximity, relationship, solidarity, togetherness, vicinity propitiate: adapt, appease, calm, conciliate, conform, mediate, pacify, placate, reconcile, soothe propitious: advantageous, auspicious, beneficial, benign, encouraging, favorable, friendly, good, gracious, helpful, kindly, opportune, promising, prosperous, rosy, timely proponent: booster, champion, defender, protector proportion: balance, correlation, degree, dimension, harmony, measure, part, percentage, portion, rate, ratio, relation, share, symmetry proportion, in: pro rata proportional: commensurate, comparative, correlative, corresponding, equal, equivalent, even, reciprocal, relative, symmetrical
proportional share: quota proportionate: commensurate proportionate configuration: symmetry proposal: affirmation, bid, design, draft, gesture, idea, motion, offer, outline, overture, plan, project, prospectus, question, recommendation, scheme, statement, undertaking proposal in outline form: prospectus proposal, detailed: specifications, specs propose: allege, contemplate, design, hope, intend, invite, mean, move, nominate, offer, plan, propound, purpose, start, state, submit, suggest, tender propose as a candidate: nominate propose for consideration: propound proposition: affirmation, approach, offer, overture, point, post, premise, project, proposal, question, solicit, statement, suggestion, task, undertaking proposition on which argument is based or a conclusion drawn: premise proposition presenting two or more alternative terms: disjunction proposition that can be demonstrated as true: theorem proposition that follows necessarily, of a: analytic proposition, subsidiary: lemma propositions that can be simultaneously true, of: dilemmatic, incompatible proprietor: landlord, manager, master, owner, titleholder propriety: aptness, attribute, behavior, code, conduct, courtesy, customs, decency, decorum, etiquette, manners, rule, suitability propulsion: drive, force, push, thrust prorate: allot, apportion, assess, distribute, divide, portion prosaic: actual, colorless, common, commonplace, drab, dull, everyday, factual, flat, humdrum, insipid, lackluster, literal, mundane, straightforward, tedious, tiresome, trite, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspiring, uninteresting prosaic and dull: mediocre, pedestrian proscribe: ban, banish, condemn, denounce, exclude, exile, expatriate, forbid, outlaw, prohibit, sentence, taboo prose: composition, edda, essay, story, written
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prosecute: accuse, arraign, charge, continue, indict, litigate, persevere, press, pursue, sue proselyte: conscript, convert, neophyte, recruit prospect: applicant, buyer, candidate, chance, customer, delve, explore, hope, likelihood, mine, outlook, possibility, proposal, scene, sift, view, vision, vista prospective: anticipated, coming, destined, eminent, expected, forthcoming, future, likely, possible, potential prospector: forty-niner, miner, sourdough prosper: augment, batten, benefit, blossom, boom, flourish, flower, gain, increase, progress, succeed, thrive prosperity: abundance, affluence, boom, easy street, florescence, fortune, growth, riches, success, thrift, weal, wealth, welfare prosperous: affluent, blooming, booming, bright, favorable, flourishing, flush, fortunate, halcyon, happy, in the money, lucky, opulent, palmy, promising, propitious, rich, roaring, rosy, successful, thriving, timely, wealthy prostitute: abuse, bawd, bimbo, call girl, catamite, chippy, cocotte, corrupt, courtesan, debase, demean, doxy, fille de joie, floozy, gigolo, harlot, hooker, hussy, hustler, licentious, madam, moll, slut, streetwalker, streetwalker, strumpet, tramp, trollop, wench, whore, working girl prostitute of men of rank or wealth: courtesan, demimonde, demondaine, hetaera prostitute, one who finds customers for: pander, panderer, pimp, procurer prostitute, to approach with offer of: accost, hustle, importune, solicit prostitutes as group: demimonde prostitute's customer: John, trick prostitution of talent for gain: venality prostitution, woman kidnapped for: white slave prostrate: abase, beaten, bow, exhaust, fallen, fell, flatten, floor, helpless, horizontal, overcome, overthrow, overwhelm, paralyze, powerless, prone, reclining, recumbent, submissive, supine, weak
prosy: colorless, commonplace, dull, humdrum, jejune, prosaic, stale, tedious, trite protagonist: actor, advocate, champion, defender, hero, heroine, leader, proponent, spokesman, spokeswoman, star, warrior protect: advocate, backer, bulwark, champion, cherish, conserve, cushion, defend, fend, guard, harbor, hedge, hide, insure, police, preserve, proponent, safeguard, save, screen, shade, shelter, shield, supporter, watch over protect against damage, loss, injury: indemnify, insure protect and bring up: foster, nurture protect and cushion: buffer, buttress, insulate, shield protect and ensure safety: harbor, safeguard, shelter protect from attack: secure protect from disease by producing immunity: immunize, inoculate, vaccinate protect from loss or harm: conserve, preserve protected against malfunctioning: failsafe protected by influential person, one whose welfare or career is: protegee, protg protected by trademark or patent: patent, proprietary, trademarked protected legally as ownership of originator: proprietary protected position or defensive stronghold: bastion, bulwark, outpost, rampart protection: aegis, armor, asylum, auspice, auspices, barrier, bribe, buffer, care, conservation, defense, egis, extortion, fort, graft, guard, haven, immunity, moat, patent, preservation, safeguard, safety, sanctuary, security, shakedown, shelter, shield, smock protection against loss, means of: hedge protection and preservation from loss, damage, neglect: conservation protection and safety, place of: asylum, haven, refuge, sanctuary, shelter protection of guardian or court, person under care or: ward protection, care, supervision granted by court: custody protection, payment to nation for: tribute
protection, under: under the aegis of, under the auspices of protective: prophylactic protective and watchful: vigilant protective animal coloring: Batesian mimicry protective charm: amulet, talisman protective covering: armor, bandage, tarp protective covering, structure of organism: armature, integument protective of one's area: defensive, territorial protective spray: mace protector: advocate, angel, armor, benefactor, caretaker, champion, defender, guard, guardian, paladin, patron, shield, sponsor, supporter, tutelary protector and defender of cause: paladin protector in social situations: chaperon, duenna protector of the people: tribune protects, something that preserves and: fixative protg: apprentice, pupil, student, ward protein: albumen, albumin, beans, casein, cheese, creatine, egg, enzyme, fibrin, globulin, histon, macromolecules, meat, milk, mucedin, prolamin protein-digesting enzyme: protease protein in cheese: casein protein-laden bean: soya protein of blood plasma, milk, muscle, plant seeds: globulin protein of egg white, blood serum, milk etc.: albumin protein substitute for meat: textured vegetable protein, TVP protein used to make food, drugs, film: gelatin protein, organic compound linking to peptide bonds to form: amino acid proteins of organisms that are biochemical catalysts: enzymes protest: affirm, assert, assure, aver, avow, beef, boycott, challenge, combat, complain, contest, declare, demur, deny, disagree, dispute, dissent, dissidence, expostulate, fight, grievance, gripe, kick, object, objection, picket, profess, rebel, remonstrate, revolt, sit in, strike
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PROTESTANT CHURCHES, 16TH-CENTURY MOVEMENT RESULTING IN ESTABLISHMENT OF - P R O W E S S RELATED TERMS
protest of government policy or legislation by passive resistance: civil disobedience protest speech: declamation, harangue, philippic, tirade protest vehemently: inveigh, vociferate protest, circumstance regarded as just cause for: grievance protest, diplomatic: dmarche protest, expression of: clamor, outcry protest, person or group expressing a: picket protest, to abstain from buying or using as a: boycott protest, to express: lodge, register W Protestant churches, 16th-century movement resulting in establishment of: reformation protestor: activist, dissident, militant protocol: behavior, code, custom, decorum, etiquette, manners, order, rules protoplasm as continuous body process: metabolism prototype: archetype, forerunner, model, original, predecessor, sample protozoan: ameba, amoeba, cell, ciliate, euglena, flagellate, organism, Paramecium, plasmodium, sporozoan, stentor protract: continue, defer, delay, detract, drag, elongate, extend, lengthen, procrastinate, prolong, stall, stretch protracted falling-out: feud protrude: bulge, distend, extrude, interfere, jut, poke, project, swell protruding: exsertile protruding eyes, having: exophthalmic protrusion of internal organ: intusseption, invagination protuberance: bulge, bump, hump, knob, node, outgrowth, projection, protrusion, swelling, tuberosity, wart proud: dignified, honorable, imposing, impressive, lofty, lordly, majestic, noble, satisfying, splendid, stately, valiant proud and conceited: aloof, arrogant, boastful, cavalier, cocky, haughty, imperious, inflated, narcissistic, ostentatious, overbearing, overweening, pompous, presumptuous, smug, snooty, stuffy, supercilious, uppity, vain
proud and selfish: egocentric, full of oneself, self-centered prove: argue, ascertain, attest, confirm, convince, corroborate, demonstrate, establish, indicate, justify, manifest, substantiate, sustain, test, validate, verify prove correct, true, genuine: attest, authenticate, testify, validate, verify, vouch for prove false: belie, confute, contradict, disprove, rebut, refute prove one's ability: win one's spurs prove or exemplify: evidence, manifest prove the worth of: vindicate prove with evidence: bear out, corroborate, substantiate, verify prove wrong: confute prove, impossible to dis-: incontrovertible proved, which was to be: QED, quod erat demonstrandum proven beyond question: apodictic, incontrovertible, irrefutable provender: chow, feed, fodder, food, forage, grain, hay, oats, provisions, straw, viands proverb: adage, allegory, aphorism, apothegm, axiom, byword, clich, epigram, gnome, maxim, motto, parable, precept, saw, saying, truism, word proverbial: acknowledged, common, customary, famous, legendary, traditional, unquestioned proverbs, tending to speak in: sententious provide: afford, cater, contribute, endow, endue, equip, fend, furnish, give, maintain, offer, outfit, prepare, ration, render, replenish, stipulate, stock, store, supply, support, yield providence: economy, foresight, guidance, husbandry, precaution, prudence, thrift provident: canny, careful, discreet, economical, foresighted, frugal, prepared, prudent, saving, shrewd, sparing, thrifty, wise province: area, arena, colony, county, domain, field, range, realm, region, role, scope, tract, work, zone provincial: awkward, bigoted, bucolic, countrified, crude, homespun, limited, local, narrow, one-horse, parochial, regional, rural, rustic, uncultured, unpolished
provincial in outlook: insular, limited, narrow, parochial provincial regarding group as central: ethnocentric proving charge or allegation, responsibility of: burden of proof proving directly by argument: deictic proving indirectly by argument: elenctic provision: catch, clause, condition, food, prerequisite, proviso, rider, stipulation, term provisional: conditional, contingent, dependent, experimental, iffy, interim, makeshift, temporary, tentative provisions: board, chow, fare, feed, fodder, food, forage, groceries, provender, rations, stores, supplies, viands, victuals provisions for a journey: viaticum provisions, supplier of: sutler, victualler proviso: article, clause, condition, prerequisite, provision, restriction, rider, stipulation, term provocation: annoyance, grievance, incentive, incitement, insult, irritation, offense, vexation provocation, responding to the slightest: hair-trigger provocative: aggravating challenging, alluring, arch, erotic, exciting, fascinating, seductive, sexy, tantalizing provoke: aggravate, anger, annoy, arouse, bait, bother, bug, cause, chafe, challenge, excite, foment, galvanize, generate, goad, harass, incense, incite, inflame, infuriate, inspire, instigate, insult, ire, irritate, madden, move, outrage, perturb, prompt, rile, rouse, ruffle, spur, start, stimulate, stir, tease, upset, vex provoke, tending to: incendiary, inflammatory provoked: irate, irked, taunted provoker of punishable acts: agent provocateur provoking anger through discrimination: invidious provoking person: gadfly provost: administrator, chief, director, executive, head, jailer, keeper, magistrate, officer, official, supervisor prow adornment: figurehead prow of ship: bow, fore, forepart, front, nose, rostrum, stem prowess: ability, address, boldness,
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affective disorder alcoholism amnesia anorexia nervosa antisocial personality disorder anxiety disorder autism avoidant personality disorder binge eating bipolar disorder borderline personality disorder bulimia nervosa clinical depression codependency debt addiction depression dissociative disorder dissociative identity disorder eating disorder emotional disorder emotional shock enuresis female orgasmic disorder female sexual arousal disorder fetishism gambling addiction hypoactive sexual desire disorder hypochondria impotence impulse-control disorder insanity insomnia Internet addiction jealous-type delusional disorder Kleine-Levin syndrome male orgasmic disorder mania manic-depressive psychosis melancholia mental disorder mental illness mood disorder multiple personality disorder Munchausen's syndrome narcissistic personality disorder narcolepsy narcotics addiction nervous breakdown neurasthenia neurosis obsessivecompulsive disorder oppositional defiant disorder panic attack panic disorder paranoia personality-type disorder phobias pica pornography addiction postpartum depression post-traumatic stress disorder psychopathy psychosis reactive attachment disorder Rett syndrome schizophrenia seasonal affective disorder self injury sexual addiction sexual disorder sexual dysfunction sleep disorder sleepwalking disorder smoking addiction social maladjustment sociopathy split personality stress substance abuse zoophilia W
bravery, courage, daring, dexterity, grit, heroism, power, skill, strength, talent, valor prowl: creep, hunt, lurk, roam, rove, sneak, stalk proximate: close, direct, forthcoming, imminent, near, nearby, next proximity: closeness, contiguity, immediacy, juxtaposition, locality, nearness, propinquity, togetherness, vicinity proxy: agent, alternate, assignee, authority, delegate, deputy, proctor, procurator, representative, substitute, vicar, vote prude: bluenose, goody-goody, prig, priss, puritan prudence: calculation, caution, discretion, economy, foresight, forethought, frugality, sense, thrift, wisdom prudent: advisable, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, diplomatic, discerning, discreet, economical, expedient, frugal, guarded, judicious, levelheaded, politic, provident, rational, reserved, sagacious, sage, sensible, shrewd, tactful, wary, wise prudish: priggish, prim, prissy, puritanical, smug, square, squeamish, stern, straightlaced, stuffy, timid, Victorian prune: clip, crop, pare, shave, shear, snip, thin, trim
prurient: bawdy, carnal, coarse, erotic, foul, goatish, impure, lascivious, lewd, lustful, passionate, sensual pry: butt, force, inquire, interfere, intrude, jimmy, lever, leverage, lift, meddle, move, nose, open, peek, peep, peer, prize, raise, scrounge, separate, snoop, spy, twist prying: inquisitive, inquisitorial, nosing, nosy psalm: anticle, chant, eulogy, glorify, hymn, ode, poem, praise, song, verse psalm chanted or sung in response in liturgy: antiphon psalms, book of: psalter pseudo: artificial, bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, fictitious, forged, imitation, mock, phony, pretended, sham, simulated, spurious pseudonym: alias, ananym, anonym, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name pseudonym by spelling name backwards: ananym psyche: ego, id, mind, personality, self, soul, spirit, subconscious, superego psychiatrist: analyst, doctor, psychoanalyst, shrink, therapist psychiatrist testifying to mental competence of people in legal case: alienist psychiatrist's patient: analysand psychic: cerebral, clairvoyant, medium, mental, mystic, paranormal, sensile,
spiritual, supernatural, telepathic psychic ability: ESP, extrasensory perception pub: bar, ginmill, grogshop, rummery, saloon, taproom, tavern puberty: adolescence, juvenility, pubescence, youthfulness puberty change of voice: ponticello public: accessible, citizens, civic, civil, common, communal, community, general, known, masses, municipal, mutual, national, obvious, open, overt, people, plain, popular, shared, society, state, voters, widespread
RELATED TERMS
public announcement for immediate release: bulletin public announcement, official: communiqu, proclamation public announcement, put law into effect by: promulgate public attention: limelight, spotlight public building design: civil architecture public funds designated for purpose: appropriation public good, for the: pro bono publico public highway: thoroughfare public meeting, presentation, or meeting place: forum public not a part of the clergy, of the general: lay, secular
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Bender-Gestalt test Bernreuter personality inventory beta test Binet test or Binet-Simon test Brigance diagnostic assessment of basic skills Brigance diagnostic comprehensive inventory of basic skills Brown personality inventory Cattell's infant intelligence scale CAVD test College Boards controlled association test English language skill assessment free association test GeselPs development schedule GMAT or Graduate Management Admission Test Goldstein-Sheerer test Graduate Management Admission Test or GMAT Graduate Record Examinations or GRE graduated reciprocation in tension reduction GRE or Graduate Record Examinations Holtzman technique House-Tree-Person Projective Test IDEA oral language proficiency test inkblot test intelligence quotient or IQ intelligence test interest inventory Iowa test of basic skills IQ test Kaufman test of education achievement Kent mental test Law School Admission Test or LSAT LSAT or Law School Admission Test Luscher color test MCAT or Medical College Admission Test Medical College Admission Test or MCAT Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory or MMPI Minnesota preschool scale MMPI or Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory nonstandardized test Oseretsky test performance test personality inventory Psychological, Mental, and Educational Tests personality test ACER test of basic skills Phelps kindergarten readiness scale achievement test placement test AGCT or Army General Classification Test Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test or PSAT alpha test PSAT or Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test apperception test psychometric test aptitude test Rorschach test Army General Classification Test or AGCT Rotter incomplete sentences blank association test SAT or Scholastic Aptitude Test attention deficit disorder evaluation scale Scholastic Aptitude Test or SAT Babcock-Levy test school attitude measure basic inventory of natural language scientific aptitude test standardized test The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary 488 achievement in one area to make up for real or supposed defect in another: compensation antisocial personality disorder: psychopath, sociopath attribution of one's own attitudes and feelings to others: projection conscious that deals with external reality: ego defense mechanism with unconscious shift of feelings to a substitute: displacement delusions of persecution or grandeur: paranoia desire of child for parent of opposite sex: Oedipus complex desire of daughter for father: Electra complex dreamlike period with memory loss: fugue idealized image of person: imago inkblot personality test: Rorschach IQ test: Binet-Simon, Stanford-Binet, Terman modification of impulse into socially acceptable one: sublimation persuasion by pretending opposite of desire: reverse psychology psychoanalysis patient: analysand psychoanalytical arrested development: fixation psychological attachment manifested in neurotic behavior: fixation psychological cause of physical symptoms or disorder: psychosomatic psychological elements so unified that parts cannot be distinguished: gestalt psychological school based on observation and experimentation: behaviorism psychotherapy analyzing personal relationships and interactions: TA, transactional analysis psychotic: crazy, demented, disordered, insane, loony, lunatic, mad, nuts, psychopathic, schizoid, unhinged, unreasonable reaction that is programmed: conditioned response restraint of a behavior, desire, impulse: inhibition sexual energy and desire: libido shifting of emotions from one person to another person: transference slang for psychoanalyst or psychiatrist: shrink unconscious that deals with instinct and satisfaction of biological needs: id unconscious that restrains and censors ego: superego
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Stanford revision Stanford scientific aptitude test Stanford-Binet test Szondi test TAT or thematic apperception test Test of English as a Foreign Language or TOEFL thematic apperception test or TAT TOEFL or Test of English as a Foreign Language unstructured test public office as reward for partisan service: spoils system public office, misconduct in: malversation public opinion survey: canvass, poll public record, court or office of: chancery public sale or auction: vendue public scorn as punishment: pillory public service like electricity, transportation, water: utility public speaking, art of: elocution, oratory, rhetoric public square: agora, forum, green, piazza, plaza public statement, give approval or support in: endorse, publicize, sanction public, to make: divulge, reveal ^ public-spirited: patriotic publication: annals, announcement, book, booklet, declaration, digest, gazette, information, journal, magazine, newspaper, notification, pamphlet, paper, periodical, proclamation, tabloid publication not protected by copyright: public domain publicity: advertising, attention, ballyhoo, buildup, hoopla, ink, limelight, notoriety, plug, press, promotion, puffery, rclame, release, spotlight, type, write-up publicity, a taste or flair for: rclame, showmanship publicity, attracting little: inconspicuous, low-key, low-profile, unobtrusive, unostentatious publicize: advertise, broadcast, expose, hype, pitch, plug, promote, promulgate, propagandize, push, spread, tout publish: advertise, announce, broadcast, declare, divulge, expose, issue, print, proclaim, promulgate, propagate, release, vent
verbal test WAIS or Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale or WAIS Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children or WISC Wechsler-Bellevue intelligence scale WISC or Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Woodcock language proficiency battery Woodcock-Munoz language survey word association testW pugnacious: aggressive, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, cantankerous, combative, contentious, defiant, militant, quarrelsome, rebellious, truculent, warlike puissance: clout, energy, force, influence, might, muscle, potency, power, strength, sway, vigor pulchritude: appeal, beauty, comeliness, grace, handsomeness, loveliness pule: complain, cry, repine, snivel, weep, whimper, whine pull apart: criticize, detach, divide, rend, separate, split, tear pull away by violent twisting: wrest pull down: annihilate, demolish, destroy, dismantle, lower, raze, wreck pull heavily: drag pull off: accomplish, achieve, detach, execute, manage, yank pull out: depart, evacuate, leave, quit, retreat, withdraw pull out with effort: extract pull through: rally, recovery, survive, triumph, weather pull up: arrive, halt, pause, stop, uplift pulley: block, machine, ring, sheave, wheel pulley block, lower part of: breech pulley or pulleys set in a casing: block pulley wheel with grooved rim: sheave pulleys, system of ropes and blocks for raising and lowering weights of: tackle pulling power of animal or machine: draft, traction pulp: crush, curd, mash, mush, pith, pomace, pulverize, sheap, smash, squash pulpit: ambo, chair, dais, desk, lectern, ministry, platform, podium, rostrum, stage, stand pulpit of synagogue: almemar, bema pulpit or church desk: ambo pulpy: pultaceous
published after author's death: posthumous publisher of books at author's expense: vanity press publisher's list of older titles kept in print: backlist publisher's trademark: colophon publishing right to quote or reprint without permission when done fairly: fair use puck: elf, fairy, fay, goblin, hobgoblin, imp, prankster, sprite pucker: bind, bulge, cockle, contract, crease, crinkle, fold, gather, plait, purse, tuck, wrinkle puckish: impish, mischievous, mysterious, naughty, playful, wicked pudding: custard, dessert, mousse, tapioca pudding baked under a roast: Yorkshire pudding pudding, light and fluffy: mousse pudding, starch used in: sago, tapioca puddle: plash, pond, pool, quagmire pudgy: chubby, chunky, dumpy, fat, hefty, obese, plump, roly-poly, rotund, squat, tubby puerile: babyish, callow, childish, green, immature, infantile, jejune, juvenile, naive, sophomoric, trivial, young, youthful puff: admire, bloat, blow, boast, brag, drag, draw, fluff, gust, pant, plug, quilt, smoke, whiff puff pastry: napoleon, vol-au-vent puffery: hype, praise, publicity puffy: bloated, bouffant, enlarged, expanded, inflamed, pompous, soft, swollen, tumescent, turgid puffy baked egg dish: souffl puffy part: tumefaction pug: boxer, clay, dog, footprint, knead, track pugilist: boxer, bruiser, fighter, prizefighter
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pulpy fruit: drupe, pome pulpy residue after fruit juice is pressed: marc, pomace pulsate: beat, fluctuate, flutter, oscillate, pant, pound, pulse, quiver, throb, vibrate, waver pulsatory: sphygmic pulse: beat, oscillation, palpitation, pulsate, rhythm, throb, vibration pulverize: annihilate, atomize, beat, comminute, crunch, crush, decimate, demolish, destroy, flour, grind, levigate, mash, mince, powder, ruin, shatter, smash, triturate puma: catamount, cougar, mountain cat, mountain lion, panther pummel: batter, beat, hammer, maul, pelt, pommel, pound, thrash, wallop pump: drain, draw, inject, jack, shoe, siphon, stirrup, syringe pump for information: grill, interrogate, question, quiz pump used to create partial vacuum: aspirator pump using downward water flow to force flow upward through pipe: hydraulic ram pump without pistons working off pulsed condensation of steam: pulsometer, vacuum pump pumpkin: fruit, gourd, jack-o'-lantern, pepo, squash, vine pun: calembour, conundrum, double meaning, equivoque, joke, knock, paronomasia, play on words, quibble, quip, witticism punch: bash, blow, box, clobber, cuff, hit, hook, jab, prod, smack, sock, strike, swat, uppercut, vigor punch-drunk boxer: stumblebum punch hole in: drill, perforate, pierce, poke, puncture punchy: confused, dazed, groggy punctilious: careful, ceremonial, conscientious, correct, exact, finicky, formal, fussy, meticulous, painstaking, particular, precise, proper, punctual, scrupulous punctual: exact, on time, precise, prompt, punctilious, reliable, timely punctuate: accent, break, divide, emphasize interrupt, mark, point, separate, stress punctuation mark: apostrophe, asterisk, brace, bracket, bullet, colon, comma, dash, diacritic, dot, ellipsis, exclamation, hyphen, obelisk, parenthesis, period, quote, semicolon, slash
punctuation, the art of: stigmeology puncture: bore, deflate, depression, drill, gore, hole, pierce, prick, riddle, rupture, slit, stab, vent, wound pundit: critic, emtor, expert, guru, intellectual, sage, scholar, swami, teacher pungent: acrid, acrimonious, acute, aromatic, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, flavorful, hot, keen, penetrating, peppery, piercing, piquant, poignant, pointed, provocative, racy, rich, salty, seasoned, sharp, smart, snappy, spicy, stimulating, stinging, strong, tangy, tart, tez, witty punish: abuse, admonish, avenge, cane, castigate, chasten, chastise, consume, correct, discipline, dismiss, excommunicate, fine, flog, hurt, incarcerate, penalize, revenge, scold, sentence, spank, strap, strike, torture, whip punish by arbitrary penalty: amerce punish by exile or removal to obscure position: banish, relegate punish in retribution: avenge punishing: brutal, grueling, hard, punitive, tough punishment: castigation, chastisement, correction, damages, disciplinary action, discipline, forfeiture, judgment, lesson, loss, lumps, ostracism, penalty, penance, retribution, revenge, suffering, vengeance
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punishment, means of inflicting: scourge punishment, of a deserved appropriate: commensurate, condign punishment, relating to: penal punishment, something surrendered as a: forfeit punishment, to cancel or reduce a: remit punishment, to correct by: chasten, take to task punishment, to inflict severe: castigate, chastise W punitive: avenging, disciplinary, penal, punishing, revengeful, vindicatory, vindictive punk: beginner, bully, delinquent, gangster, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, incense, inferior, kindling, novice, prostitute, rookie, ruffian, thug, tinder, worthless punt: boot, indentation, kick, propel puny: feeble, frail, inferior, little, measly, minor, petty, shrimp, sickly, slight, small, tiny, trivial, weak pupa: chrysalis, cocoon pupil: apprentice, cadet, disciple, freshman, junior, learner, neophyte, novice, scholar, senior, sophomore, student, trainee, tyro, undergraduate pupil absent from school without permission: truant pupil and tutor relationship: tutelage puppet: doll, dupe, figurehead, flunky, manikin, marionette, pawn, slave, stooge puppet on strings: marionette puppies, group of: litter puppy: animal, canine, dog, whelp purchase: acquire, acquisition, asset, buy, earn, investment, obtain, procurement, property purchaser: buyer, consumer, customer, patron, shopper, user purchasing power of individual: real income pure: absolute, authentic, blameless, chaste, clean, clear, complete, elemental, faultless, filtered, fine, fresh, genuine, good, guiltless, immaculate, innocent, moral, neat, nice, perfect, pristine, refined, simple, sincere, sinless, stainless, straight, true, unadulterated, unalloyed, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unmixed, unsullied, utter, virgin, virtuous pure air: ozone
punishment and prison management, study of: penology punishment as repayment: retribution, revenge punishment by attack from all sides: gauntlet punishment corresponding to nature of crime: talion punishment for evil: retribution punishment identical to offense: eye for an eye, lex talionis, talion punishment of having to stay after school: detention punishment of head and hands in wooden framework: pillory, stocks punishment or penalty, exemption from: impunity punishment ordained by God: visitation punishment that one deserves: comeuppance, just deserts punishment, cancellation or reduction of: reprieve, respite
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amaranth amaranthine amethyst amethystine Argyle aubergine blue-violet bluish purple bokhara campanula cerise clematis dahila damson dark purple deep purple fuchsia grape gridelin heliotrope hyacinth imperial purple indigo lavender light purple lilac magenta maroon mauve monsignor mulberry orchid pale purple pansy periwinkle phlox plum prune puce purple-blue purple-red raisin raspberry reddish purple royal purple rubine salferino tulip Tyrian purple violaceous violet violettaW
pure and absolute: unmitigated, veritable pure and perfect: impeccable, irreproachable, unimpeachable pure and uncorrupted: immaculate, pristine, unadulterated, unblemished pure essential part: quintessence pure profit: net pure sexually: chaste puree: blend, mush, paste, pulp, soup purely: absolutely, completely, essentially, fully, just, simply, totally, wholly purgatory: expiation, hell, limbo, misery, suffering purge: absolve, cleanse, clear, eliminate, erase, exculpate, exonerate, exterminate, liquidate, oust, purify, remove, rid, unload purging of emotions: catharsis purify: absolve, baptize, clean, cleanse, clear, decontaminate, deodorize, depurate, disinfect, distill, exonerate, filter, fumigate, purge, rarefy, refine, sanitize, wash
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purification: atonement, baptism, catharsis, cleansing, distillation, freeing, rebirth, redemption, salvation, washing purify a text: bowdlerize, expurgate purify and make holy: consecrate, hallow, sanctify purify by ceremony: lustrate purify by exposing to air: aerate purify by washing, decanting, settling: elutriate purify liquid: distill purifying: depurative purifying phenomenon: alembic purifying plant for crude substance: refinery W
puritanical: austere, blue-nosed, genteel, prim, proper, prudish, rigid, stern, straitlaced, strict, stuffy, Victorian puritanical, as a law: blue purity: chastity, cleanliness, continence, holiness, innocence, piety, sanctitude purlieu: area, environ, fringe, hangout, haunt, neighborhood, outskirts, periphery purloin: appropriate, filch, finger, pilfer, pinch, rob, steal, swipe, thieve purple-dye snail: murex purport: connotation, core, drift, gist, implication, import, intent, intention, maintain, mean, meaning, object, point, profess, purpose, rationale, sense, significance, substance, tenor, thrust purpose: aim, ambition, animus, aspiration, aspire, design, destination, determination, duty, end, function, goal, impulsion, intend, intent, intention, mean, mission, motive, object, objective, plan, point, proposal, purport, reason, resolution, resolve, sake, use purpose, concealed: arrire-pense, hidden agenda, ulterior motive purpose, professed: pretext purposeful: telic purposeless: aimless, floundering, haphazard, insignificant, meaningless, pointless, random, senseless, unnecessary, unplanned, useless purposelessness: anomie purposely: consciously, deliberately, expressly, intentionally, knowingly, willfully purposes, unintentionally conflicting: cross-purposes
purr: hum, murmur, noise, sing, sound purse: bag, handbag, pocketbook, poke, pouch, wallet purse of winnings: money, prize, stake purser: bursar, cashier, comptroller, treasurer pursue: address, badger, chase, continue, court, date, ensue, follow, harass, hound, hunt, persist, proceed, prosecute, seek, stalk, tail, track, trail pursuit: business, calling, career, chase, following, occupation, pleasure, quest, undertaking, vocation, work pursuit of pleasure: hedonism purvey: assist, cater, circulate, equip, furnish, procure, provide, sell, serve, supply, vend purview: ken pus-filled inflamed elevation: pustule pus, concerning: purulent pus, to discharge: fester, maturate, suppurate push: advance, advertise, bear, boost, bulldoze, bunt, butt, coerce, cram, crowd, ding, drive, effort, elbow, energy, expand, extend, force, forge, goad, gumption, heave, hunch, hustle, impel, incentive, increase, initiative, inspire, jostle, launch, motivate, move, nudge, peddle, plug, press, pressure, prod, promote, prompt, propel, ram, sell, shove, stimulus, thrust, urge, vigor, vitality push around: bully, intimidate, threaten push aside: shunt push back: repel push forward: impel push gently: jostle, nudge push in inappropriately: intrude push off: depart, exit, launch, leave, start, withdraw
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push on: continue, journey, proceed push oneself or ideas on others: obtrude push out: exert, extrude pushcart: handcart, trolley, wagon, wheelbarrow pushover: breeze, chump, cinch, fool, snap, softy, sucker push's partner: shove pushy: aggressive, ambitious, assertive, bossy, brash, brazen, bumptious, insistent, intrusive, obnoxious, obtrusive, officious, persistent, presumptuous, self-aggrandizing, strident pusillanimous: afraid, chicken, cowardly, fearful, gutless, tame, timid, timorous puslike discharge: ichor puss: cat, child, face, girl, kisser, kitten, mouth, mug, tabby, woman pussyfoot: avoid, dodge, evade, hedge, sidestep, tiptoe put aside: deposit, forget, inferred, shelve, store, table put aside for specific use: appropriate put away: ate, bury, commit, confine, consume, devour, discard, down, finish, incarcerate, jail, kill, ryans, stash, store, stow put back: demote, reinstate, restore, restored, return put down: belittle, condemn, consume, criticize, defeat, degrade, dis, disparage, disparate, enter, humiliate, laid, log, quash, quell, record, reject, repress, silence, sited, subdue, suppress put down by force: allay, quash, quell put forth: constitute, exert, form, offer, posited, possited, produce, propose, show put forward as basis of argument: posit, postulate
put off: defer, delay, discard, linger, offend, postpone, repulse, shelve, stall, stalled put off doing: defer, procrastinate put on: act, add, apply, attach, bluff, deceive, don, donned, endue, fake, hoax, masquerade, parody, present, pretend, pretense, satire, send up, sham, spoof, stage, staged, tease, trick, wear, wore, worn put out: anger, annoy, bother, discard, discomfit, displace, disturb, douse, egest, emit, expel, extinguish, inconvenience, irritate, oust, provoke, quench, rile, smother, trouble put out fire: douse, extinguish, quench put the kibosh on: nix put through: connect, finish, manage, undergo put together: amass, assemble, build, construct, create, erect, join, made, merge, produce, unite put together in bits and pieces: cut-andpaste put up: accommodate, ante, build, bunk, can, construct, erect, harbor, house, lodge, make, rear, rig putative: accepted, alleged, assumed, believed, inferred, reputed, supposed putrefy: corrupt, crumble, decay, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, rot, spoil, taint putrid: bad, contaminated, depraved, disagreeable, foul, malodorous, noisome, offensive, polluted, rancid, rotten, smelly, spoiled, stinking, vile putter: dabble, dawdle, doodle, fiddle, fool around, fritter, loaf, loiter, tinker puzzle: addle, amaze, anagram, baffle, bamboozle, bewilder, brainteaser, charade, code, confound, confuse,
conundrum, crossword, difficult, disconcert, distract, disturb, dumbfound, enigma, entangle, frustrate, intrigue, jigsaw, labyrinth, maze, muse, mystery, mystify, nonplus, paradox, perplex, ponder, poser, rattle, rebus, riddle, stump, upset puzzle in pictures and symbols: rebus puzzle of intricate patterns of lines: labyrinth, maze puzzle solution: key puzzle, difficult: conundrum, dilemma, enigma, plight, poser, predicament, quandary puzzling: ambiguous, bewildering, complicated, confusing, cryptic, difficult, enigmatic, inscrutable, intricate, involved, knotty, mysterious, mystifying, unclear, unfathomable pygmy: chimpanzee, dwarf, elf, gnome, lilliputian, midget, pigmy, pixy, runt, short, shrimp, small, tiny, trivial, unimportant pyknic: fat pyramid: accrue, heap, monument, pile, shrine, stack, tomb, ziggurat pyramid of Assyria, Babylonia: ziggurat pyramid with top sliced off: fulstrum pyre: bonfire, fuel, heap, suttee pyromaniac: arsonist, firebug, incendiary pyrosis: heartburn, indigestion pyrotechnics: fireworks, pyrotechny, rockets, sparklers python: anaconda, boa, boa constrictor, snake pyx: binnacle, box, case, casket, chest, ciborium, container, pix, tabernacle, vessel
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quack: charlatan, cheat, counterfeiter, faker, fraud, impostor, mountebank, phony, pretender, sham, snake-oil salesman quad: quadrangle, quadrant, quadraphonic, quadruplet quadrangle: campus, court, enclosure, forum, square, yard quadrangle surrounded by cloisters: garth quadrangular: tetragonal quadrate: adapt, adjust, agree, balanced, conform, correspond, suit quadrille: square dance quaff: down, drink, guzzle, imbibe, ingest, swallow, swig, tipple quagmire: bog, impasse, marsh, morass, mudhole, quicksand, swamp, trap quahog: clam quail: blench, cower, cringe, flinch, quake, recoil, shake, shrink, shudder, squealer, tremble, tremor, wince quail, group of: bevy, covey, flock quaint: antique, archaic, bizarre, charming, colonial, curious, ethnic, fanciful, folksy, nice, odd, offbeat, peculiar, picturesque, strange, unfamiliar, unusual, weird, whimsical quake: aftershock, earthquake, jitter, oscillate, quail, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, spasm, tremble, tremor, vibrate, waver qualification: ability, aptitude, attribute, capability, capacity, competence, condition, credential, endowment, experience, makings, prerequisite, requirement, skill, talent qualified: able, capable, certified, eligible, equipped, licensed, limited, restricted, skillful, trained qualified and in accordance with standards: legitimate
qualified or entitled to be chosen: eligible, worthy qualifier: adjective qualify: adapt, alter, assuage, authorize, certify, change, commission, condition, diminish, empower, enable, equip, habilitate, lessen, license, limit, mitigate, modify, permit, ready, restrain, restrict, soften, temper qualifying word, phrase: parenthesis quality: attribute, blood, caliber, capacity, character, characteristic, class, element, essence, excellence, excellent, factor, feature, grade, merit, nature, nobility, position, power, property, rank, rate, sort, stature, status, superior, taste, trait, value, virtue, worth quality or degree of worth: caliber quality or excellence, mark indicating: cachet, hallmark quality, distinctive: accent, atmosphere, aura, character, ethos qualm: anxiety, apprehension, doubt, faintness, feeling, hesitation, indecision, insecurity, misgiving, nausea, pall, regret, reluctance, reservation, scruple, sickness, suspicion, twinge, uncertainty, unease qualm due to ethics, morals: scruple quandary: bind, crisis, difficulty, dilemma, fix, impasse, jam, pickle, plight, quagmire, scrape quantity: allotment, allowance, amount, amplitude, batch, atom, bit, body, bunch, bushel, degree, dosage, dose, dram, drop, extent, grain, handful, iota, length, lot, magnitude, mass, morsel, multitude, number, portion, proportions, shred, size, slew, smidgen, some, speck, sum, ton, total, unit, volume, weight
quantity by which a container falls short of being full: ullage quantity by which another is divided: denominator, divisor quantity produced at one time: batch quantity to be divided: dividend, numerator quantum: amount, measure, portion, quantity, sum, total, unit quarantine: ban, confine, exclude, interdict, isolate, restrain, restrict quarantine station in building, ship: lazaretto quarrel: altercation, argue, argument, beef, bicker, brawl, clash, conflict, contention, contretemps, controversy, difference, disagree, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, estrangement, faction, falling out, falling-out, feud, fight, fracas, fray, fuss, hassle, miff, rhubarb, row, ruckus, run in, spat, squabble, strife, tiff, variance, vendetta, war, words, wrangle, wrangling
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quarrel go-between: adjudicator, arbitrator, intermediary, mediator, moderator, ombudsman quarrel or call into question: contradict, controvert, dispute, gainsay, oppugn, repudiate quarrel with words, to: flite quarrel, feud or long-time: vendetta quarrel, involved in: embroiled quarrel, noisy: commotion, ruction, uproar quarrel, petty: bicker, squabble, wrangle quarrel, to settle or end a: compose, conciliate, determine, reconcile quarrel, to try to settle: intercede quarreling: at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, conflicting, disputing
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quarrels, causing: divisive quarrelsome: antagonistic, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, brawling, cantankerous, choleric, combative, contentious, disputatious, fiery, hostile, irritable, litigious, militant, ornery, petulant, pugnacious, rancorous, scrappy, termagant, unruly W quarry: chase, dig, game, mine, pit, prey, shape, side, source, square, victim quarter: coin, fourth, period, phase, quad, quadrant, section, sector, time, tract, zone quarter of a circle: quadrant quarters: barracks, camp, chambers, digs, dormitory, home, lodging, pads, residence, room, shelter, space, station quartz type: agate, amethyst, bloodstone, carnelian, chalcedony, chert, crystal, flint, jasper, onyx, opal, rose, sard, sardonyx, smoky, topaz quash: abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, beat, cancel, crush, defeat, destroy, extinguish, invalidate, nullify, overthrow, quell, repeal, retract, smother, squash, stop, subdue, suppress, undo, vacate, void quaver: falter, note, oscillate, quake, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, sway, tremble, tremor, trill, vacillate, vibrate, waver, wobble quay: berth, dock, jetty, key, landing, levee, slip, wharf queasy: carsick, dizzy, groggy, nauseated, qualmish, queer, seasick, sickening, squeamish, timid, troubled, uncertain, uncomfortable, uneasy, unsettled, upset, woozy queen: czarina, empress, matriarch, monarch, ranee, regina, ruler, sovereign queen, concerning a: regal queen, to relinquish the title of: abdicate queen's husband, king's wife: consort queer: abnormal, atypical, bizarre, curious, disrupt, doubtful, eccentric, eerie, erratic, faint, fanciful, fantastic, funny, giddy, odd, peculiar, puzzling, qualmish, queasy, questionable, singular, spurious, squeamish, strange, suspicious, touched, unconventional, unorthodox, unusual, weird quell: allay, assuage, calm, check, con-
quer, cool, crush, curb, defeat, destroy, extinguish, kill, obtund, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, pacify, quash, quench, quiet, reduce, repress, silence, soothe, stop, subdue, suppress quench: allay, alleviate, destroy, douse, extinguish, quell, satisfy, slake, smother, squelch, suppress querulous: cantankerous, complaining, cross, discontented, fretful, grouchy, grumbling, irritable, peevish, petulant, touchy, whiny query: ask, catechize, challenge, doubt, examine, inquiry, inquisition, interrogate, investigation, mistrust, probe, question, quiz quest: adventure, crusade, delving, examine, expedition, goal, hunt, investigation, journey, mission, odyssey, probe, pursuit, search, seek, seeking, voyage question: ask, catechize, challenge, debate, debrief, demand, demur, dispute, doubt, drill, examination, examine, grill, inquire, inquiry, interrogate, interrogation, interview, investigation, mystery, objection, poll, probe, problem, proposition, pump, query, quiz, scruple, suspect
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question, word or construction used to ask a: interrogative questionable: ambiguous, arguable, controversial, disputable, dubious, equivocal, iffy, improbable, moot, shady, shaky, suspect, suspicious, uncertain, unconfirmed, undecided, unreliable, unsure questioning the existence of God: agnosticism questioning with harshness: inquisition questions, inclined to ask many: inquisitive questions, overwhelming number of: barrage W queue: braid, chain, column, file, line, order, pigtail, plait, sequence, succession quibble: argue, bicker, carp, cavil, complaint, criticism, dispute, dodge, equivocate, equivocation, evade, haggle, niggle, nitpick, objection, palter, pettifog, spat, split hairs, squabble, wrangle quibbling: captious, casuistic, hairsplitting, sophistic quick: able, abrupt, active, acute, agile, alert, alive, animated, apt, asap, brisk, clever, deft, dexterous, eager, expeditious, fast, fiery, fleet, hasty, immediate, impatient, instantaneous, intense, keen, live, moving, nimble, perceptive, prompt, rapid, ready, sensitive, sharp, skillful, snappy, speedy, sprightly, sudden, swift, vigorous, volant, wise quick and without ceremony: summary quick-tempered: angered, choleric, cross, excitable, fiery, impatient, inflammable, irascible, snappish, temperamental, touchy, volatile quick-witted: acute, alert, astute, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, keen, savvy, sharp, slick, smart, wise quick, excessively: impetuous, precipitate, precipitous quicken: accelerate, animate, arouse, energize, enliven, excite, expedite, hasten, hurry, incite, invigorate, motivate, move, press, provoke, refresh, revive, rush, sharpen, speed, stimulate, stir, vivify quicker than normal: accelerated quickly: apace, at once, briefly, fast, in-
question-and-answer book on Christian principles: catechism question-and-answer instructional method: Socratic method question asked for effect and not an answer: rhetorical question question closely and methodically: catechize, interrogate question insistently: ply question mark: eroteme question mark and exclamation mark combined: interrobang question method of Socrates, concerning the: maieutic question that suggests answer sought: leading question question the other side's witness: cross-examine question to be disputed: quodlibet question to obtain intelligence or knowledge gained on mission: debrief question to which no answer is expected: rhetorical question question within a sentence, like 'can I?': tag question question, difficult: conundrum, poser
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stantly, lickety-split, presto, promptly, pronto, rapidly, soon, speedily, subito, tout de suite quickly and efficiently, done: expeditious quickly and nimbly, moving: agile, volant, volitant quickly and with little care: cursory, perfunctory quickly in music: subito, vivace quickness: acumen, agility, alacrity, briskness, celerity, dexterity, dispatch, haste, pace, speed, velocity quickness of mind: acumen quicksand: mercurial, quagmire, quicksilver, snare, syrt, trap, unpredictable quid pro quo: equivalent, exchange, substitution, tit-for-tat, trade quidnunc: busybody, gossip, rumormonger quiescent: calm, dormant, inactive, latent, motionless, passive, placid, quiet, serene, sleeping, still, tranquil, undisturbed quiet: collected, docile, ease, idle, inaudible, mellow, muffle, mute, passive, reposeful, quell, relaxation, reserved, secretive, sequestered, serene, shush, silence, soft, stable, tranquil
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quiet and inactive: inert, passive, quiescent, still quiet and low in volume or pitch: undertone quiet and not speaking: dumbstruck, mute quiet and reluctant to speak: reticent quiet and restrained: reserved, reticent, taciturn, uncommunicative quiet consent: acquiescence quiet down: abate, mitigate, mollify, pacify quiet isolated place: backwater quiet manner, having a: inconspicuous, low-key, low-profile, subdued quiet retreat: den W quietly thoughtful: contemplative, introspective, meditative, pensive, reflective
quietus: acquittance, death, decease, discharge, dissolution, end, extinction, release, repose quill: bobbin, calamus, feather, instrument, pen, pinion, spine quill or feather, hollow shaft of: calamus quill- or needle-shaped object: acicula, aculeus quilt: bedspread, blanket, comforter, counterpane, cover, coverlet, duvet, pad, patchwork quilt of irregularly shaped, multicolored pieces: crazy quilt quilt with washable cover: duvet quilting with raised effect: trapunto quintessence: core, epitome, essence, gist, heart, pith, soul, spirit, substance quintessential: classic, ideal, model, typical, ultimate quip: banter, curious, gag, gibe, jest, joke, odd, pun, quibble, remark, sally, spoof, taunt quirk: aberration, band, caprice, crook, deviation, eccentricity, equivocation, groove, idiosyncrasy, kink, knack, mannerism, oddity, peculiarity, quibble, trait, turn, twist, vagary quisling: puppet, traitor, turncoat quit: abandon, abdicate, acquit, alleviate, appease, avoid, cease, clandestine, depart, desert, desist, discontinue, drop, end, leave, release, relieve, relinquish, renounce, resign, resigned, retire, retired, rid, secede, secluded, stop, surrender, terminate, withdraw quite: absolutely, actually, altogether, completely, considerably, entirely, exactly, fully, most, perfectly, positively, purely, really, reasonably, somewhat, thoroughly, totally, truly, very, well, wholly quitter: ceder, chicken, coward, deserter, dropout, shirker, slacker quiver: beat, convulse, flutter, jerk, oscillate, palpitate, quake, quick, shake, sheaf, shudder, spasm, tremble, twinkle quivering: aspen
quixotic: capricious, dreamy, fanciful, idealistic, imaginary, impractical, impulsive, romantic, unread, Utopian, visionary, whimsical quiz: ask, exam, examination, examine, inquire, probe, pump, question, test quizzical: amusing, bantering, comical, curious, eccentric, inquisitive, mocking, probing, questioning, skeptical, teasing quoin: angle, cornerstone, keystone, wedge quondam: bygone, former, once, onetime, past, sometime quota: allocation, allotment, allowance, divide, dividend, part, portion, proportion, quantity, ration, share, slice quotation: estimate, excerpt, offer, passage, price, quote, reference, selection quotation at beginning of work or chapter: epigraph, motto quotation from authoritative source for substantiation: citation quotation from standard work cited as illustration: locus class icus quotation in dictionary entry: citation, illustrative example quotation mark, British: inverted comma quotation mark, French: guillemets quote: adduce, cite, cost, excerpt, extract, passage, quotation, recite, refer, reference, repeat, retell, select quote as example or authority: cite quote is correct, indication that: sic quotidian: commonplace, daily, everyday, ordinary, trivial, usual
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rabbi: clergyman, master, priest, rabbin, Talmudist, teacher rabbit: buck, bunny, capon, coney, cony, cottontail, doe, hare, lapin, rodent rabbit dwelling: warren rabbit family: Leporidae rabbit with long white hair: Angora rabbit, like a: leporine rabbit, pertaining to: oryctolagine rabbits, colony of: warren rabbit's tail: scut rabble: coarse, commonality, crowd, dregs, herd, mob, ragtag, riffraff, scum, swarm, trash rabble-rouser: agitator, demagogue, firebrand, incendiary rabid: berserk, crazy, delirious, demented, deranged, eager, enthusiastic, extreme, fanatical, frantic, frenzied, insane, irrational, mad, maniacal, raging, uncontrollable, violent, wild, zealous rabies: hydrophobia rabies or other animal disease transmitted to humans: zoonosis race: chase, competition, contest, course, dart, dash, hasten, hurdle, hurry, marathon, meet, pursuit, rally, regatta, relay, rivalry, run, running, rush, scamper, slalom, speed, sprint, track race arena of Greece, Rome: hippodrome race bet of original wager and its earnings on a subsequent event: parlay race bet with winners sharing total amount bet: pari-mutuel race competitor: entrant, entry race course section farthest from spectators: backstretch race course section from last turn to finish line: homestretch
race in which compensations and advantages are given to even out chances of winning: handicap race of mankind: blood, breed, brood, clan, class, culture, descendants, dynasty, family, generation, kindred, line, lineage, nation, nationality, pedigree, people, species, stock, strain, tribe, type race of water: channel, course, creek, passageway, river, stream, watercourse race on horseback on obstacle course: steeplechase race or ethnic group membership, treatment based on: bigotry, discrimination race or series of races, boat: regatta race segment: lap race which determines winner of lottery: sweepstake races and ethnic groups, study of: ethnology races, mixture of: miscegenation racetrack: course, hippodrome, oval, paddock, path, racecourse, ring, track, turf racetrack betting board: tote board racetrack enclosure for horse, car preparations: paddock racial and ethnic groups in unrestricted association and equality: desegregation, integration racial improvement by selective breeding, study of: eugenics racial segregation in South Africa: apartheid racial separation in a society: segregation racial sharing of unconscious mind, memory: collective unconscious racing boat: shell
racism: apartheid, bias, bigotry, discrimination, prejudice, segregation rack: afflict, agonize, excruciate, oppress, pain, persecute, strain, suffering, torment, torture, wrench rack used in carpentry: sawhorse racket: babel, blare, business, bustle, clamor, clatter, commotion, din, disturbance, fuss, hubbub, noise, outcry, roar, shouting, trick, turbulence, uproar, voise racket, making a big: polyphloisboian racketeer: criminal, crook, gangster, hood, mobster raconteur: anecdotist, narrator, storyteller racy: brisk, crude, fiery, fresh, indecent, lewd, lively, obscene, piquant, pungent, ribald, risque, salty, saucy, sharp, spicy, spirited, strong, suggestive, vigorous, vulgar, zesty radar and microwaves, electron tube of: magnetron radar antenna domelike shell: radome radar beacon: racon radar-screen mark: blip radarlike measuring device for water: echo sounder, sonar radarlike sensory system of bats and dolphins: echolocation radiance: beam, brightness, brilliance, delight, effulgence, glare, gleam, glitter, glory, glow, happiness, light, luminescence, luster, refulgence, sheen, shine, splendor, warmth radiance around head or body of holy person: aureole radiant: beaming, beamy, blissful, bright, brilliant, cheerful, glowing, happy, incandescent, lambent, lucent, luminous, refulgent, resplendent, shining radiate: beam, burn, circulate, diffuse,
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RADIATING - R A I S E
emit, extend, exude, glisten, illuminate, manifest, scatter, send, shine, sparkle, spread, transmit radiating: stellate radiation between light and microwaves, invisible: infrared radiation between light and X-rays, invisible: ultraviolet radiation measurement instrument: Geiger counter radiation unit: REM radiation, impenetrable by certain types of: opaque radiation, permeable to certain electromagnetic: transparent radiation, to give off: emit radical: agitator, anarchist, basal, basic, cardinal, complete, drastic, essential, extreme, extremist, firebrand, fundamental, iconoclast, leftist, leftwinger, liberal, nihilist, nonconformist, primal, primary, rebel, renegade, revolutionary, root, subversive, ultra radical form, having: actinoid radical political figure: leftist radicle: root radio: AM, boom box, broadcast, CB, FM, portable, receiver, shortwave, signal, transistor, walkman, wireless
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radio and television, broadcast simultaneously on: simulcast radio broadcast facilities available for public use: public access radio broadcast, live: relay radio channel, capable of receiving two messages on same: diplex radio frequency band for private communications: CB, citizens band radio operator: ham radio or television program, spoken matter that links parts or: continuity radio program, prerecorded: transcription radio receiver that beeps when contacted: beeper, pager radio receiver, early: crystal set radio signals and converting to sound, device getting incoming: receiver radio system accurately reproduces sound, degree to which: fidelity W radioactive gases produced by radioactive decay: emanation radioactive particles slowly descending in atmosphere: fallout
radioactive substance that can be followed through process or system: tracer radioactivity duration measure: halflife radioactivity, to expose to: contaminate radius: boundary, compass, extent, field, line, orbit, range, reach, span, spoke, sweep raffish: carefree, cheap, flashy, rakish, showy, tawdry, unconventional, uncouth, unkempt, vulgar, wild, worthless raffle: chance, debris, drawing, gambling, game, lottery, refuse, rubbish, sweepstake raft: barge, catamaran, craft, float, mat, pontoon, transport raft of logs lashed together: catamaran rag: annoy, banter, harass, jive, joke, josh, kid, mock, needle, razz, remnant, rib, scold, scrap, shred, tatter, tease ragamuffin: beggar, bum, hobo, orphan, panhandler, scarecrow, tatterdemalion, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, waif rage: acerbity, acrimony, anger, animosity, boil, chafe, choler, craze, emotion, enthusiasm, fad, fashion, fervor, frenzy, fume, funk, furor, fury, hysteria, indignation, ire, irritation, latest, livid, madness, mania, outburst, paroxysm, passion, rant, rave, rese, squall, storm, style, tantrum, temper, vehemence, violence, wrath rage or fit of emotion: conniption, conniption fit rage, filled with: furious, livid ragged: battered, defective, dilapidated, dingy, erose, frayed, frazzled, imperfect, irregular, patched, seedy, shabby, shaggy, strident, tattered, threadbare, torn, uneven, unkempt ragged edge of handmade paper: deckle edge raging: angry, blustering, fanatical, ferocious, fervent, fierce, frenzied, furious, incensed, irate, madding, rabid, rampant, stormy, uncontrolled, violent, wild ragout: goulash, hash, pot-au-feu, stew ragtime: blues, jazz, music, swing ragtime music on tinny-sounding piano: honky-tonk rah: approve, cheer, encouragement, hurrah raid: assault, attack, bombard, bust,
forage, foray, harass, harry, incursion, inroad, invade, invasion, loot, maraud, onslaught, pillage, pirate, plunder, prdation, ravage, roundup, sack, seizure, sortie, storm raid on defensive position: foray, sally, sortie raider: bandit, buccaneer, freebooter, highwayman, hijacker, looter, marauder, pilferer, pillager, pirate, plunderer, privateer, rustler, thief raiding force: commando rail and posts that support it: balustrade rail of staircase, hand-: banister rail support: stanchion railing: banister, bar, barrier, fence, grate, paling, posts, siding, support railing around vessel's stern: taffrail railing of roof or balcony: parapet raillery: badinage, bantering, chaffing, derision, irony, joking, kidding, 1ampoonery, parody, persiflage, razzing, ridicule, roasting, satire, sport, teasing railway in amusement park, high-speed: roller coaster raiment: apparel, attire, clothing, dress, duds, garb, garments, habiliments, threads rain: cloudburst, deluge, downpour, drizzle, flood, mist, mizzle, pour, precipitation, shower, sprinkle, storm, thunderstorm rain downpour: cataract, deluge rain gauge: pluviometer, udometer rain, of heavy: torrential rain, to sprinkle a cloud with chemicals to make: seed rainbow: arc, assortment, band, bow, fantasy, illusion, spectrum rainbow, having all colors of: prismatic, spectral rainbowlike colors, having: iridescent raincoat: mac, mack, mackintosh, overcoat, poncho, slicker, trench coat raincoat with opening for head, hooded: poncho rainfall, study of: hyetography rainy: damp, hyetal, moist, pluvious, stormy, wet rainy season in Asia: monsoon raise: addition, advance, aggrandize, amass, arouse, ascend, augment, awaken, boost, build, collect, construct, crane, elevate, erect, establish, evoke, excite, gather, heighten, hike, hoist, incite, increase, inflate,
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intensify, introduce, jump, leaven, levy, lift, muster, pump, resurrect, rise, spur, stir, transcend, upheave, uplift raise or care for: breed, create, cultivate, enhance, foster, grow, nourish, nurture, procure, produce, promote, propagate, rear raise anchor: trip, weigh raise from dead: resuscitate, revive raise in rank, status: elevate, exalt, prefer, promote raise trivial objections: carp, cavil raise up and unearth: dredge raise with a machine: hoist, winch raised figures as decoration: embossing raised platform: dais, podium, rostrum, stage, tribune raised sculpture: bas-relief raisin: dried grape raisin grapes: sultanas raising agent for dough: leaven, leavening rake: Casanova, debauchee, libertine, playboy, rascal, rou, swinger, womanizer rakish: chic, dapper, dashing, debonair, dissolute, immoral, jaunty, lewd, licentious, raffish, sporty, streamlined, wild rally: arouse, assemble, attack, awaken, challenge, charge, comeback, convene, convention, drag, encourage, improvement, kindle, meet, mobilize, mock, muster, organize, race, recovery, recuperate, refresh, rejuvenate, restore, reunite, revival, revive, rouse, stir, strengthen, unite ram: batter, buck, bulldoze, bump, butt, collide, cram, crash, drive, force, hammer, hit, plunger, pound, strike, stuff, tamp, tap, thrust ramble: babble, chatter, digress, drift, excursion, gad, gallivant, meander, roam, rove, saunter, spatiate, stray, stroll, travel, walk, wander rambling: cursory, desultory, digressive, disconnected, discursive, excursive, incoherent, lengthy, meandering, rolling, sprawling, wandering, wordy rambunctious: active, boisterous, disorderly, loud, raucous, rough, rowdy, tumultuous, unruly, untamed, wild ramification: arm, branch, complication, consequence, development, divergence, division, extension, offshoot, ramus, result
ramp: access, apron, easing, gangplank, grade, gradient, hill, incline, platform, rage, slope, walk ramp that curves and ascends: helicline rampage: binge, frenzy, rage, spree, storm, uproar, violence rampant: dominant, epidemic, excessive, extravagant, fierce, prevailing, prevalent, profuse, raging, rife, threatening, unchecked, uncontrollable, unrestrained, violent, widespread rampart: agger, barricade, barrier, bastion, breastwork, bulwark, defense, embankment, fortification, parapet, protection, wall ramshackle: crumbling, decrepit, dilapidated, dissipated, flimsy, rickety, seedy, shabby, shaky ranch: estancia, farm, grange, hacienda, plantation rancher: cattleman, cowboy, cowgirl, cowhand, cowpoke, farmer, gaucho, hand, shepherd rancid: malodorous, musty, nasty, odorous, offensive, putrid, rank, repugnant, repulsive, rotten, smelly, sour, spoiled, stale, stinking, unpleasant rancor: animosity, bitterness, enmity, gall, grudge, hatefulness, hatred, hostility, malice, resentment, spite, vengeance random: accidental, aimless, aleatory, arbitrary, chance, desultory, fortuitous, haphazard, hit-or-miss, indiscriminate, occasional, purposeless, stochastic, stray, unplanned random and not inherent: adventitious random and whim, according to: capricious, fickle, impulsive random occurrences, based on: stochastic random or by accident, happening at: fortuitous random or left to one's own judgment: discretionary random, lucky discovery made at: serendipity randomly, occurring irregularly or: intermittent, sporadic randy: carousal, coarse, crude, disorderly, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, licentious, lustful, uninhibited, vulgar range: align, ally, ambit, appliance, area, arrange, assortment, bounds, classify, compass, diapason, distance,
domain, explore, extent, farm, field, gamut, grassland, highlands, horizon, latitude, lea, length, limits, line, orbit, order, parameters, pasture, plain, province, purview, ramble, rank, reach, realm, ridge, roam, rove, scope, series, sierra, sort, space, span, spectrum, sphere, stove, stray, stretch, stroll, sweep, tether, variety, wander range of a musical instrument or voice: compass, diapason, register range of performance possibilities: repertoire range of understanding: cognizance, ken range or extent, complete: gamut range or field of activity: bailiwick, domain, preserve, province, sphere range, sphere, or scope: ambit, orbit, radius ranger: policeman, policewoman, rover, soldier, trooper, wanderer, warden rangy: gangling, lanky, lean, roomy, skinny, slim, spacious, spindling rank: ancestry, arrange, arrangement, array, assort, caliber, caste, class, classification, classify, column, condition, coordinate, degree, dignity, distinction, division, downright, echelon, estate, evaluate, formation, gentry, genus, gradation, grade, gross, hierarchy, line, order, place, position, precede, prestige, quality, range, rate, rating, row, score, seniority, series, sort, space, standing, station, stature, status, tier, type, value rank and file: commonality, commoners, masses, militia, plbes, proletariat, troops rank in organization: chain of command, hierarchy, pecking order rank of tournament competitors: seed rank or preference, order of: precedence rank, being: dirty, fetid, filthy, foul, malodorous, obscene, offensive, rancid, raunchy, revolting, smelly, smutty, strong rankle: annoy, embitter, fester, fret, gall, inflame, irk, irritate, nettle, plague, rile, torment, vex ransack: comb, loot, pillage, plunder, raid, rake, ravage, ravish, rifle, rummage, search, vandalize ransom: atone, compensation, deliver,
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RANSOM, PERSON HELD FOR - RAUCOUS
emancipate, expiate, free, liberate, price, redeem, release, rescue, retrieve, save ransom, person held for: hostage rant: bellow, berate, fume, harangue, huff, orate, rage, range, rave, storm, tirade, yell rap: blame, blow, chat, communicate, conversation, criticism, criticize, discussion, hit, knock, punishment, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, sentence, smite, snatch, speak, strike, swat, talk, tap, thwack, utter, whack rapacious: avaricious, ferocious, fierce, greedy, plundering, predatory, ravening, ravenous, voracious, vulturous, wolfish rapacity: avarice, covetousness, cupidity, greed, thievery rape: abuse, assault, attack, defile, despoil, file, offense, pillage, plunder, ravage, ravish, spoil, violate, violation rape, intercourse with underaged girl considered: statutory rape rapid: abrupt, agile, brisk, fast, fleet, hasty, hurried, nimble, prompt, quick, speedy, swift, winged rapid recovery: sea change rapid, in music: mosso, presto, veloce rapidity: acceleration, celerity, pace, promptness, quickness, speed, swiftness, velocity rapidly: apace, on the double rapids: river, whitewater rapine: plunder, seize rapport: accord, affinity, bond, compatibility, connection, harmony, relationship, unity rapscallion: rascal, rogue, scamp, villain rapt: absorbed, captivated, charmed, deep, delighted, dreaming, ecstatic, enchanted, engrossed, enraptured, entranced, fascinated, immersed, intent, lost, preoccupied, spellbound, transported rapture: bliss, contentment, delight, ecstasy, elation, enchantment, euphoria, exhilaration, happiness, rhapsody rare: antique, beautiful, choice, distinctive, excellent, exceptional, exotic, exquisite, extraordinary, fine, infrequent, invaluable, isolated, limited, occasional, odd, precious, priceless, raw, scarce, seldom, select, spe-
cial, thin, uncommon, uncustomary, undercooked, underdone, unique, unlikely, unusual rare and known to only a few: abstruse, arcane, recherch rare book dealer: bibliopole rare person or thing: rara avis rarefied: attenuated, diluted, diminish, esoteric, lofty, reduced, refined, tenuous, thin rarely: exceptionally, extra, hardly, infrequently, occasionally, once in a blue moon, seldom, unusually raring: anxious, eager, impatient, keen, ready rarity: anomaly, antique, curiosity, oddity, scarcity, wonder rascal: blackguard, cad, devil, imp, knave, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, rake, rapscallion, rogue, rou, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, trickster, troublemaker, villain rash: abrupt, adventuresome, adventurous, bold, brash, careless, daring, desperate, epidemic, eruption, flood, foolhardy, foolish, hasty, headlong, headstrong, heady, heedless, hotheaded, impetuous, improvident, imprudent, impulsive, incautious, irrational, irresponsible, precipitate, precipitous, reckless, sudden, temerarious, thoughtless, unadvised, unthinking, unwary, unwise, venturesome, venturous, wave rash, skin: eczema, hives, roseola, stigma rasher: bacon slab rashly, behaving: headlong, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, overhasty, precipitate, reckless rasp: abrade, abrasive, file, grate, hoarseness, irritate, scrape, wheeze raspberry: boo, catcall, hiss, razz, sound raspberry feature: drupelet raspberry genus: rubus raspberry sections: acini raspberry stem: cane rasping: abrasive, grating, harsh, hoarse, raspy, raucous, rough rat: betrayer, defect, deserter, fink, inform, informer, scab, snitch, snot, stool pigeon, stoolie, traitor, turncoat; pest, rodent, vermin rat or mouse, like a: muriform, murine, myomorphic rate: account, amount, appraise, assess, assessment, charge, class, classify, clip, cost, degree, earn, estimate,
evaluate, expense, fare, fee, grade, judge, merit, pace, percentage, price, proportion, quality, rank, ratio, scale, scold, speed, standard, tariff, tax, tempo, value, velocity rate of activity: tempo rate of body processes: metabolism rather: accurately, alternatively, choice, contrary, enough, exactly, instead, moderately, preferably, preference, quite, relatively, significantly, somewhat, sooner, than ratify: affirm, approve, authorize, bless, confirm, consent, endorse, establish, pass, sanction, seal, uphold, validate, verify rating: class, classification, evaluation, grade, mark, rank, rebuke, reprimand, scolding, score, standing ratio: correlation, degree, distribution, fraction, percent, percentage, proportion, quota, quotient, rate, relation, share ratiocinate: argue ration: allocate, allot, allotment, allowance, distribute, divide, divvy, dole, helping, measure, mete, portion, quota, serving, share rational: balanced, calm, collected, cool, intelligent, levelheaded, logical, prudent, realistic, reasonable, sane, sensible, sound, stable, wise rational and easily understood: lucid rationale: basis, explanation, grounds, logic, motive, reason rationalization of questions ofrightand wrong: casuistry rationalize: explain, justify, reason, think rattle: annoy, babble, chat, chatter, clack, clapper, clatter, confound, confuse, faze, fluster, jabber, jangle, jar, jiggle, noise, perplex, prate, rale, shake, sound, stun, toy, unnerve, upset rattle, gourd-shaped: maraca rattlebrained: dizzy, flighty, foolish, frivolous, giddy, irrational, silly, stupid, talkative rattlesnake tail tip: button rattlesnake, like a: crotaline ratty: decayed, dilapidated, old, shabby, unkempt, worn raucous: blaring, boisterous, braying, cacophonous, coarse, disorderly, gruff, harsh, hoarse, loud, noisy, piercing, rasping, rough, rowdy, strident, tumultuous, unruly
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RAUNCHY - R E A L I S T I C
raunchy: coarse, dirty, explicit, filthy, foul, grimy, gross, lewd, obscene, smutty, unkempt, vulgar ravage: annihilate, consume, crush, demolish, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, devastation, devour, forage, foray, harry, havoc, loot, overrun, pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, ruin, sack, scourge, spoil, trample, waste, wreck rave: babble, blurb, bluster, declaim, enthuse, jabber, rage, ramble, rant, roar, storm, talk ravel: complicate, crumble, disentangle, entangle, fray, free, loosen, muddle, perplex, separate, sleave, snarl, tangle, undo, unsew, untangle, untwist, unwind raven: bird, black, blackbird, corvus, crow, ebony, jet raven, concerning a: corvid ravenous: desirous, edacious, famished, gluttonous, greedy, hungry, insatiable, lupine, predatory, rapacious, starved, voracious ravine: abyss, aroyo, arroyo, canon, canyon, chasm, coulee, crevice, cut, dell, ditch, flume, gap, glen, gorge, gulch, gully, kloof, notch, pass, rift, valley, wadi, wady raving: berserk, delirious, frenzied, fuming, irrational, mad, ranting, violent, wild ravish: abuse, defile, deflower, despoil, force, pillage, plunder, raid, rape, seize, transport, violate raw: abrade, basic, biting, bleak, chilly, coarse, cold, crude, cruel, cutting, damp, fresh, green, harsh, immature, inexperienced, naked, natural, nude, rare, rude, sore, stark, uncivilized, unclothed, uncooked, uncultivated, unexposed, unfair, unfinished, unprepared, unprocessed, unrefined, unripe, unseasoned, unskilled, untested, untrained, untried rawboned: angular, gaunt, lanky, lean, scrawny ray: alpha, beam, beta, emanation, fish, flair, flash, gamma, gleam, indication, irradiate, light, line, manta, moonbeam, particle, radial, radiate, radiation, shaft, shine, skate, streak, stripe, sunbeam, trace, vision rays, concerning: radial raze: bulldoze, decimate, demolish, destroy, dismantle, efface, erase, flat-
ten, level, obliterate, overthrow, ruin, scrape, scratch, shave, smash, subvert, tear down, wreck razor: blade, knife, shaver razor leather strap for sharpening: strop razz: banter, chaff, heckle, jest, joke, kid, needle, raspberry, rib, ridicule, taunt, tease reach: accomplish, achieve, affect, ambit, amount, approach, arrive, attain, come, compass, contact, expanse, extend, extent, find, fulfill, gain, get at, grasp, influence, move, penetrate, purview, range, scope, span, stretch, strive, sway, touch reachable: accessible, answer, impression, influence, obtainable, possible, reaction, response react: answer, behave, counter, reply, respond reaction: allergy, backlash, feedback, opinion, opposition, reflex, reply reaction that is trained: conditioned reflex reaction, antagonistic: backlash reaction, automatic unthinking: kneejerk reaction reaction, involuntary physical: reflex reaction, of an automatic: Pavlovian reactionary: conservative, diehard, orthodox, traditionalist reactions are measure of effectiveness or acceptability, person whose: sounding board read: browse, comprehend, decipher, describe, descry, discern, express, foresee, foretell, grasp, interpret, learn, peruse, pore, predict, proof, recite, relate, scan, show, skim, study, tell, translate, understand read aloud: recite read and interpret: decipher, decode read and write, able to: literate read and write, unable to: illiterate read as it stands: sic, stet read carefully: peruse, pore, scrutinize read hastily: glance at, scan, skim read too much, people who: bibliobibuli readable: clear, coherent, comprehensible, eloquent, engaging, intelligible, legible, pleasing reader: anthology, bookworm, editor, elocutionist, lector, lecturer, proofreader, reciter, scholar; primer reader of manuscript to determine publishability: referee reader of scriptural passages at church: lector
reader, of an eager: avid, insatiable, voracious readily: easily, freely, immediately, promptly, quickly, soon, speedily, willingly readily convertible to cash, investment: liquid readiness: address, alacrity, dexterity, eagerness, expedition, facility, preparedness, promptness, prowess, quickness, volubility reading: declamation, lecture, lesson, perusal, recital, rendition, review, version reading desk: lectern reading disability: alexia, dyslexia reading printed text into electronic form: optical character recognition, scanning reading room: athenaeum, den reading test where words are deleted at intervals: cloze reading text with musical accompaniment: declamation ready: active, adept, adroit, alert, all set, apt, arranged, attentive, available, convenient, dexterous, dextrous, eager, equipped, expeditious, facile, fit, fluent, fortify, game, handy, in the wings, likely, mature, on standby, on tap, organize, poised, prep, prepare, prepared, prime, primed, prompt, ripe, set, skillful, willing ready for use: on tap, operational, ripe ready-reference handbook: vade mecum ready to go: alert, all set, set ready-to-wear: pret-a-porter real: actual, being, certain, factual, genuine, honest, literal, material, pure, serious, sincere, solid, substantive, tangible, true, valid real and material: corporeal, palpable, tangible real and not imaginary: actual, substantial, substantive real and verifiable: authentic, authoritative, bona fide, genuine, reliable, true, veritable real, quality of appearing to be: verisimilitude realistic: down-to-earth, genuine, graphic, lifelike, matter-of-fact, practicable, practical, rational, reasonable, representative, sensible, sound, viable
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R E A L I S T I C IN ART, WRITING - REBUKE
realistic in art, writing: naturalistic, representational reality: being, concreteness, existence, fact, substance, tangibility, truth reality or fact, in: actually, de facto reality to, to ascribe: hypostatize reality, having: objective reality, lacking material form or: disembodied, incorporeal reality, painting with photographic: trompe l'oeil reality, treat or regard as if having: reify reality, underlying: essence, hypostasis, substance realization: achievement, awakening, awareness, culmination, fulfillment, understanding realization, accomplishment of things worked for: fruition realize: accomplish, achieve, acquire, appreciate, apprehend, complete, conceive, fulfill, gain, obtain, reap, sense, think, understand realize as profit: net realized condition, fully: entelechy really: actually, indeed, truly realm: area, circle, country, demesne, department, division, domain, dominion, dynasty, empire, jurisdiction, kingdom, land, province, range, region, sphere, territory reap: acquire, collect, garner, gather, glean, harvest rear: breed, build, construct, educate, elevate, erect, lift, nurse, nurture, raise rear, of the: aft, back, behind, end, last, stern, tail rear car of train: caboose rear of boat: stern rear of boat, toward: abaft, aft rear of horse, etc.: croup, crupper, haunches, rump rear of ship, at the: astern rear or tail part: caudal, posterior rear skull bulge: inion rearing on hind legs: rampant reason: argument, brain, cause, discourse, explanation, intellect, intellectualize, logic, meaning, mind, motive, ponder, rationale, rationality, rationalize, sanity, sense, think, understanding, wherefore, why reason and knowledge: nous reason methodically and logically: ratiocinate reason or justification for existing: raison d'tre
reason, against: illogical, irrational reason, concerning: rational reason, for a still stronger: a fortiori reason, of a seeming or professed: ostensible, ostensive, purported, specious reason, seeming or professed: pretext reason, to: argue, converse, debate, discourse, expostulate, remonstrate reasonable: affordable, equitable, fair, feasible, inexpensive, just, legitimate, levelheaded, logical, moderate, modest, plausible, practical, prudent, rational, sane, sensible, sound, tenable, tolerable, valid, wise reasoning: analysis, argument, basis, logic, rationale, thinking, thought reasoning from general to specific: deduction, synthesis reasoning from specific to general: induction reasoning from specific to general, concerning: a posteriori, empirical, inductive reasoning in a circle, of: circular reasoning or intuition opposite: phenomenon reasoning or intuition, something known by: noumenon reasoning that is plausible but fallacious: sophistry reasoning to arrive at truth, logical: dialectic reasoning to conclusion, rather than intuition: discursive reasoning with major and minor premise and conclusion: syllogism reasoning, appealing to powers of: cogent, compelling, convincing, incisive, trenchant reasoning, arrive at by: deduce, derive, infer reasoning, based on abstract or speculative: metaphysical reasoning, complicated: choplogic reasoning, drawing of a conclusion by: deduction reasoning, excessively subtle but plausible: casuistry, sophistry reasoning, illogical: paralogism reasoning, incorrectness of: fallacy reasoning, using deduction in: a priori, deductive reassure: cheer, comfort, convince, encourage, guarantee, uplift rebate: abatement, deduction, dimin-
ish, discount, kickback, lessen, reduce, reduction, refund, reimbursement rebel: adversary, anarchist, antagonist, arise, demagogue, denounce, dissenter, iconoclast, insubordinate, insurgent, mutineer, mutiny, nonconformist, radical, recusant, renegade, revolt, revolutionary, revolutionist, riot, rise, secede rebel against church dogma: heretic rebellion: defiance, disturbance, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, revolt, revolution, sedition, upheaval, uprising rebellion against authority, open: mutiny rebellion, instance of: insurgence, insurrection, revolt, sedition, uprising rebellion, suppression of: pacification rebellion, to start a: foment, instigate rebellious: alienated, contumacious, cranky, defiant, disobedient, fractious, incorrigible, insolent, insubordinant, insubordinate, insurgent, irritable, mutinous, obstinate, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, rioting, seditious, unruly rebellious overthrow, sudden: coup, coup d'tat, putsch rebels against system, one who: agitator, firebrand, incendiary, malcontent, subversive rebels or terrorists, military action against: counterinsurgency rebirth: regeneration, reincarnation, rejuvenation, renaissance, renascence, renewal, resurrection, revival rebirth, political: risorgimento reborn thing: phoenix rebound: boomerang, bounce, carom, echo, recoil, recovery, reflect, resilience, resound, retrieve, return, reverberate, ricochet, spring, stot rebound after hitting surface at angle: ricochet rebuff: brushoff, check, chide, disregard, ignore, rebuke, rebut, refusal, refuse, reject, repel, reprimand, reprove, repulse, scold, slap, slight, snub, spurn rebuke: admonish, admonition, beat, berate, castigate, chastise, check, chide, criticize, lecture, lesson, objurgate, reprehend, repress, reprimand, reproach, reproof, reprove, restrain, scold, slap, snub
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REBUT - RECONCILE
rebut: confute, contradict, disprove, invalidate, rebuff, refute, repel, reply, repulse recalcitrant: defiant, disobedient, headstrong, obstinate, rebellious, resisting, stubborn, undisciplined, unmanageable, unruly, wild, willful recall: annul, awaken, cancel, cite, countermand, elicit, extract, memory, nullify, place, recognize, recollect, reconvene, remember, remind, reminisce, repeal, rescind, restore, retain, retrace, retract, retrieve, revoke, withdraw recall of past events: anamnesis, reminiscence, retrospection recant: abandon, abjure, abrogate, annul, cancel, disavow, disclaim, renege, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, unsay, withdraw recapitulate: paraphrase, recap, recount, rehash, reiterate, repeat, restate, review, summarize, synopsize recapitulation: peroration, reprise, summary recede: abate, decrease, depart, diminish, dwindle, ebb, fade, regress, retract, retreat, retrograde, subside, withdraw receipt: acceptance, admission, arrival, bill, notice, release, scrip, slip, stub, voucher receipts: cash, earnings, gate, income, money, payments, proceeds, profits, revenue receive: accept, acquire, admit, catch, collect, derive, earn, endure, experience, get, greet, inherit, obtain, support, take, take in, welcome receiver: addressee, beneficiary, collector, fence, heir, recipient, telephone receiver of benefits, property: beneficiary receiver of stolen goods: fence recent: contemporary, current, fresh, late, modern, neo, neotenic, new, newfangled receptacle: basket, bin, bottle, box, bucket, can, canister, carton, case, cell, chest, container, crate, cup, font, holder, jar, pitcher, repository, tank, tray, tub, urn, vase, vat, vessel reception: acceptance, admission, admittance, affair, at home, entertainment, function, gathering, greeting, levee, meeting, ovation, party, soiree, tea, welcome
receptive: amenable, friendly, hospitable, interested, open, responsive, sensitive, sympathetic recess: alcove, apse, cave, cavity, cleft, closet, cove, cranny, crypt, depression, hole, niche, nook, sinus recess or break: adjournment, breather, hiatus, intermission, interval, respite, rest, retreat, suspension, vacation recess in wall: niche recession: bust, decline, depression, off year recherch: choice, exceptional, exotic, exquisite, forced, fresh, novel, overblown, precious, pretentious, rare, superior, uncommon, unusual recipe: directions, formula, instructions, pattern, prescription, process, rule recipient: awardee, beneficiary, donee, heir, legatee, receiver reciprocal: changeable, complementary, correlative, corresponding, duplicate, equivalent, exchanged, interdependent, mutual, shared, twin reciprocate: alternate, correspond, equal, exchange, interchange, match, recompense, repay, requite, retaliate, return, swap, trade recital: account, concert, description, musical, narration, narrative, performance, presentation, program, rehearsal, report, story, tale recite: address, chant, communicate, describe, enumerate, explain, list, narrate, quote, read, recapitulate, recount, relate, speak, tell recite in singing tone: cant il la te, intone reckless: adventurous, bold, carefree, careless, dangerous, daredevil, daring, devil-may-care, feckless, foolish, hasty, headlong, heedless, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, indifferent, irresponsible, madcap, neglectful, negligent, precipitate, rash, regardless, remiss, temerarious, thoughtless, unadvised, unheeding, wild reckless ride: joyride recklessness: abandon, desperation, disregard, foolhardiness, temerity reckon: account, add, aret, assume, calculate, cipher, compute, consider, count, deem, determine, enumerate, estimate, figure, guess, judge, num-
ber, numerate, opine, rate, regard, rely, repute, sum, suppose, surmise, tally, tell, think, total, understand reckoning: bill, charge, computation, cost, count, debt, invoice, rate, score, settlement, statement, summation, tally reclaim: recall, recover, reform, refurbish, regenerate, repair, resolve, restitute, restore, salvage, save, tame, train recline: accumbent, lay, lean, lie, loll, lounge, recumbent, relax, reposing, rest, slope, sprawl, stretch reclining: flat, loner, recluse, recumbent, troglodyte recluse: anchoress, anchorite, cloistered, eremite, hermit, hidden, loner, monk, nun, secluded, sequestered, solitary, troglodyte recognition: acceptance, attention, awareness, credit, gratitude, identification, notice, remembering recognize: accept, acknowledge, admit, appreciate, apprehend, approve, distinguish, greet, honor, identify, know, note, notice, perceive, recall, remark, remember, review, revise, salute, see, spot, understand recognize as different: discern recognized generally: acknowledged, received recognized officially: accredited recoil: backlash, blench, blink, dodge, flinch, jerk, kick, quail, retreat, reverse, shrink, shy, wince, withdraw recollect: arouse, awaken, bethink, cite, recall, remember, reminisce recollection: anamnesis, memory, recall, remembrance, reminiscence, retrospection recommend: advise, advocate, counsel, encourage, endorse, entrust, praise, prescribe, propose, refer, sanction, second, tout, urge recommendation: advice, direction, ent, instruction, reference, suggestion, urging recompense: amends, atonement, award, bounty, compensate, compensation, indemnify, pay, premium, reciprocate, recover, reimburse, renumerate, reparation, repay, repayment, restitution, retribution, reward, salary, wage, wages reconcile: absolve, accord, adapt, adjust, arbitrate, atone, conciliate, conform, expiate, harmonize, intercede,
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RECONCILE AND BLEND - RECOVER QUICKLY, ABILITY TO
RED
alizarin crimson alpenglow annatto beet red blood red bois de rose bougainvillea Bourdeaux brick red bright red brownish red cadmium red cardinal carioca carmine carnelian Castilian red cerise cherry Chinese red cinnabar claret cochineal coral-pink cranberry crimson crimson lake damask dark red deep red faded rose fire-engine red fuchsia garnet geranium grenadine gules Indian red iron red jockey light red lobster madder lake magenta maroon Mars red murrey old rose orange-red oxblood paprika peach Persian red pinkish red ponceau poppy Prussian red puce purple-red rhodamine rose madder rubious ruby rust scarlet solferino stammel strawberry tile red Turkey red Venetian red vermeil vermilion wild cherry wine Red-Brown auburn baize bay brick burgundy burnt ocher burnt sienna caramel Castilian brown chestnut chocolate cinnamon cocoa cordovan ferruginous fulvous ginger henna light red-brown liver mahogany nutmeg ocher oxblood piccolopasso roan rubiginous rust russet/rufous sand sedge sepia sienna sorrel terra cotta titian Venetian red vermilion/vermiel W
mediate, moderate, pacify, placate, propitiate, rectify, resolve, restore, reunite, satisfy, settle, square reconcile and blend: syncretize recondite: abstruse, ambiguous, arcane, concealed, cryptic, dark, deep, difficult, esoteric, hidden, mysterious, mystic, obscure, occult, profound reconnaissance: exploration, inspection, observation, scouting, survey reconnoiter: examine, explore, inquire, inspect, look, probe, scout, survey reconsider: amend, modify, reevaluate, reexamine, reflect, replan, rethink, revise reconstruct: copy, mend, overhaul, patch, reassemble, rebuild, recondition, renovate, reorganize, repair, restore record: account, achievement, album, annal, ark, background, calendar, catalog, catalogue, chart, chronicle, date, diary, directory, disc, disk, document, enscroll, enter, entry, experience, file, history, journal, legend, list, log, memo, memoir, minutes, note, preserve, register, report, score, show, tab, tape, transcribe, transcript, videotape record album or C D collector: discophilist
record for later broadcasting: transcribe record in detail, to: document record item by item: list, tally record of a transaction in first draft: protocol record of business carried on by organization or at conference: proceedings, transactions record of employment and education: curriculum vitae, CV, rsum, vita record of events, daily personal: diary, journal record of happenings worth remembering: memorabilia record of historical events, extended: annals, chronicles record of line of ancestors: pedigree record of proceedings: acta record of proceedings at meeting: minutes record player: gramophone, phonograph record player needle: stylus record player, moving arm of: pickup, tone arm recorder (musical): blockflote, flute recorder, whistlelike mouthpiece on: fipple recording media on laser-read disc: CD, compact disc recording on record, tape, disk: digital
recording, rapid fluctuation in pitch of sound: flutter recording, slow fluctuation in pitch of sound: wow recordings of an artist or group: discography records, one in charge of official: registrar records, place or collection of historical: archive, dossier recount: convey, describe, enumerate, explain, narrate, portray, recite, rehash, rehearse, relate, repeat, state, tell recoup: regain, retrieve recover: amend, balance, compensate, convalesce, mend, rally, reclaim, recoup, recruit, recuperate, redeem, reform, regain, reimburse, repossess, rescue, restore, retake, retrieve, salvage, snap out of it recover health, something that helps one: restorative recover or restore, help to: resuscitate, revive recover ownership of by paying: redeem recover personal property unlawfully taken, help to: replevin, replevy recover quickly, ability to: buoyancy, resilience
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RECOVER TO GOOD CONDITION OR USEFUL LIFE - REFERENCE FOR PLOTTING POINTS
recover to good condition or useful life: rehabilitate recoverable goods, at sea: ligan recovering to good health: convalescent, recuperating, valetudinarian recovery: comeback, convalescence, cure, gain, heal, improve, improvement, mend, procure, rebound, recuperation, redeem, rehabilitate, revive, upturn recreant: apostate, betrayer, coward, cowardly, craven, deserter, disloyal, faithless, spiritless, traitor, unfaithful, untrue, yellow recreation: amusement, diversion, entertainment, exercise, frolic, game, hobby, leisure, pastime, picnic, play, pleasure, relaxation, sport recruit: assemble, beginner, draft, draftee, enlist, enroll, inductee, muster, neophyte, newcomer, novice, reinforce, rookie, soldier, tyro, volunteer recruit forcibly: impress, shanghai rectangle: figure, oblong, parallelogram, plane, square rectify: adjust, amend, correct, cure, emend, fix, improve, purify, rebuild, redress, refine, reform, remedy, repair, right, straighten rectitude: decency, goodness, honesty, integrity, morality, righteousness, uprightness, virtue rector: clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, headmaster, minister, pastor, priest, principal, proctor rectory: benefice, manse, parsonage, presbytery, vicarage rectum or other body cavity, plug of medicine put into: suppository rectum, liquid medicine injected into: enema recumbent: flat, idle, inactive, lying, prone, prostrate, reclining, resting, supine recuperate: convalesce, heal, improve, mend, recover, regain recur: iterate, persist, reappear, reiterate, repeat, return recurrence in mind of a tune, thought: perseveration recurrent: chronic, cyclical, habitual, reappearing, recurring, regular, repeating, repetitive, returning recurring at regular intervals: intermittent, periodic recyclable text: boilerplate recycled or unoriginal substance: rehash
red and white horse: roan red-blooded: energetic, healthy, robust, spirited, strong red-handed: blatantly, caught, in flagrante delicto, openly red-hot: burning, glowing, heated, hippest, new, popular, scorching, sizzling, sweltering red initial letter in manuscript: uncial red ink item: debit, debt, loss red-letter: banner, happy, memorable, notable, noteworthy red pepper: capsicum, cayenne, pimiento red table wine: claret red tape in government: bureaucracy red-wrapped cheese: Edam redact: edit redden: blush, color, crimson, flush, glow, rouge, ruddy redeem: atone, balance, cash, compensate, convert, defray, exchange, free, fulfill, ransom, reclaim, recover, regain, release, repay, rescue, restore, save redemption: ransom, salvation redistrict for political advantage: gerrymander redolent: aromatic, balmy, fragrant, perfumed, reminiscent, savory, scented, spicy, suggestive redouble: augment, breastwork, enhance, fort, fortification, heighten, intensify, magnify, reinforce, repeat, retrace, stronghold redoubtable: awesome, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightening, illustrious, imminent redound: accrue, cause, contribute, recoil, resound, return, reverberate redress: adjust, amend, atone, change, compensation, correct, counteract, help, indemnity, negate, offset, payment, recompense, rectify, reform, relief, relieve, remedy, reparation, vindicate reduce: abase, abate, abridge, annihilate, bate, change, condense, conquer, contract, curb, curtail, cut, debase, decrease, defeat, degrade, demote, deplete, depreciate, diet, dilute, diminish, discount, downgrade, dwindle, emaciate, humble, humiliate, impair, lessen, level, lower, minimize, overcome, pare, rebate, recede, scale, shorten, slash, slow, subdue, subjugate, thin, trim, weaken reduction: abatement, attrition, con-
traction, curtailment, cut, cutback, decline, degradation, devaluation, discount, downgrading, markdown, rebate, shrinkage, subtraction reduction in membership or personnel, natural: attrition reduction of debt or liability in gradual manner: amortization redundant: copious, excessive, extra, exuberant, irrelevant, loquacious, overabundant, overflowing, prolix, reiterating, repetitious, superfluous, surplus, tautological, verbose, wordy redundant words: pleonasm redundant, to make: obviate, preempt redwood: coniferous, evergreen, sequoia, tree reed: arrow, cane, dart, grass, instrument, oboe, pipe, plant, spear, stalk, stem, tule reef: atoll, bank, bar, bioherm, coral reef, key, ledge, lode, ridge, sandbar, shoal, vein reef near coastline: barrier reef reef or island, small rocky: skerry reef, body of water separated from sea by: lagoon reef, ringlike coral island or: atoll reek: emanate, emit, exude, fume, funk, odor, smell, smoke, steam, stench, stink, vapor, vent reel: bobbin, careen, dance, drum, lurch, rock, roll, rotate, spin, spindle, spool, stagger, stumble, sway, swim, swing, teeter, totter, turn, waver, windlass, wobble reel for holding thread, yarn, magnetic tape: bobbin, quill, spindle refer: advert, allude, appeal, ascribe, assign, attribute, cite, commit, confer, consult, direct, guide, identify, ipute, mention, name, quote, recommend, relate, send, specify, submit, transfer refer a matter or case elsewhere: remit referee: adjudge, arbiter, arbitrator, conciliator, determine, intermediary, judge, mediate, mediator, moderator, official, umpire reference: aspect, associating, connection, credentials, footnote, implication, innuendo, meaning, mention, quote, recommendation, remark, respect, source, testimonial reference at bottom of page: footnote reference book: almanac, atlas, dictionary, encyclopedia, manual, thesaurus reference for plotting points: axis
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REFERENCE MANUAL - REGIMEN
reference manual: vade mecum reference or personal recommendation: testimonial reference point: datum line, starting point reference to authoritative source: citation references, list of: bibliography referendum: election, mandate, poll, vote referring to, concerning, pertaining to: anent, apropos of refine: better, clarify, cleanse, cultivate, distill, edit, elevate, filter, finish, groom, improve, perfect, polish, purify, rarefy, smelt, smooth, strain refine, as ore: smelt refined: civilized, courteous, cultured, delicate, elegant, fastidious, genteel, gentlemanly, graceful, highbred, ladylike, polished, polite, processed, recherch, suave, urbane refined affected word or phrase: genteelism refined, highly: ethereal refinement: civility, clarification, culture, elegance, filtering, finesse, finish, gentility, good breeding, grace, polish, purification, taste reflect: cast, cogitate, consider, contemplate, deflect, deliberate, divert, echo, express, image, imitate, meditate, mirror, muse, ponder, reason, ruminate, shine, study, think reflecting light: glaring, relucent reflecting raised tiles as dividers on highways: Botts dots reflection: absorption, appearance, cogitation, contemplation, deliberation, idea, image, impression, light, likeness, meditation, opinion, rumination, sentiment, thinking, thought, view reflective: meditative, pensive, pondering, ruminative, thoughtful reflector in optical instruments: speculum reflex movement of organism toward stimulus: taxis reflex or involuntary functioning: automatism reflex-testing rubber hammer: plexor reflux: ebb reform: alter, amend, better, change, convert, correct, emend, improve, mend, rebuild, reclaim, rectify, redress, rehabilitate, remedy, renew, reorganize, repair, restore, revise
refractory: bullheaded, cantankerous, contrary, difficult, disobedient, headstrong, incorrigible, intractable, mullish, obstinate, opinionated, perverse, rebellious, stubborn, ungovernable, unmanageable, unresponsive, unruly, unyielding, willful refrain: abstain, avoid, cease, check, curb, desist, forbear, forego, forgo, halt, inhibit, restrain, withhold; chorus, music, song, tune refresh: cheer, cool, energize, enliven, freshen, invigorate, jog, modernize, prompt, reanimate, recreate, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, replenish, rest, restore, revise, revive, stimulate, strengthen, update refreshing: balmy, bracing, crisp, different, enervating, exhilarating, invigorating, tonic, unique refreshment: beverage, collation, drink, food, regale, snack, treat refrigerant: freon, icer refrigerate: air-condition, chill, cool, freeze, ice refrigeration regulating device: thermostat refuge: ark, asylum, cover, covert, harbor, haven, hideout, home, hospital, immunity, lair, oasis, port, protection, relief, resort, resource, retreat, sanctuary, shelter, shield refugee: defector, DP, migr, exile, expatriate, foreigner, fugitive, runaway refugee from native country: migr refulgent: bright, brilliant, glowing, luminous, radiant, resplendent, shining refund: indemnify, kickback, rebate, reimburse, remunerate, repay, retribution, return refurbish: brighten, clean, freshen, recondition, redo, remodel, renew, renovate, restore, revamp, update refusal: contradiction, declination, denial, nay, negation, option, rejection, turndown refusal, blunt: rebuff, repulse, snub refuse: debris, dross, excrement, garbage, junk, litter, offal, rubbish, scrap, slag, trash, waste refuse barge: scow refuse to acknowledge as one's own: disown, repudiate refuse to buy or use as part of protest: boycott refuse to include: ostracize
refuse, to: balk, decline, defy, deny, disallow, disavow, disdain, dissent, evade, forbid, prohibit, rebuff, reject, repel, repudiate, scorn, spurn, veto, withhold refusing to move: restive refutation: argument, elenchus, rebuttal refute: answer, avoid, confute, contradict, counter, deny, disclaim, discredit, disprove, invalidate, overthrow, rebut, silence refute false statements or opinions: debunk regain: recapture, recoup, recover, recuperate, redeem, repossess, retake, retrieve regal: august, grand, imperial, imposing, kingly, lordly, magnificent, majestic, noble, princely, queenly, royal, splendid, stately regal residence: palace regale: amuse, banquet, delicacy, delight, dinner, entertain, feast, party, refreshment, spread regard: adjudge, admiration, admire, affection, air, appearance, aspect, assay, attend, attention, behold, care, concern, consider, contemplate, contemplation, deem, esteem, estimate, estimation, eye, gaze, glance, heed, hold, homage, honor, interest, look, mind, note, notice, observe, reference, relation, remark, respect, revere, sake, think, treat, value, view, watch regard highly: esteem regard worshipfully: adore regard, high: deference, respect, reverence regarding: about, anent, apropos, apropos of, as to, concerning, in re, pertaining to, relating to regardless: although, anyhow, careless, despite, inattentive, indifferent, irrespective, neglectful, negligent, nevertheless, unconcerned, willy-nilly regards: beholds, compliments, good wishes, salutations regenerate: exhilarate, invigorate, reborn, recreate, redeem, reform, refresh, renew, renovate, reproduce, restore, revitalize, revive regent: director, governor, minister, official, ruler, viceroy regimen: administration, control, diet, government, menu, procedure, process, regime, rule, system
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REGIMENT - RELATING HARMONIOUSLY
regiment: cadre, control, corps, order, soldiers, troops region: area, belt, climate, country, district, division, domain, field, kingdom, neighborhood, part, place, precinct, province, realm, scope, section, sector, sphere, terrain, territory, tract, vicinity, zone regional: local, parochial, provincial, sectional, territorial region's surface features: topography register: agenda, annal, archives, blotter, book, calendar, catalog, certify, chronical, diary, docket, enlist, enrol, enroll, enter, entry, file, indicate, join, list, membership, record, roll, roster, schedule, show, tally register in a college as candidate for degree: matriculate regnant: predominant, prevalent, reigning, ruling, sovereign, widespread regress: back, deteriorate, recede, relapse, retreat, retrograde, return, reverse, revert, rollback, withdraw regret: anguish, apologize, bitterness, compunction, demur, deplore, disappointment, distress, grief, grieve, heartache, heartbreak, lament, lamentation, mourn, pang, qualm, remorse, repent, repentance, repine, rue, scruple, sorrow, sorry, woe regretful: apologetic, contrite, deplorable, disappointed, penitent, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sorry, woeful regular: automatic, common, complete, consistent, constant, continual, customary, daily, dependable, established, even, everyday, faithful, fixed, formal, general, genuine, habitual, methodical, natural, normal, orderly, ordinary, periodic, proper, recurrent, rhythmic, routine, serial, standard, stated, steady, systematic, thorough, typical, uniform, usual, utter regular and recurring: intermittent, periodic regular and repeating: continual regular and uniform: consistent regular customer: patron regulate: adjust, administer, allocate, arrange, balance, clock, conduct, control, correct, direct, discipline, establish, gauge, govern, guide, man-
age, modulate, monitor, order, organize, pace, rectify, rule, settle, standardize, temper, time regulation: canon, code, codification, decree, edict, law, order, ordinance, precept, regiment, requirement, rule, statute regulator: director, governor, manager, switch, thermostat, valve rehabilitate: improve, recondition, recover, reinstate, renovate, restore rehash: reiterate, repeat, summarize rehearsal: dry run, trial run rehearse: describe, detail, drill, enumerate, exercise, instruct, narrate, practice, prepare, recapitulate, recite, recount, reenact, repeat, retell, review, study, test, train reheated: rchauff reign: authority, command, control, dominance, dominate, dominion, empire, govern, influence, kingdom, monarchy, power, predominate, prevail, regime, rule, sovereignty reigning: regnant, ruling reigns, period between two: interregnum reimburse: compensate, indemnify, offset, pay, recompense, recoup, recover, refund, remunerate, repay, return rein: bridle, check, compose, control, curb, deterrent, guide, harness, leash, repress, restrain, slow, stop, strap, suppress reincarnation: metempsychosis, transmigration reindeer: caribou reinforce: augment, back, bolster, brace, buttress, energize, fortify, pillar, prop, shore, strengthen, supplement, support, toughen reinstate: recall, reestablish, rehabilitate, rehire, reinstitute, restore, revive reintroduce: reestablish, reinstitute, renew, revive reiterate: harp, recapitulate, rehash, repeat, resume, stress reject: adjure, blackball, cancel, cashier, castaway, decline, deny, disallow, discard, disdain, dismiss, disown, eject, eliminate, forsake, jettison, jilt, ostracize, rebuff, refuse, renounce, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, scorn, scrap, snub, spurn, veto reject and throw away: discard, jettison
reject commitment or responsibility: disavow, disown, forsake reject lover: jilt reject or shun: ostracize reject or treat with contempt: disdain, spurn reject validity or authority of: abjure, forswear, renounce, repudiate rejection: denial, disallowance, exclusion, ostracism, rebuff, refusal, repulse, snub, turndown rejection of moral and religious values: anarchism, nihilism rejoice: celebrate, delight, elate, enjoy, exult, gladden, glory, jubilate, please, relish, triumph rejoin: answer, assemble, reply, respond, retort, reunite rejuvenate: recondition, refresh, regenerate, reinvigorate, renew, restore, revitalize, revive rekindle: relight, renew, revitalize, revive relapse: backslide, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, recurrence, regress, revert, setback, sink, slip, weaken relate: appertain, apply, associate, belong, commune, connect, convey, correlate, describe, detail, disclose, express, link, narrate, pertain, recite, recount, refer, report, reveal, speak, state, tell, touch relate to intimately: commune related: affiliated, akin, associated, cognate, connected, correspondent, cnate, germane, interconnected, intertwined, joint, kin, kindred, mutual, parallel, pertinent, synonymous, told related but separated by generations: removed related but subordinate or auxiliary: adjunct related by blood: akin, consanguineous, kindred related in structure and evolutionary origin: homologous related on father's side: agnate related on mother's side: enate related or same in meaning: synonymous related superficially: divergent, tangential related to a subject: germane, pertinent, relevant relating harmoniously: compatible, on the same wavelength
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RELATING TO - RELIGION
relating to: anent, apropos, concerning, pertaining, referring to relation: account, affiliation, affinity, association, bond, connection, correlation, family, kin, kinship, kinsman, kinswoman, ratio, reference, relative, sibling relation in degree or number between two things: proportion, ratio relation to others, position or rank in: footing, standing relation to, in: regarding, vis--vis relations, friendly: dtente, rapprochement relationship: affiliation, alliance, association, blood, bond, connection, correlation, friendship, kinship, link, marriage, rapport, tie in, tie-in relationship break: rift relationship by nature or character: affinity, kinship relationship of aspects of subject to each other and to whole: perspective relationship of correspondence, equivalence, or identity: symmetry relationship of mutual trust or affinity: communion, rapport relationship that is free of physical desire, having: platonic relationship to each other, having the same: mutual, reciprocal relationship, close: affinity, liaison relationship, formation of close human: bond, bonding relationship, political, social, psychological forces in a: dynamic relationship, reciprocal: correlation, mutuality, reciprocity relationships within a group, study of: sociometry relative: ancestor, aunt, brother, cousin, dad, daughter, dependent, family, father, grandchild, granddaughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandparent, grandson, in-law, kin, kindred, kinsman, kinswoman, mom, mother, nephew, niece, parent, relation, sib, sibling, sister, son, tribe, uncle relative, being: associated, comparable, comparative, connected, contingent, correlative, corresponding, pertinent, proportionate, relevant relatives in jobs, favoritism shown to: nepotism relax: abate, clam, divert, ease, idle, languish, lessen, let one's hair down, loll, loose, loosen, lounge, meditate,
mellow, mitigate, recline, reduce, relieve, rest, simmer, slack, slacken, soften, take it easy, unbend, unclench, unwind relaxation: amusement, calmness, diversion, ease, entertainment, hobby, leisure, pleasure, recreation, repose, rest, tranquility relaxing: sedative relaxing of tension: dtente, rapprochement relaxing of law or obligation: dispensation relay: carry, communicate, deliver, forward, post, race, shift, station, transfer, transmit relay race last person: anchor relay race stick: baton relay race unit: leg release: absolve, acquit, bail, clear, commute, deliver, disband, discharge, disengage, eliminate, emancipate, emit, exempt, exonerate, extricate, free, freedom, let go, liberate, loosen, manumit, mitigate, news, pardon, parole, publication, publish, ransom, relieve, relinquish, remit, rescue, spring, story, trip, turn loose, unbind, unchain, uncork, undo, unfasten, unleash, untie, vent, yield relegate: assign, banish, charge, classify, commit, deport, dismiss, downgrade, entrust, exile, expel, ostracize, remove, shun relent: abate, acquiesce, bend, comply, dissolve, ease, melt, moderate, slacken, soften, subside, wane, yield relentless: adamant, continuous, determined, ferocious, fierce, hard, harsh, incessant, inexorable, inflexible, merciless, persistent, rigid, rigorous, severe, steady, stern, strict, tenacious, unbending, unstoppable, unyielding relevant: ad rem, admissible, allowable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, associated, connected, correlated, fitting, germane, material, pertinent, related, significant, timely, to the point, Weser relevant relationship, interconnection: bearing relevant superficially: tangential relevant to occasion or time: opportune, seasonable, timely, well-timed reliable: constant, credible, devoted,
faithful, honest, loyal, proven, responsible, solid, sound, stable, true, trusty, verified reliable and honest: reputable reliable and loyal: dependable, stalwart, steadfast, trusty reliance: credence, loyalty, mainstay, trust relic: artifact, heirloom, keepsake, memento, oldie, ruin, token relief: aid, antidote, assistance, break, breather, cure, diversion, easement, food, lift, map, remedy, respite, succor, support relief design on metal: repouss relief in sculpture: bas-relief, bassorelievo, low relief relieve: absolve, assuage, dismiss, exempt, help, palliate, relax, rescue, soothe, spell, sub, substitute relieve of problem: disembarrass, disencumber relieve oneself of thoughts or feelings: confess, unbosom religion: affiliation, belief, church, creed, denomination, orthodoxy, spirituality, theology
RELATED TERMS
religion and the nature of God, study of: theology religion based on one god: monotheism religion based on several gods: polytheism religion believing in a self-sufficient lifestyle that rejects influences of modern life: Amish religion believing in a simple way of life with communal property: Shakers religion believing in Ali and his descendent^ as the successor to Muhammad: Shiites religion believing in baptism by total immersion during early teens and older: Baptists religion believing in Calvinism: Presbyterian Church religion believing in devotion to the Hindu god Vishnu: Hare Krishna religion believing in faith healing and founded by Mary Baker Eddy: Christian Science religion believing in finding enlightenment through meditation: Buddhism
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R E L I G I O N S , MOVEMENT PROMOTING UNITY AMONG - R E L I G I O U S
religion believing in holiness or Christian perfection: Pentecostal Church religion believing in individual responsibility and bible study: Methodists religion believing in Islam: Black Muslims, Moslems religion believing in Islamic mysticism: Sufism religion believing in Judaism but adapting it to modern life: Conservative Judaism religion believing in reincarnation: Hinduism religion believing in simplicity and plain living: Mennonites religion believing in strict interpretation of the Torah as in the Talmud: Orthodox Judaism religion believing in strict rituals, joyous worship, mysticism: Chasidim, Hasidim religion believing in the authority of the bible: Protestantism religion believing in the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England: Anglicans religion believing in the episcopal form of church government: Episcopalians religion believing in the first four caliphs as the successor to Muhammad: Sunni religion believing in the Gospels, faith, grace over sacraments: Evangelicals religion believing in the immortality and transmigration of the soul: Jainism religion believing in the primacy of the patriarch of Constantinople: Eastern Orthodox religion believing in the second coming of Christ, preached door-todoor: Jehovah's Witnesses religion believing in the second coming of Christ, Sabbath on Saturday: Seventh-day Adventists religion believing in the teachings of Lao-tzu: Taoism religion believing in the universal struggle between light and darkness: Zoroastrianism religion believing in worshipping nature and ancestors, native to Japan: Shinto
religion believing that all people can perceive God in their soul: Quakers, Society of Friends religion founded by Joseph Smith: Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day saints, Mormon Church religion in affected way, devoted to: holier-than-thou, pharisaical, religiose, sanctimonious religion name given to French Protestants in the 16th and 17th century: Huguenots religion on the basis of disbelief in the existence of God or gods, rejection of: atheism religion on the basis that there is no proof that God exists, rejection of: agnosticism religion rejected: atheism religion that mixes Hinduism and Islam: Sikhism religion that rejects the doctrines of the Trinity: Unitarianism religion that was founded by Martin Luther in the 16th century: Lutheran Church religion, affirm belief in: profess religion, cut off from membership in: excommunicate religion, devoted to: devout, pious religion, devout follower of: devotee, votary religion, one who has no: heathen, pagan religion, recent convert to: neophyte, proselyte religion, sixth century, believing in adult baptism, church-state separation, nonviolence: Anabaptists religion, unbeliever with respect to particular: infidel W religions, movement promoting unity among: ecumenicalism, ecumenism religious: believing, ecclesiastical, ethical, monk, moral, nun, pontifical, priestly, reverent, righteous, sacred, sanctimonious, staunch, theological
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religious anointing: unction religious belief other than orthodox: heresy, heterodoxy religious belief that God created world and controls it: theism religious belief that God created world and then left: deism
religious belief that God knows all and ordains fate of souls: predestination religious beliefs or religion: persuasion religious beliefs, recognition of rights of those with different: toleration religious career, inclination to: calling, vocation religious ceremony or rite, person participating in or officiating: celebrant religious ceremony where penis foreskin is removed: circumcision religious ceremony, formal: consecration, solemnization religious ceremony, to put oil on during: anoint religious denomination, adhering to strict limits of: partisan, sectarian religious devotion: piety religious devotion, one who leads life of: ascetic religious ecstasy: theopathy religious envoy: missionary religious faith, abandonment of one's: apostasy religious hermit: anchoress, anchoret, anchorite, eremite, recluse religious image: icon religious life, layperson dedicated to: oblate religious literature: hierology religious matters, having broad tolerant views of: latitudinarian religious matters, referring to nonprofane, secular, temporal religious meeting, secret or illegal: conventicle religious observance, one who is strict about the rules of: precisian religious offering: oblation religious order but has not taken final vows, person in: novice religious order candidate: postulant religious place, violation of a: defilement, desecration, profanation, sacrilege religious principle or beliefs: catechism, creed, doctrine, dogma, gospel, tenets religious ritual: liturgy, rite religious ritual marking life transition: rite of passage religious ritual's pouring of fluid: libation
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RELIGIONS, SECTS, AND BELIEFS

Adventist Albigensian Amish Anabaptist Anglican anthroposophy antinomian Assemblies of God Babism Bahaism Baptist church Brahmanism/ Brahminism Buddhism Calvinists Catholicism charismatic Christadelphian Christian Scientist Christianity Confucianism Congregationalism Conservative Judaism Sikhism Nazarite Copt Karaites Soka Gakkai Lamaism Nichiren Buddhism Covenanters Latter-day Saint/ Buddhism Orphism Docetism Mormonism Sufism Orthodox Judaism Druses Lollard Sunni Parseeism Dunker Lutheranism Swedenborgian Plymouth Brethren Eastern Orthodoxy Magianism Taoism Protestantism Episcopalianism Mahayana Buddhism theosophy Puritan Ethical Culture Mahdism Tractarian Quaker Evangelicalism Mandaeism Trappist Rastafarianism Gnostic Manichaeism Uniate Reconstructionism Gnosticism Maronite Unitarianism Reform Judaism Greek Orthodoxy Mazdaism/ Vaishnav Hinduism reincarnationism gymnosophy Zoroastrianism Wahhabism Roman Catholicism Hare Krishna Melchite Yoga/Yogism Rosicrucianism Hasidism Mennonite Zen Buddhism Sabbatarianism Mithraism Zoroastrianism/ Saivism Hinduism Monophysite Mazdaism Salvation Army Huguenot Moravian Zwinglian' Seventh-day Hussite Mormonism/LatterAdventist iconoclasm day Saints Shaker Illuminati Moslem Shamanism Islam Mozarab Shiite Jainism Muslim Shintoism/Shinto Jehovah's Witness Judaism rely: bank, believe, confide, count, dereligious work of first 5 books of Old religious sacrament of confession, acpend, expect, hope, lean, reckon, ceptance of punishment, absoluTestament to Jews: Torah rest, trust tion: penance religious work of first 5 books of Old remain: abide, bide, continue, dwell, religious sayings: logia Testament, translated to Greek: endure, last, linger, persist, reside, religious school: seminary Septuagint rest, stand, stay, tarry, wait religious song: hymn religious work of Hindus: Vedas remain beyond the time limit: overstay religious song or chant: canticle religious work of Jesus Christ of the remain but be idle: dawdle, hang about, religious story: parable Latter-day Saints: Book of Mormon linger, loiter religious system or code of divine religious work of modern version of remain in a place: abide, endure, commands: dispensation Bible: Revised Standard Version withstand religious tradition or rite: sacrament religious work of Muslems: Koran remainder: balance, excess, leavings, religious truth, manifestation of: religious work of Vedas: Bhagavad leftovers, remnant, residual, residue, revelation Gita residuum, rest, surplus religious use, to set apart for: consereligious worship or service, person remainder after expenses, outlay: net crate, dedicate, sanctify bound by vows to life of: votary It remaining temporarily or fleetingly: religious washing of hands: ablution itinerant, migrant, transient religious work not accepted by Protremains: ashes, corpse, dust, leftover, estants: Apocrypha relinquish: cede, forgo, give up, hand oddment, relic, remainder, remnant, religious work of Anglicans: Book of over, part with, release, vacate, waive scrap, stays Common Prayer relinquishment of office, function: remains after processing, removal, etc.: religious work of Christians: Bible demission residue religious work of Christians and Jews: reliquary: area, feretory remains from a past culture: artifact, Old Testament relish: appreciate, desire, enjoy, fancy, relic religious work of Christians, not love, pleasure, savor, wish; condiremains that show something once exJews: New Testament ment, herb, sauce, spice, zest isted: evidence, sign, trace, vestige religious work of Confucians: relish made from fruits, spices, herbs: remark: animadvert, annotation, barb, analects chutney comment, commentary, express, exreligious work of first 4 books of New reluctant: afraid, averse, cautious, pression, note, notice, observation, Testament: gospels chary, grudging, loath, shy, uneager, observe, opine, perceive, regard, say, religious work of first 5 books of Heunwilling, wary see, state, word brew Scriptures: Pentateuch
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R E M A R K AS O N E IS LEAVING - R E M O V E A PART OF THE BODY, AS IN SURGERY remark as one is leaving: Parthian shot remark departing from theme: digression, parenthesis remark in, to throw a: comment, interject, interpose remark made in passing: obiter dictum remark made in undertone and pretended to be inaudible: aside, stage whisper remark or answer made when leaving: Parthian shot remark that does not follow logically from what preceded it: non sequitur remark that removes initial awkwardness: icebreaker remark to an audience: aside remark, concise and clever epigram: zinger remark, critical: animadversion remark, cutting: barb remark, incidental: obiter dictum, passing comment remark, insightful: aperu remark, ironic: sarcasm remark, of a belittling: derogatory, disparaging remark, of a forceful and effective: cogent, incisive, mordant, to the point, trenchant remark, of an inappropriate: infelicitous remarkable: awesome, darb, exceptional, extraordinary, notable, noticeable, prodigious, singular, strange, surpassing, unaccountable, uncommon, unusual, wonderful remarriage: deuterogamy, digamy remedial: curative, therapeutic remedy: amend, antidote, assistance, catholicon, correct, corrective, curative, cure, cure-all, drug, elixir, heal, help, medicine, nostrum, panacea, placebo, rectify, redress, relief, relieve, repair, salve, treacle, treatment remedy for particular ailment or disorder: specific remedy, quack: nostrum remedy, universal: catholicon, panacea remember: bethink, commemorate, memorize, mention, recall, recognize, recollect, record, remind, reminisce, retrieve, reward, treasure remember and keep in mind: retain remember and tell of past events: reminisce remember consciously: go back over, retrace remember or return to the memory: recur remember the memory of with ceremony: commemorate remembering: amamnesis, recall, recollection, retrospection remembering important events and experiences, objects kept for: memorabilia remembering in complete detail: total recall remembering through routine or repetition: rote remembering, formula or rhyme used as an aid to: mnemonic, mnemonic device remembrance: gift, keepsake, memento, memorial, memory, mention, recall, recollection, relic, reminder, reminiscence, souvenir, testimonial, token, trophy remind: alert, call to mind, caution, emphasize, hint, nudge, prompt, recall, stress, suggest reminder: aide-mmoire, hint, keepsake, memento, memo, note, prod, relic, sign, souvenir, string, token, warning reminder note: aide-mmoire, memorandum reminder of death, mortality: memento mori reminder, tending to serve as: evocative, redolent, reminiscent, suggestive reminisce: mull, recall, recollect, reflect, remember, revive reminiscent: nostalgic, recollective, remindful, retrospective remiss: careless, delinquent, derelict, dilatory, forgetful, heedless, idle, inactive, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, irresponsible, laggard, languid, lax, lazy, neglectful, negligent, relaxed, slack, sloppy, slothful, tardy, thoughtless, unmindful remission: abatement, absolution, break, cessation, diminution, forgiveness, lessening, lull, pardon, pause, release, relief, subsidence remission of sin: absolution remit: abandon, abate, abrogate, absolve, cancel, compensate, defer, desist, excuse, forgive, free, liberate, mail, mitigate, moderate, pardon, postpone, relax, release, resign, restore, return, route, send, shelve, ship, slacken, spend, stop, submit, surrender, suspend, transmit remnant: ash, balance, crumb, dreg, end, fragment, leftover, ort, part, piece, portion, rag, relic, remainder, remains, residual, residue, rump, scrap, shred, stub, tag end, trace, vestige remodel: change, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, redo, refurbish, renovate, revamp remonstrance: challenge, complaint, demur, objection, protest, rebuke, reproach remonstrate: argue, challenge, combat, complain, criticize, dispute, expostulate, fight, object, oppose, profess, protest, rebel, reproach remorse: anguish, compassion, compunction, contrition, grief, guilt, penance, penitence, regret, rue, shame, sorrow remorse, sincere: contrition, penitence, repentance remorseful: apologetic, ashamed, contrite, guilty, penitent, regretful, repentant, sorrowful remote: afar, alien, cold, cool, detached, distant, faint, far, faraway, foreign, improbable, inaccessible, isolated, obscure, off, old, removed, secluded, separate, slender, slight, slim, small, solitary, unlikely, unrelated, unsettled, vague, withdrawn remote and unapproachable: inaccessible remote country: boondocks, boonies, hinterland, outback remote from a center: outlying remote outside chance: long shot remote territory or destination: ultima, Thule remote, set apart: cloistered, secluded, sequestered, solitary removal of women from society: purdah remove: amputate, assassinate, bench, cancel, deduct, dele, delete, depose, disconnect, dislodge, dismiss, displace, doff, eliminate, eradicate, erase, evict, expel, exterminate, extract, fire, free, kill, move, murder, oust, purge, retire, sack, separate, strip, transfer, uncover, unseat, uproot, void, weed, withdraw remove a part of the body, as in surgery: amputate
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REMOVE ALL TRACES OF - REPEAT
remove all traces of: eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, obliterate remove burden: disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, divest, relieve remove by cutting: excise remove by surgery: abscission remove by the roots: deracinate, extirpate, uproot remove clothing: doff remove for separate consideration or publication: excerpt, extract remove from office or power: depose, displace, oust, supplant remove objectionable or erroneous text: excise, expunge, expurgate remove or isolate from main body or group: segregate remove rejected members or parts from: cull remove soluble or other constituents with percolating liquid: leach remove the cream: skim remove to another place to conceal: eloign remove with a solvent: elute remove without permission: abstract, filch removed: afar, alone, aloof, apart, away, detached, distant, faraway, isolated, obscure, remote, separate, took, withdrawn removed from consideration: tabled removed from others: cloistered, remote, secluded, sequestered, solitary remunerate: award, compensate, indemnify, pay, recompense, reimburse, reward, settle, vouchsafe remuneration: bounty, commission, compensation, emolument, gratification, honorarium, pay, payment, reimbursement, requital, satisfaction, stipend, wages remunerative: advantageous, beneficial, gainful, lucrative, profitable, useful renaissance: reawakening, rebirth, reconstruction, reemergence, revival rend: break, cleave, crack, cut, disintegrate, disrupt, disturb, divide, fracture, lacerate, mangle, pierce, pull, rip, rive, rupture, separate, sever, shatter, slit, split, sunder, tear, wrest render: administer, contribute, deliver, depict, explain, furnish, give, grant, inflict, interpret, make, pay, payment, perform, portray, present, pro-
vide, relinquish, represent, restore, return, show, submit, translate, treat, yield rendezvous: affair, appointment, assemble, date, engagement, gather, gathering, hangout, haunt, meet, muster, retreat, tryst rendition: delivery, depiction, edition, explanation, interpretation, performance, portrayal, translation, version renegade: apostate, deserter, fugitive, heretic, insurgent, mutineer, outlaw, radical, rebel, recreant, rogue elephant, traitor, turncoat renege: decline, disown, renounce, revoke, welsh, withdraw renew: continue, extend, freshen, invigorate, maintain, modernize, rebuild, redintegrate, reestablish, refresh, regenerate, rejuvenate, renovate, repair, repeat, replace, replenish, restore, resume, resuscitate, revamp, revitalize, revive, stimulate, update renew spiritually or morally or with life: regenerate, rejuvenate, resuscitate, revitalize, revivify renew stock or supply: refill, replenish renew to good health or useful life: rehabilitate, reinstate renewal of culture: renaissance, renascence renewed activity after inactivity: recrudescence renounce: abandon, abdicate, abjure, abnegate, cease, defect, deny, desert, disavow, discard, disclaim, disown, forego, forgo, forsake, forswear, give up, quit, recant, redo, reject, relinquish renovate: furbish, invigorate, make over, modernize, overhaul, recondition, redecorate, redo, refresh, refurbish, restore, revamp, spruce up renown: acclaim, celebrity, distinction, clat, eminence, fame, honor, kudos, note, notoriety, popularity, prestige, prominence, reputation, status renowned: celebrated, distinguished, eminent, esteemed, famed, famous, great, illustrious, known, notable, noted, prestigious, prominent rent: dues, hire, income, lease, let, payment, profit, revenue, share, sublease, sublet, toll rent-paying group: tenantry rent, exorbitant: rack-rent
rent, person who gets income from: rentier rent, very low: peppercorn rent renunciation: abandonment, abjure ment, denial, disclaimer, eschewing, forgoing, forswearing, rejection repair: correct, darn, doctor, fix, heal, improve, journey, mend, overhaul, patch, rebuild, refit, remedy, renew, renovate, restore, retire, retread, revamp, revive, service, travel repair and improve: ameliorate, amend repair and rebuild: furbish, reconstitute, reconstruct, refurbish, renovate repair malfunction, search for and: debug repair or set right: rectify, redress, remedy repair, impossible to: irreparable repairs, make extensive: overhaul reparation: amends, atonement, compensation, damages, expiation, indemnity, recompense, redress, remuneration, repairing, requital, restitution, retribution, reward, satisfaction, settlement reparation for wrongdoing: penance repartee: answer, banter, comeback, humor, irony, reply, retort, sarcasm, satire, wit repast: banquet, dinner, eating, feast, feed, food, meal, refreshment, snack, treat, viands, victuals repay: avenge, award, balance, compensate, indemnify, offset, reciprocate, recompense, refund, reimburse, remunerate, requite, restore, retaliate, return, reward, square repay for loss or injury: compensate, indemnify, recompense, reimburse repay in kind: compensate, requite, retaliate repayment: amends, atonement, compensation, indemnification, quittance, recompense, redress, reparation, requital, restitution repeal: abolish, abrogate, amend, annul, cancel, countermand, invalidate, lift, nullify, recall, renounce, rescind, retract, reverse, revocation, revoke, scrub, void, withdraw repeat: ditto, duplicate, echo, harp, iterate, make copy, mimic, parrot, quote, recap, recapitulate, recite, recount, recur, reiterate, repetition, replay, reproduce, reshowing, restate, resume, retell
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REPEAT IN CONCISE FORM - R E P R E S E N T A T I V E DE A LING WITH DIFFICULT SITUATIONS
repeat in concise form: recap, recapitulate, summarize repeat meaningless words: verbigerate repeat or bring back without significant alteration: rehash repeated phrase or verse: burden, chorus, refrain repeated song or part of song: reprise repeated theme: leitmotif, motif, motto repel: beat, check, combat, decline, defend, deflect, disgust, drive back, drive off, nauseate, offend, oppose, rebuff, refuse, reject, repulse, resist, scatter, sicken, spurn, stop repellent: foul, hateful, loathsome, nauseating, offensive, pugnant, repulsive, revolting, sickening repent: apologize, atone, deplore, grieve, lament, penitent, reform, regret, rue repentance: atonement, attrition, compunction, contrition, grief, guilt, penance, penitence, remorse, ruth, sorrow repentance motivated by fear of punishment: attrition repentance motivated by love of God: contrition repentance, forgiveness given for: absolution repentance, making good after: amends, expiation, redemption, redress, restitution repentance, self-punishment as: penance repentant: contrite, penitent, regretful, remorseful, rueful, sorry repercussion: action, backlash, consequence, echo, effect, fallout, flak, impact, rebound, recoil, reflection, result, reverberation repetition: copy, duplication, echo, iterance, iteration, practice, recital, recurrence, redundancy, rehearsal, repeat, reproduction, rote repetition of a response, uncontrollable: perseveration repetition of conjunctions for rhetorical effect: polysyndeton repetition of initial sound in series of words: alliteration repetition of last word of sentence at beginning of next sentence: anadiplosis repetition of phrase or verse: reprise repetition of same sense in different words, needless: pleonasm, redundancy, tautology
repetition of word or phrase in successive verses or paragraphs: anaphora repetition of word(s) ending previous phrase, rhetorical: anadiplosis repetitious: boring, dull, iterant, redundant, tedious, wordy repetitive or monotonous: belabored, one-note repetitive, needlessly: redundant, verbose repine: complain, fret, grumble, lament, languish, moan, mope, mourn, regret, whimper, wish, yearn replace: alter, change, oust, refund, reimburse, relieve, renew, repay, replenish, reset, restitute, restock, restore, substitute, succeed, supersede, supplant replace by formation of new tissue: regenerate replace or follow after in office or position: succeed replace something inferior or antiquated: supersede replacement: stand-in, substitute replacement or substitute in parental, family, or educational role: surrogate replay, of sorts: encore replenish: fill, freshen, refill, refresh, reload, renew, restock, restore, stock, supply replete: abounding, abundant, bloated, brimming, complete, filled, full, glutted, gorged, rift, sated, satiated, stocked, stuffed, surfeited replica: carbon, copy, duplicate, facsimile, image, likeness, model, reproduction, twin replicate: clone reply: answer, comeback, correspond, counter, feedback, reaction, rebut, rejoin, rejoinder, repartee, repeat, replication, respond, response, retort, return, solution report: account, advice, announce, article, brief, bulletin, comment, crackle, describe, detail, digest, disclose, document, grapevine, hearing, hearsay, information, message, narrate, narrative, news, noise, notice, recital, recite, record, relate, release, reputation, rumor, state, statement, story, summary, tattle, tell, word report of proceedings: cahier report on technical topic or proposing draft specification: white paper report or revelation of something discreditable: expos
report sent over distance, news: dispatch report, false: canard, hoax reporter: anchorperson, commentator, journalist, newshound, newsman, newsperson, stringer reporter or photographer dogging celebrities, freelance: paparazzo reporter, freelance: stringer reporter's assurance: confidentiality repose: calm, calmness, comfort, compose, ease, inactivity, leisure, lie, loaf, lounge, peace, quiet, quietness, recline, relaxation, requiescence, rest, serenity, sleep, tranquillity repository: capsule, chest, closet, depository, depot, file, magazine, museum, safe, storehouse, tomb, treasury, vault, warehouse repossess mortgaged property when payment is not made: foreclose reprehend: admonish, berate, censure, chide, criticize, denounce, disprove, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, scold reprehensible: base, blmable, condemnable, criminal, culpable, foul, heinous, inexcusable, shameful, sinful represent: act for, characterize, delineate, denote, depict, describe, embody, enact, epitomize, exemplify, exhibit, express, illustrate, image, interpret, limn, mean, personify, picture, portray, produce, show, signify, simulate, stand for, symbolize, typify represent as a model or typical example: embody, epitomize, incarnate, personify, typify represent in words: delineate, describe, limn, portray, realize, render representation: account, chart, delegation, diagram, effigy, embodiment, graph, icon, illustration, image, likeness, map, model, picture, portrayal, protest, sample, sketch, statement, symbol representative: agent, ambassador, assignee, attach, commissary, congressman, congresswoman, consul, delegate, deputy, diplomat, emissary, envoy, example, executor, illustrative, legate, legislator, messenger, minister, proxy, sample, senator, spokesperson, stand-in, substitute, symbolic, typical representative as spokesperson: mouthpiece representative dealing with difficult situations: point man
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REPRESENTATIVE FILLING IN FOR ANOTHER - REQUEST
representative filling in for another: surrogate representative holding property and administering it to beneficiaries: trustee representative in business dealings: broker, factor, go-between, intermediary, middleman, syndic representative lacking real power: figurehead representative managing household affairs of large estate: steward representative of special-interest group talking with legislators: lobbyist representative or symbol of cause: exponent representative sent on mission: emissary, envoy, legate representative serving in wide range of duties: factotum representative to conference, convention: delegate representative trained to do the work or performance of another: understudy representative used as cover for another person: dummy, front, front person representative who carries out wishes of will: executor, executrix representative, one that is typical or: archetype, avatar, epitome, example, exemplar, incarnation, personification representative, to appoint or authorize as: depute representative, to authorize and send as one's: delegate represented by a figure, resemblance: emblematic, figurative, symbolic representing another or others, person or group: delegation, deputation representing as something really is: realistic representing someone, performed or experienced by: substituted, vicarious repress: bridle, bury, check, compose, conceal, constrain, control, cover, crush, curb, holdback, hush, inhibit, mask, muffle, overpower, quell, rein, restrain, squash, squelch, stifle, stop, subdue, suppress, withhold repression: constraint, control, inhibition, restraint, smothering, suppression reprieve: absolve, amnesty, breather, clemency, defer, delay, pardon, postpone, relief, respite, stay, suspend reprimand: admonish, berate, castigate, censure, chasten, chastise,
chide, criticize, discipline, lecture, punish, rebuff, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold reprint or excerpt of article: offprint reprisal: counterblow, requital, retaliation, retribution, revenge reproach: abuse, admonish, besmirch, blame, blot, braid, censure, chide, condemn, contempt, criticize, degradation, denounce, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, revile, shame, slur, stigmatize, taunt, twit, upbraid, vilify reprobate: abandon, blmable, castaway, condemned, corrupt, criticize, denounce, depraved, disapproved, evil, immoral, miscreant, rascal, reprehend, reprehensible, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, sinful, sinner, spurn, unprincipled, vicious reproduce: breed, cline, copy, duplicate, generate, imitate, multiply, procreate, proliferate, propagate, repeat, replicate, represent, spawn reproduce by making new tissue, parts, cells: proliferate, propagate reproducing by fission or splitting: fissiparous reproducing eggs that hatch outside the body: oviparous reproducing eggs that hatch within the body: ovoviviparous reproducing live offspring: viviparous reproducing without sexual union: agamic, agamogenetic, asexual, parthenogenetic reproduction: copy, counterpart, duplicate, facsimile, likeness, photostat, procreation, proliferation, propagation, replica reproduction of original: ecotype reproduction, asexual: apogamy, apomixis, parthenogenesis reproduction, incapable of further: barren, effete, infertile reproduction, sexual: amphimixis reproductive cell: gamete, ovum, spore reproductive female organ: ovary reproductive male organ: testis reproductive organ of animals: gonad reproductive organs that are external: genitalia, genitals reprove: admonish, berate, blame, castigate, censure, chastise, chide, condemn, criticize, disprove, lambaste, rebuff, rebuke, refute, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprobate, scold, shame, upbraid
reptile, like a: herpetiform, herpetoid reptiles and amphibians, study of: herpetology republic: commonwealth, democracy, nation, state repudiate: abandon, abjure, abrogate, annul, banish, belie, cancel, contradict, deny, disaffirm, disavow, discard, disclaim, disinherit, disown, forsake, recant, refuse, reject, renounce, retract, revoke, spurn, void repugnant: abominable, disagreeable, disgusting, foul, horrid, nasty, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repulsive, revolting, sickening, unpleasant, vile repulse: defeat, deny, disdain, disgust, nauseate, rebuff, refuse, reject, repel, revolt, sicken, snub, spurn repulsive: abhorrent, abominable, detestable, disgusting, distasteful, foul, fulsome, hateful, hideous, horrendous, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, odious, offensive, repellent, repugnant, revolting, sickening, slimy, ugly, unpleasant, unspeakable, vile repulsive and gross: disgusting, grisly, gruesome, nauseating, offensive, sickening repulsive thing or person in appearance: eyesore repurchase agreement: repo reputable: acclaimed, celebrated, creditable, distinguished, famous, honorable, notable, respectable reputation: character, credit, distinction, clat, fame, glory, honor, name, notoriety, odor, prestige, prominence, regard, renown, repute, respect, respectability, standing, stature reputation-damaging campaign: character assassination reputation, achieved: standing, stature, stock reputation, damage to: disrepute, notoriety reputation, evil: infamy reputation, good: cachet, esteem, prestige reputation, to damage a: defile, discredit, profane, sully, tarnish repute: fame reputed: assumed, believed, considered, hypothetical, putative, regarded, said, supposed request: appeal, apply, ask, ask for, demand, entreat, inquiry, invitation,
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REQUEST THAT SUCCEEDS - R E S I S T A N C E , UNIT OF ELECTRICAL
invite, offer, order, petition, plea, pray, solicit, sue, suit, supplicate, wish request that succeeds: impetration requiem: chant, composition, dirge, hymn, mass, service, song, threnody requiescat: prayer, wish require: ask, bid, claim, compel, crave, demand, desire, exact, force, lack, need, order, want require and claim: postulate require as condition: stipulate required: compulsory, essential, forced, imperative, mandatory, necessary, needed, obligatory, requisite required as duty: incumbent required by custom: prescriptive required by law: compulsory, mandatory, obligatory required earlier: prerequisite requirement: condition, criterion, essential, formality, fulfillment, must, necessity, need, prerequisite, terms requisite: condition, essential, indispensable, must, necessity, need, needed, precondition, required, vital requisition: application, call, claim, demand, form, order, postulate, request requital: redress, reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge, vengeance requite: atone, avenge, compensate, indemnify, reciprocate, recompense, reimburse, repay, retaliate, return, revenge, reward, satisfy res publica: commonwealth, republic, state rescind: abolish, annul, cancel, countermand, invalidate, lift, nullify, renege, repeal, retract, reverse, revoke, void rescue: deliver, deliverance, extricate, free, help, liberate, ransom, recovery, redeem, redemption, release, retrieve, salvage, save rescue and bring back to proper course: reclaim rescue from destruction, difficulty, evil: deliverance, salvation rescue from loss, waste, destruction: salvage rescue from sin: redeem research: analysis, delving, examination, experiment, inquiry, investigation, probe, R&D, study research for academic degree, original: dissertation, thesis research room: laboratory
research to improve efficiency of business, management, government: operations research resemblance: affinity, analogy, closeness, comparison, correspondence, counterpart, likeness, parallel, similarity, simile, similitude resemblance in some respects to otherwise dissimilar things: analogy resemble: favor, like, match, mirror, parallel, similar resemble closely: imitate, mimic, simulate resembling: bogus, ersatz, quasi resembling or correlative thing: counterpart resent another's property or enjoyment: begrudge, envy resentful feeling: grudge resentful, very: in high dudgeon, jealous resentment: acrimony, anger, animosity, animus, bitterness, choler, displeasure, dudgeon, grudge, hate, hatred, hostility, huff, indignation, malice, malignity, pique, rancor, spite, umbrage, wounded pride resentment at supposed insult: pique, umbrage resentment, tending to arouse: invidious reservation: booking, condition, doubt, provision, proviso, sanctuary, stipulation, terms, territory reservation, mental: salvo reserve: alternate, assets, backlog, book, caution, coldness, conserve, discretion, exception, hold, keep, modesty, nest egg, preserve, reservoir, resources, retain, reticence, save, savings, shyness, spare, standby, stock, store, substitute, supply, surplus, withhold reserve of goods: stockpile reserved: aloof, backward, bashful, cautious, cold, collected, constrained, demure, distant, inhibited, modest, onice, qualified, reticent, saved, sedate, shy, silent, taciturn, unsociable, withdrawn reserved area for birds, animals: sanctuary reserved for opportune moment, key resource: trump card reservoir: basin, container, fountain, fund, inventory, lake, pond, pool, reserve, source, stockpile, store, supply, tank, well
reside: abide, dwell, endure, exist, habit, habitat, live, lodge, occupy, remain, room, settle, stay residence: abode, apartment, castle, condominium, digs, domicile, dwelling, habitat, habitation, home, house, household, lodging, mansion, occupancy, palace, villa resident: citizen, denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, ite, lessee, native, occupant, tenant residual: extra, leftover, remainder, remaining, surplus residue: ash, ashes, balance, cinder, debris, dregs, excess, foots, grounds, leavings, lees, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residuum, scraps, sediment, silt, slag, sludge, soot, waste resign: abandon, abdicate, demit, forsake, quit, relinquish, renounce, submit, surrender, vacate, withdraw, yield resignation: departure, endurance, modesty, notice, patience, submission, withdrawal resignation of office: demission resigned: calm, compliant, gentle, passive, reconciled, subdued, submissive, yielding resilient: adaptable, buoyant, elastic, flexible, hardy, rebounding, resistant, springy, stretchy, strong, tough resin: acrylic, aloe, amber, ambrite, balm, balsam, colophony, copal, elemi, epoxy, frankincense, gum, gum arabic, lac, myrrh, olibanum, pitch, rosin, shellac, syrup, tar, tolu resin used in stringed instrument bows, pine: rosin resin, wine flavored with pine: retsina resist: buck, combat, contest, defend, defy, dispute, endure, fend, forbear, frustrate, impugn, obstruct, oppose, prevent, rebel, refuse, repel, thwart, traverse, wither, withstand resistance: defense, defiance, fight, movement, opposition, rebellion, rebuff, struggle resistance by nonviolent methods: passive resistance resistance to disease or harmful influence: immunity resistance to drug or something unpleasant: tolerance resistance to established government: insurrection resistance, unit of electrical: ohm
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R E S I S T A N T - R E S P I R A T I O N , EXCESSIVE RATE OF
RESPIRATORY DISEASE
acute respiratory distress syndrome Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency asbestosis asthma black lung disease bronchitis bronchopneumonia bronchopulmonary dysplasia catarrh chronic obstructive pulmonary disease cold common cold coryza cough cystic fibrosis diphtheria emphysema flu Goodpasture syndrome head cold influenza laryngitis Legionnaires' disease lung disease lymphagiole iomyomatos is resistant: immune, insusceptible, unassailable resistant and not yielding: impregnable, refractory resistant to change: conservative, moderate resolute: adamant, ardent, determined, faithful, firm, fixed, loyal, obstinate, persistent, resolved, stalwart, staunch, stout, stubborn, unbending, undaunted, unflagging, unwavering resolution: answer, backbone, conviction, courage, decidedness, decision, determination, firmness, fortitude, goal, grit, hardihood, heart, intent, judgment, mettle, nerve, objective, perseverance, proposal, purpose, resilience, resoluteness, resolve, solution, spirit, spunk, steadfastness, stoutness, strength, tenacity, verdict, will resolve: analyze, answer, breakdown, change, clear, conclude, conclusion, decide, decision, determine, dispel, dispose, dissolve, explain, intention, remove, resolution, separate, settle, solve, unfold, willpower resolve or solve: decipher, unravel resonant: bellowing, booming, deep, mononucleosis/glandular fever pharyngitis pleurisy pneumoconiosis pneumonia psittacosis/parrot fever quinsy respiratory distress syndrome respiratory syncytial virus rhinitis rhinorrhea runny nose sarcoidosis silicosis sinusitis sleep apnea sleep disorder breathing sore throat sudden infant death syndrome/SIDS tonsillitis tuberculosis/TB/consumption/phthisis upper respiratory infection valley fever whooping cough W echoing, enhanced, full, intensified, loud, powerful, profound, reboant, resounding, reverberant, rich, ringing, rotund, sonorous, thunderous, vibrant resort: apply, direct, refer, repair, turn, visit; haunt, hotel, inn, lodge, refuge, retreat, spa resound: celebrate, clang, echo, extol, peal, praise, reverberate, ring resource: ability, asset, capital, device, expedient, reserve, stopgap, supply, wealth resourceful: apt, artful, capable, clever, creative, enterprising, imaginative, ingenious, innovative, sharp, talented resources: assets, capital, funds, means, money, possessions, property, reserves, revenue, riches, savings, wealth resources, conserve: husband resources, financial: wherewithal respect: admiration, admire, adoration, attention, concern, deference, dignity, esteem, homage, honor, obeisance, observe, recognition, regard, revere, reverence, tribute, value, venerate, worship
respect deeply: venerate respect demanded for person or idea: sacred cow respect shown, special honor or: homage respect, attitude of: obeisance, reverence respect, commanding: venerable respect, gift or acknowledgment of: tribute respect, inspiring: formidable, redoubtable respect, profound: reverence, veneration respectable: aboveboard, adequate, admirable, appropriate, becoming, decent, decorous, good, honest, honorable, legitimate, on the up-and-up, presentable, proper, reputable, sufficient, upright, worthy respectful: civil, considerate, courteous, deferential, dutiful, gracious, mannerly, polite, subservient, upholding respects: civility, compliments, devoirs respiration: breathing, exhalation, inhalation, process respiration, excessive rate of: hyperventilation
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RESPIRE - RESTRICT
respire: breathe, exhale, inhale, oxidate respite: break, breather, cessation, deferment, delay, intermission, leisure, lull, pause, recess, reprieve, rest, stay, suspension, truce resplendent: blazing, bright, brilliant, dazzling, glittering, glorious, glowing, lustrous, magnificent, radiant, refulgent, shining, shiny, splendid respond: acknowledge, answer, behave, correspond, feel, field, react, rejoin, reply, response, retort, return, write respond excessively: overreact response: answer, comeback, echo, reaction, replication, reply, respond, retort response elicited by stimulus after conditioning: conditioned reflex, conditioned response response sung or chanted in church: antiphon response to unsatisfactory plan: counterproposal response, evaluative: feedback responsibility: accountability, authority, blame, burden, capacity, care, charge, duty, fault, function, liability, obligation, onus, sphere responsibility for all one's acts: karma responsibility, relinquish: abdicate, renounce responsible: accountable, amenable, answerable, dependable, levelheaded, liable, mature, reliable, reputable, sensible, trustworthy responsible for crime or offense, person: culprit responsive: active, amenable, aware, compassionate, conscious, kindhearted, receptive, sensitive, sentient, sympathetic, warm responsive evaluation: feedback responsive singing or chanting: antiphony responsive to change or persuasion: amenable rest: breather, caesura, cessation, doze, ease, hibernation, holiday, inactivity, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, loll, lounge, lull, nap, pause, peace, quiet, R and R, recess, recline, relax, relaxation, repose, respite, retire, siesta, sleep, slumber, spell, stillness, stop, tranquility, unwind, vacation rest, of bodies at: static
rest, tendency of body to remain at: inertia restaurant: automat, barbecue, beanery, bistro, brasserie, caf, cafeteria, canteen, chophouse, diner, eatery, hashhouse, inn, luncheonette, pizzeria, porterhouse, rathskeller, rtisserie, steakhouse, tavern, tearoom, trattoria
RELATED TERMS
restaurant in Greece, small: taverna restaurant owner: restauranteur, restaurateur restaurant serving alcoholic beverages: brasserie restaurant serving beer, often underground: rathskeller restaurant serving steaks and chops: chophouse, steakhouse restaurant where meats are roasted to order: rtisserie restaurant with entertainment: cabaret restaurant with food in vending machines: automat restaurant with meals set up on counter or table: buffet restaurant, coffeehouse, or bar, small: caf, estaminet restaurant, small: bistro, brasserie restaurant, small and informal, in Italy: trattoria restaurant, small inexpensive unsanitary: greasy spoon restaurant, small informal: bistro ^ restful: calm, comfortable, peaceful, quiet, relaxed, reposeful, serene, soothing, tranquil resting: abed, nonactive, repose, static, upon resting and inactive: dormant, oatent restitution: amends, atonement, compensation, indemnity, recompense, redress, reimbursement, reparation, repayment, restoration restless: anxious, edgy, feverish, fidgety, footloose, impatient, itchy, jumpy, nervous, ornery, restive, tense, uneasy, uptight, worried restless and nervous state: disquietude, fantods, inquietude, the fidgets restlessness in bed, extreme: jactitation restoration: healing, rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, reparation, restitution, revival restoration as compensation: amends, reparation
restoration of deteriorated urban property: gentrification restorative: analeptic, corrective, curable, healing, medicinal, remedy, therapeutic, tonic restore: cure, heal, mend, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, recover, rectify, redeem, redintegrate, refresh, refurbish, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinstate, remedy, renew, renovate, repair, repay, replace, resuscitate, return, revitalize, revive, right, save, update restore friendship: reconcile restore honor, worth, reputation: redeem restore life or energy to: regenerate, revitalize, revivify restore to condition or rank: rehabilitate restore to confidence: reassure restore to good condition: recondition, revamp restore to normal strength: reconstitute restore to serviceable or attractive condition: furbish, refurbish, renovate restore to vigor: rejuvenate restore youthful vigor: rejuvenate restoring taken or lost property to rightful owner: restitution restrain: abridge, abstain, arrest, bar, bate, bind, bridle, chain, check, circumscribe, clog, coarct, command, confine, constrain, contain, control, cool, cramp, curb, curtail, dam, detain, deter, estop, fetter, gag, govern, halter, hamper, harness, hinder, hold, impede, imprison, inhibit, jail, leash, limit, muzzle, pinion, prevent, prohibit, regulate, rein, repress, restrict, rule, shackle, stay, stem, stop, suppress, tether, trammel, withhold restrain expression: check, stifle, suppress restrained: abstemious, bated, calm, controlled, cool, disciplined, discreet, moderate, quiet, reserved, slowed, subdued, temperate, tied, withdrawn restraining garment: strait jacket restraining rope: leash, tether restraint: abridgment, abstinence, confinement, constraint, continence, control, curb, embargo, leash, limitation, moderation, rein, temperance restrict: bar, bind, bound, circum-
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RESTRICTED IN THOUGHT - RETURN, SHOW OR GIVE IN
scribe, confine, construct, contract, cramp, curb, hamper, impede, limit, prohibit, ration, repress, restrain, tie restricted in thought: hidebound, inflexible restricted number that may be admitted: quota restricted to elite membership: arcane, esoteric, exclusive, rarefied, select restricting force: stranglehold restriction: ban, check, condition, confinement, cramp, curb, limit, limitation, regulation, restraint, rule, stipulation restriction and ban: embargo restriction goes into effect, time at which: curfew restriction in document: proviso result: aftermath, answer, arise, conclude, conclusion, consequence, decision, effect, end, ensue, finding, finish, follow, happen, judgment, opinion, outcome, proceed, product, ramification, resolution, rise, score, sequel, stem, sum, supervene, total, upshot result coming from and complicating a problem, plan: ramification result of a process or activity, return of information about: feedback result of disaster or misfortune: aftermath, backwash result of event or action, indirect: fallout, repercussion, reverberation result of or reaction to earlier action, antagonistic: backlash result regarded as inevitable: foregone conclusion result to its cause, relation of: consequence, corollary, sequel result ultimately: eventuate result, end: denouement, outcome, upshot result, following as a: consequential result, normal: corollary result, secondary: byproduct, fallout, side effect, spinoff resume: continue, proceed, recapitulation, recommence, recover, regain, renew, reopen, restart rsum of experience: biography, C.V., curriculum vitae, epitome, recapitulation, review, summary, synopsis resurgence: rebirth, renewal, revival resurrection: rebirth, restoration, revival, transformation resuscitate: restore, resurrect, revive, save
retail: barter, dispense, distribute, hawk, market, peddle, sell, trade retain: absorb, commission, contain, employ, grasp, have, hire, hold, keep, maintain, memorize, possess, preserve, recollect, remember, reserve, restrain, save, withhold retainer: appliance; attendant, employee, minion, servant; fee retaining wall: curb, revetment retaliate: avenge, counter, reciprocate, repay, requite, return, revenge, settle retaliation: payback, reprisal, requital, retribution, tit for tat, vengeance retard: baffle, brake, clog, delay, fetter, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, obstruct, prevent, slow, stunt retarded person with one brilliant skill: idiot savant retelling of event, interesting or humorous: anecdote retention: holding, keeping, memory, recall, recognition, recollection, remembering retentive in memory: tenacious reticent: discreet, quiet, reluctant, reserved, restrained, retiring, secretive, silent, subdued, unwilling, withdrawn retinue: attendants, band, cortege, crew, entourage, escort, following, harem, personnel, procession, retainers, service, staff, suite, train retire: depart, exit, hit the sack, leave, pension, quit, recede, resign, rest, retreat, sleep, vacate, withdraw retire-early incentive: golden handshake retired but retaining honorary title: emeritus retired on a pension: superannuated retired person: pensioner retiring: bashful, demur, diffident, meek, modest, quiet, reserved, reticent, shy, timid, unassertive, unassuming, withdrawn retort: answer, comeback, counter, crack, quip, rebut, repartee, repay, reply, reprisal, respond, response, return, riposte retract: abjure, back, cancel, deny, disavow, disown, recall, recant, remove, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retreat, reverse, revoke, withdraw retraction, statement of: palinode retreat: abandon, asylum, back, bolt, den, departure, draw in one's horns,
dropback, escape, evacuation, flee, getaway, harbor, haven, hightail, lair, leave, nest, port, privacy, recede, recess, refuge, resort, retire, sanctuary, seclusion, shelter, shrink, solitude, withdrawal retreat to worse condition: retrogress retreat, place or attitude of: ivory tower retrench: abridge, curtail, decrease, delete, diminish, economize, eliminate, lessen, omit, reduce, remove, save, shorten, slash retribution: compensation, justice, payback, punishment, recompense, reprisal, requittal, retaliation, return, revenge, reward, vengeance retrieve: fetch, recall, reclaim, recoup, recover, recuperate, regain, remember, rescue, restore, revive, salvage, save retroactive: ex post facto retrograde: backslide, backward, catabolic, contrary, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, inverse, inverted, lapse, recede, regress, retrogress, reversed, revert, sink, slip, worsen retrogress: backslide, degenerate, retrograde, revert, worsen retrospect: afterthought, contemplate, flashback, hindsight, recollection, remember, reminiscence, review retrospective: backward, remembrance, retroactive, review return: advert, answer, comeback, coming, earnings, gain, gross, income, profit, reappear, reappearance, reciprocate, recompense, recover, recrudesce, recur, recurrence, reinstate, rejoin, render, repay, repayment, reply, report, reprise, requital, respond, response, restoration, restore, retaliate, retort, revenue, reverse, revert, revisit, send back, statement, summary, yield return in kind: reciprocate return of trait after period of absence: atavism return or restoration to previous state or position: restitution return to country of birth or citizenship: repatriate return to former condition: revert return to previous behavior, often criminal: recidivism return to wrongdoing: backslide, regress return, send, or order back: remand return, show or give in: reciprocate, requite
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RETURNS FROM THE DEAD, ONE WHO -REVOLVE AROUND FIXED POINT OR AXIS
returns from the dead, one who: revenant returns to criminal habits, one who: recidivist reunite: reconcile, reconvene, rejoin revamp: recondition, reconstruct, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, repair, replenish reveal: admit, announce, bare, betray, blab, communicate, confess, confide, decipher, declare, develop, disclose, discover, disinter, display, divulge, evince, exhibit, exhume, expose, impart, leak, manifest, open, proclaim, publish, show, spill, squeal, tell, uncover, unearth, unmask, unveil, unwrap revel: bacchanal, bask, carnival, carousal, carouse, celebrate, delight, enjoy, eye-opener, feast, festival, festivity, frolic, gloat, indulge, inspiration, merrymaking, rejoice, relish, revelation, roister, rollick, romp, shocker, sign, spree, spress, telling, whoopee revelation: apocalypse, disclosure, discovery, manifestation, prophecy, vision revelation of something discreditable: expos revelation or manifestation of divine being: theophany revelation or realization, sudden: epiphany reveler: bacchant, carouser, merrymaker, ranter, roisterer revelry: carousal, celebration, festivity, high jinks, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, saturnalia, whoopla revenant: apparition, ghost, phantom, repay, reprisal, revenge, settle, specter, spirit, vengeance, vindicate revenge: avenge, lex talionis, nemesis, requital, retaliate, retaliation, retribution, revanche, revanchism, vengeance revenge for injury or loss: redress, reprisal, requittal, retribution revenge for, exact: avenge, vindicate revenge, feud with acts of: vendetta revengeful: spiteful, vindictive revenue: assets, compensation, earnings, gains, income, interest, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, salary, taxation, wages, yield reverberate: echo, rebound, reflect, repel, resonate, resound, ring, thunder, vibrate
revere: admire, adore, cherish, esteem, exalt, honor, idolize, love, respect, treasure, value, venerate, worship reverence: admiration, awe, deference, devotion, fear, homage, honor, obeisance, piety, praise, regard, respect, worship reverend: clergy, clergyman, clerical, divine, holy, minister, monsignor, parson, priest, sacred, venerable reverent: devout, dutiful, humble, pious, religious, solemn reverie: abstraction, brown study, contemplation, daydream, dream, fantasy, meditation, musing, pipe dream, thought, trance reversal: setback, turnaround reversal of circumstances, literary: peripeteia, peripetia reversal of natural order of words, figure of speech involving: hysteron proteron reverse: annul, antithesis, backtrack, backward, cancel, change, contrary, converse, counter, countermand, defeat, disaster, exchange, invert, misfortune, nullify, opposite, overturn, recessive, regressive, renege, repeal, rescind, retract, retrograde, retrogressive, revoke, shift, transpose, turn, turnabout, undo, upset reverse count of time: countdown reverse or back of coin or medal: verso reverse order or place of: interchange, transpose reverse position, order, condition: invert reverse reading of word or sentence that is the same as forward: palindrome reversion of land to the state law: escheat reversion to more primitive form: atavism, throwback revert: backslide, lapse, react, recover, regress, retrograde, retrogress, return, reverse, turn, undo review: analysis, analyze, assessment, audit, brush up, compt, rendu; criticism, criticize, critique, edit, evaluation, examination, inspection, journal, magazine, parade, periodical, reassess, recap, recapitulate, reconsider, reevaluate, rehash, rethink, retrospect, revision, study, summarize, survey, synopsis review of completed event: postmortem review, critical: critique, notice
reviewing past occurrences: retrospection revile: abuse, belittle, berate, blaspheme, castigate, criticize, debase, hate, libel, malign, reproach, scold, slander, slur, upbraid, vilify revise: alter, amend, change, correct, edit, emend, improve, modify, redact, redo, redraft, reform, renovate, revamp, rewrite, update, upgrade revision: alteration, amendment, change, correction, rewriting revision of a text, critical: recension revival: anabiosis, comeback, invigoration, reawakening, rebirth, rejuvenation, renaissance, renascence, renewal, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation revive: arouse, energize, enliven, freshen, galvanize, invigorate, rally, reanimate, reawaken, recover, recuperate, refreshen, regenerate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, rekindle, remember, renew, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, return, revivify, stimulate, wake revocable: repealable revoke: abjure, abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, check, countermand, disclaim, erase, invalidate, lift, nullify, recall, recant, renege, renounce, repeal, rescind, restrain, retract, reverse, void, withdraw revoke a command: countermand revolt: arise, boycott, coup, disgust, insurrection, mutiny, nauseate, offend, opposition, rebel, rebellion, renounce, repel, repulse, resist, revolution, riot, sedition, uprising revolting: appalling, awful, disgusting, execrable, gross, hideous, horrible, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, shocking, sickening, ugly, vile revolution: bloodshed, circuit, cycle, gyration, gyre, insurrection, outbreak, overthrow, rebellion, retation, revolt, turn, unrest, uprising revolution about a center: spiral, volution revolutionary: extremist, fanatic, insurgent, radical, rebellious revolve: circle, consider, deliberate, gyrate, gyre, meditate, orbit, ponder, reflect, roll, rotate, ruminate, spin, swing, turn, twirl, wheel, whirl revolve around fixed point or axis: gyrate
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REVOLVER - RIDE
revolver: firearm, gun, handgun, pistol, six-shooter, weapon revolving: gyral, vertiginous, whirling revolving food serving stand: dumbwaiter, lazy Susan revolving part of electrical or mechanical device: rotor revolving passageway: turnstile revulsion: abhorrence, abomination, aversion, detestation, distaste, hate, loathing, repugnance, repulsion, withdrawal reward: award, bonus, bounty, carrot, compensation, crown, fruit, gift, guerdon, honor, indemnify, medal, meed, merit, perks, plum, premium, prize, profit, recompense, remuneration, repay, requital, return, ribbon, salary, success, trophy, wages reward by government for acts beneficial to the state: bounty reward for job: emolument rewarding: beneficial, fulfilling, gratifying, pleasing, profitable, satisfying. worthwhile rewarding partisan service with public office: spoils system rewording: abstract, paraphrase, precis, summary rework: adapt, alter, edit, emend, modify, redo, redraft, redraw, reshape, revamp, revise, rewrite rhapsodic: ecstatic, elated, emotional, enthusiastic, excited, exhilarated, overjoyed rhetoric: bombast, discourse, elocution, eloquence, flamboyance, oratory, pomposity, speech, verbosity, wordiness rhetorical: articulate, bombastic, eloquent, embellished, figurative, flamboyant, florid, flowery, fluent, forensic, oratorical, ornate, showy, sonorous, wordy rhetorical inversion of second of two parallel structures: chiasmus rhinoceros, pertaining to: rhinocerotic rhinoceroses, group of: crash, herd rhizopod: ameba, amoeba rhubarb: argument, controversy, discussion, dispute, fight, hassle, quarrel rhubarb genus: rheum rhyme: harmony, jingle, measure, meter, poem, poetry, rune, song, tune, verse rhyme at beginnings of words: alliteration
rhyme in which final syllable is unstressed: feminine rhyme rhyme made on a single stressed syllable: masculine rhyme rhyme of similar spellings but different sounds: eye rhyme, sight rhyme rhyme or light singsong verse: jingle rhyme scheme: aba, abab, ababa rhyme with internal word rhyming with final word of line: leonine rhyme rhyming game: crambo rhythm: accent, beat, cadence, flow, lilt, meter, movement, music, pace, pulse, sound, swing, tempo, time rhythm and number, in regular: measured rhythm or relative speed at which music should be played: tempo rhythm with irregularly stressed beat: syncopation rhythmic activity cycle of 24 hours for many organisms: circadian rhythm rhythmic beat: cadence, lilt rhythmic flexibility: rubato rhythmic pattern: meter rhythmic pendulum for keeping beat: metronome rhythmic shift of accent not coinciding with metric accent: syncopation rhythmical body movement, interpreting music with: eurythmies rib: banter, bone, costa, jest, joke, needle, purl, razz, ridge, stay, tease, wale rib in Gothic vaulting: lierne rib of fabric like corduroy: wale ribald: bawdy, coarse, crude, filthy, gross, irreverent, lewd, obscene, offensive, racy, raunchy, risqu, rogue, rude, uncouth, vulgar ribbon: award, band, bandeau, banderole, binding, bow, braid, cordon, corse, decoration, fillet, prize, riband, streamer, strip, stripe, tape, taste, trimming, trophy ribbon knot worn as badge: cockade ribbon worn as badge of honor or decoration: cordon ribbon worn as badge, rose-shaped: rosette ribbon worn as headband: fillet riblike part: costa ribs, between the: intercostal rice dish: biryani, jambalaya, pilaf, pilau, pudding, risotto rice dish with meat, fish, chicken, vegetables, Spanish: paella rice dish with meat, fish, or vegetables: pilaf, pilaff, pilau
rice dish with saffron, cheese, sometimes meat: risotto rice drink: sake, saki rice field: paddy, padi rich: abounding, absurd, abundant, affluent, ample, amusing, bountiful, comfortable, copious, costly, creamy, dark, elaborate, eloquent, expensive, fecund, fertile, filling, flavorful, flush, fruity, funny, golden, hearty, heavy, humorous, laughable, lavish, loaded, luscious, lush, luxuriant, luxurious, mellow, moneyed, opulent, ornate, orotund, plentiful, posh, potent, powerful, prosperous, ridiculous, substantial, sumptuous, sweet, upscale, valuable, vivid, wealthy, well-heeled, well-to-do rich and fashionable young people: jeunesse dore rich and luxurious: opulent, sumptuous rich class controlling government: plutocracy rich or ambitious newcomer: arriviste rich people, newly: nouveau riche, parvenu rich powerful person: magnate, mogul, tycoon riches: affluence, assets, booty, fortune, gold, lucre, mammon, money, opulence, pelf, possessions, property, resources, treasure, wealth, worth rickets: rachitis rickets, curing or preventing: antirachitic rickety: dilapidated, feeble, flimsy, infirm, ramshackle, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unsound, unstable, unsteady, weak, wobbly ricochet: bounce, carom, glance, rebound, reflect rid: abolish, cleanse, clear, deliver, disencumber, divested, eliminate, empty, expel, free, liberate, loosen, purge, relieve, remove, shake, shed, unburden riddle: charade, conundrum, crux, dilemma, enigma, maze, mystery, perforate, perplex, pierce, problem, rebus, sieve, sift, teaser riddle based on pun: conundrum riddle in pictures or symbols: rebus riddle or ambiguous saying: enigma riddle, Zen Buddhist: koan ride: commute, cruise, drift, drive, excursion, float, journey, outing, spin,
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RIDE OUT - RIGHTEOUS
travel, trip; badger, harass, heckle, hound, needle, oppress, ridicule, tease, torment, torture ride out: weather rider: addendum, addition, amendment, appendix, clause, endorsement, supplement; motorist, passenger; cowboy, driver, equestrian, horseman, horsewoman, jockey rider for free: deadhead ridge: arte, back, balk, bank, bluff, chine, corrugation, costa, crease, crest, dune, elevation, esker, hill, hogback, hump, ledge, levee, moraine, range, reef, rib, ruck, seam, spine, spur, stria, summit, wale, wave, weal, wedge, welt, wrinkle ridge bordering irrigated field: levee ridge in fabric like corduroy: wale ridge of earth's crust lying between two faults: horst ridge of glacial drift: drumlin ridge of gravel or sand left by glacier: esker, kame, os ridge of land jutting out into water: cape, headland, ness, promontory ridge of land jutting out into water, narrow: spit ridge of sand: dune ridge of sand and gravel: esker ridge or crest: chine ridge or mound, low: hummock, knoll ridge with steeply sloping sides: hogback ridged: striate, strigose ridges on edges of coins: fluting, milling ridges on fingerboard of stringed instrument: frets ridges, series of: serration ridicule: absurd, banter, belittle, burlesque, caricature, deride, farce, lampoon, parody, pillory, roast, satire, skit, spoof, squib, travesty ridicule or mock: ape, caricature, mimic, parody, pastiche, satirize ridicule the falseness or sham claims of: debunk ridicule, object of: butt, laughingstock ridiculous: absurd, asinine, comical, crazy, deride, droll, foolish, funny, gibe, guy, haze, humiliate, idiotic, inane, irrational, jeer, kid, lampoon, ludicrous, mock, mockery, nonsense, outrageous, parody, pillory, preposterous, putdown, rage, raillery, razz, rib, ride, roast, sarcasm, satire, satirize, silly, sneer, stupid, taunt, tease, twit, unbelievable
ridiculous and laughable: absurd, bizarre, derisory, farcical, incomprehensible, ludicrous, outlandish, outr, preposterous, risible, strange ridiculous and stupid: asinine, fatuous, inane ridiculous situation: farce riding clothes: habit riding crest of wave on sailboard: windsurfing riding crest of wave on surfboard: surfing riding pants flare at thighs and tight below knees: jodhpurs riding school: mange riding whip: quirt rife: abounding, abundant, active, alive, common, current, numerous, overflowing, prevailing, prevalent, profuse, raging, rampant, swarming, teeming, widespread riffraff: dregs, garbage, masses, mob, rabble, refuse, rubbish, scum, trash rifle: arm, despoil, firearm, gun, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, ravage, rob, search, steal, weapon rifle marksmanship and skiing competition: biathlon rifle types: automatic, carbine, Garand, Johnson, Mauser, Minie, Remington, repeating, Sharps, Sober, Springfield, Winchester rifle with short barrel: carbine rift: aswarm, blemish, breach, break, chasm, chink, cleave, cleft, crack, cranny, crevasse, disagreement, divide, division, fault, fissure, flaw, fracture, gap, opening, quarrel, rent, rupture, split rig: apparatus, arrange, carriage, cheat, clothe, contraption, costume, derrick, dress, equip, equipment, fittings, fix, furnish, gear, machinery, manipulate, outfit, quip, semi, supply, tackle, tamper, tractor, trick, truck right: aboveboard, acceptable, accurately, amend, appropriate, authentic, authority, becoming, clear, common, correct, deserved, directly, due, easement, emend, equity, ethical, exactly, fair, faultless, favorably, fit, fitting, genuine, good, just, lawful, legal, moral, normal, obligation, precisely, proper, real, rectify, redress, restore, sane, sound, square, straight, sufficient, suitable, thoroughly, true, valid, vindicate, virtu-
ous, well; franchise, liberty, license, patent, perquisite, privilege, prerogative right a wrong: redress right- and left-handed, being both: ambidextrous right angles, intersecting at or forming: perpendicular right away: directly, immediately, instantly, now, presently, urgently right-hand book page: recto right-hand side of ship, aircraft, as you face forward: starboard right-handed or on the right side: dextral right of eldest child to inherit entire estate: primogeniture right of government to take private property for public use and compensate owner: eminent domain right of spouse to company, help, affection, sexual relations of mate: consortium right of way on another's property: easement right or claim, legal: droit right or option to buy, first: first refusal right or privilege held, exclusive: prerogative right or wrong, not caring about: amoral right side in heraldry: dexter right side of a ledger: credit right that cannot be withdrawn or transferred to another, of a: inalienable right that grants use of another's property: easement, servitude right to buy or sell something within specified time at set price: option right to rule coming directly from God: divine right right to set up a subsidiary business within certain premises: concession right to speak: say right to use another's property as long as it is not damaged or altered: usufruct right to vote: franchise, suffrage right triangle's side opposite the right angle: hypotenuse right voluntarily, to give up a: relinquish, waive right-wing: conservative, reactionary right word or expression: mot juste righteous: blameless, conscientious, devout, ethical, faithful, godly, good, guiltless, holy, honest, just, moral, pi-
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RIGHTEOUS AS PRETENSE - RISING UP AGAINST
ous, principled, pure, religious, reverent, sinless, smug, upright, virtuous, worthy righteous as pretense: sanctimonious rightful: appropriate, correct, deserved, due, fair, fitting, honest, just, lawful, legal, legitimate, proper, true rights gradually or stealthily, to take another's: encroach rights of citizens, system of laws concerning: constitution rights of the citizens: civil liberty, civil rights rights, protector and champion of: tribune rights, to defend or maintain one's: assert rights, to deprive of: divest, strip rigid: adamant, austere, exacting, firm, fixed, formal, hard, immovable, inflexible, ironhanded, rigorous, set, severe, sharp, solid, stern, stiff, strait, strict, stringent, stubborn, taut, tense, unbending, unyielding rigid and uniform: monolithic rigid disciplinarian: martinet rigidity of muscles after death: rigor mortis rigmarole: amphigory, drivel, nonsense rigor: austerity, cruelty, difficulty, exactitude, exactness, fury, hardship, harshness, inflexibility, precision, severity, sharpness, sternness, stiffness, strictness, trial rigorous: accurate, ascetic, brutal, burdensome, challenging, correct, exact, hard, harsh, inclement, onerous, oppressive, precise, relentless, rigid, rugged, severe, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, trying rile: agitate, anger, annoy, bother, bug, disturb, gall, irk, needle, nettle, peeve, roil, upset, vex rill: brook, channel, creek, rille, rivulet, stream, trench, valley rim: bank, border, boundary, brim, brink, circumference, edge, flange, fringe, horizon, ledge, lip, margin, perimeter, ring, skirt, tire, verge rime: freeze, frost, hoar, ice rind: bark, cortex, covering, crust, epicarp, hull, husk, integument, peel, shell, skin rind end of a cheese: heel rind or bark: cortex ring: arena, aureole, band, belt, bezel, border, bracelet, cartel, chock, cincture, circle, circlet, circus, clique,
collar, collet, corona, coterie, encircle, enclosure, eye, gang, gasket, girdle, group, halo, henge, hoop, mob, monopoly, organization, party, rim, ringlet, surround, syndicate ring (sound): bell, buzz, call, chime, clang, clank, ding, echo, jangle, jingle, knell, peal, resound, reverberate, summon, telephone, tingle, tinkle, toll, vibrate ring appearing around celestial body: corona ring flange orriminto which gem is set: collect ring for attaching leash to collar: terret ring or halo around holy person's head: aureole, gloria, gloriole, glory, nimbus ring reinforcing an eyelet: grommet ring-shaped: annular, annulus, circinate, circular, coiled, toroid, torus ring-shaped coral island: atoll ring-shaped roll of bread: bagel ring to make water- or gas-tight: gasket ring types: band, class, earring, engagement, key, napkin, nose, wedding ring with pointed oval stone (s): marquise ring, lip: labret ringing in the ears: tinnitus ringing of bells: tintinnabulation ringing of set of chimes or bells with all possible variations: change ringing ringleader: boss, instigator, mastermind ringlet: curl, hair, lock, tress ringlike figure, part, structure, marking: annulus ringlike molding around capital of pillar: annulet ringlike muscle: sphincter rings of different kinds of gold, three: Russian wedding ring rings or ringlike segments, made of: annulate rings, two or more interlocked: gimmal ringworm: athlete's foot, dermatophytosis, tinea rinse: bathe, cleanse, douse, flush, gargle, lave, sluice, soak, wash, water riot: affray, bedlam, brawl, card, carousal, commotion, confusion, disorder, distemper, disturbance, donnybrook, fight, howl, melee, mutiny, outbreak, outburst, pandemonium, protest, quarrel, rage, rampage, revel, revelry, revolt, rumble, scream, tumult, turmoil, uprising, uproar
riotous: boisterous, disorderly, loud, luxuriant, noisy, profuse, rampant, rebellious, stormy, turbulent, unrestrained, unruly, violent, wanton, wild rip: belittle, cleave, cut, estuary, lacerate, rend, rent, rive, shred, slit, split, sunder, tear, torn ripe: adult, aged, as brown as a berry, complete, consummate, developed, enlightened, enriched, experienced, favorable, finished, fit, grown, ideal, mature, matured, mellow, opportune, perfected, primed, ready, seasonable, seasoned, skilled, suitable, timely, wise ripen: age, bloom, develop, evolve, flower, fruit, grow, heighten, improve, maturate, mature, mellow, perfect, season riposte: comeback, maneuver, repartee, reply, retort, return, thrust ripple: comb, crinkle, curl, dimple, fret, motion, popple, purl, riff, riffle, rimple, ruffle, wave, wrinkle rippling or waving: undulation rise: addition, advance, amount, appear, arise, ascend, ascent, aspire, attain, augment, awake, begin, boost, climb, elevate, elevation, emanate, emerge, flourish, flow, gain, go up, grade, grow, growth, hike, hill, increase, intensify, levitate, lift, loom, mount, multiply, originate, promotion, prosper, raise, reach, rebel, revolt, skyrocket, soar, stand, start, stem, succeed, surface, surge, swell, thrive, tower, transcend, well rise above: overcome, surmount, surpass, transcend rise and defy gravity: levitate rise and fall regularly: heave, surge, swell, undulate rise rapidly and abruptly: skyrocket, soar, spiral, upsurge rise some from water when moving at high speed: plane risible: amusing, comical, droll, funny, humorous, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous rising again: resurgent rising and setting of star: acronical rising from the dead: anabiosis, resurrection, resuscitation rising market: bull market rising of water: tide rising on hind legs: rampant, rearing up rising up against: insurgence
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RISK - ROADBLOCK
risk: adventure, brave, chance, danger, dare, endanger, expose, exposure, gamble, hazard, imperil, jeopardize, jeopardy, liability, menace, peril, plunge, possibility, speculate, stake, threat, uncertainty, venture, wage risk assessor: underwriter risk associated with job: occupational hazard risk to insurance company because of question on insured's honesty: moral hazard risk, disregard of: temerity risks taken to get advantage: brinksmanship risky: bold, chancy, dangerous, dicey, hairy, hazardous, insecure, perilous, precarious, shaky, speculative, ticklish, touch-and-go, uncertain, unhealthy, unsafe, unstable risky business transactions, engagement in: speculation risky venture: crapshoot, long shot risqu: bawdy, blue, crude, daring, dirty, indecent, lewd, lurid, naughty, obscene, off-color, provocative, racy, salty, scabrous, sexy, spicy, suggestive, vulgar rite: celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, cult, formality, initiation, liturgy, observance, occasion, ordinance, procedure, ritual, sacrament, service, tradition rite instituted by Jesus: sacrament ritual: ceremony, cult, custom, formality, liturgy, obsequy, observance, practice, rite, routine ritual for new member: initiation ritual Mohammedan prayer: salat ritual of ancient Greeks and Romans, sexual and drinking: bacchanal, orgy ritual recitation of verbal charms or spells: incantation ritual signifying major life event: rite of passage ritual washing or cleansing: ablution ritual, pouring of liquid in religious: libation ritzy: chic, classy, elegant, expensive, fancy, fashionable, luxurious, posh, snobbish, spiffy rival: adversary, antagonist, anti, challenger, compete, competing, competitor, contender, contending, contest, contestant, emulate, enemy, equal, feuding, match, opponent, oppose, peer, strive, struggle, vie
rivalry: battle, competition, contention, contest, jealousy, opposition river: plata river bank: ripa river bank, concerning a: riparian river bed material: sediment river but migrating to marine water to breed, living in a: anadromous river embankment to prevent flooding: levee river empties into slower-moving body of water, triangular area where: delta river flowing into a larger river: tributary river flowing out of a larger body of water: effluent river mouth: debouchure, embouchure, estuary, inlet river mouth of plain and streams: delta river mouth where stream current meets sea: estuary river or other running water, gorge or chasm cut by: canyon, gulch, ravine river or stream, concerning a: fluvial river part that meets with tides: estuary river source: headwaters river that flows away from it, branch of: distributary river that flows through area that is dry except in rainy season: wadi river used by animals towing boats, path along: towpath river, circular and contrary current in a: eddy, purl river, dam placed across: weir river, extremely fast-moving part of: rapids river, formation of land by deposition of a: alluvion river, of a muddy: turbid river, rippling water of: purl river, search bottom of: drag, dredge river, sediment deposited by: silt river, stretch of water visible between bends in: reach river, to emerge as a: debouch, issue river, to flow out or empty as a: disembogue river, to follow winding course as a: meander river, U-shaped bend in: oxbow river, very small: rill, rivulet, runlet, runnel, stream, streamlet river's position or direction determined by original earth's slope, of a: consequent rivers, pertaining to: fluvial
rivet: attach, bolt, engross, fasten, fastener, fix, pin, secure rivulet: brook, channel, creek, rill, river, runlet, stream, streamlet road: agger, alley, artery, avenue, beltway, boulevard, career, causeway, concourse, course, drive, expressway, fare, freeway, highway, interstate, journey, lane, parkway, passage, path, pavement, pike, railroad, railway, ride, route, speedway, street, throughway, track, trail, turnpike, viaduct, way road affording access to and from area: access road road courtesy: right of way road designed for high-speed travel: expressway, freeway, interstate, superhighway, throughway, thruway road edge: wayside road ice that is difficult to see: black ice road in Europe, high-speed expressway or: autobahn, autoroute, autostrada road interchange with series of four entrance and exit ramps: cloverleaf road into which secondary roads flow, major: arterial road, artery, trunk road road marker: mile post, sign post road of logs laid crosswise: corduroy road or public highway, main: thoroughfare road or thoroughfare, broad: concourse road pavement: macadam, tarmac road raised over marsh: causeway road that ascends steep incline and zigzags: switchback road that goes around congested or obstructed area: belt highway, beltway, bypass road that links to a larger road, secondary: feeder road used temporarily instead of main route: detour road, bridge of spans and arches carrying a: viaduct road, crushed rock as bed of: ballast road, dead-end: cul-de-sac, impasse road, high-speed high-traffic: expressway, freeway, parkway road, relating to a: viaduct road, sharp bend or turn in: hairpin road, side: byroad, byway road, small narrow street or: alley, mews roadblock: barricade, barrier, blockade, obstruction
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RIVERS
Indus (Asia) Alabama (North America) Irrawaddy (Asia) Allegheny (North America) James (Europe) Amazon (South America) James (North America) Amu Darya (Asia) Jordan (Asia) Amur (Asia) Kan or Gan (Asia) Androscoggin (North America) Kansas (North America) Apalachicola or Chattahoochee (North America) Kemi (Europe) Apurimac (South America) Kennebec (North America) Avon (Europe) Khatanga (Asia) Big Sioux (North America) Khotan or Tarim (Asia) Bow (North America) Kistna (Asia) Brahmaputra (Asia) Klamath (North America) Brazos (North America) Kolyma (Asia) Cape Fear (North America) Lena (Asia) Catawba (North America) Liao (Asia) Chang Jiang or Yangtze (Asia) Little Bighorn (North America) Chattahoochee or Apalachicola (North America) Little Colorado (North America) Cheyenne (North America) Little Missouri (North America) Churchill (North America) Loire (Europe) Colorado (North America) Lualaba (Africa) Colorado (South America) Lule (Europe) Columbia (North America) Mackenzie (Australia) Congo or Zaire (Africa) Mackenzie (North America) Connecticut (North America) Magdalena (South America) Cooper Creek (Australia) Mekong (Asia) Coppermine (North America) Merrimack (North America) Danube (Europe) Mezen (Europe) Darling or Murray (Australia) Milk (North America) Daugava (Europe) Minnesota (North America) Delaware (North America) Mississippi (North America) Des Moines (North America) Missouri (North America) Dnieper (Europe) Mobile or Tombigbee (North America) Dniester (Europe) Mohawk (North America) Don (Europe) Murray or Darling (Australia) Douro (Europe) Narbada (Asia) Ebro (Europe) Nelson (North America) Elbe (Europe) Neva (Europe) Elster (Europe) Nimen (Europe) Euphrates (Asia) Niger (Africa) Fraser (North America) Nile (Africa) Gambia (Africa) Northern Dvina (Europe) Gan or Kan (Asia) Ob (Asia) Ganges (Asia) Oder (Europe) Garonne (Europe) Ohio (North America) Glomma (Europe) Olenek (Asia) Godavari (Asia) Onega (Europe) Green (North America) Orinoco (South America) Guadalquivir (Europe) Parana (South America) Guadiana (Europe) Parnaiba (South America) Hawkesbury (Australia) Peace (North America) Housatonic (North America) Pechora (Europe) Huang or Yellow (Asia) Penobscot (North America) Hudson (North America) Po (Europe) Hwai (Asia) Raritan (North America) Illinois (North America) Red or Song Koi (Asia) Indigirka (Asia) The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
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ROADHOUSE - ROCK PROTRUDING THROUGH SOIL, BED-
RIVERS
Rhine (Europe) Rhone (Europe) Rimac (South America) Rio Bravo or Rio Grande (North America) Rio de la Plata (South America) Rio Grande or Rio Bravo (North America) Roanoke (North America) Saco (North America) Sacramento (North America) Salween (Asia) San Joaquin (North American) Santee (North America) Sao Francisco (South America) Saskatchewan (North America) Savannah (North America) Seine (Europe) Senegal (Africa) Severn (Europe) Severn (North America) Shannon (Europe) Shatt a Arab (Asia) Shenandoah (North America) Snake (North America) Song Koi or Red (Asia) St. John (North America) roadhouse: hostel, hotel, inn, nightclub, restaurant, tavern road's incline: gradient roads meet, place where two or more: crossroads, intersection road's slightly arched surface: camber road's traffic circle: rotary roadway crossing above another roadway: overpass roam: gad, gallivant, meander, prowl, ramble, range, rove, straggle, stray, stroll, travel, wander roaming: nomadic roar: bawl, bell, bellow, boom, clamor, cry, din, growl, holler, hoot, howl, laugh, noise, outcry, scream, shout, shouting, shriek, sound, thunder, yell roast: banter, criticize, lambaste, lampoon, razz, ridicule; bake, broil, burn, cook, fry, grill, parch, swelter roasting meat, spit or skewer for: broach, brochette roasting on rotating spit, meat: rtisserie rob: bereave, bilk, bribe, burglarize, cop, defraud, deprive, despoil, dispossess, embezzle, filch, heist, hijack, hustle, lift, loot, mug, pilch, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, pluck, plunder, St. Johns (North America) St. Lawrence (North America) Susquehanna (North America) Tagus (Europe) Tarim or Khotan (Asia) Tennessee (North America) Thames (Europe) Tiber (Europe) Tigris (Asia) Tombigbee or Mobile (North America) Trinity (North America) Ural (Asia) Urubamba (South America) Uruguay (South America) Vistula (Europe) Volga (Europe) Volta (Africa) Xingu (South America) Yalu (Asia) Yangtze or Chang (Asia) Yellow or Huang (Asia) Yenisey (Asia) Yukon (North America) Zaire or Congo (Africa) Zambezi (Africa) W coat, invest, kimono, mantle, muumuu, negligee, smock, toga, tunic, vest, vestment, wrap robot: android, draoid, Golem, humanoid, machine robot like human: android robot-operated mechanism: automaton, zombie robotlike or electronic components, having parts replaced by: bionic robotlike or electronic components, human with some: cybernetic organism, cyborg robust: athletic, brawny, built, energetic, firm, flourishing, hale, hard, hardy, healthy, hearty, lusty, muscular, potent, prosperous, roaring, rugged, sinewy, sound, stalwart, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, thriving, vigorous rock-hurling mechanism or weapon: ballista, catapult, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket rock or stone used in architecture, large: monolith rock painting, drawing, carving: petroglyph rock protruding through soil, bed-: outcrop
purloin, reave, relieve, rifle, roll, snatch, snitch, spoil, steal, strip, swindle, take, thieve, touch rob a vehicle in transit: hijack rob of goods esp. in wartime: despoil, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, ransack, ravage robber: bandit, bandolero, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, catman, crook, desperado, ghoul, highwayman, hijacker, marauder, mugger, outlaw, pickpocket, privateer, rustler, swindler, thief, yegg robber as part of outlaw band: brigand robber of road travelers: highwayman robber smuggling goods from store: shoplifter robber who assaults or threatens victim: mugger robbery: burglary, heist, theft robbery at sea: piracy robbery of funds: embezzlement, malversation, peculation robbery of property left in one's care: conversion robe: array, cape, chimre, cloak, clothe, clothing, costume, cover, dress, garment, gown, habit, house-
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ROCK SALT - ROGUE
TYPES OF ROCK
rock altered by extreme heat, pressure, chemicals: metamorphic rock and soil layers, cross section showing: profile rock bed or layer: stratum rock composed of small calcareous grains: oolite, oolith rock composed of volcanic fragments: agglomerate rock consisting of stone fragments: breccia rock debris on slope or at base of steep incline: scree, talus rock deposits of springs, lakes, ground water: tufa rock derived from magma: extrusive rock far removed from original position, sheetlike: nappe rock filled with secondary minerals in cavity: amygdule rock forced while molten into cracks or between rock layers: intrusive rock formation, fracture in the continuity of a: fault rock formation, projecting part of: overhang rock formed from molten state: igneous rock forming cliff or headland, steeply projecting: crag rock-forming minerals part of earth's crust: feldspar rock fragment 64mm-256mm: cobble rock fragment or grain: clast rock fragments, collection of large: debris, rubble, scree rock in layers, medium- to coarse-grained metamorphic: schist rock lacking crystalline structure: amorphous rock lined with crystals: geode rock of fine-grained claylike layers: shale rock of igneous or magmatic origin: plutonic rock of mixed inseparable minerals: aggregate rock of pebbles and gravel embedded in cement: conglomerate, puddingstone rock of porous glassy lava: pumice rock of sharp-angled fragments: breccia rock of volcanic black glass: obsidian rock stratum overlying archaeological stratum to be studied, sterile: verburden rock underlying soil, sand, clay, gravel: bedrock rock with mineral or metal deposits: lode rock, dark dense volcanic: basalt rock, very magnetic: lodestone W porcupine, prairie dog, rabbit, rat, ratel, squirrel, vole, weasel, woodchuck, zokor rodent, like a: gliriform rodent, mass-drowning: lemming rodeo: competition, enclosure, exhibition, festival, roundup rodeo events: broncobusting, bullriding, bulldogging, calf-roping, cutting, re-riding, steer-wrestling rodeo rope: lasso rodomontade: bluster, boast, boastful, bombast, brag, braggart, crow, exaggeration, grandiloquence, pretension, pride, rant rods with ax as emblem of authority, bundle of: fasces roe: caviar, coral, deer, eggs, hart, hind, milt, spawn roe of female lobster which turn reddish when cooked: coral roe of large fish, salted and eaten as delicacy: caviar rogation: chant, decree, law, litany, prayer, rite, supplication, worship rogue: beggar, blackguard, cad, cheat, cheater, criminal, culprit, delinquent, devil, harlot, knave, lowlife, miscreant, picaro, picaroon, pirate, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, shark, swindler, tramp, trickster, vagabond, vagrant, villain, wander
rock salt: halite, sodium chloride rock the boat: make waves rock worn or rubbed away by friction, process of: attrition rock, cavity in volcanic: vesicle rock, drill for: aiguille rock, loose fragments worn away from: detritus rock, lump of minerals found by a: nodule rock, narrow bed of: lamina rock, protruding and isolated: scar rock, wear down or rub away by friction as a: abrade, corrade rocker: chair, cradle; musician, singer rocket: agena, ascend, climb, firecracker, missile, projectile, satellite, soar, spacecraft, starship, tower, whiz, zoom rocket engine used to retard or reverse motion of vehicle: retrorocket rocket for launch and liftoff: booster rocket for takeoff, scaffolding holding: gantry rocket fuel: propellant rocket in space, path of: trajectory rocket launcher: bazooka rocket part containing explosive: warhead rocket turning about vertical axis: yaw rocket with two or more propulsion units that fire in succession: multistage rocket, step rocket
rocks formed by deposition of sediment: sedimentary rock(s) on top of hill, high: tor rocks' structure and composition, study of: lithology rocks, study of: petrology rocky: discouraging, doubtful, shaky, stubborn, uncertain, unstable, unsteady, weak; craggy, firm, hard, inflexible, obdurate, rough, rugged, solid, stony rocky cliff, extended: palisades rococo: arty, extravagant, flamboyant, gaudy, ornate rod: axle, bamboo, bar, baton, bolt, cane, crowbar, fasces, pin, pole, scepter, scion, shaft, skewer, spike, spindle, spoke, staff, stick, strip, support, switch, toggle, twig, wand, whip rod for surveying: ranging pole rod holding and turning meat for cooking: spit rod holding meat, etc. for cooking: skewer rod-shaped: bacillary, bacilliform, virgate, virgulate rodent: aguti, beaver, biting, cavy, chincha, chinchilla, chipmunk, cypu, gerbil, gnawing, gopher, guinea pig, gundie, hamster, hare, hutia, kangaroo rat, leporide, leveret, marmot, mole, mouse, murine, muskrat,
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roguish: aggravate, arch, bother, deceitful, devilish, dishonest, mischievous, pawky, playful, prankish, provoke, sly, sportive, unprincipled, unscrupulous, wanton roil: agitate, anger, annoy, foul, muddy, rile, stir, vex role: appearance, aspect, bit, business, cameo, capacity, character, duty, function, guise, job, lead, office, part, performance, portrayal, task, title role close to one's own personality or appearance, cast in acting: typecast role of organism in ecological community: niche role that one assumes in public or society: persona roll: bagel, bread, bun, croissant, Danish, Parkerhouse roll back: lower, reduce, retreat roll call response: here, present roll of cloth, large: bolt roll of coins, paper: rouleau roll of film or magnetic tape in casing: cassette roll of money: wad roll of paper or newsprint, large continuous: web roll of parchment or papyrus for document: scroll roll of sliced meat with filling: roulade roll or cylinder in printer, typewriter: platen roll up and secure a flag, sail: furl roll, sandwich on a long hard: grinder, hero, submarine rollaway: cot rolled or coiled together: convolute, convoluted roller, small wheel or: trundle rollicking: boisterous, cheerful, frisky, frolicsome, gay, happy, jocular, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, lively, merry, playful, romping, wild roly-poly: chubby, dumpy, fat, obese, plump, portly, pudgy, rotund romance: adventure, affair, amour, charm, court, courtship, exaggerate, fable, fancy, fantasy, fiction, fling, gest, geste, liaison, love, novel, sentiment, story, tale romance novel: bodice ripper romance of noble deeds, idealistic about: quixotic romantic: amorous, ardent, dreamy, enchanting, exotic, fictitious, idealistic, imaginary, mushy, passionate, poetic, quixotic, unreal, visionary
romantic song or musical piece to express love to someone: serenade Rome and Greece civilization, pertaining to ancient: classical Rome and Greece, languages and literature of ancient: humanities romp: caper, carousal, carouse, cavort, celebrate, frolic, gambol, gammock, play, prance, roil, rollick, run, skip, win roof: canopy, ceiling, covering, crown, dome, gambrel, house, palate, shelter, slate, summit
RELATED TERMS
roof edge: eave roof for attaching rafters, horizontal beam at ridge of: ridgepole roof of a building, dwelling or apartment on: penthouse roof of mouth: palate roof or ceiling supported by columns: hypostyle roof with downward slant: pitched roof with ridge and two gables: saddle roof roof with single slope or pitch: lean-to roof with two slopes on all four sides (lower vertical, upper horizontal): mansard roof with two slopes on each side: curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof roof, arched structure supporting a ceiling or: vault roof, crescent-shaped opening in vaulted: lunette roof, domed: cupola roof, gutter or groove in: cullis roof, horizontal beam supporting rafters of: purlin roof, low wall or railing on edge of: parapet roof, metal reinforcing and weatherproofing the joints and angles of: flashing roof, ornamental ridge on: cresting roof, rigid framework supporting: truss roof, room under a pitched: attic, garret roof, space between two slopes of a: gable roof, turret or spire on: pinnacle W roofing slate with one rough surface: rag rooftop landing area: heliport rook: bamboozle, bilk, castle, cheat, deceive, defraud, fleece, steal, swindle
rookie: apprentice, beginner, buck private, greenhorn, newcomer, novice, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro room: accommodation, allowance, apartment, area, atrium, attic, auditorium, boudoir, cabinet, capacity, cell, chamber, clearance, compartment, cubicle, den, digs, dining, divan, dormitory, expanse, flat, foyer, gallery, hall, kitchen, latitude, leeway, library, living, lobby, lodge, lodging, margin, nursery, opening, opportunity, parlor, place, play, quarters, range, rotunda, salon, scope, space, studio, study, suite, theater room and board: pension room apartment, one-: efficiency, efficiency apartment, studio, studio apartment roomer: boarder, dweller, guest, lodger, renter, tenant rooms, to connect two: communicate roomy: ample, baggy, broad, bulky, capacious, commodious, extensive, generous, huge, large, sizable, spacious, spacy, voluminous, wide roost: abode, alight, land, lodging, nest, perch, perch on, settle, sit, sleep rooster: capon, chanticleer, chicken, cock rooster, castrated: capon rooster's beard: wattle rooster's comb: caruncle root: amole, applaud, base, basis, beet, beginning, bottom, bulb, burrow, carrot, center, cheer, clap, core, derivation, dig, elihu, encourage, entrench, essence, establish, fasten, foundation, fundamental, groundwork, grout, grub, heart, motive, nucleus, origin, plant, radical, radish, reason, rise, rummage, sassafras, search, settle, soul, source, stem, support, tuber, turnip root bearing buds, underground stem or: tuber root of a number, calculate: extract root of a plant, main: taproot root out: abolish, annihilate, demolish, destroy, eradicate, extirpate, extract, remove, stub, unearth root, arising from the: radical root, part of plant embryo that develops into: radicle rooted and fixed: ingrained, sessile rootless: alienated, deracinated rootlike: rhizoid rope: bight, bind, binder, binding, bob-
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ROMAN TERMS
army of 100: century assembly: comitia, forum, senate chariot: essed clothing: palla, sagum, stola, stole, toga, tunic concerning Rome: classical, Italian, Latin court of appeal: rota date: calends, ides, kalends, nones dining room: triclinium military formation: ala, alares, cohort, legion, maniple, phalanx official: aedile, augur, censor, consul, edile, irenarch, lictor, Nestorian, praetor, prefect, quaestor, tribune Gods and Goddesses chief god: Jove, Jupiter chief goddess: Juno god of crops: Promitor god of death: Mors god of fertility: Bacchus god of fire: Vulcan god of harvest: Occator god of healing: Apollo god of herding: Silvanus god of infants: Edusa god of love: Amor god of loyalty: Fides god of martial honor: Honus god of metalworking: Vulcan god of sleep: Somnus god of the dead: Pluto god of the forest: Silvanus god of the sea: Neptune god of the sky: Jupiter stay, cable, chord, cord, cordage, corral, fast, fasten, guy, halter, halyard, hawser, hemp, hobble, inveigle, lanyard, lariat, lasso, leash, lifeline, line, longe, marline, noose, painter, riata, shroud, stay, string, tether, thread, tie, tow, towline, twine, vang
RELATED TERMS
god of the sun: Apollo, Sol god of the underworld: Dis, Orcus, Pluto god of trade: Mercury god of war: Mars god of wine: Bacchus goddess of abundance: Abundantia goddess of agriculture: Ceres goddess of beauty: Venus goddess of childbirth: Diana goddess of dawn: Aurora goddess of dissent and strife: Discordia goddess of fertility: Ceres, Diana, Egeria goddess of flowers: Flora goddess of fruit: Pomona goddess of good fortune: Fortuna goddess of grain: Ceres goddess of healing: Meditrina goddess of hearth: Vesta goddess of hope: Spes goddess of hunting: Diana goddess of invention: Minerva goddess of love: Venus goddess of marriage: Juno, Unxia goddess of martial prowess: Minerva goddess of peace: Pax goddess of safe travel: Abeona goddess of the arts: Minerva goddess of the earth: Maia goddess of the moon: Diana, Luna goddess of the underworld: Proserpina, Proserpine goddess of wisdom: Minerva goddess of woods and plants: Fauna W rope used to raise or lower flag, sail: halyard rope used to steady or secure something: guy rope with noose for animals: lariat rope with rigid rungs: Jacob's ladder rope with weights attached to catch cattle or game: bola rope, concerning: funicular rope, lower oneself with: abseil rope, middle or slack part of: bight rope, one of the strands twisted together to make: ply ropelike elastic cord: bungee cord ropes and cables from masthead to vessel sides to support mast: shrouds ropes by interweaving strands, join: splice rope's frayed or unraveled ends: feazings ropes in rigging of ship: cordage
rope can be wound around, projecting piece that: cleat rope fiber: coir, hemp, jute, sisal rope for fastening or securing, short: lanyard rope for holding animal in place: tether rope for leading or securing animal by neck: halter rope for securing, binding: lashing rope of loosely twisted strands: marline rope on boat for tying up: painter rope on pin or cleat, secure a: belay
rope passed through overhead pulley for hoisting: gantline rope passing through overhead pulley, hoist with: whip rope rigged as handrail on gangplank, ladder: manrope rope running from peak of gaff to deck of boat: vang rope sling for rolling cylinders on inclined plane: parbuckle rope through hole, ring, pulley, block, to pass a: reeve rope to prevent slipping, to tighten, or to hold something, pin or piece on: toggle rope to steady or secure something: guy, stay rope used in mooring or towing ship: hawser, towline, warp rope used to impede progress of animal: hobble
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ROSARY - ROUNDED
TYPES OF ROOMS
room exposed to sun, glassed-in: solarium room for bones of the dead: charnel, charnel house room for freedom or variation: latitude, leeway, play room for play, parties: rumpus room room for receiving and entertaining guests: salon room for sacred items of church: sacristy, vestry room for sleeping a number of people: dorm, dormitory room for sweat baths: sudatorium, sudatory room for wardrobe: garderobe room for washer, dryer, furnace, etc.: utility room room off kitchen for chores, small: scullery room on upper floor, small dining: cnacle room or cabin on ship, private: stateroom room or compartment for work or study, small: cubicle room or nook in library for private study: carrel room that is private, free from intrusion: den, sanctum room to live, develop, function: lebensraum room under pitched roof: attic, garret room where meals are served at an institution: refectory room with records, historical documents: archive room with therapeutic dry heat: sauna room, entrance: antechamber, anteroom, foyer, lobby, vestibule room, large round: rotunda room, reading: athenaeum room, separate: compartment room, small: cubbyhole, cuddy room, woman's private sitting or dressing: boudoir W rope's loop: bight ropes on ship's shrouds forming ladder: ratline ropes, chains, tackle supporting and controlling masts, sails, etc. of vessel: rigging W rosary: beads, chaplet, prayers rosary beads: aves rose: blush, flush, pink, red, rosette, rouge rose class: floribunda, noisette, polyantha, rambler, tea, wild rose essence: attar rose family: Rosaceae
rose-shaped design or object: rosette roseate: bright, cheerful, hopeful, optimistic, pink, promising, red, rosy roses with prickles or thorns, of: aculeate roses with single or double flowers, hybrid: floribunda roster: agenda, catalog, index, list, muster, record, register, roll, rota, schedule, slate rostrum: dais, lectern, platform, podium, pulpit, snout, stage, tribune rosy: blushing, bright, cheerful, encouraging, favorable, florid, flushed, fresh, hopeful, optimistic, pink, promising, reddish, roseate, rubicund, ruddy, sunny rot: bosh, breakdown, bull, chaff, contaminate, corrode, decay, decline, decompose, degenerate, deteriorate, fester, nonsense, perish, poppycock, putrefy, rubbish, spoil, trash, twaddle, warp rot, gas emanating from: effluvium rotary current: eddy rotary motion of a pitched ball: sidespin rotate: alternate, circle, gyrate, orbit, pivot, revolve, roll, spin, swivel, turn, twirl, wheel, whirl rotate around fixed point: gyrate rotating device: centrifuge rotating fireworks display: girandole rotating force: torque rotating machine part: cam rotating motion of fluid in drain, whirlpool: vortex rotation: cycle, eddy, revolution, spin, torque, turn, vortex rotation takes place, something around which: axis rote: automatic, instrument, learn, list, memorizing, memory, repeat, repetition, routine, sound, system rotor housing: stator rotten: abominable, bad, carious, corrupt, crooked, decayed, decomposed, depraved, dishonest, disintegrated, evil, festering, fetid, foul, inferior, lousy, nasty, offensive, perished, putrefied, putrid, rank, smelling, sour, spoiled, tainted, unlucky, unpleasant, unsound, vicious rotten and bad-smelling: decomposed, feculent, fetid, off, putrid, putrified, rancid, rank rotten flesh: carrion rotten or rotting body tissue: gangrene, necrosis
rotting of bone or tooth: caries rotund: beefy, chubby, chunky, fat, obese, plump, portly, potbellied, pudgy, roly-poly, round, sonorous, spherical, stocky, stout, vibrant rouge: blush, color, cosmetic, flush, paint, pink, red, redden rough: abrupt, approximate, austere, basic, blunt, boisterous, boorish, bristly, broken, bumpy, choppy, churlish, coarse, craggy, crude, curt, difficult, erose, gruff, hairy, hard, harsh, hazy, hoarse, imperfect, inclement, incomplete, inexact, jagged, lumpy, manhandle, outline, raspy, raucous, rocky, rowdy, rude, ruffled, rugged, scabrous, severe, sketchy, stern, stormy, tough, tumultuous, turbulent, uncivil, uncouth, uncut, uneven, unpleasant, unpolished, unrefined, violent, vulgar, wild rough in vocal sound: guttural, rasping, throaty rough out: delineate, draft, outline, plan, sketch rough protuberance: burr, snag rough sketch: draft, esquisse rough to the touch: grainy, scabrous rough up: bash, manhandle, thrash roughneck: bully, hood, punk, rowdy, ruffian, tough roughness: acrimony, asperity, bumpiness, coarseness, crudity, gruffness, irregularity, unevenness, wooliness round: ammunition, ample, annular, approximate, arched, ball, band, beat, bend, bullet, chubby, circle, circuit, circular, complete, curved, cycle, full, globe, globular, looped, nearly, orbed, orbit, oval, perfect, plump, resonant, revolution, ring, rotation, rotund, shape, sonorous, spherical, turn, wheel round and plump: rotund round building or hall: rotunda round but flatter and concave at poles: oblate round off: approximate, climax, complete, conclude, culminate, finish round up: assemble, collect, corral, gather, herd, marshal, rally roundabout: ambiguous, circuitous, circular, curving, detour, devious, evasive, excursion, indirect, meandering, rotary, runaround, tour, verbiage, winding, wordy, zigzag rounded: approximated, balanced, bowed, circular, complete, convex,
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curved, estimated, globular, labialized, orbicular, oval, rotund, spherical rounded mass: glomeration rounded outward: convex, gibbous, protuberant rounded, circling shape: helix, spiral, volute, whorl roundup: assembly, branding, collection, gathering, herding, muster, summary rouse: agitate, alarm, animate, arouse, awake, awaken, bestir, call, challenge, disturb, enliven, excite, exhilarate, foment, galvanize, goad, intensify, kindle, motivate, move, provoke, raise, rally, revive, roust, start, startle, stimulate, stir, trigger, urge, wake, waken roust: motivate, provoke, rouse, rout, stimulate, stir rout: band, beat, clobber, confuse, confusion, conquer, cream, crowd, debacle, defeat, demoralize, discomfit, disturbance, dregs, drive, eject, expel, furrow, gouge, knock, lick, mob, multitude, outmaneuver, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, rabble, ream, retreat, riot, romp, root, rummage, scoop, shellac, stampede, thrashing, uncover, vanquish, wallop route: beat, beeline, channel, circuit, course, detour, direction, guide, highway, itinerary, lane, line, parkway, passage, path, pilot, plans, road, rounds, send, ship, track, trail, turnpike, way route into which local routes flow, major: artery route of communications or transportation system, main: trunk line route or proposed route of journey: itinerary route used temporarily instead of main route: detour routine: boring, course, customary, cycle, drill, dull, everyday, grind, groove, habit, habitual, mechanical, method, mundane, ordinary, perfunctory, practice, procedure, regular, rote, rut, standard, system, treadmill, typical, usual routine or mechanical: banausic routine way of doing things: modus operandi, regimen routine, monotonous: treadmill routinely done: perfunctory
rove: drift, gad, gallivant, meander, move, prowl, ramble, range, roam, straggle, stray, stroll, wander rover: drifter, freebooter, itinerant, maverick, migrant, nomad, pirate, traveler, vagrant, wanderer roving: aimless, cursory, desultory, errant, itinerant, mobile, nomadic, rambling, straying, wandering row: altercation, argument, beef, brawl, commotion, dispute, disturbance, fight, fray, fuss, noise, propel, pull, quarrel, rhubarb, ruckus, rumpus, scrap, spat, squabble, uproar; aisle, column, file, line, list, order, rank, sequence, series, tier row house: brownstone row of columns at regular intervals: colonnade rowboat: canoe, dinghy, dory, scull, skiff, vessel, wherry rowboat with high sides and flat bottom: dory rowboat, small light racing: scull rowboat, spaces at front and back of: sheets rowdy: boisterous, bully, disorderly, hoodlum, hooligan, noisy, punk, rebellious, rough, roughneck, rude, ruffian, tough, unruly, wild rower directing crew: cox, coxswain rower nearest coxswain or stern, setting tempo: stroke rower's seat: thwart royal: august, easy, elite, eminent, excellent, grand, grandoise, imperial, kingly, lavish, magnificent, majestic, monarchal, noble, princely, regal, sovereign, splendid, stately, superb royal and lower rank partner, marriage between: morganatic royal authority, signs of: diadem, regalia, scepter royal household, attendant to: equerry royalty: dividend, dominion, eminence, kingdom, kingship, majesties, nobility, percentage, power, princesses, queenship, rank, regality, share, sovereignty rub: abrade, annoy, anoint, buff, caress, chafe, difficulty, fret, friction, glaze, gloss, grind, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, irk, irritate, massage, nettle, obstacle, polish, problem, scour, scrape, scrub, shine, smear, smooth, snag, stroke, swab, vex, wear, wipe rub away: abrade rub body with oil: embrocate
rub down a horse with currycomb: curry, groom rub elbows: associate, mingle, mix, socialize rub hard: scour rub or polish to fine finish: burnish, levigate rub or wipe out: efface, erase rub out: annihilate, assassinate, cancel, delete, destroy, efface, eliminate, erase, kill, massacre, murder, obliterate rub the wrong way: irk rubber: band, elastic, flexible, galoshes, material, overshoe, resilient, stretching rubber and plastic globules in water, emulsion of: latex rubber band: elastic rubber from plants, natural: caoutchouc, India rubber rubber implement to remove water from windows: squeegee rubber-improving process: vulcanization rubber on end of pencil: eraser rubber overshoe: galoshes rubber suction cup on stick for clearing drain or pipe: plumber's helper, plunger rubberneck: gape, look, snoop, stare, survey rubbery substance used in golf balls: gutta-percha rubbing against another for sexual satisfaction: frottage rubbing away by friction: abrasion, attrition, corrasion rubbing one object against another: friction rubbing or wearing off: detrition rubbing, wear away by: abrade, chafe, erode, fray, frazzle rubbish: balderdash, bilge, bosh, crap, debris, dreck, drivel, dross, foolishness, garbage, garble, gibberish, hogwash, junk, leavings, litter, nonsense, offal, offscouring, pish, poppycock, refuse, riffraff, rubble, rummage, slop, Tommy rot, trash, tripe, waste, worthless rubbish for salvageable material, search through: scavenge rubbish heap or dunghill: midden rubbish, furnace for burning: incinerator rubble: brash, debris, fill, scree rubdown: massage
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RUBE - RUMINATE
rube: boor, bumpkin, clodhopper, dolt, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, jake, redneck, yokel rubicund: color, florid, flushed, healthy, red, reddish, rosy, rubescent, ruddy ruby: color, crimson, flushed, gem, jewel, mineral, pinkish, red, rubicund, sanguine, scarlet, stone ruckus: ado, altercation, brawl, brouhaha, commotion, confusion, dispute, disturbance, donnybrook, fight, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee, row, rowdydow, ruffle, rumpus, to do, uproar rudder control: tiller ruddy: blushing, florid, flushed, red, reddish, rosy, sanguine rude and disrespectful: impertinent, insolent, irreverent rude language: expletive, profanity rudeness: arrogance, contumely, impertinence, incivility, insolence, sass rudimentary: basic, beginning, elemental, elementary, fundamental, initial, primary, simple, undeveloped, vestigial rue: afflict, anguish, bewail, compassion, deplore, dolor, grief, grieve, lament, mourn, pity, regret, remorse, repent, repentance, sorrow, suffer, sympathy rueful: contrite, depressed, doleful, lamentable, melancholy, mournful, penitent, pitiful, plaintive, sad, sorrowful, sorry, woeful ruffian: brute, bully, cutthroat, gangster, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, punk, roughneck, rowdy, scoundrel, thug, tough ruffle: abrade, agitate, annoy, bother, brandish, commotion, confusion, crimp, crinkle, derange, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorder, disturb, drumbeat, fluster, flutter, fray, fret, intimidate, irk, irritate, jabot, nettle, plait, pleat, provoke, riffle, ripple, roil, ruche, ruckus, shake, swagger, unsettle, upset, vex, wrinkle ruffle at neckline or front of shirt: jabot ruffle used for trim on woman's garment: peplum, ruche rug: carpet, cover, drugget, mat rug of India: dhurrie rugged: arduous, brawny, brutal, bumpy, burly, craggy, demanding, difficult, fierce, hard, hardy, harsh, healthy, jagged, mountainous, mus-
cular, rigorous, robust, rocky, rough, rude, severe, stern, stormy, strong, sturdy, surly, tough, tour hale, trying, uncivil, uncouth, uneven, unkempt, unpolished, vigorous, violent, weathered, worn, wrinkled ruin a plan: scuttle ruin and impoverishment: destitution ruin or doom: downfall, undoing ruin or impair: spoil, vitiate ruin property: ravage, vandalize, wreck ruin, great: cataclysm, debacle ruined: derelict, dilapidated, fordone, irremediable, irreparable, shot, spoilt, undid, undone ruinous: adverse, calamitous, catastrophic, damaging, destructive, devastating, dire, disastrous, fatal, pernicious, shattering ruinous or fatal act: kiss of death ruins, investigated archaeological: excavation rule by the privileged: aristocracy rule by which judgment can be made: criterion rule cruelly: tyrannize rule no longer in effect: dead letter rule of conduct: precept rule of thumb: axiom rule on which judgment or decision can be based: criterion, norm, touchstone, yardstick rule or authority: dominion, sovereignty, supremacy rule or code of laws: canon rule or direction, authoritative: rubric rule or law, established: article, bylaw, statute rule or principle, recognized: axiom, creed, maxim, precept, tenet rule out: bar, eliminate, except, exclude, forbid, omit, preclude, prevent, refuse, reject rule with force of law: decree, dictum, ordinance, prescript rule, breaking of: breach, infraction, infringement, transgression, violation rule, exemption from: dispensation rule, obey a: comply rule, of an exceedingly harsh: draconian, ironclad, stringent rule, statement of a mathematical: formula, theorem rule, to set down a: enjoin, prescribe rule, violating a: erring, peccant ruler: amir, autocrat, boss, chief, commander, czar, despot, dictator, domiThe Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
nator, dynast, emir, emperor, empress, grent, governor, king, leader, lord, matriarch, monarch, pharaoh, potentate, president, prince, princess, queen, regent, satrap, shah, sheik, sovereign, straightedge, sultan, tsar, tyrant, viceroy
RELATED TERMS
ruler during absence of monarch: regent ruler for punishment: ferule ruler from office, to remove: depose ruler, harsh: despot, dictator, tyrant ruler, supreme: sovereign rulers in one line of descent: dynasty W rules of social behavior: customs, etiquette, mores, protocol rules, grammar: syntax rules, making or giving: normative, prescriptive rules, one who is strict about following: precisian rules, statement of: guidelines ruling: central, controlling, decision, decree, directive, dominant, edict, enactment, finding, judgment, leading, popular, predominant, prevailing, prevalent, regnant, reigning, resolution, statute, ukase, verdict, widespread ruling by hereditary right: legitimate ruling itself: autonomous ruling military after takeover: junta rum cake: baba rum drink: daiquiri, grog, mai tai rum drink with lemon/lime juice and sugar: planter's punch rum types: Bacardi, dark, Jamaica, light, Puerto Rican, spiced rumble: boom, clap, crack, crash, fight, gossip, growl, grumble, melee, murmur, noise, polish, resound, reverberate, roar, roll, rumor, seat, thunder, uproar rumbling sound of distant thunder: brontide rumbling, stomach: borborygmus ruminant: antelope, bison, bovine, buffalo, camel, cattle, chewing, contemplative, cow, deer, giraffe, goat, llama, meditative, moose, oxen, sheep, steer, yak, zebra ruminate: brainstorm, brood, chew, consider, contemplate, deliberate, masticate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, spew, think
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rummage: clutter, collect, comb, confusion, disarrange, disorder, disturb, examine, explore, forage, gather, hunt, junk, litter, muddle, poke, ransack, rubbish, search, searching, trash, upheaval rummage around: fossick rumor: bruit, buzz, canard, fabrication, gossip, grapevine, hearsay, idle talk, innuendo, message, murmur, news, noise, ondit, prattle, report, scandal, scuttlebutt, spread, story, talk, tidings, whisper, word rumor, false: canard, hoax rumor, to put an end to a: scotch rumor, to spread a: bruit, circulate, disseminate rumor, transmission of: bush telegraph, grapevine rumor, unconfirmed report or: hearsay rump: backside, behind, bottom, butt, buttocks, derrire, duff, fanny, haunches, keister, rear, seat, tush rumple: crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, crush, dishevel, fold, muss, plait, ruffle, scrunch, tousle, wrinkle rumpus: argument, barney, brawl, clamor, commotion, confusion, disturbance, fracas, fray, hubbub, melee, rhubarb, row, ruckus, scuffle, stir, uproar run away: bolt, decamp, desert, elope, escape, flee, flow, leave, scram, skedaddle, split, stampede, take to one's heels, vamoose run away and hide: abscond, absquatulate, decamp, hightail run away to wed: elope run away, urge to: drapetomania run down: belittle, capture, chase, collide, criticize, denigrate, depreciate, detract, disparage, hunt, pursue, ridicule, seize, stop, trace, vilify run-down: abandoned, debilitated, deserted, dilapidated, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, neglected, ratty, seedy, shabby, squalid, tattered, tired, weary, worn out run easily: jog, lope run-in: altercation, argument, battle, brush, confrontation, dispute, encounter, fight, skirmish, tiff run into: bump, collide, crash, encounter, meet, see run naked in public as stunt: streak run-of-the-mill: average, common, everyday, mediocre, ordinary, regular, typical, usual
run out: abandon, elapse, empty, exhaust, expire, fail, finish, flow, lapse, leave, lose, peter, spill, stop, terminate, tire, waste, weaken run, but go nowhere: idle runaround: avoidance, detour, diversion, postponement, roundabout runaway: delinquent, eloper, escaped, fleeing, fugitive, truant, wild rundown: briefing, outline, recap, review, seedy, summary, synopsis rung: bar, crossbar, crosspiece, rod, round, spoke, step, tread runic alphabet: futhark runner: agent, collector, courier, messenger, page, smuggler; blade, ski; carpet, rug; hurdler, jogger, marathoner, racer, sprinter; vine running: continuous, flowing, functioning, going, operating, uninterrupted, working running down of a system: entropy running together of final and initial sounds of two adjacent words: sandhi running, adapted or specialized for: cursorial runt: dwarf, homunculus, lilliputian, midget, peewee, pygmy, shrimp runway: airstrip, channel, groove, passageway, path, platform, ramp, road, strip, tarmac, track runway, land past end of: overshoot runway, land short of: undershoot rupture: breach, break, burst, disagreement, disrupt, divide, division, divorce, fracture, hernia, open, part, puncture, quarrel, rend, rent, separate, split, sunder, tear rupture of body organ through wall: hernia rural: agrestic, arcadian, bucolic, country, geoponic, idyllic, natural, pastoral, rustic, simple, unspoiled rural affairs, pertaining to: georgic rural area: boondocks ruse: artifice, deceit, deception, feint, fraud, gimmick, hoax, maneuver, ploy, scheme, trick, twist, wile rush: assault, attack, blitz, bolt, bustle, charge, chase, course, dart, dash, defeat, flood, flow, haste, hasten, hie, hurry, hurtle, hustle, onslaught, overpower, plunge, press, pressure, race, rampage, reed, scamper, scoot, scramble, scud, scurry, speed, stampede, storm, streak, surge, tear, urgent, zoom
Russian dance with alternating squatting kicks: kazatsky Russian denial: nyet Russian drink: kvass, quass, vodka Russian food: beluga, borscht, caviar, ikary, ikra Russian nesting wooden dolls: matrushka Russian or Polish: Slavic Russian pancake: blin Russian policy of candor about social problems: glasnost Russian vehicle drawn by three horses: troika rust: blight, canker, color, corrode, corrosion, decay, eat, erode, erosion, oxidation, oxide, oxidize, rot, tarnish rust-resistant zinc, coat with: galvanize rustic: agrarian, agrestian, agrestic, arcadian, artless, backwoodsman, boor, bucolic, bumpkin, bushman, churl, clod, clodhopper, clownish, coarse, country, countryman, crude, farmer, greenhorn, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, inelegant, jake, natural, pastoral, peasant, picturesque, plain, plowboy, plowman, redneck, rough, rube, rude, rural, simple, sturdy, sylvan, uncouth, unpolished, yokel rustle: crackle, crinkle, forage, haste, noise, sound, steal, stir, swish, swoosh rustle of silk: scroop rustler: bandit, desperado, driver, robber, thief rustling: sough, susurrant, susurration, susurrus rustling leaves, wind whispering: psithurism rusty: corroded, decayed, discolored, eroded, rough, rugged, sluggish, unpracticed, unused rut: channel, ditch, furrow, grind, groove, habit, indentation, pattern, pothole, routine, track, trench rutabaga: turnip ruth: compassion, grief, mercy, penitence, pity, regret, remorse, repentance, sadness, sorrow, sympathy ruthless: brutal, cold, cruel, cutthroat, ferocious, heartless, mean, merciless, pitiless, relentless, savage, unsympathetic, vicious ruthless disregard for individuality: procrustean rye: cereal, feed, grain, grass, whiskey, whisky
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S-shaped: sigmate, sigmoid S-shaped curve, molding in architecture: ogee sabbatical: holiday, leave, vacation saber: cutlass, scimitar, sword sable: black, dark, ebony, jet sable or its fur: zibeline sabotage: block, damage, destroy, disable, disrupt, incapacitate, subvert, undermine, vandalize, wreck sac: bag, bursa, cavity, cyst, pocket, pouch, sack, vesicle saccharine: candied, cloying, honeyed, ingratiating, sentimental, sugary, sweet, syrupy sacerdotal: apostolic, clerical, ministerial, priestly, religious, sacred sachet: bag, fragrance, perfume, potpourri, pouch, scent sack: bag, burlap, container, duffel bag, duffle bag, gunny, pouch, purse, sac sacrament: baptism, ceremony, communion, confirmation, covenant, eucharist, liturgy, marriage, matrimony, penance, pledge, rite, ritual, sign, symbol sacred: blessed, cherished, consecrated, divine, godly, guarded, hallowed, holy, inviolable, pious, protected, pure, religious, reverend, sacrosanct, saintly, sanctified, spiritual, undefiled, venerated sacred beetle: scarab sacred bird: ibis sacred image: icon sacred musical composition with voices and orchestra without costumes, action, and scenery: oratorio sacred object protecting city or state: palladium sacred place: sacrarium, sacristy, sanctuary
Ss
sacred place for venerated person: shrine sacred relics, place for: reliquary sacred song: motet, psalm sacred, make or set apart as: consecrate, sanctify sacred, opposite of: profane, secular sacred, violation of something: sacrilege sacredness: sanctity sacredness maintained: inviolate sacredness of, violate: desecrate, profane sacrifice: bunt, concession, deed, devote, endure, forfeit, forgo, give, hecatomb, homage, immolate, loss, martyr, oblation, offering, surrender, victim sacrifice or slaughter, large-scale: hecatomb sacrificial site: altar sacrilege: blasphemy, crime, desecration, impiety, iniquity, irreverence, profanation, sin, violation sacrilege, atonement for: piacular sacrilegious: blasphemous, impious, irreligious, irreverent, profane, sinful sacrosanct: blessed, divine, esteemed, hallowed, inviolable, regarded, religious, reverent, sacred sad: bad, bleak, blue, calamitous, cheerless, dark, dejected, deplorable, depressed, depressing, desolate, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, doleful, dolorous, down, downcast, dreary, gloomy, glum, grave, grievous, heartbroken, heavyhearted, joyless, low, melancholy, miserable, mournful, pathetic, pitiable, pitiful, sober, solemn, somber, sorrowful, sorry, tragic, triste, unfortunate, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched
sad and discouraged: crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, dispirited, downcast sad and morose: dour, dyspeptic, glum, resentful, sullen sad and mournful: bereft, desolate, dolorous, elegiac, forlorn, funereal, lugubrious, melancholy, plaintive, plangent, somber, tristful, wistful, woebegone sad and tearful: lachrymose sad and thoughtful: brooding, pensive sad for one's sins, offenses: contrite, penitent, remorseful, rueful sad, looking: baleful, doleful, gloomy, lugubrious sad, very: heartbroken, inconsolable sadden: burden, crush, deject, depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, upset saddened by love: lovelorn saddened through loss: bereaved saddle: howdah, montura, packsaddle, pillion, seat saddle or seat on elephant or camel: howdah saddle parts: branch, cantle, eye, girth, horn, pommel, skirt, stirrups, tread saddle room for a secondrider:pillion saddle types: cowboy, English, sidesaddle, western saddle's hind part that sticks up: cantle saddle, bicycle or motorcycle: pillion saddle, leather gaiters attached to: gambadoes, gambados saddle, light and padded, with no pommel horn: English saddle saddle, ornamental covering for: caparison, trappings sadism involving pain: algolagnia sadistic: barbarous, brutal, cruel, vicious sadness: anguish, blues, dejection, de-
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SADNESS OVER EVILS OF WORLD - SALAD, TOASTED BREAD SQUARE IN
pression, dolor, dumps, funk, gloom, heartache, melancholy, sorrow, unhappiness sadness over evils of world: weltschmerz sadness, causing: heartrending sadness, inclined to: atrabiliar, atrabilious safari: excursion, expedition, exploration, hunt, journey, tour, trek, trip safe: careful, cautious, clear, conservative, dependable, discreet, guarded, harmless, impregnable, innocuous, invulnerable, nontoxic, preserved, protected, prudent, secure, sheltered, shielded, sound, stable, sure, trustworthy, unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, untouched, wary; armory, chest, depository, strongbox, vault safe and unharmed: unscathed safe from attack: impregnable, invulnerable, secure, unassailable safe place, harbor: asylum, haven, refuge, sanctuary, shelter safecracker: yegg, yeggman safeguard: armament, bulwark, convoy, defend, defense, escort, harbor, preserve, protect, protection, secure, security, shield, umbrella safeguard and guarantee: backstop, backup, fail-safe feature, safety net safekeeping: care, conservation, custody, preservation, protection, security safekeeping place: depository, repository, safe deposit box, storage, vault safety: assurance, asylum, cover, freedom, protection, refuge, sanctuary, security, shelter; touchback safety, person entrusted with something's: depositary, depository, trustee saffron rice mixed with vegetables, meat, poultry, and seafood, Spanish: paella sag: bend, dangle, decline, deflate, diminish, downtrend, downturn, droop, drop, flag, flop, languish, lull, settle, sink, slide, slouch, slump, weaken, wilt saga: adventure, edda, epic, history, legend, myth, narrative, story, tale, yarn sagacious: acute, astute, cagey, clever, cunning, discerning, insightful, intelligent, judicious, knowing, penetrating, perceptive, prudent, quick, sage, sapient, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, wise
sagacity: acumen, cleverness, discernment, intelligence, perception, prudence, sapience, shrewdness, wisdom, wit sage: guru, master, oracle, philosopher, pundit, savant, scholar, seer; discerning, judicious, learned, perceptive, profound, prudent, sapient, sensible, shrewd, solemn, sound, wise; herb, mint, salvia, seasoning, spice saguaro plants: cacti sail: boat, canvas, cruise, dart, drift, excursion, float, fly, gaff, jib, journey, kaul, keel, lateen, move, navigate, scud, sheet, skim, soar, trip, voyage
RELATED TERMS
sail on mast of square-rigged ship, lowest: course sail support: mast, spar sail that swings out opposite mainsail on racing yachts: spinnaker sail types: balloon, foresail, jib, mainsail, mizzen, spanker, spinnaker, staysail, topsail sail, bulging part of: bag sail, corner of: clew, head, tack sail, large triangular, swinging opposite mainsail: spinnaker sail, middle pouchlike part of: bunt sail, ring or grommet on edge of: cringle sail, rope or chain attached to lower corners of: sheet sail, rope to raise and lower: halyard sail, strap to secure furled: gasket sail, to haul down or lower a: strike sail, to relieve pressure of wind on: spill sail, to roll up and secure a: furl sail, to secure or bind a: frap, lash sail, triangular, ahead of foremast: jib 1 * sailboat: catamaran, craft, ketch, schooner, skiff, sloop, vessel, yacht, yawl
RELATED TERMS
sailboat spar for foremast: bowsprit sailboat with three parallel hulls: trimaran sailboat with two parallel hulls: catamaran sailboat, light with flat hull: sailboard sailboat, single-masted fore-and-aft rigging: sloop W
sailing, person unfamiliar with: landlubber sailor: bluejacket, deckhand, jack, mariner, middy, midshipman, midshipwoman, pirate, salt, seafarer, seaman, seawoman, swab, tar, yachtsman, yachtswoman sailor of lowest grade in merchant marine: ordinary seaman sailor, of fiction: Sinbad sailor, veteran: old salt, shellback sailor's belongings bag: ditty bag sailors' hard biscuit or bread: hardtack, sea biscuit, sea bread, ship biscuit sailor's navy blue knit cap: watch cap sailors' work song: chantey, shanty sails and yards to receive wind, adjust: trim sails nearer the wind: luffs sails, masts, and yards, system holding and controlling: rigging sails, masts, spars on sailing vessel, arrangement of: rig sails, spar supporting: yard saint: altruist, canonize, enshrine, holy, martyr, paragon saint protecting a place, craft, activity, class, person: patron saint saint, declare a person a: canonize saint, honor person in first step toward declaring them a: beatify saint, image of: icon saint, personal item of: relic sainthood, title at first level of: venerable sainting a person, Catholic official arguing against: devil's advocate saintliness: holiness, sanctity saintly: angelic, beatific, blessed, devout, divine, godly, good, heavenly, holy, pious, religious, righteous, spiritual, upright, virtuous saints accepted by Catholic church, list of: canon saints, biography of: hagiography sake: account, advantage, behalf, benefit, end, gain, good, interest, motive, objective, purpose, reason, regard, respect, welfare; beverage, drink, saki, wine salaam: bend, bow, genuflect, greeting, obeisance, salutation, salute salacious: bawdy, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, lustful, obscene, wanton salad: aspic, greens, slaw salad dressing of oil-and-vinegar: vinaigrette salad, toasted bread square in: crouton
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SALAMANDER - SANCTUARY
salamander: amphibian, axolotl, eft, lizard, mudpuppy, newt, poker, reptile, spirit, stove, triton, urodele salary: allowance, compensation, earnings, emolument, fee, hire, honorarium, income, pay, recompense, remuneration, stipend, wage, wages salary limit: cap salary, to deduct from: dock, garnishee sale: bargain, clearance, deal, demand, discount, exchange, market, purchase, reduction, rummage, transaction, transfer sale in one lot, miscellaneous items for: job lot sale item used to attract customers: loss leader salesperson: agent, clerk, hawker, peddler, salesman, saleswoman, vendor salient: conspicuous, flagrant, glaring, important, jumping, marked, moving, noticeable, obvious, projecting, prominent, pronounced, protruding, signal, springing, striking saline: brackish, briny, salty saliva: drool, phlegm, salivation, slaver, slobber, spit, spittle, sputum, water sallow: anemic, ashen, jaundiced, pale, pallid, sickly, unhealthy, wan, yellowish sally: attack, burst, charge, dash, erupt, excursion, jaunt, joke, journey, leap, outburst, outing, quip, retort, rushing, sortie, spring, start, trip, witticism salmagundi: assortment, hash, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, mishmash, mixture, potpourri, salad salmon after spawning: kelt salmon between parr and grilse: smolt salmon enclosure: weir, yair salmon genus: oncorhynchus, salmo salmon migrating up rivers from the sea to breed, of: anadromous salmon on its first return from sea to fresh water: grilse salmon under two years old, living in fresh water: pansalmon variety: Atlantic, blueback, chinook, coho, humpback, Pacific, quinnat, redback salmon, female: baggit, blackfish, raun salmon, male: kipper, redfish salmon, smoked: lox salmon, young: alevin, grilse, parr
salon: assemblage, gallery, gathering, group, hall, parlor, reception, room, shop, showroom saloon: alehouse, bar, barroom, cabin, groggery, hall, pub, taproom, tavern salt: brine, compound, condiment, corn, cure, element, flavor, gob, humor, piquant, preservative, sailor, sal, saline, seaman, season, seasoning, sharp, spice, tar, wit, witty salt for animals, a deposit of natural: lick salt water: brine, saline salt, to remove the: desalinate saltation: leap saltlike flavor enhancer: monosodium glutamate, MSG salts, medicinal: Epsom salts salty: alkaline, brackish, briny, colorful, flavored, racy, risqu, saline, spicy, witty, zestful salubrious: beneficial, bracing, curative, desirable, good, healthful, healthy, helpful, invigorating, restorative, salutary, sanitary, wholesome salutary: advantageous, nutritious, remedial, salubrious, useful salutation: address, aloha, ave, bow, curtsy, greeting, hail, hello, howdy, kiss, salaam, salute, toast salutation portending bad news: Dear John salute: accost, address, applaud, cheer, greet, hail, heil, honor, praise, recognize, signal, wave salvage: reclaim, recover, rescue, restore, save salvage something usable from waste: scavenge salvation: conservation, deliverance, emancipation, liberation, mainstay, preservation, redemption, rescue salve: alleviate, anoint, assuage, balm, cerate, cream, ease, flattery, heal, lotion, medicine, ointment, relieve, remedy, soothe, unguent salvo: barrage, bombardment, burst, cannonade, gunfire, outburst, reservation, volley same: alike, comparable, consistent, ditto, duplicate, equal, equivalent, exact, ibid, identical, invariable, like, parallel, self, similar, synonymous, unchanging, very same age or duration, around: coetaneous, coeval, contemporary same as original: clone, copy, double, duplicate
same as previous reference: ibid. same boundaries, contained in: coextensive, conterminous, coterminous same form or configuration around an axis or center, having: symmetrical same importance or rank, around: coordinate same in amount or value: parity same in effect or value: tantamount same kind/class/group, member of: congener same or corresponding to: congruent same or equal to, to be: constitute same or similar meaning, having the: synonymous same place, in the: ibid., ibidem same scope or range of meaning, around: coextensive, coterminous same size or extent, around: commensurate same when exchanged or substituted: interchangeable same, literally: idem sameness: equivalence, identity, likeness, monotony, oneness, parity, similarity, uniformity, unity samovar: urn sample: example, illustration, inspect, instance, model, pattern, piece, segment, specimen, taste, test, try sample fabric piece: swatch sample meant to be representative of population: cross section sanctified: blest, consecrated, hallowed, holy, inviolable, sacrosanct, venerated sanctify: anoint, bless, consecrate, dedicate, glorify, purify sanctimonious: canting, holier-thanthou, holy, hypocritical, insincere, pharisaic, pharisaical, pious, preachy, smug sanction: abet, accredit, allow, approbate, approve, assent, authorization, authorize, boycott, confirm, confirmation, consent, decree, embargo, encourage, encouragement, endorse, endorsement, fiat, legalize, let, okay, penalty, permission, permit, ratification, ratify, support sanctity: godliness, holiness, inviolability, piety, purity, righteousness, sacredness, saintliness, solemnity, virtue sanctuary: asylum, bemata, chapel, church, convent, cover, den, harbor, haven, hideaway, holy of holies, monastery, mosque, oasis, port, pre-
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S A N C T U A R Y OF C H U R C H - S A T U R A T E D serve, protection, refuge, retreat, safe harbor, safety, sanctum, sanctum sanctorum, shelter, shrine, tabernacle, temple sanctuary of church: sacrarium, sacristy sand and clay, material intermediate between: silt sand hill: dene, dune sand, living or growing in: arenaceous, arenicolous sandal: clog, espadrille, flip-flop, huarache, moccasin, shoe, slipper, talaria, thong, zori sandals of rubber with thong toe: flipflops sandbar: dune, reef, shoal, spit sandpiper: beachrobin, bird, dunlin, fiddler, knot, ree, reeve, ruff, teeter, terek, triddler sand's crystalline compound: silica sandstone for scouring ship deck: holystone sandwich: canap, cheeseburger, club, grinder, hamburger, hero, hoagie, lunch, sloppy joe, sub, submarine sandwich made in pita bread, lamb or chicken: gyro sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut on rye: Reuben sandwich on a long hard roll: grinder, hero, submarine sandwich with three pieces of bread and two layers of filling: club, doubledecker sandwich, mini open: canap sandy: blond, brownish, granular, gritty, plucky, porous, powdery, sabulous, shifting, unstable sandy deposit: loess sandy desert area: erg sandy elevation in body of water: sandbank, sandbar, shoal sandy ridge: esker sandy whirlwind: dust devil sane: balanced, coherent, compos mentis, healthy, levelheaded, logical, lucid, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sensible, sober, sound, sound of mind, wise sangfroid: aplomb, calmness, composure, coolness, equanimity, poise sanguine: buoyant, cheerful, confident, enthusiastic, expectant, flushed, fond, happy, hopeful, lively, optimistic, passionate, upbeat, warm sanitary: aseptic, clean, disinfected, healthful, hygienic, purified, sterile sanity: balance, competency, intelligence, lucidity, mind, rationality, reason, saneness, sense, soundness, stability sap: debilitate, deplete, destroy, devitalize, drain, enervate, exhaust, subvert, tire, undermine, weaken sapid: engaging, flavorable, palatable, savory, tasty, zestful sapient: discerning, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, sagacious, sage, wise sapless: devitalized, dry, lazy, shriveled, spineless, withered sapling: seedling, tree, young, youth sappy: foolish, juicy, lush, mawkish, moist, plump, sentimental, silly, slushy, succulent, watery sarcasm: acerbity, acridity, banter, criticism, gibe, humor, irony, jeer, lampooning, mockery, needling, ridicule, satire, scorn, taunt sarcastic: acerb, acrimonious, biting, caustic, corrosive, cutting, cynical, disparaging, ironic, ironical, mocking, mordant, sardonic, sassy, satirical, scornful, sharp, snide sarcastic literary style: irony sarcastic, humorously: facetious, sardonic sash: band, belt, casement, cincture, corset, cummerbund, frame, girdle, obi, ribbon, scarf, waistband sash for a geisha: obi sash worn across chest and holding sword, bugle: baldric sash worn with dinner jacket: cummerbund sashay: excursion, flounce, glide, mince, move, prance, strut, swagger, walk sassy: bold, brash, brazen, cheeky, discourteous, disrespectful, forward, fresh, impudent, jaunty, pert, rude, sarcastic, saucy, smart, snippy, wise satanic: cruel, demonic, devilish, diabolical, evil, fiendish, heinous, malicious, sadistic, wicked satchel: bag, case, handbag, pouch, purse, reticule, suitcase, valise sate: cloy, glut, gorge, gratify, overfill, satiate, satisfy, stuff, surfeit satellite: ancillary, asteroid, luna, moon, rocket, spacecraft, subsidiary satellite path: orbit satellite that rotates with Earth: geostationary orbit satellite, geosynchronous orbit satellite satiate: cloy, glut, gorge, gratify, overfill, quench, sate, satisfy, stuff, surfeit satire: banter, burlesque, caricature, irony, lampoon, mockery, parody, ridicule, sarcasm, spoof, takeoff satirical: caustic, comical, cynical, farcical, ironical, lampooning, mocking, sarcastic, sardonic, witty satirical burlesque of heroic style: mock-heroic satirical comedy: farce satirical imitation: mock-heroic, skit, spoof, takeoff satirical imitation of literary or artistic work: parody, pastiche, travesty satirical representation in art or literature: caricature satirical writing or speech: lampoon, pasquinade, squib satirize: caricature, criticize, deride, lampoon, mimic, mock, parody, ridicule, spoof satisfaction: amends, atonement, bliss, comfort, compensation, contentment, enjoyment, fulfillment, gratification, happiness, justice, payment, pleasure, recompense, relief, enumeration, reparation, restitution, vindication satisfaction from another's troubles: schadenfreude satisfaction from feelings or experience of another: vicarious satisfactory: acceptable, adequate, average, decent, enough, fair, good, okay, passable, sufficient, tolerable, valid satisfied with past achievements, self-: resting on one's laurels satisfied, self-: complacent satisfy: accommodate, answer, appease, assuage, clear, compensate, content, convince, defray, discharge, fill, fulfill, gratify, indemnify, indulge, meet, pacify, pay, persuade, placate, please, quench, remunerate, reparate, repay, sate, satiate, serve, settle, slake, suffice, suit, supply, surfeit satisfy another's whims: pander to satisfy thirst: quench, slake satisfy whim: gratify, indulge saturate: dampen, drench, fill, glut, imbrue, imbue, impregnate, ingrain, penetrate, permeate, soak, sop, souse, steep, submerge, waterlog, wet saturated: imbued, sodden, soggy, sopped
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SATURDAY AS THE S A B B A T H , ONE WHO OBSERVES - S A Y I N G S ASCRIBED TO JESUS BUT NOT IN BIBLE
Saturday as the Sabbath, one who observes: Sabbatarian saturnalia: bacchanal, feast, festival, orgy, party, revelry, spree saturnine: bitter, dour, dull, gloomy, glum, grave, heavy, melancholy, morose, passive, sardonic, solemn, somber, sullen sauce: condiment, dressing, flavor, gravy, relish, seasoning sauce for fish, wine: matelote sauce of a pungent mustard family plant: horseradish sauce of butter, egg yolk, herbs, vinegar or wine: barnaise sauce of butter, egg yolk, vinegar or lemon juice: hollandaise sauce of chicken stock, cream, egg yolks: suprme sauce of garlic mayonnaise: aioli sauce of garlic, basil, tomato, Parmesan, olive oil: pistou sauce of hot red pepper, trademarked: Tabasco sauce of lemon, butter, and spices, sauteed and served in: piccata sauce of mayonnaise, onion, olive, pickles, capers: tartar sauce of mayonnaise, pickles, capers, anchovies, herbs: rmoulade sauce of meat stock thickened with flour, cream, egg yolk, butter: velout sauce of onion, capers, herbs, vinegar: ravigote sauce of pine nuts, garlic, basil, cheese, olive oil: pesto sauce of red Bordeaux wine: bordelaise sauce of vinegar or lemon juice and herb-flavored oil: vinaigrette sauce or mixture of chestnuts, maraschino cherries, candied fruits, liquer, dessert: Nesselrode sauce thickener of flour and fat: roux sauce with cheese, white: Mornay sauce with herbs, white: bechamel sauce with onions, white: soubise sauce. Burgundy-based: bourguignonne sauce, peanut: satay sauce, spiced Indian: curry sauce, spiced New Orleans: crole sauce, white cream: bechamel saucy: arch, audacious, bold, brash, brazen, cheeky, cocky, defiant, disrespectful, flippant, forward, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, pert, relapert, rude, sassy, smug saunter: amble, dally, dawdle, drift, frank, idle, loiter, lounge, meander,
mosey, promenade, ramble, roam, rove, ruminate, sashay, straggle, stray, stroll, walk, wander sausage: banger, bratwurst, frankfurter, kielbasa, liverwurst, pepperoni, rolliche, rollichie, wienerwurst, wurst sausage in England: banger sausage-shaped: allantoid sausage, German: bratwurst, braunschweiger, knackwurst, liverwurst sausage, mild: bologna, mortadella sausage, mild smoked: frankfurter, wiener, wienerwurst sausage, Polish: kielbasa sausage, pork: bratwurst sausage, pork and beef: pepperoni sausage, spicy: chorizo, pepperoni, salami, saveloy sausages and other processed meat foods: charcuterie, variety meat saut: fry, pan fry savage: barbarian, barbaric, beastly, bloodthirsty, bloody, brutal, brute, brutish, cannibal, crude, cruel, demoniac, feral, ferocious, fierce, grim, harsh, heartless, inhuman, merciless, murderous, native, primitive, rabid, rough, rude, ruthless, sadistic, truculent, uncivilized, unrestrained, untamed, vicious, violent, wild savage beast: brute savanna: grassland, plain, savannah savant: expert, genius, intellectual, master, sage, scholar, wise man save: accumulate, amass, bank, conserve, defend, deliver, deposit, economize, extricate, free, guard, hoard, husband, keep, lay by, maintain, preserve, reclaim, redeem, rescue, reserve, retain, safeguard, salvage, scrimp, skimp, spare, stockpile, store, stow save and conserve: husband save by not spending: scrimp save for one's pleasure or profit: amass, garner, stockpile save from loss or destruction: salvage save from loss or harm: conserve save from sin: redeem save usable substances from waste: reclaim, salvage saved material after destruction: salvage saved money for future: nest egg saving: barring, careful, conservation, economical, frugal, preservation, prudent, rescue, thrifty
saving from sin: deliverance, redemption, salvation saving grace: mitigating factor, redeeming quality saving occurrence or thing: godsend savings: account, funds, investment, means, nest eggs, provisions, reserves savior: defender, emancipator, guardian, hero, knight, liberator, messiah, protector, redeemer, rescuer savoir-faire: adroitness, composure, diplomacy, elegance, finesse, grace, manners, poise, style, tact, worldliness savor: aroma, enjoy, essence, experience, flavor, fragrance, odor, piquancy, quality, relish, scent, sensation, smack, smell, taste, tinge, trait, zest savory: agreeable, alluring, appetizing, aromatic, delectable, flavored, inoffensive, palatable, piquant, pleasing, pungent, salty, sapid, scrumptious, spicy, tasty savory tomato jelly: aspic say: advertise, advise, affirm, announce, answer, articulate, assert, asseverate, aver, call, claim, comment, communicate, convey, declare, deliver oneself of, dictate, enunciate, express, imply, indicate, inform, insinuate, intimate, mention, pronounce, quote, recite, relate, remark, repeat, report, respond, show, speak, state, talk, tell, testify, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, vote say publicly: disclose, divulge say seriously: affirm, asseverate saying: adage, aphorism, apothegm, axiom, byword, clich, epigram, expression, maxim, mot, motto, phrase, proverb, saw, slogan, truism saying expressing a principle or rule: maxim, motto, precept, slogan saying expressing a truth or opinion: adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, dictum saying expressing an insight: aperu saying or precept: dictum saying that's been used for a while: adage saying, concise and clever: aphorism, epigram, gnome, mot saying, overused: bromide, byword, clich, commonplace, platitude, saw, truism sayings ascribed to Jesus but not in Bible: agrapha
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SAYINGS OF J E S U S - SCARCE
SAWS
backsaw band saw bench saw bucksaw butcher's saw buzz saw chain saw circular saw compass saw coping saw crosscut saw crown saw cutoff saw diamond saw dovetail saw dry-wall saw electric saw flooring saw flush cut saw folding saw frame saw fretsaw hacksaw hand saw jeweler's saw jigsaw keyhole saw log saw lumberman's saw meat saw one-man crosscut saw pad saw panel saw pit saw plumber's saw portable circular saw power saw radial arm saw reciprocating saw ripsaw saber saw scroll saw stationary circular saw table saw tree saw two-handed saw two-man crosscut saw utility saw vertical sawW sayings of Jesus: logia scab: apostate, blackleg, scoundrel, strikebreaker scab forming on burn: crust, eschar scabbard's metal tip: chape
scabby: base, blotchy, contemptible, crusty, despicable, mangy, mean, scurvy, shabby, vile scabrous: coarse, difficult, knotty, rough, rugged, scaly, treacherous scaffold: staging scalawag: black sheep, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, trickster scald: blanch, burn, char, criticize, excoriate, heat, parboil, scorch scale: ascend, balance, calibration, climb, continuum, covering, degree, escalate, film, gamut, gradation, hierarchy, instrument, measure, mount, order, proportion, ranking, rate, ratio, regulate, rule, size, spectrum, spread, weight scale calibrating the measurements of a larger scale: vernier scale down: decrease, diminish, downsize, limit, restrict, shorten, trim scale drawing of side, front, rear of structure: elevation scale for colors by hue, value, chroma: Munsell color scheme scale for comparison: index scale for earthquake magnitude: Richter scale for hardness of metals and alloys: Brinell scale for hardness of minerals: Mohs scale for industrial, medical use: platform scale scale for specific gravity of liquids: Baume scale for wind velocities: Beaufort scale of gradual successive stages: gradation scale of organism: coating, covering, crust, flake, husk, lamella, lamina, peel, shed, skin, squama scale of 12 semitones in music: chromatic, dodecaphonic, twelve-tone scale of Western music using only 8 tones or major or minor scale: diatonic, mode scale standard, to check or adjust in comparison with: calibrate scale up: advance, augment, increase, lengthen scale with protractor, draw to: plot, protract scale, position assigned on a: rating, standing
scale, syllable system representing musical: solfeggio, solmization, tonic sol-fa scales for IQ: Binet-Simon, StanfordBinet scales, having: mailed, scabrous, scutate, scutellate scallion relative: leek, onion, shallot scallops: coquilles St. Jacques scaloppine, generally: veal scalpel: knife scaly skin: scurf scamp: cheat, imp, knave, prankster, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scalawag, scoundrel, villain scamper: bolt, dart, dash, flee, hasten, hurry, lope, race, rolic, run, scoot, scurry, skedaddle scan: browse, contemplate, examination, examine, glance, inspect, observe, peruse, read, scrutinize, search, skim, study, survey, view scandal: aspersion, calumny, defamation, detraction, discredit, disgrace, embarrassment, expos, gossip, ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobrium, outrage, reproach, shame, slander, stain scandal facts made public: expos scandal involving famous people: cause clbre scandalize: appall, calumniate, disgrace, dishonor, embarrass, offend, revile, shock, slander, smear, vilify scandalmonger: talebearer scandalous: defamatory, disgraceful, disreputable, flagitious, heinous, libelous, offensive, outrageous, shameful, shocking, slanderous Scandinavian: Dane, Nordic, Norse, Norseman, Swede Scandinavian buffet: smorgasbord scanty: exiguous, inadequate, meager, skimpy, sparse scapegoat: butt, fall guy, whipping boy scar: blemish, cicatrix, cliff, crack, cut, damage, deface, disfigure, flaw, injury, mark, pockmark, scab, scratch, wound scar on healing wound: cicatrice, cicatrix scar or birthmark: stigma scar, red fibrous: keloid scarab: beetle scarce: deficient, hardly, infrequent, insufficient, meager, occasional, rare, scant, seldom, short, sparse, uncommon, unusual
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SCARCITY - SCHOOL scarcity: dearth, deficiency, famine, inadequacy, infrequency, insufficiency, lack, rareness, scantiness, shortage, sparsity, uncommonness, want scare: affright, alarm, dread, fear, fright, frighten, horrify, intimidate, panic, shock, spook, startle, terrify, terrorize, threaten scared: afraid, alarmed, fearful, frightened, startled, terrified scared and cowardly: craven, lilylivered scared and timid: fearful, timorous, tremulous scared by threat: intimidated, unnerved scared or nervous: apprehensive, fretful, ill at east, jittery scared suddenly: startled scared, extremely: panic-stricken, petrified scared, extremely and unreasonably: paranoid scarf: ascot, babuska, bandanna, boa, comforter, cover, cravat, groove, muffler, neckerchief, necktie, sash, shawl, stole, tie, tippet, wrap; consume scarf as necktie: cravat scarf for woman tied under chin: babushka scarf of fluffy material, long: boa scarf worn as semi-coat: stole scarf, lace, worn on comb: mantilla scarlet fever: scarlatina scary: alarming, chilling, creepy, eerie, fearful, frightening, ghostly, hairy, horrifying, spooky, terrifying scat: beat, flee, scoot, scram, shoo, singing, vamoose scathing: biting, brutal, burning, caustic, harmful, harsh, mordant, pointed, scalding, scorching, scornful, severe, sharp, stinging scatter: bestrew, cast, circulate, decentralize, deflect, diffuse, disband, dispel, disperse, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, diversity, divide, fling, fritter, rout, separate, shower, sow, splatter, spray, spread, sprinkle, squander, strew, waste scatter among other things: interlard, intersperse scatterbrained: absent-minded, careless, dizzy, flighty, forgetful, frivolous, giddy, irresponsible, silly, zany scattered: erratic, infrequent, intermittent, interspersed, irregular, isolated, occasional, sem, sparse, sporadic, spotty, strewn, widespread scattered remains: detritus scattering of people outside of native land: diaspora, dispersion scavenger: collector, hyena, magpie, rat, vulture scenario: outline, plan, plot, rundown, screenplay, script, summary, synopsis scene: arena, backdrop, background, culture, display, episode, incident, landscape, locale, locality, location, picture, place, scape, setting, sight, site, spectacle, spot, tableau, venue, view, vista scene or commotion: quarrel, tantrum scene in 3-D setting: diorama scene of a crime: venue scene on stage with people motionless as if in picture: tableau vivant scene or distant view: prospect, vista scenery: backdrop, decor, furnishings, landscape, props, sets, setting, surroundings, terrain, view scenery and play props: mise-en-scne scenic: beautiful, breathtaking, dramatic, panoramic, picturesque, spectacular scent: aroma, bouquet, clue, detect, essence, flavor, fragrance, nose, odor, perfume, redolence, smell, sniff, spoor, track, trail, whiff scented flower petals and spices in mixture: potpourri scented liquid of alcohol and fragrant oils: cologne, eau de cologne, eau de toilette scented mixture in bag or box: pomander, sachet scepter: authority, baton, jurisdiction, rod, sovereignty, staff, stick, wand schedule: agenda, arrange, calendar, card, catalog, chart, docket, inventory, itinerary, list, organize, plan, program, register, roster, routine, slate, table, time, timetable scheme: aim, angle, arrangement, cabal, collude, concoct, concoction, conspiracy, conspire, contrivance, contrive, design, device, devise, diagram, gimmick, intrigue, layout, list, machinate, maneuver, order, outline, pattern, plan, plant, plot, program, project, proposition, purpose, strategy, system, tactics, trick, web scheming: artful, calculating, conniving, crafty, cunning, deceitful, foxy, sly schism: breach, break, discord, disharmony, disunion, division, faction, rent, separation, split schizophrenia: dementia praecox schizophrenia starting in puberty: hebephrenia schlemiel: bonehead, bozo, bungler, clod, dolt, fool, idiot, jerk, oaf schlep: carry, drag, haul, jerk, lug, pull, tote scholar: academic, bookman, bookwoman, bookworm, brain, egghead, intellectual, learner, pedant, professor, pundit, pupil, sage, savant, student scholar of encyclopedic learning: polyhistor, polymath scholar of law or theology: imam scholarly: educated, erudite, intellectual, learned, lettered, schooled, studious scholarly book: tome scholarly celebratory publication: festschrift scholarly knowledge: erudition scholarly life: academe scholarly person: savant scholars' conference: colloquium scholars' notes, edition of a work with: variorum scholars, group of: brow scholarship: education, erudition, knowledge, learning; aid, grant scholarship ostentatiously displayed: pedantry scholastic: academic, educational, learned, lettered, versed school: academy, belief, coach, college, conservatory, convent, cultivate, doctrine, drill, educate, elementary, faith, guide, high, institute, institution, instruct, kindergarten, law, lead, middle, military, philosophy, prep, prepare, primary, private, public, secondary, seminar, seminary, teach, train, university, view, vocational RELATED TERMS school curriculum, occurring outside: extracurricular, extramural school for discipline, training of young or first offenders: reform school, reformatory school head: headmaster, principal, rector
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SCHOOLBOOK - S C I S S O R S WITH SERRATED BLADE
SCIENCES
science and methodology of interpretation: hermeneutics science and study of language: linguistics, philology science and study of language meaning: semantics science and study of language sounds: phonemics, phonetics, phonology science and study of language use: pragmatics science dealing with metal extraction and working: metallurgy science experiment, derived from observation in: empirical science of animal behavior: ethology science of animal/plant comparison: biostatics science of animal/plant processes: physiology science of animal/plant structures: morphology science of architecture and design: architectonics science of atmosphere and weather: meteorology science of baths or bathing: balneology science of bullets, missiles, rocketry: ballistics science of capital punishment: ktenology science of caves: speleology science of cells: cytology science of children's diseases: pediatrics science of construction: tectonics science of cultivating flowers: horticulture science of dining: aristology science of drugs: pharmacology science of earth's physical structure: geology science of earth's surface and its characteristics: geography science of earthquakes: seismology science of energy and matter: physics science of environment and organisms: ecology science of ethics and moral obligation: deontology science of fishing: piscatology science of food and nourishment: nutrition science of gardening, abbr.: hort science of good eating: gastronomy science of housekeeping: oikology science of lakes and fresh water: limnology science of language: linguistics science of law: jurisprudence science of matter and energy: physics science of meaning of words: semantics science of measuring time: horology science of metals and alloys: metallurgy science of museum curatorship: museology science of nutrition and diet: sitology science of old age: geriatrics science of origin and development of humans: anthropogenesis science of plant and animal comparisons: biostatics science of plant and animal periodic phenomena: phenology science of plant and animal processes: physiology science of plant and structures: morphology science of poisons: toxicology science of population: demography science of reasoning: logic science of relationships between organisms and environments: ecology science of soil: agrology, pedology science of symptoms: symptomatology science of systems of control and communications: cybernetics science of time measurement: chronology science of weather: meteorology science of wind: anemology science or philosophy of law: jurisprudence science or study of plants: botany, phytologyW scientific: exact, experimental, methodical, skillful, systematic, technical scientific agriculture: agronomy scientific and objective: clinical scientific philosophy, medieval: alchemy scintilla: atom, flash, glimmer, iota, particle, ray, spark, speck, trace scintillate: charm, coruscate, flash, gleam, glimmer, glitter, shine, sparkle, twinkle scintillating: animated, bright, brilliant, dazzling, lively, stimulating, witty scion: branch, bud, child, descendant, graft, heir, offshoot, offspring, progeny, seed, son, sprout, successor, twig scissors: clippers, shears, trimmer scissors with serrated blade: pinking shears
school of art developed in the early twentieth century in Paris: cubism school of design, twentieth century German: Bauhaus school of linguistics developed from the 1930's-1950's: structural linguistics school of music or dramatic arts: conservatory school of painting, post WWII: abstract expressionism school subject, intended to correct deficient skills in: remedial school supported by church parish: parochical school school supported by public, government funds: public school school supported by tabernacle: yeshiva school without permission, absent from: truant
school, central European high: gymnasium school, French public secondary: lycee school, private secondary: prep school, preparatory school school, program that is introduction to: kindergarten school, student at military: cadet school, surrounding area served by a: catchment area school, within the same: intramural W schoolbook: grammar, primer, reader, textbook schooner: boat, clipper, glass, ship, tern, vessel, yacht science: art, discipline, education, erudition, knowledge, skill, study, technique, technology
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SCOFF - SCREWBALL
scoff: belittle, chide, deride, despise, devour, eat, fleer, gibe, gobble, gorge, jeer, jibe, knock, mock, razz, ridicule, sneer, steal, taunt, tease scold: abuse, admonish, berate, castigate, censure, chastise, chide, criticize, dress down, haze, keelhaul, lambaste, lash, nag, objurgate, punish, rag, rail, rant, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, revile, shrew, tell off, upbraid, virago, vituperate scold severely: berate, blister, flay, ream scolded: bawled out, chid, rebuked scolding: chewing out, talking to scolding of husband by wife, private: curtain lecture scolding woman: termagant, virago sconce: bracket, candlestick, earthwork, fort, head, noggin, protection, shelter, skull scoop: bail, beat, dig, dipper, dredge, excavate, exclusive, gather, gouge, hollow, lade, ladle, lift, news, shovel, spoon, story, vessel scoot: bolt, dart, dash, flee, hie, hurry, hustle, run, rush, scram, scurry, skedaddle scope: ambit, area, capacity, compass, dimension, distance, domain, extension, extent, field, goal, grasp, influence, intent, latitude, length, liberty, margin, orbit, outlook, purview, radius, range, reach, room, span, sphere, sweep, tether, vision scope of freedom: latitude, leeway scope of someone's awareness, knowledge: cognizance scope or province of a certain person: bailiwick, domain, preserve scorch: blister, burn, char, dry, excoriate, flay, lambaste, parch, scald, scathe, scourge, sear, shrivel, singe, toast, wither score: accomplish, account, add, amount, arrange, attain, average, basket, calculate, composition, count, debt, evaluate, goal, grade, grievance, grudge, judge, line, number, obligation, orchestrate, outcome, point, rate, reason, reckoning, record, result, run, scotch, secure, succeed, summary, tab, tally, text, total score a symphony: orchestrate scorn: condemn, contemn, contempt, deride, derision, despise, disdain,
flout, jeer, mock, ostracize, reject, ridicule, scoff, shun, sneer, snub, spurn scorn publicly: pillory scornful: abusive, arrogant, belittling, contemptuous, despicable, disdainful, disparaging, haughty, insolent, malicious, opprobrious, sarcastic, sardonic, supercilious scorpion: arachnid, catapult, nepa, onager, scourge, stinger, vinegaroon, weapon scorpion claw: chela scorpion or spider: arachnid scot-free: unpunished Scotland clothing: arisard, balmoral, fecket, kilt, maud, tarn, tarn o'shanter, tartan, toosh Scottish hill: brae Scottish lake: loch Scottish landlord: laird scoundrel: blackguard, cad, cheat, crook, heel, knave, miscreant, rapscallion, rascal, rat, reprobate, rogue, rotter, scalawag, scamp, thief, varlet, villain, weasel scour: brighten, buff, clean, cleanse, comb, forage, hurry, polish, rake, rub, rummage, scrub, scurry, search, swab, traverse, wash scourge: afflict, affliction, bane, beat, castigate, chastise, curse, epidemic, excoriate, flay, flog, infliction, lambaste, lash, pest, plague, punish, punishment, slash, switch, thrash, torment, whip scouring substance: abrasive scout: adventurer, despise, explore, explorer, guide, informer, investigate, lookout, observe, patrol, pioneer, reconnoiter, scoff, search, spy, survey, vanguard, watch scout badge: merit scout or forerunner: outrider, sentinel, sentry, vedette scowl: disapprove, expression, frown, glare, glower, grimace, lour, lower scrabble: clamber, grope, scape, scribble, siimb, struggle scraggly: battered, coarse, irregular, patched, ragged, shabby, shoddy, tattered, unkempt, untidy scram: decamp, depart, flee, lam, leave, scat, scoot, shoo, skedaddle, vamoose scramble: blend, clamber, climb, confuse, contend, disarrange, distort, garble, haste, hike, hustle, jostle,
jumble, mishmash, mix, move, muddle, push, race, rush, scatter, shuffle, struggle, upset scrap: bit, chip, crumb, drop, fraction, fragment, grain, leftover, morsel, ort, piece, remnant, shred, snippet, speck, waste scrape: abrade, amass, claw, corrode, cut, difficulty, dig, dilemma, erase, feed, fight, gash, gather, grate, graze, hole, mar, mess, pickle, predicament, rasp, remove, row, rub, scratch, scrimp, scuffle, shave, spot, trouble scraps: oddments, orts, remnants scratch: abrasion, eliminate, erase, exclude, expunge, incision, injury, mar, money, scotch, scrape, scrawl, scribble, withdraw, write scratch slightly: abrade, scarify, scrape, scuff scratching the ground in search of food, habitually: rasorial scrawl: doddle, handwriting, scabble, scratch, scribble, squiggle, write scrawny: bony, gaunt, lanky, lean, meager, rawboned, scragy, skinny, thin scrawny animal: scrag scream: bellow, cry, holler, howl, joker, roar, shout, shriek, shrill, wail, yell, yowl screech: howl, outcry, scream, shout, shriek, shrill, squeal, yell screen: analyze, censor, evaluate, examine, filter, pick, separate, sieve, sift screen or blind: camouflage, canopy, conceal, cover, curtain, divider, mesh, partition, shade, shelter, shield, veil screen to separate women from men in India: purdah screen, rice paper: shoji screw: bolt, clamp, fasten, rivet, spiral, thread, tighten, turn, twist screw or nail something until it is flush with or below surface: countersink screw thread, tool for cutting internal: tap screw thread width: pitch screw-type ancient apparatus for raising water: Archimedean screw, Archimedes' screw screw with two intersecting slots: Phillips screwball: blockhead, bonehead, bozo,
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SCREWDRIVER-LIKE TOOL WITH HEAD HAVING SIX SIDES - SEAL, PERTAINING TO
SCREWDRIVERS
auger screwdriver cabinet-pattern screwdriver clutch-head tip screwdriver cordless screwdriver electric screwdriver flat-head screwdriver impact driver magnetic screwdriver offset screwdriver Phillips screwdriver ratcheting screwdriver screw gun spiral ratchet screwdriver stubby screwdriver Yankee screwdriver W character, crackpot, dingbat, dumbbell, eccentric, fanatic, goof, kook, lunkhead, numbskull, nut, saphead screwdriver-like tool with head having six sides: Allen key screwdriver, slanting surface on: bezel screwy: absurd, batty, cracked, crazy, daft, doodle, draw, eccentric, flaky, impractical scribble: insane, mark, nuts, peculiar, scrabble, scratch, scrawl, unbalanced, wacky, whacky, write scribble artfully: doodle scribble on wall: graffiti scribbled handwriting: griffonage scribe: amanuensis, author, clerk, copier, copyist, editor, journalist, penman, reporter, scrivener, secretary, transcriber, writer scrimmage: battle, contest, fight, game, play, practice, skirmish scrimp: economize, eke, make do, save, scanty, skimp, stint script: calligraphy, chirography, handwriting, manuscript, penmanship, scenario, score, screenplay, text scroll: document, list, papyrus, parchment, roll, schedule, scrawl, streamer, volute, writing scroll-like ornament: cartouche, volute scrounge: beg, bum, forage, freeload, search, sponge scrub: abort, buff, cancel, clean, drop, erase, mop, rub, runt, scour, stop, swab, wash scruffy: mangy, messy, rough, scraggly, seedy, shabby, unkempt, untidy scrumptious: appetizing, delicious, delightful, exquisite, heavenly, luscious, succulent, tasty, yummy
scruple: anxiety, balk, conscience, demur, doubt, iota, misgiving, part, pause, qualm, question, reluctance, uneasiness, weight, worry scrupulous: careful, cautious, conscientious, dutiful, exact, fussy, honest, honorable, meticulous, painstaking, particular, precise, principled, proper, punctilious, reluctant, upright scrutinize: analyze, audit, canvass, check, comb, examine, eye, peruse, probe, scan, sift, survey, view scrutiny: analysis, examination, inspection, investigation, observe, surveillance, watch scud: cloud, dart, fly, go before the wind, gust, run, skim, wind scuff: mar scuffle: affray, brawl, fight, fracas, how, melee, row, scrap, shuffle, strife, tussle, wrestle sculptor: artist, carver, chiseler sculptural relief that projects very little from background: bas-relief, bassorelievo, low relief sculpture: art, bust, carve, chisel, heroic, mold, sculpt, shape, statue, totem sculpture like mobile but having no moving parts, abstract metal: stabile sculpture made of gold and ivory: chryselephantine sculpture of equilibrated parts that move: mobile sculpture opposite of intaglio: relief sculpture with design carved into or beneath surface, opposite of relief: intaglio sculpture, chip from stone carving of: spall sculpture, framework for clay: armature sculpture, plaster of Paris and glue as base for low-relief: gesso sculpture, small model of intended: maquette sculpture, wax casting process for metal: cir perdue, lost-wax process sculptured basket of fruit or flowers in architecture: corbeil sculptured slab: stele scum: algae, dregs, film, foam, froth, rabble, refuse, residue, slime, snake, trash, waste scurrilous: abusive, coarse, derogatory, dirty, disparaging, filthy, foul, gross, indecent, insulting, lewd, obscene, offensive, raunchy, vile, vulgar
scurry: base, bustle, contemptible, dart, dash, disease, flit, harry, hasten, hie, hurry, hustle, mean, race, run, rush, scoot, scorbutic, scuttle, shabby, skedaddle, speed, sprint, vile, whisk scurvy, concerning: scorbutic scuttlebutt: chitchat, common talk, gossip, hearsay, rumor, talk sea anemone or animal attaching to surfaces and looking like plants: anthozoan, zoophyte sea arm, long and narrow with high banks: fjord sea barrier to protect harbor: breakwater, bulwark, groin, mole sea by sandbars or coral reefs, body of water separated from: lagoon sea cow: manatee sea from mainland, land strip projecting into: peninsula sea- or yellowish-green: glaucous sea organisms at surface, microscopic: plankton sea partially enclosed by land, large area of: gulf sea robber: buccaneer, corsair, freebooter, pirate, privateer sea through another country, strip of land allowing inland country access to: corridor sea water, to remove salt and chemicals from: desalinate, desalinize sea with numerous islands: archipelago sea, concerning the: marine, maritime, nautical, pelagic, thalassic sea, high ridge of land jutting into a: promontory sea, narrow inlet of the: estuary, firth sea, person unfamiliar with the: landlubber sea, wreckage at: flotsam, jetsam seal: assurance, assure, attest, authenticate, brand, cachet, cap, clinch, close, confine, consummate, cork, fasten, finalize, guarantee, hallmark, insignia, pledge, plug., ratify, secure, shut, sigil, sign, signet, stamp, sticker, symbol, token, validate, waterproof seal-like aquatic mammal: manatee seal male fur: seecatch seal on pope's bull: bulla seal pipe joints, substance used to: lute, luting seal seams of ship with tar or asphalt: pay seal to make watertight, airtight: caulk seal, young: pup seal, pertaining to: phocid, phocine
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SEALED MEDICINE VIAL - SECRET
sealed medicine vial: ampoule sealed with a cork: bunged sealed, completely: airtight, hermetic seals and signets, study of: sphragistics seals, group of: pod, school sealskin: sculp seam: bond, cleft, connection, coupling, crack, crevice, fissure, fold, groove, hem, join, joint, layer, line, mark, pleat, ridge, scar, sew, stitching, stratum, suture, wrinkle seaman: gob, mariner, mate, salt, tar seamlike joint of articulation in fruit, shell, bones: suture seamstress: dressmaker, needleworker, sewer, tailor seamy: base, corrupt, rough, seedy, sordid, unpleasant, unwholesome seance: gathering, haven, meeting, ritual, seaport, session, sitting, town sear: broil, brown, burn, char, cook, dry, mark, parch, scar, scorch, singe, sizzle, wither search: canvass, check, comb, delve, drag, dragnet, examine, exploration, explore, ferret, forage, frisk, hunt, inquire, inspect, investigate, learn, look, manhunt, probe, prospect, pursuit, quest, rake, ransack, research, rifle, rummage, scavenge, scour, scout, scrounge, scrutinize, seek, sift, survey search bottom of body of water: drag search deeply and laboriously: delve, probe search for food, supplies: forage, scavenge search for game animals: hunt search for information: delve, ferret, investigate search for management employees: head-hunt search for the meaning or nature of: fathom search rapidly: skirr search someone for something concealed: frisk search thoroughly: comb, ransack, root search, judicial writ authorizing: warrant search, make preliminary: reconnoiter seas', lakes', rivers' navigation, study of: hydrography seas, waterway linking two: strait seashore: beach, coast, seaboard, seacoast, seaside seasickness: dizziness, mal de mer, nausea, queasiness, wooziness
season: accent, acclimatize, accustom, harden, inure, mature, prepare, refine, ripen, soften, temper, train season food: add, age, embellish, enliven, flavor, marinate, pepper, salt, savor, spice season of the year: autumn, fall, spring, summer, winter; interval, period season of warm hazy weather in late autumn: Indian summer seasonable: appropriate, apropos, apt, favorable, mature, opportune, relevant, suitable, timely seasonal activity: spring cleaning, spring training seasoned: aged, experienced, veteran seasoning: allspice, basil, cardamom, celery, cloves, condiment, dill, dressing, garlic, ginger, gravy, herb, mace, marjoram, mustard, nutmeg, onion, oregano, paprika, parsley, pepper, relish, rosemary, sage, salt, sauce, seasoner, spice, thyme, vinegar, zest seat: backside, banquette, base, behind, bench, bleacher, bottom, buttocks, capital, center, chair, cushion, derrire, floor, foundation, fulcrum, home, house, hub, install, keister, locality, location, lounge, membership, ottoman, pew, place, posterior, residence, rest, room, rump, settle, sit, site, situate, station, stool, throne, usher seat for elephant or camel riders: howdah seat for second rider: pillion seat for two people: love seat seat in aircraft, emergency: ejection seat seat in car, extra folding: jump seat seat in nook by fireplace: inglenook seat on rowboat: thwart seat or sofa, backless upholstered: ottoman seat, boxlike (horizontal), for carrying with poles by litter bearers: palanquin seat, boxlike (upright), for carrying with poles by litter bearers: sedan chair seated and inactive: sedentary seaward current of water beneath the surface: undercurrent seaward pull of waves after breaking: undertow seaweed: agar, agar-agar, algae, carrageen, delisk, desmid, desmidian,
dulse, gulfweed, Irish moss, kelp, nori, reit, rockweed, sargasso, talgae, tangle, varec seaweed and vegetation cast ashore: wrack seaweed ash: kelp seaweed jelly: agar seclude: cloister, conceal, evict, exclude, hide, isolate, quarantine, recess, remove, retire, retreat, screen, segregate, separate, sequester, withdraw secluded: alone, aloof, cloistral, deserted, isolated, lone, lonesome, private, reclusive, remote, secret, sequestered, sheltered, solitary, withdrawn secluded for season: hibernating second: abet, additional, advocate, aid, aide, another, assist, assistant, back, confirm, deputy, double, encourage, endorse, flash, forward, help, inferior, instant, jiffy, moment, next, other, ratify, stand-in, subordinate, substitute, succeed, support, supporter, time, understudy, uphold, wink second-hand: reused, used, worn second-rate: cheap, common, inadequate, inferior, mediocre, shabby second-time feeling for an experience: dj vu second-year student: sophomore secondary: accessory, affiliated, ancillary, appendant, appurtenant, attendant, auxiliary, backup, borrowed, bye, dependent, derivative, derived, incidental, indirectly, inferior, lesser, minor, satellite, small, subordinate, tributary, unessential secondary in rank: subaltern, subservient, subsidiary secondary response or idea: afterthought, footnote, postscript secondary school exam, in Britain: A level secondary tone produced by fundamental tone: harmonic, overtone secondhand: hand-me-down, used secrecy: closeness, concealment, covertness, mystery, privacy, silence, stealth secret: arcane, camouflaged, clandestine, classified, closet, clouded, concealed, concealment, confidence, confidential, covert, cryptic, dark, discreet, disguised, enigma, esoteric, furtive, hidden, hide, mysterious,
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SECRET AGENT - SEDUCE
mystery, mystical, obscure, occult, private, privy, remote, retired, secluded, seclusion, shrouded, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underhand, unknown, veiled secret agent: collaborator, courier, emissary, mole, operative, saboteur, spy secret agreement for illegal or deceitful purpose: connivance, collusion secret and hidden: covert, subterranean secret and personal: intimate, private secret and with intrigue: cloak-anddagger secret communications or exchange, predetermined place for: drop secret doctrine: cabala secret except to authorized persons: classified secret fund used for corruption: slush fund secret group pursuing interest: cabal, junta, junto secret hiding place: cache, stash secret information: intelligence secret jargon: cant secret key resource or weapon: ace in the hole, trump card secret laboratory: skunk works secret means of relaying information: grapevine secret meeting: conclave secret meeting of lovers: assignation, tryst secret meeting of organization: executive session secret name: cryptonym secret or concealed, knowing something: privy secret session: in camera secret stealthy means, done or obtained by: furtive, surreptitious secret things: penetralia secret writing system or message: cipher, cryptographic system secret, disclosing of: disclosure, disinterment, divulgement, revelation secret, in: confidentially, in camera, in confidence, privately, sub rosa secret, kept or done in: backstair(s), clandestine, furtive secret, known to only a few: arcane, cryptic, esoteric, occult secret, performed or occurring in: undercover secret, security status offering more access than: restricted
secretary: aide, amanuensis, assistant, chancellor, clerk, desk, officer, official, recorder, steno, typist secretary in ancient times: scribe secrete: bury, cache, conceal, discharge, exude, filch, hide, ooze, screen, stash secretion: bile, gum, hormone, juice, laap, latex, milk, mucus, saliva, sap, sweat, tears secretive or stealthy way, working in: insidious secretly: sub rosa secretly informed: privy secretly into enemy territory, to enter: infiltrate secretly meeting or planned: clandestine secretly or concealed: incognito secretly provoking another to do illegal act, person: agent provocateur secrets are disclosed, one to whom: confidant, confidante sect: caste, church, clan, cult, denomination, faction, faith, group, order, party, persuasion, religion, school sectarian: bigoted, dissenter, factional, heretic, limited, narrow-minded, non-conformist, parochial, partisan, zealot section: area, branch, category, division, leg, locality, parcel, part, piece, portion, region, sector, segment, slice, sphere, territory, tract, vicinity, zone section of document, distinct: clause sector: area, district, division, quarter, section, zone secular: civil, earthly, laic, laical, lay, layperson, material, nonclerical, nonspiritual, profane, temporal, worldly secure: acquire, anchor, assure, attach, bind, bolt, cement, chain, clamp, clasp, clinch, constrain, defend, fasten, get, guarantee, guard, insure, land, lock, moor, nail, obtain, procure, protect, safeguard, tie, tighten secure a boat: anchor, moor secure or settle: clinch secure, being: assured, certain, confident, dependable, easy, fast, firm, on ice, shielded, solid, sound, stable, strong, unharmed secure, make certain: ensure secure, valuable shareholdings: blue chip stocks securities held: portfolio
securities pledged as collateral: hypothecation securities purchase in one market for immediate resale on another market at a higher price: arbitrage securities, buy or sell order good only on day it is entered: day order securities, buying at intervals in fixed amount: monthly investment plan security: armament, assurance, bail, confidence, defense, freedom, gage, guarantee, guard, hostage, insurance, lien, pledge, police, protection, safeguard, safety, sanctuary, shelter, shield, stability, surety, trust, warranty security against loss, damage, default: guarantee, security, surety security against obligation: gage, pledge security for debt without transfer of title, pledge as: hypothecate security for loan or other obligation: collateral security having a maturity of less than a year with no interest and sold at a discount, U.S. Treasury: Treasury bill security transferable by delivery: negotiable sedate: calm, collected, composed, cool, dignified, dope up, drug, earnest, grave, placid, proper, quiet, serene, serious, settled, sober, solemn, staid, still, subdued, tranquil, unruffled sedative: barbiturate, depressant, downer, drug, lenitive, narcotic, opiate, pacifier, palliative, relaxing, soothing, tranquilizer sedentary: inactive, inert, lazy, motionless, seated, settled, sluggish, stationary sediment: crap, debris, deposit, dregs, grounds, gunk, lees, refuse, residue, scum, settling, silt, slag, sludge, soot, trash, waste sediment at bottom of liquid like coffee: grounds sediment at bottom of liquid like wine: dregs, foots, lees sediment of very fine particles: silt sedition: coup, dissension, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, protest, rebellion, revolt, revolution, strife, subversion, treason, uprising seditious: treasonous seduce: allure, charm, coax, corrupt, debauch, deflower, draw, entice, lure, mislead, tease, tempt
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SEDUCTIVE - SELF
seductive: alluring, attractive, captivating, charming, desirable, enchanting, enticing, flirtatious, provocative, sexy, voluptuous seductress: Jezebel, Lorelei, seducer, siren, temptress, vamp sedulous: active, assiduous, busy, busy as a bee, diligent, industrious, laborious, painstaking, persevering, persistent, untiring, vivacious seed: acorn, ancestry, beginning, bud, bulbs, children, conception, core, descendants, egg, embryo, germ, grain, kernel, offspring, origin, pea, pip, plant, posterity, progeny, samara, scatter, source, sow, spark, sperm, spore, voule
RELATED TERMS
seed coat: aril, hull, testa seed or pod of pea, bean: legume, pulse seed part that develops into root: radicule seed part that develops into stem: seminal seed plant, embryonic part of: ovule seed plant, leaf of the embryo of: cotyledon seed pod seam: raphe, suture seed to speed germination, slit: scarify seed with ovary, stalk connecting: funiculus seed's scar where it was attached to stem: hilum, umbilicus seed, grow from: germinate seed, hairs on a: coma seed, inner coat of: tegmen seed, opening for pollen to fertilize: micrypyle seed, two-winged: dipterous seed, wall of fruit: pericarp seed-bearing: seminiferous seed-bearing capsule of cotton, flax, etc.: boll seed-bearing part of flowering plant: pistil seedless plant: fern seeds germinating on parent plant: viviparous seeds in rows, sow: drill, furrow seeds of flowering plants, nutritive tissue: endosperm seeds, feeding on: granivorous seeds, outgrowth on certain: caruncle W seedy: bedraggled, debilitated, decay-
ing, decrepit, mangy, messy, neglected, ratty, shabby, slovenly, tacky, tattered, unkempt, untidy, worn seeing everything in one view: panoptic seek: aspire, comb, court, delve, endeavor, examine, explore, hunt, inquire, investigate, probe, pursue, quest, request, scout, search, sniff, solicit, trace, undertake seem: appear, imply, insinuate, intimate, look, pretend, sound seeming: apparent, evident, illusory, ostensible, presumed, professed, purported, quasi, supposed seeming to exist: nominally seemingly: quasi, reputedly seemingly attractive or true: specious seemly: acceptable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, compatible, correct, decent, decorous, fitting, meet, pleasing, proper, right, suitable, suited seep: dribble, drip, exude, flow, infiltrate, leak, ooze, percolate, permeate, spread, trickle seer: astrologer, augur, clairvoyant, diviner, forecaster, medium, mystic, oracle, predictor, prognosticator, prophet, psychic, soothsayer, sorcerer, sorceress, sybil seesaw: alternate, fluctuate, rock, sway, teeter, teeter-totter, vacillate, waver seethe: boil, bubble, churn, foam, fret, fume, rage, sizzle, steam, steep, stew, teem segment: cantle, divide, division, fragment, parcel, part, period, piece, portion, section, separate, share, slice segregate: detach, divide, insulate, isolate, part, quarantine, seclude, separate, sequester seism: earthquake, quake, tremor seize: abduct, afflict, annex, apprehend, appropriate, arrest, arrogate, attack, bag, bind, capture, catch, claw, clinch, collar, commandeer, comprehend, confiscate, conquer, corral, gather, grab, grip, hijack, hook, impound, kidnap, nab, net, occupy, overtake, possess, prehend, secure, snatch, strike, take, trap, understand, usurp seize and hold to compel payment: distrain, distress, sequestrate seize and hold without legal authority: usurp seize and incorporate territory: annex
seize and put in custody: impound, sequester seize beforehand: preempt seize by violence: grapple, wrest seize for military use: commandeer, confiscate seize neutral vessel in wartime: spoliation seize on the way: intercept seize or rob by force: pillage, rapine seize something in mid-course: intercept seize the day: carpe diem seize without permission: appropriate, confiscate, levy seizure: abduction, attack, capture, convulsion, episode, fit, paroxysm, spasm, spell, stroke seizure of property in legal proceeding: attachment seldom: hardly, infrequently, occasionally, rarely, scarcely, sporadically, uncommonly seldom seen: rare, rarity select: best, choice, choose, chosen, cull, decide, draw, elect, elite, excellent, exclusive, good, handpicked, name, nominate, opt, pick, pick out, prefer, preferred, rare, superior, take, topnotch selected passages of writing: analecta, analects selecting from diverse sources: eclectic selection: choice, collection, draft, excerpt, option, passage, pick, preference, vote selection of literary passages by an author: chrestomathy selective: careful, choosy, discriminating, eclectic, finicky, fussy, particular, picky self: being, character, ego, identical, identity, individuality, myself, oneself, own, personal, personality, psyche
RELATED TERMS
self-absorbed: egotistical, narcissistic, vain self-absorbed person: omphalopsychite self-acceptance, induced: autosuggestion self-assertive: audacious, bold, bumptious, confident, immodest, pushy, sure self-assurance: aplomb, poise
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SELL - SENSATION
self-assured: calm, cocky, composed, confident, poised, pose, smug, unabashed self-centered: egocentric, egotistical, narcissistic, selfish self-centered as ethnic group: ethnocentric self-composed: calm, collected, poised self-confidence: aplomb, assurance, cockiness, conceit, pluck, poise self-congratulatory: smug self-conscious: awkward, insecure, nervous, uncomfortable, uneasy, unnatural, unsure self-contradictory statement: paradox self-control: calmness, composure, constraint, discipline, fighting, forebearance self-defense or combat arts: martial arts self-denial: abnegation, abstinence, ascetic, asceticism, selflessness self-denial of indulging: abstemiousness, abstinence, temperance self-determination: autonomy self-discipline in religion: askesis self-discipline, one living life of: ascetic self-esteem: amour propre, confidence, ego, egotism, pride, self-respect, vanity self-evident: apparent, axiomatic, clear, glaring, obvious, plain, prima facie, undeniable, unequivocal, unmistakable, visible self-evident statement: axiom self-examination of innermost feelings: heart-searching, introspection self-explanatory: clear, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, plain, unmistakable self-generated: spontaneous self-governing: autonomous, independent, sovereign self-importance: conceit, ego, egoism, pomposity, vainglory self-important: arrogant, conceited, egotistical, hoity-toity, pompous, pretentious, smug, stuffy self-important old guard: Colonel Blimp self-important person: panjandrum, snob self-indulgence: debauchery, depravity, dissipation, dissolution, intemperance
self-indulgent: decadent, effete, greedy, hedonistic, miserly, parsimonious, sybaritic self-interest, serving: expedient self is the only thing that can be known, theory: solipsism self-love: conceit, egotism, narcissim, narcissism, vainglory, vanity self-operated machine: automaton self part of psyche: ego self-possessed: calm, collected, composed, confident, cool, easy, poised, reserved, tranquil self-possession: aplomb, composure, countenance, poise, selfconfidence self-protective reaction: defense mechanism self-reflecting: reflexive self-reliant: hardy, independent, resolute self-respect: confidence, dignity, pride, self-esteem, vanity, worth self-restraint: continence, moderation self-righteous: canting, holier-thanthou, moralistic, pharisaical, pompous, preachy, sanctimonious, smug self-sacrificing: gallant, generous, helpful, heroic, noble, unselfish self-satisfaction: contentment, pride, smugness self-satisfied: complacent, content, egotistic, priggish, proud, smug, vain self-service meal: buffet, cafeteria, smorgasbord self-styled expert: maven self-sufficient: arrogant, competent, confident, efficient, independent, smug self-sufficient country or region: autarky self-taught person: autodidact self-training of body and mind: biofeedback self, particular to the: subjective self, second: alter ego selfish: asocial, egocentric, grabby, self-aggrandizing, self-centered, self-seeking selfless: altruistic W sell: auction, bargain, barter, betray, cheat, convince, deal, deliver, dispose, dump, fetch, hawk, hustle, mar-
ket, negotiate, peddle, persuade, push, retail, stock, supply, trade, transfer, unload, vend, wholesale sell assets for cash: liquidate sell by quiet persuasion: soft sell sell contraband: fence sell for quick profit: scalp sell goods on street: hawk, peddle, vend sell in large quantities at low cost: dump sell off company or holdings: divest sell out: betray, cross, deceive, mislead, trick sell property for profit: realize sell to consumers: retail seller: agent, businessperson, dealer, merchant, peddler, pusher, retailer, salesman, salesperson, saleswoman, shopkeeper, storekeeper, trader, vender seller of food: provisioner, purveyor selling and buying, to carry on: trafficking semblance: air, analogy, apparition, appearance, aspect, aura, bearing, copy, duplicate, feeling, guise, image, likeness, look, mask, modicum, pretense, pretext, representation, resemblance, showing, similarity, similitude semicircle: arc, hmicycle semiconductor: diode semiconscious: hypnopompic semifluid: viscous semiskilled worker: blue-collar worker senator: lawmaker, legislator, politician, statesman send: address, bestow, broadcast, carry, commission, consign, convey, delegate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, drive, emit, fling, forward, hurl, inflict, issue, launch, mail, project, propel, relay, remit, route, ship, throw, transmit, wire senile: aged, ancient, decrepit, doddering, doting, feeble, feebleminded, infirm, old, weak senility: caducity, dotage senility caused by disease: Alzheimer's disease senior: ancient, doyen, elder, eldest, golden-ager, head, older, student, superior senior member of group: doyen, doyenne seniority: precedence, priority, quality, rank, standing, status, tenure sensate: alive sensation: bombshell, emotion, feel-
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SENSATION LIKE VISION, HEARING - SENTRY
ing, marvel, perception, phenomenon, scandal, sense, sensibility, thrill, tingle sensation like vision, hearing: modality sensation or sensibility, lacking: insensate sensational: amazing, boffo, breathtaking, dramatic, electrifying, emotional, exciting, glorious, impressive, lurid, marvelous, outstanding, remarkable, shocking, smash, spectacular, startling, stunning, superb, thrilling sense: anticipate, apprehend, aura, awareness, comprehend, consciousness, definition, feel, feel in ones bones, feeling, foresight, grasp, hearing, intelligence, intuition, judgment, meaning, message, mind, perceive, perception, point, prudence, realize, reason, sensation, sensibility, sight, smell, substance, taste, touch, understanding, wisdom, worth sense of unhealth: malaise senseless: absurd, comatose, deadened, dumb, foolish, idiotic, illogical, inane, insensible, irrational, meaningless, mindless, moronic, nonsensical, numb, nutty, oblivious, pointless, purposeless, ridiculous, silly, stupid, unconscious, unfeeling, unreasonable senses are the only source of knowledge, view that the: empiricism senses as source of pleasure: sensuous senses, capable of being perceived by: perceptible senses, occurrence or fact perceptible by: phenomenon senses, something not perceived by the: noumenon sensibility: affection, awareness, esthesia, feeling, insight, keenness, perception, rationale sensible: aware, cognitive, cognizant, discerning, emotional, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, levelheaded, logical, moronic, painful, perceptive, prudent, psychic, rational, realistic, reasonable, reasoned, responsive, ridiculous, sane, sensitive, smart, sound, together, tricky, wise sensitive: acute, delicate, impressionable, receptive, responsive, sore, susceptible, tender, touchy sensitive flesh under fingernails: quick sensitive to fine distinctions: subtle
sensitive, especially: passible, susceptible, thin-skinned, vulnerable sensitivity and speed, perceiving with: quick sensitivity in the extreme: hyperesthesia sensitivity of body part, abnormal: erethism sensitivity to heat and cold: thermesthesia sensitivity when dealing with others: tact sensory appendages on insect heads: antenna sensory organs of mollusks, crustaceans, insects: palp, palpus sensory organs on some fishes' heads: barb, barbel sensory stimuli, cell or nerve endings responding to: receptor sensual: adjudge, adjudication, carnal, coarse, condemn, decide, decision, decree, doom, erotic, fleshly, fleshy, judgment, lewd, licentious, lustful, passage, physical, proscribe, rap, seductive, sensuous, sexual, sexy, statement, steamy, voluptuous, worldly sensual pleasures, indulgence in: debauchery, depravity, dissipation, dissolution, intemperance sensual pleasures, person indulging in: hedonist, sybarite, voluptuary sensual pleasures, place offering: fleshpot sensualist: epicure, roue, voluptuary sensuous: carnal, hedonistic, luxurious, passionate, pleasurable, sensual, sultry, sybaritic, voluptuous sentence: condemnation, convict, doom, edict, penalize, penalty, punishment, stretch, term, verdict sentence containing one independent and one or more dependent clauses: complex sentence sentence difficult to say fast: tongue twister sentence in paragraph stating main thought: topic sentence sentence into component parts, break down a: parse sentence is completed, release for good behavior before: parole, probation sentence reading the same forwards and backwards: palindrome sentence that declares a statement: declarative sentence that differs in number but agrees in meaning: synesis
sentence using all the letters of the alphabet: pangram sentence with carefully balanced clauses in formal writing: period sentence with clauses joined by punctuation: parataxis sentence with clauses joined with connectives: hypotaxis sentence with main clause at the end: periodic sentence sentence with two or more independent clauses: compound sentence sentence with two or more independent clauses improperly joined: fused sentence, run-on sentence sentence, abrupt change within a: anacoluthon sentence, arrangement of words to make meaningful: construction sentence, break in middle: aposiopesis sentence, incomplete: fragment sentence, sudden breaking of thought mid-: aposiopesis sentence, to reduce to a less severe: commute sentences' separation by comma rather than by correct semicolon or period: comma fault, comma splice, run-on sentence sentences, rules for correct: syntax sententious: abounding, aphoristic, brief, concise, meaningful, moralistic, pithy, pompous, pretentious, short, terse sentient: aware sentiment: attitude, conviction, disposition, emotion, feeling, inclination, leaning, meaning, notion, opinion, penchant, perception, tendency, thought, view sentimental: affectionate, corny, emotional, gushy, idealistic, lovey-dovey, loving, maudlin, mawkish, moonstruck, mushy, nostalgic, romantic, sappy, tender, touching sentimental and dull: insipid, nambypamby sentimental and overly sweet: cloying, saccharine sentimental tale: tearjerker sentimental, tearfully: maudlin, mawkish sentimentality: bathos, hokum, schmaltz sentimentality, false: mawkishness sentinel: guard, keeper, lookout, patrol, sentry, soldier, watchman sentry: guard, sentinel
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SE PA RATE - S E R I O U S FACE WHEN TELLING A JOKE
separate: abstract, alienate, alone, apart, assort, break, cleave, cull, dependent, detach, detached, different, disassociate, discharge, disconnect, disconnected, discrete, disengage, disjoin, dismember, disparate, dispart, disperse, dissect, dissociate, distinct, distinctive, distinguish, distribute, disunite, diverse, divide, divorce, eliminate, estrange, extricate, free, halve, individual, isolate, isolated, part, partition, quarantine, remove, secede, secluded, segment, segregate, sequester, set apart, sever, sift, single, solitary, sort, space, split, strip, subdivide, sunder, unattached, unconnected, uncouple, undo, unlink, unravel, winnow separate by boundaries: demarcate separate chaff from grain with air: winnow separate checks: Dutch treat separate coarse from fine particles: sift separate copies: decollate separate directions from common point: branch out, divaricate, diverge separate from a set course or norm: deviate, divaricate, diverge separate from others or main body of group: segregate separate from, to cause to be: cordon off, insulate, isolate separate grain or seed by beating: flail, thresh separate into categories: compartmentalize, pigeonhole separate into opposing groups: polarize separate into two parts: bifurcate, dichotomize, fork, ramify separate or disperse: disband separate or divide into parts, sections: break up, dismember, fractionate, fragment, partition, segment separate or unfasten: detach, disjoin, dislodge separate people, come between: interpose, intervene separate the essential elements of: distill separate to prevent disease from spreading: quarantine separated in emotional relations: alienated, estranged separated or kept apart: cloistered, secluded, sequestered separated, divided: asunder, cleft, cloven separately: apart, respectively
separately priced items on the menu: la carte separation: apartheid, breakup, detachment, discharge, disjunction, distance, division, divorce, fracture, gap, gulf, parting, partition, schism, segregation, severance, split, wall sepulcher: bury, catacomb, crypt, entomb, grave, necropolis, repository, tomb, vault sequel: aftermath, chain, conclusion, consequence, continuation, effect, offshoot, order, outcome, result, sequence, series, succession, upshot sequence: chain, course, cycle, episode, flow, gamut, order, outcome, progression, rhythm, schedule, sequel, series, succession sequence in logic or grammar: consecution sequence of events, middle of: in mdias res sequence of priority, rank, superiority: precedence sequence of those in line for title, throne, estate: succession sequence of, reverse or change the: transpose sequence, arrange in: codify, systematize, tabulate sequence, assemble in logical or numerical: collate sequence, change in: permutation sequence, formed by: consecutive, ordered, sequential, serial, successive sequence, lacking a: aleatoric, aleatory, arbitrary, haphazard, random sequence, place in proper: collocate sequential: chronological, consecutive, continuous, following, next, serial, succeeding sequester: confine, confiscate, insulate, isolate, quarantine, seclude, segregate, seize, separate sequoia: redwood serape: shawl seraphic: angelic, beatific, cherubic, heavenly, pure, sublime sere: arid, burned, desicated, dried, droughty, dry, parched, scorched, shriveled, waterless, withered serene: bright, calm, clear, collected, composed, cool, fair, impassive, peaceful, placid, poised, quiet, sedate, smooth, steady, still, tranquil, unclouded, undisturbed, unobscured, unruffled
serenity: balance, calm, composure, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, quietude, stillness, tranquility serf: bondman, churl, esne, helot, hireling, peasant, peon, servant, slave, thrall, vassal, villein serial: consecutive, continual, ordered, recurring, sequential, succeeding, successive serial installment: episode series: category, chain, column, consecution, continuation, continuity, course, list, order, progression, scale, sequel, sequence, string, succession, train series in which elements are graded or ranked: hierarchy series of connected rooms, furniture pieces, or another set: suite series of events with each influencing the next: causality, chain reaction series of gradual, successive stages: gradation series of melodies in one musical arrangement: medley series of reactions where results become causes: chain reaction series or chain, connect or link in: catenate, concatenate series or continuous succession with indistinguishable divisions: cline, continuum, spectrum series or range, complete: gamut series opening show, TV: pilot series, in a: seriatim serious: austere, businesslike, critical, crucial, deep, determined, difficult, dire, earnest, ernest, grave, grim, hard, heavy, humorless, important, intense, intent, life and death, momentous, pensive, pressing, reflective, sedate, severe, sober, solemn, staid, unamusing, unsmiling, weighty serious and dismal: grave, grim, pokerfaced, solemn, somber serious and extreme: acute, drastic, grievous serious and firm: determined, intent, resolute serious and important: consequential, momentous serious and sincere: fervent, heartfelt serious and sober: dignified, sedate, staid serious and thoughtful: introspective, pensive, reflective serious face when telling a joke: deadpan
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SERIOUS HARD WORK - S E T T L E M E N T serious hard work: assiduity, conscientiousness, diligence seriousness of, increase the: aggravate, compound, exacerbate seriousness of, lessen the: extenuate, mitigate sermon: address, discourse, harangue, homily, lecture, lesson, preaching, preachment, speech sermon with moral: exemplum sermon writing, study of: homiletics sermonize: prelect serpent: asp, creature, devil, fiend, krait, reptile, satan, snake, viper serpentine: convoluted, crooked, devilish, devious, fiendish, meandering, sinuous, sly, snaky, sneaky, tempting, wily, winding serrate: denticulate, erose, jagged, notched, toothed servant: amah, attendant, chamberlain, chambermaid, chauffeur, cook, domestic, eunuch, factotum, flunkey, flunky, footman, garon, girl, gofer, groom, handmaid, help, helper, housekeeper, maid, menial, minion, nurse, page, retainer, slave, squire, usher, valet, varlet, vassal servant and child-care giver, foreign: au pair servant in harem, castrated male: eunuch servant in VIP household, highest-ranking: butler, chamberlain, chief steward, majordomo, seneschal servant or attendant: acolyte, famulus, varlet, yeoman servant or attendant in VIP household: familiar, retainer servant or attendant, woman: handmaid servant who does errands: gofer servant, attendant, errand runner: bellhop, page servant, horse- or automobile-tending: hostler, ostler servant, hotel: chambermaid, femme de chambre servant, household: ancillary, domestic, menial servant, liveried: chasseur, flunky, footman, lackey servant, man's male: valet servants of household and their uniforms, male: livery servants or attendants for VIP, group of: retinue, suite, train serve: act, advance, aid, assist, attend, avail, benefit, cater, deliver, distribute, function, further, give, help, ladle, minister, offer, officiate, pass, requite, satisfy, succor, suffice, suit, supply, tend, treat, wait, wait on, work service: agency, assistance, benefit, bureau, duty, employ, employment, help, liturgy, maintenance, setting, utility service, offer: cater, help, maintain, repair, supply service or ceremony: liturgy, mass, rite, sermon serviceable: beneficial, dependable, durable, effective, functional, helpful, practical, tough, useful, utile, valuable services or features of a place: amenities, facilities services, units of armed: battalion, battery, brigade, command, company, corps, division, flight, group, platoon, regiment, squad, troop, wing serviette: napkin servile: abject, base, bootlicking, compliant, cringing, dependent, fawning, groveling, ignoble, mean, menial, obedient, obsequious, sequacious, slavish, submissive, subservient, sycophantic, toadying serving: dollop, plate, portion serving as means to an end: expedient, subservient serving no good purpose: futile serving or aiding, act or process: ministration serving stand or table, portable: dumbwaiter servitude: bondage, captivity, confinement, peonage, serfdom, slavery, subjection, subjugation, thralldom, vassalage session: assemblage, bout, conference, discussion, gathering, meeting, round, semester, sitting, term session fully attended: plenary set apart: allocate, alone, distinguish, earmark, isolate, seclude, segregate, separate, sequester set aside: abrogate, annul, cancel, discard, earmark, isolate, overturn, reject, reserve, saved, table, void set back: delay, hinder, mire, reverse set forth: begin, explain, leave, present, start, state set free: emancipate, extricate, let go, liberate, loosen, pardon, release, unleash set in one's ways: inflexible, intractable, monolithic, ossified, rigid set of symptoms indicating disease or condition: syndrome set of values: ethic, ethos set off: activate, detonate, explode, start, trip set straight: align, correct, disabuse, enlighten, revise set-to: altercation, argument, brawl, dispute, fight, fracas, fray, quarrel, scuffle, skirmish, spat, squabble set up: arrange, begin, build, create, erect, establish, found, generate, institute, launch, open, organize, pose, start set up according to law or provision: constitute set, in or as part of a: en suite set, matching or coordinated: ensemble setback: defeat, disappointment, hindrance, impediment, loss, obstacle, rebuff, relapse, reversal, reverse sets type, person who: compositor, typesetter sets, correspondence between elements of: mapping setting: ambiance, backdrop, decor, environment, framework, hardening, locale, location, mounting, scene, scenery, surroundings setting of film, etc.: mise-en-scne setting or scene: ambience, locale, milieu, surroundings settle: accommodate, adjudicate, appoint, arrange, assign, calm, clarify, clear, colonize, compose, conclude, confirm, decide, deposit, designate, determine, dispose, establish, firm, habituate, land, live, locate, lodge, marry, nest, pacify, pay, perch, plant, populate, provide, quiet, reconcile, rectify, reduce, regulate, relieve, remit, render, resolve, sag, seat, secure, set, sink, solve, soothe, stabilize, subside, tranquilize settle differences between other people: arbitrate, conciliate, mediate, moderate settle or adjust: compose, determine, reconcile settle securely: ensconce, entrench settlement: agreement, arrangement, compensation, compromise, conclu-
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SETTLEMENT OR CAMP - SEXUAL
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

The Colossus of Rhodes The Great Pyramids of Egypt at Giza The Hanging Gardens of Babylon The Lighthouse of Alexandria The Mausoleum of King Mausolus at Halicarnassus The Statue of Zeus at Olympia The Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus W sion, decision, determination, establishment, payment, regulation, reimbursement, resolution, sediment settlement or camp: colonization, colony, community, habitation, hamlet, outpost, residence, village settlement conditions: terms settlement of accounts: reckoning settlement of dispute by middle party chosen by sides: arbitration, mediation settler: colonist, colonizer, habitant, homesteader, immigrant, pilgrim, pioneer, planter, sooner settler without permission: squatter seven days, occurring every: hebdomadal seven things: heptad seven years, continuing for or occurring every: septennial sevenfold: septenary, septuple seventy to seventy-nine years old, from: septuagenarian sever: chop, cleave, cut, depart, detach, disassociate, dismember, dissociate, dissolve, disunite, divide, divorce, hack, lop off, nip, part, rend, separate, slice, slit, split, sunder several: a few, assorted, different, distinct, diverse, handful, individual, many, miscellaneous, myriad, numerous, some, sundry, various several languages, speaking, writing, and reading in: polyglot several melodies arranged to form a piece of music: medley severe: acute, afflictive, astringent, austere, biting, bitter, bleak, blistering, brutal, caustic, chronic, coarse, cold, crucial, cruel, cutting, dangerous, deadly, demanding, difficult, dour, drastic, exacting, excruciating, extreme, fierce, grave, grim, grueling, gruff, hard, harsh, hostile, inclement,
inflexible, intense, ironclad, oppressive, painful, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rough, scathing, sedate, serious, sharp, simple, sober, solemn, spartan, stern, stiff, strenuous, strict, stringent, tough, unpleasant, unsparing, violent severe disciplinarian: martinet, ramrod severe in criticism: scathing severe self-discipline: austerity severe, rigidly: demanding, draconian, rigorous severity, to moderate in: alleviate, extenuate, mitigate, palliate sew: baste, bind, darn, fasten, join, mend, needle, patch, seam, stitch, suture, unite sew loosely with large running stitches: baste, tack sewage: excrement, sludge, sullage, waste sewage-disposal tank in which anaerobic bacteria decompose the material: septic tank sewage-disposal underground system carrying off material: sewer sewage from house, hole or pit for receiving drainage or: cesspool sewage treatment semisolid material: sludge sewing machine pedal: treadle sewing thread treated to reduce shrinkage, increase luster and affinity for dye: mercerize sewing together in surgery: suture sex: coitus, copulation, fornication, intercourse, intimacy, love, lovemaking, reproduction; female, gender, male sex bias: sexism sex change, one who had: transsexual sex partners sharing living quarters: cohabitation, common-law marriage, live-ins sex, abstaining from: celibate sex, inordinate interest in: prurience sex, person who dresses as member of opposite: cross-dresser, transvestite sexes united in one person: androgynous sexes, having characteristics of both: androgynous, epicene, hermaphroditic, unisex sexless: asexual, castrated, epicene, neuter, spayed, unisex sexual: amatory, carnal, erotic, garnie, intimate, loving, passionate, reproductive, sensual, venereal
RELATED
TERMS
sexual act, caught in an illicit: in flagrante delicto sexual activity abstention: continence sexual activity between men and boys: pederasty sexual activity party: orgy sexual activity, unwanted: molestation sexual acts of others, one who gets gratification from viewing: peeping Tom, voyeur sexual arousal of oneself: autoeroticism, masturbation sexual arousal over inanimate object: fetishism sexual attraction of adult to child: pedophilia sexual behavior, unacceptable: deviance, perversion sexual desire: concupiscence, Eros, libido sexual desire in man, uncontrollable: erotomania, satyriasis sexual desire in woman, uncontrollable: nymphomania sexual desire, arousing: aphrodisiac, erogenous sexual desire, lacking: anaphrodisia sexual desires, given to expressing: concupiscent, debauched, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, lubricious, lustful, salacious sexual excitement period in female mammal: estrus, heat, rut sexual excitement period in male deer: rut sexual excitement period in male elephants, etc.: must, musth sexual gratification by rubbing against another: frottage, grinding sexual inactivity period for female mammals: anestrus, metestrus sexual intercourse: carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, commerce, congress, conjugation, conjunction, consummation, conversation, copulation, union sexual intercourse between partners not married to each other: fornication sexual intercourse between people related but who could not marry: incest sexual intercourse capacity: potency, virility
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SEXUALITY, SUGGESTING - SHAFT
sexual intercourse deliberately interrupted: coitus interruptus sexual intercourse with sleeping man, female demon who has: succubus sexual intercourse with sleeping woman, male demon who has: incubus sexual intercourse, abstaining from: ascetic, celibate, chaste, continent, virginal sexual intercourse, averse to: frigid sexual intercourse, incapable of: impotent sexual intercourse, lacking interest in: asexual sexual intercourse, transmitted by: venereal sexual joining of sperm and egg: amphimixis sexual love or desire, concerning: amatory, erotic sexual maturing period: puberty sexual organs: genitalia, genitals, private parts, privates, reproductive organs sexual organs, concerning area of external: pubic sexual organs, external: pudenda sexual orientation to opposite sex: heterosexual sexual orientation to same sex: gay, homosexual sexual partner, unfaithfulness to: adultery, infidelity sexual pervert: deviate sexual potency of man: virility sexual relations between closely related people: incest sexual relations with spouse, right to: conjugal rights sexual relations, indiscriminate or casual: promiscuity sexual relationship between three people: mnage trois sexual relationship between women: lesbianism, tribadism sexual relationship with boy, man who has: pederast sexual relationship, adulterous: affair, liaison sexual relationship, non: platonic sexual reproduction, stage when one becomes physically capable of: puberty sexual services, to offer: accost, proposition, solicit sexual stimulant: aphrodisiac
sexual union of cells, occurring without: agamic, agamogenetic, agamous, asexual, parthenogenetic W sexuality, suggesting: carnal, sensual sexually arousing: erogenous, sensual sexually attractive: nubile, voluptuous sexually attractive, chemical secreted by animal making them: pheromone sexually explicit materials: erotica, pornography sexually promiscuous man: Don Juan, libertine, Lothario, philanderer, profligate, satyr, sleeze sexually promiscuous woman: nymphomaniac, slut, whore sexually provocative: arousing, erotic, titillating sexually unrestrained: promiscuous, wanton sexy: erotic, flirtatious, libidinous, racy, risqu, seductive, sensual, spicy, steamy, suggestive shabby: beggarly, cheap, contemptible, decrepit, deteriorated, dilapidated, dingy, disgraceful, dowdy, faded, mangy, mean, neglected, poor, ragged, run-down, scrubby, scummy, scurvy, seedy, shoddy, sleazy, tacky, tattered, threadbare, unkempt, unworthy, worn, wrecked shack: cabin, hovel, hut, lean-to, shanty shackle: band, bind, bridle, chain, collar, confine, coupling, cuffs, curb, fetter, hamper, handcuff, hinder, hobble, hogtie, iron, irons, leash, manacle, pinion, restrain, ring, rope, secure, tie, yoke shade: cast, color, coolness, dark, darken, darkness, degree, difference, dim, eclipse, gradation, hint, hue, nuance, obscure, overshadow, protect, protection, shadow, shelter, streak, suggestion, tinge, tint, tone, trace, umbrage, variation, vestige shade or canopy: awning, cover, curtain, protection, screen, shield, veil shade of meaning, subtle: nuance shading a drawing with intersecting lines: cross-hatching, hachure shadow: apparition, cloud, cover, darken, forecast, ghost, gloom, image, lurk, obscure, omen, penumbra, phantom, reflection, remnant, shade, shelter, shroud, suggest, tinge, trail, umbra, watch shadow against light background: silhouette
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE (STD) OR VENEREAL DISEASE (YD)

acquired immune deficiency syndrome/AIDS AIDS-related complex bacterial vaginosis cervicitis chancre chlamydia/lymphogranuloma venereum clap condyloma acuminatum crabs Cupid's itch/Venus's curse cytomegalovirus genital herpes genital ulcer disease genital warts gonorrhea granuloma inguinale hepatitis B herpes herpes simplex HIV/human immunodeficiency virus HPV/human papilloma virus NGU/nongonococcal urethritis nonspecific urethritis PID/pelvic inflammatory disease pubic lice sexual disease social disease syphilis syphilitic sore trichomonas trichomoniasis urethritis vaginitis venereal ulcer W shadow as a sundial, object that projects shadow: gnomon shadow, partial: penumbra shadow's blackest part: umbra shadowy: adumbral, cloudy, dark, dim, dreamy, faint, ghostly, hazy, imaginary, indistinct, obscure, shady, umbral, unsubstantial, vague shady: adumbral, crooked, dishonest, doubtful, fishy, hidden, questionable, risqu, shadowy, suspect, suspicious, umbrageous, underhanded, unethical shady bower: arbor, fenestra shady with trees: bosky, umbrageous shaft: arrow, axle, bar, barb, beam, chimney, column, conduit, cylinder,
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SHAFT ON WHICH WHEELS ROTATE - SHARP
diaphysis, duct, flue, handle, hole, lance, missile, monolith, obelisk, pillar, pole, ray, rod, spear, spindle, tunnel, vent shaft on which wheels rotate: axle shaggy: bushy, furry, fuzzy, hairy, rough, ruffled, scrubby, straggly, uncombed, unkempt, whiskered, woolly shake: agitate, avoid, brandish, chatter, convulse, disturb, dither, drink, elude, fluctuate, fluster, free, hustle, jar, jerk, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, move, palpitate, pulsate, quake, quaver, quiver, rattle, remove, rock, shudder, startle, stir, sway, swing, toss, totter, tremble, tremor, unnerve, unsettle, upset, vibrate, waggle, wave, waver, weaken shake down: blackmail, extort, frisk, search, squeeze shake or waver: fluctuate, oscillate, vacillate shake rapidly and irregularly: flutter, judder shake slightly: joggle shake the body in a dance: shimmy shake up: alarm, disturb, jar, remove, reorganize, shock, stir, unsettle, upset shake violently: agitate, convulse shaking fit: ague shaking movement: tremor, trepidation shaking violently: succussion, tremor shaky: doubtful, fragile, infirm, insecure, jumpy, nervous, precarious, questionable, rickety, suspect, tottering, trembling, uncertain, unreliable, unsafe, unsettled, unsound, unstable, unsteady, unsure, weak, wobbly shale: clay, rock, sediment, slate shallow: depthless, empty, flimsy, shoal, slight, surface, weak shallow and lacking depth: cosmetic, cursory, facile, superficial, token, trifling, trivial shallow and superficial in expression: glib shallow enough to be measured with weighted line, water: sounding shallow lake: lagoon shallow reading matter: pap shallow sandy elevation: sandbank, sandbar, shoal shalom: farewell, greeting, peace sham: artificial, bluff, bogus, cheat, copy, counterfeit, deceit, deceive, deception, facade, fake, false, farce, feign, feigned, fictitious, flimflam, forgery, fraud, hoax, hypocrisy, imi-
tation, imposter, imposture, mock, mockery, phony, pretend, pretense, simulacrum, substitute, synthetic, travesty, trick, trickery shaman: healer, medicine man, monk, priest, witch doctor shambles: bedlam, chaos, confusion, disarray, disorder, havoc, mess, wreckage shame: abase, abash, chagrin, contempt, degradation, degrade, disgrace, dishonor, embarrass, embarrassment, guilt, humiliate, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, mortify, stigma, unworthiness shame, mark of: stigma shameful: atrocious, base, brazen, contemptible, degrading, deplorable, disgraceful, dishonest, dishonorable, disreputable, ignoble, ignominious, indecent, mean, offensive, opprobrious, outrageous, scandalous, shocking, sinful shameless: arrant, audacious, barefaced, bold, brash, brazen, immodest, impervious, impudent, unabashed, unblushing shanghai: abduct, coerce, compel, induce, kidnap, seize Shangri-la: heaven, paradise, Utopia shank: crus, leg, meat, shaft, shin, stalk, stem shanty: cabin, cottage, hovel, hut, lodge, shack, shed, tumbledown shack shape: adapt, appearance, arrange, arrangement, aspect, bend, body, build, carve, cast, chisel, condition, configuration, conform, contour, contrive, create, design, determine, develop, devise, fabricate, fashion, figuration, figure, form, format, frame, health, image, look, make, model, mold, order, outline, pattern, physique, plan, posture, state, structure, tool, trim shape distortion: anamorphism shape or view from the side: profile shape, capability to resume original: elasticity, resilience shape, distinctive: lineament shape, etc., marked change in: metamorphosis, transfiguration, transmogrification shape, not in natural: distorted, misshapen shaped abnormally: deformed, malformed shapeless: amorphous, aplastic, de-
formed, distorted, formless, indistinct, irregular, misshapen, nebulous, unformed, unshaped shapely: beautiful, built, comely, curvaceous, distorted, fit, neat, proportioned, symmetrical, trim share: allotment, allowance, apportion, claim, commission, cut, deal, distribute, divide, dividend, division, divvy, dole, interest, lot, moiety, part, partake, participate, percentage, piece, plowshare, portion, proportion, quota, ratio, ration, split, stake share of production assignment: quota share, proportional: allocation, allotment, quota shared: common, communal, joint, mutual sharer of inheritance: coparcener, parcener share's face value: nominal value, par value shares for diversified securities, investment company using: mutual fund shares free of charge to existing stockholders, issue of: bonus issue, scrip issue shares of stock: common stock, equity, preferred stock shares of stock, provisional certificate for: scrip shares of stocks and bonds owned: portfolio shares sold, less than round: odd lot, short sale shares, total value of a company's: capitalization sharing in involvement: complicity sharing sensations as if one were actually participating: vicarious shark: cheat, expert, fish, make, mako, maneater, predator, swindler, usurer shark kinds: blue, great white, hammerhead, sand, shovelhead, tiger, whale, white shark, like a: selachian sharp: abrupt, acerb, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, angular, attractive, austere, barbed, biting, bitter, brisk, caustic, clear, cold, crisp, cute, cutting, distinct, drastic, edged, excruciating, handsome, harsh, horned, incisive, intense, jagged, painful, peaked, penetrating, piercing, piquant, pointed, precisely, prickly, promptly, punctually, pungent, salty,
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almond-shaped: amygdaloid lance-shaped: lanceolate arrowhead-shaped: sagittate lens or lentil seed-shaped: lenticular bell-shaped: campanulate lyre-shaped: lyrate berry-shaped: acinifbrm/bacciform needle-shaped: acerose/beloneform boat-shaped: navicular/scaphoid pear-shaped: pyriform bow or arch-shaped: fornicate/arcuate pine cone-shaped: strobilaceous bristle-shaped: setiform/acicular/styliform pouch or sac-shaped: bursiform/saccate brush-shaped: penicilliform ribbon or belt-shaped: cestoid club-shaped: clavate/claviform ring-shaped: annular/toroid coil-shaped: circinate rod-shaped: bacillary/bacilliform/virgate/virgulate coin-shaped: nummular S-shaped: sigmoid comb-shaped: pectinate sausage-shaped: allantoid cone-shaped: fastigiate scimitar-shaped: acinaciform crescent-shaped: bicorn/lunular shaped like a bunch of grapes: botryoidal cross or X-shaped: decussate/cruciform/cruciate shaped like a snail's shell: cochleate cup-shaped: cotyloid/cupulate/acetabular shaped like an eagle's beak: acquiline diamond-shaped: rhomboidal shaped like spokes of a wheel: rotate dish or pan-shaped: patelliform shaped like the teeth of a saw: runcinate/serrate droplet-shaped: guttate/stilliform/globular shield-shaped: scutate/scutellate/peltate/clypeate ear-shaped: auriculate sickle-shaped: falcate eel-shaped: anguilliform slipper-shaped: calceolate egg-shaped: oval/ovoid snake-shaped: anguiform/colubriform/colubroid/ophidiform fan-shaped: flabellate spearhead-shaped: hastate feather-shaped: pinnate spiral-shaped: helical/turbinal/volute fingers-shaped: digitate/dactyloid star-shaped: stellate/astroid fish-shaped: pisciform strap-shaped: ligulate foot-shaped: pediform string of beads-shaped: moniliform fork-shaped: furcate/bifurcate sword-shaped: ensiform/gladiate/xiphoid funnel-shaped: infundibular tongue-shaped: Ungulate hand-shaped: palmate/chiroform tooth-shaped: dentiform head-shaped: capitate tree-shaped: dendriform/dendroid heart-shaped: cordate triangle-shaped: deltoid helmet-shaped: galeate urn-shaped: urceolate hood or cowl-shaped: cucullate violin-shaped: pandurate hook-shaped: uncinate/unciform wand or rod-shaped: virgate horn-shaped: cornual wedge-shaped: cuneal/sphenic keel-shaped: carinate wheel-shaped: rotary/rotate/trochal kidney-shaped: reniform whip-shaped: flagellate knife blade-shaped: cultrate wing-shaped: alary/aliform ladder-shaped: scalariform worm-shaped: vermicular/vermiform/lumbricoid W severe, shrill, sour, steep, stinging, caustic, incisive, mordant, pungent, sharp in taste or smell: acrid, piquant, strong, stylish, sudden, swank, tangy, trenchant pungent tart, violent sharp pain: pang, twinge sharpen: edge, enhance, focus, grind, sharp-edged: cultrate sharp point on a leaf: mucro hone, intensify, point, stimulate, sharp point, tapering to: acuminate, sharp emphasis in music: staccato strop, taper, whet apiculate sharpen to a point: spiculate sharp fragment of glass, wood, etc.: sharp prong: tine sharpener: carborundum, file, hone, sliver, splinter sharp-sighted: acute, alert, attentive, sharp in intelligence: adept, adroit, honer, snakestone, steel, strop, aware, keen, observant, penetrating, alert, astute, bright, canny, classy, whetstone perceptive clever, crafty, cunning, discerning, sharpness of perception: acuity expert, fast, ingenious, keen, percepsharp taste, odor, flavor: tang sharpness or clarity of detail: definisharp-witted: bright, clever, discerning, tive, poignant, quick, quick-witted, tion, resolution savvy, shrewd, slick, sly, smart, vigiintelligent, keen, smart, wise, witty sharpshooter: marksman, rifleman, lant, wise, witty sharp, cutting speech: acerbic, acrid, sniper
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SHATTER - SHEETS OF MATERIAL FOLDED OR GLUED TOGETHER
SHAPING, SHAVING, AND SMOOTHING TOOLS

adz anvil beading plane belt sander bench plane block plane brick trowel buffer bullnose plane chamfering plane circular file corner trowel die disk sander double cut file drum sander electric sander emery wheel file finishing sander flat file flatter float fore plane grinder grinding wheel grindstone grooving plane half-round file hand sander hone jack plane lathe machine tool multiplane oilstone plane planer power sander putty knife rasp round file router router plane sander sandpaper scraper shaper sharpener shavehook single cut file slipstone smoothing plane spokeshave stone swage swage block tamper thickness planer trimming plane trowel trying plane waterstone whetstone W
shatter: annihilate, blast, break, burst, clatter, crack, crash, damage, dash, demolish, destroy, disable, dissipate, fragment, pulverize, quash, rend, rive, ruin, scatter, smash, splinter, split, wreck shattering effect of explosion: brisance shave: barber, brush, cheat, crop, cut, divide, glance, graze, mow, pare, portion, reduce, scrape, separate, shear, slash, slip, sliver, splinter, tonsure, trim, whittle shaved monk's head: tonsure shaving cut, stick for: styptic pencil shawl: cape, cloak, cloth, fichu, manta, mantle, maud, scarf, serape, stole, tallith shear: cleave, clip, crop, cut, fleece, lop, prune, remove, sever, shave, snip, strip, trim shears: clippers, cutters, pruner, scissors, snippers, trimmers sheath: capsule, case, coat, covering, dress, envelope, scabbard, skin, wrapper sheath, metal tip or mounting on: chape sheath, resembling or forming a: vaginate shed, to: cast, cut, diffuse, discard, disperse, divest, divide, drop, emanate, emit, exuviate, jettison, molt, part, peel, pour, radiate, reject, rid, scatter, slough, sprinkle, strew, strip shed: cabin, cottage, hut, lean-to, shelter shed feathers or skin: molt shed, dead layer of skin or other covering that is: slough shedding foliage at end of growing season: deciduous
shedding limb when injured or attacked: autotomy shedding of outer integument or skin: ecdysis, sloughing shedding or molting: exuviation, slough sheen: bright, brightness, finish, glaze, gleam, glisten, glitter, gloss, glossiness, glossy, luster, lustrous, polish, radiant, resplendent, shimmer, shine, shininess, shining sheen on surface from age, use: patina sheep: ewe, mutton, teg
RELATED TERMS
sheep, wild: aoudad, argal, argali, ami, bighorn, mouflon, urial sheep, young: kid, lamb, shearling, teg, twinter, yeanling, yearling sheep's wool by-product: lanolin W sheepish: abashed, ashamed, bashful, chagrined, docile, embarrassed, meek, ovine, passive, shy, tame, timid, unassertive sheepskin: bond, diploma, leather, mouton, parchment, roan sheer: abrupt, absolute, altogether, completely, deflect, deviate, downright, mere, outright, pure, steep, swerve, total, turn, undiluted, unmixed, unqualified, upright, utter, utterly, veer sheer as fabric: chiffon, clear, diaphanous, fine, gossamer, thin, transparent sheer fabric: batiste, lawn, ninon, toile, voile sheet: chain, coating, covering, layer, leaf, linen, newspaper, overlay, page, pan, pane, paper, plate, ply, rope, sail, shroud, surface, tabloid, tin sheet of cotton: batt sheet of glass: pane sheet of material that is permeable to substances: membrane sheet of paper folded into four leaves: quarto sheet of paper folded once into four pages: folio sheet of stamps: pane sheet of standing water: mere sheet, burial: shroud, winding sheet sheets of material folded or glued together: ply
sheep breeds: Blackfaced, Cheviot, Cotswold, Delaine, Dorset, Galway, Horn, Iceland, Leicester, Lincoln, Merino, Mountain, Oxford, Romney, Shropshire, Somali, Suffolk, Welsh sheep caretaker: drover, shepherd sheep coat: fleece, wool sheep family: bovidae sheep genus: ovis sheep meat: lamb, mutton sheep of central Asia with curled glossy wool: broadtail, karakul sheep of northern Africa with long curved horns: aoudad, Barbary sheep sheep of Sardinia and Corsica: mouflon sheep of Spain with long fine wool: merino sheep or goat, baby: yeanling sheep shelter: cote sheep, castrated male: wether sheep, concerning: ovine sheep, male: bellwether, ram, wether
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S H E E T S , COVER WITH THIN - S H I E L D OR S H I E L D - S H A P E D EMBLEM FOR COAT OF ARMS
sheets, cover with thin: laminate shelf: bank, bedrock, bracket, counter, jutting, layer, ledge, mantel, rack, reef, sandbank, sandbar, shoal, sill, slab, stratum shelf behind altar: retable shelf over fireplace: mantel, mantelpiece shell (ammunition): bomb, bullet, cartridge, grenade, projectile, rocket
RELATED TERMS
shell fragments from high-explosive shell: shrapnel shell handler: artilleryman, bombardier shell, device for firing a: bazooka, Big Bertha, cannon, field gun, gun, howitzer, light anti-tank weapon (LAW), mortar, rocket launcher, tank shell, diameter of large projectile: caliber shell, to: blast, blitz, bomb, bombard, cannonade, strafe shelling a position, an attack made mainly by: barrage, bombardment, broadside, burst, cannonade, drumfire, fusillade, hail, salvo, shower, storm, volley W shell (exterior): armor, capsule, carapace, case, covering, crust, frame, hull, husk, pod, scale, shuck, skin
RELATED TERMS
shell or protective covering of an animal or plant: armature shell that is spiral and cone-shaped: turbinate shell, apex of coiled gastropod: spire shell, coiled fossil: ammonite shell, gastropod with ear-shaped: abalone, ear shell shell, having or forming a: conchiferous shell, knob near hinge of bivalve: umbo shell, mollusk with radiating fluted: scallop shell, mollusk with single coiled: gastropod, univalve shell, mollusk with spiral pearlylined: nautilus shell, mollusk with two hinged valve: bivalve shell, spiral formation of gastropod: volute, volution, whorl W shell out: contribute, disburse, expend, give, pay, spend shellac: batter, defeat, strike, trounce, varnish shellac ingredient: lac, resin shellfish: barnacle, clam, conch, crab, crawfish, crayfish, crustacean, lobster, mollusk, mussel, oyster, piddock, prawn, scallop, shrimp, snail, whelk shellfish eaten by whales, tiny: krill shellfish including lobster, crab, shrimp: crustacean shellfish looking like small lobster: crawdad, crayfish, langouste shellfish that eject inky fluid when in danger: cuttlefish shellfish with jointed paired appendages and segmented bodies: arthropod shellfish with soft unsegmented body and protective shell: mollusk shells used by Native Americans as currency, beads made from: peag, wampum shells, pearly internal layer of some mollusk: mother-of-pearl, nacre shells, study of: conchology shelter: abri, asylum, barn, burrow, camp, carport, cave, cote, cottage, cover, covert, coverture, defend, defense, den, disguise, dwelling, enclose, ensconce, fold, foxhole, garage, hangar, harbor, haven, hideaway, hideout, hospice, hostel, house, housing, hovel, hut, lean-to,
shell attached to submerged surfaces, crustaceans with: barnacle shell collector: conchologist shell in some gastropod mollusks, hollow at base of: umbilicus shell-like covering of turtle, crustacean: carapace shell lined with mother-of-pearl: abalone shell material of some arthropod exoskeletons: chitin shell of bony plates and scales, protective: cuirass shell of single valve: univalve shell of some insects and amoebas: test shell of some invertebrates like insects: cuticle shell of some marine gastropods: cowrie shell of two hinged valves: bivalve shell- or pod-covered insect stage: chrysalis, pupa
lodging, port, protect, protection, quarters, refuge, retreat, roof, safeguard, safety, sanctuary, screen, security, shack, shade, shed, shield, tent, trailer, trench, umbrella shelter or lodging for travelers or the destitute: hospice shelter or shed with single-pitch roof attached to side of building: lean-to shelter, prefabricated corrugated steel military: Nissen hut sheltered: alee, cloistered, covered, hidden, private, secluded, sequestered shelve: arrange, ledge, mantel, suspend shelve, as a topic: defer, delay, dismiss, drop, hold, pigeonhole, postpone, retire, scrub, suspend, table shenanigans: antic, game, hijinx, horseplay, mischief, monkey business, monkeyshine, nonsense, prank, stunt, tomfoolery, trick shepherd: attend, caretaker, drive, escort, guard, guide, herd, herder, herdsman, keeper, lead, leader, minister, pastor, pilot, protector, teacher, tend, watch shepherds, concerning: bucolic, pastoral sherbet-like dessert: frapp, ice, sorbet sheriff: constable, marshal, officer sheriff aide: bailiff, deputy sheriff to aid in law enforcement, group of people summoned by: posse sherry: amoroso, brandy, fino, oloroso, port, wine sherry from Spain, pale and dry: amontillado sherry to which grape brandy has been added: fortified wine sherry, pale very dry Spanish: Manzanilla shibboleth: catchword, custom, password, phrase, practice, saying, slogan, truism, watchword shield: aegis, armament, armor, badge, buckler, bumper, canopy, cloak, conceal, cover, defend, ecu, egis, escutcheon, fend, guard, harbor, hide, house, pavis, prevent, protect, protection, safeguard, screen, shade, shell, shelter, target shield bearing coat of arms: escutcheon shield for the entire body, medieval: pavis shield or shield-shaped emblem for coat of arms: escutcheon
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shield-shaped: clypeate, peltate, scutate, scutellate, scutiform shield, knob at center of: boss, umbo shield, oval, or oblong scroll for hieroglyph: cartouche shield, small round: buckler, targe, target shield, small square division of: canton shields held over heads, overlapping: testudo shift: alter, arrange, change, conversion, convert, dispose, divide, dodge, evade, exchange, expedient, fault, fluctuation, group, jump, move, period, rearrange, relay, replace, shuffle, spell, stint, stir, stratagem, substitute, subterfuge, swap, swerve, switch, tack, tour, transfer, transition, trick, turn, vacillate, vary, veer shift of disease to a different part of body: metastasis shift or period of duty as guard or sentinel: watch shift or period of duty at helm of ship: trick shiftless: idle, inactive, incompetent, indolent, inefficient, lazy shifty: cagey, conniving, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, devious, dishonest, elusive, evasive, lubricious, scheming, shady, slick, slippery, sly, sneaky, tricky, underhand shilly-shally: blow hot and cold, dawdle, fluctuate, halting, hesitate, indecision, procrastinate, stall, vacillate, waver shim: wedge shimmer: blink, coruscate, flash, flicker, flutter, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glow, scintillate, shine, sparkle, twinkle shimmy: chemise, dance, shake, vibrate, wobble shin bone: shank, tibia shindig: ball, bash, dance, fte, gala, party, shebang, shindy, spree shindy: ball, bash, carousal, commotion, dance, disturbance, fracas, frolic, merrymaking, party, revel, shindig, spree, uproar shine: beam, blaze, buff, burnish, coruscate, dazzle, excel, finish, flash, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, glitz, gloss, glow, illuminate, light, luster, polish, radiance, radiate, ray, reflect, rub, sheen, shimmer, sparkle, splendor, twinkle, wax shiner: black eye, bruise, fish, mouse
shining: agleam, bright, coruscating, effulgent, irradiant, lambent, lucent, refulgent, relucent, resplendent, scintillating, sparkling, splendent shiny: beaming, bright, brilliant, glaring, gleaming, glistening, glossy, lustrous, polished, radiant, sparkling shiny coating: patina shiny fabric: lam, sateen shipbuilding wood: teak shipment: cargo, consignment, delivery, freight, goods, load, purchase shipping container: carton, crate shipping, concerning: marine, maritime shipshape: neat, orderly, snug, spruce, tidy, trim shirk: avoid, dodge, duck, elude, evade, neglect, sidestep, slack shirt: blouse, dress, jersey, polo, pullover, sark, silk, sport, turtleneck shirt tails tied in knot at waist: calypso shiver: ague, break, chill, fragment, freeze, frisson, quake, quiver, shake, shatter, shudder, splinter, tremble, tremor, vibrate shivering, fit of: ague, chill, rigor shoal: bank, bar, crowd, flock, group, horde, mass, reef, sandbank, sandbar, school, shallow shock: agitation, appall, astonish, astound, blow, bum, collect, collision, concussion, crash, daze, disgust, disturb, earthquake, electrify, excite, fight, horrify, impact, jar, jolt, offend, outrage, paralyze, scare, shake, startle, stun, surprise, terrify, trauma, tremor, upset shock as treatment, electric: ECT, electroconvulsive therapy shock to brain: concussion shock to the body, serious: trauma shock, temporary stiffness due to: rigor shocked: aghast, amazed, appalled, astonished, stupefied shocking: abominable, appalling, atrocious, awful, disgusting, dreadful, ghastly, grisly, heinous, hideous, horrible, horrid, lurid, outrageous, revolting, risqu, sensational, stunning, surprising, terrible, unspeakable shockingly unscrupulous or excessive: unconscionable shoddy: base, cheap, cheesy, dilapidated, dishonest, gaudy, inferior, poor, seedy, shabby, sleazy, sloppy shoe: balmoral, blucher, boot, brode-
quin, brogan, brogue, buckskin, chopine, cleat, clodhoppers, clog, flat, galosh, gilly, larrigan, loafer, moccasin, mule, oxford, pack, pantofle, patten, platform, plight, pompootee, pump, sabot, sandal, slipper, sneaker, status, wader
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shoe upper front part: vamp shoe, layer of material in heel of: lift shoe, metal plate on sole or heel of: tap shoe, spiked plate attached to: clamper, crampon W shoelace end: aglet, tag shoemaker: cobbler, Crispin, snob, soler shoot: bag, blast, bolt, bombard, cast, chute, dart, dash, discharge, drive, drop, eject, emit, explode, fire, fly, grow, hit, hunt, hurry, inject, kill, launch, move, photograph, plug, pop, project, propel, race, riddle, shell, snipe, spear, spurt, strike, throw, thrust, utter, wound shoot cut from plant for grafting or planting: scion, slip shooter from concealed place: sniper shooting game: skeet shooting is prohibited, time when: closed season shooting season for game: open season shooting star, after the fact: meteorite shooting target clay disk: clay pigeon shop: boutique, browse, business, buy, emporium, factory, hunt, market, mart, office, outlet, plant, purchase, store, studio, workplace shopkeeper: businessman, businesswoman, merchant, retailer, storekeeper, vendor shoplift: palm, pilfer, pinch, rob, steal, swipe shopworn: clich, faded, frayed, overused, stale, tarnished, trite shore: bank, beach, bolster, brink, buttress, coast, coastline, land, seaboard, seaside, strand, waterfront, waterside shore, concerning a: littoral shoreline barrier to break waves: breakwater short: abbreviated, abridged, abrupt, abruptly, brief, briefly, compact, compendious, concise, condensed, crisp, crumbling, curt, curtail, deficient, diminutive, hasty, inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, lilliputian, little, momentary, petite, rude, scant,
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SHIPS AND SHIPPING TERMS (see also BOATS)

above main deck: topside ancient ship: galleon, galley, knorr, trireme armored ship: carrack, cruiser, destroyer, ironsides, submarine attendant: steward berth: dock, slip bow decoration: fiddlehead, figurehead capacity: ton, tonnage cargo storage: hold cargo thrown to sea attached to buoys: lagan central part or backbone of ship: keel cheapest accommodations: steerage commercial ship: freighter, liner, oiler, tanker, trader compass holder: binnacle crew: boatswain, bosun, engineer, hand, helmsman, mate, navigator, purser, sailor, steerman, steward deck: orlop depth of ship's keel below water line: draft fishing ship: hooker, lugger, smack, trawler fleet: argosy, armada, flotilla, navy frame or body: hull government prohibition of foreign ships in and out of its ports: embargo heavy material in hold of ship for stability: ballast left side of ship, if facing forward: larboard, port line on ship showing how much it may be loaded: load line, Plimsoll line, Plimsoll mark lookout point: crow's nest lower decks: steerage lowest inner part of hull: bilge mooring or towing cable: hawser name plate on stern: escutcheon navigation or trade in coastal waters: cabotage oar: bireme, galley, pinnace, rowboat, sampan, trireme of a ship that can be steered: navigable officer below captain: first mate officer in charge of equipment and deck crew: bosun, boatswain officer in charge of money matters: purser officer in charge of provisions and dining: steward one who loads and unloads: stevedore opening in floor or deck: hatch passenger who snuck aboard: stowaway permission to enter port: pratique petty officer: bosun pilothouse or observation post: conning tower platform on main deck with the controls: bridge scanty, scarce, skimpy, slight, small, spare, squat, stunted, succinct, summary, terse short and pithy: terse short and stocky: endomorphic, pyknic short-fingered or -toed: brachydactylic short-headed: brachycephalic prepare and equip ship for additional use: refit put a ship into active service: commission radio system: loran rear of ship: abaft, aft, astern, stern rigging and pulleys: tackle right side of ship, if facing forward: starboard rope: halyard, hawser, lanyard, line, painter, ratline sailing close to wind: luff sailing ship: brig, caique, caravel, chebec, galleon, ketch, lugger, saltie, schooner, sloop, xebec, yawl seller of ship goods or equipment: chandler ship abandoned at sea: derelict ship accompanying another: consort ship in repair: drydock ship parts: bilge, boom, bow, bridge, brig, bulkhead, bulwark, capstan, carling, crane, davit, deck, galley, gangplank, gunwales, helm, hoist, hold, hull, keel, keelson, mast, port, porthole, prow, ram, rudder, sail, scupper, stateroom, stern, waist, wheel ship that brought the Statue of Liberty: Isere ship with two or more masts, fore-and-aft: schooner ship, curved timbers forming rib of: futtock ship, large private cabin on: stateroom ship, list of cargo on: bill of lading, manifest, waybill ship, rail around stern of: taffrail ship, recreation area and dining room for commissioned officers on: wardroom ship, shift at helm of: trick ship, small opening or hatch on: scuttle ship, steering apparatus of: steerage ship, turbulence in water left by: wake ship's floor: deck ship's bearing calculated from fixed reference: azimuth ship's journal: log shipboard prison: brig sloping surface on which ships are built: slipway small boat: lifeboat, yawl stairway between decks: companionway structure above main deck: superstructure submersible ship: bathyscaphe, submarine upper front deck part: forecastle vertical exhaust pipe: stack warship: cruiser, destroyer, dreadnaught, flattop, sub, submarine window: port, porthole wooden strip forming hull: stave wreckage of ship cast ashore: wracks short pain: pang short-tailed monkey: macaque short-tempered: cranky, grouchy, grumpy, huffy, irascible, irritable, snappish, testy, touchy shortage: dearth, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, lack, need, paucity, spar-
short hymn or song praising God: doxology short literary sketch: cameo, vignette short-lived: brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, temporary, transient, transitory, unenduring, volatile
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TYPES OF SHOES
ankle-high work shoe: brogan ankle-high, three-eyelet shoe: chukka backless shoe or slipper: mule bedroom slipper: pantofle big, heavy shoe: clodhopper heavy Oxford shoe: brogue heavy, laced shoe: balmoral heavy, often wooden-soled shoe: clog leather boot or shoe of reindeer or seal skin: mukluk low laced shoe: Oxford moccasin with knee-high leggings: larrigan shoe with fabric upper and rope or rubber bottom: espadrille shoes with heel strap: slingback shoes with no straps and higher heel: pump shoes with spiked pieces to provide traction: cleats soft leather slipper: moccasin sports shoe with fringed laces: gillie step-in casual shoe: loafer waterproof hip-high boots: wader waterproof knee-high boots: Wellingtons waterproof overshoe: galosh women's shoe with thin high heel: stiletto W
sity, underage shortcoming: defect, deficiency, drawback, failure, fault, flaw, imperfection, inadequacy, lapse, vice, weakness shorten: abbreviate, abridge, bob, chop, clip, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, deprive, diminish, lessen, nip, reduce, shrink, slash, trim, truncate shorten a text: abridge, condense, cut, summarize shortened text: abridgment, abstract, digest, epitome, precis, summary, synopsis shortened word form: clipped form shortening: lard, oleo, suet shorthand: stenography shortly: anon, concisely, curtly, immediately, in a trice, presently, pronto, quickly, soon shorts ending just above knee: Bermuda shorts
shortsighted: blind, careless, foolish, headlong, imprudent, myopic, nearsighted, rash shot: ammunition, blank, blast, bullet, gunfire, jolt, missile, pellet, projectile, slug; attempt, chance, effort, fling, guess, opening, opportunity, try shoulder blade: scapula shoulder cord or braid on uniform: aiguille te, fourragre shoulder joint prone to injury: rotator cuff shoulder ornament on uniform: epaulet shoulder wrap: shawl, stole shoulders and has cowl, monk's sleeveless garment hanging from: scapular shout: acclaim, bark, bawl, bellow, blare, call, cheer, clamor, crow, cry, fulminate, hoot, howl, hurrah, noise, rejoice, roar, root, scream, screech, shriek, vociferate, whoop, yell, yelp shout of approval: bravo, ole shove: bump, cram, drive, elbow, force, hustle, jostle, nudge, press, prod, push, ram, shunt shove off: depart, go, leave, vamoose shovel: digger, excavator, scoop, spade, trowel shovel used by pizza makers: peel show clearly: evidence, evince, express, register show fear: cower, pale show manager or producer: impresario show no loss or profit: break even show of mercy: leniency show of skits, songs, etc.: revue show off: attitudinize, boast, brag, display, exhibit, flaunt, grandstand, parade, pose, posture, put on an act show up: appear, arrive, come, defeat, embarrass, expose, shame show, afternoon: matinee show, first public: premiere show, spectacular entertainment: extravaganza showcase: cabinet, display, exhibit, vitrine showdown: clash, climax, confrontation, crisis, culmination, encounter shower: barrage, bath, bathe, bestow, bombard, cloudburst, deluge, drizzle, lavish, party, pour, rain, salvo, scatter, spray, sprinkle, storm, volley, wash showing-off person: exhibitionist, poseur showing or proving directly: deictic, ostensible, ostensive
SHOVELS AND DIGGING TOOLS

bar spade bull tongue coal shovel cultivator ditch spade draw hoe fire shovel fork garden spade garden trowel grub hoe hoe irrigating shovel loy mattock peat spade pitchfork plow posthole digger power shovel rake scoop scooper spade spatula spud trowel W showmanship: public acclaim showoff: boaster, braggart, exhibitionist, hotdog showpiece: gem, jewel, masterpiece, pride, prize, treasure showy: arty, brilliant, dashing, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, gorgeous, grand, loud, opulent, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, pompous, pretentious, snazzy, splashy, splendid, striking, swanky showy and cheap: brummagem, gaudy, junky, tawdry showy and fancy: glitzy, ritzy showy and overly decorated: emblazoned, florid, garish, gaudy, ornate, rococo, tawdry, tinsel showy but worthless finery: bric-a-brac, trumpery showy finery: falderal, frills and furbelows, frippery, froufrou showy gesture: flourish, ostentation showy public display: blazon, bravura, fanfare, razzle-dazzle, razzmatazz
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SHOWY, OVERLY - SIDE WITH
showy, overly: flamboyant, obtrusive, ostentatious, pretentious shred: bit, crumb, cut, fragment, grain, iota, ounce, particle, piece, prune, pulverize, ribbon, scrap, sliver, smidgen, snip, speck, strip, tatter, tear, trace, wisp shredded and dried: desiccated shrew: battleaxe, curse, hag, harpy, mammal, nag, scold, spitfire, termagant, virago, vixen, Xanthippe shrewd: acute, artful, astute, biting, cagey, calculating, canny, careful, clever, contriving, crafty, cunning, discerning, farsighted, foxy, harsh, ingenious, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, neat, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, piercing, politic, sagacious, sage, sensible, sharp, sharp-witted, slick, sly, smart, subtle, wily, wise shriek: cry, holler, howl, scream, screech, shout, shrill, squawk, squeal, wail, yell shrill: acute, biting, blaring, crustacean, dwarf, high, high-pitched, keen, loud, nasal, noisy, penetrating, piercing, piping, screech, seafood, sharp, shriek, sound, strident, stridulation, treble, vivid shrimp: krill, peewee, runt, shellfish shrimp class: crustacean shrimp cousin: prawn shrimplike food of whales: krill shrine: altar, box, case, chapel, chasse, church, container, gleam, grotto, hallow, mausoleum, memorial, monument, naos, reliquary, sanctuary, sanctum, temple, tomb shrine for sacred relics: reliquary shrine, domelike Buddhist: stupa shrink: atrophy, blench, cling, condense, construct, contract, cower, cringe, curtail, decrease, demur, flinch, hesitate, huddle, lessen, quail, recede, recoil, reduce, retire, retract, retreat, shorten, shrivel, shy, swindle, wane, weaken, withdraw, wither shrinking: bashful, coy, declining, modest, retiring, shy, timid shrive: absolve, acquit, atone, confess, forgive, free, pardon, purge, repent shrivel: age, dehydrate, parch, shrink, wilt, wither, wizen, wrinkle shroud: cerecloth, cerement, cloak, clothe, clothing, conceal, cover, covering, dress, enfold, envelop, gar-
ment, grave clothes, hide, obstruct, pall, screen, shade, shadow, sheet, shelter, vault, veil, wrap shrub: beverage, bush, drink, hedge, lilac, plant, rose, sola, tree shrub variety: allspice, aloe, azalea, barberry, blackberry, blueberry, buddleia, cassia, cinchona, coca, coffee, cranberry, cubed, elderberry, euonymus, forsythia, hemlock, hibiscus, holly, honeysuckle, hydrangea, jasmine, laurel, lilac, mistletoe, rosemary, sagebrush shrubs and trees trimmed: topiary shuck: discard, ditch, husk, jettison, peel, pod, remove, shed, shell, strip, worthless shudder: convulse, flutter, frisson, jitter, quake, quiver, shake, shimmy, shiver, tremble shuffle: change, dance, disorganize, equivocation, evade, gait, jumble, limp, mix, move, muddle, rearrange, scramble, scuff, shamble, shift, shunt, sidestep, walk shuffle with two hands: riffle shun: avoid, balk, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, ignore, ostracize, reject, snub shut: bar, block, cage, close, confine, exclude, fasten, forbid, lock, seal, secure, snap shut away: cloister, closet, immure, seclude, sequester shut down: abandon, cease, close, idle, stop shut in: cage, confine, enclose, fence, hemmed, imprison, pen, restrained, surrounded shut off: isolate, occlude, refuse, stop shut out: bar, blockade, evict, exclude, ostracize, preclude, screen shut up: caged, gag, hush, interned, pent, quiet, shush, silence shutter with adjustable horizontal slats: jalousie shuttlecock: bird, birdie shy: bashful, cautious, chary, cower, coy, demure, diffident, fearful, hesitant, humble, inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, introverted, lacking, meek, modest, nervous, reluctant, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, secluded, self-effacing, shamefaced, sheepish, short, skittish, taciturn, timid, timorous, tremulous, unassertive, unassuming, undemonstrative, unforthcoming, wary
shy and confused: tongue-tied shy and distant: aloof shy and hesitant: cautious, chary, constrained, tentative shy and inward-directed: introverted shy and unconfident: gauche, selfconscious shy away: balk, blench, flinch, quail, recoil, shrink shy nonparticipant: Milquetoast, shrinking violet, wallflower shylock: loan shark, money-lender, usurer sibling: brother, kin, kinfolk, relative, sib, sister sick: afflicted, ailing, bedridden, confined, debilitated, depressed, diseased, disgusted, down, feverish, frail, gross, ill, impaired, indisposed, infected, infirm, insane, longing, lousy, morbid, nauseated, pale, pining, stricken, suffering, unfit, unhealthy, unsound, unwell, upset, weak, weary sick and tired: fed up sicken: affect, disgust, nauseate, offend, repulse, revolt, shock, upset sickening to an extreme: ad nauseum sickle-shaped: falcate sickly: afflicted, ailing, bilious, diseased, down, faint, feeble, flagging, frail, ill, infirm, invalid, lackluster, languid, pale, peaked, poorly, sallow, unhealthy, unwholesome sickly person, chronically: invalid, valetudinarian sickness: affliction, ailment, bout, condition, disease, disorder, illness, infirmity, insanity, malady, nausea, syndrome sickness from eating or drinking too much: crapulence side away from a glacier: alee side by side: abreast, cheek by jowl, collateral, juxtaposed, parallel, together side by side and progressing together: pari passu side entrance: postern side exactly equal to others: equilateral side of ship above water line: broadside side sheltered from wind: leeward side-to-side lurch: careen side-to-side measurement: breadth side track of railroad: spur track side view: profile side with: agree, back, champion, favor, help, join, support
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side, concerning a: lateral sidearm, of yore: saber sideboard: buffet, cellarette, closet, credenza, cupboard, furniture, table sideburns: burnsides sideburns, long and wide: muttonchops sidekick: assistant, chum, companion, comrade, deputy, friend, mate, pal, pard, partner sideline: avocation, bench, boundary, hobby, interest sides of, to be on both: bestride, straddle sidesplitting: uproarious sidestep: avoid, bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, escape, evade, skirt sidetrack: delay, deter, detour, deviate, divert, shunt, stall, switch sidewalk: boardwalk, footpath, pavement, walkway sideways: alongside, askance, broadside, crabwise, indirectly, lateral, laterally, obliquely, sidelong, slanting sideways glance, with a: askance, obliquely sidle: ease, edge, inch, saunter, tilt, veer siege: assault, attack, beleaguer, beseige, beset, blockade, bout, flock, offense, onslaught, spell sieve: basket, colander, filter, mesh, riddle, screen, separate, sift, sifter, strain, strainer sieve or strainer, run through a: puree sievelike: cribriform, holey sift: analyze, bolt, canvass, comb, examine, filter, inspect, investigate, probe, refine, riddle, screen, scrutinize, search, separate, sieve, sort, strain, winnow sift through coarse sieve: riddle sigh: ache, complain, crave, exhale, grieve, groan, lament, languish, long, lust, moan, mourn, pant, sob, sough, suspire, wail, yearn sigh of relief: phew sighing or rustling sound: sough, susurration sight: aim, behold, display, espy, exhibition, eyesore, glance, glimpse, ken, look, mess, observation, observe, outlook, perception, scene, see, show, spectacle, spot, spy, view, visibility, vision, witness sight of, catch: descry, detect, discern, espy, glimpse sight-related: ocular sighting lines: crosshairs
sighting of land: landfall sightseer: observer, tourist, traveller sign: advertisement, aries, auspice, authorize, autograph, badge, banner, beckon, billboard, brand, clue, constellation, cue, demonstration, denotation, earmark, emblem, endorse, enter, evidence, expression, extol, figure, gesture, guidepost, harmonize, hint, image, index, indication, indicator, initial, ink, inscribe, insignia, lullaby, mark, message, motion, neon, nod, note, omen, portent, poster, premonition, presage, proclaim, prognostic, proof, signal, signature, standard, subscribe, suggestion, symbol, tattle, token, trace, underwrite, vestige, vocalize, warning sign a policy and assume liability: underwrite sign a previously signed document: countersign sign at end of a document in attestation, testimony, consent: subscribe sign language: dactylology sign of something to come: forerunner, harbinger, herald sign or abbreviation representing word: logograph, logogram sign or dedicate a book: inscribe sign or endorse at the end of something: underwrite sign or symbol for idea or thing: ideogram, ideograph sign or symbol, particular meaning of: denotation sign or trace of something absent: vestige sign up: accept, enlist, enroll, enter, join, register, subscribe, take, volunteer sign, of a favorable: auspicious, propitious sign, of an obvious: patent sign, prophetic: augury, auspice, omen, portent, presage, prodigy signal: alarm, arrow, blinker, buzzer, command, communicate, cress, cue, extraordinary, flag, flare, gesture, horn, image, impulse, indicator, lantern, memorable, message, motion, notable, noticeable, notify, outstanding, password, presage, prominent, remarkable, sign, signify, siren, sound, tocsin, toot, warning, wave, whistle, wink
signal light: beacon, Bengal light, flare, Very lights, warning light signaling system: heliograph, railway signal, semaphore, smoke signal signature: autograph, hand, identification, ink, John Hancock, John Henry, mark, name, seal, sigil, sign, stamp, trademark signature made by one person for another: allograph signature on as contract or for legal transfer, to write one's: endorse signature, one's own: autograph signatures arranged in circle on petition to conceal order of signing: round robin signature's decoration: curlicue, flourish, paraph signboard for professional office: shingle signet: impression, mark, seal, sign, stamp signets and seals, study of: sphragistics significance: bearing, consequence, gravity, importance, influence, intent, meaning, merit, pith, point, purport, purpose, relevance, seriousness, value, weight significance or importance, subjective evaluation of relative: perspective significant: compelling, consequential, critical, decisive, eloquent, expressive, great, important, key, knowing, large, main, major, meaningful, momentous, noteworthy, powerful, prominent, substantial, suggestive, symbolic, telling, valid, weighty significant other: beau, companion, main squeeze, partner significant sign: portent signify: announce, betoken, communicate, compare, connote, convey, declare, denote, express, imply, import, indicate, insinuate, intend, intimate, manifest, matter, mean, nod, proclaim, represent, reveal, sign, signal, spell, suggest, symbolize, tell signing an agreement, person bound by: signatory signs and symbols, study of: semantics, semasiology, semiotics silence: calm, deaden, death, defeat, destroy, gag, hush, kill, muffle, mute, muteness, muzzle, overcome, pacify, peace, quell, quiet, refute, repress, reticence, secrecy, shush, squash, squelch, still, stillness, stop, suppress, tranquility
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SILENCE IN BROADCAST - SIMPLY, COOKED
silence in broadcast: dead air silencing of rumor: quietus silent: closemouthed, discreet, dumb, hushed, inactive, mum, mute, quiescent, quiet, reserved, reticent, secretive, speechless, still, tacit, taciturn, tightlipped, tranquil, unexpressed, unpronounced, unspoken, unuttered, voiceless silent, being: passive, quiescent, reticent, taciturn, uncommunicative silent, thoughtfully: contemplative, introspective, meditative, pensive, reflective silhouette: contour, figuration, outline, portrait, profile, shadow, shape silk: fabric, fiber, man tua, pongee, samite, sendal, taffeta, thread, tulle, tussah, tussore silk fabric: chiffon, crepe, foulard, gossamer, moire, ninon, pekin, satin, surah, velvet silk protective case of moth larvae: cocoon silk-screen process: serigraphy silk, drawing and spinning: filature silky: elegant, fine, flossy, gentle, glossy, plush, satiny, sericeous, silken, silky, sleek, smooth, soft, sweet silky fibrous substance or thread: floss silliness: absurdity, craziness, folly, foolishness, goofiness, inanity silly: absurd, asinine, brainless, childish, childlike, crazy, cuckoo, daft, dazed, dumb, fatuous, feather brained, foolish, foppish, frivolous, funny, giddy, goofy, harebrained, idiotic, imbecile, inane, irrational, loopy, ludicrous, pointless, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, shallow, simple, simpleminded, simpleton, stupid, unwise, wacky, witless silly and humorous: facetious, flippant, frivolous silly and immature: childish, puerile silly and unrealistic: fanciful, whimsical silly and unthinking: empty, inane, vacuous silly and unwise: injudicious silly grin: simper silly laugh: giggle silly, utterly: asinine, laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, risible silver: argent, argentine, argentum,
bullion, coin, color, element, gray, jewelry, lustrous, money, pale, plate, precious, sterling, tableware silver articles, mark of quality or purity on: hallmark silver that is 92.5 percent pure: sterling silver silver, fine ornamental work of: filigree silver-tongued: eloquent, fluent, glib, oratorical silverware: cutlery, flatware silverware pieces: fork, knife, ladle, nutpick, server, spatula, spoon, tablespoon, teaspoon silvery strips for Christmas trees: tinsel simian: anthropoid, ape, apish, chimpanzee, gorilla, monkey, orangutan, primate similar: agnate, akin, alike, cognate, comparable, congruent, congruous, consistent, corresponding, harmonious, homogeneous, like, matching, parallel, related, resemblance, resembling, semblance, uniform similar enough to be mistaken for another: doppelganger, dead ringer similar in functions and characteristics to another, one that is: counterpart similar in sound: assonant, consonant similar or equivalent: akin, analogous, cognate, comparable similar origin or nature, of: kindred similar structure or composition, of: homogeneous similarity: affinity, analogy, closeness, comparison, correlation, likeness, parity, relationship, sameness, similitude similarity in some aspects between dissimilar things: analogy similarity of two things, figure of speech directly conveying: simile similarity of two things, figure of speech indirectly conveying: metaphor similarity or correspondence between components of entity: symmetry similarity, inherent: affinity, kinship similarly: also, equally, likewise, thus simile: analogy, comparison, metaphor, similitude similitude: allegory, analogy, comparison, counterpart, likeness, parable, replica, resemblance, semblance, similarity, simile simmer: boil, brood, bubble, coddle, cook, ferment, seethe, smolder, stew, warm
simple: absolute, austere, backward, bare, basic, candid, childish, childlike, cinch, common, easy, effortless, elemental, elementary, endless, genuine, gullible, homely, homemade, homespun, humble, idyllic, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, manageable, mere, modest, naive, naked, natural, nitwitted, ordinary, plain, primitive, pure, real, rustic, sincere, stark, trifling, unadorned, unaffected, uncluttered, uncomplicated, uncompounded, uneducated, unelaborate, unembellished, uninvolved, unmixed, unpretentious simple and austere: clinical, frugal, spartan simple and basic: elementary, rudimentary simple and homely: homespun, modest, rustic, unpretentious, unsophisticated simple and natural: artless, earthy, forthright, frank, guileless, uncontrived simple and peaceful: pastoral simple and plain: rustic simple principles, attempt to explain complex phenomena with: reductionism simple to understand: accessible, comprehensible, intelligible, lucid, perspicuous, transparent, understandable simpleminded: artless, dull, dumb, idiotic, ignorant, imbecile, moronic, naive, silly, slow, stupid, thick, unintelligent simpleton: ass, blockhead, boob, clod, daw, dodo, dolt, dullard, dumbbell, dunce, fool, goose, ignoramus, imbecile, loon, lout, moron, nincompoop, ninny, noodle, numskull, oaf, simp, zany simplified: abstract, conventionalized, streamlined, stylized simplified concept or image, over-: stereotype simplified restatement of text: paraphrase simplify: clarify, disentangle, ease, explain, expound, generalize, interpret, reduce, shorten, streamline simply: absolutely, candidly, clearly, completely, frankly, honestly, merely, naturally, openly, plainly simply, cooked: au naturel
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SIMULATE - SINK OR SETTLE DOWN
simulate: act, affect, ape, copy, dissemble, feign, imitate, mimic, playact, pretend, reproduce, resemble, sham simulated: artificial, fake, fictitious, imitation, manmade, phony, sham, synthetic simultaneous: coexisting, coincident, coinciding, concurrent, contemporaneous, contemporary, synchronal, synchronize, together sin: adultery, covetousness, debt, envy, err, error, evil, fault, felony, gluttony, guilt, immorality, iniquity, lust, misdeed, murder, offense, peccadillo, pride, slot, stray, transgress, transgression, trespass, vice, violate, violation, wrong, wrongdoing sin or fault, small: peccadillo sin so heinous it causes damnation: mortal sin sin that has been absolved, cancelling of punishment for: indulgence sin that is minor and may receive God's grace: venial sin sin, act to show sorrow for: penance sin, liable to: peccable sin, pardon a: absolve, remit sin, save from: redeem sin, sincere remorse for: contrition, penitence, repentance sin, study of: hamartiology since: after, afterward, ago, already, as, because, considering, for, from, hence, inasmuch, later, now, past, subsequently, therefore, whereas sincere: aboveboard, artless, authentic, candid, cordial, devout, earnest, faithful, frank, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, hearty, honest, open, pure, real, serious, true, truthful, unaffected, unfeigned, virtuous, wholehearted sincerity: candor, earnestness, genuineness, goodwill, honesty sine qua non: condition, element, essential, indispensable, necessity sinew: force, muscle, potency, power, strength, tendon, thew, vigor, vitality sinewy: athletic, brawny, elastic, firm, forceful, lean, muscular, robust, stringy, strong, tough, wiry sinful: bad, blameworthy, corrupt, criminal, damnable, erring, evil, immoral, iniquitous, peccant, profligate, reprehensible, shameful, ungodly, unholy, unregenerate, vile, wicked, wrong
sing: cant, carol, chant, croon, hum, intone, lilt, rejoice, tweedle, warble, yodel
RELATED TERMS
sing in artificially high voice: falsetto sing to express love for someone: serenade sing with trills: warble, yodel singing by monks: Gregorian chant singing exercise: solfge, solfeggio, solmization, tonic sol-fa singing group: choir, chorale, chorus, duet, ensemble, glee club, octet, octette, quartet, sextet, trio singing in church, director of: cantor, precentor singing in four-part harmony: barbershop singing responsively: antiphony singing that is like speech: recitative, sprechstimme singing that is melodic and light: lyric singing tone, recite in: cantillate, intone singing voice between soprano and contralto: mezzo-soprano singing voice between tenor and bass: baritone singing voice in part music, highest: descant singing voice of woman or young boy, highest: soprano singing voice, deep bass: basso profundo singing voice, highest female: soprano singing voice, highest male: alto, countertenor, tenor, treble singing voice, highest natural male: tenor singing voice, highest young male: soprano singing voice, low female: alto, contralto singing voice, lowest male: bass singing voice, strikingly dramatic tenor: heldentenor singing with rich tonal lyricism, style of operatic: bel canto singing with two or more melodic parts: polyphony singing without instrumental accompaniment: a cappella W singe: burn, char, scorch, sear singer: alto, artist, artiste, bard, baritone, bass, basso, buffo, cantatrice,
cantor, chanter, chanteuse, chorister, crooner, descanter, diva, entertainer, minstrel, musician, poet, soloist, songbird, soprano, tenor, troubadour, vocalist, warbler singer-poet of medieval times: jongleur, minstrel, troubadour singer, leading female opera: diva, prima donna singer, woman: chanteuse single: alone, bachelor, distinct, divorced, eligible, exclusive, individual, lone, mono, one, one-base-hit, part, separate, singular, sole, solitary, unattached, uniform, unique, unit, unitary, unmarried, unusual, unwed single and undivided: unitary single component: unit single-celled microorganism: monad single-colored: monochrome single-combed fowl: Rhode Island Red single-handedly: alone, courageously, unassisted single-minded: determined, firm, inflexible, obsessed, persistent, relentless, resolute, rigid, staunch, steadfast, stubborn, unbending single-set gem: solitaire singled out for special honor: laureate singular: alone, bizarre, curious, different, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, fantastic, individual, isolated, lone, marvelous, novel, odd, one, only, peculiar, queer, rare, remarkable, respective, separate, single, sole, solitary, solo, strange, uncommon, unique, unparalleled, unprecedented, unusual sinister: apocalyptic, baleful, corrupt, dark, despicable, devilish, diabolical, dire, disastrous, dishonest, evil, frightening, grim, left, malicious, malign, menacing, ominous, portentous, underhand, wicked sink: bog, capsize, debase, decline, decrease, degrade, depress, descend, destroy, deteriorate, diminish, dip, dive, drain, drench, drop, ebb, fail, fall, founder, humble, immerse, lower, merge, plummet, plunge, ruin, sag, slope, slump, stoop, submerge, submerse, subside, thrust, torpedo, wane sink below the water: founder sink by cutting or getting holes in: scuttle sink or settle down: subside
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S I N L E S S - SKILLED ENOUGH FOR THE PURPOSE
sinless: chaste, good, holy, immaculate, innocent, innocent as a lamb, perfect, pure sinner: adulterer, evildoer, miscreant, murderer, reprobate, scamp, thief, transgressor, trespasser, wrongdoer sins, seven deadly: cardinal sins sinuous: anfractuous, bending, circuitous, convoluted, crooked, curving, curvy, deviating, devious, indirect, meandering, sinuate, slinky, snaky, twisting, wavy, winding, zigzag sinus: antrum, cavity, channel, depressing, hollow, opening, pocket, recess sip: drink, drop, quaff, sample, savor, taste siphon: drain, draw, funnel, pipe, pump, tube sir: address, king, knight, lord, master, mister, monsieur, title sire: alarm, ancestor, beget, begetter, breed, creator, father, forefather, lord, parent, pater, procreator, spawn, title siren: alarm, bell, horn, signal, whistle sirocco: wind sisal plant: agave sissy: baby, coward, effeminate, mama's boy, milksop, pantywaist, weakling, wimp sister: companion, female, friend, nun, sibling, woman sister killing: sororicide sisterhood: bond, friendship, sisterly, sodality, sorority, unity sister's daughter: niece sister's son: nephew sit: assemble, brood, convene, deliberate, endure, meet, occupy, perch, please, pose, relax, remain, repose, rest, roost, set, settle, squat, stay, unused, weigh sit for a photograph or painting: pose sit-in: demonstration, display, march, protest, strike sit in the sun: bask sit on and hatch eggs: incubate sit quietly at anchor: lie to site: area, field, locale, location, place, point, position, scene, sector, setting, spot sitting duck: decoy, dupe, target, victim sitting position of yoga, cross-legged: lotus position sitting, characterized by much: sedentary
situate: establish, locate, place, position, settle situation: arrangement, bargain, berth, case, circumstance, condition, dilemma, direction, emergency, job, locale, locality, location, need, place, plight, point, position, post, posture, predicament, problem, quandary, seat, site, spot, state, station, status, strait, vantage, whereabouts situation from which extrication is difficult, troublesome: predicament situation that requires choice between equally good or bad options: dilemma, double bind situation, tricky: sticky wicket six-line stanza: sestet six-ounce bottle of beverage: split six-pointed star: hexagram six-sided figure: hexagon six years, occurring every: sexennial six, group of: hexad, sextet sixfold: senary, sextuple sixteen grains: dram sixteenth of a cup: tablespoon sixth part of a drachma: obol sixth planet from the Sun: Saturn sixth sense: clairvoyance, ESP sixty to sixty-nine years old, from: sexagenarian sixty, concerning the: sexagesimal sizable: ample, big, considerable, extensive, hefty, large, roomy, spacious, substantial, whopping size: amount, amplitude, area, breadth, caliber, capacity, cover, degree, diameter, dimensions, expanse, extent, grade, height, length, magnitude, mass, measure, proportions, scope, total, volume, width size of type: agate, pica size or extent: amplitude, dimensions, magnitude, proportions size up: evaluate, eye sizzle: burn, cook, crackle, fry, grill, hiss, sear, shrivel, sputter skate blade: runner skate type: figure, hockey, ice, roller skedaddle: bolt, flee, hightail, leave, scamper, scoot, scram, scurry, split, vamoose skeleton: bones, coral, draft, frame, framework, outline, past, shell, sketch, support skeptic: agnostic, cynic, disbeliever, doubter, doubting Thomas, freethinker, infidel, questioner, sceptic, scoffer, unbeliever The Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
skeptical: cynical, disbelieving, doubtful, doubting, dubious, incredulous, leery, questioning, sceptical, suspicious, uncertain, unconvinced, zetetic skepticism: concern, disbelief, doubt, dubiety, suspicion, uncertainty sketch: account, aperu, blueprint, cartoon, chart, delineate, depiction, describe, description, design, diagram, doodle, draft, draw, drawing, jot, layout, limn, map, outline, paint, picture, plan, play, scene, skeleton, skit, story, summary, trace, vignette sketch of humorous situation: cartoon sketchily outline: adumbrate sketchy: cloudy, crude, hazy, incomplete, preliminary, rough, shallow, superficial, unfinished, vague skew: angle, biased, blunder, distort, glance, slant, slip, squint, swerve, turn, twist, veer skewer: brochette, lance, pick, pierce, pin, prick, puncture, rod, skiver, spit, truss skewer for broiling meat: brochette skewered meat: kabob, kebab skid: brake, coast, drag, glide, log, pallet, plank, platform, plummet, rail, runner, shoe, sideslip, skim, slide, slip, slue, spinout, support, swerve, timber, tumble, veer skid produced by an icy road: fishtail skier drawn by horse or vehicle: skijoring skiff: boat, canoe, dinghy, rowboat skill: ability, address, adeptness, adroitness, aptitude, art, artistry, capability, capacity, competence, craft, cunning, deftness, dexterity, efficiency, experience, expertise, expertness, facility, faculty, finesse, gift, knack, know-how, knowledge, mastery, method, occupation, profession, proficiency, science, talent, trade, training skill at card tricks: sleight of hand skill at particular thing: expertise, knack, prowess, virtuosity skill in manipulation: sleight skill in moving, acting, doing: facility skill in not offending others: tact skill in sailing: seamanship skill or sensitivity: savoir faire, tact skill, one's special: forte, mtier skilled enough for the purpose: competent
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SKILLED WORKER - SKIN
SKI TERMS
Alpine event: combined, downhill, freestyle, giant slalom, slalom, super G, super giant slalom climbing ski slope with tips of skis pointed outward: herringbone concerning cross-country ski racing: Nordic cross-country ski run: langlauf device for securing foot to ski: binding disk on ski pole: basket downhill and slalom racing: alpine downhill turn: telemark jump from crouching position: gelandesprung leaning forward from ankles: vorlage make fast straight downhill run: schuss mark in snow by skier who fell backwards: sitzmark mound or bump on skier: mogul natural line of descent: fall line Nordic event: combined, cross-country, ski jumping of skiing on uncompacted snow: off-piste performing stunts: hotdogging ski and rifle marksmanship competition: biathlon ski down straight steep slope: schuss ski down zigzag course: slalom ski lift: chair, gondola, helicopter, J-bar, poma, T-bar ski technique: herringbone, parallel, pedaling, sideslipping, sidestepping, skating, snowplow, traverse ski trail densely packed with snow: piste ski with short zigzag turns: wedeln slowing down by bringing tips of skis together: snowplow turn: christy, parallel, stem, step, swing, wedeln turn made by pushing weight to inside edge and bringing other ski parallel: stem turn two-ski vehicle: skibob W
SKIN DISEASE
acne Alagille's syndrome albinism athlete's foot atopic dermatitis basal-cell carcinoma birthmark blackhead blemish blister bullous pemphigoid burn candidiasis/ moniliasis/thrush cellulitis chickenpox chromomycosis cutaneous disease cyst Dego's disease dermatitis dermatofibroma dermatomyositis dhobi's itch eczema Ehlers-Danlos syndrome epidermal nevus erysipelas/Saint Anthony's fire erythema formication frambesia/yaws freckle gangrene granuloma annulare Hansen's disease heat rash herpes herpes zoster/shingles hidradenitis suppurativa ichthyosis impetigo jock itch keratoacanthoma leishmaniasis leprosy leukoderma/ leucoderma lupus macula malignant melanoma mange melanoma miliaria rubra mole morphea myxedema pemphigus vulgaris pimple pityriasis rosea pityriasis rubra pilaris pockmark poison ivy poison sumac poison oak porphyria prickly heat prurigo pruritus pseudofolliculitis barbae psoriasis pustule pyoderma gangrenosum rash rosacea scabies scleroderma seborrhea serp igo/r ingworm shingles skin cancer skin lesion smallpox sporotrichosis tetter tinea corporis tinea cruris urticaria/nettle rash/ hives vasculitis verruca vitiligo wart Wegener's granulomatosis xanthomas W
skilled worker: artificer, artisan, craftsperson skillful: able, accomplished, adept, adroit, apt, artful, au fait, capable, clever, crafty, cunning, deft, dexterous, experienced, expert, gifted, good, handy, ingenious, learned, professional, proficient, qualified, sharp, tactical, talented, trained, veteran skillful handling of situation: finesse skillful of mind: ingenious, inventive skillful with one's hands: adroit, deft, dexterous, habile, handy skills or equipment needed: armamentarium
skim: browse, brush, carom, coast, examine, float, glance, glide, graze, ladle, ricochet, sail, scan, scoop, scud, shave, skate, skip, skitter, study, throw skimp: economize, pinch, sacrifice, save, scrape, scrimp skimpy: inadequate, insufficient, lean, meager, measly, scant, scanty, scrimpy, spare, sparse, stingy, thin, tight skin: bark, callous, callus, case, cheat, coat, coating, covering, crust, cuticle, cutis, decorticate, defraud, derma, dermis, epidermis, exterior, exuviate, flay, fleece, fur, hide, husk,
layer, membrane, overcharge, peel, pell, pellicle, pelt, planking, rack, rind, scale, scalp, scrape, sheath, sheathe, shed, shell, strip, surface, swindle, vellum
RELATED TERMS
skin and its diseases, study of: dermatology skin around fingernail, piece of dead: hangnail skin around fingernails and toenails, hardened: cuticle skin blemish: birthmark, freckle, lentigo, macula, mole, nevus, rash, stigma, strawberry, wart, wen
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SKINNY - SLACK
skin blueness due to lack of oxygen: cyanosis skin bumps and itchiness: hives skin disease: acne, dermatitis, eczema, formication, hives, itch, mange, pinta, prurigo, pruritis, psoriasis, rash, roseola, seborrhea, shingles skin disorder: acne, eczema, psora skin diver's breathing tube: snorkel skin during pregnancy, patches on: chloasma skin elevation with pus: pimple, pustule skin fold: frenum, plica, wattle skin grafts to correct defects: dermatoplasty skin hanging loosely on neck of animals: dewlap, wattle skin irritation from wind: windburn skin layer: cirium, derma, dermis, epidermis, fat, subcutaneous tissue skin lotion, medicinal: liniment, unguent skin lotion, softening: emollient skin markings in indelible ink: tattoo skin of animal: hide, integument skin of animal with fur: fell, pelt skin of sheep or goat prepared as writing or painting material: parchment skin outer layer: epidermis skin parts: appilla, artery, capillary, hair follicle, hair shaft, melanocyte, nerve, pore, sweat gland, tissue, vein skin peeling from sunburn: blype skin piece under tongue: frenum skin pigment: melanin skin problem: acne, tinea, rash, roseola, wen skin protuberance: wart skin scab: eschar skin secretion: sebum skin shedding: ecdysis, slough skin, as a whale: flense skin, benign brownish patch on: lentigo, liver spot skin, concerning: cutaneous, dermal skin, dry shedded or scaly: furfur, scurf skin, fibrous connective tissue of: fascia skin, having chalky: cretaceous skin, having scaly: squamulose skin, horny growth on: keratosis skin, injected beneath the: hypodermic
skin, just beneath the: subcutaneous skin, minute opening in: pore skin, of rough: scabrous, squamous skin, of tough and leathery: coriaceous skin, removing impurities from: despumate skin, sensitive layer of: corium, cutis, derma, dermis skin, shallow cut in: scarification skin, strip off: flay skin, thickened horny layer of: callosity, callus skin, to appear on the: erupt skin, to tear or wear off: excoriate skin's goose bumps: horripilation ^ skinny: bony, emaciated, lank, lanky, lean, malnourished, scant, scrawny, skeletal, slender, spare, thin, underweight skip: abscond, avoid, bolt, bound, elide, escape, flee, gait, gambol, glance, hip, hooky, hop, jimp, leap, leave, miss, omit, overlook, pass, ricochet, skedaddle, skim, spring, trip, vault skip a stone on water: dap, scoon skip or rebound after hitting surface: ricochet skipper: butterfly, captain, coach, commander, fish, leader, master, officer skirmish: action, battle, brawl, brus, clash, combat, conflict, contest, dispute, encounter, fight, fray, melee, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, spar, struggle skirt: avoid, border, brim, bypass, dodge, duck, edge, envelope, evade, flank, periphery, rim, sidestep skirt as clothing: A-line, culottes, dirndl, kilt, maxi, midi, mini, petticoat, sari, sarong, tutu, wraparound skirt of bright cloth. Pacific Island woman's: sarong skirt on whalebone framework, hoop: farthingale skirt panel: gore skirt support: farthingale, hoop, pannier skirt to make it full, pad under back of woman's: bustle skirt, Hindu woman's body cloth or wrapped: sari skit: act, burlesque, caper, joke, parody, play, revue, sketch, story skittish: bashful, coy, excitable, fickle,
fidgety, frivolous, irresponsible, jumpy, lightheaded, lively, mercurial, nervous, playful, restive, restless, shy, timid, unstable skivvies: underwear skulk: creep, evade, hide, lurk, malinger, prowl, pussyfoot, shirk, slink, sneak skull: brain, cranium, head, mind, scalp skull-and-crossbones pirate flag: Jolly Roger skull as sign of mortality: death's-head, memento mori skull for spinal cord, large orifice at base of: foramen magnum skull protuberance: inion skull, outermost projection of back of: inion skull, spongy bony tissue of: diploe skull, study of: craniology, phrenology skull, upper half of: sinciput skullcap: beanie, calotte, kappel, kipa, yarmulke, zucchetto skullcap, Catholic: calotte, zucchetto skullcap, Jewish: yarmulke skullduggery: chicanery, crafty, trickery skull's highest point: vertex skull's joint line: suture skunk: animal, cheat, defeat, knave, mammal, polecat, scoundrel, shellac, stinker skunk cabbage: aroid skunk genus: mephitis skunk cousin: polecat sky: air, empyrean, firmament, heavens, jump, space, vault, welkin sky-blue: azure, celeste, cerulean, color sky with streaks of clouds: mackerel sky sky, concerning: celestial, empyreal, supernal skylarking: antics, carousing, frolicking, hijinks, horseplay, playing, revelry, roughhousing skylight: abat-jour skylight, mall or court with: galleria skylight, open room with: atrium skyline: horizon, outline slab: board, chunk, hunk, lump, piece, portion, slice, tablet, tile, wood slack: careless, dilatory, easy, excess, flaccid, flexible, idle, inactive, inadequate, inattentive, indolent, lax, lazy, leeway, leisurely, lethargic, limp, loose, loosen, looseness, ne-
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SLACKEN - SLEEPY
glectful, negligent, play, relax, relaxed, remiss, shirk, sloppy, slothful, slow, sluggish, soft, tardy, unsteady slacken: abate, decrease, diminish, ease, let up, loose, loosen, moderate, reduce, relax, relent, remit, retard, sag, slow, soften, subside, temper, untighten, weaken slacker: dawdler, goldbrick, goof-off, idler, laggard, loafer, loser, shirker, sluggard slacks: pants slag: ashes, cinders, debris, dross, embers, lava, recrement, refuse, residue, scoria slake: abate, allay, appease, assuage, compose, cool, crumble, decrease, disintegrate, gratify, lessen, loose, mitigate, moderate, quench, reduce, refresh, relax, relaxed, relieve, satisfy, slack, subdue slam: abuse, bang, batter, beat, belt, blow, clash, clobber, crash, criticize, hit, impact, knock, pound, push, rap, slug, smack, smash, strike, swat, throw, thump, wallop slammer: big house, calaboose, can, clink, cooler, hoosegow, jail, jug, pen, penitentiary, pokey, prison slander: asperse, assail, backbite, belie, betray, calumniate, calumny, character assassination, defamation, defame, derogate, dirt, disgrace, dishonor, distort, libel, malediction, malign, misrepresent, muckrake, mudslinging, scandal, scandalize, slur, smear, sully, traduce, vilify, villify slang: argot, cant, colloquialism, dialect, jargon, jive, language, lingo, patois, vernacular, vituperate, vulgarity slant: angle, aside, band, bank, bevel, bias, decline, diagonal, distort, glance, grade, incline, lean, opinion, pitch, point, prejudice, sideways, skew, slope, tdt, tip, turn, veer, view, viewpoint, virgule slant a nail: toe slanted: aslope, atip, oblique slanting typeface: italic slap: blow, buffet, castigate, clap, crack, criticize, cuff, hit, insult, pat, rebuff, smack, spank, strike, swat, wallop, wham slapdash: careless, haphazard, hasty, impetuous, reckless, slipshod, sloppy slapstick: absurd, comedy, comical, farce, funny
slapstick troupe: Keystone Kops slash: butcher, carve, criticize, curtail, cut, decrease, gash, hack, knife, laceration, lash, lessen, reduce, shorten, slice, slit, strike, stripe, wound slash or oblique stroke (/) used between words or in fractions: diagonal, oblique, separatrix, shilling, slant, solidus, virgule slate: ballot, list, record, register, roster, schedule; blackboard, chalkboard, tablet; stone, tile slate-trimming tool: zat slatted opening: louver slaughter: annihilate, bloodbath, bloodshed, butcher, butchery, carnage, decimate, destroy, destruction, hecatomb, kill, killing, liquidation, maim, massacre, murder, mutilate, overwhelm, pogrom, rout, slay, trounce slaughterhouse: abattoir, butchery, shambles, stockyard slave: bond, bondman, bondsman, bondswoman, captive, chattel, drudge, esne, grind, helot, laborer, moil, serf, serfs, servant, thrall, toil, toiler, vassal, workhorse slavelike: compliant, sequacious, servile, slavish, submissive slaver: dribble, drivel, drool, fawn, saliva, slobber slavery: bondage, captivity, drudgery, enthrallment, grind, helotry, labor, serfdom, servitude, thrall, thralldom, vassalage slavery, to free from: emancipate, enfranchise, manumit slavery's end: abolition slavish: abject, bond, dependent, hard, imitative, menial, obsequious, oppressive, servile, submissive, subservient, uninspired, unoriginal slay: annihilate, assassinate, butcher, destroy, do in, eliminate, execute, kill, massacre, murder, overwhelm, slaughter, snuff, strike sleazy: cheap, dilapidated, disreputable, flimsy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, tacky, tawdry, thin, trashy sled: bobsled, clipper, coaster, cutter, luge, pung, sledge, sleigh, toboggan sled with curled front end: toboggan sled, racing: luge sled, to travel with: mush sleek: adroit, attractive, chic, chisel, clever, crafty, cunning, fashionable, glistening, gloss, glossy, ingenious,
oily, polish, preen, satiny, shiny, silken, silky, slick, slide, slippery, smart, smooth, stylish, suave, unctuous sleep: catnap, coma, crash, death, doze, dream, dreamland, drowse, estivate, hibernate, lethargy, nap, repose, rest, retire, siesta, slumber, snooze, sopor, stupor sleep after lunch: siesta sleep and dreams, god of: Morpheus sleep cycle when dreaming takes place: rapid eye movement, REM sleep-deterring: agrypnotic sleep disorder: apnea sleep-inducing: hypnagogic, hypnotic, narcotic, somniferous, somnolent, soporiferous, soporific sleep-learning: hypnopedia sleep noisily: snore sleep-producing: hypnagogic, somniferous sleep-producing medicine: soporific sleep through summer: estivate sleep through winter: hibernate sleep, amnesiac: twilight sleep sleep, deep: sopor sleep, regular: orthodox sleep sleep, REM: paradoxical sleep, rapideye-movement sleep sleep, to induce: lull sleep, uncontrollable desire for: narcolepsy sleeper, late: slugabed sleepiness: oscitancy sleeping: abed, asleep, comatose, dormant, inactive, latent, unconscious sleeping cap: biggin, nightcap, Pullman sleeping car, European: wagon-lit sleeping pill: hypnotic, narcotic, opiate, sedative, soporific sleeping quarters for a number of people: dorm, dormitory sleeping sickness: encephalitis lethargica, sleepy sickness sleeping state: somnolence, torpor sleeping, excessive: hypersomnia sleepless: active, alert, ceaseless, insomnolent, restless, wakeful, watchful sleepless period keeping vigil: watch sleeplike state: trance sleepwalking: noctambulation, noctambulism, somnambulism sleepy: dozy, drowsy, dull, exhausted, fatigued, hypnotic, inactive, lethargic, listless, quiet, sluggish, slumberous, somnolent, soporific, tired
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SLEEVE THAT IS IN ONE PIECE WITH NECKLINE - SLOVENLY
sleeve that is in one piece with neckline: raglan sleeve, capelike: dolman sleeve, extremely puffy: bouffant, legof-mutton sleeve sleeveless apron: pinafore sleeveless garment: aba, vest sleigh: bobsled, cutter, luge, pung, sled, sledge, toboggan sleight of hand: hocus-pocus, legedermain, legerdemain, magic, prestidigitation slender: delicate, faint, feeble, frail, lank, lanky, lean, lithe, little, meager, minute, narrow, outside, remote, scant, skinny, slight, slim, small, svelte, tenuous, thin, trim, weak, willowy, wiry, wispy slender thread: filament sleuth: agent, bears, detective, gumshoe, investigator, private eye, shamus, tracker slice: carve, course, cut, gash, part, piece, quota, segment, sever, share, shave, slit, wedge slice thinly: shave, skive sliced meat, vegetables, and bean curd fried together, Japanese: sukiyaki slick: cagey, foxy, glib, greasy, neat, oiled, oily, sharp, slimy, smart, tidy, wily, wise slide: chute, coast, decline, downswing, downturn, elide, fall, flow, glide, glissade, hurry, incline, scoot, skate, skid, skim, sled, sledge, slip, slither, slope, stream, veer slide from building: chute slide, controlled, on icy or snowy incline: glissade slide, photographic: transparency slight: dainty, delicate, flimsy, fragile, frail, insignificant, light, little, meager, minor, nominal, petty, remote, scant, scanty, skinny, slender, slim, small, superficial, thin, trifling, trivial, unimportant slight, to: cut, discourtesy, neglect, offend, overlook, rebuff, snub slight coloration: tinge, tint slight depression: dent slight error: lapse slight suggestion: hint, inkling slightly: delicately, hardly, marginally, slenderly, somewhat slightly in music: poco slightly open: ajar slightly wet: moist slightly-raised platform: estrade
slim: diet, gaunt, lean, meager, narrow, negligible, outside, reduce, reedy, remote, scanty, skinny, slender, slight, small, spare, sparse, svelte, tenuous, thin slime: filth, gleet, glop, goo, gunk, mire, muck, mud, ooze, scum, slop, sludge slimy: clammy, eely, filthy, foul, gooey, mucky, muddy, offensive, oozy, scummy, vile, viscous, vulgar sling: cast, catapult, chuck, fling, heave, hurl, launch, send, slingshot, throw, toss, weapon slink: creep, lurk, prowl, skulk, slither, sneak, steal, weasel slip: blooper, blunder, bungle, chute, dock, elapse, elude, err, error, fall, fault, faux pas, flub, glide, goof, harbor, imp, jetty, lapse, miscue, mishap, misstep, mistake, muff, neglect, omit, oversight, pier, quay, skid, slide, slither, stumble, trip, voucher slip and slide: skid slip away, as time: elapse slip into former condition: backslide, relapse slip of the tongue: Freudian slip, lapsus linguae, parapraxis, spoonerism slip-knot: noose slip-up: blooper, blunder, bungle, error, flub, miscue, mishap, mistake, omission, oversight slipper: mule, pantofle, pump, sandal, scuff, shoe slippery: crafty, dishonest, eely, elusive, evasive, foxy, glib, greasy, icy, oily, shifty, slick, smooth, sneaky, tricky, uncertain, unreliable slippery and smooth: lubricious slippery-feeling: greasy, unctuous slipshod: careless, disheveled, messy, neglected, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sloppy, slovenly, tacky, untidy slit: aperture, crack, cut, fissure, gash, opening, rent, sever, slash, slice, split, tear slither: crawl, creep, glide, grovel, lurk, prowl, slide, slink, snake, sneak sliver: crumb, flake, fragment, shred, slice, splinter, thorn slob: hog, pig, slattern, sloven slobber: blubber, dribble, drivel, drool, froth, gush, kiss, salivate, slabber, slaver slogan: catchword, expression, idiom, jingle, motto, phrase, watchword slop: drivel, garbage, gulp, gush, guzzle,
mash, muck, mud, mush, ooze, refuse, slobber, sludge, slush, spill, splash, swill, trash, waste slope: acclivity, angle, ascent, bank, bend, bevel, cant, cliff, declivity, descent, deviate, grade, gradient, hill, hillside, inclination, incline, lean, obliquely, pitch, ramp, rise, slant, splay, tilt slope diagonally, to go up or down a: traverse slope of mountain: versant slope of roof: pitch slope or incline from perpendicular: rake slope or rate of inclination: gradient slope, descending: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent slope, gentle: glacis, incline slope, steep: escarpment slope, upward: acclivity sloping: askew, aslant, declivous, downhill, inclined, leaning, oblique, pitched, slanting, supine, tilted sloping edge: bevel, bezel sloping entrance: ramp sloping rock surface, broad gently: pediment sloping sides, bank of earth with: terrace sloping steeply: declivitous sloping type style: italic sloppy: careless, clumsy, dirty, disheveled, messy, muddy, slipshod, slovenly, slushy, unkempt, untidy slosh: flounder, mud, slime, slush, spill, splash, splatter, wade, wallow slot: chase, crack, gap, groove, hole, hollow, keyhole, niche, notch, opening, slit, space, track slot-machine part: lever sloth: animal, apathy, idleness, indolence, languor, lassitude, laziness, lazy, lethargy, listlessness, pack, slowness, sluggishness, tardiness, torpidity, torpor sloth or anteater, like a: xenarthral sloth, two-toed: unau slothful: idle, inactive, indolent, lazy, lethargic, listless, sluggish slothlike animal: loris slouch: bend, droop, gait, hunch, idle, idler, laggard, loaf, lounge, posture, slacker, stoop, wilt slovenly: careless, dawdy, dirty, disheveled, disorderly, grubby, grungy, lazy, messy, ragged, seedy, slatternly, slipshod, sloppy, tacky, unkempt, untidy
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SLOW - SMELL
slow: backward, behind, boring, brake, decelerate, delay, delaying, deliberate, dilatory, dragging, dull, gradual, hamper, hinder, impede, inactive, lackadaisical, laggard, languid, late, lazy, leisurely, lingering, phlegmatic, plodding, poky, procrastinate, relaxed, retard, simple, slack, slacken, sluggard, sluggish, tardy, unhurried slow and delaying: dilatory slow and hinder: retard slow and unhurried: deliberate slow diffusion or absorption: osmosis slow gallop: canter slow in coming, going, doing: procrastinate, tarry slow journey: trek slow movement in music: adagio slow-motion Chinese physical exercises: tai chi slow or lengthened in duration: interminable, prolonged, protracted slow person: dawdler, laggard, slowpoke slow-witted: dense, dull, moronic, stupid, unintelligent slow, as in music: andante, largo, lento, tardo slowdown: brake, curb, deceleration, delay, falloff, inactivity, setback, slump, stoppage, strike slowing or motionlessness: stasis slowly: bit by bit, costive, leisurely, sluggish, tardy, unhurried slowly but surely: inchmeal slowly destroy: erode slowpoke: dawdler, laggard, lingerer, slug, snail, straggler sludge: filth, ice, mire, muck, mud, ooze, residue, sediment, slime, slop, slush, waste slug: bat, belt, bullet, clobber, disk, drink, gastropod, hit, mollusk, punch, shack, shot, slam, slouch, slow, sluggard, smash, snail, sock, strike, swat, wallop slug, like a: limacine slug's kin: snail sluggard: dawdler, drone, fainant, idler, laggard, lazy, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, snail sluggish: apathetic, dilatory, dragging, drowsy, dull, heavy, inactive, indolent, inert, laggard, lazy, leaden, lethargic, listless, lumpish, lymphatic, poky, slothful, slow, sluggard, stagnant, stiff, supine, torpid, unresponsive
sluggish creek: bayou sluggishness: inertia, lethargy sluice: channel, douse, flume, flush, gate, gush, pour, soak, stream, trough, valve, wash slum: alley, barrio, dump, ghetto, skid row, tenement slum rehabilitation: gentrification, urban renewal slumber: coma, dormancy, doze, drowse, hibernate, languor, lethargy, nap, rest, sleep, snooze slump: collapse, decline, depression, dip, downswing, downtrend, droop, drop, fall, lapse, plunge, recession, sag, sink, slide, slip, slouch, topple slur: aspersion, blacken, blemish, blur, calumniate, calumny, criticize, defame, discredit, disgrace, disparage, elide, garble, innuendo, insinuation, insult, mumble, reproach, salign, slander, slide, slight, smear, soil, spot, stain, stigma, sully, traduce slur in pronunciation: elide slush: drench, drivel, ice, mire, mud, pulp, slop, sluice, snow slut: bimbo, floozy, harlot, hooker, hussy, jade, jezebel, minx, slattern, tramp, wench, whore sly: artful, astute, cagey, calculating, clever, crafty, cunning, deceitful, devious, evasive, foxy, furtive, guileful, ingenious, mischievous, roguish, secret, secretive, sharp, shifty, shrewd, skillful, slick, smooth, sneaking, sneaky, subtle, tricky, underhand, underhanded, weaselly, wily sly and not straightforward: disingenuous sly way, in a: clandestine, furtive, stealthy, surreptitious smack, on the kisser: buss small: cramped, diminutive, dinky, faint, humble, humiliated, insignificant, limited, little, meager, mean, microscopic, mignon, miniature, minimal, minor, minuscule, minute, modest, narrow, negligible, petite, petty, picayune, pocket size, puny, remote, scant, selfish, short, slender, slight, slim, teeny, thin, tiny, trifling, trivial, undersized, unimportant, wee small alphabet letters: lowercase small amount: bit, dab, dram, drop, gram, iota, modicum, ounce, paucity, scintilla, semblance, sliver, smattering, smidgen, some, soupon, splash, spot, tad, tincture, trace, vestige
small and cramped: incommodious small cubicle in library for private study: carrel small in size, very: diminutive, lilliputian, midget, miniature, minuscule small-minded: bigoted, intolerant, mean, narrow, petty, prejudiced, selfish Smalltalk: babble, chat, chitchat, civilities, courtesies, pleasantries, prattle small-time: nickel and dime, two-bit small, extremely: imperceptible, infinitesimal, lilliputian, microscopic, negligible, nominal small, memorable acting part: cameo small, ornamental bottle: flacon smallness of head: microcephaly smallpox: variola smart: ache, active, acute, alert, astute, bright, brilliant, brisk, canny, chic, clever, dapper, elegant, energetic, fashionable, hurt, impertinent, insolent, intelligent, knowing, lively, natty, neat, pain, posh, precocious, pungent, quick, resourceful, sassy, sharp, shrewd, slick, smug, spirited, sporty, spruce, sting, stylish, swanky, throb, trendy, vigorous, wily, wise, witty smart aleck: boaster, braggart, clown, wise guy, wiseacre, wisenheimer smash: accident, annihilate, bang, bash, batter, belt, break, clobber, collapse, collision, crack, crash, crush, dash, defeat, demolish, destroy, hit, impact, jolt, press, pulverize, sensation, shatter, slam, slug, sock, strike, success, wallop, whack, wreck smashed: buzzed, drunk, inebriated, intoxicated, plastered, soused, stewed, wasted, zonked smashup: accident, collapse, collision, crash, defeat, pileup, wreck smattering: dash, drop, few, smidgen, sprinkling smear: bedaub, besmear, besmirch, blot, blotch, blur, coat, cover, dab, daub, defame, defeat, defile, degrade, grease, lambaste, malign, mar, plaster, rub, sample, slander, slur, smash, smirch, smudge, soil, spatter, splotch, spot, spread, stain, sully, taint, thrash, trounce, vilify smell: aroma, aura, detect, discover, flair, fragrance, funk, fust, nose, odor, perfume, reek, savor, scent, sense, sniff, stench, stink, trace, whiff
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SMELL OF WASTE, DECAYING MATTER - SNARE
smell of waste, decaying matter: effluvium smell of wine or liqueur: bouquet smell, bad: fetor, mephitis, stench smell, concerning: olfactory, osmatic smell, having sharp: acrid, pungent smell, loss of the sense of: anosmia smell, pleasant: aroma, fragrance, incense smell, substance for masking: deodorant smelling of decay or mildew: frowsy, fusty, mephitic, musty smelling salts bottle: vinaigrette smelling, pleasant-: aromatic, fragrant, odiferous, redolent smelling, unpleasant-: fetid, gamy, malodorous, noisome, odoriferous, odorous, rancid, rank, reeking smelly: fetid, foul, funky, noisome, olid, putrid, rank, rotten, stinking smelly insect: stinkbug smelting residue: cinder, scoria, sinter, slag smidgen: atom, bit, crumb, dab, drop, iota, jot, mite, particle, pinch, shred, speck, trace smile: beam, expression, grin, laugh, simper, smirk, sneer smile with slightly upturned corners: archaic smile smile, of an angelic: beatific smirch: besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, blemish, blot, blotch, contaminate, corrupt, country, degrade, dirty, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, pollute, smear, smudge, soil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish smirk: beam, grimace, grin, leer, simper, smile, sneer smite: afflict, attack, belt, buffet, chasten, chastise, clobber, dash, defeat, destroy, hit, knock, slap, smack, sock, strike, swat, wallop, whack smithy's equipment: anvil smitten: affected, afflicted, enamored, infatuated, stricken, taken smog-like weather condition: smaze smoke: cigar, cigarette, cure, fume, funk, haze, kill, loud, mist, murder, perform, pipe, puff, smog, smudge, steam, vapor smoke conveyor: flue smoke for extermination or disinfection, use: fumigate smoke inhaled by nonsmokers: passive smoking smoke, concerning: fumatory
smoked salmon: lox smoky: blackened, burning, cloudy, dingy, fuliginous, fumid, fumy, hazy, murky, smoldering, sooty smolder: bubble, burn, fester, fulminate, fume, seethe, simmer, smother smooth: bland, calm, civilize, comfort, courteous, creamy, ease, easy, easygoing, effortless, equable, even, evenly, flat, flatten, flowing, fluent, gentle, glossy, hairless, harmonious, iron, level, methodical, mild, palliate, pave, persuasive, placid, pleasant, polish, polished, preen, press, satiny, serene, silky, sleek, slick, slick as a whistle, soft, soothe, soothing, suave, tranquil, undisturbed, uninterrupted, unruffled, unwrinkled smooth and expressive: fluent smooth and polished: glac smooth and slippery: ingratiating, unctuous smooth and sweet: mellifluous smooth baldness, of: glabrous smooth flattering talk: blarney smooth musical transition: segue smooth- or straight-haired: lissotrichous smooth polished surface of gem, bone, tooth:facet smooth the way: expedite, pave smooth-spoken: glib, suave smooth, downless peach: nectarine smooth, flowing style used as a musical direction: cantabile smooth by rubbing with an abrasive: file, plane, sand smoothly, flowing or moving: fluent smorgasbord: buffet, hodgepodge, mishmash smother: asphyxiate, choke, conceal, cover, extinguish, hide, overwhelm, quash, quench, repress, shower, solder, stifle, suffocate, suppress smudge: blot, blotch, blur, dirty, grime, smear, smut, smutch, soil, soot, stain, sully smug: complacent, confident, neat, pompous, priggish, self-righteous, spruce, stuffy, suave, tidy, trim smuggle: bootleg, pirate, sneak smuggled product, esp. liquor: bootleg, contraband smut: dirt, filth, grime, muck, obscenity, porn, porno, pornography, smudge, soil, spot, stain, sully, taint
smutty: dirty, filthy, indecent, lewd, nasty, obscene, pornographic, raunchy, soiled, sooty, vulgar snack: bit, bite, eat, goodies, morsel, munchies, nibble, nosh, refreshment, tea snack, nutritious: gorp snafu: chaos, complication, confusion, entangle, mess, muddle, predicament, snarl snag: barrier, branch, catch, complication, damage, difficulty, drawback, fly in the ointment, glitch, hamper, hazard, hinder, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, knot, nail, obstacle, obstruction, pickle, problem, spot, stump, tear, tree snail: escargot, gastropod, periwinkle, slowpoke, slug snail shell, shaped like: cochleate snail, edible: escargot snake eyes: ace snake scale: scute snake skin shedding: ecdysis, sloughing snake sound: hiss, siss snake symbol of medical profession: caduceus snake teeth: fangs snake that coils around and asphyxiates prey: constrictor snake worship: ophiolatry snake, concerning: anguine, colubrine, ophidian snakelike: anguiform, crawly, eely, serpentine snakes, mammal known for killing venomous: mongoose snaking and winding: sinuous snaky: crafty, devious, evil, meandering, serpentine, sinuous, sly, sneaky, twisting, venomous, winding, wriggly, zigzag snap, crackle, pop: crepitation snappish: angry, cantankerous, crabby, cranky, cross, curt, edgy, grouchy, irascible, irritable, luffy, peevish, petulant, short, testy, touchy snappy: brittle, chic, classy, dapper, energetic, fashionable, fast, hasty, irritable, lively, nasty, prompt, quick, rapid, smart, speedy, spiffy, stylish, sudden, swank, swift snapshot: photo, print snare: ambush, bag, bait, catch, deception, decoy, entangle, entanglement, enticement, entoil, entrap, gin,
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SNARL - SOCIAL DIVISION
grasp, grin, inveigle, involve, land, lure, mesh, net, noose, pitfall, seize, tangle, trap, web snarl: arr, bark, chaos, complicate, confuse, entangle, gnarl, growl, grumble, infusion, jam, kink, knot, maze, mesh, mess, muddle, predicament, quarrel, scold, snap, snare, tangle, twist, web snatch: abduct, bit, catch, clutch, collar, fragment, grab, grabble, grasp, kidnap, nab, nail, piece, pluck, rescue, seize, snare, swipe, take, trap, wrest, yank sneak: ambush, cheater, coward, cower, crawl, creep, knave, lurk, prowl, rascal, scoundrel, secret, skunk, slink, slither, snake, snoop, steal, tiptoe, underhand, worm sneak a look: peek sneaky: clandestine, conniving, devious, dishonest, furtive, shifty, sinister, sly, surreptitious, undered, underhanded sneer: belittle, condemn, disdain, expression, fleer, flout, gibe, grimace, grin, insult, jeer, lampoon, leer, mock, ridicule, scoff, scorn, smile, smirk, snicker, snub, taunt sneering: sardonic sneering language: sarcasm sneeze blessing: bless you, gesundheit sneeze, sound of a: sternutation sneezing, causing: sternutatory snicker: chortle, chuckle, giggle, heehaw, laugh, sneer, snigger, sniggle, teehee snide: base, contemptible, cynical, hateful, insincere, malicious, mean, nasty, sarcastic, sinister, sly, spiteful, tricky, underhand sniff: detect, inhale, nose, scent, smell, sniffle, snoop, snuff, snuffle, whiff snifter: dram, drink, goblet, shot, snort snip: bit, clip, cut, easy, fragment, incision, piece, scrap, shear, shorten, shred, trim snipe, plover or stork: wader sniper: assassin, gunman, gunwoman, killer, marksman, markswoman, sharpshooter snippet: bite snippy: abrupt, bluff, blunt, brief, curt, gruff, mean, rude, sharp, short, snippety, snotty snitch: betray, inform, informer, pilfer, pinch, rat, squealer, steal, stoolie, swipe, tattle, tattler, tell, thief
snivel: blubber, complain, cry, fret, shine, sniff, sniffle, sob, weep, whimper snob: elitist, parvenu, toady, upstart snobbish: aloof, arrogant, condescending, haughty, ostentatious, overbearing, pompous, pretentious, snooty, snotty, stuck up, uppity snoop: busybody, meddle, meddler, peek, peep, poke, prowl, pry, search, sneak, spier, spy snooty: aloof, conceited, egotistical, exclusive, haughty, pretentious, snobbish, snotty, stuck up, supercilious snooze: doze, drowse, forty winks, nap, siesta, sleep, slumber snoring sound like rattling or whistling: rhonchus snoring, heavy: stertorous snort: blow, breathe, drink, grunt, laugh, pant, puff, snore, sound snotty: arrogant, dirty, haughty, impertinent, impudent, nasty, rude, snobbish, snooty snout: beak, nose, nozzle, proboscis, rostrum, spout, trunk snow in Scotland: sna snow pellet: graupel snow turning into glacial ice: firn, nv, old snow snow, concerning: nival, niveous snow, ice, and rain: sleet snow, melted and refrozen into granular surface: corn snow snowy: fluffy, nival, niveous, pure, soft, spotless, stormy, white, wintry snub: cold shoulder, consure, cut, disregard, ignore, neglect, nip, ostracize, quell, rebuff, rebuke, remark, repress, reprimand, reproach, restrain, shun, slap, slight, stop snuff: adequate, destroy, detect, extinguish, inhale, odor, scent, smell, sniff, snort, whiff snug: close, comfortable, comfy, compact, cozy, cuddle, cushy, intimate, neat, nestle, safe, seaworthy, secure, sheltered, snuggle, tidy, tight, trim, warm so: accordingly, afterward, apparently, because, consequently, ergo, exact, hence, indeed, likewise, quite, sic, similarly, then, therefore, thus, too, true, very, well so-called: alleged, nominal, pretended, soi-disant, supposed so-so: adequate, average, comme ci
comme ca, fair, fair to middling, mediocre, middling, OK, ordinary, passable, second rate, subpar, tolerable, tolerably, unmastered soak: dip, douse, drink, dunk, flood, imbrue, imbue, immerse, impregnate, infuse, marinate, ooze, ret, saturate, seep, sop, souse, submerge, wet soak flax, hemp, lumber: ret soak in liquid: steep soak meat in sauce before cooking: marinate soak or steep to extract flavor, etc.: infuse soak up sun: bask, tan soaked: drenched, saturated, sodden, soggy, waterlogged, wet soaking or steeping, make soft by: macerate soap: castile, cleanser, detergent, lather, suds, wash soapy: saponaceous soar: ascend, aspire, climb, float, fly, glide, lift, mount, rise, sail, skyrocket, tower sob: bawl, blubber, boohoo, cry, lament, moan, snivel, wail, weep, whimper sobbed: wept sober: abstemious, abstinent, ailing, calm, collected, composed, controlled, cool, disciplined, dull, earnest, gentle, grave, grim, humble, moderate, peaceful, placid, quiet, rational, realistic, reasonable, regular, reserved, sane, sedate, serious, solemn, somber, sound, staid, steady, subdue, subdued, unimpassioned, unruffled sobriety: abstinence, continence, gravity, moderation, soberness, solemnity, temperance sobriquet: alias, appellation, byname, epithet, handle, nickname sociable: affable, agreeable, chummy, congenial, convivial, cordial, cozy, extroverted, friendly, genial, gracious, gregarious, hospitable, outgoing, pleasant, social, talkative social: communal, companionable, convivial, cordial, entertaining, friendly, gathering, genial, gregarious, hospitable, neighborly, party, pleasant, public, sociable, tea social climber: arriviste, bounder, nouveau riche, parvenu, snob, upstart social clique: cnacle social division: caste, classe, stratum
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SOCIAL ERROR - SOLDIER
SNOW AND ICE VEHICLES

blade bobsled dogsled drag kibitka luge pung skiddoo skibob skimobile sled sleigh snowmobile tobaggan troika weasels social error: faux pas, gaffe social estrangement: alienation social grace: diplomacy, savoir faire, poise, tact social insect: ant, bee, wasp social occasion for a foursome: double date social or public image or personality, one's: front, persona social ostracism or seclusion: Coventry, exile, purdah social outcast: Ishmael, leper, pariah social prestige is measured, possession or activity by which: status symbol social standing, advancing in: upwardly mobile social talk, not about information or ideas: phatic socialize: associate, consort, entertain, fraternize, hobnob, mingle, mix, party socially inexperienced young man: hobbledehoy socially lower: dclass socially proper: comme il faut society: alliance, aristocracy, association, brotherhood, circle, civilization, clan, club, community, companionship, cooperation, elite, fellowship, gang, gentry, guild, league, order, organization, people, public, sisterhood, sodality, union Society of Friends member: Quaker society, basic functioning parts of a: infrastructure society, young woman making formal debut into: debutante sock: beat, belt, blow, bop, clobber,
comedy, hit, punch, smack, smash, strike, wallop, whack; hose, hosiery, stocking socklike wind direction item: windsock sod: dirt, divot, earth, fellow, grass, peat, soak, soil, turf soda: beverage, drink, mixer, pop, seltzer, tonic soda water: carbonated water, club soda, seltzer water sodality: association, brotherhood, fellowship, fraternity, league, order, society, union, unity sodden: bloated, doughty, drenched, drunk, heavy, intoxicated, moist, mushy, saturated, soaked, soggy, soused, steeped, stewed, stupid, torpid, unimaginative, wet sofa: banquette, chaise, chesterfield, confidante, couch, davenport, divan, lounge, mridienne, ottoman, pouf, sectional, settee, sociable, squab sofa with high back: settee sofa with low cushioned seat and arm rests: divan soft: affectionate, balmy, bland, comfortable, comfy, compassionate, cottony, cushiony, cushy, delicate, doughy, downy, faint, feeble, flabby, flexible, fluffy, gentle, gently, hushed, lenient, lightly, limp, mealy, mild, mushy, pampered, peacefully, placid, pliant, quiet, silken, simple, smooth, snug, soothing, spongy, squashy, squishy, subdued, supple, sympathetic, temperate, tender, tranquil, velvety, weak soft and crumbling: friable soft and flexible: ductile, malleable, pliable soft and limp: flabby, flaccid soft ball: wad soft drink: ade, cola, pop, soda, soda pop soft mashed food: pap soft palate: velum soft sighing: susurration soft tone or volume: undertone soft tones, in: sotto voce soft, in music: dolce, piano soften: alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, bend, calm, cushion, diminish, ease, lessen, macerate, mash, mellow, melt, mitigate, modulate, mollify, pacify, relax, relent, soothe, subdue, temper, tenderize, thaw, weaken, yield soften by soaking: macerate
soften intensity of: mitigate, moderate, temper softening: mollescent softening to skin: emollient softhearted: compassionate, forgiving, humane, kind, merciful, sympathetic, tender, warm softly, in music: piano soggy: damp, drenched, dull, heavy, humid, limp, mushy, saturated, soaked, sodden, waterlogged, wet soign: chic, elegance, fashionable, neat, polished, sleek, stylish, wellgroomed soil: befile, blacken, blot, defile, degrade, dirt, dirty, earth, foil, grime, ground, humus, land, loam, muck, mud, ruin, shame, smear, smut, soot, spolt, stain, sully, taint soil abundant in organic materials: pinguid, unctuous soil as a factor in organisms' life, pertaining to: edaphic soil composed of sand, clay, silt, organic matter: loam soil deposit: loess soil deposited by flowing water: alluvion, alluvium soil protector mix: mulch soil science: agrology, pedology soil, break the surface of: scarify soil, relating to: edaphic soil, remove soluble constituents of: leach soil, very black top-: chernozem soil, wearing away of: erosion soiled: besmeared, blemished, dirty, faded, filthy, foul, grimy, stained, sullied, taint soils, mineral salts in arid: alkali soils, study of: pedology sojourn: abide, abode, bide, delay, dwell, layover, lodge, rest, stay, stop, tarry, travel, trip, visit solace: allay, alleviate, assuage, calm, cheer, comfort, consolation, console, entertain, lessen, mitigate, peace, relaxation, relief, soften, soothe solar: celestrial, cosmic, empyreal, heliacal, lunar, planetary, stellar solar system model: orrery sold: convinced, gone, impressed, marketed, pleased, retailed solder: braze, fasten, fuse, join, mend, patch, unite, weld soldier: airman, airwoman, cadet, cavalier, colonel, commando, doughboy, fighter, general, GI, grenadier, guer-
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SOLDIER ATTENDING SUPERIOR OFFICER - SONG OF JOY OR REJOICING
rilla, gunner, infantryman, infantrywoman, lieutenant, major, marine, mercenary, musketeer, officer, paratrooper, pilot, plbe, poilu, private, recruit, sergeant, serviceman, servicewoman, trooper, vet, veteran, warmonger, warrior soldier attending superior officer: orderly soldier below commissioned or warrant officer: enlisted person soldier for refuge, pit dug by: foxhole soldier from duty, to dismiss a: cashier soldier in irregular troop: guerrilla, partisan soldier, concerning a: martial, military soldier, drafted: conscript, draftee, recruit soldier, person who is not a: civilian soldier, person who refuses for moral or religious reasons to become: conscientious objector soldiers' lodging: barracks, billet, casern, garrison soldiers, army of ordinary citizens rather than: militia soldiers, group of: cohort sole: alone, desolate, exclusive, isolated, lone, lonely, one, only, single, solitary, unique, unmarried, unmatched, unshared sole of a plow: slade sole of the hand, relating to: volar sole of the foot: plantar, thenar, volar solecism: blooper, error, impropriety, incongruity, mistake, slip solely: alone, barely, entirely, exclusively, merely, only, purely, simply, singly, totally, uniquely, wholly solemn: august, ceremonial, ceremonious, devout, dignified, distinguished, divine, earnest, formal, funereal, gloomy, grave, hallowed, holy, quiet, reflective, religious, ritual, sacred, sanctified, serious, sober, somber, staid, stately, weighty solemn declaration: asseveration solemn promise: oath solemnize: bless, celebrate, commemorate, dignify, exalt, honor, mark, observe, sanctify, venerate solicit: accost, approach, ask, beseech, call, canvass, crave, demand, entice, evoke, hustle, implore, importune, inquire, panhandle, peddle, petition, plea, proposition, request, seek, supplicate solicitous: anxious, ardent, careful,
concerned, considerate, desirous, eager, keen, meticulous, thoughtful, troubled, worried solicitude: anxiety, apprehension, attention, care, carefulness, caution, concern, heed, qualm, uneasiness, worry solid: compact, consistent, constant, continuous, convincing, cubic, dense, dependable, durable, firm, full, hard, impermeable, lasting, level, reliable, rooted, rugged, secure, sound, stable, sterling, stiff, strong, sturdy, thick, thorough, trustworthy, unanimous, unbroken, uninterrupted, valid, weighty solid foundation: bedrock solid glass with parallel sides: prism solid ground: terra firma solid hard mass: calculus, concretion solidarity: cohesion, harmony, togetherness, union, unity solidify: cake, cement, coagulate, compact, concrete, condense, congeal, consolidate, crystallize, dry, gel, harden, set, stiffen, thicken, unify solidify into soft mass: clot, coagulate, congeal, curdle soliloquy: address, discourse, monologue, speech solitary: abandoned, alone, antisocial, deserted, desolate, eremite, hermetic, individual, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, only, recluse, reclusive, remote, secluded, single, sole, unsocial, withdrawn solitude: aloneness, desert, desolution, isolation, loneliness, privacy, quarantine, reclusiveness, remoteness, retirement, seclusion, wilderness solo: alone, aria, arietta, individual, monologue, one, single, singlehanded, unaccompanied solo opera piece: aria, arietta solo organ music piece, usually short and improvised: voluntary soloist in company, leading female: diva, prima donna solution: analysis, answer, compound, discovery, explanation, key, mixture, resolution, result, solvent solution for problems, favorite but untested: nostrum solution to emergency: quick fix solution to plot: denouement solution, cause a solid to be separated from a: precipitate
solution, exclamation when one has found a: eureka solve: decide, decipher, decode, disentangle, dissolve, explain, fathom, interpret, resolve, settle, undo, unfold, unlock, unravel, untangle, work solve a puzzle: decipher solve complicated problem: cut the Gordian knot solve or convert from code: decipher solve or learn the meaning or nature of: fathom, unravel solved or dissolved, capable of being: soluble solved or dissolved, incapable of being: insoluble solvent: diluent, dissolvable, remover, soluble, solvent somber: bleak, dark, depression, dismal, down, dreary, dull, dusky, earnest, funereal, gloom, gloomy, grave, melancholy, serious, sober, solemn, staid some: any, approximately, bout, extraordinary, few, part, portion, quantity, remarkable, several, unknown somebody: celebrity, dignitary, someone, superstar, VIP someday: anytime, eventually, finally, sometime, subsequently somehow: anyhow, anyway, unspecified sometime: former, formerly, late, once, previous, quondam, someday somewhat: approximately, bearably, considerably, kinda, moderately, partially, partly, pretty, rather, slightly sommelier's offering: wine somnolent: drowsy, fatigued, languid, lethargic, sleepy, sluggish son: ben, boy, child, descendant, disciple, fils, heir, lad, male, native, offspring, relative song: anthem, aria, arietta, ballad, blues, cabaletta, call, cant, canticle, canzone, carol, chant, chanty, chorus, composition, dirge, ditty, glee, hymn, lied, lilt, lullaby, lyric, melody, music, noel, number, pittance, poem, poetry, psalm, rock, roundelay, serenade, shantey, shanty, solo, sonnet, strain, threnody, tune, verse song by lover under window: serenade song for three or more voices, canonical seventeenth-eighteenth century: catch song of joy or rejoicing: paean, pean
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SONG OF MOURNING - SORRY, BE
song of mourning: threnody song or chant from Bible text: canticle song that tells a narrative story: ballad song without instrumental accompaniment: a cappella song, chorus or refrain of: burden song, eulogistic: panegyric song, German art: lied song, lullaby: berceuse song, part-: madrigal song, sailors': chantey, shanty song, sentimental love: torch song song, short and sweet: ditty song, Venetian gondolier's: barcarole song, verses repeated at intervals in: refrain song, wedding: epithalamium, prothalamion song, words of a: lyrics songbird: canary, lark, oscine, pipit, serin, vireo, wren songbird, repetitive melodic sound of: tirra-lirra songlike: arioso, cantabile song's middle part: bridge songs that performer or group knows, stock of: repertoire songwriter: composer, lyricist, songsmith, songster sonnet part: sestet sonnet's first 8 lines: octet sonnet's last 6 lines: sestet sonorous: deep, full, grandiose, imposing, impressive, noisy, orotund, resonant, resounding, ringing, rotund, vibrant soon: anon, around the corner, ASAP, before long, directly, early, expeditiously, fast, forthwith, hastily, immediately, imminent, impending, instantly, later, looming, presently, promptly, proximate, quick, quickly, readily, shortly, speedily, speedy, willingly soot: blacken, carbon, coom, dirt, grime, grit, residue, sediment, smoke, smudge, smut soothe: allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, balm, calm, comfort, compose, console, ease, heal, hush, lull, massage, mitigate, mollify, pacify, pat, pet, placate, quiet, relax, relieve, salve, settle, soften, solace, stroke, tranquilize soothing: anodyne, appeasing, balmy, bland, calming, comforting, demulcent, downy, dulcet, gentle, lenitive,
mild, nervine, palliative, pleasant, relaxing, sedative, sweet, tranquilizing soothing lotion: balm, embrocation, emollient, liniment, salve, unguent soothing substance: anodyne, balm, narcotic, nepenthe, opiate, sedative, soporific soothsay: forecast, portend, predict soothsayer: augur, diviner, forecaster, fortune-teller, haruspex, oracle, prognosticator, prophet, seer, seeress, wizard sooty: black, blackened, dark, dingy, dirty, fulginous, grimy, murky, smeared, smutty sop: absorb, bribe, dip, douse, drench, dunk, milksop, saturate, soak, steep, weakling, wet sophisticated: adulterated, advanced, civilized, complex, continental, cosmopolitan, cultivated, cultured, debonair, experienced, hep, highbrow, intricate, involved, mature, refined, seasoned, soign, suave, uptown, urbane, worldly, worldly-wise sophisticated as child: precocious sophisticated, over-: chichi sophistry: ambiguity, casuistry, deception, inconsistency, trickery sophomoric: foolish, immature, inexperienced, infantile, naive, reckless soporific: calming, drowsy, hypnotic, lethargic, narcotic, nodding, opiate, opium, sedative, sleepy, slumberous, somniferous soprano: coloratura, falsetto, singer, treble sorcerer: alchemist, charmer, conjurer, magi, magician, necromancer, occultist, warlock, witch, wizard sorceress: enchantress, hag, hex, pythoness, sibyl, siren, witch sorcery: diablerie, divination, enchantment, incantation, magic, necromancy, obeah, sortilege, spell, thaumaturgy, voodoo, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry sordid: abject, base, cheap, contemptible, corrupt, degraded, despicable, dirty, filthy, foul, grasping, gross, ignoble, low, mean, nasty, rank, scurvy, selfish, servile, vile, wicked, wretched sore: abrasion, abscess, aching, achy, affliction, angered, angry, annoyed, annoying, bitter, blain, bruise, discomfort, disgruntled, distressed, dis-
tressing, exatious, excoriation, grievous, hostile, hurting, infected, inflamed, irate, ired, irritated, lesion, pain, painful, raw, sensitive, severe, suffering, temperamental, tender, touchy, trauma, ulcer, uncomfortable, unpleasant, upset, vexed, weal, welt, wound sore containing pus: abscess sore hands, feet, ears from exposure to damp cold: chilblain sore on finger or toe: felon, whitlow sore on first joint of big toe: bunion sore on mouth or lips: canker sore or ulcer, festering: fester, gathering, pustule sore throat, septic: strep throat sore with pus, infected: carbuncle sore, bed-: decubitus ulcer sore, inflamed: bleb, bulla, papule, pustule, whelk sore, wartlike: condyloma sorely: badly, extremely, greatly, grievously, painfully, woefully sore's scab: eschar sorority: association, club, organization, sisterhood, society sorority word: tau sorrow: affliction, agony, ailment, anguish, bale, calamity, despair, discomfort, distress, dolor, grief, grieve, hardship, heartache, lamentation, loss, melancholy, misery, misfortune, moan, mourn, mourning, pity, regret, remorse, sadness, suffering, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, weep, woe sorrowful: afflicted, depressed, dismal, distressing, doleful, dolent, dolorous, dreary, forlorn, grevious, grieved, heartbroken, lamentable, lamenting, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, plaintive, rueful, sad, tragic, unhappy, woebegone sorrows, potion making you forget: nepenthe sorry: afflicted, apologetic, bad, cheap, cheesy, contemptible, contrite, disappointed, disgraceful, dismal, gloomy, grievous, mean, miserable, mournful, paltry, pathetic, penitent, pitiful, poor, regret, regretful, remorseful, repentant, sad, saddened, shabby, shoddy, unhappy, worthless, wretched sorry for, feel: commiserate, sympathize with sorry, be: deplore, regret, rue
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SORT - SOUNDNESS
sort: batch, brand, breed, class, collection, description, family, gender, genus, grade, group, ilk, kind, manner, nature, order, part, pigeonhole, race, rank, species, suit, type, variety sort, by color: gradate sort, to: allot, alphabetize, arrange, assign, batch, categorize, choose, class, classify, collate, conform, distribute, gradate, index, order, organize, screen, select, separate, sift, systematize, type, typecast sortie: assault, attack, foray, mission, raid, sally sortilege: augury, enchantment, sorcery, witchcraft, witchery sorting of casualties: triage soul: anima, being, body, conscience, courage, energy, essence, force, ghost, heart, human, individual, inspiration, life, marrow, person, personage, pneuma, psyche, saint, spirit, substance, vitality soul into another body after death, passing of: metempsychosis, palingenesis, reincarnation, transmigration soul or vital spirit: anima, animus, pneuma, psyche soul, loss of the: eternal damnation, hell, perdition souls, place for innocent but unbaptized: limbo souls, place for sinning: purgatory sound added to film, tape, medium: dub sound and scene reproduction: audiovisual sound capable of conveying a distinction in meaning, smallest unit of: phoneme sound distinguishing it from others of same pitch and volume, quality of: timbre sound frequency wave change: Doppler effect sound from single chanel: monaural, mono, monophonie sound from two channels: binaural, stereo, stereophonic sound-imitating: echoic sound in consecutive words or syllables, repetition of: alliteration sound in enclosed space, effect of: acoustics sound in pronunciation, omission of final: elision sound level measure: decibel sound loss from the end of the word: apocope
sound made with lips, teeth, and/or tongue: consonant sound modified to become similar to adjacent sound: assimilation sound modulation of the voice: cadence sound navigation range: sonar sound preceding accented syllable: pretone sound produced by air passing over one or both sides of the tongue: lateral sound produced by air passing through the nose: nasal sound produced by closing or partly closing the lips: labial sound produced by closing oral passage and releasing burst of air: explosive, plosive, stop sound produced by closing the glottis and then releasing it: glottal stop sound produced by creating free passage of air through the larynx and mouth: vowel sound produced by obstructing the air stream past the speech organs: consonant sound produced by the back of the tongue making contact with the soft palate while lips closed: click, suction stop sound produced by the speech organs above the glottis: supraglottal sound produced by the tip of the tongue touching the upper front teeth: alveolar, dental sound produced by using the blade of the tongue: laminai sound produced from a puff of breath: aspiration sound produced in the back of the mouth: guttural, velar sound produced in the back of the mouth and closing or partly closing the lips: lablovelar sound produced with both lips: bilabial sound produced with the front of the tongue near or against the hard palate: palatal sound produced with the lower lip and upper teeth: labiodental sound produced with the tip of the tongue: apical sound produced with the tip of the tongue turned backward and pointed up toward the roof of the mouth: cacuminal, retroflex sound produced with the tongue and other speech organs: lingual sound-producing: soniferous
sound quality: timbre, tone sound reproduction: audio sound reproduction with two or more speakers: stereophonic sound return: echo sound stage: set sound stopped and sharply released: affricative sound system: hi-fi, stereo sound that can be drawn out, consonant: continuant sound transmitter for underwater: sonar sound waves in speaker, preventer of interference of: baffle sound waves repeatedly reflected: reverberation sound waves to detect objects underwater, using: echolocation, sonar sound waves, apparent change in frequency of: Doppler effect sound, agreeable: euphony sound, around the speed of: sonic sound, cat crying: caterwaul sound, concerning: acoustic, aural sound, concerning audible: sonic sound, discordant: cacophony, discordance, dissonance sound, faster than the speed of: supersonic sound, gradual decrease in: decrescendo, diminuendo sound, gradual increase in: crescendo sound, hissing: sibilation sound, hissing or roaring broadcast: white noise sound, hitting: percussion sound, humanly audible: audio sound, intensity and longness of: resonance sound, multiple: polyphonic sound, outpouring of harmonious: diapason sound, responsive: antiphony sound, scientific study of: acoustics sound, sighing: sough sound, stifle a: muffle, mute sound, voiced speech: sonant sound, voiceless: surd sound, wailing or howling: ululation sound, whispering or murmuring: susurration sound, with a hissing: sibilant sounding, agreeable-: dulcet, euphonious, melodious sounding, rich-: resonant, sonorous sounding, rough-: raucous soundness: correctness, durability,
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SOUNDPROOF - SPANISH GENTLEMAN healthiness, heartiness, horse sense, integrity, solidity, stability, strength, truth, weight, wit soundproof: anacoustic soundproof, to: insulate sounds in two or more words, transposition of: spoonerism sounds of the things it describes, word imitating the: onomatopoeia sounds repeated at beginning of words or in accented syllables: alliteration sounds, alphabetic letter having two or more: polyphone sounds, study of a language's speech: phonology soundtrack, to insert a: dub soup: bisque, black bean, bouillabaisse, bouillon, broth, chowder, consomm, food, gazpacho, modify, mulligatawny, oxtail, pea, pepper pot, potage, potato, predicament, puree, vichyssoise soup bowl, broad deep: tureen soup made with okra pods, thick: gumbo, okra soup of chicken broth and leeks: cocka-leekie soup of curry-flavored meat, East Indian: mulligatawny soup of meat or fish, creamy: bisque soup of meat or vegetable stock, clear: consomm soup of potatoes, leeks, onions that is cold: vichyssoise soup of pureed vegetables: bisque soup of tomatoes and vegetables, cold: gazpacho soup of vegetables and pasta, thick Italian: minestrone soup, beet: borsch, borscht, borsht soup, soybean-based: miso soup, thick creamy: potage soup, thick fish: chowder soupon: dash, drop, hint, particle, pinch, smidgen, sprinkle, taste, tinge, trace sour: acerb, acerbic, acetic, acetose, acetous, acid, acidulate, acidulous, acrid, astringent, beginning, bitter, crabby, cranky, curdled, disagreeable, distasteful, dour, dry, fermented, fount, fountain, fountainhead, grim, grouchy, irritable, keen, origin, parent, rancid, rot, rotten, seed, sharp, spoiled, spring, tangy, tart, turned, unhappy, unpleasant, vinegary, wellspring sour cherry: morello sour fermented cabbage: sauerkraut sour juice of fruit: verjuice sour, becoming: acescent source: antecedent, author, authority, basis, cause, dawning, expert, font, fount, inception, informant, origin, provenance, rise, root, seed, springhead, start, well source, poetically: fount source, relating to a: seminal sources, coming from a variety of: eclectic sourness: acidity, acor, acrimony, asperity, bitterness, discontent, irritability, tartness sourpuss: complainer, crab, crank, grouch, grump, killjoy, sorehead, spoilsport souse: alcoholic, attack, brine, deluge, dip, douse, drench, drink, drunk, drunkard, duck, dunk, immerse, lush, pickle, plunge, pounce, preserve, saturate, soak, sop, steep, strike, submerge, thump, tippler, waterlog, wet south, concerning the: austral, midi, southerly souvenir: gift, keepsake, memento, memory, relic, remembrance, reminder, token, trophy sovereign: absolute, autocrat, autonomous, chief, coin, controlling, emperor, empress, free, governing, imperial, independent, king, kingly, lord, majesty, master, monarch, monarchical, omnipotent, paramount, potentate, prince, princely, queen, queenly, regal, reigning, royal, ruler, sominant, superior, supreme, unmitigated sovereignty: ascendancy, autonomy, control, domination, dominion, empire, independence, jurisdiction, masterdom, power, rule, supremacy, sway sow: disseminate, germinate, grow, implant, plant, propagate, scatter, seed, spread soybean curd: tofu spa: bath, baths, oasis, resort, Saratoga, spring space: align, amplitude, apportion, area, arrange, berth, blank, breadth, capacity, cavity, clearance, distance, divide, duration, elbowroom, empty, ether, expanse, extent, freedom, gap, headroom, interval, leeway, margin, period, quantity, range, reach, region, reservation, room, scope, separate, sky, territory, time, track, universe, void, width space around church altar: chancel space between things or parts, small: interstice space beyond earth's atmosphere: ether, heavens space by which a moving object clears something: clearance space for freedom: latitude, leeway space from which something is missing: lacuna space of four or more dimensions: hyperspace space rocket, primary stage of: booster space satellites, earliest Soviet: Sputnik space, concerning outer: cosmic, extraterrestrial, spatial space, speed to get outside of gravity in: escape velocity spacecraft: capsule, module, probe, rocket, satellite, shuttle spacecraft at launch site, structure supporting: gantry spacecraft landing on water: splashdown spacecraft passengers, crew, instruments, equipment: payload spacecraft pilot: astronaut, cosmonaut spacecraft self-contained unit: module spacecraft, maneuvers performed outside: extravehicular activity spacious: ample, baggy, broad, bulky, capacious, commodious, enormous, expansive, extensive, huge, immense, large, roomy, vast, voluminous, wide spade: dig, shovel, tool; playing card, suit spaghetti cooked to firm: al dente spaghetti-like pasta: vermicelli Spain, dances of: bolero, fandango, flamenco, tango span: arch, bridge, connect, cover, cross, distance, duration, extension, extent, fasten, fetter, interval, length, link, measure, period, reach, rope, scope, spread, stretch, term, time, trestle spangle: adorn, coruscate, decorate, flash, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, ornament, sequin, shimmer, sparkle, sprinkle, star, trim, twinkle Spanish conqueror of New World: conquistador Spanish gentleman: caballero, cavalier, senor
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Spanish lady: dama, dona, latina, senora Spanish nobleman or man of high rank: grandee Spanish nobleman, minor: hidalgo Spanish noblewoman: eboli Spanish-speaking community: barrio Spanish-speaking country, political boss in: cacique spank: belt, cane, flog, paddle, punish, slap, smack, sock, strike, switch, thrash, whip spanking: brisk, dashing, exceptional, fresh, new, remarkable, swift, vigorous spar: argue, bar, beam, bicker, boom, box, contend, contest, dispute, fight, gaff, mast, pole, quarrel, rafter, sprit, strike, timber, wrangle spare: additional, duplicate, emergency, excess, extra, free, leftover, replacement, substitute, surplus spare, to: accommodate, afford, avoid, deprive, exempt, favor, forbear, forgive, free, give, grant, preserve, release, relieve, reprieve, reserve, save, skimp, withhold sparing: careful, chary, economical, forbearing, frugal, lenient, meager, merciful, parsimonious, prudent, saving, scant, scanty, stingy, thrifty, tightfisted sparingly used: abstemious, restrained, temperate spark: arc, beau, ember, excite, fire, flash, flicker, gallant, germ, glimmer, glint, glow, grain, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, kindle, light, motivate, provoke, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation, seed, sparkle, stimulate, stir, suitor, trace spark plugs, device sending electric current to: distributor spark, engine system powered by: ignition sparkle: brilliance, bubble, coruscate, dash, dazzle, effervesce, effervescence, flash, flicker, fulgurate, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, illuminate, radiate, scatter, scintillate, scintillation, shimmer, shine, spangle, spark, twinkle, vivacity sparkling: animated, bright, brilliant, bubbly, dazzling, effervescent, fizzy, flashing, gleaming, glistening, glittering, lively, scintillating, shimmering, shining, starry, twinkling
sparkling ornament like rhinestone or sequin: diamante sparkling threads on Christmas tree: tinsel sparkling wine: asti sparkling with gold or tinsel: clinquant sparkling with rainbow colors: iridescent sparse: dispersed, inadequate, infrequent, meager, occasional, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, skimpy, spare, sporadic, thin, uncrowded spartan: austere, brave, courageous, disciplined, frugal, laconic, plain, rigorous, simple spasm: attack, convulsion, cramp, crick, fit, pain, pang, paroxysm, seizure, spell, tic, twitch spasm or fit: convulsion, paroxysm spasm, muscle: clonus, hyperkinesia, myoclonus spasm, pain: throe spasmodic: convulsive, erratic, excitable, fitful, intermittent, irregular, jerky, sporadic, sudden spat: altercation, beef, bicker, dispute, fight, flood, gaiter, gush, quarrel, rain, row, scrap, slap, smack, spate, squabble, strike, tiff spate: flow, freshet, outpouring, rush, torrent spatial or depth relationships of objects: perspective spatter: dabble, defame, dirty, dribble, pepper, scatter, shower, slop, smear, smudge, soil, splash, spot, spread, sprinkle, spurt, sputter, sully spawn: breed, create, eggs, engender, father, fungi, generate, germ, multiply, mushroom, offspring, originate, parent, procreate, produce, proliferate, reproduce, roe, seed, sire, source speak: address, articulate, bespeak, blab, blurt, bluster, chat, comment, communicate, consult, converse, convey, declare, discourse, discuss, drawl, drone, enunciate, equivocate, expound, express, gabble, harangue, intonate, jabber, jibber, lecture, mention, mumble, murmur, mutter, orate, pontificate, proclaim, pronounce, rant, recite, remark, reveal, say, shout, sound, splutter, stutter, talk, tell, testify, utter, ventilate, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper, yammer speak about and compare views: confer, consult
speak about evasively: equivocate, hedge, prevaricate, quibble speak about in leisurely way: chat, chew the fat, confabulate, schmooze speak about in public: ventilate speak about with enthusiasm: rhapsodize speak at great length: declaim, perorate, speechify speak at length: perorate speak at length in formal way: discourse speak at length to delay: filibuster speak bombastically: orate speak distinctly and carefully: articulate, enunciate speak dogmatically: pontificate speak incoherently when angry or confused: splutter, stutter speak incoherently, aimlessly: chatter, gibber, maunder, prate speak opinions overconfidently: dogmatize, pontificate speak or chant rhyming lyrics: rap speak or write at length: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expatiate, expound speak pridefuUy: boast speak rapidly: babble, blabber, chatter, jabber, palaver, prattle speak readily and effortlessly, able to: fluent speak simply and directly, unwilling to: mealy-mouthed speak with lengthened vowels: drawl speak without preparation: extemporize speaker: announcer, demagogue, lecturer, mouthpiece, orator, preacher, rhetorician, speechmaker, spellbinder, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman, talker, utterer speaker's stand: dais speaker's stand for notes: lectern speaker, annoy or embarrass: heckle speaker, eloquent: rhetorician speaking ability, loss of: aphasia speaking for puppet or dummy: ventriloquism speaking in tongues: glossolalia speaking multiple languages: multilingual speaking style: parlance speaking to another, someone: interlocutor speaking to oneself: soliloquy speaking two languages: bilingual speaking, excessive: logorrhea speaking, particular manner of: idiom, parlance
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SPECIAL OLYMPICS SPORTS

alpine skiing aquatics athletics badminton basketball bocce bowling cross country skiing cycling equestrian figure skating floor hockey football (soccer) golf gymnastics powerlifting roller skating sailing Softball speed skating table tennis team handball tennis volleyball W spear: bayonet, blade, bolt, bore, dart, gouge, harpoon, impale, javelin, lance, leister, penetrate, pierce, prick, puncture, shoot, skewer, spike, stab, strike, trident, weapon spear, three-pronged: trident spearhead: advance, begin, create, develop, direct, initiate, launch, lead, originate, pioneer, start special: additional, chief, choice, dear, designated, distinct, distinctive, distinguished, exceptional, extra, extraordinary, extravaganza, favorite, gala, important, individual, limited, momentous, notable, noteworthy, particular, peculiar, primary, privileged, rare, remarkable, select, specific, uncommon, unique, unusual specialist: ace, authority, connoisseur, consultant, doctor, expert, master, maven, professional, scholar, virtuoso specialist opposite: generalist specialize: concentrate, major, practice, pursue, train specialized vocabulary: nomenclature, terminology specialty: aptitude, career, concentra-
tion, earmark, feature, focus, forte, game, masterpiece, profession, pursuit, skill, talent, trademark species: breed, brood, category, class, division, genre, genus, group, humankind, ilks, image, kind, nature, order, race, sort, type, variety species improvement: eugenics species (in Latin), as Acer saccharum: binomial nomenclature species (in Latin), as saccharum in Acer saccharum: specific epithet, trivial name species of modern humans: Homo sapiens species, evolutionary development and history of a: phylogeny species, gradual change of a: evolution species, single mutation that alters a: saltation specific: categorical, clear-cut, concrete, definite, detailed, distinctive, exact, explicit, individual, limited, particular, precise, special, unique specific gravity: relative density specific gravity measuring scale: Baume scale, hydrometer specify: assign, cite, concretize, define, describe, designate, detail, determine, enumerate, establish, individualize, itemize, list, name, request, state, stipulate, tell specimen: case, examination, exhibit, illustration, individual, instance, mark, model, person, prototype, sample, type specious: beguiling, colored, deceptive, fallacious, false, glossy, hollow, hypocritical, misleading, ostensible, plausible, questionable, showy, unsound, untrue speck: atom, bit, blemish, blot, crumb, defect, dot, flaw, fleck, iota, mark, mite, molecule, mote, particle, pinch, point, smidgen, spot, stain, whit spectacle: curiosity, display, event, example, exhibition, extravaganza, marvel, pageant, parade, phenomenon, scene, show, sight, wonder spectacles: eyeglasses, glasses, lenses spectacular: amazing, astonishing, breathtaking, dazzling, dramatic, elaborate, fabulous, fantastic, grand, magnificent, marvelous, miraculous, sensational, splendid, striking, stupendous, theatrical, thrilling, wonderful
spectacular parade: extravaganza, pageant spectator: audience, beholder, bystander, eyewitness, fan, kibitzer, observer, onlooker, viewer, witness spectator giving unwanted advice: kibitzer specter: demon, ghost, illusion, image, phantasm, phantom, prospect, shade, spirit, spook, vision, wraith spectral: creepy, eerie, ghostly, phantom, scary, shadowy, spooky, supernatural, unearthly spectrum: array, colors, continuum, distribution, range, sequence, series, sphere spectrum colors: blue, green, indigo, red, violet, yellow speculate: brainstorm, chance, conjecture, consider, contemplate, deliberate, dream, gamble, guess, hypothesize, imagine, ponder, predict, reason, reflect, risk, ruminate, surmise, theorize, think, venture, wonder speculation: conjecture, contemplation, gamble, guesswork, hunch, hypothesis, meditation, reasoning, review, risk, surmise, theory speculative: conjectural, iffy, inquiring, insecure, reflecting, risky, theoretical, uncertain speculative or theoretical: academic speculator: explorer, gambler, investor, philosopher, theorist, venturer speech: address, allocution, colloquy, conversation, dialect, dialogue, drivel, eulogy, expression, harangue, homily, idiom, jargon, jeremiad, keynote, language, lecture, lingo, monologue, narration, oration, oratory, prattle, rhetoric, salutation, sermon, slange, soliloquy, spiel, statement, talk, tirade, tongue, utterance, valedictory, verbalization, vernacular, vocalization, voice speech ability, loss of: aphonia speech at formal event: oration speech blunder: solecism speech by newly installed president, etc.: inaugural address speech by one person, long: monologue, soliloquy speech defect: impediment, lisp speech form with its own meaning, undiscernible through individual word meanings: idiom speech opening: salutation
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speech or sales talk: spiel speech or tribute, laudatory: encomium, eulogy, panegyric speech or writing about a subject, formal: disquisition speech or writing, expression: discourse speech or writing, pompous: bombast speech or writing, very enthusiastic: dithyramb speech particular to a region: dialect, idiom, patois speech particular to an individual: idiolect speech patterns and forms, study of regional: dialect geography, geolinguistics, linguistic geography speech revealing character's thoughts: soliloquy speech sound beginning with one vowel sound and changing to another: diphthong speech sound of "h": aspirate speech sound produced: articulation speech sound, smallest unit of: phoneme speech sounds, study of: phonetics, phonology speech that is unmeaningful and made up: glossolalia speech units, study of language's distinct: phonemics speech used in specific social setting: register speech with nasal tone: twang speech with recap, conclude: peroration speech without preparation, give: adlib, extemporize, improvise speech, angry: diatribe, harangue, philippic, tirade speech, clarity of: articulation, diction, elocution, enunciation speech, concerning: oral speech, digression in: apostrophe, aside, excursion, excursus, parenthesis speech, encouraging or advising: exhortation speech, endowed with: articulate speech, evasive: circumlocution, equivocation, periphrasis, prolixity speech, everyday: colloquialism, demotic, vernacular, vulgate speech, farewell: valediction, valedictory speech, give long pompous: harangue speech, grandiloquent: bombast, euphuism, flatulence, fustian
speech, harsh in: acerbic, acidulous, acrid, caustic speech, hesitant in: halting speech, important opening: keynote address speech, impressive in style of: sonorous speech, lamenting: jeremiad speech, lengthy extravagant: spiel speech, light good-natured: banter, persiflage speech, long and tiresome: screed speech, meaningless: glossolalia speech, of logical: coherent speech, outpouring of feeling in: effusion speech, place or occasion for political: stump speech, pretentious: oratory, rhetoric speech, quick: patter, squib speech, skilled at unrehearsed or unprepared: extemporaneous speech, strong accent in: brogue speech, study of the structure and nature of: glossology, glottology, linguistics speech, tedious: homily speech, way words and phrases are used in: diction, phraseology, style speeches, leader who makes impassioned: demagogue, rabble-rouser speechless: amazed, astounded, dumb, mum, mute, shocked, silent speechmaking as delay tactic: filibuster speechwriter, historian, chronicler: logographer speed: accelerate, alacrity, barrel, briskness, celerity, clip, dash, dispatch, expedite, fare, gallop, haste, hasten, hie, hightail, hurry, hustle, informed, knot, pace, precipitate, propel, quickness, race, rapidity, rate, rip, run, rush, swiftness, tear, tempo, urgency, velocity, zip, zoom speed and promptness: dispatch speed at which a piece of music is to be played: tempo speed contest: race speed in music: tempo speed in performance: dispatch, expedition, promptness speed less than that of sound: subsonic speed needed to leave gravitational pull: escape velocity speed of motion: swiftness, velocity speed of one nautical mile: knot speed of sound, faster than: supersonic speed specified by a magnitude and direction: vector
speed up progress: expedite, facilitate speedy: brisk, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, hasty, hurried, nimble, prompt, quick, rapid, snappy, supersonic, swift spell: abracadabra, bewitch, charm, conjuration, curse, enchantment, hex, incantation, jinx, magic, seizure, shammy, sorcery, trance, trap, trick, voodoo spell or bout: duration, hitch, interlude, interval, period, relief, rest, shift, stint, streak, stretch, time, tour, while spell out: clarify, define, describe, explain, expound, interpret, mean, suggest spellbound: amazed, bewildered, bewitched, captivated, enchanted, enthralled, fascinated, hooked, possessed, transfixed spelled the same: synorthographic spelling close to the pronunciation: phonetic spelling due to mistaken assumption about word, change in: folk etymology spelling of same word, different: variant spelling, bad: cacography spelling, study of: orthography spelunker's place: cave spend: allocate, blow, consume, deplete, devote, disburse, dissipate, distribute, drain, elapse, exert, exhaust, expend, fatigue, give, lavish, lay out, occupy, outlay, pass, pay, sacrifice, splurge, spread, spring, squander, use, waste spend generously: lavish, shower, splurge spend wastefuUy: dissipate, squander spending to impress others: conspicuous consumption spendthrift: imprudent, prodigal, profligate, spender, squanderer, waster, wastrel spendthrift's opposite: cheapskate spent: all in, beat, consumed, depleted, drained, effete, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, finished, overtired, tired, used, used up, wasted, weary sperm cell: gamete, spermatozoon sperm duct removal: vasectomy sperm whale substance: ambergris spew: disgorge, eject, emit, exude, flood, gush, heave, ooze, regurgitate, scatter, spit, vomit
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SPHAGNUM MOSS - S P I R I T SPEAKING OR ACTING THROUGH MEDIUM
sphagnum moss: peat sphere: ambit, area, arena, bailiwick, ball, business, circle, circuit, class, compass, domain, field, globe, influence, jurisdiction, orb, orbit, order, planet, range, rank, reach, realm, scope, sky, spheroid, star, stratum, territory sphere of action: ambit, arena, compass, orb, orbit, range, reach, scope sphere of activity, expertise: bailiwick, domain, preserve, province sphere, elongated: spheroid spheres: areas, orbs spherical: celestial, circular, global, globate, globular, heavenly, orbic, orbicular, rotund, round, stellar spherical but flattened or concave at poles: oblate spheroid-shaped: prolate, oval, spheroidal Sphinx body: lion spice: accent, allspice, aroma, cinnamon, clove, condiment, curry, dash, excitement, flavor, fragrance, ginger, herb, hint, kick, mace, mustard, nutmeg, oregano, paprika, pepper, perfume, pizzazz, relish, sage, salt, scent, season, seasoning, taste, thyme, tinge, zest spice and heat wine or cider: mull spice or seasoning: condiment spick-and-span: clean, fresh, neat, new, orderly, spotless spicy: aromatic, balmy, erotic, fiery, flavorful, fragrant, hot, juicy, peppery, piquant, pungent, racy, risqu, salty, savory, scandalous, scented, seasoned, sharp, showy, snappy, spirited, suggestive, tangy, zesty spicy beef, chilies, and beans: chile con carne spicy condiment or appetizer: chutney, relish, salsa spicy liquid for soaking meat before cooking: marinade spider class: arachnid spider legs: eight spider nest: nidus spider order: araneae spider phylum: arthropod spider, common: black widow, garden, hermit, jumping, tarantula, wolf spider, large hairy: tarantula spider's web-spinning organ: spinneret spiel: line, oratre, patter, pitch, promote, speech
spiffy: chic, classy, dapper, dressy, fashionable, neat, sharp, slick, smart, snappy, snazzy, stylish spigot: dossil, faucet, nozzle, outlet, plug, spile, spout, stopper, tap, valve, vent spike: antler, bayonet, block, fasten, fortify, horn, impale, injure, lace, lance, mackerel, nail, peak, peg, pierce, pin, point, puncture, secure, skewer, spear, spit, stab, stake, stud, thwart, tine spill: betray, blab, disclose, divulge, downpour, drip, drop, empty, fall, flow, leak, overflow, overrun, peg, pin, reveal, rod, roll, ruin, scatter, shed, slop, spile, splash, tell, tumble, upset, waste spin: birl, drive, extend, gyre, narrate, oscillate, pirouette, prolong, protract, reel, revolution, revolve, ride, roll, rotate, spiral, swirl, trundle, turn, twirl, twist, whirl spin around axis: gyrate, revolve, rotate spin off: byproduct, divestiture, offshoot, outcome, outgrowth spin on toe or ball of foot in ballet: pirouette spinach, cooked with: Florentine spinal column: axis, backbone, chine, rachis, spine, vertebrae spinal column curvature: kyphosis, lordosis, saddleback, scoliosis, swayback spinal column manipulation: chiropractic, osteopathy spinal cord, concerning side of body with: dorsal, neural spinal cord, small bone at base of: coccyx, tailbone spindle: axis, axle, baluster, mandrel, pin, pivot, rachis, rod, shaft, stalk, stem spindle-shaped: fusiform spindly: elongated, frail, lank, lanky, rangy, skinny, slender, weak spine: back, backbone, chine, courage, crest, needle, point, prickle, rachis, ridge, spicule, spinal column, spirit, thorn, vertebrae, willpower spine consisting of five fused vertebrae, bone at base of: sacrum spine on porcupine, hedgehog: quill spine that supports skull, top vertebrae of: atlas spine-tingling: electrifying, exciting, suspenseful, thrilling spine, abnormal bend to: curvature
spine, abnormal lateral curvature of: scoliosis spine, curvature of the: kyphosis spine, extreme curvature of: hunchback, kyphosis, lordosis, swayback spine, having: vertebrate spine, having no: invertebrate spineless: cowardly, fearful, indecisive, invertebrate, meek, soft, timid, weak spinning mass on base: gyroscope spiny: hispid, pointed, prickly, sharp, spiked, thorny spiny anteater: echidna spiny lobster: langouste spiral: circling, cochlear, coil, coiling, curl, curve, curving, gyrate, helical, helix, twisting, whorl, winding spiral downward: tailspin spiral motion of fluid: vortex spiral structure: helicoid, helix, volute, whorl spiral, revolve in: gyrate spiraling current: eddy spiraling or spinning like top: turbinate spiraling structure: tendril spirally twisted: cochleate spire: apex, cone, curl, flche, peak, pinnacle, point, shorl, sprout, steeple, summit, tower spirit: animation, animus, apparition, atman, attitude, banshee, bravery, breath, character, cheerfulness, courage, dash, dedication, demon, determination, drive, dryad, lan, elf, encourage, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, esprit, essence, fairy, fire, force, genie, ghost, ghoul, goblin, gremlin, gumption, guts, hag, heart, hobgoblin, imp, incubus, inspiration, intent, life, loyalty, meaning, mettle, mood, morale, motivation, moxie, oomph, oread, passion, pep, phantasm, phantom, pluck, pneuma, poltergeist, psyche, puck, purport, resolution, shode, soul, specter, spook, sprite, spunk, strength, substance, succubus, temper, tenacity, undine, vigor, vim, willpower spirit attributed to object in nature: animism spirit in a container: genie, jinni spirit of a culture: ethos, peridot spirit of a place: genius loci, numen spirit of enterprise: gumption, initiative spirit of the air: ariel spirit speaking or acting through medium: control
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S P I R I T ' S MEDIUM - SPOILING FOR FIGHT
spirit's medium: channel spirit, appearance of a: visitation spirit, attendant: daemon, genius spirit, benevolent good: eudemon spirit, migration of a: metempsychosis, palingenesis, reincarnation, transmigration spirit, person possessed by: demoniac, energumen spirit, revealing of a: manifestation, materialization, precipitation spirit, to summon a: conjure, invoke spirited: active, animated, audacious, bold, brave, brisk, cheerful, chipper, courageous, dashing, dauntless, eager, energetic, enthusiastic, exuberant, fearless, fiery, game, gritty, intrepid, lively, lusty, mettlesome, peppy, sprightly, spunky, valiant, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zealous spirited war horse: steed spiritless: apathetic, broken, cold, dejected, depressed, despondent, downcast, dull, examinate, heartless, inanimate, lackadaisical, languid, lifeless, listless, melancholy, vapid spirits: alcohol, booze, liquor; condition, disposition, feeling, mood, morale, tone spirits, belief in: mysticism spirits, communicating with: necromancy spirits, person thought to be able to communicate with: medium spirits, to free from evil: exorcise spiritual: angelic, celestial, cerebral, churchly, deific, devout, divine, ethereal, godly, holy, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, intangible, material, metaphysical, nonmaterial, platonic, pneumatic, psychic, pure, religious, sacred, saintly, sanctified, song, spirited, supernatural, unearthly, unworldly spiritual adviser: guru spiritual apathy: acedia, ennui spiritual communication with dead: sance spiritual damnation: perdition spiritual energy: divine power spiritual force: numen spiritual gathering: sance spiritual leader: guru, mentor, rabbi spiritual opposite: temporal spiritual perfection in Buddhism: nirvana spiritualistic medium, substance emanating from: ectoplasm
spiritualistic messages board: Ouija spiritually elevated: numinous, sublime spit out: discharge, eject, emit, expectorate, hawk, phlegm, saliva, secretion, slobber, spew, spittle, splutter, sputter, sputum spit receptacle: cuspidor spit, produce: salivate spite: animosity, annoy, contempt, dislike, enmity, envy, grudge, hatred, hostility, humiliate, hurt, ill-will, malevolence, malice, malignity, offend, provoke, rancor, resentment, revenge, vengeance, venom spiteful: annoying, antagonistic, bitter, catty, envious, evil, hateful, hostile, hurtful, malevolent, malicious, malignant, mean, nasty, ornery, rancorous, resentful, troublesome, vengeful, venomous, vicious, vindictive, viperous, virulent, wicked spitting image: counterpart, double, duplicate, likeness, ringer, twin splash: bathe, blotch, dabble, dash, display, douse, drench, impact, mark, moisten, plop, plunge, publicize, scatter, shower, slop, slosh, soak, spatter, splatter, spot, spray, sprinkle, squirt, stir, strike, wallow, wash splashy: flashy, gaudy, loud, opulent, ornate, ostentatious, sensational, showy, snazzy, spectacular splatter: dash, douse, slop, spatter, splash splay: awkward, bevel, carve, clumsy, dislocate, display, expand, fanlike, obliquely, slant, slanting, slope, sloping, spread, widen spleen: anger, caprice, dislike, grudge, hate, hatred, hostility, ire, lien, malice, melancholy, rancor, resentment, spite, whim, wrath splendid: admirable, beautiful, bright, brilliant, costly, dazzling, elegant, excellent, exquisite, fantastic, fine, glorious, good, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, illustrious, impressive, lavish, lofty, luxurious, magnificent, marvelous, praiseworthy, regal, rich, showy, sumptuous, superb, surpassing splendid and dazzling: resplendent splendid generosity: munificence splendor: array, beauty, bright, brightness, brilliance, dazzle, display, eclat, effulgence, elegance, excellence, gleam, glory, gorgeousness, grandeur, light, luminosity, luster, magnifi-
cence, opulence, pageantry, parade, pomp, radiance, refulgence, resplendence, shine, showiness splice: attach, connect, entwine, fasten, insert, interweave, join, marry, merge, mesh, unite splinter: break, chip, disintegrate, flake, fragment, rend, shatter, shiver, slice, sliver, smash, split splinter group: sect split: alienate, allocate, bisect, break, broken, burst, cleave, cleaved, cleft, crack, cut, deal, destroy, difference, distribute, divide, divided, divorce, fissure, fork, fractured, fragment, halve, isolate, lam, leave, mixed, opening, part, portion, reave, rend, rent, rift, rip, rive, rupture, schism, segregate, separate, separated, separation, shatter, slice, sliver, slopped, splinter, sunder, tear, tore, undecided split in organization: schism split in two: bifurcate split open: dehisce splitting compound word by injecting other words: tmesis splitting of atomic nuclei: fission splotch: blemish, blob, blot, blotch, dash, fleck, mark, smear, smudge, spot, stain splurge: bender, binge, display, fling, indulgence, rampage, showy, spend, splash, spree spoil: adulterate, baby, blemish, booty, coddle, contaminate, corrupt, cosset, crumble, damage, decay, decompose, deface, defile, destroy, foul, harm, hurt, impair, indulge, injure, loot, mar, mollycoddle, overindulge, pamper, perish, pickings, pillage, plunder, pollute, prize, ravage, rot, ruin, smear, sour, squash, taint, thwart, undo, vilate, vitiate, waste, wreck spoil and corrupt: barbarize, bastardize, degrade, deprave, pervert spoil and dirty: adulterate, alloy, blemish, contaminate, debase, defile, foul, pollute, soil, sully, taint, tarnish spoil another or oneself: coddle, cosset, gratify, indulge, pamper, pander to spoil appearance: deface, disfigure, mar, mutilate spoiled: overprotected, self-indulgent, spoon-fed spoiled from frequent exposure or indulgence: blas, jaded spoiling for fight: pugnacious
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S PO ILS - S P R E A D H ERE AND THERE
spoils: amenities, booty, bounty, goods, haul, loot, pickings, pillage, prize, rots, sway, trophy spoken: announced, articulated, communicated, declared, expressed, mentioned, oral, said, told, unwritten, uttered, verbal, viva voce, vocal spoken error disclosing true feelings: Freudian slip spoken false statement: slander spoken language and letters, unit of: syllable spoken language, characteristic of: colloquial, informal spokesperson: advocate, agent, champion, delegate, mediator, mouthpiece, prolocutor, representative, speaker, spokesman, spokeswoman, sponsor sponge, dried fibrous loofah fruit as: dishcloth gourd, vegetable sponge sponge, mouthlike opening in: oscule, osculum, ostium spongelike framework of a red corpuscle: stroma sponger: bloodsucker, chiseler, deadbeat, freeloader, moocher, parasite spongy: absorbent, cushioned, porous, soft, soggy, springy sponsor: advertiser, advocate, angel, back, backer, bankroll, benefactor, champion, defender, finance, godparent, guardian, patron, promoter, proponent, stake, supporter, surety sponsorship: advocacy, aegis, aid, auspices, backing, egis, patronage, support spontaneous: automatic, careless, free, impromptu, improvised, impulsive, instinctive, involuntary, knee-jerk, native, natural, off-the-cuff, offhand, reflex, unforced, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed, unthinking spontaneous and unnecessary: gratuitous, unjustified, unprompted spontaneous connections during psychoanalysis: free association spontaneous in action: spur-of-the-moment, unpremeditated, without forethought spontaneous in speech, writing: ad-lib, extempore, impromptu, improvised, off-the-cuff spontaneously acting: insightful, instinctive, intuitive spontaneously put together: devised, makeshift, stopgap
spoof: bluff, cheat, deceive, fake, fool, hoax, joke, josh, lampoon, mockery, nonsense, parody, prank, satire, swindle, tomfoolery, trick, wisecrack spook: apparition, frighten, ghost, goblin, haunt, hobgoblin, phantom, scare, specter, spirit, startle, terrorize spooky: chilling, creepy, eerie, eery, frightening, ghostly, haunted, jumpy, mysterious, ominous, scary, uncanny, weird spool: bobbin, cylinder, reel, spindle spoor: footprint, odor, scent, trace, track, trail sporadic: desultory, infrequent, intermittent, irregular, isolated, occasional, periodic, random, rare, scattered sport: amusement, athletics, competition, contest, dally, diversion, entertainment, exercise, frolic, fun, game, hobby, pastime, play, recreation sport types: archery, baseball, basketball, billiards, bobsledding, boccie, bowling, boxing, cricket, croquet, cycling, fencing, fishing, football, golf, gymnastics, handball, hiking, hockey, horseshoes, hunting, jai alai, lacrosse, pool, racing, racquetball, rowing, rugby, sailing, skating, skiing, soccer, squash, surfing, swimming, tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling, yachting sporting game extra period to decide win: sudden death sportive: festive, frisky, frolicky, frolicsome, game, jocular, lively, merry, sprightly, wanton sports arena: amphitheater, coliseum, stadium sports artificial grass: artificial turf, Astroturf sports, synthetic hormone sometimes used in: anabolic steroid sporty: casual, flashy, jazzy, showy, smart spot: bind, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, corner, defect, detect, difficulty, dilemma, discolor, discover, dot, espy, fault, find, fix, flaw, fleck, freckle, handicap, identify, jam, job, locate, location, mark, molecule, particle, patch, pickle, pimple, pinpoint, place, point, position, post, predicament, quandary, recognize, scrape, see, site, smear, smidgen, smudge, soil, speck, splotch, spy, stain, stigma, sully, taint
spotless: blameless, chaste, clean, flawless, holy, immaculate, impeccable, pure, sanitary, stainless, unblemished, undefiled, unsullied, untarnished spotlight: attention, beam, fame, floodlight, highlight, limelight, publicity spotted: blemished, blotchy, dappled, espied, eyed, guttate, mackled, marked, mottled, noticed, patchy, pied, seen, smeared, smudged, speckled, stained, stippled, sullied, tarnished, variegated spotted black-and-white: piebald spotting on animal or plant: maculation spotty: blotchy, dotty, erratic, irregular, patchy, splotchy, sporadic, uneven, unreliable spouse: bride, bridegroom, companion, consort, groom, helpmate, husband, mate, partner, roommate, wife spout: boast, brag, chute, conduit, declaim, discharge, eject, emit, expel, flow, fountain, gush, jet, nose, nozzle, orate, outlet, pipe, rant, shoot, snout, spew, spigot, spray, spurt, squirt, stream, trough, waterfall sprain: injury, pull, strain, tear, turn, twist, wrench sprawl: extend, flop, loll, lounge, recline, relax, slouch, slump, spreadeagle, stretch spray: bouquet, branch, discharge, drizzle, dust, fumigate, hose, mist, moisture, nozzle, scatter, shoot, shower, spew, sprig, sprindrift, sprinkle, squirt, strew, treat, twig, volley spray, convert into fine: atomize, nebulize spread: branch, broadcast, broaden, circulate, coat, compass, cover, diffuse, dilate, disperse, distribute, divulge, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, fan, multiply, overlay, permeate, plaster, proliferate, prolong, propagate, publish, radiate, scatter, seep, smear, stretch, strew, unfurl, unroll, unwind, widen spread apart: splayed spread by direct or indirect contact: communicable, contagious, infectious, transmissible spread false charges: asperse spread for a cause, material: propaganda spread here and there: scatter, sprinkle, strew
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SPREAD IN ALL DIRECTIONS - SQUALOR
spread in all directions: diffuse, divaricate, diverge., pervade, splay spread in branches: divaricate, ramify spread or distribute: circulate, disseminate, give out, peddle, promulgate, propagate spread or distribution: gamut, spectrum spread or flow throughout: diffuse, implant, instill, percolate, permeate, pervade spread or increase at rapid rate: proliferate spread or open out: unfurl spread or turn out: splay spread out: diffuse, dispersed, extend, rambling, splay, sprawling, straggly, widespread spread out in waves or rays: radiate spread through or over: imbue, infuse, interfuse, permeate, suffuse spread to dry: ted, tedded spread with soft adhesive substance: daub spread, orderly impressive: array spreading: patulous, permeating, radial spreading from original site to other body sites: metastasis spreading kitchen implement: spatula spreading or opening outward: flare, widen spreading rapidly and extensively: epidemic spreading widely: rampant, rife, unrestrained spree: bash, bat, bender, binge, bout, carousal, debauch, escapade, fling, frolic, indulgence, lark, orgy, rampage, revel, riot, romp, shindig, shindy, splurge, tear, toot, wassail sprightly: active, agile, airy, alert, alive, animated, brisk, buoyant, chipper, clever, coltish, dynamic, energetic, fresh, frisky, frolicsome, fun, gay, jaunty, lively, merry, peppy, perky, pert, playful, quick, sharp, spirited, sportive, spry, vigorous, vivacious, zestful spring: appear, arise, begin, birth, bolt, bounce, bound, dart, develop, elasticity, emanate, emerge, estuary, flexibility, font, fountain, fountainhead, head, hop, hurdle, jump, leap, motive, origin, pop, recoil, release, resilience, rise, shoot, skip, source, spa, start, stem, surge, trap, uncoil, vault, well, youth spring from source: derive, originate
spring of the year: prime, vernal equinox spring tide: neap spring, natural hot: geyser, thermal spring spring, pertaining to: vernal spring, pertaining to early: primaveral spring, sediment deposited by mineral: sinter springy: bouncy, elastic, flexible, pliable, rebounding, resilient, stretchy, supple sprinkle: asperse, bedew, dabble, dot, dredge, drizzle, dust, moisten, perfuse, powder, rain, scatter, shake, shower, sparge, sparkle, spatter, speckle, splash, spot, spray, squirt, strew, water, wet sprinkling, moisten by: sparge sprint: dart, dash, race, run, rush, scamper, scurry sprite: apparition, ariel, brownie, demon, elf, essence, fairy, fay, genie, ghost, gnome, goblin, hobgoblin, leprechaun, peri, pixie, specter, spirit sprout: bloom, bud, burgeon, develop, germinate, grow, offshoot, proliferate, pullulate, seedling, shoot, spout, sprig, spring, tendril, thrive spruce fruit: cone spry: active, agile, brisk, chipper, energetic, frisky, healthy, lively, nimble, perky, quick, robust, spirited, sprightly, vigorous, vivacious spud: potato, tater spume: foam, froth, scum, spray, suds spunk: backbone, courage, determination, doggedness, flame, fortitude, get up and go, gleam, grit, gumption, guts, heart, liveliness, mettle, moxie, nerve, passion, pluck, spark, spirit spunky: bold, brave, courageous, feisty, game, gutsy, plucky, spirited spur: arouse, crampon, catalyst, cause, drive, encourage, excite, foment, galvanize, goad, impel, impetus, incentive, incite, instigate, motivate, move, needle, press, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, ridge, spark, spike, stimulate, stimulus, stir, trigger, urge spur of the moment: impromptu spur or motivation: goad, incentive, incitement, stimulus spur, toothed wheel inserted into: rowel spurious: apocryphal, artificial, bastard, bogus, contrived, counterfeit,
fake, false, feigned, fictitious, forged, fraudulent, illegitimate, imitation, phony, unauthentic, unreal spurn: contemn, decline, despise, disdain, disregard, eschew, flout, ignore, kick, rebuff, refuse, reject, repudiate, scoff, scrape, shun, slight, snub, tread spurt: burst, commotion, dart, discharge, emit, erupt, expel, flow, gush, jet, rush, spout, spray, sprout, squirt, stream, surge sputter: falter, spit, stammer, stumble spy: agent, behold, case, descry, detect, discover, espy, examine, informer, inspect, meddle, mole, notice, observe, peep, pry, saboteur, scout, scrutinize, search, secret agent, see, sleeper, sneak, snoop, snooper, stake out, stoolie, view, watch spy meeting or safety place: safe house spy or double agent operating within an organization: mole spy planted in enemy country: sleeper spy that incites others to commit illegal acts: agent provocateur spy training: tradecraft spy's entry into organization: infiltration spy's last resort: poison pill spy's return from mission, interrogation upon: debriefing spying: espionage, following, intelligence gathering, surveillance, voyeurism, wiretapping squabble: altercation, argue, argument, bicker, brawl, dispute, feud, fight, hassle, quarrel, spat, tiff, words, wrangle squad: band, company, crew, group, squadron, team, unit squad car: cruiser squadron: armada, battalion, escadrille, fleet, squad, unit squalid: base, dingy, dirty, disgusting, disheveled, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, mangy, mean, miserable, nasty, offensive, repulsive, rotten, seedy, shabby, shoddy, slummy, sordid, ugly, unclean, unkempt, vile, wretched squall: bawl, blast, bluster, commotion, cry, disturbance, flurry, gale, gush, gust, scream, shout, shower, shriek, squawk, storm, trouble, wind, windstorm, yell squalor: dirt, filth, mire, neglect, poverty, seediness, squalidness, wretchedness
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SQUAMOUS - STAGE PERFORMER WITHOUT SPEAKING PART
squamous: scaly squander: blow, burn, consume, disperse, dissipate, extravagance, fool away, fritter, lavish, misspend, misuse, scatter, spend, waste square: adjust, balance, equal, even, match, resolve, settle square in shape: boxy, cubed, rectangular square dance for eight: quadrille square dance official: caller square dancing when two dancers approach, circle, return to places: do-sido square or four-sided figure: quadrilateral, rectangle, tetragon square-rigged, two-masted ship: brig square root or root of quantity: radical square, public: concourse, green, park, piazza, plaza square, puzzling mathematical: magic square squash: annihilate, beat, cram, crowd, crush, disconcert, fall, flatten, game, mash, pound, press, quash, quell, sit on, squeeze, squelch, squish, stop, suppress, undermine, vegetable squash variety: acorn, banana, crookneck, cushaw, hubbard, pepo, summer, turban, winter, zucchini squat: broad, chunky, cower, crouch, dumpy, hunch, kneel, pudgy, settle, stocky, stoop, stubby squaw's responsibility: papoose squawk: blare, cackle, crow, cry, fuss, gripe, grumble, hoot, protest, scream, screech, yammer squeak: cheep, chirp, creak, cry, escape, inform, noise, peep, shriek, shrill, snitch, sound squeak by: edge squeal: betray, blab, fink, howl, inform, oink, rat, scream, shriek, shrill, sing, snitch, yell squealer: canary, fink, informer, pigeon, rat, snitch, stoolie, third ear, traitor squeamish: afraid, dainty, dizzy, fastidious, finical, finicky, fussy, modest, nauseated, nauseous, priggish, prissy, prudish, queasy, scrupulous, sensitive, shaky, sickened squeezable container: tube squeeze: bear, choke, clasp, clutch, compact, compress, compression, condense, constraint, constrict, cram, crown, crush, cuddle, eke, embrace, extort, extract, force, grip,
hug, influence, juice, oppress, pack, pinch, predicament, press, pressure, scrunch, squash, strangle, stuff, wring squelch: crush, muffle, quash, quell, restrain, shush, silence, sit on, smother, squash, stamp, suppress squib: filler, firecracker, lampoon, parody, satire, skit, spoof squid: cephalopod, cuttlefish, loligo, mollusk, octopus squid or other cephalopod mollusk: decapod squid prepared as food: calamari, totani squid secretes: ink squid tentacles: ten squid's internal shell: pen squiggle: curl, squirm, twist, wiggle, wriggle, writhe squiggle over some foreign letters: tilde squiggle under foreign-letter c: cedilla squint: bent, cast, deviate, goggle, look, peek, peer, skew, squinch, strabismus, trend squire: accompany, assist, attendant, chaperon, escort, gallant, gentleman, guard, judge, landowner, lawyer, lover, title squire's holding: estate squirm: contort, fidget, shift, squiggle, toss, turn, twist, wiggle, worm, wriggle, writhe squirrel away: cache, hide, hoard, stash, store squirrel family: sciuridae squirrel food: acorn squirrel genus: sciurus squirrel skin: vair squirrels, concerning: sciurid, sciurine squirt: eject, emit, gush, jet, runt, shower, spatter, splash, splatter, spray, spurt, stream, twerp stab: attack, attempt, bayonet, cut, dab, dagger, dirk, fling, gash, gore, gourge, incision, knife, lance, lunge, pain, penetrate, pierce, plunge, poke, puncture, spear, stick, strike, thrust, try, whirl, wound stab lightly: pink, prink stability: balance, constancy, dependability, equilibrium, firmness, permanence, poise, reliability, security, stableness, steadfastness, steadiness, strength stability, something providing: ballast, moorings stabilize: balance, equalize, fixate, fixed, poise, regulate, secure, settle stabilizer: airfoil, balance, ballast, gyro
stable: anchored, balanced, constant, dependable, durable, enduring, established, fast, firm, fixed, immutable, lasting, moored, permanent, poised, reliable, resistant, safe, secure, solid, sound, stationary, staunch, steadfast, steady, strong, sturdy, sure, together, trustworthy, unchangeable, unchanging, unvarying, unwavering stable compartment: stall stable fenced area: paddock stable, horse: barn, hangar, livery stable stables converted into dwellings: news stack: bank, bunch, bundle, flue, group, heap, load, lump, mound, pile, rick, stow stack of logs: woodpile stadium: arena, ballpark, bleachers, bowl, coliseum, diamond, field, grandstand, gridiron, gymnasium, oval, period, ring, stage, stands stadium benches not under roof: bleachers stadium deck: tier stadium passageways for entrance, exit: vomitorium, vomitory staff: aides, assistants, associates, crew, employees, entourage, force, group, help, personnel, servants, team, workers staff or club: baton, caduceus, cane, club, crosier, cudgel, flagpole, mace, pole, prod, rod, rung, scepter, stave, stick, support, verge, wand staff of life: bread staff with cross at end: crosier stage: arena, arrange, condition, dais, degree, dramatize, enact, exhibit, floor, grade, leg, level, limelight, notch, orchestrate, organize, perform, period, phase, platform, play, point, present, produce, pulpit, rostrum, setting, show, spotlight, step, story, theater, tier stage comment: aside stage curtain: drop curtain, scrim, teaser stage device: prop stage direction: aside, enter, exeunt, exit, reenter stage front: downstage stage light cover: gel stage of a journey: leg stage performer without speaking part: supernumerary
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STAGE SETTING - STANDARD OR EXAMPLE stage setting: decor, mise-en-scne, scenery stage side scenes: coulisse stagehand: grip stages, gradual successive: gradation stages, passing down through successive: devolution stagger: alternate, amaze, astonish, astound, careen, dumbfound, flabbergast, hesitate, hobble, lurch, overpower, reel, rock, shake, shift, shock, startle, stumble, stump, stun, surprise, sway, totter, unsettle, waver, weave stagnant: dormant, dull, foul, idle, inactive, inert, lethargic, monotonous, motionless, sluggish, stale, standing, static, stationary, still, unchanging stagnate: decay, deteriorate, dull, fester, languish, rust, stifle, vegetate staid: composed, cool, decorous, demure, dignified, earnest, fixed, grave, permanent, restrained, sedate, serious, settled, sober, solemn stain: blemish, blot, blotch, blur, brand, color, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defile, discolor, discoloration, disgrace, dishonor, dye, flaw, mark, paint, pigment, ruin, smudge, soil, speck, spot, stigma, sully, taint, tarnish, tincture, tinge, tint, trace stained glass lead dividing strips: breaker stained or discolored, of a book: foxed stainless: chaste, exemplary, immaculate, pure, spotless, unsoiled, unsullied, untainted stair part: riser, tread staircase support: string, stringboard, stringer staircase underside: soffit staircase, vertical support of: newel, spindle, stairpost stairway, step in straight: flier stairway, step in winding: winder stake: ante, back, bankroll, bet, capitalize, chance, claim, finance, gamble, hazard, interest, investment, kitty, loot, marker, pale, picket, pile, play, pledge, pole, pool, post, pot, prize, purse, reward, risk, share, spike, sponsor, stick, take, venture, wager, winnings stale: banal, clich, commonplace, corny, decayed, dusty, flat, hackneyed, humdrum, insipid, moldy, monotonous, musty, not fresh, pass, shopworn, sour, spoiled, stagnant, trite, unoriginal, vapid, worn, wornout stale in odor or taste: frowsy, fusty, musty stale joke: chestnut stale truism: platitude stalemate: check, deadlock, draw, gridlock, impasse, standoff, standstill, tie stalk: axis, chase, follow, hunt, menace, prey, pursue, reed, shaft, stem, straw, track, trail stalk bearing one flower: peduncle stall: bin, block, booth, brake, check, compartment, cubicle, delay, dillydally, filibuster, halt, hamper, hesitate, impede, manger, obstruct, pew, postpone, procrastinate, seat, stable, stand, stonewall, stop, suspend stall for time: temporize stalwart: bold, brave, brawny, courageous, dauntless, fearless, firm, forceful, gallant, mighty, muscular, powerful, resolute, robust, stout, strong, sturdy, tireless, upright, valiant stamens of flower: androecium stamina: backbone, courage, endurance, energy, fortitude, grit, heart, perseverance, strength, tolerance, vigor, vitality stammer: falter, fumble, haw, hesitate, jabber, sputter, stumble, stutter stamp: beat, cast, crush, die, drive, hammer, pound, stomp, strike, trample stamp a piece of mail: frank stamp collector: philatelist, timbromaniac stamp indentation or hole: perforation stamp out: scotch, stifle stamp or seal: brand, character, earmark, hallmark, identity, impress, impression, imprint, kind, label, mark, mint, mold, postage, postmark, print, press, signature, signet, sticker, symbol, type stamp sheet: pane stamped cards: postals stamped on articles indicating quality, mark: hallmark stamped on envelope commemorating an event, design: cachet stampede: bolt, charge, flight, inundate, overrun, panic, riot, rout, rush stamps, disk making perforations in: roulette stance: attitude, policy, pose, position, posture, stand, station, viewpoint stanchion: beam, bolster, brace, framework, pole, post, prop, stay, support, upright stand for: allow, endure, imply, mean, permit, represent, signify, symbolize stand for a hot dish or for cooking vessels in hearth: trivet stand for art: easel stand for reading or to hold books: lectern stand-in: alternate, backup, double, proxy, second, substitute, surrogate, understudy stand on hind legs and stretch out forelegs: ramp stand on with legs astride: bestride, straddle stand out: beetle, bulge, conspicuous, emerge, loom, overhand, project, prominent, protrude, shine, star stand up to: face, resist stand, three-legged camera: tripod standard: accepted, average, banner, barometer, base, benchmark, classic, common, criterion, customary, ensign, ethics, example, flag, gauge, gonfalon, grade, guideline, ideal, level, magnitude, mark, mean, measure, measurement, median, model, morals, norm, normal, ordinary, par, pattern, pennant, principle, regular, requirement, rule, sample, signal, touchstone, unit, yardstick standard and usual: garden variety standard-bearer: vexillary standard for making judgment: criterion standard image or conception: stereotype standard of acceptability: norm standard of comparison: control, measure standard of excellence: ideal standard of living, sub-: subsistence level standard of pitch for tuning instruments: concert pitch, international pitch standard of quality: benchmark, criterion, touchstone standard of reference in surveying, mapping, geology: datum standard on which judgment or decision may be based: benchmark, canon, criterion, litmus paper, touchstone, yardstick standard or example: model
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STANDARD TO WHICH CONFORMITY IS ENFORCED, ARBITRARY - STATEMENT
standard to which conformity is enforced, arbitrary: procrustean bed standard, guiding: lodestar, polestar, principle standard, measure up to a: pass muster standing: capacity, character, continuing, dignity, dormant, duration, eminence, erect, esteem, fixed, footing, inactive, lasting, location, order, permanent, position, prestige, rank, reputation, settled, stagnant, stance, static, station, stationary, status, tenure, term, upright, verticle standing out: conspicuous, salient standoff: deadlock, draw, impasse, stalemate, tie standoffish: aloof, antisocial, cold, cool, distant, haughty, reclusive, reserved, solitary, unfriendly, withdrawn standpoint: angle, aspect, attitude, direction, opinion, outlook, perspective, point of view, position, side, slant, viewpoint standstill: cessation, deadlock, delay, gridlock, halt, impasse, pause, stalemate, stop stanza: division, stave, strophe, verse staple: basic, chief, commodity, core, fasten, fastener, fiber, foundation, fundamental, goods, item, necessary, principal, resource, rice star altitude, instrument for measuring: astrolabe, sextant star and planet position chart or almanac: ephemeris star as point of reference: lodestar star at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper: Polaris star brightness: magnitude star cluster: nebula star cluster smaller than constellation: asterism star-crossed: damned, unfortunate, unlucky star in Canis Major, brightest: Sirius star in constellation Orion: Rigel star in constellation, brightest: alpha star in Orion, bright: Betelgeuse star mapping: uranography star-shaped: actinoid, asteroid, stellate Star-Spangled Banner author: Francis Scott Key star symbol in printing (*): asterisk star system in the constellation Centaurus: Alpha Centauri star system of formation, design: constellation
star system of universe: galaxy star that becomes much brighter and then returns to normal: nova star that does not go below horizon: circumpolar star, five-pointed: pentacle, pentagram, pentangle star, six-pointed Judaism: Magen David, Mogen David, Shield of David, Star of David star, small cool: red dwarf star, small hot: white dwarf starch: backbone, drive, energy, formality, gumption, mettle, push, stiffen, stiffness, strength, vigor, vitality starch from perennial herb: arrowroot starch source: taro starch, made of or rich in: farinaceous starches, sugars, celluloses, gums: carbohydrate starchy: formal, prim, proper, rigid, stiff stare: eye, focus, gape, gawk, gaze, glare, glaze, goggle, leer, look, ogle, peer, squint, watch stare at in petrifying way: gorgonize stargazer: astrologer, astronomer, daydreamer staring with curiosity: rubbernecking staring, bulging sight organs: pop eyes stark: absolute, austere, bare, barren, bleak, blunt, complete, crude, desolate, downright, dreary, empty, entire, entirely, extreme, firm, forsaken, grim, hard, harsh, naked, nude, plain, pure, rigid, robust, severe, stalwart, stiff, stripped, strong, tense, unadorned, unclad, unyielding, utter, vacant, vigorous, wholly starlike object emitting blue light, radio waves: quasar starry: astral, bright, celestial, glittering, luminous, lustrous, shimmering, shining, sidereal, spangled, sparkling, stellar stars of a universe, like Milky Way: galaxy stars on inner dome, device for projecting: planetarium stars orbiting around common center of mass, two: binary star, double star stars smaller than constellation, cluster of: asterism stars, bespangled with: stellular stars, building with telescopes for looking at: observatory stars, concerning: astral, sidereal, stellar
stars, study of the effects of positions of: astrology start: activate, advantage, begin, beginning, birth, bolt, broach, cause, commence, create, dart, dawn, embark, enter, establish, flinch, form, found, generate, genesis, head, ignite, inaugurate, inception, infancy, initiate, instigate, introduce, jump, kickoff, launch, lead, leap, onset, opening, opportunity, originate, outset, provoke, pulse, recoil, retreat, root, rouse, rush, seed, shy, source, spring, startle, turn, twitch, undertake, wince start-up funding: venture capital starting point: jumping-off place, springboard, tee startle: alarm, excite, frighten, jump, rouse, scare, shock, start, stun, surprise, terrify, upset startling experience: eye opener starved: anorexic, emaciated, famished, hungry, macerated, malnourished, ravenous, undernourished state as an attribute or quality of: predicate state between two hostile countries, neutral: buffer state, buffer zone state explicitly, in detail: enunciate, expound, propound, set forth, specify, spell out state of affairs, existing: status quo state of fullness: satiety state of mind: attitude, mood, morale state of the spirits of a person or group: morale state or declare as truth or fact: attest, back up, certify, corroborate, postulate, premise, posit, testify state over others, predominance of one: hegemony state seriously, positively: affirm, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, profess, warrant state without proof: allege state, concerning the governor of a: gubernatorial stately: august, ceremonious, courtly, dignified, elegant, formal, gallant, grand, grandiose, imperial, imposing, impressive, kingly, lofty, lordly, magnificent, majestic, noble, regal, royal, statuesque stately home: manor statement: account, address, affidavit, agreement, allegation, article, assertion, audit, bill, certificate, claim,
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STATEMENT BASED ON F A C T S , TO MAKE - STEEL
comment, declaration, deposition, dictum, epitome, expression, invoice, narrative, paradox, preface, presentation, record, remark, report, sentence, speech, summary, testimony, truism, utterance, voice, word statement based on facts, to make: predicate statement contrary to received opinion: paradox statement of belief: credo, creed statement of truth or opinion: adage, aphorism, maxim, saying statement or protest addressed by citizens to public authorities: dmarche statement that does not follow logically from preceding statement: non sequitur statement, self-evident: truism statement, unsupported: dictum, ipse dixit statesman or stateswoman: diplomat, lawmaker, leader, legislator, minister, official, politician static: criticism, electricity, fixed, immobile, inactive, interference, motionless, noise, quiescent, stagnant, stationary, unchanging station: assignment, base, berth, degree, depot, duty, footing, grade, headquarters, location, occupation, place, position, post, rank, settlement, site, spot, standing, stop, terminal stationary: anchored, fixed, immobile, immovable, motionless, parked, permanent, riveted, sedentary, stabile, stagnant, stale, static, still, unchanging stationary opposite: ambulant, ambulatory, migratory statistical difference between one number in set and mean of the set: deviation statistical distribution's set of intervals: frequency distribution, ogive statistically random: stochastic statistician of insurance risks, premiums: actuary statistics and economic models in studying history, use of: cliometrics statistics, simultaneous change in value of two random variables in: correlation statistics, study of population: demography
statue: bronze, bust, colossus, figure, figurine, icon, image, likeness, memorial, monument, sculpture statue base: socle statue is placed, block on which: plinth statue, huge: colossus statue's inscription: epigraph statuesque: beautiful, dignified, majestic, regal, shapely, stately, tall statuette: figurine stature: ability, cachet, eminence, greatness, height, importance, place, position, posture, prestige, prominence, rank, reputation, status status: aspect, class, condition, degree, dignity, merit, position, posture, prestige, prominence, rank, situation, standing, state, stature status benefit: perk status in society: caste status of holding one's position permanently: tenure status of organism in ecological community: niche status quo: as is status, categorization according to: hierarchy, pecking order status, raise in: elevate, exalt statute: act, bill, decree, edict, enactment, law, measure, order, ordinance, precept, regulation, rule staunch: ardent, dyed-in-the-wool, faithful, firm, loyal, reliable, resolute, rugged, solid, sound, stanch, steadfast, stem, strong, true, uncompromising stave off: avert, block, repel, ward stay: abide, appease, arrest, bide, block, brace, bunk, cable, column, continue, curb, defer, deferment, delay, detain, dwell, endure, fasten, halt, hold, linger, live, lodge, pause, permanence, persist, postpone, prop, remain, reprieve, reside, rest, restrain, rope, satisfy, secure, settle, sojourn, stand, stem, stop, stopover, strut, support, suspend, sustain, tarry, truss, visit, wait stay around: hang around, linger, loiter stay temporarily: sojourn, tarry stay the course: endure, last staying only a brief time: itinerant, migrant, migratory, transient staying power: endurance, stamina steadfast: adamant, ardent, constant, dependable, enduring, faithful, firm, fixed, inflexible, intent, loyal, relentless, resolute, stable, staunch, steady,
stubborn, sure, tenacious, true, unchanging, unflagging, unflinching, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding, wholehearted steady: balanced, calm, careful, consistent, constant, continuous, coolheaded, deliberate, equable, even, faithful, firm, fixed, frequent, habitual, incessant, invariable, methodical, nonstop, poised, regular, reliable, resolute, sober, stabilize, stable, staunch, steadfast, sturdy, sure, unfaltering, unfluctuating, uniform, uninterrupted, unshaken, unswerving, untiring, unwavering steady stream: influx steak cuts: chateaubriand, chuck, cube, filet mignon, hamburger, minute, New York, Porterhouse, Salisbury, sirloin, strip, T-bone, tenderloin steal: abduct, appropriate, bargain, blackmail, bribe, burglarize, cheat, cop, creep, divert, embezzle, filch, grab, heist, hijack, hook, kidnap, lift, loot, nim, peculate, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, plagiarize, poach, pocket, purloin, rob, rustle, shaft, shoplift, snatch, sneak, snitch, swindle, swipe, take, theft, thieve steal another's ideas or writings: pirate, plagiarize steal livestock: rustle steal money: defalcate, embezzle, peculate steal money in accounting or conceal profits: skimming steal or use illegally: appropriate, convert, liberate, misappropriate steal the show: upstage steal, obsessive impulse to: kleptomania stealthy: clandestine, covert, crafty, cunning, devious, furtive, quiet, secret, secretive, slippery, sly, sneaking, sneaky, surreptitious, undercover, underhanded, wily steam: brew, cook, force, fume, heat, might, mist, power, smoke, vapor, vigor, water steam bath: sauna steam-heated vessel for laboratory work: autoclave steam-whistle organ: calliope steamed semolina: couscous steamer: boat, clam, liner, paddleboat, ship, steamboat, steamship steel: alloy, bathe, brace, brew, color,
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STEEL WITH ZINC, COAT - STICK WITH FOOTRESTS FOR HOPPING
encourage, firm, fortify, gird, gray, harden, high, hilly, nerve, rail, reinforce, smooth, soak, stew, strengthen steel with zinc, coat: galvanize steel, harden or strengthen: temper steel, high-grade: crucible steel, drill steel steelmaking furnace: open-hearth furnace, reverberatory furnace steelmaking method using air: Bessemer process steep: abrupt, declivitous, elevated, extreme, headlong, inclined, perpendicular, precipitous, raised, sheer, sloping steep and rugged: craggy steep descent: rappel steep downward slope: declivity, escarpment, scarp steep, as tea: brew, infuse steeple: belfry, campanile, cupola, flche, minaret, spire, tower, turret, ziggurat steer: direct, drive, govern, guide, herd, lead, manage, pilot, show; bull, cattle steer into the wind: luff steering apparatus: helm, reins, rudder stellar: astral, celestial, chief, cosmic, heavenly, leading, outstanding, principal, shining stem: arrest, axis, base, body, branch, cane, check, contain, control, counter, curb, dam, deter, halt, hinder, impede, oppose, pedicel, penduncle, petiole, prevent, prow, reed, resist, restrain, rod, root, shaft, stall, stanch, stock, stolon, stop, trunk, tuber, withstand stem from: arise, derive, develop, emanate, originate, spring stem like the potato, fleshy underground: tuber stem or stalk offering support: pedicel stem that bends to ground or grows horizontally: runner, stolon stem that sends out roots and shoots: rhizome, rootstalk, rootstock stem where leaf is or was attached, point: node stem with flowers: inflorescence stem, central cylinder of: medulla, pith stem, climbing and twining: bine stem, food-storing underground: corm stem, main: rachis stem, stalk by which leaf is attached to: leafstalk, petiole stemlike structure like mushroom: stipe
stench: fetor, funk, malodar, mephitis, odor, redolence, reek, smell, stink stencil cutter: stylus stencil instrument, intricate: French curve stencil or pattern: template stenography: shorthand, stnotype, tachography, transcribing stentorian: blaring, loud, orotund, resounding, sonorous step: action, advance, course, dance, degree, footprint, gait, gradation, grade, ladder, level, maneuver, measure, move, movement, pace, phase, plane, prance, procedure, proceeding, process, promotion, rank, round, rung, stage, stair, stride, strut, tread, walk step down: leave, quit, reduce, resign, retire step in: arrive, enter, intercede, interfere, intervene step recorder for walking distance: pedometer step up: accelerate, boost, escalate, hurry, increase, intensify step, backward: retrograde, retrogression stepmother, concerning a: novercal steppe: grassland, plain, prairie, savanna steps at entrance of building: stoop stereo: gramophone, hi-fi, phonograph, record player stereo cabinet: console stereo effect, with: binaural, stereophonic stereo with four channels or speakers: quadraphonic stereo with one channel: monaural, monophonie stereotype: categorize, convention, mold, pattern, standard, typecast stereotyped: conventional, hackneyed, ordinary, trite sterile: antiseptic, arid, aseptic, barren, bioclean, clean, dead, disinfected, fruitless, geld, hygienic, impotent, ineffective, infecund, infertile, sanitary, unfruitful, unproductive sterilize: alter, castrate, change, disinfect, emasculate, fix, geld, neuter, purify, sanitize, spay sterilize by snipping sperm ducts: vasectomy sterilize by tying fallopian tubes: tubal ligation sterilize female mammal: spay
sterilize male mammal: castrate sterilized: axenic, uncontaminated sterilizing steam-heated vessel: autoclave sterling: admirable, authentic, excellent, flawless, genuine, honorable, noble, pure, true stern: astringent, austere, authoritarian, cold, cruel, dour, fierce, firm, forbidding, gloomy, grim, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, rear, relentless, resolute, rigid, rigorous, rough, serious, severe, stout, strict, sturdy, tough, tyrannical, unbending, uncompromising, unfeeling, unkind, unsympathetic, unyielding stethoscope, listening with: auscultation stew: anger, boil, brew, brood, commotion, confusion, cook, dither, excitement, fret, fume, fuss, goulash, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mess, miscellany, mishmash, olio, olla, seethe, simmer, snit, soup, sweat, swelter, tizzy, turmoil, worry stew made from eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, onion: ratatouille stew of meat or fish and vegetables: ragout stew, beef: boeuf Bourguignon stew, fish: bouillabaisse steward: administrator, agent, attendant, bailiff, chamberlain, curator, custodian, director, foreman, guardian, magistrate, manager, officer, proctor, reeve, seneschal, waiter steward of a monastery: manciple stick for beating: bastinado, cudgel, truncheon stick for fastening or aligning two adjacent pieces: dowel stick for making notches to keep score or count: tally stick for stirring drinks: muddler, swizzle stick stick of incense: joss stick stick out: beetle, bulge, extend, extrude, jut, poke, project, protrude stick used by mountain climbers: alpenstock stick used by orchestra or band conductor: baton stick used for punishment: ferule stick used to give prophesy, forked: divining rod, dowsing rod stick with footrests for hopping: pogo stick
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STICK, POINTED - STOCK ENTITLING OWNER TO DIVIDENDS BEFORE COMMON S T O C K ' S
stick, pointed: pale, paling, picket, stake stick-in-the-mud: conservative, mossback, square stick-together fastening tape: Velcro sticking or clinging: adhesive, tenacious stickler: fanatic, mystery, paradox, puzzle, riddle, zealot sticks for martial arts: nunchuku sticky: adhesive, awkward, clammy, damp, difficult, embarrassing, gluey, glutinous, gooey, gummy, hairy, hard, humid, messy, muggy, oppressive, sultry, syrupy, tricky, uncomfortable, viscid, viscous sticky stuff: glue, goo, gum, mucilage, paste stiff as a board: inflexible, rigid, starched, tense, unbending, wooden stiff collar: eton, rabato stiff or artificially formal: stilted stiff or rigid in thinking: inflexible, stubborn, unadaptable stiff-necked: aloof, arrogant, bullheaded, obstinate, pigheaded, stubborn, unyielding stiffen: benumb, bolster, brace, firm, harden, ossify, petrify, reinforce, set, solidify, tense, thicken stiffness: rigidity, rigor stiffness and inflammation, joint: arthritis stifle: asphyxiate, check, choke, curb, gag, inhibit, interrupt, muffle, repress, restrain, silence, smother, stop, strangle, stultify, suffocate, suppress, trammel stigma: blemish, blot, brand, cloud, disgrace, mark, odium, onus, scar, shame, spot, stain, taint stigmatize: brand, censure, defame, denigrate, discredit, smear, tarnish still: also, besides, but, even, however, likewise, moreover, nevertheless, nonetheless, though, yet still and inactive: dormant, latent still and motionless: immobile, inert, quiescent, stagnant, static, stationary stilted: affected, artificial, awkward, flowery, formal, pompous, prim, stiff, stuffy, unnatural, wooden stimulant: bracer, caffeine, catalyst, drug, energizer, fillip, incentive, motivation, tonic, upper stimulate: activate, animate, arouse, brace, elate, encourage, energize, enliven, excite, exhilarate, foster, gal-
vanize, goad, impel, incite, innervate, inspire, instigate, invigorate, jog, motivate, move, pep up, prod, provoke, quicken, rouse, spark, spur, sting, stir, thrill, trigger, urge, whet stimulate appetite: whet stimulate emotion: exhilarate, kindle stimulate growth: foment stimulate motion or activity: activate, actuate, animate, invigorate, vivify stimulate or incite: egg on, instigate, provoke, spur on, urge on, whip up stimulate to action: impel, motivate stimulate with electric current: galvanize stimulating: brisk, electrifying, erotic, exciting, interesting, intriguing, invigorating, provocative, refreshing, titillating stimulus: boost, catalyst, cause, cue, fillip, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, inducement, motivation, motive, propellant, provocation, spur, sting sting: burn, hurt, impale, itch, nettle, pain, pierce, poke, prick, smart, tang, tingle, wound stinger, having a: aculeate stinging: acrimonious, aculeate, biting, bitter, burning, caustic, harsh, painful, piquant, sarcastic, scathing, sharp stinging sensation: hives, urtication stingy: biting, cheap, chintzy, closefisted, economical, frugal, greedy, illiberal, meager, mean, miserly, near, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, scanty, selfish, skimpy, thrifty, tight, tightfisted, ungenerous, varicious stink: fetor, funk, odor, offensive, reek, smell, stench stinking: fetid, foul, malodorous, mephitic, noisome, noxious, rank stint: assign, assignment, chore, confine, duty, economize, job, limitation, quota, restrain, restraint, restrict, restriction, scant, scrimp, serve, shift, skimp, spell, stop, stunt, task, term, tour, withhold stipend: allowance, compensation, emolument, fee, income, pay, payment, pension, recompense, salary, wage, wages stipulate: agree, arrange, bargain, contract, covenant, designate, detail, guarantee, indicate, promise, require, specify, state, warrant stipulation: agreement, arrangement,
article, clause, condition, demand, detail, item, limit, precondition, prerequisite, provision, proviso, requirement, situation, terms stir: activity, ado, agitate, animate, arouse, bestir, blend, budge, bustle, challenge, churn, commotion, displace, disturb, electrify, energize, excite, flutter, furor, fuss, galvanize, goad, hubbub, hurry, jail, kindle, mix, motion, motivate, move, movement, pen, poke, prison, prod, racket, rally, scramble, seethe, shake, shift, stimulate, to-do, toss, trigger, tumult, uproar, wake, whip stir-crazy feeling: cabin fever stir up: awake, awaken, enliven, excite, foment, incite, inspire, instigate, provoke, quicken, rile, roil, rouse, spur stir up a furnace: stoke stir up sediment: roil stirring: active, afoot, animating, astir, bit, electrifying stirring food over heat: stir fry stitch: baste, sew, suture stitching in surgery: suture stitching, honeycombed: smocking stitching, loose and temporary: basting stock: accumulation, ancestry, animals, asses, assessment, assortment, backlog, banal, band, blood, breed, broth, brothedents, capital, carry, cattle, certificate, cling, commodities, common, commonplace, confidence, customary, descent, equip, estimation, family, folk, fund, goods, hackneyed, herd, hoard, hope, house, inventory, line, lineage, livestock, merchandise, ordinary, pedigree, post, produce, provide, provision, race, replenish, reserve, shares, staple, stem, store, supply, traditional, tribe, trunk, trust stock amount of fewer than 100 shares: odd-lot stock and preferred stock, common: equity, security stock bought on margin, for instance: leverage stock buying and selling in relatively low volume: thin market stock buying and selling simultaneously in different markets: arbitrage stock entitling owner to dividends after prior claims are paid: common stock stock entitling owner to dividends before common stock's: preferred stock
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STOCK EXPECTED TO DECLINE, BORROWED TO SELL AT HIGHER PRICE - STONES AS MEMORIAL OR MARKER stock expected to decline, borrowed to sell at higher price: short sale stock in a warehouse: inventory stock index on a formula, relative price: Dow Jones Average stock market decline: bear market stock market rise: bull market stock market, illegal action with privileged information about: insider trading stock not Usted or available on officially recognized stock exchange: over-thecounter stock of entertainment that person or company can perform: repertoire stock or bond price above dollar value: premium stock or securities not listed on a stock exchange: unlisted stock price for customer using broker's credit for purchase: margin stock priced high because of public confidence: blue chip, blue chipper stock purchase by takeover target of raider's stock: greenmail stock selling at less than $1 per share: penny stock stock shares reissued in greater number but at lower individual share price: stock split stock sold by individual who has not yet paid for it: short position stockade: barrier, can, cooler, corral, enclosure, tape, fence, jail, kennel, pen, prison, protection stockbrokers, group of: portfolio stocking: hose, hosiery, nylons, sock stockpile: accumulate, amass, backlog, heap, hoard, inventory, reserve, store stock's (common) market price in a ratio to its earnings per share: price-earnings ratio stocks or commodities bought or sold upon agreement for future delivery: futures stocky: chubby, chumpy, chunky, fat, husky, obese, plump, solid, squat, stocky, stubby, sturdy stocky, short physique: pyknic stodgy: blah, boring, dreary, dull, flat, heavy, indigestible, lumpish, monotonous, pedantic, pompous, prim, starchy, sticky, stuffy, tacky, tedious, thick, thickset, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting stoic: calm, cool, detached, impassive, indifferent, patient, philosophic, phlegmatic, spartan, stolid, unconcerned, unflappable, unmoved, unruffled stoicism: fortitude, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, patience stoke: feed, fuel, poke, stir, tend stole: boa, cape, embezzled, fur, purloined, robe, scarf, swiped, took, vestment, wrap stolen: embezzled, lifted, pilfered, poached, robbed, rustled, shanghaied, swiped, taken stolen goods: booty, haul, loot, plunder, spoils, swag stolen goods, person who knowingly buys or receives: fence, receiver stolen jewelry: ice stolid: apathetic, blunt, brutish, deadpan, dense, dull, impassable, impassive, insensitive, passive, phlegmatic, slow, stoic, unemotional, unexcitable, unfeeling stomach: abdomen, abomasum, appetite, bear, belly, breadbasket, brook, craw, crop, desire, endure, gizzard, gut, inclination, maw, midriff, midsection, mindlow, omasum, paunch, potbelly, pouch, psalterium, reticulum, standt, taste, tolerate, tummy stomach and intestines, rumbling sound coming from: borborygmus, gurgulation stomach area: abdomen, belly, midriff, solar plexus stomach inflammation: gastritis stomach lining of ruminants: rennet stomach of ruminant, first: rumen stomach of ruminant, fourth: abomasum stomach of ruminant, second: reticulum stomach of ruminant, third: manyplies, omasum, psalterium stomach or bowel pain: collywobbles stomach pain, severe: colic stomach pouch in birds: gizzard stomach rumbling: borborygmus, gurgulation stomach to duodenum passage: pylorus stomach to pharynx passage: esophagus, gullet stomach upset: dyspepsia, indigestion stomach, concerning the: gastric stomach, hernia involving: hiatal hernia stomach, pit of the: solar plexus stomachache from muscle spasms: colic stomp: dance, jazz, music, stamp, trample, tread stone: block, boulder, boundary, brick, cobble, crag, crystal, diamond, flint, gem, granite, gravel, jade, jewel, marble, market, mineral, monolith, onyx, opal, pebble, pelt, petrified, pit, quartz, rock, ruby, sake, sand, sapphire, seed Stone Ages: Mesolithic, Neolithic, Paleolithic stone as monument, inscribed upright: stele stone atop two others in prehistoric monument: dolmen stone chip, fragment, flake: spall stone coffin: sarcophagus stone cutter: lapidary stone debris: rubble stone decorative patterns, Gothic: tracery stone extraction pit: quarry stone figure or projection, grotesque: gargoyle stone for knife sharpening: whetstone stone implement of the Neolithic Period: neolith stone laid flat over grave: ledger stone of structure or wall, top: capstone stone on top of column to support arch, lintel: summer stone on which column or statue rests: plinth stone protruding through soil level: outcrop stone roughly with broad chisel, shape: boast stone shaft tapering to pyramidal top: obelisk stone tablet inscribed with three ancient scripts: Rosetta stone stone to death: lapidate stone used as abrasive, polisher: pumice stone used for paving: flagstone stone, ancient large: megalith stone, concerning: lithic stone, concerning the working of: lapidarian, lapidary stone, four-sided Egyptian shaft of: obelisk stone, small delicately worked: microlith stone, worker or builder with: mason, stonemason stoned: drugged, drunk, high, inebriated, intoxicated, plastered, zonked stonelike: lithoid, petrous stones as memorial or marker, mound of: cairn
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STONES IN A CIRCLE, P R E H I S T O R I C MONOLITHIC - STOUT
stones in a circle, prehistoric monolithic: cromlech, henge stones with capstone, ancient structure of upright: dolmen, trilithon stonewall: filibuster, obstinate, rebuff, resist, stall, stubborn stony: adamant, blank, cold, cruel, expressionless, firm, hard, hardened, inexorable, inflexible, jagged, lithic, obdurate, petrified, petrosal, pitiless, rigid, rocky, rough, stern, unfeeling, unyielding stony meteorite: aerolite stony, to become or cause to become: petrify stool pigeon: decoy, fink, informer, nark, rat, stoolie, tattletale, weasel stool, low: taboret stoop: bend, bow, condescend, crouch, debase, decline, degrade, deign, descend, dip, duck, hunch, kneel, lean, lower, overcome, platform, resort, sag, sink, slant, slouch, slump, squat, submit, succumb, swoop, tilt, yield stooped: round-shouldered stop: adjourn, anchor, arrest, bar, barricade, behold, block, blockade, brake, break, caesura, calk, call, catch, caulk, cease, cessation, check, choke, clog, close, conclude, conclusion, cork, curb, cutoff, dam, defeat, delay, desist, detain, deter, discontinue, embar, end, finish, halt, hinder, hindrance, impede, intermission, interruption, layover, lull, obstacle, obstruct, obstruction, obturate, pause, period, plug, postpone, pretermit, prevent, prohibit, put an end to, quit, repel, restrain, roadblock, sojourn, stall, stanch, standstill, station, staunch, stay, stem, stifle, suppress, suspend, tarry, terminate, withhold stop command: avast stop during a journey: layover stop proceedings for the time: adjourn, recess, table stop progress or course of: intercept stop, complete: standstill stopgap: expedient, impromptu, makeshift, provisional, resort, resource, substitute, temporary stoppage: blockage, cessation, curtailment, embargo, gridlock, halt, interruption, lockout, obstruction, shutdown, standstill, stasis, strike, walkout stoppage in body fluid flow: stasis stoppage of growth: atrophy
stopped for the time being: in abeyance stopper: bung, cork, fill, lid, plug, wad stopping at intervals: intermittent, periodic storage: depository, depot, entrepot, repository storage dispenser for grain or fuel: hopper storage for defense weapons: armory storage for newspaper or magazine articles: morgue store: abundance, accumulate, amass, bank, bind, bottle, boutique, cache, can, collect, collection, commissary, deli, deposit, emporium, freeze, fund, garner, gather, hoard, hold, house, market, mart, outlet, pack, pile, provide, provisions, replenish, repository, reserve, reserves, reservoir, resources, save, secure, shop, shoppe, showroom, squirrel, stash, stock, stockpile, stow, supermarket, supplies, supply, treasure, warehouse store a car: garage store for the winter: ensile store in sparsely settled area: trading post store of money or valuables: stash store of yore: dime store, five-and-ten store on military base: commissary, post exchange, PX store selling meat: boucherie store specializing in fashionable items: boutique store window dummy: mannequin store, large retail: emporium, superstore, warehouse store storehouse: armory, arsenal, barn, building, cache, commissary, depository, depot, tape, granary, magazine, repository, shed, silo, warehouse storekeeper: businessperson, grocer, merchant, purveyor, shopkeeper stories with skill, one who tells: raconteur stories, collection of short: anthology storm: ahil, anger, assail, assault, attack, barrage, besiege, blizzard, blow, bluster, bombardment, burst, charge, cloudburst, commotion, cyclone, disturbance, downpour, eruption, fume, gale, gust, hubbub, hurricane, lightening, monsoon, outburst, rage, raid, rain, rampage, rant, rave, roar, rush, shower, squall, strike, surprise, tempest, thunder, tornado, trouble, tumult, turmoil, twister, typhoon, upheaval, violence, wind
storm with sudden burst of wind: squall storm with whirling column of air: cyclone, tornado stormy: bitter, blustering, dark, foul, furious, gusty, howling, inclement, passionate, raging, rainy, rough, sleety, snowy, tempestuous, torrid, troublesome, tumultuous, turbulent, violent, wild, windy story: account, alibi, allegory, anecdote, article, description, drama, epic, episode, fable, fabrication, falsehood, fib, floor, folktale, history, legend, lie, lore, myth, narrate, narration, narrative, news, novel, parable, play, plot, recital, record, report, rumor, saga, scenario, sequel, serial, statement, tale, version, yarn story between two main floors: mezzanine story for children: fairy tale story illustrating lesson, simple: parable story of humorous or interesting incident, short: anecdote story of one's life written by another: biography story of one's life written by oneself: autobiography, memoirs story of past experiences: reminiscence story of supernatural or heroes, traditional: myth story of warning: cautionary tale story with hidden meaning: allegory story with moral: apologue, exemplum, fable, parable story, deliberately misleading: canard story, events of: plot story, highly improbable: cock-and-bull story story, long and chronicling: saga story, long and pointless: shaggy dog story storyteller: allegorist, author, bard, fibber, liar, minstrel, narrator, raconteur, writer stout: ale, athletic, beer, bold, brave, brawny, bulky, burly, corpulent, courageous, defiant, determined, enduring, fat, fearless, firm, fleshy, forceful, gallant, hard, hardy, heavy, heroic, husky, insolent, lionhearted, muscular, obese, overweight, plump, portly, potbellied, powerful, proud, pudgy, resolute, robust, rotund, solid, stable, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, stocky, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, thickset, tough, valiant, vigorous, weighty
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STOVE - STREET
stove: coal, electric, furnace, gas, heater, kiln, microwave, oven, potbelly, range, stave, wood stove for heating or drying buildings under construction: salamander stove like fireplace: Franklin stove stove with spaces for cooking multiple items: range stow: arrange, bundle, cache, contain, cram, crowd, fill, hide, hold, lade, load, lodge, pack, place, quarter, save, stack, stash, stop, store straddle: bestride, hedge, mount, noncommittal, sprawl, stride straggle: dawdle, drift, meander, ramble, roam, rove, stray, trail, wander straight: aboveboard, accurate, aligned, beeline, blunt, candid, consecutive, continuous, continuously, conventional, correct, direct, directly, erect, even, factual, fair, frank, honest, honestly, honorably, immediately, level, linear, methodical, neat, nonstop, orderly, plain, reliable, rigid, sagittal, sequence, sound, square, successive, tidy, traditional, truthful, unbent, unbroken, undeviating, undiluted, uninterrupted, unmixed, unqualified, upright straight and iceless drink: neat straight edge: rule, ruler straight line cutting a curve twice: secant straight line over vowel for long sound: macron straight lines, having: rectilineal, rectilinear straighten: align, aline, arrange, compose, level, order, rectify, true, unbend, unravel, untwist straightest route: beeline straightforward: aboveboard, blunt, candid, clearcut, direct, directly, easy, even, frank, genuine, honest, ingenuous, outright, outspoken, plain, simple, sincere, trustworthy strain: filter, puree, screen, separate, sieve, sift strained: antagonistic, antagonized, contrived, explosive, farfetched, forced, intense, labored, overwrought, pretended, taut, taxed, tense, tensed, tight, uneasy, uptight, volatile, weakened, wrenched strait: bind, channel, crisis, crossroad, difficulty, dilemma, inlet, isthmus, juncture, narrows, pass, pinch, plight, predicament, stressful
straitlaced: formal, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, rigid, stiff, strict strand: bank, beach, coast, desert, fiber, ground, leave, maroon, ply, shore, string, tress, wreck strand of hair: tress stranded: abandoned, aground, beached, castaway, enisled, helpless, high and dry, marooned, shipwrecked strange: abnormal, alien, bizarre, curious, different, eccentric, eerie, eery, erratic, exceptional, exotic, extraordinary, fantastic, fishy, foreign, freaky, kooky, mysterious, new, novel, odd, oddball, offbeat, outlandish, peculiar, puzzling, quaint, queer, rare, singular, unaccustomed, uncanny, uncommon, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown, unnatural, unusual, weird, wonderful strange and abnormal: anomalous, deviating, inconsistent, irregular strange and extraordinary: outlandish, unaccountable strange and quirky: eccentric, idiosyncratic, odd, peculiar strange and unique: individual, one of a kind, singular, sui generis strange, very: bizarre, fantastic, freaky, inexplicable, outlandish, outre, preternatural, supernatural, uncanny stranger: alien, drifter, foreigner, guest, immigrant, intruder, newcomer, novice, odder, outlander, outsider, visitor strangers, person fearful or hating: xnophobe strangle: asphyxiate, choke, garrote, garrotte, kill, muffle, quelch, quell, repress, restrict, smother, squelch, stifle, suffocate, suppress, throttle stranglehold: choke, grip, monopoly, restrict, suppress strap: band, beat, belt, bind, cord, flog, lash, leash, rein, strop, thong, whip strap encircling animal body: cinch, girth, surcingle strap on forehead supporting load on back: tumpline strapping: brawny, burly, hefty, husky, powerful, robust, stout, strong, sturdy stratagem: angle, artfulness, artifice, chicanery, deception, device, dodge, finesse, fraud, gimmick, intrigue, machination, maneuver, plot, ploy, ruse, scheme, slant, tactic, trepan, trick, wile
stratagem, brilliantly executed: coup, masterstroke stratagem, deceptive: subterfuge strategic: calculated, clever, critical, cunning, important, necessary, planned, tactical, vital strategy: approach, artifice, course, design, intrigue, maneuvering, method, plan, policy, procedure, scheme, system, tactics stratum: bed, class, division, group, layer, level, seam, tier straw bedding for animals: hay, litter straw-colored: flaxen straw hat with flat crown: boater straw mat, Japanese: tatami straw or sawdust mattress: pallet, palliasse stray: abandoned, aberrant, deviate, digress, drift, err, errant, homeless, isolated, lag, meander, occasional, ramble, random, range, roam, rove, runaway, sin, sporadic, straggle, straggler, swerve, veer, waif, wander stray dog: cur, mutt stray from main subject: digress stray from script: ad lib streak: band, blot, dash, fleck, hint, layer, line, mark, mottle, rush, series, shade, smear, smudge, speed, strain, strake, stripe, stroke, tinge, touch, trace, trait, vein, zoom streaked: grooved, liny, ridged, striate, striated, strigose, tore streaked with color: pied, variegated stream: bourn, bourne, brook, burn, channel, continue, course, creek, current, drift, effluent, flood, flow, flume, flux, gush, issue, jet, pour, race, rill, river, rivulet, roll, run, runlet, runnel, rush, sluice, speed, spritz, succession, surge, water, watercourse stream flowing out of body of water: effluent stream leading into land from larger body of water: inlet stream of fresh water emptying into salt water: freshet stream of unconsciousness: lethe stream source: fountainhead stream, sluggish: creek stream, small: brook, rill, rivulet, run, runnel, streamlet streamer: banderol, banner, flag, headline, jet, pendant, pennant, pennon streamlined: aerodynamic, modernized, simplified, sleek, smooth street: alley, avenue, boulevard, court,
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STREET AWARENESS - STRING INSTRUMENT, R U S S I A N
drag, drive, highway, lane, parkway, road, roadway, thoroughfare, turnpike, way street awareness: street smarts street musician, entertainer: busker street show: raree street with shops, closed to vehicles: mall streetwalker: harlot, hooker, hustler, prostitute, strumpet, whore strength: advantage, asset, backbone, beef, brawn, capacity, clout, durability, endurance, energy, firmness, force, forte, fortitude, influence, intensity, kick, might, muscle, potency, power, robustness, sinew, spirit, spunk, stability, stamina, stoutness, sturdiness, substance, thew, toughness, valor, vehemence, vigor, vitality, will strength of a solution: titer strength of character: backbone, determination, spunk strength of mind: bravery, fortitude, valor strength or degree of quality: intensity strength to resist or withstand: endurance, stamina strength to withstand tension: tensile strength strength, having masculine: virile strength, muscular: brawn strength, requiring: strenuous strength, return to: convalesce, recuperate strengthen: add, back, beef, bind, bolster, brace, confirm, consolidate, encourage, endure, energize, enhance, fortify, heighten, help, improve, invigorate, nourish, prop, reinforce, revitalize, stabilize, steel, support, sustain, toughen strengthen or harden: anneal strengthen or harden by heating and cooling: temper strengthen or support with evidence: corroborate, substantiate, underpin, verify strengthening of conditioned response: reinforcement strenuous: ardent, arduous, bard, demanding, difficult, energetic, exhausting, laborious, taxing, tough, uphill, vigorous, zealous stress: accent, accentuate, anxiety, apprehension, assert, burden, distress, emphasis, emphasize, exertion, force, highlight, importance, intensity,
pain, press, pressure, resistance, significance, strain, tension, trauma, underline, underscore, urgency, weight, worry stretch: bridge, course, crane, dilate, distance, distend, elasticity, elongate, exaggerate, expand, expanse, extend, extension, flexible, interval, length, lengthen, limber, period, prolong, range, rap, reach, run, scope, sentence, span, spell, sprawl, spread, stint, strain, tautness, tension, tighten, time, tract, walk, while stretch or widen: dilate, distend, expand stretch over in space or time: bridge, span stretch vehicle: limo stretch violently: rack stretchable: ductile, elastic, extensible, extensile, tensile, tractile stretched out, arms and legs: spreadeagle stretcher: bed, cot, dooly, gurney, litter stretcher with wheels: gurney stretching and yawning when going to or getting up from bed: pandiculation stretching out injured body part: traction stricken: afflicted, disabled, harmed, hurt, incapacitated, injured, sick, smitten, wounded strict: absolute, accurate, austere, authoritarian, complete, confining, disciplinary, exact, exacting, faithful, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, narrow, oppressive, perfect, precise, punctilious, puritanical, restricting, rigid, rigorous, scrupulous, severe, stark, stern, stiff, straight, straitlaced, stringent, tense, tight, tough, true, undeviating, unsparing, upright strict adherence to basic principles: fundamentalist, purist, stickler strict and rigid: inexorable, ironclad strict and unyielding: adamant, inflexible, obdurate, rigorous, unbending, uncompromising strict authority: authoritarian, martinet, precisian, ramrod strict, self-denying: ascetic, austere, puritanical stride: advance, gait, headway, improvement, march, pace, progress, stalk, step, walk stride, steady and easy: lope strident: boisterous, cacophonous, dis-
cordant, grating, harsh, jarring, loud, noisy, piercing, raucous, shrill, vociferous strife: altercation, argument, battle, brawl, combat, competition, conflict, contest, controversy, discord, dispute, dissension, feud, fight, fracas, fray, friction, hurling, quarrel, spat, squabble, static, struggle, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, war strife within a group, of: internecine strike: assail, assault, attack, attain, bang, bash, bat, batter, bean, beat, belt, box, boycott, buffet, bump, clap, clash, clout, collide, conk, crash, dint, discover, fan, find, flog, hammer, hit, hurt, knock, lash, pelt, penetrate, picket, pierce, poke, pop, pound, protest, punch, punish, rap, rout, ship, slam, slash, smack, smear, smite, sock, spank, stroke, struggle, swat, thrash, thrust, trend, uncover, walkout, wallop, whack strike back: counter, retaliate strike dumb: stun strike made to gain advantage, of a military: preemptive strike posted outside workplace, person on: picket strike settlement by third party: adjudication, arbitration, conciliation, mediation striking: arresting, attractive, beautiful, compelling, conspicuous, dazzling, handsome, noticeable, outstanding, powerful, prominent, remarkable, salient, showy, stunning, surprising, telling striking difference: contrast striking in appearance: dramatic striking in brightness: vivid striking together of two bodies, creating noise: percussion string: band, chain, cord, file, line, queue, rope, row, series, strand, train, twine string along: agree, bluff, cheat, dally, deceive, dupe, flirt, fool, hoax, toy string around neck for whistle, etc.: lanyard string instrument: banjo, cello, harp, lute, lyre, piano, viol string instrument, Hindu: sitar string instrument, plucker for: pick, plectrum, quill string instrument, Russian: balalaika
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STRING INSTRUMENTS OF VIOLIN FAMILY - STUBBORN
string instruments of violin family: bass viol, kit, pochette, viol, viola d'amore, viola da gamba string instruments, Greek: bouzouki, cithara, kithara, lyre string instruments, medieval: gittern, hurdy-gurdy, lute, psaltery, rebab, rebec string looped over fingers in intricate patterns: cat's cradle string or cord, concerning: funicular string to tighten or close an opening: drawstring string, one of the strands making up: ply stringent: binding, constricted, demanding, exacting, forceful, grim, hard, harsh, inflexible, restrictive, rigid, severe, stern, strict, tight strings in keyboard, device deadening vibrations of: damper stringy: fibrous, gluey, gummy, lanky, long, ropy, sinewy, slender, spindly, threadlike, tough, wiry strip: band, bar, bare, clear, denude, deprive, despoil, dismantle, disrobe, divest, excoriate, expose, flay, husk, length, peel, pillage, pluck, plunder, ravage, reduce, remove, reveal, rob, runway, scale, segment, shed, shred, skin, slat, stripe, tear, unclothe, uncover, undress strip of leaves, to: defoliate strip of mown grass or cut grain: swath strip of rights or possessions: deprive of, despoil, dispossess, divest strip of wood: lath strip or path of mown grass or grain: swath strip skin or blubber from: flense strip, continuous one-sided surface made from rectangular: Mobius strip strip, decorative, on upper part of wall: frieze stripe: band, blow, border, breed, chevron, decoration, design, division, flog, kind, lash, line, mark, pattern, ribbon, sort, streak, strike, strip, stroke, type striped, grooved, ridged: striate, striated, strigose stripling: adolescent, boy, fledgling, lad, minor, youngster, youth stripped: bare, denuded, deprived, exposed, naked, nude, peeled, unclad, undressed stripped of social position: dclasse
strips of meat or vegetables cut very thin: julienne stripteaser: ecdysiast stripteaser clothes: G-string, pasties strive: aim, attempt, battle, buffet, compete, contend, emulate, endeavor, exert, fight, labor, press on, push, seek, strain, struggle, toil, try, undertake, vie, work stroke: achievement, apoplexy, bat, beat, blow, caress, chop, effort, feat, fit, fluke, fondle, hit, impact, knock, lash, massage, movement, pat, pet, power, rap, rower, rub, shot, soothe, stride, swat, throb, walk, wallop, whack stroke of luck: fluke stroke or seizure: apoplexy, cerebral hemorrhage, ictus stroll: amble, gait, linger, mosey, ramble, roam, rove, saunter, spatiate, stray, tramp, turn, walk, wander stroller: actor, beggar, buggy, carriage, perambulator, performer, pram, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, wanderer strong: able, active, ardent, athletic, biting, bold, brawny, burly, clear, cogent, concentrated, convincing, courageous, determined, difficult, distinct, durable, eager, effective, emphatic, energetic, explicit, fertile, firm, fit, forceful, forcible, forthright, great, hard, hearty, heroic, hot, important, intense, keen, mighty, muscular, outrageous, overpowering, persuasive, piquant, potent, powerful, pronounced, pungent, remarkable, resolute, resonant, robust, rugged, sharp, sinewed, sinewy, solid, sound, spicy, stable, stalwart, staunch, stout, strapping, sturdy, tart, tenacious, tough, undiluted, unmistakable, vehement, vigorous, violent, virile, zealous strong accentuation used as a musical direction: marcato strong ale: nog strong and in good health: hardy, robust, rugged, vigorous strong and long-lasting: durable strong and manly: virile strong and muscular: brawny, burly strong and powerful: potent, puissant strong and steadfast: stalwart, staunch strong-arm: assault, browbeat, bully, coerce, force, intimidate, terrorize, violence strong blast of wind: gust
strong brown paper: kraft strong coffee: espresso strong point: asset, forte, mtier, strength, talent strong, with no weak points: airtight, cast-iron, irrefutable, undeniable strongbox: cault, coffer, depository, safe strongest: predominant stronghold: bastion, bulwark, bunker, castle, citadel, fort, fortify, fortress, garrison, redoubt strongly marked: distinct, pronounced structural component, standardized: module structure: arrangement, bridge, building, complex, components, composition, conformation, construction, design, edifice, fabric, fabricature, form, format, frame, framework, house, makeup, morphology, network, organization, pattern, pyramid, scheme, skeleton, skyscraper, system, texture, tower structure and design, having qualities of: architectonic structure of organisms: morphology struggle: agonize, attempt, battle, brawl, clash, combat, conflict, contend, contest, cope, duel, effort, endeavor, exertion, feud, fight, flounce, flounder, grapple, grind, hassle, labor, resist, scramble, scuffle, skirmish, strife, strike, strive, tangle, toil, try, tug, tussle, vie, war, warfare, wrestle struggle awkwardly: flounder struggle for air: gasp struggle within organization, of a: internecine struggle, agonizing: throes strut: bluster, brace, brag, flaunt, flounce, gait, grandstand, parade, peacock, prance, sashay, stride, swagger, swank, walk stub: bump, butt, counterfoil, crush, extinguish, receipt, remainder, remnant, snag, stump stubborn: adamant, balky, bullheaded, contrary, determined, diehard, difficult, dogged, firm, fixed, hardheaded, headstrong, indomitable, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, ornery, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, refractory, relentless, renitent, resolute, rough,
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STUBBORN AND DISOBEDIENT - STUDY OF INFLECTION, DERIVATION, COMPOUND FORMATION OF WORDS
sturdy, tenacious, tough, unbending, uncompromising, unreasonable, unyielding, willful stubborn and disobedient: obdurate, recalcitrant, refractory, unmanageable stubborn and persistent: inexorable, unremitting stubborn and uncompromising: diehard, intransigent, unswerving stubborn and unremovable: ineradicable, ingrained, persistent stubbornly bad: impenitent, indurate, obdurate, unrepentant stubbornly disobedient: contumacious, intractable, recalcitrant, refractory, unruly stubbornly persistent: dogged, persevering, pertinacious, tenacious stubbornly refusing: implacable stubbornly willful: adverse, froward, headstrong, obstinate, unregenerate stubby: chubby, dumpy, heavyset, puggy, short, squat, stocky, stout, stumpy, thickset stuck: adhered, baffled, caught, fastened, fixed, frozen, glued, joined, mired, perplexed, puzzled, saddled, stumped, stymied stuck-up: arrogant, bigheaded, cocky, conceited, condescending, disdainful, egocentric, haughty, patronizing, snobbish, supercilious, uppity, vain stud: beam, brace, buck, button, dot, peg, pillar, pin, post student: coed, pupil student in college, final-year: senior student in college, first-year: freshman student in college, second-year: sophomore student in college, third-year: junior student of a college, former: alumna, alumnus student organization, college: fraternity, sorority student's attending course without permission: audit studier at night: lucubrator studies, outside regular: extracurricular, extramural studio: atelier, bottega, den, library, office, salon, sanctorum, shop, study, workroom, workshop studio or workshop, artist's: atelier studious: academic, assiduous, atten-
tive, bookish, contrived, deliberate, diligent, heedful, intellectual, learned, scholarly, studied study: analysis, analyze, canvass, con, consider, consideration, contemplate, cram, dissect, examine, explore, eye, grind, inspect, learn, lesson, look, lucubration, meditate, memorize, office, perusal, peruse, ponder, pore, read, reflect, research, review, scan, schoolwork, scrutinize, survey, watch study and science of writing systems: grammatology study cubicle in library stacks: carrel study hard for imminent exam: bone, cram, grind, pore study in detail: anatomize, dissect, peruse, scrutinize study of a specific limited subject: dissertation, monograph, treatise study of amphibians and reptiles: herpetology study of ancient inscriptions: epigraphy study of ancient official documents: diplomatics study of ancient writings: paleography study of animal behavior: ethology study of ants: myrmecology study of beauty: aesthetics, kalology study of bees: melottology study of bells: campanology study of biology and technology: biotechnology, ergonomics, human engineering, human factors engineering study of birds: ornithology study of blood: hematology study of causes and origins: etiology study of caves: speleology, spelunking study of characteristics of human population: demography study of Chinese language, culture, civilization: sinology study of citizens' rights: civics study of clocks and watches: horology study of clouds: nephology study of coats of arms: heraldry study of codes: cryptography, cryptology study of coins: numismatics study of coins and medals: numismatics study of color: chromatics study of computers and human nervous system: cybernetics study of crime: criminology study of criminal rehabilitation and prison management: penology
study of culture of peoples: ethnology study of deserts: eremology study of design in nature: teleology study of design or purpose in natural phenomena: teleology study of diet and food: nutrition study of disease and its causes: pathology study of disease symptoms: symptomatology study of ear disease: otology study of earth's physical structure: geology study of earth's size and shape: geodesy study of earth's structural features: tectonics study of earth's surface above sea level: hypsography study of earthquakes: seismology study of ecological interrelationships: synecology study of elections: psephology study of ferns: pteridology study of fingerprints: dactylography study of flags: vexillology study of folk music: ethnomusicology study of folklore and legends: storiology study of formal debate: argumentation, forensics study of fossils: palaeontology, paleontology study of friction and lubrication: tribology study of fruit: pomology study of gems: gemology study of genealogies: heraldry study of gestures and facial expressions: kinesics study of glaciers: glaciology study of glands: endocrinology study of guns: ballistics study of guns and bullets: ballistics study of hair and its diseases: trichology study of handwriting: graphology study of happiness: eudemonics study of history using economic models and statistical methods: cliometrics study of human behavior: praxeology study of human character: ethology study of human knowledge: epistemology study of human settlements: ekistics study of immunity to disease: immunology study of inflection, derivation, compound formation of words: morphology
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STUDY OF INFORMATION P R O C E S S E S IN ARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS - STUNNING
study of information processes in artificial systems: cybernetics study of inscriptions or decipherment: epigraphy study of insects: entomology study of knowledge: epistemology study of lakes and ponds: limnology study of language: linguistics study of life processes and organisms: physiology study of light: optics study of lubrication: tribology study of meaning of language forms: semantics study of meaning of words: semantics study of metals: metallurgy study of meteors: aerolithology study of miracles: thaumatology study of moss: bryology study of mountains: orography, orology study of mummies: momiology study of muscles: myology study of names: onomastics study of nature of god: theology study of nervous system: neurology study of odors: osmics study of one's descent: genealogy study of oneself: autology study of or tracing family tree: genealogy study of organic tissues: histology study of origins and causes: etiology study of origins and forms of proper names: onomastics study of place names: toponymies study of plants: botany, phytology study of poetic rhythms and forms: prosody study of poisons and treatment of poisons: toxicology study of political elections: psephology study of pollens and spores: palynology study of population statistics: demography study of pornography: coprology study of prehistoric animals: paleozoology study of prisons and rehabilitation: penology study of psychic phenomena: parapsychology study of puzzles: enigmatology study of races and ethnic groups: ethnology study of racial improvement by selective breeding: eugenics study of rainfall: hyetography
study of relationships within a group: sociometry study of reptiles and amphibians: herpetology study of rocks: petrology study of rocks' structure and composition: lithology study of saints: hagiography study of seaweed and marine algae: algology study of sermon writing: homiletics study of shells: conchology study of signets and seals: sphragistics study of signs and symbols: semantics, semasiology, semiotics study of skin and its diseases: dermatology study of skull: craniology, phrenology study of soils: pedology study of sound: acoustics study of sounds of speech: phonetics study of speech sounds of a language: phonology study of stars, celestial bodies: astronomy study of structure and function of bones: osteology study of supernatural phenomena: parapsychology study of the body: physiology study of the earth's surface water: hydrology study of the heart: cardiology study of the metrical structure of verse: prosody study of the moon: selenology study of the nature and structure of human speech: linguistics study of the nature of being: ontology study of the nature of knowledge: epistemology study of the physical features of the moon: selenography study of the skull: phrenology study of the universe: cosmogony, cosmology study of tissue and its structure: histology study of trees: dendrology study of two or more disciplines: interdisciplinary study of UFOs: ufology study of war: polemology study of weather's effect on humans: biometeorology study of whales: cetology study of wines and winemaking: oenology
study of word origins: etymology study of word structure and form: morphology study of words and language forms: semantics study of working conditions and environment: ergonomics study offered by college, courses of: curriculum, syllabus study or research, year of leave for: sabbatical study, laborious: excogitation, lucubration stuff: cash, cram, crowd, element, essence, fabric, fatten, fill, force, gear, jam, junk, load, material, matter, nonsense, objects, overeat, overfill, overindulge, overload, pack, pad, possessions, principle, ram, refuse, sate, squeeze, substance, things stuffed, as meat or vegetables: farci stuffing: dressing, feathers, filler, filling, forcemeat, innards, insides, padding, tomentum stuffing and mounting of dead animals: taxidermy stuffing in furniture: flock, upholstery stuffy: airless, arrogant, close, conservative, crammed, dull, fusty, humid, muggy, musty, oppressive, pompous, prim, proper, puritanical, resolute, stagnant, stale, stifling, stodgy, stout, straitlaced, suffocating, sulky, uninteresting stultify: cripples, impair, impede, inhibit, nullify, ridiculous, stifle stumble: blunder, botch, bumble, chance, discover, encounter, err, error, failure, fall, falter, flounder, happen, hesitate, lurch, slip, spill, stagger, stammer, topple, trip, wallow stumbling block: barrier, catch, complication, drawback, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, problem, snag stump: baffle, barge, bewilder, block, butt, challenge, clump, confuse, dare, end, foil, hobble, lumber, mystify, nonplus, orate, perplex, plod, puzzle, snag, stab, stub, stumble, stymie stumper: oddity stun: amaze, appall, astonish, astound, bewilder, daze, dazzle, deaden, dumfound, flabbergast, floor, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, petrify, shock, stagger, startle, stupefy, surprise stunning: attractive, beautiful, daz-
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zling, gorgeous, handsome, lovely, marvelous, pretty, shocking, smashing, spectacular, striking, stylish stunning blow: rabbit punch stunt: acrobatics, antic, deed, exploit, feat, performance, sketch, skit, stamp, trick stunt, to: blunt, check, curb, curtail, dwarf, hinder, impede, shorten, suppress stunted animal: runt stunted in growth: depauperate stupefy: amaze, astonish, astound, awe, bemuse, benumb, besot, bewilder, confound, confuse, daunt, daze, dazzle, dull, faze, flabbergast, nonplus, numb, overwhelm, rattle, shock, startle, stun, surprise stupendous: amazing, astonishing, astounding, colossal, enormous, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, giant, gigantic, great, huge, immense, incredible, marvelous, massive, miraculous, monstrous, phenomenal, remarkable, spectacular, superb, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous stupid: absurd, addled, asinine, blockish, brainless, brutish, clod, cloddish, crass, cretinous, daffish, dazed, dense, dimwitted, dizzy, doltish, dopey, dull, dumb, dumbbell, dunce, fatuous, foolish, footless, foppish, idiot, idiotic, ignorant, imbecile, imbecilic, inane, insensate, irrational, irresponsible, lethargic, meaningless, moron, moronic, oafish, obtuse, pointless, senseless, silly, simple, simpleton, slow, sluggish, stupefied, torpid, unintelligent, unwise, vacuous, witless, worthless stupor: anesthesia, apathy, coma, daze, faint, fog, hypnosis, languor, lethargy, narcosis, sleep, slumber, swoon, torpor, trance sturdy: athletic, brawny, courageous, determined, durable, firm, hardy, healthy, muscular, obdurate, powerful, resolute, robust, rugged, solid, sound, stable, stalwart, steady, stiff, stout, strapping, strong, stubborn, substantial, tough, unyielding, vigorous sturdy and robust physique: mesomorph Sturm und Drang translation: storm and stress
stutter: hesitate, sputter, stammer, stumble sty: den, dump, hovel, pen, pigpen, shack stye site: eyelid style: air, appearance, class, craze, demeanor, design, elegance, fad, fashion, format, garb, genre, gnomon, grace, kind, manner, method, mode, name, pattern, rage, sort, taste, technique, title, tone, type, variety, vogue, way style and verve: brio, chic, dash, lan, flair, panache, pizazz, smartness, swank style, agreeably appropriate in: felicitous stylish: la mode, chic, chichi, classy, dapper, dashing, dressy, fashionable, hip, latest, modern, modish, nifty, posh, sharp, sleek, slick, smart, snazzy, spiffy, swagger, swanky, tony, trendy stymie: block, cramp, foil, frustrate, hinder, impede, obstruct, prevent, puzzle, stonewall, stop, stump, thwart suave: agreeable, bland, charming, civil, cordial, courteous, cultured, diplomatic, fulsome, gracious, mannered, pleasant, polished, polite, politic, refined, slick, smooth, sophisticated, svelte, tactful, unctuous, urbane, worldly suave individual: smoothie sub: alternate, auxiliary, backup, below, replacement, second, standby, under, understudy; submarine, U-boat sub rosa: confidentially, covertly, obscurely, privately, secretly subaltern: assistant, inferior, secondary, servile, subordinate subatomic particle with half-integral spin: fermion subatomic particle with integral spin: boson subatomic particle, hypothetical: quark subatomic particle, neutral: neutron subatomic particle, stable and negative: electron subatomic particle, stable and positive: proton subatomic particles with strong interactions: baryon, hadron, kaon, meson, pion subatomic particles with weak interactions: lepton, muon, neutrino, tau
subconscious: intuitive, mind, psyche, self, subliminal subconscious mind exhibited in art, literature: surrealism subdivision: branch, department, development, part, partition, sector, subclass, subsidiary subdivision map: plat subdue: allay, beat, break, calm, captivate, conquer, control, crush, defeat, diminish, disarm, dismay, floor, master, mellow, moderate, overcome, overpower, quash, quell, quench, reduce, repress, restrain, sober, soften, soothe, squelch, subjugate, suppress, surmount, tame, vanquish subdued: controlled, cowed, humbled, mellow, mild, quiet, repressed, restrained, sober, sobered, soft, solemn, tame, tamed, tempered, toned down subjacent: beneath, lower, underlying subject: accountable, cause, conditional, contingent, core, dependent, discipline, discussion, disposed, expose, exposed, field, gist, governed, inferior, issue, liable, material, matter, motif, motive, obedient, point, prone, question, study, submissive, submit, subordinate, test, theme, topic subject or citizen: follower, serf, subordinate, vassal subject, formal discourse on: disquisition subjective: abstract, biased, emotional, illusory, individual, internal, introspective, personal, prejudiced subjugate: break, compel, conquer, crush, defeat, enslave, master, overcome, overpower, overthrow, subdue, suppress, tame, triumph, vanquish sublime: dignify, divine, elevated, exalt, exalted, glorious, grant, great, heavenly, high, holy, ideal, impressive, lofty, magnificent, majestic, noble, spiritual, splendid, stately submarine: boat, diver, submersible, U-boat, undersea, underwater; grinder, hero, hoagie, sandwich submarine location system: echolocation, sonar submarine optical instrument: periscope submarine raised observation post: conning tower, sail submarine research vessel: bathyscaphe, bathysphere
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SUBMERGE - S U C C E S S , DESIRE FOR
submerge: deluge, dip, dive, douse, drench, drown, dunk, engulf, flood, immerse, inundate, obscure, plunge, sink, souse, submerse, swamp submission: acquiescence, compliance, humbleness, meekness, obedience, prostration, resignation, servility, surrender, yielding submission to wishes, opinions of another: deference submissive: accommodating, acquiescent, amenable, compliant, complying, dutiful, humble, meek, mild, obedient, obeying, passive, resigned, servile, slavish, subdued, subservient, tame, unassertive, yielding submit: abide, acquiesce, agree, bend, bow, capitulate, cave, claim, comply, contend, defer, deliver, fall, give, knuckle, obey, offer, present, proffer, propose, resign, stoop, succumb, suggest, surrender, tender, urge, yield subordinate: aide, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, below, control, dependent, inferior, junior, lesser, lower, minor, secondary, servant, subaltern, subdue, subject, subservient, subsidiary, supplementary, under, underling, worker subordinate relationship of clauses with connectives: hypotaxis suborn: bribe, incite, instigate, procure subscribe: accept, advocate, agree, approve, assent, attest, consent, contribute, endorse, give, pledge, sanction, sign, signature, support subsequent: after, consecutive, ensuing, following, later, next, resultant, succeeding, successive subsequently: after, afterwards, anon, consequently, following, later, since, then subservient: accessory, acquiescent, ancillary, auxiliary, compliant, cringing, fawning, menial, obeisant, obsequious, resigned, secondary, servile, slavish, subject, submissive, subordinate, truckling, under subside: abate, calm, decrease, descend, diminish, dwindle, ebb, fall, lessen, lower, lull, moderate, relapse, settle, shrink, sink, slacken, taper, wane, withdraw subsidiary: accessory, affiliate, ancillary, auxiliary, back-up, branch, collateral, division, minor, secondary, subordinate, supplement, tributary
subsidiary business within certain premises: concession subsidy: aid, allowance, appropriation, assistance, backing, endowment, gift, grant, help, honorarium, money, pension, sponsorship, subvention, support, tribute subsidy for research: subvention subsist: breathe, continue, endure, exist, live, maintain, manage, remain, stay, support, survive, sustain subsistence: allowance, existence, hypostasis, keep, livelihood, living, maintenance, provisions, resources, support, survival, sustenance substance: affluence, backbone, basis, being, body, burden, element, entity, essence, essentials, estate, fabric, focus, gist, heart, ingredient, marrow, mass, material, matter, meaning, means, meat, object, ore, pith, property, purport, reality, resources, riches, significance, solidity, soul, spirit, strength, stuff, tenor, thing, wealth, worth substance produced chemically: synthetic substantial: abundant, affluent, ample, big, considerable, corporeal, firm, full, generous, hearty, important, large, massive, material, meaningful, momentous, plentiful, significant, sizable, solid, sound, stout, strong, sturdy, tangible, valuable, weighty substantiate: assure, attest, authenticate, confirm, corroborate, demonstrate, establish, justify, materialize, prove, support, validate, verify, vouch substitute: alter ego, alternate, alternative, artificial, backup, deputy, double, ersatz, exchange, extra, imitation, improvised, makeshift, proxy, replace, replacement, reserve, second, sit-in, standby, stand-in, succedaneum, surrogate, swap, switch, understudy substitute in job: locum tenens substitute or agent: deputy, proxy, stand-in, surrogate, vicar substitute, inferior: ersatz substituted fraudulently: spurious, supposititious substitutes on sports team: bench substituting for another, done by one: vicarious substituting milder word for harsh one: euphemism
subsume: classify, contain, include, incorporate, involve subterfuge: artifice, cheat, chicanery, deception, device, dishonesty, evasion, fraud, plan, ploy, pretense, refuge, ruse, scheme, sham, stratagem, trick subterranean: cave, cavern, concealed, hidden, secret, underground subtitle shown above rather than below: supertitle, surtitle subtle: abstruse, acute, analytic, artful, beguiling, cagey, clever, crafty, cunning, deceptive, deft, delicate, devious, elusive, expert, foxy, indefinable, indirect, ingenious, insidious, intricate, keen, logical, perceptive, quiet, sharp, shrewd, skillful, slick, sly, vague, wily subtle difference in meaning: nuance subtle distinction: fine point, nicety subtle emanation: aura subtle introduction: insinuation subtract: deduct, diminish, discount, minus, remove, withdraw subtracted from another, quantity to be: subtrahend subtracted, quantity from which another quantity is to be: minuend subversion: disruption, overthrow, sabotage, undermining subversive: insurgent, rebellious, treasonous subversive organization working to further enemy's aims: fifth column subway: metro succeed: accomplish, achieve, arrive, attain, click, ensue, flourish, follow, fulfill, get on, go far, make good, master, overcome, prevail, prosper, reap, replace, rise, score, surmount, thrive, triumph, win, work succeed and thrive: flourish, prosper succeed despite opposition: prevail succeed in going over or coping with: negotiate succeed in passing examination or inspection: pass muster succeed to a position: accede to, supersede succeed or work out: contrive, fructify success: achievement, arrival, attainment, breakthrough, celebrity, fame, fortune, happiness, hit, prosperity, reward, rise, triumph, victory success or attainment worked for or desired: accomplishment, fruition success, brilliant: clat success, desire for: ambition, aspiration
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S U C C E S S , SUDDEN AND REMOVING OBSTACLE - SUGGESTIVE
success, sudden and removing obstacle: breakthrough successful: accomplished, booming, flourishing, fruitful, on top, prosperous, proven, satisfied, smashing, thriving, triumphant, victorious, wealthy successful and powerful: efficacious, potent successful and smart young person: child prodigy, whiz kid, wunderkind successful period: florescence succession: chain, continuation, course, cycle, order, run, sequence, series, string, train successive: consecutive, sequential, serial succinct: blunt, brief, compact, concise, condensed, curt, direct, short, summary, terse succor: aid, assist, befriend, comfort, help, mitigate, nurture, refuge, relief, relieve, rescue, support succulent: appetizing, delicious, fresh, juicy, luscious, lush, mouthwatering, sappy, tasty, tender succumb: accede, collapse, decease, die, drop, expire, fall, perish, quit, submit, surrender, yield such: alike, comparable, equivalent, like, parallel, similar, some, specific, that suck: absorb, draw, drink, engulf, extract, imbibe, inhale, nurse, sip, suction sucker of tapeworm, leech, octopus: acetabulum suckling: babe, baby, infant, unweaned suction out gases or liquids, in medicine: aspirate sudden: abrupt, fast, hasty, hurried, immediate, impetuous, impromptu, instant, precipitate, quick, rash, speedy, surprising, swift sudden and forceful: headlong, impetuous, precipitate sudden and spontaneous: spur-of-themoment sudden and unexpected: unannounced, unforeseen sudden change of events: peripeteia sudden change of mind: caprice, impetuosity sudden collapse: crash sudden exclamation: ejaculation sudden increase: irruption sudden inspiration: brainstorm sudden leap: lunge
sudden manifestation of the meaning of something: epiphany, revelation sudden outburst: flare, paroxysm, spurt sudden outpouring: spate sudden political takeover: coup d'etat sudden rain: cloudburst sudden reversal: about-face, U-turn, volte-face sudden sharp feeling: pang sudden terror: panic sudden upheaval: cataclysm, disruption sudden, brilliant, fast: meteoric suddenly: abruptly, presto, quickly, swiftly, unawares, unexpectedly suddenly, acting: impetuous, impulsive suds: beer, bubbles, foam, froth, lather, soap sue: appeal, beg, beseech, claim, contest, court, entreat, litigate, petition, plead, proceed, prosecute, seek, solicit, summon, supplicate, woo suffer: accept, ache, agonize, ail, allow, anguish, bear, endure, experience, feel bad, grieve, hurt, lament, languish, permit, submit, tolerate, undergo suffer humiliation: lose face suffering: adversity, affliction, agony, ailing, anguish, discomfort, distress, dolor, grief, hurt, illness, loss, misery, misfortune, pain, sickness, sorrow, torture, travail suffering and oppressed: downtrodden, persecuted suffering for one's cause: martyrdom suffering, exist in state of: languish suffering, great: calvary, private hell, purgatory, tribulation suffering, indifference to: fortitude, impassiveness, stoicism suffering, scene of: Gethsemane suffice: answer, appease, avail, enough, fulfill, meet, satisfy, serve, sufficient sufficient: able, abundant, acceptable, adequate, ample, commensurate, competent, efficient, enough, good, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, qualified, satisfactory, substantial, suffice, valid sufficient grounds: justification, warrant suffocate: asphyxiate, burke, choke, destroy, drown, kill, smother, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle suffrage: ballot, consensus, franchise, petition, prayer, right, voice, vote suffuse: bathe, charge, color, cover,
fill, interject, introduce, overspread, permeate, saturate, spread, steep, tinge sugar: candy, cane, caramel, dextrose, friose, fructose, fucose, glucose, gulose, lactose, maltose, maple, sucrose, sweeten, sweetener, tetrose, xylose sugar apple: sweetsop sugar cane and sugar beet sugar: saccharose, sucrose sugar deficiency: hypoglycemia sugar excess: hyperglycemia sugar glaze, coated with: candied, crystallized, glac sugar in fruits and honey: fructose, fruit sugar, lvulose sugar in milk: lactose sugar in plant and animal tissue: glucose sugar in plant and animal tissue and derived synthetically from starch: dextroglucose, dextrose sugar in wood: xylose sugar levels in blood and urine, increased: diabetes mellitus sugar processing plant: refinery sugar substitute: allose, aspartame, cyclamate, glucose, saccharin sugar, coat with: dredge sugary: candied, flattering, granular, honeyed, pleasant, saccharine, sticky, sweet, syrupy suggest: advise, allude, allude to, broach, connote, hint, imply, indicate, infer, insinuate, intimate, move, propose, propound, recommend, submit, theorize, urge suggest clearly: evidence, exemplify, indicate, prove suggest for first time: broach, propose, propound suggest on another's behalf: advocate, commend, recommend suggest or propose: advance, predicate, propound suggested meaning: connotation suggestion: advice, approach, hint, idea, implication, intimation, opinion, overtone, pointer, proposal, recommendation, shade, tinge, tip, touch, trace, undertone suggestion or hint, indirect or subtle: aspersion, imputation, innuendo, insinuation suggestion, underlying: implication, undercurrent, undertone suggestive: dirty, erotic, evocative, ex-
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SUGGESTIVE OF SOMETHING - SUN, LUMINOUS RING AROUND
pressive, indelicate, provocative, racy, risqu, seductive, sexy, symbolic, titillating, vulgar suggestive of something: redolent suggestive use of words: double entendre, double meaning suggestive, delicately: subtle suicidal: dangerous, deadly, depressed, destructive, fatal, lethal suicidal game: Russian roulette suicidal Japanese air attack: kamikaze suicidal Japanese disembowelment: hara-kiri, seppuku suicide: felo-de-se suicide by Hindu widow: suttee suing, person: plaintiff suit: accommodate, adapt, adjust, agree, answer, appeal, arrange, become, befit, behoove, behove, conform, correspond, follow, group, harmonize, match, please, prayer, proceeding, satisfy, series, serve, suffice suit or dress: attire, outfit, wardrobe suit, law: litigation, petition suitable: able, acceptable, adequate, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, comely, compatible, competent, consistent, consonant, convenient, due, eligible, expedient, fit, fitting, good, just, matching, meet, proper, relevant, right, seeming, timely, up one's alley, useful, worthy suitable and adequate: condign suitable and harmonious: congruent, congruous suitable for farming: arable suitable for marriage: nubile suitable time, happening at: opportune, propitious suitable to manners: becoming, decorous, seemly suitable, be: appertain, pertain suitcase: bag, grip, portmanteau, satchel, valise suitcase with two hinged compartments: portmanteau suitcase, small: valise suite: attendants, band, entourage, followers, group, retinue, staff; apartment, chambers, flat, furniture; rooms, series, set suitor: admirer, asker, beau, boyfriend, gallant, lover, wooer sulk: brood, frown, glower, grumble, grump, mope, moue, pout
sulky: carriage, cart, dismal, gloomy, glum, grouchy, grouty, irritable, moody, peevish, poutish, sullen, surly sullen: black, brooding, churlish, crabby, cross, depressing, dismal, dour, dull, forlorn, fretful, gloomy, glum, grim, grouchy, heavy, melancholy, moody, mopy, morose, peevish, petulant, pouty, saturine, serious, silent, slow, sluggish, somber, sour, sourpussed, sulky, surly sully: befoul, blot, corrupt, debase, defile, disgrace, mar, pollute, smear, soil, stain, taint, tarnish sultry: burning, close, hot, humid, lurid, muggy, oppressive, scorching, sensual, sexy, sizzling, stifling, sweltering, torrid, tropical, voluptuous sum: add, addition, aggregate, amount, calculate, count, entirety, epitomize, extent, figure, gist, gross, height, integer, magnitude, mass, measure, number, numeral, quantity, result, summarize, summary, summation, tally, total, totality, value, whole, worth sum, trivial: nominal summarize: abridge, abstract, capsulize, condense, digest, epitomize, nutshell, recap, recapitulate, shorten, sum summarized statement for preparing formal document: aide-mmoire summary: abbreviation, abridgement, abstract, aperu, breakdown, brief, compendium, concise, condensed, conspectus, digest, epitome, gist, inventory, outline, overview, prcis, prospectus, recap, report, rsum, review, rundown, scenario, succinct, sum, summation, survey, syllabus, synopsis, terse summary at beginning: conspectus, outline, synopsis summary at end: recap, recapitulation, rsum, summation, wrap-up summary of book: abridgment, compendium, condensation, digest summary of course of study: curriculum, syllabus summary of document: abstract summary of dramatic plot: scenario summary of law court proceedings: docket summary of process: schema summary of proposed work or venture: prospectus
summary of work experience: C.V., curriculum vitae, rsum, vita summary, short succinct: encapsulation, overview, paraphrase, prcis summation: addition, aggregate, sum, summary summer's beginning: summer solstice summer's hottest days: dog days summerhouse: alcove, belvedere, cottage, gazebo, pagoda, pavilion, retreat summery: aestival, estival, sunny, warm summery weather in fall: Indian summer summit: acme, apex, apogee, cap, climax, crest, crown, culmination, height, meridian, mountain, peak, pinnacle, roof, tip, top, vertex, zenith summon: assemble, beck, beckon, bid, call, cite, command, convene, evoke, gather, mobilize, motion, muster, notice, order, page, rally, rouse, signal, subpoena, warrant summon a spirit: conjure, invoke summon or call meeting: convene, convoke summon to court to answer charge: arraign summon, as a taxi: hail summons: call, calls, citation, notification, pages, process, requisition, subpoena, writ sumptuous: beautiful, costly, deluxe, elegant, expensive, extravagant, grand, grandiose, lavish, lucullan, lush, luxurious, magnificent, opulent, plush, rich, splendid sun: daylight, shine, sol, star; apricate, bask, tan sun at greatest distance from equator: solstice sun being at center: heliocentric sun-dried brick: adobe sun-moon differential: epact sun-related: heliacal, solar sun worship: heliolatry sun, blaze of light on: flare sun, cloud of flaming gas rising from: prominence sun, highest point of the: zenith sun, layer of gas above chromosphere: corona sun, layer of gas above photosphere of: chromosphere sun, luminous ring around: aureole, corona
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Aquatics 50-meter freestyle; 100-meter freestyle; 200-meter freestyle; 400-meter freestyle; 1,500-meter freestyle; 100-meter backstroke; 200-meter backstroke; 100-meter breastroke; 200-meter breastroke; 100-meter butterfly; 200-meter butterfly; 200-meter individual medley; 400-meter individual medley; 4x100-meter freestyle relay; 4x200-meter freestyle relay; 4x100-meter medley relay; springboard diving (3 meters); platform diving (3 meters); synchronized diving (springboard diving; platform diving); water polo Archery individual round (90-70-50-30 m); team Athletics 100-meter dash; 200-meter dash; 400-meter dash; 800-meter run; 1,500-meter run; 5,000-meter run; 10,000-meter run; 20-kilometer walk; 50-kilometer walk; marathon; 4xl00-meter relay; 4x400-meter relay; 110-meter hurdles; 400-meter hurdles; 1,500-meter wheelchair; discus throw; hammer throw; running high jump; javelin throw; long jump; pole vault; shot put; triple jump; 3,000-meter steeplechase; decathlon (100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400-meter dash, 110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, 1,500-meter run) Badminton singles; doubles; mixed doubles Baseball Basketball Boxing light flyweight; flyweight; bantamweight; featherweight; lightweight; light welterweight; welterweight; light middleweight; middleweight; light heavyweight; heavyweight; super heavyweight Canoe/Kayak canoe single slalom/C-1, slalom; canoe slalom pairs/C-2, slalom; kayak slalom singles/K-1, slalom; canoe singles 500m/ C-l, 500 meters; canoe singles l,000m/C-l, 1,000 meters; canoe pairs 500m/C-2, 500 meters; canoe pairs 1,000m/ C-2, 1,000 meters; kayak singles 500m/K-l, 500 meters; kayak singles l,000m/K-l, 1,000 meters; kayak pairs 500m/K-2, 500 meters; kayak pairs l,000m/K-2,1,000 meters; kayak fours l,000m/K-4, 1,000 meters Cycling track (one km time trial, individual pursuit, keirin, madison, olympic sprint, points race, sprint, team pursuit); mountain bike (cross-country); road (individual time, individual road race) Equestrian team dressage; individual dressage; team jumping; individual jumping; team three-day event; individual three-day event Fencing individual epee; individual sabre; individual foil; team epee; team sabre; team foil Field Hockey Gymnastics team; all-around; horizontal bar; parallel bars; rings; pommel horse; vault; floor exercise; trampoline Judo extra-lightweight (60kg); half-lightweight (66kg); lightweight (73kg); half-middleweight (81kg); middleweight (90kg); half-heavyweight (100kg); heavyweight ( + 100kg) Modern Pentathlon shooting; fencing; swimming; show jumping; running Rowing coxless pairs; coxless four; single sculls; double sculls; lightweight double sculls; eight; quadruple sculls; lightweight coxless four Shooting 10m air pistol; 10m air rifle; 10m running target; 25m rapid fire pistol; 50m free pistol; 50m free rifle 3-position; double trap; skeet shooting; trap Soccer Table Tennis singles; doubles Tae Kwon Do less than 58kg; 58kg to 68kg; 68kg to 80kg; over 80kg Team Handball Tennis tennis; doubles Triathlon 1.5km swim; 40km cycle; 10km run Volleyball beach; indoor Weightlifting up to 56 kg; up to 62 kg; up to 69 kg; up to 77 kg; up to 85 kg; up to 94 kg; over 105 kg Wrestling freestyle; Greco-Roman Yachting/Sailing men's mistral; men's 470; open laser; open tornado; open soling; open starW
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SUN, PLANTS THAT TURN TOWARD - SUNDRY
SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES (WOMEN'S EVENTS)

Aquatics 50-meter freestyle; 100-meter freestyle; 200-meter freestyle; 400-meter freestyle; 800-meter freestyle; 100-meter backstroke; 200-meter backstroke; 100-meter breaststroke; 200-meter breaststroke; 100-meter butterfly; 200-meter butterfly; 200-meter individual medley; 400-meter individual medley; 4x100-meter freestyle relay; 4x100-meter medley relay; 4x200-meter freestyle relay; springboard diving (3 meters); platform diving (10 meters); synchronized diving (springboard diving; platform diving); synchronized swimming (duet, team); water polo Archery individual round (70-60-50-30m); team Athletics 100-meter dash; 200-meter dash; 400-meter dash; 800-meter run; 1,500-meter run; 5,000-meter run; 10,000-meter run; 20-kilometer walk; 800-meter wheelchair; 100-meter hurdles; 400-meter hurdles; 4x100-meter relay; 4x400-meter relay; marathon; running high jump; long jump; triple jump; shot-put; discus throw; javelin throw; hammer throw; pole vault; heptathlon (100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200-meter dash, long jump, javelin, 800meter run) Badminton singles; doubles; mixed doubles Basketball Canoe/Kayak kayak slalom/K-1, slalom; kayak singles 500m/K-l, 500 meters; kayak pairs 500m/K-2, 500 meters; kayak fours 500m/ K-4, 500 meters Cycling track (500m time trial, individual pursuit, points race, sprint, team pursuit); mountain bike (cross-country); road (individual time, individual road race) Equestrian team dressage; individual dressage; team jumping; individual jumping; team three-day event; individual three-day event Fencing individual epee; individual foil; team epee; team foil Field Hockey Gymnastics team; all-around; balance beam; uneven bars; vault; floor exercise; rhythmic gymnastics (team & individual); trampoline Judo extra-lightweight (48kg); half-lightweight (52kg); lightweight (57kg); half-middleweight (63kg); middleweight (70kg); half-heavyweight (78kg); heavyweight (+78kg) Modern Pentathlon shooting; fencing; swimming; show jumping; running Rowing coxless pairs; single sculls; double sculls; eight; quadruple sculls; lightweight double sculls Shooting 10m air rifle; 10m air pistol; double trap; 50m sport rifle three position; 25m sport pistol; trap; skeet shooting Soccer Softball Table Tennis singles; doubles Tae Kwon Do less than 49kg; 49kg to 57kg; 57kg to 67kg; over 67kg Team Handball Tennis singles; doubles Triathlon 1.5km swim; 40km cycle; 10km run Volleyball beach; indoor Weightlifting up to 48 kg; up to 53 kg; up to 58 kg; up to 63 kg; up to 69 kg; over 75 kg Yachting/Sailing women's mistral; women's europe; women's 470 W
sun, plants that turn toward: heliotrope, turnsole sun, visible outer layer of: photosphere sun, when planet is closest to: perihelion
sun, when planet is farthest from: aphelion sunder: break, cleave, cut, disunite, divide, part, rend, rive, separate, sever, slice, split
sundial's upright blade: gnomon sundown: dusk, evening, sunset, twilight sundry: assorted, different, divers, diverse, manifold, many, miscellane-
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S U N G L A S S E S THAT DARKEN WHEN EXPOSED TO LIGHT - SUPPLY
ous, multifarious, myriad, numerous, separate, several, sundered, varied, various sunglasses that darken when exposed to light: photochromic sunken: below, depressed, hollow, lowered, submerged sunken design and incised carving: intaglio sunny: beaming, bright, cheerful, cheery, clear, fair, golden, happy, merry, optimistic, pleasant, shining, shiny, smiling, vivacious, warm sunrise: dawn, daybreak, daylight, morn, morning, sunup sunroom: solarium sunset: dusk, eve, evening, nightfall, sundown, twilight sunset, concerning: acronical sunspot: macula sunspot, darkest part of: umbra sunspot, grayish outer part of: penumbra sunstroke: insolation super: A-one, cool, excellent, fantastic, great, keen, marvelous, neat, outstanding, sensational, superb, superintendent, terrific, tremendous, wonderful superabundance: excess, flood, glut, overflow, plenty, plethora, superfluity, surplus superannuate: retire superannuated: aged, antiquated, obsolete, outdated, pass, senile superb: A-one, elegant, excellent, exquisite, fine, glorious, grand, grandiose, imposing, lordly, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, marvelous, noble, outstanding, proud, regal, rich, sensational, splendid, standout, stately, supreme, wonderful supercilious: arrogant, cavalier, condescending, disdainful, haughty, hoity toity, insolent, lofty, lordly, overbearing, proud, snobbish, snooty, superior, uppity superficial: apparent, casual, cursory, desultory, flimsy, hasty, hollow, insignificant, pro forma, shallow, slight, surface, token, trite, trivial superficial appearance: gloss, veneer superficial beauty: gilt superficially attractive: meretricious superficially, done: cursory, perfunctory superficially, person doing something: dabbler, dilettante
superfluity: abundance, excess, extravagance, luxury, overabundance, overflowing, plethora, superabundance, superfluous, surplus superfluous: de trop, excess, excessive, excrescent, extra, extraneous, extravagant, gratuitous, inessential, needless, nonessential, redundant, spare, superabundant, supererogatory, superfluity, surplus, unnecessary, useless, worthless superfluous person: fifth wheel superfluous word: pleonasm superhighway, European: autobahn, autoroute, autostrada superhuman: bionic, divine, extraordinary, godlike, great, herculean, heroic, omnipotent, preternatural, supernatural, uncanny superimpose: cover, overlap superintendent: administrator, boss, caretaker, chief, custodian, director, foreman, forewoman, inspector, manager, overseer, super, supervisor, warden superintendent of ancient Roman games: editor superior: A-one, arrogant, best, better, boss, chief, choice, condescending, deluxe, dominant, elder, elevated, elite, exalted, exceeding, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, fine, greater, haughty, head, higher, higher up, insolent, marvelous, noteworthy, outstanding, predominant, preeminent, premium, senior, snobbish, supercilious, superlative, surpassing, transcendent, upper, uppity superior in influence: preponderant superior in rank, status, value: superordinate superior of a convent: abbess superlative: best, exaggerated, excellent, excessive, greatest, highest, optimum, outstanding, peak, peerless, supreme, unequaled, unmatched, unsurpassed, utmost superlative suffix: -est supernatural: abnormal, celestial, divine, extraordinary, magic, miraculous, mystic, mystical, mythical, occult, paranormal, phenomenal, preternatural, psychic, spiritual, superhuman, transcendental, uncanny supernatural force, manifestation of: epiphany, revelation, visitation supernatural or beyond normal experience or explanation: paranormal
supernatural phenomena, study of: parapsychology supernatural powers: clairvoyance, cryptesthesia, ESP, extrasensory perception supernatural powers, having: clairvoyant, psychic, visionary supernatural practices, techniques: occult supernumerary: extra supersede: abandon, discard, displace, override, replace, succeed, supplant superstition: fear, idolatry, irrationality, magic, notion, voodoo superstitious belief or story of traditional folklore: old wives' tale supervise: administer, boss, check, conduct, direct, govern, guide, inspect, manage, monitor, oversee, regulate, superintend supervision: care, control, guidance, management, oversight supervisor: administrator, boss, chief, foreman, forewoman, manager, overseer supine: abject, apathetic, flat, horizontal, inactive, inattentive, inclined, indifferent, indolent, inert, languid, lethargic, listless, passive, prone, prostrate, reclining, sloping, sluggish supplant: depose, displace, eject, oust, overthrow, remove, replace, substitute, succeed, supersede, undermine, usurp supple: adaptable, agile, bendable, compliant, elastic, flexible, graceful, limber, lissom, lissome, lithe, malleable, nimble, plastic, pliable, pliant, resilient, springy, stretchy, versatile, yielding supplement: accessory, add, addendum, addition, additive, annex, appendix, attachment, augment, complement, eke, enhance, extend, reinforce, rider, strengthen, subsidize supplemental: adscititious, auxiliary, derivative, supporting suppliant: asker, beggar, beseeching, petitioner, seeker, solicitor, suitor supplicant appearing in early art: orant supplication: appeal, entreaty, petition, plea, prayer, request, solicitation supply: afford, aid, cache, cater, contribute, endue, equip, feed, fulfill, fund, furnish, give, help, hoard, inventory, load, lode, nourish, outfit, produce, provide, provision, purvey,
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SUPPLY COMMENTARY FOR - S U R G I C A L METHOD TO CLOSE WOUND, JOIN TISSU ES reinforce, relief, replace, replenish, reserve, reservoir, satisfy, source, stock, stockpile, store, yield supply commentary for: annotate supply food: cater supply oxygen: aerate supply to excess: surfeit supply, endless: cornucopia supply, to re-: replenish support: abet, abutment, adminicle, advocate, aid, alimony, anchor, assist, assistance, back, backing, base, beam, bear, bolster, boost, brace, buoy, buttress, carry, champion, cheer, cherish, column, comfort, confirm, console, corroborate, countenance, crutch, defend, embrace, encourage, endorse, endure, foster, foundation, friendship, help, hinge, keep, lift, living, maintain, nourish, nurture, patronize, pedestal, pillar, plint, post, prop, protect, protection, provide, reinforce, relief, sanction, second, shield, shore, side, stay, strengthen, subsidize, subsidy, substantiate, sustain, tolerate, tripod, trivet, uphold, verify, vindicate support a cause: advance, advocate, champion, commend, espouse, propound support a new cause: proselytize support and sponsorship: patronage support and unity of group: solidarity support beam, heavy: pile support financially: finance, patronize, sponsor, subsidize support for lever that balances, lifts, moves: fulcrum support for statue, column: pedestal, plinth support for wood in fireplace: andiron, firedog support from below: sustain, undergird, underpin support or back up: confirm, corroborate, prove, substantiate, verify, vouch for support or prop up: bolster, brace, buttress, reinforce support or protection: aegis, auspices, patronage, sponsorship support to ex-spouse: alimony, maintenance support, financial: subsidy, subvention support, one relying on another for: dependent support, surgical: truss support, upright: stanchion supporter: abettor, abider, adherent, advocate, ally, bearer, booster, brace, exponent, follower, patron, proponent, seconder, suspender supporter or pioneer, early: apostle supporter or sympathizer: fellow traveler supporter, athletic: jock, jockstrap supporter, enthusiastic: aficionado, devotee, fan supporter, enthusiastic cause: partisan, true believer supporter, enthusiastic religious: votary supporter, financial: angel, backer, patron, sponsor supporter, hardworking: henchman, myrmidon, stalwart supporters or patrons, group of: constituency supporting: aiding, ancillary, auxiliary, collateral, corroborative supporting balcony or cornice, bracket or block: cantilever supporting beam: girder supporting column, in man's form: telamon supporting structure of bridge or arch: pier suppose: allow, assume, believe, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, daresay, deem, expect, expectation, imagine, imply, intention, judge, opine, presume, suspect, think, understand suppose from incomplete evidence: conjecture supposed: alleged, assumed, conjectural, hypothetical, putative, reputed, supposititious, theoretical supposition: assumption, conjecture, estimation, hypothesis, idea, implication, notion, postulate, proposition, surmise, theory suppository: pessary suppress: abolish, arrest, bridle, censor, check, choke, compose, conceal, crush, destroy, elide, exclude, extinguish, harass, hide, hugger-mugger, keep, keep back, kill, oppress, overpower, overthrow, prevent, prohibit, quash, quell, refrain, restrain, scotch, silence, smother, squelch, stifle, stop, stunt, subdue, withhold supremacy: ascendancy, authority, control, dominance, domination, dominion, mastery, power, predominance, sovereignty, sway supreme: best, chief, crucial, excellent, foremost, greatest, highest, last, maximum, paramount, peerless, preeminent, superb, ultimate, utmost supreme good: summum bonum surcease: cessation, defer, delay, desist, let up, postpone, refrain, respite, rest, stay, stop surcharge: burden, impost, overcharge, tax sure: assured, certain, confident, convinced, definite, dependable, enduring, fast, firm, indisputable, indubitable, inevitable, infallible, positive, reliable, rue, safe, secure, stable, steadfast, steady, strong, trustworthy, undoubted, unerring, unfailing, unfaltering sureness: certitude surety: assurance, bail, certainty, confidence, guarantee, guarantor, pledge, sponsor, surity surf crashing on shore, roar of: rote surf-n-turf item: fish, steak surface: area, boundary, exterior, face, finish, outside, pave, skin, texture, top, veneer surface depression: crater, dent surface elegance: veneer surface of a liquid, curved: meniscus surface of gemstone, bone, tooth: facet surface of substance, accumulation on: adsorption surface, aged: burnish, patina surface, break up: scarify surface, on or near: superficial surfeit: cloy, excess, glut, overabundance, overindulge, replete, sate, satiate, satiation, satiety, satisfy, superfluity, supply surge: billow, pour, rise, rush, swell, tide, wave surgery by freezing: cryosurgery surgery of physical appearance: cosmetic surgery, plastic surgery surgery on animals for research: vivisection surgery, bone and muscle: orthopedics surgery, breast removal: mastectomy surgical cut: incision surgical cutting for removal: ablation, amputation, excision, extirpation surgical cutting or dividing of tissue: section surgical knife: bistoury, scalpel surgical method to close wound, join tissues: suture
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SURGICAL PROCEDURE REMOVING ALL OR PART OF THE BREAST - SURVEY
surgical procedure removing all or part of the breast: mastectomy surgical procedure removing all or part of the uterus: hysterectomy surgical procedure using a dilator to expand cervix and a curette to scrape uterus: D&C, dilation and curettage surgical replacement with artificial part: prosthesis surgical thread: ligature, seton surly: bearish, boorish, churlish, crabby, cross, crusty, discourteous, dour, glum, grouchy, gruff, grumpy, haughty, illhumored, irritable, morose, rude, sour, sulky, sullen, testy, uncivil surmise: assumption, attempt, believe, conclude, conclusion, conjecture, deduction, deem, guess, hypothesize, imagine, infer, inference, judge, notion, opinion, presume, speculation, suppose surmount: ascend, best, clear, climb, conquer, defeat, exceed, excel, hurdle, leap, master, outdo, overcome, prevail, rise, scale, subdue, surpass, top, transcend, triumph, vanquish surname: cognomen, family name surname of father's side: patronymic surname of mother's side: matronymic surpass: beat, best, better, cap, eclipse, exceed, excel, outclass, outdo, outlive, outpace, outperform, outrank, outreach, outrun, outshine, overshadow, surmount, top, transcend, trump surplus: excess, extra, leftover, over, overage, overflow, overstock, oversupply, plethora, remainder, reserve, spare, superfluity, surfeit surplus merchandise: overage surplus store: outlet surprise: alann, amaze, ambush, astonish, astound, bewilder, blow, bombshell, confound, curveball, dazzle, dumbfound, electrify, flabbergast, floor, fluster, miracle, nonplus, overcome, overwhelm, perplex, rattle, rivet, seize, shock, stagger, startle, storm, stun, unexpected, unsettle, wonder surprise acquisition: trouvaille surprise and confuse: disconcert, disorient, dumbfound, nonplus surprise attack: ambush, coup de main, raid surprise during wrongdoing, by: in flagrante delicto, red-handed
SURGICAL OPERATIONS
amniocentesis apicectomy appendectomy/appendicectomy arterioplasty autograft/autoplasty cesarean section cholecystectomy cholelithotomy colostomy cordotomy craniotomy cryosurgery cystectomy D & C/dilatation and curettage debridement episiotomy fenestration gastrectomy goniopuncture hepatectomy homograft/allograft/homoplasty hysterectomy ileostomy iridectomy labioplasty laparotomy laryngectomy lithonephrotomy/nephrolithotomy lobotomy/leukotomy mastectomy necrotomy nephrectomy neurotomy oophorectomy/ovariectomy orchidectomy/orchiectomy/ testectomy ostectomy otoplasty phlebotomy/venesection pneumonectomy rhinoplasty rhizotomy salpingectomy thoracotomy tracheostomy/tracheotomy vasectomy W surprise, shocking: bolt from the blue, bombshell, thunderclap surprise, take by: ambush, waylay surprise, taken by: caught napping, caught unawares, taken off guard surprised: amazed, startled, taken aback surprised and skeptical: disbelieving, incredulous
surprised, shocked: aghast, appalled, horrified surprised, totally: flabbergasted, stunned, stupefied, thunderstruck surprising character or event in plot: deus ex machina surrender: abandon, acquiesce, capitulate, capitulation, cede, cession, concede, fall, foresake, relinquish, resign, submission, submit, succumb, vacate, waive, yield surrender or relinquish: waiver surrender or yield: capitulate, concede, submit surrender possession of: cede surrender without protest: acquiesce, kowtow, succumb surrender, of absolute: unconditional surreptitious: clandestine, concealed, covert, hidden, secret, sneaky, stealthy, undercover surrogate: alternate, backup, delegate, deputy, expedient, proxy, replacement, substitute surround: belt, beset, besiege, border, cincture, circle, circumscribe, circumvent, compass, corral, embosom, encase, encircle, enclose, encompass, engulf, envelop, environ, gird, hedge, hem in, inundate, invest, loop, ring, round, wrap surround and include: comprise, embrace, encompass surrounded by land: landlocked surrounding: ambient surrounding area: environs, outskirts, precincts, purlieus, vicinity surrounding area of influence: ambit, compass, milieu, orbit, scope, sphere surrounding band orridge:cingulum surroundings: ambience, area, atmosphere, climate, conditions, environment, environs, milieu, neighborhood, region, setting, vicinity surroundings, adapt to: acclimatize surveillance: espial, lookout, observation, spying, stakeout, track, vigil, watch survey: analysis, assess, audit, canvass, compendium, consider, description, estimate, evaluate, examination, examine, exposition, gauge, inspect, inspection, measure, oversee, overview, poll, prospect, questionnaire, recce, reconnoiter, review, sample, scan, scrutinize, search, study, summarize, view
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SURVEY FOR INFORMATION GATHERING - SWEAR WORD survey for information gathering: reconnaissance survey of subject: conspectus survey's printed form: questionnaire surveyor's instruments: alidade, azimuth, level, range pole, tachymeter, target, tellurometer, theodolite, transit, vane surveyor's map: plat surveyor's mark of reference point: bench mark survival: continuation, endurance, relic survival of the fittest: natural selection survive: continue, endure, exist, outlast, outlive, persevere, persist, remain, weather survive and continue: subsist surviving: extant, left over, remaining, residual, vestigial surviving independently, capable of: viable surviving item of history: artifact, relic, remnant susceptibility or tendency toward something: predisposition susceptible: affected, allergic, exposed, gullible, impressionable, inclined, influenced, liable, naive, open, prone, receptive, responsive, sensible, sensitive, subject, vulnerable suspect: accused, believe, disbelieve, discredit, distrust, doubt, doubtful, dubious, fishy, guess, imagine, mistrust, presume, question, questionable, shaky, suppose, surmise, suspicious, theorize, think, uncertain, understand, wonder suspend: adjourn, bar, cease, dangle, debar, defer, delay, discontinue, eliminate, expel, halt, hang, hold, hover, interrupt, postpone, shelve, stop, swing, table, waive, withhold suspenders: braces, bretelles, galluses, garters, straps, supporters suspense: anticipation, anxiety, apprehension, doubtful, mystery, tension, uncertainty, unease, worry suspense, in: anxious, on tenterhooks suspenseful last episode: cliffhanger suspension: abeyance, delay, halt, intermission, interruption, moratorium, pause, postponement, remission, stay, stop, stoppage, termination suspension of fine particles in fluid: colloid suspension of liquid within liquid: emulsion suspension of operation, temporary: abeyance suspension of pain or punishment, temporary: reprieve suspension of particles: dispersion suspension or delay as a protest: moratorium suspicion: apprehension, caution, concern, distrust, doubt, feeling, hint, hunch, inkling, intimation, jealousy, misgiving, mistrust, notion, shade, skepticism, surmise, tinge, touch, trace, uncertainty, uneasiness suspicion, clear of: vindicate suspicion, dispel: allay suspicious: distrustful, doubtful, equivocal, farfetched, fishy, leery, mistrustful, questionable, shady, shaky, skeptical, suspect, wary suspicious, being: chary, distrustful, doubting, leery, skeptical, wary suspicious, overly: paranoid sustain: abet, abide, back, bear, bolster, brace, comfort, confirm, console, contain, continue, corroborate, encourage, endure, experience, feed, foster, help, maintain, nourish, nurture, preserve, prolong, prop, strengthen, suffer, supply, support, survive, tolerate, undergo, uphold, withstand sustenance: aliment, bread, living, maintenance, means, meat, nourishment, nutrition, provisions, subsistence, support, upkeep suture: joint, line, seam, sew, stitch svelte: graceful, lean, lissome, lithe, shapely, slender, slim, smooth, thin, trim swab: clean, cotton, daub, mop, sailor, specimen, sponge, wash, wipe swaddle: bandage, bind, restrain, restrict, swathe, warp, wrap swag: booty, bundle, curtain, decoration, festoon, graft, loot, money, plunder, spoils swagger: bluster, boast, boasting, brag, braggadocio, browbeat, bully, gasconade, gloat, hector, parade, pontificate, prance, sashay, strut, swank, swash, swashbuckle, swell swallow: absorb, accept, bear, believe, take, tolerate, withdraw swallow food or drink: chugalug, consume, devour, down, drink, eat, engulf, gulp, guzzle, imbibe, ingest, inhale, quaff, sip, swig, swill swallowing: deglutition swallowing difficulty: aphagia swamp: deluge, engulf, flood, inundate, mire, overcome, overwhelm, saturate, submerge swamp area: bayou, bog, everglades, fen, glade, marsh, marshland, mire, moor, morass, moss, muck, muskeg, quagmire, slough, slue, swale, vlei swamp atmosphere: miasma swamp gas: effluvium, methane swamp, concerning a: paludial, paludinal, paludious swamps, tree flourishing in: mangrove swan family: anatidae swan genus: cygnus, olor swan, female: pen swan, male: cob swan, young: cygnet swanky: chic, chichi, classy, elegant, exclusive, fancy, flashy, glamorous, luxurious, plush, posh, smart, snappy, snazzy, spiffy swap: barter, exchange, substitute, switch, trade swarm: army, assemble, congregate, crowd, drove, flock, group, horde, infest, mass, migrate, move, multitude, myriad, overrun, pack, pullulate, rush, shin, teem, throng, turnout swarthy: dark, dark-skinned, darkish, dusky, swart swashbuckler: adventurer, buccaneer, daredevil, pirate, ruffian, soldier, swordsman swastika: fylfot, gammadion, hakenkreuz swat: bash, bat, beat, belt, blow, hit, slug, smack, smash, strike, wallop, whack swathe: bandage, bind, cover, drape, enfold, swaddle, wrap sway: affect, authority, bend, bias, clout, command, control, direct, divert, dominance, dominion, fluctuate, fluctuation, oscillate, undulate, vacillate swear: adjure, affirm, assert, attest, avow, declare, oath, pledge, promise, testify, threat, vouch, vow; blaspheme, curse, cuss, expletive swear word: epithet, expletive, oath, profanity
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SWEAT - SWOLLEN
sweat: emit, excrete, ooze, perspiration, perspire, seep, sudor, swelter, transude sweat gland: eccrine gland sweat-inducing: diaphoretic, sudorific sweat-odor mask: deodorant sweat, excessive: diaphoresis, hidrosis, sudation sweat, smelly: bromidrosis, kakidrosis sweater, collarless and buttoning: cardigan sweater, long baggy: sloppy joe sweaty: clammy, dripping, perspiring, soaked, sticky, wet Sweden capital: Stockholm sweep: bend, broom, brush, clean, compass, curve, dart, extend, extent, fly, glide, oar, orbit, range, remove, scope, scour, search, span, stretch, swoop, traverse, vacuum, whisk, zoom sweeping: broad, complete, comprehensive, embracing, extensive, general, inclusive, large-scale, radical, vast, widespread sweet: affectionate, agreeable, ambrosial, angelic, aromatic, attractive, beloved, candy, charming, confection, considerate, darling, dear, delectable, dessert, dulet, euphenic, fragrant, fresh, gentle, harmonious, heavenly, honeyed, kind, lovable, lovely, luscious, mellifluous, musical, pleasant, pleasing, pretty, scented, soothing, sugary, syrupy, thoughtful, wholesome, winsome sweet potato: oca, ocarino, yam sweet-smelling: fragrant sweet-sounding: dulcet, euphonious, mellifluous, melodious sweet talk: blarney, cajolery, coax, compliment, flattery sweet, excessively: cloying, saccharine sweeten: alleviate, appease, cleanse, conciliate, disinfect, enhance, freshen, honey, increase, mull, pacify, perfume, relieve, renew, soften, soothe, sugar, sugarcoat sweetener, artificial: aspartame, cyclamate, saccharin sweetheart: adorer, beau, boyfriend, companion, darling, dear, deary, doll, dreamboat, fianc, fiance, flame, girlfriend, honey, inamorata, inamorato, ladylove, lass, love, lover, paramour, rose, suitor, swain, truelove, valentine
sweets: candy, confectionery, desserts, goodies, preserves, sweetmeats swell: accumulate, amplify, augment, awesome, balloon, bilge, billow, bloat, bulge, bulk, dandy, dilate, distend, enlarge, excellent, expand, extend, fabulous, fashionable, fine, good, grand, groovy, grow, heave, huff, increase, inflate, intensify, keen, marvelous, nifty, protuberance, puff, rise, stylish, super, surf, surge, terrific, wave, wonderful swelling: abscess, boil, bubo, bulge, bump, contusion, corn, distention, edema, gibbous, growth, inflammation, intumescence, lump, node, puffiness, sty, tumefaction, tumor, wart swelling in body tissues: edema swelling in brain: hydrocephalus swelling of an organ or part, natural: apophysis swelling of lymph node: bubo swelling of mucous membrane: polyp swelling or knot: node, nodule, tubercle, tuberosity swelling, reduction in: detumescence swelter: boil, burn, fret, heat, languish, perspire, roast, stew, suffocate, sweat, wallow sweltering: airless, burning, hot, humid, muggy, oppressive, scorching, sizzling, sticky, stifling, sultry, torrid swerve: avert, deflect, deviate, digress, diverge, sheer, shift, sidestep, skew, stray, totter, turn, veer swift: barrelling, brisk, expeditious, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, headlong, meteoric, prompt, pronto, quick, rapid, ready, reel, snappy, speedy, sudden swig: draft, drink, gulp, guzzle, hoist, nip, swash, sway swill: drench, drink, fill, flood, garbage, guzzle, mash, raft, rinse, slop, swash, wash swim: abound, dip, float, paddle, reel, spin, wade swimming: bathing, dizziness, floating, natation swimming pool, indoor: natatorium swimming stroke: back, breast, butterfly, crawl, dogpaddle, freestyle, side, trudgen swimming underwater with equipment: skin diving swimming with both legs kicking: scissors kick
swimming, dancelike: synchronized swimming swindle: bamboozle, bilk, blackmail, bunco, cheat, con, con game, deceive, defraud, dupe, embezzle, fake, flimflam, fool, fraud, gip, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, scam, shakedown, sham, shell game, skin game, spoof, steal, trick, victimize swindle, money: defalcation, embezzlement, peculation swindler: charlatan, cheat, chiseler, crook, finagler, forger, grifter, highbinder, imposter, knave, mountebank, rogue, scammer, shark, thief swine: beast, boar, boars, brute, hog, pig, sow swing: beat, dangle, fluctuate, flutter, handle, hang, knack, lurch, manage, maneuver, move, oscillate, pivot, rhythm, rock, rotate, stroke, suspend, sway, swivel, tempo, totter, trapeze, turn, undulate, vibrate, waver, whip, whirl, wobble swing branch to branch: brachiate swing to and fro: oscillate, waver swinging: pendulous swinging lever: pendulum swipe: bash, blow, cop, filch, heist, hit, lever, lift, pilfer, snatch, steal, strike, swat swirl: churn, curl, curve, eddy, roil, rotate, spin, turn, twirl, twist, whirl, whirlpool swish: cane, classy, flog, hiss, posh, rustle, smart, sound, strike, swank, trendy, whip switch: change, divert, exchange, rearrange, reversal, shift, sidetrack, substitute, swap, transfer, turn, turnabout switch activated by electric signal: relay switch, magnetic assembly used as a: solenoid switch, to release a: trip Switzerland's largest city: Zurich swivel: pivot, rotate, spin, swing, turn, whirl swiveling ball or wheel on furniture leg: caster swollen: bloated, blown, bombastic, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, distended, enlarged, increased, inflamed, inflated, overblown, paunch, pompous, protuberant, puffy, tumescent, tumid, turgid, ventricular
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SWOON - SYMPTOMS OF A D I S E A S E , STUDY OF
swoon: blackout, coma, ecstacy, fade, faint, float, languish, overwhelmed, sleep, stupor, syncope swoop: descend, dive, drop, grab, plummet, plunge, pounce, sweep sword: bilbo, blade, brand, broadsword, claymore, creese, cutlass, dagger, dirk, dris, pe, falchion, foil, hanbger, rapier, saber, sabre, scimitar, toledo, weapon, yalaghan sword belt worn across chest: baldric sword blade, strong part of: forte sword blade, weak part of: foible sword combatant, ancient: gladiator sword diagonally across body, carry: port sword handle: haft, hilt sword knob: pommel sword-shaped: ensate, ensiform, gladiate, xiphoid sword with one cutting edge: backsword sword, pierce or stab lightly with: pink swordsman: dueler, fencer, gladiator sworn: affirmed, avowed, bound, confirmed sworn statement: affidavit, deposition, oath sworn written statement: affidavit sybarite: epicure, hedonist, sensualist, voluptuary sycophant: bootlicker, brownnoser, fawner, flatterer, flunky, hanger on, lackey, parasite, stooge, toady, yesman syllable added to beginning of word: prefix syllable added to end of word: suffix syllable added to middle of word: infix syllable deleted: apocope syllable deleted at end: catalectic syllable second to last: antepenult syllable with an ictus: stress syllable, accented: arsis syllable, alphabet of characters with each representing a: syllabary syllable, last: ultima syllable, next to last: penult syllable, of a stressed: accented, nuclear, tonic syllable, omission of unstressed: elision syllable, short: apocope, breve, elision, mora, systole syllable, third from last in word: antepenult syllable, unaccented: atonic syllables for musical warmup: solfeggio, solmization
syllables into one, contraction of two: syneresis, synizesis syllabus: abstract, compendium, digest, outline, plan, precis, program, statement, summary, synopsis sylvan: forestlike, rustic, shady, wooded, woodsy, woody sylvan deity: satyr symbol: attribute, badge, breve, bullet, cedilla, centered dot, character, circumflex, creed, cross, dagger, diaeresis, diagram, dieresis, diesis, double dagger, em dash, emblem, en dash, figure, fist, gesture, hacek, hand, hieroglyph, icon, image, index, indication, letter, logo, macron, mark, mascot, motif, numeral, obelisk, paragraph mark, representation, sign, stamp, token, totem, trademark, type, umlaut, wedge symbol &: ampersand symbol *: asterisk symbol A: caret symbol and its meaning: denotation symbol in heraldry, embroidery: device symbol in music, math, programming: notation symbol of a company: logo, logotype symbol of ancient Egyptian writing: hieroglyph symbol of publisher on title page: colophon symbol of upside-down e for pronunciation: schwa symbol on a staff indicating pitch of notes: clef symbol representing abstract idea: emblem symbol representing idea or thing rather than sound: ideogram, ideograph symbol representing word or phrase: logogram, logograph symbol system for road signs: pasigraphy symbol system for sounds and meanings, ancient: hieroglyphics symbol used to represent a word, like @: grammalogue symbol written above script: superscript symbol written below script: subscript symbol ~ representing word or word element previously spelled out: swung dash symbol, nonverbal: glyph symbol, venerated: totem symbolic: emblematic, figurative, totemic
symbolic protection: security blanket symbolic representation: allegory symbolize: connote, emblemize, embody, epitomize, express, illustrate, mean, mirror, personify, represent, signify, suggest, typify symbolize as something concrete or living: hypostatize, personify, reify symbols and pictures, puzzle of: rebus symbols and signs and what they represent, study of relationship between: semantics, semiotics symbols in painting and poetry, use of: imagery symmetrical: balanced, commensurable, equal, proportional, regular symmetry: agreement, balance, beauty, conformity, congruity, equilibrium, evenness, harmony, order, proportion, rhythm sympathetic: affectionate, altruistic, amenable, attuned, benignant, caring, comforting, compassionate, condolent, congenial, consonant, friendly, humane, kind, on the same page, on the same wavelength, pitying, responsive, sensitive, soft, tender, thoughtful, understanding, wann sympathize: commiserate, condole, empathize, feel for, pity, support, understand sympathy: accord, affinity, agreement, comfort, commiseration, compassion, condolence, empathy, favor, harmony, kindheartedness, kindness, mercy, pity, sensitivity, solace, sorrow, support, tenderness, understanding, warmth sympathy and understanding: empathy, fellow feeling sympathy for person in pain: commiseration, condolence sympathy or pity, feelings of: pathos sympathy, arousing: pathetic symphony: band, concert, harmony, music, orchestra symposium: banquet, conference, debate, discussion, forum, meeting, parley symptom: ache, evidence, fever, indication, mark, sign, signal, syndrome, token, warning symptom of attack or disease, early: prodrome symptom of disease or condition: syndrome symptoms of a disease, study of: symptomatology
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SYMPTOMS, HYSTERIA-CAUSED - SYSTEMATIZE
symptoms, hysteria-caused: mimesis symptoms, not manifesting: subclinical synagogue: assembly, building, church, community, congregation, religion, schul, shul synagogue area from which services are conducted: almemar, bema synagogue singer: cantor synchronize: agree, coincide, concur, simultaneous synchronized lamp: strobe synchronous: coexistent, concomitant, concurrent, contemporary, identical, simultaneous syncopated early form of jazz: ragtime syndicate: alliance, association, cartel, chain, coalition, committee, company, conglomerate, council, gang, group, organization, pool, ring, trust, union syndrome: ailment, condition, disease, disorder, malady, problem, sickness, symptom synod: assembly, body, committee, conclave, convocation, council, meeting synonym book: thesaurus synonymous: alike, correspondent, equivalent, identical, interchangeable, like, similar
synopsis: abridgement, abstract, aperu, brief, compendium, digest, epitome, outline, plan, prcis, review, rundown, summary, syllabus, view synopsis of a process: schema synopsis of dramatic plot: scenario syntax: arrangement, order, pattern, rules, structure, system syntax of words: collocation synthesis: blend, combination, composition, deduction, forming, organization, structure, union, whole synthesis of parts that constitute a whole not derived by a simple sum of the parts: gestalt synthesize: amalgamate, blend, combine, fuse, incorporate, integrate, manufacture synthetic: artificial, constructed, contrived, ersatz, fabricated, man-made, manufactured, nylon, Orion, prepared, unnatural syphillis lesion: chancre syphillis, concerning: luetic, syphilitic syringe, skin-injection: hypodermic syrup: glucose, molasses, sorghum, sweetness, treacle syrup of pomegranate for flavoring cordials: grenadine system: aggregation, arrangement, classification, code, hypothesis, man-
ner, method, network, operation, order, orderliness, organization, pattern, philosophy, plan, procedure, process, regimen, routine, rule, scheme, setup, strategy, technique, theory, whole system of diet, exercise, etc.: regimen system of fifteenth through nineteenth century Europe, political and economic: feudal system, feudalism system of government: regime system of inflections, syntax, and word formation of language: grammar system of morals: ethics system of phonetic notation for hearing-impaired: visible speech system of symbols: notation system, archetypical example as model for: paradigm system, inevitable deterioration of a: entropy systematic: analytical, businesslike, designed, efficient, logical, methodical, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, standardized systematic procedure of natural phenomenon: regimen systematize: alphabetize, arrange, catalog, classify, design, methodize, order, organize, plan, rationalize
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tab: account, bill, check, cost, invoice, price, record, score, statement, tally; bookmark, clip, flap, label, loop, strip, tag tabernacle: church, habitation, house of prayer, niche, reliquary, sanctuary, shelter, shrine, temple, tent table: appendix, chart, graph, index, list, record, schedule, spread, synopsis, tabulation; bench, buffet, console, counter, desk, escritoire, furniture, lectern, secretary, sideboard, slab, stand; defer, delay, shelve table of chemical elements: periodic table table or column arrangement, concerning: tabular table wine: claret, ros, vin ordinaire table with hinged sides or ends: dropleaf table table, insertion to increase size of: leaf table, sideboard or buffet: credenza table, thick rectangular with block legs: Parsons table tableau: description, illustration, image, picture, scene, view tables, graduated stacking: nest tablet: book, notebook, pad, plaque, slab, slate; capsule, lozenge, medicine, pastille, pellet, pill, troche tableware: bowl, China, cup, dish, dishes, disk, flatware, fork, glass, knife, plate, saucer, silver, silverware, spoon, utensils taboo: anathema, ban, forbidden, illegal, ineffable, interdiction, no-no, outlaw, prohibited, proscribed, regulation, restraint, restriction, unacceptable, unmentionable tabulate: arrange, categorize, chart, classify, figure, grade, index, list, order, rank
tacit: allusive, implicit, implied, inferred, intimated, silent, suggested, understood, unexpressed, unspoken taciturn: aloof, close-mouthed, laconic, mute, quiet, reserved, reticent, silent, speechless, unexpressive, unvocal, withdrawn tack on: add, append, brad, fasten, link, nail, pin, secure, thumbtack tackle: accoutrements, apparatus, collar, derrick, equipment, gear, harness, linesman, material, outfit, paraphernalia, rigging, sack, tack, tools tackle, to: attack, attempt, encounter, grapple, grasp, secure, undertake tacky: adhesive, cheap, cheesy, crude, dowdy, gaudy, grubby, messy, ragged, ratty, shabby, slovenly, sticky, tasteless, unkempt, untidy, vulgar tact: acumen, adroitness, delicacy, diplomacy, discernment, discretion, discrimination, finesse, judgment, perception, poise, refinement, savoir faire, sensitivity, smoothness, suavity tact and refinement: finesse tact in saying or doing right thing: savoir faire tactful: careful, considerate, diplomatic, discreet, judicious, polished, politic, prudent, sensitive, skillful, suave, thoughtful tactic: gambit, ploy, stratagem tactical: approach, attack, diplomatic, expedient, maneuver, plan, policy, prudent, strategy, technique tactless: brash, careless, clumsy, crude, discourteous, gruff, impolite, inconsiderate, indiscreet, insensitive, rude, thoughtless, undiplomatic tag: accompany, add, affix, append, attach, badge, brand, designate, dog, fasten, flap, follow, game, identify,
label, logo, mark, motto, nickname, pursue, shadow, sticker, strip, stub, tab, tail, ticket, title, touch, voucher tail: appendage, back, backside, bottom, butt, buttocks, cauda, coda, conclusion, end, extremity, follow, last, posterior, pursue, rear, retinue, rudder, seat, shadow, stalk, tag tail adapted for grabbing, of a: prehensile tail of airplane: empennage tail of some animals, bushy tip of: switch tail, bushy: brush, bush tail, clipped or bobbed animal: dock tail, concerning a: caudal, caudate tail, distinctly shaped or marked: flag tail, fleshy part of animal: dock tail, stubby erect: scut tailless: acaudal tailor: adapt, adjust, alter, conform, design, fashion, modify, sew, shape, style; clothier, dressmaker, sartor, seamster, seamstress tailor, concerning a: sartorial tails on coin or medal: reverse, verso taint: blemish, blow, blur, cloud, color, contaminate, corrupt, damage, decay, defile, dirty, discredit, disgrace, harm, hurt, imbue, infect, poison, pollute, ruin, smear, smudge, soil, spoil, spot, stain, stigma, sully, tarnish, tinge, tint, touch, trace, vitiate take: absorb, accept, accompany, adopt, affirm, apprehend, appropriate, attach, attack, attain, attempt, attract, avail, bear, bilk, booty, borrow, buy, captivate, capture, carry, catch, charm, cheat, choose, commandeer, conduct, confiscate, contract, convey, deceive, deduce, deduct, defraud, derive, detract, draw, enchant, endure, engage,
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TAKE ABACK - TAME
extract, fascinate, gate, get, grab, grasp, grip, gross, gyp, haul, have, income, infer, kidnap, nab, net, obtain, pilfer, plunder, pocket, prefer, proceeds, profit, quantity, receipts, remove, revenue, rick, root, secure, seize, select, share, snare, snatch, steal, stomach, strike, submit, subtract, swallow, swindle, swipe, tolerate, touch, transport, trap, try, undergo, understand, usurp, win, withstand take aback: astonish, overwhelm, startle, surprise take advantage of: capitalize on, deceive, dupe, exploit, fool, hoodwink, use take after: copy, emulate, follow, imitate, resemble, simulate take apart: analyze, destroy, disassemble, dismantle, dismember, dismount, dissect, ruin, thrash, undo take away: belittle, decrease, deduct, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, lessen, minus, reduce, seize, subtract take away parts to repair another piece of equipment: cannibalize take away possession: expropriate take back: abjure, recall, recant, renege, repossess, restore, retract, return, reverse, withdraw take back a statement: disavow, recant, retract, revoke take care of: do for, foster, heed, mind, nurse, see to, tend, watch take charge of: manage, operate take down: disassemble, dismantle, humble, lower, note, record, reduce, transcribe take exception: demur, disfavor, object, oppose, resent take for oneself without permission: appropriate, arrogate take-home pay: net, stipend take in: absorb, accept, comprehend, digest, earn, embrace, grasp, include, inhale, see, understand, welcome take notice: heed, note, observe, recognize, regard take off: decamp, depart, doff, flee, hightail, leave, lessen, pare, remove, sail, strip, vamoose take on: accept, acquire, add, adopt, assume, attack, battle, embrace, engage, face, fight, hire, oppose, shoulder, tackle, undertake take on, as debt: incur
take over: commandeer, have, overthrow, seize, usurp take pains: attempt, endeavor, strive take place: happen, occur, supervene take stock: appraise, audit, check, enumerate, examine, inventory, review, study, survey take turns: alternate, rotate, share take under advisement: consider take up: adopt, commence, elevate, embrace, hoist, lift, occupy, raise, reduce, resume, shorten, start, tackle takeoff: ascent, burlesque, caricature, climb, departure, imitation, lampoon, launch, mockery, parody, satire, spoof tale: account, anecdote, canard, epic, exaggeration, fable, fabrication, falsehood, fib, fiction, gest, geste, gossip, history, legend, lie, myth, narration, narrative, novel, parable, report, romance, rumor, saga, speech, story, untruth, yarn tale of lament or prophecy of doom: jeremiad tale to teach moral or religious lesson: fable, parable talent: ability, aptitude, aptness, art, attribute, capacity, charisma, endowment, expertise, faculty, feature, flair, forte, genius, gift, inventiveness, knack, nose, passion, performer, power, proficiency, skill, strength talent, developed: bent, facility, flair, knack, penchant talent, natural: aptitude, attribute, endowment, forte, gift, mtier, specialty talented: able, accomplished, adept, artistic, clever, gifted, skilled, smart talented person: prodigy talented, multi-: versatile talisman: amulet, charm, fetish, grigri, jiji, lucky, mascot, rabbit's foot, scarab, symbol, token talk: address, babble, banter, blab, bunk, chat, chatter, chitchat, colloquy, communicate, confer, conference, confess, consult, conversation, converse, council, debate, dialect, dialogue, discourse, discuss, discussion, express, gab, gabble, gossip, hearsay, huddle, inform, interface, interview, jargon, lecture, lingo, meeting, monologue, mumble, negotiate, noise, orate, palaver, patter, powwow, prate, pronounce, rant, rap, rave, reason, report, rumor, sermon,
speak, speech, spiel, symposium, tattle, tongue, utter, verbalize, verbiage, voice, yap talk back: remark, reply, sass talk big: boast, brag, crow, gloat talk evasively: equivocate, hedge, waffle talk to a crowd: address talk to oneself: soliloquize talk under one's breath: mutter talk unfavorably about another: backbite talk, insatiable urge to: cacothes loquendi talk, rapid and incoherent: chatter, drivel, gabble, gibber, jabber, prate talkative: chatty, diffuse, effusive, expansive, flippant, gabby, garrulous, gassy, glib, gossipy, long-winded, loquacious, mouthy, profuse, prolix, rambling, verbose, vocal, voluble, wordy talkative bird: myna talkativeness, excessive: logorrhea talked-about object: conversation piece talker: babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, debater, lecturer, magpie, orator, speaker talker seen on television: talking head talker, constant: blatteroon talking and open: communicative, forthcoming tall: elevated, gangling, giant, grand, great, high, lanky, large, lofty, long, rangy, skyhigh, towering tall building: high rise tallow: fat, smear, suet, wax tally: account, add, agree, catalog, check, correspond, count, counterpart, estimate, grade, itemize, jibe, label, list, mark, match, notch, number, numerate, poll, reckon, reckoning, record, register, score, tab, tabulate, total talon: claw, hook, nail tame: amenable, bland, boring, break, bust, civilized, compliant, conquer, control, cultivated, curb, discipline, docile, domestic, domesticate, domesticated, dominate, dull, gentle, harmless, housebroken, humble, insipid, manage, master, meek, mild, obedient, prune, resigned, servile, subdue, submissive, suppress, timid, tractable, train, unexciting, uninteresting
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TAMPER - TASTY
tamper: alter, bribe, corrupt, fiddle, fix, influence, interfere, intervene, manipulate, meddle, rig, tinker tan: beige, bronze, brown, color, cream, ecru, khaki, sun, sunburn, toast tang: aroma, bite, flavor, hint, nip, odor, pang, pike, piquancy, prong, quality, relish, ring, scent, shank, smack, smattering, sting, taste, tinge, tongue, trace, twang, zest tangible: actual, concrete, corporeal, material, palpable, perceptible, physical, real, solid, substantial, tactile, tactual, touchable, visible tangle: altercation, argument, coil, complicate, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entrap, intertwine, involve, jam, jungle, kink, knot, labyrinth, mat, maze, mesh, muddle, muss, ravel, skein, sleave, snare, snarl, trap, twist, web tank: aquarium, basin, cauldron, cistern, container, jail, pond, pool, receptacle, reservoir, vat, vehicle, weapon tank for solid waste: septic tank tank or well for water: cistern tankard: can, cup, flagon, flask, mug, stein, stoup tantalize: allure, bail, captivate, charm, entice, frustrate, pester, provoke, taunt, tease, tempt, titillate, torment tantamount: alike, comparable, equal, equivalent, identical, parallel, same tantrum: anger, conniption, fit, hissy, outburst, rage, rampage, scene, storm tap monotonously: thrum tap on barrel: faucet, spigot tap, valve regulating: stopcock tape: band, bandage, bind, binding, ribbon, seal, video tape for protecting surfaces during painting: masking tape tape holder: reel tape or material of safety belts: webbing tape recording converting sounds to numbers: digital recording tape recording distortion: flutter, wow taper: abate, acuminate, candle, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, light, narrow, reduce, wick taper off: diminish, fade, recede, subside, wane, weaken tapestry: arras, curtain, dosser, drapery, Gobelin, hanging tapeworm: helminth tapioca source: cassava, manioc
taproom: bar, barroom, lounge, pub, sa- TARGET SPORTS loon, tavern tar: asphalt, gob, mariner, pitch, sailor, archery biathlon salt, seadog, seafarer, seaman, taint, billiards water dog boccie taradiddle: falsehood, lie bowling tardy: behindhand, belated, delayed, dilatory, lagging, late, overdue, recandlepin bowling miss, slack, slow, sluggish, carom billards unpunctual clay pigeon shooting/skeet shooting/ target: aim, ambition, bull's-eye, butt, trapshooting center, destination, goal, intention, croquet mark, object, objective, pigeon, crossbow archery quota, scapegoat, sight, victim curling target with no chance: sitting duck darts target, archery: clout duckpin bowling target's white center: blank, bull's-eye frisbee golf tariff: assessment, charge, commission, golf duty, expense, fee, levy, price, rate, horseshoe pitching schedule, system, tax, toll lawn bowling tarnish: besmirch, blemish, cloud, conpaintball taminate, corrode, corrupt, damage, pistol shooting darken, defile, dim, diminish, dirty, pool discolor, discredit, dull, fade, injure, quoits mar, muddy, smear, smirch, smudge, rifle and target shooting soil, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint shuffleboard skeet shooting tarnish, as reputation: defile skydiving taro plant or root: eddo, elephant ear snooker tarot card fortune-telling: cartomancy trapshooting W tarpaulin: canvas, coat, cover, dropcloth, oilcloth, sailcloth tarry: abide, bide, dally, dawdle, defer, scent, shade, sip, smack, spice, sprindelay, dwell, filibuster, lag, linger, kling, stomach, style, suggestion, lodge, loiter, loll, pause, procrastitang, test, tinge, touch, trace, try, nate, remain, rest, sojourn, stay, visit, yearning, yen, zest wait taste, concerning sense of: gustatory tarsus: ankle taste, having good: discerning, tart: acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, cutdiscriminating ting, girl, pastry, pie, piquant, poitaste, salty or spicy to: savory gnant, prostitute, pungent, sever, taste, sharp and spicy: piquant, tart sharp, snappy, sour, tangy, turnover, taste, sharp or harsh to: acrid, pungent vinegary tasteful: attractive, classy, delectable, Tarzan mate: Jane elegant, exquisite, pleasing, refined, task: assignment, burden, chore, duty, savory, stylish effort, employment, errand, functasteful opulence: elegance tion, job, labor, load, mission, objectasteful workmanship: artistry tive, project, stint, study, tax, test, tasteless: bland, crude, disgusting, dull, toil, undertaking, work flat, flavorless, gross, inelegant, intaskmaster: boss, disciplinarian, driver, sipid, offensive, raunchy, tacky, tawforeman, forewoman, martinet, masdry, unpalatable, unrefined, vapid, ter, monitor, overseer vulgar taste: appetite, bent, bit, bite, dash, tasteless writing: pap delicacy, desire, discernment, eat, eltastes, broad: catholic egance, experience, flair, flavor, tasty: appetizing, delectable, delicious, fondness, gusto, hint, hunger, incliflavorsome, luscious, palatable, nation, judgment, liking, mouthful, sapid, savory, scrumptious, toothnibble, palate, partake, partiality, some, yummy, zestful preference, relish, sample, savor,
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TATTERED - TEEMING
tattered: dilapidated, disheveled, disrupted, frayed, frazzled, ragged, ripped, shabby, shaggy, shredded, squalid, threadbare, torn tattle: babble, blab, chat, chatter, hearsay, leak, prate, prattle, report, snitch, squeal, talk, tell tattletale: bigmouth, blabbermouth, busybody, informer, squealer, stoolie, talebearer, tattler, whistleblower taunt: bait, banter, bother, comeback, crack, deride, gibe, insult, jeer, jibe, mock, needle, offend, provoke, rag, razz, reply, reproach, ridicule, sneer, tease, tempt, torment, twit, upbraid taut: close, drawn, firm, neat, rigid, snug, stiff, strained, stretched, tense, tidy, tight tavern: bar, barroom, bistro, cabaret, drinkery, establishment, inn, lounge, pub, restaurant, roadhouse, saloon, taproom tavern or bar, small, in Spain and Southwestern U.S.: cantina tavern or restaurant, small: bistro, brasserie tawdry: cheap, chintzy, crass, gaudy, gross, pretentious, showy, tacky, tasteless, vulgar tawny: beige, bronze, brown, brownish, dusky, olive, swarthy, tanned tax: accuse, assess, assessment, burden, cess, charge, contribution, custom, demand, deplete, difficulty, drain, dues, duty, excise, exhaust, expense, fee, fine, impost, levy, load, obligation, onus, overload, reproach, settle, strain, stress, tariff, tithe, toll, weight tax deduction from income: withholding tax on commodity within a country: excise tax types: capital gains, cigarette, city, corporation, county, excise, federal, gas, geld, income, inheritance, luxury, property, sales, sin, Social Security, state, tallage, toll tax which others pay, free from a: exempt tax, impose or collect a: levy taxable amount increases, decreasing proportionately as: regressive taxable amount increases, increasing proportionately as: progressive taxes, avoiding paying: evasion taxes, repayment of part of paid: rebate, refund
taxicab: automobile, cab, car, hack, taxi, vehicle taxing: burdensome, demanding, difficult, onerous, tiring, tough, troublesome, trying, wearing tea: beverage, brew, Cha, drink, function, gathering, marijuana, Oolong, party, pekoe, reception, refreshment tea urn: samovar tea variety: Assam, bohea, cambric, Ceylon, Darjeeling, Earl Grey, ginger, ginseng, green, herb, Hyson, jasmine, Oolong, Paraguay, pekoe, sage, sassafras, Souchong, tisane tea, to steep: infuse teach: coach, demonstrate, develop, direct, discipline, drill, edify, educate, enlighten, explain, guide, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, instill, instruct, nurture, preach, prepare, school, show, train, tutor teach forcefully: inculcate, instill teach forcefully new beliefs: brainwash, indoctrinate teach to encourage improvement: edify, enlighten teacher: coach, director, difier, educator, guide, guru, instructor, lecturer, maestro, master, mentor, pedagog, pedagogue, preacher, preceptor, prof, professor, pundit, rabbi, schoolmaster, swami, trainer, tutor teacher, itinerant: peripatetic teacher, narrow-minded: pedagogue teacher, non-faculty: docent teacher, private: tutor teacher, spiritual: guru teaching: curriculum, didactics, discipline, education, instruction, pedagogy, schooling, training, tuition, tutelage; belief, doctrine, philosophy, precept teaching by discovery: heuristics teaching during sleep: hypnopedia teaching for slower learners: remedial teaching reading and spelling based on sound: acoustics, phonics team: alliance, associate, association, ball club, brood, bunch, carriage, clique, club, coalition, collaborate team animal: mascot teammate: ally, collaborator, colleague, couple, crew, flock, foursome, gang, group, join, lineup, merge, pair, partner, partners, rig, side, squad, staff, string, unit, wagon, yoke teapot cover: tea cozy tear: claw, cleave, cut, damage, divide,
fissure, gash, lacerate, rend, rip, rupture, separate, sever, shred, slit, snag, split, sunder tear apart: asunder, rend, rip, rive tear down: demolish, denigrate, destroy, level, raze, ruin, shatter, smash, wreck tear into shreds: tatter teardrop-shaped: guttiform tearful: blubbering, crying, lachrymose, lamenting, maudlin, sad, snively, sobbing, sorrowful, weeping, weepy, whimpering tears, concerning: lachrymal tease: aggravate, annoy, badger, bait, banterer, bedevil, bother, card, chaff, coax, disentangle, disturb, gibe, harass, haze, heckle, importune, irk, irritate, josh, kid, nag, needle, pester, plague, provoke, rag, razz, rib, roast, ruffle, tantalize, taunt, torment, toy, twit, vex, worry tease good-naturedly: josh, rag, rib tease mockingly: gibe, taunt, torment teasing way: persiflage teasing, playful: badinage technical: complicated, industrial, mechanical, scientific, specialized, technological technical knockout: TKO technical vocabulary: jargon, nomenclature, terminology technique: approach, delivery, execution, fashion, formula, manner, method, mode, procedure, style, tactics, way technologically, most advanced: cutting edge technology hater: Luddite technology, biological and medical: bioengineering tedious: arid, bored, boring, boorish, dreary, dry, dull, exhausting, humdrum, irksome, laborious, long, monotonous, prolix, prosaic, prosy, slow, tiresome, tiring, unexciting, uninteresting, wearisome tedium: boredom, dreariness, dullness, ennui, monotony, routine, tediousness teed off: drove, irate, irked, mad, riled, sore teem: abound, abundant, bristle, crawl, drain, empty, fill, full, gush, lead, overflow, pack, pour, produce, prosper, swarm teeming: abounding, abundant, alive,
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TEEN MATURING PHASE - TELLING
TEAM SPORTS
American football/ football Australian-rules football bandy baseball basketball beach volleyball bobsledding Canadian football canoe polo court tennis/royal tennis crew cricket croquet curling cycle polo doubles tennis Eton wall gamefield hockey fives flag football football Gaelic football handball hooverball hurling/hurley ice hockey jai alai kickball korfball lacrosse netball pelota polo pushball relay race roller hockey rounders rugby/royal football shinny/shinty soccer/association football softball speedball stickball stoolball team handball touch football ultimate Frisbee volleyball water polo whiffleball yachting W
bristling, bursting, bustling, crawling, crowded, full, overflowing, plentiful, prolific, replete, rife, swarming teen maturing phase: adolescence teeny: diminutive, microscopic, miniature, minute, small, tiny, wee teeter: dangle, falter, flutter, lurch, quiver, reel, rock, saver, seesaw, stagger, stammer, sway, topple, totter, tremble, vacillate, wobble teeth: canines, cogs, dentures, fangs, grinders, ivories, molars, pearly whites, sprockets, tusks teeth arrangement: dentition teeth fit with closed jaws: occlusion teeth gap: diastema teeth incrustation: tartar teeth replacement, anchored: bridge, bridgework teeth straightening, dentist for: orthodontist teeth string: dental floss teeth with sharp edges: carnassials teeth, false: dentures teeth, film of mucus and bacteria on: plaque teeth, getting two sets of: diphyodont teeth, grind: gnash teeth, person with buck: gubbertush teeth, pronounced gap between: diastema teeth, ridged: serration teeth, spaces between: embrasures teeth, surrounding: periodontal teeth, yellowish deposit of organic particles in salts on: tartar teething: dentition teetotaler: abstainer, prohibitionist telegram: cable, letter, message, wire telegraph signal: cable, dash, dot, Morse, signal, wire telepathy: clairvoyance, cryptesthesia, ESP, extrasensory perception, fore612
sight, insight, precognition, premonition, prescience, second sight, sixth sense, telesthesia telepathy, study of: parapsychology telephone: buzz, call, dial, glass, mouthpiece, ring, telescope telephone book, e.g.: directory telephone inventor: Bell telephone link by computer: modem telephone link for emergencies: 911, hot line telephone part getting incoming signals: receiver telephone part of curved metal clip, oldfashioned: finger stop telephone part of two buttons on cradle, old-fashioned: plungers telephone part that depresses to cut off connection: cradle switch telephone part that vibrates in response to sound: diaphragm, tympanum telephone pound key: octothorpe telephone with television screen: videophone telescope attached to larger one, small: finder telescope building: observatory telescope eyepiece: ocular telescope inventor: Galileo telescope lens nearest object being viewed: objective telescope, small: spyglass telescope's tube within a tube: drawtube television: boob tube, box, cable, console, telly, tube, TV, video television broadcast that is all text: teletext, videotex, viewdata television cabinet: console television captioning for hearing-impaired: closed captioning television cuing device: TelePrompTer television dramatization based on fact: docudrama
television facilities for use by public: public access television horizontal scan lines: raster television image unit: pixel television live broadcast: relay television program with factual or historical subject matter: documentary television program, prerecorded: transcription television program, spoken matter that links parts of: continuity television ratings period: sweeps television screen brightness: contrast television screen sharpness: definition television system for security or within building: closed-circuit television television tape recording: videotape television tube: cathode-ray tube tell: acquaint, advise, announce, articulate, assure, betray, bid, blab, calculate, chat, command, communicate, confess, confide, decide, deem, describe, dictate, direct, discern, disclose, divulge, enumerate, explain, express, inform, instruct, mention, narrate, notify, order, post, publish, recite, recognize, recount, relate, repeat, report, request, reveal, say, speak, state, talk, tattle, utter, warn tell a secret: disclose, divulge, reveal tell a story: narrate, recite, recount, relate tell and reveal: divulge tell apart: differentiate, discriminate, distinguish tell off: berate, chide, criticize, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, scold, upbraid tell on: rat, tattle teller: ATM, bank clerk, cashier, clerk telling: cogent, conclusive, convincing, crucial, decided, definite, devas-
TELLTALE - TENDENCY
tating, effective, forceful, important, powerful, significant, solid, sound, striking, valid telltale: busybody, clock, gossip, hint, important, indication, informer, revealing, sign, squealer, suggestion, talebearer, tattler, tattletale temblor: quake temerarious: adventurous, bold, brash, daring, foolhardy, heedless, rash, reckless, venturesome temerity: audacity, boldness, brass, carelessness, cheek, effrontery, foolhardiness, gall, heedlessness, nerve, rashness, venturesomeness tempe: pagoda, ziggurat temper: adapt, adjust, assuage, attune, chasten, compose, control, curb, dilute, ease, mitigate, moderate, modify, regulate, restrain, season, soften, soothe, tone; anger, asperity, calmness, complexion, composure, coolness, dander, disposition, ease, emotion, fit, fury, humor, ire, irritability, irritation, makeup, mind, mood, outburst, passion, rage, spirit, wrath temper a material: anneal, harden, strengthen, toughen temper tantrum: hissy fit, scene temper, bad: ill humor, irascibility, pique temperament: attitude, character, complexion, constitution, disposition, emotion, humor, makeup, mood, nature, outlook, personality, spirit, state, tendency temperamental: emotional, excitable, explosive, fickle, irritable, moody, sensitive, touchy, undependable, unstable, volatile temperance: abnegation, abstinence, constraint, control, moderation, prohibition, restraint, sobriety temperate: abstemious, calm, clement, collected, continent, cool, easygoing, even, fair, fever, gentle, medium, mild, moderate, modest, pleasant, reasonable, restrained, sober, steady, temperature, unexcessive, unextreme, warm, warmth temperate in eating and drinking: abstemious temperature control: thermostat temperature measurement for estimating energy needs: degree-day temperature scales: Celsius, centigrade, Fahrenheit, Kelvin
temperature -459.67 Fahrenheit 273.15 Centigrade: absolute zero temperature with wind index: wind chill, windchill temperature, abnormally high body: hyperpyrexia, hyperthermia temperature, abnormally low body: hypothermia temperature-controlled container: incubator tempered: moderated tempered, quick-: hair-trigger, irascible, volatile tempest: agitation, blizzard, commotion, furor, gale, hurricane, rage, squall, storm, thunderstorm, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uproar, wind, windstorm tempestuous: agitated, blustering, emotional, fiery, furious, heated, intense, raging, rough, stormy, tumultuous, turbulent, uncontrolled, violent, wild temple: cathedral, chapel, church, fane, forehead, hieron, house of God, mosque, naos, pagoda, pantheon, sanctuary, shrine, synagogue, tabernacle, ziggurat temple of Far East with curving stacked roofs: pagoda temple shawl: talith temple slave of ancient Greece: hierodule temple, Jewish: tabernacle tempo: beat, clip, meter, momentum, pace, pulse, rate, speed, time, timing tempo and volume gradually decreased: calando tempo-keeping device: metronome tempo, moderately slow: andante tempo, quick and lively: allegro tempo, slow: adagio temporal: civil, earthly, ephemeral, fleeting, laic, lay, material, momentary, mundane, passing, physical, profane, secular, temporary, transitory, worldly temporarily: for a time, pro tern, pro tempore temporary: acting, ad interim, brief, ephemeral, expedient, extemporaneous, fleeting, improvised, interim, limited, makeshift, provisional, short, stopgap, temporal, tentative, transient temporary bridge: gangplank temporary camp: bivouac temporary craze: fad
temporary power suspension: outage temporary quiet: lull temporary residence or stay: sojourn temporary suspension: abeyance, pause, respite tempt: allure, attract, bait, coax, court, dare, decoy, entice, goad, incite, induce, intrigue, inveigle, lead, lure, provoke, risk, seduce, tantalize, try temptation: allurement, attraction, bait, decoy, draw, enticement, fascination, hankering, incentive, inducement, lure, seduction temptress: Delilah, enchantress, Jezebel, Lorelei, mermaid, seductress, siren, sorceress, vamp Ten Commandments: Decalogue Ten Commandments chest: Ark of the Covenant ten decibels: bel ten times: decuple, denary, tenfold ten-year anniversary: decennial ten-year period: decade, decennium ten, based on the number: decimal, denary tenacious: adamant, adhesive, cohesive, determined, dogged, fast, firm, indomitable, persevering, persistent, relentless, resolute, retentive, spunky, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, sticking, strong, stubborn, tough, unshakable, unyielding, viscid tenacity: cohesiveness, courage, determination, diligence, doggedness, firmness, guts, heart, nerve, perseverance, persistence, resolution, strength, stubbornness, toughness tenant: boarder, dweller, holder, inhabit, inhabitant, leaser, lessee, occupant, occupy, renter, sharecropper, vassal tend: accompany, administer, attend, care, care for, contribute, cultivate, direct, favor, gravitate, guard, incline, intend, lead, lean, likely, listen, manage, mind, minister to, move, nurse, oversee, protect, provide, reach, safeguard, see to, serve, shepherd, supervise, supply, tendency, till, treat, watch, work tendency: aim, appetency, aptness, bent, bias, course, custom, direction, disposition, drift, drive, habit, idiosyncrasy, inclination, instinct, leaning, liking, partiality, penchant, predisposition, preference, proclivity, proneness, propensity, reflex, relation, result, set, tenor, trend
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TENDENCY OF A BODY TO REST - TERRAIN
tendency of a body to rest: inertia tendency, inborn: instinct tendency, individual: bent, disposition, inclination tendency, strong: affinity, partiality, penchant, predilection tender: aching, affectionate, bruised, careful, charitable, compassionate, considerate, delicate, extend, feeble, fond, fragile, frail, gentle, give, green, humane, immature, inexperienced, inflamed, kind, kindhearted, loving, merciful, mild, nice, offer, painful, pitiful, precious, present, proffer, proposal, propose, raw, sensitive, soft, softhearted, sore, sparing, submit, succulent, swollen, sympathetic, touchy, warm, warmhearted, weak, young tenderness: affection, benevolence, compassion, gentleness, goodness, kindness, love, lovingness, sensitivity, sympathy, warmth, weakness tenderness and love as a musical direction: con amore tending to correct or improve: remedial tending toward a point of view: partisan, tendentious tendon: band, coid, hamstring, ligament, sinew, tissue tendon behind knee and thigh: hamstring tendril: cirrus, clasp, coil, curl, ringlet tenebrous: dark, dusky, gloomy, murky, obscure, ominous, shadowy tenet: belief, canon, conviction, credo, creed, doctrine, dogma, maxim, opinion, philosophy, position, principle, rule, teaching, view tenfold: denary tenor: copy, course, direction, drift, essence, gist, import, intent, meaning, nature, procedure, purport, purpose, sense, singer, substance, tendency, tone, transcript, trend, vein, voice tense: agitated, anxious, aorist, conditional, edgy, excited, firm, future, intense, jittery, jumpy, keyed up, nervous, overwrought, past, perfect, pluperfect, present, preterit, queasy, restless, rigid, stiff, strained, stressful, stretched, taut, tight, uneasy, unnerved, uptight tension: anxiety, apprehension, exertion, force, hostility, pressure, spring, strain, stress, tautness, tightness, uneasiness tent: big top, camp, canopy, cover,
lodge, marquee, pavilion, plug, pup, shelter, tabernacle, tarpaulin, teepee, tepee, wigwam
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TENNIS TERMS
2-person game: singles 4-person game: doubles tennis game with server one point from losing: break point loss of point after two serving attempts: double fault return ball before it touches ground: volley action that puts ball into play: service serve touching net before falling into opponent's court: let hitting a ball out of turn: poach winning against server: service break failure to serve correctly: fault return after ball has bounced: ground stroke return arched high in air: lob return where ball just clears net: drop shot return where ball passes opponent: passing shot returns back-and-forth: volley unreturnable serve: ace stroke crossing in front of body: backhand stroke made on side of body holding racket: forehand rushing net after each serve: serve-andvolleyW
tent bed: cot tent flap: fly tent securing rope: guy tent sticks: pegs tent, large ornate: marquee, pavilion tent, Native American: tepee, wigwam tent, put up a: pitch tent, take down a: strike tent's horizontal pole: ridgepole W tentacle: appendage, arm, feeler, limb tentative: cautious, doubtful, experimental, hesitant, iffy, makeshift, proposed, provisional, speculative, temporary, trial, uncertain, undecided, unsure, vacillating tenth part of something: tithe tenuous: delicate, dilute, dubious, ethereal, flimsy, fragile, gossamer, insignificant, insubstantial, narrow, rare, shaky, slight, slim, subtle, thin, weak tenure: clutch, grasp, grip, hold, occupation, possession, reign, term tepid: cool, halfhearted, indifferent, lukewarm, mild, moderate, temperate, unenthusiastic, warm tergiversate: apostatize, defect, equivocate, hedge, renounce, shift, shuffle term: bound, boundary, condition, duration, era, interval, limit, limitation, period, semester, session, span, spell, state, stretch, stipulation, tenure, time, tour, trimester; call, definition, designate, detail, dub, entitle, expression, idiom, jargon, label, name, phrase, spell, state, word term characterizing a person or thing: epithet term more general than another: superordinate term more specific than another: hyponym termagant: disorderly, furious, harridan, hellcat, quarrelsome, raucous, scolding, shrew, tumultuous, turbulent, virago, vixen, Xanthippe terminal: concluding, CRT, deadly, depot, end, extremity, fatal, final, finish, incurable, last, lethal, limit, monitor, screen, station, ultimate terminally ill program or hospital: hospice
terminate: abolish, adjourn, call, cease, close, complete, conclude, confine, discharge, discontinue, dismiss, dissolve, drop, eliminate, end, expire, finish, fire, halt, quit, result, sack, stop terminate early: abort termination: boundary, cessation, close, completion, conclusion, end, expiration, finality, finis, finish, limit, outcome, period, result, stoppage, terminus, windup termination of debate: cloture terminology: nomenclature terms: agreement, conditions, details, limitations, particulars, price, provisions, relationship, stipulations, understanding terms of a field: jargon, nomenclature, terminology terrace: balcony, bank, deck, gallery, patio, platform, porch, portico, promenade, roof terrain: area, bailiwick, contour, coun-
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T E R R E S T R I A L - TESTICLE POUCH
tryside, domain, environment, ground, region, territory, topography, tract, turf terrestrial: earthly, earthy, global, human, mundane, planetary, secular, terrene, worldly terrible: alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, brutal, cataclysmal, dire, disastrous, disturbing, dreadful, fearful, frightening, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, harrowing, hideous, horrible, horrific, horrifying, intense, painful, revolting, severe, shocking, terrific, tough, tragic, unfortunate, unpleasant, upsetting, vicious terrific: alarming, amazing, appalling, distressing, disturbing, dreadful, enormous, exciting, fabulous, fantastic, fearful, formidable, frightful, glorious, great, immense, intense, magnificent, marvelous, smashing, super, superb, terrible, terrifying, tremendous, upsetting, wonderful terrified: afraid, aghast, alarmed, awed, frightened, frozen, scared terrify: alarm, appall, frighten, gorgonize, haunt, horrify, intimidate, menace, petrify, scare, shock, startle, stun, terrorize, threaten, upset terrifying: alarming, awful, frightening, ghastly, grim, hideous, horrible, horrid, scary territory: area, bailiwick, colony, district, domain, empire, environs, ex-
tent, field, jurisdiction, land, neighborhood, province, region, sector, sphere, terrain, tract, turf, zone
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oral, ordeal, probe, prove, quiz, refine, rehearse, sample, standard, taste, touchstone, trial, try, validate, verify
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territory deemed necessary for nation, additional: Lebensraum territory enclosed within a larger unit: enclave territory into existing unit, incorporate: annex territory into hostile units, divide: Balkanize territory, policy intended to regain lost: irredentism, revanchism W terror: affray, alarm, anxiety, awe, consternation, dread, fear, fright, horror, panic, pest, trepidation terrorism: sabotage terrorist: alarmist, bomber, goon, rebel, revolutionary, subversive, thug terrorists, action against: counterinsurgency terrorize: abash, browbeat, bully, coerce, frighten, intimidate, menace, oppress, scare, threaten terse: abrupt, brief, clear-cut, compact, concise, crisp, curt, exact, laconic, neat, pithy, pointed, sententious, short, succinct test: analyze, appraise, approve, assay, audition, authenticate, check, criterion, determine, evaluate, exam, examination, examine, experiment, experimental, explore, final, midterm,
test by severe ordeal: baptism of fire test depth of water: sound test for cancer of female genital tract: Pap smear test for chemical acidity, basicity: litmus test test for diphtheria: Schick test test for judgment and comparison: criterion, touchstone, yardstick test for part in entertainment: audition test run: trial test that is crucial and decisive: acid test test to measure ability to develop skills: aptitude test test with several possible answers to each question: multiple-choice test test, critical: acid test test, personality: inkblot test, Rorschach test W testament: belief, covenant, credo, evidence, legacy, proof, testimony, tribute, will tester: assayer, canopy, crown, examiner, frame, inspector, questioner, validator testicle area: groin testicle pouch: scrotum
THEATER TERMS
area above stage holding lights, curtains, etc.: flies area between curtain and orchestra: proscenium area for musicians: orchestra pit attendant: usher audience seating area: auditorium backdrops: scenery backstage area: coulisse backstage bulletin board: callboard company performing different works in alternation: repertory theater district: rialto drapery: teaser front rows of mezzanine: box, loge lowest balcony: mezzanine outdoor theater: amphitheater performers' waiting room: green room projecting roof over entrance: marquee, marquise serious theater: legitimate theater set with ceiling and three walls: box set stage area in front of the curtain: apron stage objects: props stagehand for scenery or cameras: grip summer theater: straw-hat circuit theater: arena, auditorium, battleground, Broadway, cinema, coliseum, drama, hall, hippodrome, house, movie, odeum, playhouse, stage theater art: dramaturgy theater in center of seating: arena theater, theater-in-theround theater parts: apron, auditorium, backstage, balcony, catwalk, footlights, gallery, green room, orchestra pit, proscenium, upstage, wings theater section: loge, parterre, tier touring company: troupe writer for theater: dramaturge, playwright W
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TESTICLE S P E R M - B E A R I N G DUCT - THERAPY
testicle sperm-bearing duct: vas deferens testicle sperm duct system: epididymis testicles: gonads testifier in court: deponent, eyewitness testify: affirm, assert, attest, certify, declare, depone, depose, express, indicate, proclaim, profess, prove, swear, witness testify falsely: perjure testimonial: citation, commendation, credential, endorsement, evidence, gala, honor, memorial, plaudit, recommendation, salute, salvo, testimony, tribute testimony: affidavit, affirmation, attest, avowal, confirmation, declaration, deposition, evidence, facts, proof, witness testimony under oath: deposition testing idea or opinion, person for: sounding board testing of idea on public: trial balloon testy: cantankerous, choleric, cranky, cross, crusty, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, irritable, obstinate, ornery, peevish, snappish, touchy, uptight tte--tte: chat, confidential, conversation, discussion, private, seat, sofa, talk tether: band, cable, chain, fasten, leash, limit, manacle, moor, restrain, rope, scope, secure, shackle, tie text: content, handbook, manual, motif, motive, passage, primer, schoolbook, subject, textbook, theme, topic, workbook text of opera: libretto text, classic or standard: locus classicus text, commentary on: annotation, gloss text, commonly accepted: vulgate text, correct a: emend text, critical analysis or explanation of: apparatus criticus, exegesis, variorum text, cut a: delete, excise text, different readings blended: conflation text, edit a: redact, revise textbook for teaching children to read, elementary: primer textile: cloth, fabric, fiber, goods, yarn textile dealer: mercer texture: character, composition, consistency, constitution, essence, fabric, feel, fiber, grain, look, make, nature, quality, structure, surface thank: acknowledge, appreciate, blame, bless, credit, praise 616
thankful: appreciative, contented, grateful, indebted, obliged thankless: heedless, miserable, unappreciated, ungrateful, unrecognized, unrewarding thanks: appreciation, blessing, credit, grace, gratefulness, gratitude, praise, recognition thaumaturgy: alchemy, magic, sorcery, witchcraft thaw: defrost, deice, dissolve, liquefy, melt, soften, warm theater award: Obie, Tony theatrical: affected, artificial, ceremonious, dramatic, exaggerated, extravagant, flashy, histrionic, melodramatic, scenic, showy, staged, stagy, superficial, thespian theatrical behavior: histrionics theft: burglary, caper, crime, embezzlement, filching, fraud, heist, larceny, mugging, pilferage, pilfering, piracy, plagiarism, purloining, robbery, shoplifting, stealing, thievery
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theology that defends and tries to prove Christian doctrines: apologetics theology, study of: divinity theorem: axiom, belief, doctrine, hypothesis, law, principle, theory, thesis theorem to be demonstrated: proposition theoretical: abstract, academic, analytical, conjectural, hypothetical, ideal, nominal, notional, philosophical, speculative, unpractical, unproved theorize: conjecture, formulate, hypothesize, postulate, speculate, suppose, think theory: analysis, assumption, belief, conjecture, doctrine, explanation, formula, guess, hunch, hypothesis, idea, ideology, nation, philosophy, principle, speculation, surmise, theorem, thesis
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theft of another's property: larceny theft of ideas, writings: piracy, plagiarism theft of livestock: rustling theft or misuse of entrusted property: conversion, defalcation, embezzlement, misappropriation, peculation theft, minor: filching, lifting, pilferage, purloining W theme: argument, article, composition, discourse, dissertation, essay, focus, idea, matter, melody, message, motif, paper, point, premise, song, subject, text, thesis, tune theme or repeated verse: chorus, refrain theme, music: subject theme, recurrent: leitmotif, leitmotiv, motif, motto then: accordingly, again, before, besides, consequently, formerly, hence, later, next, suddenly, therefore, thereupon theologian: clergy, cleric, curate, divine, ecclesiastic, philosopher, scholar theological: canonical, dogmatic, ecclesiastical, holy, religious, sacred, spiritual theological school: seminary theology of first things: etiology theology of last things: eschatology
theory as basis for investigation: hypothesis theory for argument's sake: thesis, working hypothesis theory of universe's origin: Big Bang theory theory, believe in a: adhere, subscribe theory, of an accepted: received theory, person attached to impractical: doctrinaire theory, religious: creed, doctrine, dogma theory, unorthodox: heresy, heterodoxy W therapeutic: beneficial, good, healing, medical, remedial therapy: healing, remedy, treatment
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therapy administrating small doses of drugs to produce symptoms of disease being treated: homeopathy therapy allowing screaming and aggression: primal scream therapy, primal therapy therapy associating bad habit with pain: aversion therapy therapy for disabled people, creative: occupational therapy therapy for mental disorders: electroconvulsive therapy, electroshock therapy therapy manipulating bones and joints: osteopathy
THEREAFTER - THINK BY REASONING
therapy manipulating spinal column and other body parts: chiropractic therapy monitoring bodily function in order to get control of it: biofeedback therapy using chemicals to treat cancer: chemotherapy therapy using exercise: physical therapy, physiotherapy therapy using fine needles: acupuncture therapy using fragrant substances: aromatherapy therapy using hypnosis: hypnotherapy therapy using light: phototherapy therapy using massage: reflexology therapy using massage on acupuncture points: acupressure, shiatsu therapy using natural remedies like sunlight, diet: naturopathy therapy using radiation: irradiation, radiation therapy therapy using water: hydrotherapy therapy, medical: modality W thereafter: accordingly, afterwards, consequently, following, subsequently therefore: accordingly, because, consequently, ergo, hence, since, then, thence, thus, whence, wherefore thereupon: directly, immediately, suddenly, then thermometer: indicator, instrument, regulator, thermostat thermometer degree marking: graduation thermometer for very high temperatures: pyrometer thermometer for very low temperatures: cryometer thermometer instrument, two-: psychrometer thermometer that records temperature: thermograph thermometer types: Celsius, cryometer, Fahrenheit, mercury, pyrometer, thermoelectric, thermograph thermoplastic resin: alkyd, saran thesaurus: dictionary, lexicon, Roget, synonym book, word finder thesis: argument, belief, composition, discourse, dissertation, essay, exposition, hypothesis, opinion, paper, point, postulate, premise, tenet, theme, theory
thespian: actor, actress, dramatic, performer, player, theatrical, trouper thick: abundant, broad, brotherly, bulky, burly, chummy, chunky, cloudy, coarse, compact, concentrated, crowded, deep, dense, excessive, familiar, filled, friendly, gloppy, gross, hazy, heavy, husky, impenetrable, indistinct, intense, intimate, packed, plump, populated, pronounced, solid, squat, stodgy, substantial, swarming, tight, viscid, viscous, wide thick and dense, as smoke or fog: turbid thick-skinned: callous, hardened, tough, unfeeling thick sUce: slab thicken: cake, clot, coagulate, condense, congeal, curd, curdle, deepen, freeze, gel, harden, incrassate, jell, set, solidify, stiffen thicken in boiling, evaporation: inspissate thickened end, with one: clavate thickening of artery walls: arteriosclerosis thicket: boscage, bosk, brake, brush, brushwood, bush, clump, coppice, copse, grove, growth, hedge, shrubbery, shrubs, underbrush, woods thickheaded: blockheaded, boneheaded, dense, dull, dumb, idiotic, ignorant, stupid thickness: consistency, density, diameter, dimension, girth, layer, ply, sheet, stratum, width thief: bandit, burglar, criminal, crook, cut-purse, embezzler, filcher, ganef, gangster, grifter, highwayman, kleptomaniac, larcener, larcenist, looter, mugger, pickpocket, prowler, purloiner, robber, rustler, shoplifter, stealer thigh: femur, flank, gammon, ham, hock, leg thigh and pelvic area: loins thigh and trunk junction: groin thighbone: femur thighs, concerning: crural thin: acute, anorexic, attenuate, beanpole, bony, dilute, emaciated, extenuate, faint, fine, flimsy, gangly, gaunt, gossamer, hollow, inadequate, insufficient, lank, lanky, lean, meager, narrow, pale, poor, rare, rarefied, reduce, reedy, scant, scanty, scarce, scrawny, sheer, skeletal, skimpy, skinny, slender, slight, slim, spare,
sparse, stringy, tenuous, transparent, twiggy, unconvincing, unsubstantial, watery, weak, weaken, wiry thin air: ether thin and bony: angular, ectomorphic, gaunt, lank, scrawny thin and flimsy: tenuous thin and graceful: gracile, lithe, svelte, willowy thin and light: chiffon, diaphanous, gossamer, papery, sheer, translucent thin and slight: asthenic, wispy thin coating: film, veneer thin coating of glaze, paint, or ink: wash thin cracker or cookie: wafer thin disk: paten thin flat strip: slat thin-skinned: oversensitive, sensitive, sulky, touchy thin, abnormally: anorexic, emaciated, skeletal thing: act, action, affair, apparatus, article, circumstance, concern, contrivance, craze, creature, deed, detail, device, doing, doohickey, element, entity, event, fad, fashion, feat, feature, forte, gadget, gizmo, happening, idea, incident, item, junk, matter, notion, object, occurrence, oddity, phenomenon, point, property, quality, rage, reason, referent, shape, stunt, style, trait, vogue thingamajig: contraption, device, doodad, doohickey, gadget, gizmo, thingamabob, widget things: baggage, belongings, chattels, clothes, conditions, duds, effects, gear, goods, possessions, stuff think: anticipate, believe, brood, cerebrate, cogitate, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, contemplate, deem, deliberate, entertain, expect, feel, formulate, guess, ideate, imagine, intellectualize, intend, invent, judge, meditate, mull, muse, opine, ponder, purpose, realize, reason, recall, reckon, reconsider, reflect, regard, remember, repute, resolve, ruminate, sense, speculate, study, suppose, surmise, suspect, understand, use the old noodle, visualize, weigh think about at length: brood, mull, muse, ruminate think and calculate: conjecture, estimate, speculate, theorize think and plan in mind: devise think by reasoning: deduce, figure
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THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT - T H R E A D L I K E PARTS OF A VINE
think carefully about: cogitate, contemplate, deliberate, excogitate, meditate, perpend, ponder think methodically: excogitate, ratiocinate, reason think up: conceive, concoct, contrive, devise, fabricate, fashion, formulate, ideate, invent thinkable: believable, comprehensible, conceivable, feasible, imaginable, likely, possible, reasonable thinker: brain, casuist, intellectual, mastermind, mind, philosopher, sage, scholar, sophist, student, theorist thinking: bright, cerebration, deliberating, engrossed, intellection, introspective, judgment, meditation, rational, reasonable, reflective, studious, thought, understanding thinness: meagerness, rarity, shallowness, slimness, tenuity thinness from self-induced vomiting: bulimia third estate: commonalty, commoners, populace third finger: mdius third from the end: antepenultimate third in place, order, degree: tertiary third year, every: triennial thirst: aridity, craving, desire, hankering, hunger, longing, lust, passion, wish, yearn, yen thirst, satisfy: quench, slake thirsty: adry, anxious, arid, avid, craving, dehydrated, desire, droughty, dry, eager, longing, parched, waterless thirteen: baker's dozen thirteen witches in group: coven thirty-second note: demisemiquaver thong: band, lace, lash, leash, rein, sandal, strap, strip, twitch, whip thorn: annoyance, discomfort, irritation, pain, prickle, spike, spine, splint, spur, trouble, vexation thorny: barbed, bristly, controversial, difficult, nettlesome, pointed, prickly, problematic, sharp, spined, spiny, sticky, tough, tricky, troublesome, unpleasant, vexatious thorny bush: bramble, briar, brier thorough: absolute, accurate, all-encompassing, careful, complete, comprehensive, detailed, exact, exhaustive, finished, full, ingrained, intensive, meticulous, painstaking, unmitigated, utter
thorough and painstaking: assiduous, conscientious, diligent, hardworking, industrious, sedulous thorough and precise: meticulous, punctilious, scrupulous thoroughbred: bloodstock, educated, full-blooded, horse, pedigree, pedigreed, purebred, trained, unmixed, well-bred thoroughfare: artery, avenue, boulevard, causeway, channel, expressway, freeway, highway, lane, parkway, passage, path, road, roadway, strait, street, turnpike, waterway thoroughfare for crowds: concourse thoroughgoing: absolute, arrant, complete, out-and-out, unqualified thoroughly: absolutely, carefully, completely, downright, efficiently, exhaustively, fully, in all, intensively, meticulously, throughout, totally, utterly though: albeit, despite, granted, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, still, whereas, while thought: anxiety, attention, belief, care, cerebration, cogitation, conception, concentration, concept, conception, consideration, deduction, deemed, deliberation, expectation, idea, image, imagination, inference, intellection, intention, judging, meditation, mind, musing, notion, opinion, outlook, plan, purpose, reasoning, reflection, sentiment, speculation, theory, trifle, view thought and thinking: cerebration, cogitation, contemplation thought broken off in mid-sentence: aposiopesis thought transference: telepathy thought, absorbed in: abstracted, concentrated, engrossed, immersed, intent, preoccupied thought, deep in: cogitative, contemplative, meditative, pensive, ruminant thought, reserved: arrire-pense, reservation thought, state of deep: brown study, lucubration, reverie thoughtful: absorbed, attentive, careful, caring, charitable, considerate, contemplative, courteous, discerning, gracious, heedful, helpful, intellectual, introspective, kind, logical, meditative, mindful, pensive, philo-
sophic, polite, prudent, reflective, regardful, ruminative, sensible, sensitive, serious, solicitous thoughtful about consequences: circumspect, discreet, judicious, politic, prudent thoughtless: brash, careless, discourteous, dull, foolish, hasty, heedless, impolite, inadvertent, inattentive, incogitant, inconsiderate, insensitive, neglectful, negligent, rash, reckless, remiss, rude, selfish, silly, stupid, uncaring, unthinking thoughts clearly, unable to express: incoherent thoughts of character in passage, inner: inner monologue thoughts or cares, helping to escape: phrontifugic thoughts or observation, literary: pense thoughts, contemplation of one's own: introspection thousand million: trillion thousand-year period: chiliad, millenary, millennium thousand, concerning a: millenarian, millenary thousandth: millesimal thrall: bondage, bondman, captive, esne, serf, servitude, slave, slavery, subject, vassal thrash: baste, batter, beat, belabor, belt, bray, cane, defeat, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, lace, lam, lambaste, lash, lick, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punish, rout, shellac, spank, strike, swing, tan, trounce, wallop, whip thread: attach, braid, connect, cord, cotton, fiber, filament, flax, floss, join, lisle, purl, reeve, silk, strand, string, twine, wire, wool, yarn thread holder: spool thread separated from fabric: ravel thread, ball of: clew thread, concerning: filar thread, cone-shaped roll of: cop thread, loose coil of: hank, skein thread, loosely twisted: floss thread, thin: filament threadbare: banal, clichd, corny, everyday, faded, frayed, hackneyed, ragged, seedy, shabby, stale, tattered, trite, used, worn threadlike: filar, ropy threadlike parts of a vine: tendrils
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THREADS IN WOVEN F A B R I C , C R O S S W I S E OR HORIZONTAL - THROW
threads in woven fabric, crosswise or horizontal: v/eft, woof threads in woven fabric, lengthwise: warp threads, twisting into: filature threat: caveat, comminution, danger, hazard, intimidation, jeopardy, menace, peril, risk, warning threat of future problem: omen, portent, presage threat of penalty if terms are not accepted: ultimatum threat or implied threat: saber rattling threat words: or else threat, constraint by: coercion, constraint, duress threat, formal: commination threaten: augur, bully, cow, endanger, expose, frighten, imperil, intimidate, jeopardize, menace, portend, pressure, scare, terrorize, warn threatening: alarming, dangerous, imminent, impending, looming, lowering, menacing, ominous threatening and dark: lowering, menacing, minacious, minatory threatening evil: baleful, foreboding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, portentous threatening to occur: imminent, impending threats, coerce or inhibit by: deter, intimidate three-cornered hat: chapeaubras three-cornered shoulder cape: fichu three-dimensional appearance: perspective three-dimensional effect, instruments creating: stereograph, stereoscope three-dimensional figure: solid three-dimensional image created by two-eyepiece optical instrument: stereoscopy three-dimensional image created with laser: hologram, holograph three-dimensional scene: diorama three-fold: triune three-horse carriage: troika three-hulled boat with sails: trimaran three in governing body: troika three-leafed: trifoliate three-legged stand: tripod, trivet three-line verse: triole three-masted schooner: tern three miles: league three months, period of: trimester
three-movement orchestra composition with one or more solo instruments: concerto three-part painting: triptych three-part period: trimester three parts, division into: trichotomy three people involved sexually: mnage trois three-pronged spear: trident three related works: trilogy three rhyming lines: tercet three spots on card, domino: trey three-syllable foot: anapest three things, people: triad three times: threefold, treble, triple, triplicate three times daily in prescriptions: tid three vowel sounds pronounced in a row: triphthong three wise men: Magi three-year anniversary: triennial three years, every: triennial three, group of: triad, trinity, trio, triumvirate, troika threefold: ternary, treble, trinal, trine, triple threesome: triad, trine, trio threnody: dirge, elegy, poem, requiem, song threshold: beginning, brink, dawn, door, doorsill, doorway, edge, entrance, eve, horizon, opening, outset, sill, verge threshold of consciousness: limen threshold of perception, below: subliminal thrift: austerity, conservation, economy, frugality, husbandry, parsimony, prudence, saving, sparingness thriftless: careless, extravagant, immoderate, lavish, prodigal, wanton, wasteful thrifty: careful, conserving, economical, flourishing, frugal, industrious, parsimonious, prosperous, provident, prudent, saving, scrimping, skimping, sparing, thriving, useful thrifty and regulating: sumptuary thrifty management of resources: conservation, economy, husbandry thrill: arouse, bang, charge, delight, elate, electrify, excite, flush, galvanize, glow, kick, please, quiver, stimulate, stir, tingle, tremble, tremor, vibrate thrill of excitement: frisson thrilled: atingle, elated, overjoyed thrilling: awesome, breathtaking, elecThe Writer's Digest Flip Dictionary
trifying, exciting, gripping, intense, riveting, sensational, stimulating, stirring, titillating thrive: blossom, boom, burgeon, develop, flourish, grow, improve, progress, prosper, succeed thriving: blooming, flourishing, flowering, healthy, prolific, prosperous, robust, succeeding, successful thriving period: heyday throat: esophagus, gorge, gullet, larynx, maw, neck, passage, pharynx, trachea, windpipe throat and chest: thorax throat by coughing loudly, attempt to clear: hawk throat-clearing sound: ahem throat irritation often with voice loss: laryngitis throat of animal, color on: gorget throat, concerning the: jugular throat, hanging skin on: dewlap, wattle throat, piece hanging down at back of: uvula throaty: deep, gruff, guttural, hoarse, husky throb: ache, beat, drum, flutter, pant, pound, pulsate, pulse, quiver, thump, vibrate throe: ache, agony, anguish, disorder, pain, pang, spasm, struggle, turmoil thrombus: clot, coagulation throne: authority, cathedra, chair, dignity, power, rank, royalty, seat, sovereignty, toilet throne, give up the: abdicate throne, order to inherit a: succession throne, remove from the: depose throne, seize a: usurp throne, take the: accede throng: assemblage, bunch, concourse, converge, crown, drove, fill, flock, gag, group, herd, horde, host, jam, mass, mob, multitude, pack, press, push, scores, smother, stifle, swarm throttle: accelerator, asphyxiate, choke, garrote, gun, strangle, suffocate, suppress through: about, across, among, around, between, completed, concluded, direct, done, ended, finished, over, past, per, straight, terminated, thru, via, washed-up throughout: about, amid, around, completely, during, everyplace, everywhere throw: baffle, buck, cast, catapult,
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THROW AWAY - TIGHTWAD
chuck, confuse, discard, disconcert, dispose, fire, flick, fling, flip, force, heave, hurl, launch, lob, lose, nonplus, peg, pelt, project, propel, put, scarf, shawl, shed, shot, sling, submit, thrust, toss, unhorse, unseat, unsettle, whirl throw away: abandon, cast, discard, dispose, ditch, dump, eject, fritter, jettison, reject, scrap, squander, waste throw cargo overboard: jettison throw forward: impel, launch, lob, project, propel throw from great height: precipitate throw in suddenly: inject, interject throw off: confuse, derail, distract, divert, elude, emit, escape, evade, expel, lose, mislead, shake, slip, trick throw out: banish, cast, chuck, discard, disengage, eject, emit, evict, expel, jettison, junk, oust, reject, remove, scrap, spew throw out a window: defenestrate throw up: barf, heave, puke, regurgitate, relinquish, retch, upchuck, vomit throwback: atavism thrown object, path of: trajectory thrush, group of: mutation thrust: assault, attack, barge, butt, charge, drive, impel, impetus, interject, interpose, intrude, jab, lunge, meaning, meat, onset, onslaught, penetrate, pierce, plunge, point, poke, press, pressure, protrude, push, ram, sense, shove, stab, stress thud: bam, bang, blow, clonk, clump, clunk, fall, plop, smack, sound, strike, thump thug: assassin, bully, criminal, cutthroat, gangster, goon, gunman, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, mobster, punk, ruffian, torpedo thumb: browse, finger, hitch, hitchhike, pollex, scan thumb and forefinger, flesh between: purlicue thumb through pages of book: riffle thumb, cushion at base of: heel, pad, thenar thump: bang, beat, blow, bop, ding, drub, hit, knock, pound, punch, smack, sound, strike, stump, throb, thud, thwack, wallop, whack, whop thunder: bang, boom, clap, cracking, crash, drumfire, fulminate, noise, peal, rage, roar, rumbling thunder god: Thor
thunder, reverberating from: tonitruous thunderbolt: boom, crack, flash, lightning thus: accordingly, consequently, ergo, hence, sic, so, therefore, yet thus (in Latin): ergo, sic thwack: bang, blow, bop, drive, force, hit, knock, paddle, pound, rap, smack, smite, sock, strike, thrash, thump, wallop, whack thwart: baffle, balk, block, counter, curb, defeat, foil, frustrate, hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct, oppose, outwit, prevent, resist, stop, stymie thymus gland or pancreas of a young animal prepared as food: sweetbread tiara: circlet, coronet, crown, diadem, headdress, miter tic: contraction, jerk, spasm, twitch tick: acarid, bloodsucker, insect, louse, mite, parasite, pest tick-borne disease: Lyme tick off: annoy, irk, miff, rile ticked off: irate, ired, irked, sore ticket: admission, ballot, card, certificate, check, choice, docket, document, ducat, fare, label, license, list, means, note, notice, pass, passport, permit, price, raincheck, receipt, record, slate, slip, sticker, stub, summons, tag, token, voucher ticket remnant: stub ticket selling above regular price: scalping tickle: amuse, annoy, arouse, beat, caress, delight, divert, elate, excite, play, please, stimulate, stir, stroke, tease, thrill, tingle, titillate, touch tickled pink: delighted, elated tickling, feeling caused by: gargalesthesia ticklish: chancy, changeable, complicated, dangerous, delicate, difficult, precarious, risky, sensitive, touchy, tricky, uncertain, unstable, unsteady, volatile tidal wave: bore, tsunami tidbit: bite, delicacy, goody, item, morsel, treat tide: course, current, direction, drift, ebb, flood, flow, flux, movement, neap, opportunity, season, stream, surge, time, trend, undertow, wave tide, dangerous: riptide tide, falling or receding: ebb tide tide, rising or incoming: flood tide
tides of new and full moon, maximum: spring tide tides of new and full moon, minimum: neap tide tidings: advice, greetings, information, intelligence, message, news, word tidy: adequate, ample, clean, considerable, diligent, fair, good, groom, healthy, idiot, immaculate, large, methodical, neat, orderly, organized, satisfactory, shipshape, smug, spotless, spruce, substantial, tempt, trig, trim, uncluttered, well-groomed tie feet and hands or all feet together: hog-tie tie firmly with rope: lash tie in game: draw, standoff tie in race: dead heat tie surgically: ligate tie together: bind, relate tie up: bind, delay, fasten, hinder, package, rope, secure, snarl, truss, wrap tie-up: jam tier: category, class, echelon, grade, grouping, layer, level, line, rank, row, stack, story, stratum tiff: altercation, argument, disagreement, dispute, fight, fit, huff, outburst, quarrel, row, scrap, setto, snit, spat, squabble, tizzy, words tiger: carnivore, cat, cougar, cub, feline, jaguar, leopard, lynx tiger, pertaining to: tigrine tight: bound, busy, cheap, close, compact, competent, concise, condensed, crowded, dense, difficult, drawn, faithful, fast, firm, fixed, full, hard, impervious, intimate, locked, narrow, neat, packed, parsimonious, sealed, severe, shapely, snug, solid, soundly, steady, stingy, stretched, taut, tense, tidy, trim, uncomfortable tight-lipped: closemouthed, discreet, mum, quiet, reticent, secretive, silent, taciturn tight spot: bind, jam, predicament, quandary tight, pulled: taut tighten: bind, clench, condense, constrict, contract, crush, squeeze, stiffen, stretch, tense tightness, feeling of: constriction tightrope walker: equilibrist, funambulist, schoenobatist tightwad: cheapskate, miser, niggard, scrimp, scrooge, skinflint
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TILE - TIPSY
tile: block, brick, drain, pantile, plate, shingle, slab., slate tile-like: tegular tile mortar: grout tile of roof: shingle tiles, make mosaic of: tessellate till: cash register, drawer, tray, vault; cultivate, develop, dig, farm, hoe, labor, plough, plow, prepare, seed, sow, work till now: as yet, so far, yet tillable: arable, cultivatable, fertile, plowable, productive tilt: bias, cant, gradient, inclination, incline, lean, list, pitch, seesaw, shift, slant, slope, tip, upend, upset tilt of ship: cant, careen, heel, list timber: balk, beam, board, cover, forest, frame, gate, girder, joist, logs, lumber, plank, rafter, rib, trees, wood, woodland, woods timber supporting upright posts, horizontal: stringer, summer timber wolf: lobo timber, concrete, or steel beam as foundation or structure support: pile timber, uncut and in stand: stumpage timbre: character, intonation, miter, mood, pitch, quality, sound, tone time: age, beat, book, break, century, chance, chronology, clock, continuum, cycle, date, day, decade, during, epoch, era, eternity, future, hour, instant, interim, interval, measure, millennium, minute, moment, month, opportunity, pace, past, period, phase, present, rate, rhythm, schedule, season, second, shift, shot, span, speed, spell, stint, stretch, tempo, term, tour, week, year time 0100-2400 hours: military time time allowed for accomplishing something: window time along with length, width, thickness: fourth dimension time and again: frequently, often, repeatedly time being, for the: pro tempore time between events: interim, interval, meantime time counted in reverse: countdown time erroneously given as earlier: prochronism time erroneously given as later: metachronism time erroneously given of thing: anachronism, parachronism time flies: tempus fugit
time for working, employees setting their own: flextime time-honored: accepted, classic, eminent, noble, respected, reverend, venerable, vintage time limit: curfew, deadline time limit for prosecuting: statute of limitations time measurement, science of: chronology time of greatest popularity, success: heyday, prime time when work is stopped, equipment broken: downtime time, arranged according to: chronological time, beyond the limits of: immemorial time, concerning: temporal time, connected in: contiguous, uninterrupted time, continuance in: duration time, critical point in: juncture time, happening at the same: coexisting, coincident, contemporaneous, contemporary, simultaneous time, length, width, thickness: spacetime time, longest division of geologic: eon time, most appropriate: psychological moment time, science of measuring: horology time, scientific measurement of: chronometry time, spirit of the: Zeitgeist time, to pass by as: elapse timeless: ageless, ceaseless, continual, continuous, dateless, endless, eternal, eterne, everlasting, immortal, imtemporal, lasting, permanent, perpetual, undated, unending, untimely timely: appropriate, auspicious, contemporary, convenient, early, favorable, fitting, opportune, pertinent, promising, prompt, proper, punctual, relevant, seasonable, temporal, topical timepiece: alarm clock, calendar, chronograph, chronometer, chronoscope, clock, dial, horologe, hourglass, metronome, pendulum, stopwatch, sundial, watch timepiece covering: watchcase timeworn: aged, ancient, antiquated, battered, dated, hoary, old, trite, weathered timid: afraid, apprehensive, bashful, cowardly, coy, diffident, fainthearted, fearful, gentle, hesitant, in-
decisive, irresolute, meek, mild, modest, mousy, nervous, sheepish, shy, spineless, spiritless, tentative, timorous, tremulous, unassertive, unassuming, uncertain, vacillating, withdrawn timorous: afraid, apprehensive, faint, fainthearted, fearful, hesitant, meek, shrinking, shuddering, shy, tentative, timid, tremulous, unassertive tin and copper alloy: pewter tin, concerning: stannic, stannous tincture: cast, color, dye, elixir, extract, imbrue, imbue, pigment, shade, stain, taint, tinge, tint, trace, vestige tinder: fuel, kindling, punk, wood tinder of decayed wood: punk tine: branch, fork, point, prong, spike tinge: cast, color, coloring, dash, drop, dye, flavor, hint, hue, imbue, pigment, shade, smack, stain, suggestion, tincture, tint, tone, touch, trace tingle: burn, itch, jingle, sensation, shiver, stimulate, sting, thrill, tickle, tinkle, tremble tinker: dabble, fiddle, fuss, meddler, mend, mender, mess, patch, potter, putter, repair tinkle: chime, chink, clink, dingle, jingle, plink, ring, signal, sound, tingle tinsel: clinquant, decoration, flashy, gaudy, glossy, pretentious, sham, showy, tawdry tint: cast, color, complexion, dash, dye, hint, hue, nuance, pigment, shade, stain, tincture, tinge, tone, trace tintinnabulation: chime, clanging, clangor, jingle, noise, ringing, sound tiny: diminutive, elfin, itty-bitty, lilliputian, little, microscopic, miniature, minuscule, minute, negligible, peewee, petite, pocket-size, small, teensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, wee tip of metal on item: ferrule tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon: lethologica tip over: tilt, upset tip, a: baksheesh, cumshaw, douceur, gratuity, pourboire tipple: booze, drink, grog, imbibe, liquor tipster: informer, nark, pigeon, snitch, squealer tipsy: drunk, drunken, groggy, inebriated, intoxicated, loaded, plastered, shaky, smashed, soused, tight, unsteady, wobbly
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TIPTOE - TOLERATE
tiptoe: cautious, cautiously, creep, quietly, sneak, stealthy, warily tiptoe, spin on: pirouette tiptoe, walking on: digitigrade tiptop: best, elite, excellent, exceptional, extraordinary, first-rate, prime, superior, supreme, uppermost tirade: berating, castigation, diatribe, harangue, invective, jeremiad, lecture, outburst, philippic, ranting, screed tire: band, bore, drain, enervate, exasperate, exhaust, fag, fatigue, flag, hoop, jade, lag, overwork, recap, retread, rim, shoe, tax, teens, tucker, weaken, weary tired: all in, beat, bored, bushed, dead, debilitated, depleted, drained, enervated, exasperated, exhausted, fatigued, flagging, jaded, lethargic, pooped, prostrate, run-down, sleepy, spent, tuckered, tuckered out, unrested, wearied, weary tired and ready for sleep: somnolent, soporific tired and without interest: blas, jaded tired from too much work: overextended, overtaxed tired spiritually: decadent, effete tiredness in general: ennui, lethargy, weltschmerz tireless: busy, determined, energetic, enthusiastic, indefatigable, staunch, steadfast, unflagging, untiring, unwearied, weariless tiresome: annoying, boring, demanding, difficult, dreary, dull, exasperating, hard, irksome, irritating, monotonous, tedious, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome tiring: demanding, exacting, grueling, taxing tissue and its structure, study of: histology tissue covering most surfaces of body and organs: epithelium tissue developing into nails, teeth: matrix tissue for conducting fluids, plant: vascular tissue tissue removed for examination: biopsy tissue storing cellular fat: adipose tissue tissue, abnormal new growth of: neoplasm, tumor tissue, fibrous connective: fascia tissue, permeable: membrane tissue, wasting away of body: atrophy tissues, fluid in body: lymph
tissues, study of organic: histology titanic: colossal, earthshaking, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, great, huge, humongous, immense, large, mammoth, monstrous, vast titillate: amuse, arouse, captivate, excite, stimulate, tantalize, tease, thrill, tickle title conveying respect: honorific title printed at the top of each page: running head, running title title stating theme: lemma title substituted for proper name: antonomasia titular: in name only, nominal, socalled to-do: agitation, brouhaha, commotion, excitement, fight, flap, furor, fuss, hoopla, hubbub, racket, rumpus, stir, turmoil, uproar toad: amphibian, anuran, bufo, frog, peeper, polliwog, salientian, tadpole toad, concerning a: anuran, batrachian, bufoniform, salientian toady: bootlicker, brownnose, fawn, flatterer, flunky, kowtow, lackey, parasite, repulsive, stooge, sycophant, truckler, yes man toast or bread dipped in sauce or gravy: sippet toast to health: wassail toast, thin crispy: melba toast toasted bread square: crouton toasted sweetened bread: zwieback toastmaster: emcee, MC, officiator tobacco: cigar, cigarette, crop, leaf, plant, shag, smoking, snuff, weed
RELATED TERMS
tobacco addictive chemical: nicotine tobacco chewing wad: quid tobacco holder: humidor tobacco into pipe, tap: tamp tobacco kiln: oast tobacco leaf around cigar: wrapper tobacco plug left in pipe: dottle tobacco storage case: humidor W toboggan: bobsled, decline, luge, sled tocsin: alarm, alert, bell, horn, sign, signal, siren, warning toddler: child, infant, tot, tyke toe: appendage, dactyl, digit, phalanx toe joints, pain in big: bunion, gout toe mammal, hoofed: artiodactyl toe with joint bent downward: hammertoe toe, big: hallux toe, for one: digit
toeless: adactylous toenail care: pedicure toes turned inward: pigeon-toed toes, animals that walk on: digitigrade toes, stuff collecting between your: gronk, toe-jam tofu: bean curd together: as one, consecutively, en masse, fasten, in concert, integrated, joined, jointly, simultaneously, unison together and cooperating: synergetic together, occurring: concomitant, corollary toil: battle, drudge, drudgery, effort, grind, industry, knell, labor, moil, overwork, pains, plod, plug, slave, snare, strain, strife, struggle, sweat, travail, work toiler: laborer, peon, serf, slave, worker, workhorse toilet: attire, bathroom, can, commode, costume, dress, head, John, latrine, lavatory, outhouse, privy, throne toilet bowl for bathing genitals: bidet toilet for many at camp: latrine toilet in nautical terms: head toilsome: arduous, difficult, hard, laborious, strenuous, tiring, uphill, wearisome token: badge, emblem, evidence, expression, feature, gesture, gift, indication, keepsake, mark, medal, memento, minimal, nominal, omen, perfunctory, pledge, portent, proof, relic, remembrance, reminder, sign, signal, signify, souvenir, symbol, symbolize, trophy token of appreciation: honorarium token of solemn pledge: sacrament tolerable: acceptable, adequate, allowable, average, bearable, decent, endurable, fair, livable, passable, permitted, satisfactory, so-so, sufferable, sufficient tolerance: broadmindedness, compassion, endurance, fortitude, grit, hardiness, indulgence, leeway, leniency, mercy, patience, stamina, steadfastness, sufferance, sympathy, tacit consent, threshold, understanding tolerant: broad-minded, compassionate, easy, enduring, forbearing, forgiving, indulgent, lenient, liberal, magnanimous, patient, permissive, soft, sympathetic tolerate: abide, accept, allow, bear,
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TOLERATE A N D ENDURE - T O O T H
TOASTS AND CHEERS

AROUND THE WORLD
Albania: Gezuar! Austria: Prost!, Prosit! Belgium: A votre sant!, Gezondheid! Bulgaria: Nazdrave! China: Gun-bei! Denmark: Skal! Finland: Kippis!, Skal!, Holkyn kolkyn! France: A votre sant! Germany: Prost!, Prosit!, Zum Wohl! Greece: Stin yia ssas! Hong Kong: Yum-sing! Ireland: Slainte! Israel: L'chaim! Italy: Salute!, Ciao! Japan: Kam pai! Mexico: Salud! Netherlands: Proost!, Santjes! Norway: Skal! Poland: Na zdrowie! Portugal: Saude! Romania: Noroc! Scotland: Slainte mhath! South Africa: Geluk!, Gesondheid! Spain: Salud! Sweden: Skal! Switzerland: Prost!, Zum Wohl!, Sante!, Salute! Thailand: Chokdee! Turkey: Serefe! U.S.S.R.: Na zdorovye! Wales: Iechyd da! Yugoslavia: ZieilUW
brook, condone, countenance, endure, let be, permit, sanction, stand, suffer, sustain, swallow, take, undergo tolerate and endure: brook, stomach, withstand tolerate offense: condone toll: announce, assessment, casualties, charge, chime, cost, customs, damage, deaths, destruction, duty, expense, fee, knell, levy, loss, peal, ring, sacrifice, sound, strike, tariff, tax toll road: pike tomahawk: hatchet tomato: love apple tomato juice and vodka: Bloody Mary tomato juice cocktail with no vodka: Virgin Mary tomb: catacomb, cenotaph, chamber,
crypt, dolmen, grave, mastaba, mausoleum, monument, sepulcher, shrine, tumulus, vault tomb material cover: pall tomb, ancient Egyptian: mastaba tomb, large stately: mausoleum tomb, stone: sarcophagus tomboy: gamine, girl, hoyden, meg, spitfire tombstone: gravestone, market, memorial, monument tombstone inscription: epitaph tome: book, encyclopedia, portfolio, volume tomfoolery: antics, caper, foolishness, frolic, horseplay, malarkey, nonsense, poppycock, prank, silliness tone: accent, approach, atmosphere, attitude, balance, cast, character, color, drift, effect, elasticity, health, hue, humor, inflection, intonation, manner, modulate, mood, nature, note, nuance, pitch, quality, shade, sound, spirit, strength, style, temper, timbre, tint, trend tone down: mitigate, moderate, mute, soften, subdue tone quality distinguishing instrument or singing voice: timbre tone within a range of musical sounds, relative position of: pitch tone, subtle difference in: gradation, nuance tones in a chord played in succession versus simultaneously: arpeggio tones that have the same pitch but written differently: enharmonic tongue: dialect, glossal, language, lick, lingo, lingua, lingula, speak, speech, talk, utter, vernacular tongue bumps: papilla tongue-lash: berate, castigate, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, scold, upbraid tongue-shaped: Ungulate tongue-tied: nervous, silent, speechless tongue to bottom of mouth, tendon holding: frenum tongue, concerning the: glossal, lingual tongue, flap under: frenum tongue, relating to the: glossal tongue, U-shaped bone under: hyoid bone tongue, wooden stick: tongue depressor tonic: astringent, bracer, bracing, invigorating, medicine, refreshing, restorative, roborant, soda, stimulant tonsils' neighbors: adenoids too: additionally, along, also, besides,
ever, exceedingly, excessively, extremely, furthermore, immensely, indeed, likewise, more, moreover, over, overly, very too little: deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, scarce, shortage too much: excess, excessiveness, overabundant, overcharge, overflow, surplus tool shaft: mandrel tool, boring: auger, awl, bit, chuck, countersink, drill, gimlet, pick, reamer, zax tool, bricklaying: float, hammer, hock, level, trowel tool, carpentry: adz, auger, awl, bit, brace, chisel, edger, gimlet, hammer, handsaw, hatchet, lathe, level, plane, pliers, punch, rasp, router, sander, saw, square, vise tool, cutting: adz, adze, ax, axe, bezel, billhook, bit, chisel, gouge, graver, hob, knife, razor, reamer, saw, scissors, shears tool embedded into handle, part of: shank, tang tool, engraving: burin, scauper tool, garden: edger, hoe, mower, rake, sickel, spade, trowel, weeder tool, gripping: clamp, pincer, pliers, screwdriver, tongs, tweezer, vise, wrench tool, holding: clamp, vise tool, prehistoric: celt, eolith, flint, palaeolith, paleolith tool, striking: hammer, mallet, maul, pestle, punch, wedge tool, woodworking: adz, adze, bevel, chisel, edgeman, grainer, hammer, plane, saw, scauper, scriber toot: bender, binge, blow, declare, honk, proclaim, shout, sound, spree, trumpet, whistle tooth: bicuspid, canine, cog, cuspid, dent, fang, grinder, incisor, ivory, laniary, molar, point, premolar, snag, tine, tusk
RELATED TERMS
tooth decay: caries tooth enamel: dentine tooth extraction: exodontia tooth filling: inlay tooth gnashing: bruxism tooth powder: dentifrice tooth socket in jawbone: alveolus tooth standing alone: kag tooth with two points: bicuspid tooth, broad back grinding: molar
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tooth, broken or projecting: snaggletooth tooth, canine: cuspid tooth, grinding two-crest: bicuspid, premolar tooth, long pointed animal: fang tooth, pointed tearing: canine, eyetooth, laniary tooth, ridge or band around base of: cingulum tooth, sharp front: incisor tooth, to break through gum as a: erupt tooth, to pull out a: extract W tooth-shaped: dentiform toothache: odontalgia toothed device for perforating sheets of stamps: roulette toothed projection on wheel: ratchet, sprocket toothed wheel: cog, cogwheel, gear toothless: edentate, futile, ineffectual, weak toothlike part: dent, dentation, denticle toothsome: appetizing, attractive, delicious, luscious, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, savory, spaid, tasty top: ace, acme, apex, apogee, beginning, best, better, cap, ceiling, chief, choice, cork, cover, covering, cream, crest, crown, dome, dominate, elite, exceed, excel, excellent, foremost, head, highest, lead, leader, lid, maximum, meridian, notable, outdo, peak, pinnacle, preeminent, prime, prune, renowned, roof, summit, superior, surface, surmount, surpass, tip, toy, uppermost, vertex, zenith top of something, put on: superimpose top of something, reach: summit, surmount top-shaped: turbinate topic: argument, issue, item, material, matter, point, proposition, question, subject, text, theme topical: confined, contemporary, current, limited, local, newsy, subjective, temporary, timely topnotch: A-one, best, excellent, finest, first-rate, outstanding, prime, superior topping: frosting, garnish, meringue, plunge, sauce topple: capsize, defeat, fall, falter, over-
set, overthrow, overturn, stumble, teeter, tilt, totter, tumble, upend, upset topsy-turvy: askew, chaotic, cluttered, cockeyed, confused, disordered, disorganized, head over heels, inverted, jumbled, on end, reversed, upside down, upside-down, upturned torch: arsonist, beacon, blaze, brand, firebrand, firebug, flambeau, flare, flashlight, incendiary, lamp, lantern, light torment: afflict, agitate, agonize, agony, anguish, annoy, badger, bait, bedevil, bother, browbeat, crucify, despair, devil, distress, grill, harass, harrow, harry, heckle, hector, irritate, misery, molest, nag, pain, persecute, pester, plague, punish, rack, rag, rib, smite, strain, suffering, tantalize, tease, tempest, torture, travail, trouble, vex torn: damaged, divided, lacerated, mangled, rent, ripped, shredded, sliced, slit, split, undecided, wavering tornado: cyclone, funnel, hurricane, squall, storm, thunderstorm, twister, typhoon, whirlwind, wind torpedo: assassin, attack, cutthroat, damage, destroy, explode, explosive, firework, missile, projectile, ruin, sink, thug, wreck torpid: apathetic, benumbed, dormant, drowsy, dull, hibernating, idle, inactive, lazy, lethargic, motionless, numb, sluggish, slumberous, static torpor: apathy, coma, dormancy, dullness, inactivity, languor, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, listlessness, sleep, sluggishness, slumber, stagnation, stupor torque: armband, collar, force, necklace, revolution, turn, twist torrent: burst, cascade, cataract, channel, cloudburst, current, deluge, downpour, flood, flow, gush, inundation, outpouring, rush, spate, stream, tide, turbulent, waterfall torrid: ardent, arid, blazing, burning, crime, fervent, fiery, heated, hot, hurried, impassioned, intense, oppressive, parching, passionate, rapid, scorching, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, zealous tortilla dip: salsa tortilla folded around a filling: taco tortilla stuffed with cheese and meat, chicken, or seafood: enchilada
tortilla wrapped around a filling: burrito tortoise: chelonian, emyd, laggard, terrapin, testudinal, turtle tortoise breastplate: plastron tortoise shell: carapace tortoise, concerning: chelonian, testudinal tortuous: anfractuous, bent, circuitous, complex, complicated, convoluted, crooked, curved, deceitful, devious, involved, labyrinthine, meandering, roundabout, sinuate, sinuous, snaky, spiral, twisting, winding, zigzag torture: abuse, afflict, affliction, agonize, agony, anguish, annoy, beat, crucify, deform, distort, distortion, harrow, hurt, irritate, maim, mangle, mistreat, mutilate, pain, persecute, punish, punishment, rack, smite, torment, tribulation, wring torture instrument: iron maiden, rack, thumbscrew, wheel toss: agitate, agonize, bandy, cast, chuck, disturb, flick, fling, flip, flounder, heave, hurl, launch, lob, mix, peg, pitch, propel, roll, serve, sling, throw, turn, twist, upset tossing and turning in bed: jactitation total: absolute, accumulate, add, aggregate, all, amount, calculate, come to, complete, comprehensive, comprise, compute, concise, entire, entirety, equal, figure, full, gross, number, overall, sum, summary, summation, tally, thorough, tot, unconditional, utter, whole, yield; demolish, destroy, wreck total emptiness: void total withdrawal: cold turkey totalitarian: absolute, authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, fascist, tyrannical tote bag: carryall totem: emblem, figure, pole, representation, symbol, token touch: abut, affect, blow, border, brush, caress, contact, dab, dash, discuss, feel, feeling, finger, flair, fondle, grope, hand, handle, hint, hit, impinge, influence, inspire, knack, manipulate, meet, method, move, nudge, palpate, pat, paw, pet, reach, rub, scratch, sense, skill, stimulate, strike, stroke, style, suggestion, tactility, tag, tangible, tap, taste, texture, tickle, tincture, trace, trait, whiff
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touch for diagnosis or therapy: manipulate, palpate touch lightly: dab, skim touch lovingly: caress, fondle touch of pleasure or pain, slight: glisk touch off: activate, cause, detonate, discharge, explode, ignite, initiate, light, start touch or be next to: abut touch or enter unwanted: impinge touch up: enhance, improve, modify, polish, remodel, renovate, repair touch, perceived through: palpable, tangible touchable: palpable, perceptible, tactile, tactual touching: abutting, adjacent, adjoining, against, bordering, contact, contacting, contiguous, tangent, upon touching and affecting: poignant touchstone: barometer, benchmark, check, criterion, example, gauge, guide, measure, precedent, standard, test, yardstick touchy: cantankerous, crabby, cranky, cross, delicate, fragile, grouchy, grumpy, huffy, irascible, irritable, oversensitive, peevish, precarious, sensitive, sore, temperamental, testy, tetchy, thin-skinned, ticklish, umbrageous, uptight, volatile tough: aggressive, bard, brutal, bullheaded, bully, callous, demanding, difficult, durable, enduring, flinty, goon, hardened, hardheaded, hardy, harsh, hoodlum, hooligan, laborious, leathery, mulish, obstinate, pigheaded, pugnacious, punk, resilient, resistant, resolute, rigid, robust, rough, rowdy, ruffian, rugged, ruthless, severe, stern, stiff, strenuous, strict, strong, stubborn, sturdy, taxing, thug, unfortunate, unyielding, uphill, vigorous, violent, viscous tough and lasting: durable, enduring tough and recovering readily: resilient tough and spirited: feisty tough and stubborn: adamant, hardnosed, impassive, stoical, stolid toughen: acclimate, anneal, drill, enure, harden, inure, season, stiffen, strengthen, temper toupee: carpet, hairpiece, periwig, rug, wig tour: barnstorm, circuit, course, excursion, expedition, jaunt, journey, ride, shift, spell, stint, time, travel, trek, trip, turn, visit, voyage, watch
tour de force: accomplishment, achievement, exploit, feat, masterpiece tourist: excursionist, globetrotter, rubberneck, sightseer, traveler, vacationist, visitor tournament: competition, contest, event, joust, match, sport, tourny tournament where everybody plays everybody: round robin tourney placement: seed, seeding tousled: disarrayed, disheveled, disordered, messy, ruffled, rumpled, sloppy, unkempt tout: acclaim, advertise, ballyhoo, exalt, herald, importune, laud, plug, praise, proclaim, promote, publicize, recommend, solicit, toot, trumpet tow: cable, drag, draw, ferry, haul, lug, pull, rope, trail, tug toward: against, anent, approaching, apropos, beneficial, coming, concerning, facing, favoring, forward, into, near, obliging, propitious, regarding, willing toward the center: centripetal, entad, inner, into, inward toward the side: lateral towel with uncut loops: terry, terrycloth tower: ascend, belfry, brattice, campanile, castle, dominate, exalt, loom, minaret, monolith, mount, outshine, overlook, overtop, pillar, raise, rise, silo, skyscraper, soar, spire, steeple, surpass, transcend, turret, ziggurat tower for fodder or grain storage: elevator, silo tower of mosque: minaret tower or tower-shaped projection: belfrey, turret tower, bell: campanile tower, pyramid-shaped temple: ziggurat towering: dominant, excessive, gigantic, great, high, huge, imposing, intense, lofty, monstrous, outstanding, overpowering, preeminent, soaring, steep, supreme, tall, unequaled towing vehicle's rear hook or bolt: pintle town: bourg, burg, city, metropolis, municipality, settlement town, concerning a: municipal, urban town, remote and unknown: podunk toxic: deadly, fatal, harmful, lethal, poisonous, venomous toy: ball, bauble, blocks, cars, doll, gadget, game, gewgaw, knickknack, miniature, model, novelty, pastime,
pet, play, plaything, puzzle, rattle, sport, teddybear, top, trains, trifle, trinket, yoyo trace: clue, dash, drop, evidence, flavor, hint, indication, iota, jot, mark, modicum, quantity, remains, remnant, scintilla, semblance, smidgen, soupon, speck, tincture, tingue, tittle, token, vestige; establish, follow, hunt, locate, seek, track, trail, uncover; outline trachea: tube, windpipe track: artery, avenue, circuit, course, groove, oval, path, road, route, rut, slot, speedway, trail, tread track-and-field leap over bar using pole: pole vault track of turbulence left by vehicle, visible: wake track official: starter, timer track or trail of wild animal: slot, spoor tract: area, brochure, course, essay, estate, expanse, extent, field, leaflet, lot, pamphlet, parcel, path, plot, portion, range, region, stretch, subdivision, terrain, territory, zone tractable: amenable, complaisant, compliant, controllable, docile, flexible, gentle, governable, malleable, manageable, obedient, pliable, pliant, tame, workable traction: adhesion, friction, power, resistance, stress trade: action, bargain, barter, business, calling, career, clientele, commerce, craft, customers, deal, employ, exchange, handicraft, industry, job, mtier, occupation, patronage, patronize, practice, profession, pursuit, sell, skill, substitute, swap, switch, track, traffic, trail, transaction, vocation, work trade of goods and services: barter trade prohibition: embargo trade restrictions as protest of policy: sanctions trade restrictions to protect from foreign competition: protectionism trade, concerning: mercantile trademark: brand, characteristic, emblem, feature, label, logo, logotype, symbol trademark, protected by: patent, proprietary trader: barterer, dealer, merchant, monger, salesperson, seller, ship, shopkeeper, stockbroker, tradesperson
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TRADITION - TRANSDERMAL MEDICINE DISPENSER
TRACK-AND-FIELD EVENTS
1,500 meters 10 km walk 10,000 meters 100 meters 100-meter hurdles 110-meter hurdles 20 km walk 200 meters 3,000-meter steeplechase 400 meters 400-meter hurdles 4x100-meter relay 4x400-meter relay 5,000 meters 50 km walk 800 meters cross-country running decathlon discus throw fitness walking hammer throw heptathlon high jump hurdles javelin throw long-distance running long jump marathon middle-distance running modern pentathlon pole vault race walking relay racing shot put sprinting steeplechasing triathlon triple jumpW
tradition: belief, code, convention, culture, custom, folklore, heritage, institution, legacy, legend, lore, myth, practice traditional: acknowledged, ancestral, classical, common, customary, established, fixed, ivied, old, popular, rooted, unwritten, usual traduce: calumniate, defame, denigrate, disgrace, malign, slander, slur, smear, vilify, violate traffic: barter, bootleg, business, commerce, dealings, doings, exchange, freight, market, patronage, push, sell, smuggle, trade, truck
traffic obstruction: bottleneck, congestion, gridlock, jam tragedy: accident, adversity, calamity, catastrophe, disaster, doom, hardship, misfortune, mishap, sorrow tragedy's fatal flaw: hamartia tragic: awful, catastrophic, dire, disastrous, dreadful, fatal, horrible, sad, terrible, unfortunate tragic drama's purification: catharsis trail: chase, course, dawdle, delay, dog, drag, draw, dwindle, follow, footpath, footprints, footsteps, hound, hunt, lag, linger, mark, path, plod, pursue, route, scent, shadow, spoor, stalk, straggle, stream, tail, tow, trace, track, train, traipse, trudge, wake train: caravan, convoy, cortege, entourage, following; coach, locomotive, subway train, to: accustom, breed, coach, condition, conduct, cultivate, develop, direct, discipline, educate, exercise, form, instruct, lead, practice, prepare, rehearse, teach, tutor trained: aimed, bred, educated, equipped, prepared, qualified, schooled, skilled trainee: apprentice, cadet, novice, pupil, student trainee, contracted as: articled trainer: coach, drillmaster, instructor, mentor, teacher, tutor training: background, breeding, diet, discipline, drill, education, exercise, instruction, nurture, practice, preparation, schooling, supervision, teaching, upbringing training device: simulator training in a trade: vocational training traipse: drag, drift, gad, meander, ramble, roam, trail, tread, trudge, walk, wander trait: attribute, characteristic, custom, feature, habit, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, lineament, mannerism, mark, peculiarity, property, quality, quirk, tendency traitor: apostate, Benedict Arnold, betrayer, defector, deserter, doublecrosser, informer, mole, quisling, rat, recreant, renegade, spy, turncoat traitor of criminal world: stool pigeon traitor operating for enemy: agent provocateur, collaborator, mole, plant, quisling, sleeper traitor to country: defector
traitor to one's race: Uncle Tom traitorous: disloyal, faithless, false, perfidious, renegade, treacherous, treasonable, unpatriotic, utinous trajectory: arc, course, curve, missile, path, projectile tram: cable car, car, gondola, street car, streetcar, thread, trolley tramp: beggar, bum, crush, derelict, drifter, gallop, harlot, hike, hobo, march, panhandler, picaro, picaroon, plod, pound, prostitute, roam, rogue, slut, stamp, step, stomp, traipse, tread, trudge, vagabond, vagrant, vamp, walk, wander trample: bruise, crush, defeat, destroy, flatten, infringe, injure, overwhelm, pound, squash, stamp, stomp, tread, tromp trance: catalepsy, coma, daydream, daze, ecstasy, enchant, enrapture, hypnosis, muse, reverie, spell, stupor, swoon, transport tranquil: balmy, calm, composed, cool, easygoing, equable, even, gentle, hushed, mild, motionless, Pacific, pastoral, peaceful, placid, quiet, restful, sedate, serene, soothing, steady, still, undisturbed tranquility: ataraxia, calm, calmness, composure, harmony, order, peace, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, repose, rest, restfulness, serenity tranquilizer assuage, calm, lull, pacify, quell, quiet, relax, sedate, soothe, subdue tranquilizer: ataractic, opiate, sedative tranquilizing hormone: endorphin transact: accomplish, complete, conclude, conduct, finish, handle, negotiate, perform, transfer transaction: affair, agreement, bargain, business, contract, covenant, deal, doing, exchange, pact, purchase, sale, trade, undertaking, venture transcend: ascend, climb, elevate, exceed, excel, outdo, outshine, outstrip, raise, soar, surmount, surpass transcendent: exceeding, preeminent, superior, supreme, surpassing transcendental: boundless, mystical, spiritual, surpassing transcendental meditation formula: mantra transcribe: copy, decipher, duplicate, record, reprint, reproduce, rewrite, translate transdermal medicine dispenser: patch
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TRANSFER - TRAPEZE ACROBAT
TRAIN AND RAILROAD TERMS

beams supporting rails of railroad track: crossties, ties building for switching and repairs: roundhouse car carrying fuel and water: tender car that unloads through floor: hopper cars owned by a railroad: rolling stock device linking cars: coupler, coupling, drawbar enclosed area at end of passenger car of railroad train: vestibule freight car with low sides: gondola car gravel forming bed for railroad track: ballast locomotive front grid: cowcatcher low open freight car: gondola car parlor or sleeping car: Pullman power-collecting trolley on electric locomotive: pantograph rail car: caboose, coach, diner, engine, gondola, hopper, locomotive, parlor, Pullman, sleeper, tender railroad: line, metro, push, railway, rush, track, train, transport railroad or road bridge with many spans and arches: viaduct railroad station: depot, terminal railroad with single track: monorail railroad's X-shaped warning symbol: crossbuck rear car: caboose signal to go: highball sleeping berth: couchette sleeping car in Europe: wagon-lit striped bar that raises and lowers: crossing arm, gate arm underground railroad: subway W
transfer: abalienate, assign, assignment, carry, cede, change, changeover, convert, convey, decal, deed, delegate, deliver, demise, dispose, give, move, orders, pass, relocate, sale, send, shift, substitution, trade, transform, transmission, transmit, transport transfer of claim, right, interest, property: assignment transfer of emotion to substitute for original: displacement transfer of estate in will or lease: demise transfer of title to property: conveyance transferee, in law: alienee
transfix: astonish, astound, captivate, fascinate, hypnotize, impale, lance, mesmerize, penetrate, pierce, rivet, spear, spellbind, spike, stick transform: alter, change, convert, metamorphose, mutate, reconstruct, remodel, resolve, revamp, switch, transfigure, transmogrify, turn transformation: metamorphosis, permutation, sea change, transfiguration, transmogrification transgress: disobey, err, infringe, lapse, offend, overstep, sin, trespass, violate transgression: breach, crime, disobedience, error, infraction, infringement, misbehavior, misdeed, offense, sin, trespass, violation, wrongdoing transient: brief, change, conveyance, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugitive, guest, impermanent, itinerant, migratory, momentary, passage, passing, temporal, temporary, transitory, traveler, volatile transit: journey, movement, transportation, travel transition: alteration, change, changeover, conversion, development, evolution, jump, passage, phase, shift transition without pause: segue transitional condition: limbo transitional form: intergrade transitory: brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fly-by-night, fugacious, impermanent, passing, temporal, temporary, transient translate: alter, change, convert, decipher, decode, explain, interpret, paraphrase, render, rephrase, restate, transcribe translation: adaptation, explanation, gloss, interpretation, paraphrase, rendition, simplification, trot, version translation to another language, literal: loan translation translation word for word: metaphrase translation, of a word-for-word: literal, verbatim translucent: clear, diaphanous, limpid, lucid, obvious, opaque, pellucid, sheer, transparent, unblurred transmission: broadcast, communication, conveyance, delivery, dispatch, gearbox, message, sending transmit: broadcast, carry, channel, communicate, conduct, convey, dispatch, emit, funnel, relay, render, send, spread, televise, transfer, wire
transparent: airy, candid, clear, crystalline, evident, filmy, gauzy, glassy, gossamer, hyaline, limpid, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, pellucid, plain, sheer, translucent transparent cellulose material: cellophane transparent when wet: hydrophanous transparent, not: opaque transpire: befall, develop, emerge, happen, occur, result transplant: displace, move, relocate, resettle, transfer, transport, uproot transplant giver: donor transplant receiver: donee, recipient transplant, fail to accept: reject transplants, drug for preventing rejection of: immunosuppressive transport: banish, bear, boat, bring, carry, cart, convey, conveyance, deport, exile, expel, ferry, freight, haul, move, oust, piggyback, rapture, send, ship, smuggle, tote, transfer, transit, transplant, truck, vehicle transport by carrying: portage transport fee: haulage transport of goods, people: conveyance, transit transport of pedestrians, conveyor: people mover transport service with bus, etc.: shuttle transportation cost: fare transpose: alter, change, convert, exchange, interchange, remove, reverse, shift, substitute, switch, transfer, transform transposing letters of word to form another: anagram transverse: across, alternate, cross, crosswise, diagonal, horizontal, oblique, pivot, shift, thwart, travel trap: ambush, artifice, bag, bait, cage, capture, catch, confound, conspiracy, corner, deadfall, decoy, dragnet, ensnare, enticement, fool, hazard, inveigle, lure, maneuver, nail, net, pit, pitfall, ploy, roadblock, seal, seduce, snag, snare, stratagem, temptation, trick, web trap another, animal used to: decoy trap for large animals: deadfall trap for small animals: snare, springe trap that is feared: pitfall trap, contradictory and self-defeating: catch-22 trap, intended to: insidious trapeze acrobat: aerialist
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T R A P P I N G S - TREASURY
TRAINS AND RAILROAD VEHICLES

air car day coach gondola passenger car steam locomotive baggage car diesel locomotive handcar passenger train stock car bar car dining car hopper car piggyback car streetcar bogie truck double-decked stock local train platform car subway booster drawing room car locomotive pony engine tank car boxcar electric car log car postal car tender car bullet train electric train lounge car private car tram bunk car elephant car mail car produce car trolley cable car express car milk car Pullman car trolley bus caboose express train milk train rack car trolley car chair car flatcar observation car rail detector car truck car coach fly coach officers' car refrigerator car underground coal car freight car outfit car skeleton car wagon-lit container car freight train palace car sleeping car yard engine W dandy cart freightliner parlor car smoking car plorer, globetrotter, goer, hobo, itin- treacherous: chancy, dangerous, deceptrappings: apparel, caparison, decoraerant, nomad, pilgrim, rambler, salestions, equipment, finery, gear, parative, difficult, dirty, dishonest, disperson, sightseer, tourist, tramp, phernalia, regalia, things, trimmings loyal, faithless, false, hairy, hazardvagabond, viator, voyager, wanderer, trapshooting: skeet ous, insidious, perfidious, precarious, wayfarer trash: balderdash, bilge, crap, debris, risky, snaky, traitorous, treasonous, dirt, dregs, drivel, filth, garbage, hog- traveler of great distances: globetrotter, tricky, undependable, unreliable, unjetsetter wash, junk, litter, malarkey, muck, safe, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, nonsense, rabble, refuse, riffraff, rub- traveler on foot: wayfarer wily bish, rubble, scum, tramp, trumpery travelers journeying together: caravan treacherous person: snake in the grass trash collector in the U.K.: dustman traveling bag: etui, valise treachery: betrayal, deceit, dishonesty, trash site: dump traveling entertainer, medieval: jondisloyalty, foul play, guile, infidelity, trashy: cheap, flimsy, junky, paltry, gleur, minstrel, troubadour perfidy, treason, trickery riffraff, trumpery, useless, worthless traveling in disguise: incognito treacle: antidote, compound, molasses, trashy art, literature: kitsch traveling library: bookmobile remedy, syrup trauma: anguish, injury, ordeal, shock, traveling on foot: peripatetic tread: dance, footfall, footprint, footstress, suffering, wound traveling place to place: itinerant, steps, gait, groove, march, mark, travail: agony, anguish, childbirth, dismigrant pace, prance, press, repress, rush, tress, drudgery, effort, exertion, latraveling, concerning: viatic stamp, step, stomp, stride, subdue, bor, pains, pangs, parturition, stress, travels a distance to work, person who trace, trail, traipse, tramp, trample, struggle, suffering, toil, tribulation, regularly: commuter walk woe, work traverse: bridge, contradict, course, treason: betrayal, dishonesty, disloytravel: coast, commute, cover ground, crisscross, cross, crosswise, deny, exalty, mutiny, perfidy, revolt, sedition, cruise, drive, excursion, expedition, amine, hinder, negotiate, oppose, treachery explore, flay, jaunt, journey, junket, overpass, pass, rebut, refute, resist, treason against sovereign: lse-majest, migrate, move, mush, passage, perespan, swivel, thwart, transom, travel, lse majesty grinate, proceed, ramble, ride, roam, zigzag treason, accuse of: impeach run, sightsee, sojourn, tour, traverse, travesty: burlesque, caricature, distortreasure: accumulate, appreciate, trek, trip, visit, voyage, walk, wander, tion, exaggeration, imitation, lamcache, cherish, collection, find, forwend poon, mimic, mockery, parody, pertune, guard, hoard, jewels, money, travel across, over, or through: traverse version, ridicule, satire, sham pearl, preserve, prize, riches, store, travel back and forth regularly: shuttle trawl: drag, dragnet, fish, line, net, trove, value, wealth, worship travel from place to place: tour seine, troll treasurer: bursar, cashier, chamberlain, travel place to place on foot: peregrinate tray: board, coaster, plate, platter, salcomptroller, curator, financier, offiver, server travel to sacred place or shrine: cer, purser tray for glass etc., small: coaster pilgrimage tray for serving food and drink: salver, treasury: archives, bank, chest, coffer, travel, proposed route of: itinerary coffers, depository, exchequer, funds, waiter travel, strong impulse and desire to: museum, repository, security, storetray, circular revolving: dumb waiter, wanderlust house, vault lazy Susan traveler: adventurer, commuter, ex-
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treat: delight, goody, refreshment, snack, surprise treatise: commentary, composition, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, essay, exposition, memoir, monograph, narration, paper, study, thesis, tract, writing treatment: action, antidote, application, care, cure, handling, management, medication, method, procedure, remedy, strategy, surgery, therapy, usage treatment of disease by joint manipulation: chiropractic treaty: accord, agreement, arrangement, compact, concord, contract, deal, negotiation, pact, peace agreement, peace pact, settlement, understanding treaty before ratification, copy of: protocol treaty calling for an end to the acquisition of nuclear arms: nonproliferation treaty treaty, approve a: ratify treaty, one who has signed a: signatory trek: excursion, expedition, hike, jaunt, journey, march, migrate, odyssey, travel, trip, voyage trellis: arbor, framework, grille, lattice, latticework, pergola, screen trellis for training fruit trees: espalier tremble: dodder, fear, flutter, palpitate, quake, quaver, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, totter, tremor, vibrate, wobble tremendous: amazing, astounding, colossal, deafening, enormous, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, giant, gigantic, great, huge, immense, large, mammoth, marvelous, mighty, momentous, monstrous, overwhelming, powerful, stupendous, terrific, titanic, vast, whopping, wonderful tremor: ague, earthquake, flutter, quake, quaver, quiver, shaking, shiver, shock, trembler, trembling, vibrating tremulous: aquiver, aspen, cowardly, excited, fearful, jittery, nervous, palpitating, quavering, quivering, shaking, shivering, timid, timorous, trembling, wavering trench: canyon, carve, channel, chase, cut, ditch, drain, earthwork, encroach, excavation, fosse, foxhole, furrow, gash, groove, gully, gutter, moat, slash, slice, trough
trench for drainpipes or wiring: chase trenchant: acrid, biting, caustic, clearcut, crisp, cutting, distinct, effective, energetic, explicit, forceful, incisive, intense, keen, mordant, penetrating, pointed, probing, sarcastic, scathing, sharp, vigorous trend: bent, course, craze, current, direction, drift, fad, flow, inclination, mode, movement, rage, style, tendency, vogue trendsetter: initiator, innovator, leader, pacesetter, stylist, trailblazer trendy: chichi, chic, contemporary, faddish, fashionable, hip, in, popular, stylish trepidation: agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, butterflies, consternation, disturbance, dread, fear, fright, nervousness, panic, quaking, quivering, shaking, trembling, tremor, uneasiness trespass: breach, encroach, encroachment, entrench, infraction, infringe, interlope, intrude, intrusion, invade, offend, offense, poach, sin, transgression, violation, wrongdoing trespasser: encroacher, infringer, interloper, intruder, invader, offender, transgressor tress: braid, curl, hair, lock, plait, ringlet trestle: beam, brace, framework, horse, sawhorse, stand, support trial: adversity, affliction, agony, anguish, attempt, crucible, hardship, misfortune, ordeal, pain, struggle, suffering, trouble, woe; analysis, attempt, endeavor, essay, experiment, probationary, sample, stab, test, trial, try, tryout, visitation; case, contest, evidence, examination, hearing, inquiry, lawsuit, proceedings, trial trial and error: experiment, heuristic, method trial and error approach, of a: heuristic trial period in which to redeem oneself: probation trial, preliminary session or inquest before: hearing triangle opposite the right angle, side of: hypotenuse triangle rule,right-angled:Pythagorean theorem triangle side: leg triangle theorem: Pythagorean triangle types: equilateral, isosceles, right-angled, scalene
triangle with three equal sides: equilateral triangle with three unequal sides: scalene triangle with two equal sides: isosceles triangle, intersection of three altitudes of: orthocenter triangles, study of: trigonometry triangular: cuneate, deltoid, hastate, trigonal, trilateral triangular alluvial plain: delta triangular architectural element: gable, pediment triangular clothing insert: gore, gusset, wedge triangular string instrument: balalaika tribal priest-doctor: shaman tribal symbol: totem tribe: association, band, clan, division, family, folk, group, kindred, lineage, people, race, society, village tribe consists of two or more clans, subdivision of: phratry Tribe of Israel: Dan tribulation: adversity, affliction, agony, anguish, burden, distress, grief, hardship, misery, ordeal, pain, persecution, sorrow, suffering, trial, unhappiness, woe tribunal: assembly, bar, bench, board, committee, court, forum, rota, seat tributary: accessory, ancillary, auxiliary, contributory, dependent, feeder, secondary, stream, subordinate, subsidiary tribute: accoladetion, applause, assign, citation, commendation, compliment, declaration, duty, eulogy, gift, grant, gratitude, honoration, laudation, levy, memorial, obligation, ovation, panegyric, payment, praise, respect, salvo, tariff, tax, testimonial trick: ambush, antic, artifice, bait, bamboozle, beguile, bilk, bluff, catch, cheat, chicanery, cozen, deceit, deceive, decoy, defraud, delusion, device, dodge, dupe, escapade, feat, feint, finagle, flimflam, fool, fox, fraud, gag, gimmick, guile, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, illusion, imposture, jape, jest, joke, knack, lark, legerdemain, maneuver, method, mislead, outwit, prank, pretext, ruse, scam, secret, shay, shift, skill, sleight, spell, spoof, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, swindle, technique, trap, wile trick by flattery: inveigle
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acacia abele ailanthus/tree of heaven alder alerce algarroba allspice almond aloe althea American elm annatto apple apple box apricot araucaria arborvitae arbutus areca palm ash aspen assegai/assagai avocado/alligator pear azalea babassu bald cypress balsa balsam balsam fir balsam poplar banana banks ia banyan baobab barbasco barberry basswood bay tree bay rum tree bayberry bead tree beech beefwood betel palm big tree bigleaf maple bignonia bilberry birch black acacia black alder black ash black cherry black maple black oak black pine black spruce black walnut blackberry blackjack oak blackthorn blackwood bladdernut blue gum blue spruce blueberry bo tree/peepul/pipal bottle tree bottlebrush box elder boxwood bramble Brazil nut brazilwood breadfruit bristlecone pine broom buckeye buckthorn buddleia buffalo berry bunya-bunya butcher's broom butternut buttonball buttonwood cabbage palm cacao calabash California laurel camphor tree camwood candleberry candlewood caper carnauba carob cascarilla cashew cassia casuarina catalpa cedar cedar of Lebanon celery pine chaste tree chaulmoogra cherimoya cherry cherry plum chestnut Chilean pine chinaberry tree/ China tree chinquapin chittamwood chokeberry cinchona cinnamon citron citrus clematis cleome clove cockspur coco-de-mer coconut coffee coffee tree coffeeberry coolabah coquito coral tree cork oak corkwood cornel cottonwood crabwood cranberry croton crowberry cryptomeria cucumber tree currant cycad cypress cypress pine dahoon daphne date palm dawn redwood deodar/deodara divi-divi dogwood Douglas fir doum palm dragon tree durmast Dutch elm ebony elder elderberry elm eucalyptus eucryphia euonymus false acacia farkleberry fever tree ficus fig fir fire thorn flame tree flowering ash forsythia frankincense fringe tree fuchsia funeral palm gardenia germander giant sequoia ginkgo gomuti gooseberry grape grapefruit greasewood greenheart gru-gru palm guaiacum guava guayule gum gumbo-limbo hackberry hawthorn hazel/hazelnut heath heather hemlock hemp tree henna hibiscus hickory holly holm oak/holly oak honey locust honeysuckle hoop pine hop tree hornbeam horse chestnut horseradish tree huckleberry hydrangea Indian mulberry inkberry ironwood ivory palm jacaranda jack pine Japanese cedar Japanese maple jarrah jojoba Joshua tree Judas tree juneberry juniper jute kalmia karri tree kauri kingwood koa kowhai kumquat kurrajong laburnum lacquer tree lancewood larch laurel lavender leadwort lehua lemon lignum vitae lilac lilly-pilly lime linden liquidambar litchi/litchi nut loblolly pine locust logwood longleaf pine madrona/madrone/ madrono magnolia mahogany maidenhair tree mallee tree manchineel mango mangrove manuka manzanita maple marblewood mastic tree mate mazzard medlar mesquite
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TREES AND SHRUBS continue

milkwort philodendron sago palm spicebush walnut mimosa pine sallow spindle tree wandoo mistletoe pistachio sandalwood spruce Washington palm monkey-bread tree pitch pine sandarac stone pine water elm monkey puzzle plane tree sandbox tree strawberry bush wattle monkeypod plum sapele strawberry tree wax palm mountain ash podocarpus sapodilla sugar gum wax tree mulberry poinciana sappanwood sugar maple wayfaring tree myrtle poison ivy saskatoon sugar palm weeping willow needle-flower tree poison oak sassafras sugar pine wellingtonia neem poison sumac sasswood/sassy swamp cypress western hemlock night jasmine pomegranate satinwood sweet bay western red cedar ninebark pond apple savin sweet cherry white birch nipa poplar scarlet sage sweet gum white cedar Norfolk Island pine prickly ash screw pine sycamore white fir Norway maple privet senna tallow wood white gum Norway spruce puriri sequoia tamarack white oak nut pine pussy willow seringa tamarind white pine nutmeg quassia service tree tamarisk white poplar nux vomica quebracho serviceberry tamarugo white spruce oak queen palm shadbush tan oak whitebeam ocotillo quince shagbark tangerine whitehorn oil palm raffia palm shea tree tea tree wicopy oleander rain tree sheepberry teak wild hydrangea olive raspberry silk-cotton tree terebinth willow orange red cedar silk oak thorn tree wine palm Osage orange red fir silk tree thuja winterberry osier red gum silver birch titi wintercreeper pagoda tree red oak silver fir tonka bean witch hazel palm red pine silver maple toon woolly butt palmetto redbud silverberry toothache tree wych elm palmyra redwood simarouba torchwood yaupon papaw rhododendron sisal toyon yellow poplar papaya ribbonwood slippery elm trembling poplar yellowroot paper mulberry roble smoke tree tulip oak yellowwood/gopher parlor palm rose of Sharon snowbell tulip tree wood partridgeberry rosebay snowberry tupelo yew paulownia rosemary snowdrop tree Turkey oak ylang-ylang pawpaw rosewood soapbark turpentine tree yucca peach rowan soapberry umbrella tree zebrawood pear royal poinciana sorrel tree upas zenobiaW pecan rubber plant sour gum varnish tree trick game: con game, confidence tricked, easily: credulous, gullible trickle: distill, dribble, drip, flow, leak, pencil cedar rubber tree sourwood veronica game, confidence trick trickery: artifice, cheating, chicanery, ooze, percolate, seep pepper southern viburnum cunning, deceit,cypress deception, dishontrick ortree scheme: artifice, sage deception, tricky: artful, craft, crafty, cunning, depersimmon sagebrush Spanish cedar dupery, duplicwahoo esty, double-dealing, ceitful, delicate, devious, foxy, intrievasion, finesse, gambit, maneuver, ity, flimflam, fraud, guile, hankyploy, shift, stratagem, subterfuge cate, Loki, misleading, precarious, panky, ingenuity, knavery, machinasensitive, shifty, slick, sly, sneaky, trick to divert attention: feint tions, quackery, scam, shenanigans, unstable, wily trick, magic: legerdemain, prestidigitaskulduggery, slyness, stratagem, tom- tried: approved, demonstrated, detion, sleight of hand foolery, trumpery, underhandedness pendable, endeavored, essayed, faithtrick, to obtain by: finagle
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TRIFLE - TRIUMPH
TREE-RELATED TERMS
art of cutting trees in decorative shapes: topiary Buddha's tree: bodhi, bo tree citrus trees: bergamot, calamondin, lemon, lime, orange concerning trees: arboreal crowns forming uppermost cover of trees: canopy, crown canopy dwarf trees: abuscle, bonsai, chinquapin, scrub evergreen trees: balsam, carob, carobe, cedar, fir, holly, juniper, madrona, olive, pine, pinyon, redwood, sequoia, tamarisk, titi, yew flowering trees: acacia, dogwood, elder, mimosa, oleaster, redbud, sourwood, sumac fruit trees: anona, araca, avocado, banana, biriba, capulin, cone, fig, lemon, lime, litchi, medlar, olive, papaw, pawpaw, sapota, tamarind, tangelo, tangerine hardwood trees: beech, birch, cherry, chestnut, ebony, oak large rounded outgrowth: burl mass of small trees: coppice, copse mass of trees: boscage, boskage, thicket miniature Japanese tree or shrub: bonsai needle-leaved evergreen: conifer nut trees: almond, buckeye, cashew, cola, filbert, hazel, hickory, kola, pecan, pinon, pistachio of a tree with spread-out branches: brachiate of trees retaining their leaves: evergreen of trees shedding their leaves: deciduous oil-yielding trees: bel, ben, cajeput, ebo, eboe, shea, tung palm trees: arengs, carnauba, coco, grugru, nipa, pinang, raffia, ratan, rattan ful, known, proved, reliable, tasted, tested, trustworthy, used trifle: bagatelle, bauble, bit, dabble, dally, dash, dawdle, deceive, dessert, dibble, do it, doodle, drop, fiddle, fidget, flirt, fribble, frivol, gewgaw, gimcrack, hair, hint, jest, jot, knickknack, little, minutia, nothing, novelty, palter, pinch, play, plaything, putter, snippet, sou, speck, suggestion, touch, toy, trace, trick, trinket, triviality, waste trifle with: coquet, flirt, toy trifling: banal, frivolous, idle, immaterial, inane, insignificant, little, measly, mere, negligible, nominal, opuscule, petty, piddling, puny, shallow, slight, small, trivial, unimportant, worthless trifling distinction: quibble, quiddity trifling fault: peccadillo trigger: activate, cause, generate, initiate, lever, prompt, provoke, release, spark, start, stimulate trigonometric function: cosine, sine plantain tree: pala shade trees: ash, elm, linden, maple, oak, poplar, sycamore softwood trees: Alamo, ambay, balsa, black gum, cedar, corkwood, fir, lin, linde, pine, spruce, tupelo study of trees: arboriculture, dendrology, silviculture tree collection for scientific and educational purposes: arboretum tree grown from seed: stand tree or garden with variety: arboretum tree parts: bark, bole, branch, knot, leaf, root, trunk, twig tree plant type: dicot, dicotyledon tree ring study: dendrochronology tree spirit: dryad, hamadryad, wood nymph tree trunk: bole tree whose seeds are not inside ovary: gymnosperm tree with top branches cut back: pollard tree worship: dendrolatry tree-bordered walk: alameda tree's fluid: sap trees or forests of a region: silva trees serving to lessen the wind's force: windbreak tree-shaped: arboreal, arborescent, dendriform, dendroid, ramate, treelike tropical trees: acajou, allspice, areca, balsa, baobab, cacao, cherimoya, citrus, mangrove, ohia, palmyra, sago, sweetsop, teak upper leafy part: crown willow trees: osier, poplar, sauch, saugh young tree: sapling It expedition, hike, jaunt, journey, junket, outing, ride, safari, tour, trek, voyage trip segment: leg trip, short pleasurable: excursion, jaunt, junket, spree trip, take short frivolous: gad about, gallivant trite: banal, clichd, common, commonplace, conventional, corny, dated, dull, everyday, hackneyed, inane, jejune, old, ordinary, pass, prosaic, routine, shopworn, silly, stale, stereotyped, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trivial, uninspired, unoriginal, vapid, worn trite and worn-out: hack, hackneyed trite remark: bromide, clich, platitude triturate: crush, grind, pound, pulverize, rub, thrash triumph: achievement, beat, celebration, conquer, conquest, defeat, exult, exultation, flourish, glory, jubilation, mastery, overcome, pin one's
trill: quaver, roll, shake, sound, tremolo, twirl, vibrate, vibrato, warble trilling sound of grasshopper, bird: chirr trillion prefix: teratrim or cut tree branches: lop trimming: braid, border, decoration, edging, embellishment, embroidery, extras, flounce, frill, fringe, lace, ornament, piping, rickrack, ruffle, trapping trinity: three, threesome, triad, trilogy, trine, trio, triune trinity, religious: Father, Holy Ghost, Son trinket: bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, bijou, curio, doodad, doohickey, fallal, gadget, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack, jewel, kickshaw, knickknack, novelty, ornament, plaything, showpiece, tchotchke, thingamabob, thingamajig, toy, trifle trio: threesome, triad, trinity, triume trip: cruise, drive, errand, excursion,
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ears back, prevail, succeed, success, victory, win triumphant: celebrating, elated, exultant, exulting, glorious, joyous, jubilant, successful, victorious trivial: banal, bupkes, commonplace, featherweight, frivolous, inane, incidental, inconsequential, insignificant, little, meaningless, measly, minor, negligible, nominal, ordinary, paltry, peanuts, petty, picayune, slight, small, superficial, trifling, trite, unimportant, unimpressive trivial things, person getting worked up about: microlipet troll: dwarf, fairy, giant, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hobgoblin, ogre, sprite trolley: tram trollop: floozy, harlot, hussy, prostitute, slut, streetwalker, whore trombone moving piece: glide, slide troop: army, array, band, battery, cavalry, combatants, company, corps, crew, crowd, drove, flock, gang, gathering, group, infantry, legion, march, military, outfit, pack, soldiers, squad, troupe, unit
RELATED TERMS
troop formation: echelon, enfilade, phalanx troop review or inspection: muster troops at a military post: garrison troops' lodging: billet, canton, quarters troops out in front: vanguard troops with civilian control, replace: demilitarize, disengage troops, dismiss or discharge: demobilize, disband troops, prepare and assemble: marshal, mobilize, muster troops, selected unit of: detachment troops, support: reinforcements troops, to position: deploy, station W trophy: award, booty, citation, crown, cup, honor, keepsake, laurel, medal, memento, memorial, prize, reward, ribbon, souvenir trophy base: plinth tropical: hot, steamy, sultry, sweltering, torrid, warm tropical fruit: avocado, guava, mango, pineapple, ugli tropical tree: date palm, ebo, eboe, palm, teak, ule trot: canter, gait, hasten, hurry, jog, pace, pony, run, toddler, tot
troth: betrothal, declaration, engagement, fidelity, marriage, pledge, promise troubadour: balladeer, bard, minstrel, musician, poet, singer trouble: ado, adversity, afflict, aggrieve, agitate, ail, ailment, anger, annoy, anxiety, bother, burden, calamity, care, commotion, complaint, concern, crisis, danger, difficulty, dilemma, disability, discomfort, discommode, disorder, displeasure, dissension, distress, disturb, disturbance, dither, effort, exertion, fret, fuss, grief, harass, hardship, harm, heed, illness, impair, inconvenience, interfere, irk, labor, malady, matter, mess, mischief, misfortune, ordeal, pain, pains, perturb, pester, pickle, plague, plight, pother, predicament, scrape, snag, sorrow, spot, stir, strife, torment, travail, try, uneasiness, unrest, unsettle, upset, vex, woe, worry trouble with constant demands: importune trouble, make: raise Cain troubled: afflicted, alarmed, asea, bothered, concerned, distraught, distressed, fazed, fearful, harassed, irritated, pained, plagued, puzzled, tormented, uneasy, upset, worried troublemaker: agitator, enfant terrible, firebrad, firebrand, gremlin, incendiary, instigator, knave, miscreant, nuisance, punk, rascal troublesome: annoying, arduous, belligerent, bothersome, burdensome, demanding, difficult, disturbing, fractious, inconvenient, irksome, onerous, oppressive, pesky, problematic, sticky, tiresome, trying, unruly, upsetting, vexing, wicked, worrisome trough: basin, channel, chute, conduit, gutter, sluice trounce: beat, clobber, conquer, cream, defeat, drub, flog, hammer, lick, overwhelm, pommel, rout, rush, scold, ship, thrash troupe: actors, band, company, group, outfit, performers trousers: breeches, britches, dungarees, jeans, knickers, pantaloons, pants, slacks trousers cut to resemble skirt, woman's: culottes trousers, heavy leather: chaps
truant: absent, idle, lazy, loafer, missing, neglectful, shirker, slacker, stray, straying truce: armistice, break, breather, ceasefire, cessation, halt, letup, pause, peace, respite truck: bargain, barter, business, cart, commerce, dealings, dolly, dray, exchange, handcart, lorry, move, negotiate, peddle, rig, rubbish, trade, traffic, transport, trash, van, vehicle truck in V-shaped accident, tractortrailer: jackknife truck platform for raising worker: cherry picker truck, large two-section: semi, tractortrailer truckle: apple-polish, bootlick, caster, fawn, grovel, kowtow, ringe, servile, submissive, submit, succumb, toady, trundle, yield truculent: abusive, aggressive, antagonistic, barbarous, bellicose, belligerent, brutal, bullying, combative, cruel, ferocious, fierce, harsh, hostile, intimidating, militant, pugnacious, rough, rude, saage, scathing, scrappy, surly, vituperative trudge: drag, hike, hobble, lumber, march, plod, schlep, slog, slug, toil, traipse, tramp, trek, walk true: accurate, actual, authentic, bona fide, certain, constant, correct, dependable, devoted, dutiful, essential, exact, exactly, factual, faithful, fundamental, genuine, honest, honorable, just, kosher, lawful, legitimate, level, loyal, precise, proper, pure, real, reliable, resolute, right, rightful, sincere, staunch, steadfast, steady, trustworthy, truthful, unfeigned, upright, valid, veracious, veridical, veritable true-blue: dependable, faithful, loyal, reliable, staunch true or real, quality of being: verisimilitude true or valid but open to doubt: credible, plausible true to life: lifelike, naturalistic true, acceptance as: credence true, affirm to be: attest, corroborate, substantiate, validate, verify true, demonstrably: apodictic, incontrovertible, veritable true, quality of being: verity truelove: beloved, lover, sweetheart
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TRUISM - TUMULT
truism: adage, aphorism, axiom, clich, maxim, motto, platitude, proverb, saying, self-evident truth truly: absolutely, accurately, actually, as a matter of fact, certainly, definitely, exactly, genuinely, honestly, indeed, literally, positively, really, rightly, sincerely, surely, unequivocally, verily, very, well trumpery: bosh, cheap, cheesy, deception, gaudy, malarkey, nonsense, paltry, rubbish, shoddy, showy, tawdry, trash, trickery, useless, worthless trumpet: advertise, blare, herald, proclaim, publish, tout; bugle, clarion, cornet, horn, instrument trumpet fanfare: tantara, tucket trumpet mute: sordino trumpet, medieval: clarion truncate: abbreviate, abridge, condense, crop, curtail, cut, lessen, lop, prune, shear, shorten, trim truncheon: bat, baton, bludgeon, stick, weapon trundle: cart, caster, dolly, revolve, roll, roller, rotate, spin, turn, twirl, wheel, whirl trunk: baggage, body, bole, box, case, chest, container, locker, luggage, proboscis, snoot, snout, stalk, stem, suitcase, tank, thorax, torso trunk, body: torso trunk, elephant: proboscis trunk, tree: bole truss: beam, bind, bracket, bundle, fasten, framework, hold, pack, prop, strap, strengthen, support, tie, tighten trust: assign, assume, assurance, belief, believe, business, care, cartel, coalition, commission, confide, confidence, consign, credence, credit, custody, dependence, duty, faith, hope, loyalty, organization, presume, protection, reliance, rely, responsibility, safekeeping, security, stock, syndicate trust, steal or misuse funds held in: defalcate, embezzle, peculate trustee: administrator, bailee, custodian, depositary, depository, director, fiduciary, guardian, overseer trustee or trusteeship, of: fiduciary trustworthy: aboveboard, authentic, believable, confidential, credible, dependable, ethical, faithful, honest,
loyal, reliable, responsible, safe, solid, sound, straight, tried, true, trusty, upright trusty: credible, dependable, faithful, reliable, trustworthy truth: accuracy, agreement, authenticity, axiom, candor, correctness, fact, fidelity, genuineness, gospel, honesty, integrity, lowdown, loyalty, realism, reality, scoop, sincerity, sooth, troth, truism, uprightness, validity, veracity, verity truth by logical argument, arrival at: dialectic truth, of plain: unvarnished truth, universally accepted: axiom, maxim truthful: aboveboard, accurate, candid, factual, frank, honest, open, sincere, square, trustworthy, trusty, veracious, verdical, veridical try: adjudge, afflict, agonize, aim, annoy, assay, attempt, audition, bother, contest, crack, effort, endeavor, essay, examine, experiment, fling, harass, hear, irk, irritate, judge, opportunity, partake, prove, render, sample, screen, seek, stab, strain, strive, struggle, subject, taste, test, torment, torture, trial, trouble, turn, undertake, upset, venture, vex, whack, whirl trying: annoying, arduous, bothersome, burdensome, demanding, difficult, exasperating, exhausting, hard, irksome, onerous, rough, strenuous, stressful, taxing, testing, tight, tough trying experience: ordeal tryst: agreement, appointment, assignation, date, engagement, meeting, rendezvous, union, visit tub: barge, barrel, bath, bathe, boat, bucket, cask, crate, keeve, keg, scow, ship, tank, vat, vessel tubby: chubby, fat, jumbo, large, plump, portly, pudgy, rotund tube: cannula, chute, conduit, cylinder, duct, hose, pipe, pipeline, pipette, straw, subway, television, tunnel tube between mouth and stomach: esophagus, gullet, throat tube for draining body cavity: cannula, catheter tube for transfer of liquid to lower-level container: siphon tube-shaped optical instrument with colored pieces: kaleidoscope
tube, diameter inside of: caliber tube, female: fallopian tube, oviduct tube, small and often graduated: pipette tuber: beet, bulb, jalap, potato, protuberance, root, salep, stem, swelling, taro, tubercule, turnip, yam tuber trimmer: potato peeler tuberculosis: consumption, phthisis, TB tubular pasta: ziti tuck: beat, cramp, enfold, fold, food, insert, pinch, pleat, save, shorten, stick, stuff, tap tucker: exhaust, fatigue, poop, tire, wary, wilt tuft: batch, beard, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, feathers, goatee, group, mound, tassel, wisp tuft of grass, hair: tussock tuft of hair: cowlick tuft of ribbon, yarn, feathers: pompom, pompon tufted marsh plant: sedge tug: chain, contend, contest, drag, draw, drudge, effort, haul, heave, labor, lug, pull, rope, strain, strap, strive, struggle, toil, tow, wrestle, yank tuition: charge, cost, education, expenditure, instruction, teaching, tutelage tumble: collapse, confusion, disarrange, disorder, fall, flatten, flip, jumble, level, overthrow, pitch, plummet, plunge, roll, rumple, somersault, spill, stumble, topple, toss, trip, twist, upset, whirl tumid: bloated, bombastic, distended, bulging, enlarged, inflated, overblown, pompous, protuberant, puffy, swollen, tumescent, turgid tummy noises: borborygmus tumor: bombast, cancer, carcinoma, cyst, growth, gumma, hepatoma, lipoma, melanoma, neoplasm, papilloma, polyp, sarcocele, sarcoma, scirrhus, wart, wen tumor of connective tissues, malignant: carcinoma, sarcoma tumor that is a danger: malignant tumor that is not a danger: benign tumor, malignant: sarcoma tumor, skin: melanoma tumor, small usually benign: papilloma, polyp tumult: ado, agitation, Babel, bedlam, biot, bluster, brawl, commotion, confusion, disorder, disturbance, dither,
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TUMULTUOUS - TUXEDO excitement, fray, fuss, hassle, hubbub, hullabaloo, noise, outbreak, outburst, outcry, pandemonium, paroxysm, racket, revolt, riot, stew, turbulence, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar tumultuous: agitated, boisterous, chaotic, confused, disorderly, furious, hectic, noisy, raucous, rough, rowdy, stormy, turbulent, unruly, violent, wild tuna, canned: albacore tune: accord, agreement, air, aria, carol, concert, concord, disposition, ditty, harmonize, harmony, jingle, key, lilt, measure, melody, number, piece, pitch, sonace, sound, strain, string tune an instrument: temper tune, commercial: jingle tune, humorous: quodlibet tune, regularly repeated verse or: burden, chorus, refrain tune, signature: theme song tuneful: ariose, catchy, dulcet, harmonious, lyrical, melodious, musical, rhythmic tunic: blouse, chiton, coat, jacket, kirtle, robe, surcoat, toga tuning fork: diapason, tonometer tunnel: adit, bore, burrow, conduit, crawlway, excavate, mine, passageway, shaft, subway, tube, underpass turban: bandana, cap, hat, headdress, lungi turbid: cloudy, confused, dark, dense, heavy, impure, muddled, muddy, murky, obscure, polluted, roily, sedimentary, thick, unclear, unsettled turbulence: agitation, bluster, commotion, disorder, disturbance, fight, fracas, frenzy, fury, havoc, tumult, turmoil, uproar turbulent: agitated, blustering, boisterous, bumpy, chaotic, choppy, fierce, furious, raging, rampant, rebellious, restless, rough, rowdy, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, uncontrolled, unruly, unsettled, unstable, violent, wild turbulent condition: maelstrom turf: area, bailiwick, divot, earth, grass, greensward, ground, neighborhood, racetrack, region, sod, sods, soil, sward, terrain, territory, track turf piece: divot turgid: bloated, bombastic, distended, enlarged, grandiloquent, grandiose, inflated, ornate, pompous, pretentious, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid turkey or chicken's fleshy neck growth: caruncle, wattle turmoil: ado, agitation, anxiety, bedlam, chaos, commotion, confusion, disorder, disquiet, distress, disturbance, ferment, hubbub, pandemonium, riot, strife, toil, trouble, tumult, turbulence, unrest, upheaval, uproar, upset turn around: about-face, change, gyrate, reversal, revolve, rotate, shift, spin, time turn aside: avert, deflect, detour, digress, divert, shunt, skew, swerve, veer, ward off turn at an angle: skew turn away: avert, deflect, desert, deter, deviate, dismiss, distract, divert, repel, shunt, swerve turn back: fold, halt, repel, retrace, retreat, retrogress, return, reverse, revert, stop turn down: decline, lower, rebuff, refuse, reject, repudiate, scorn, spurn, veto turn from main subject: digress turn inside out or outward: evert turn into new form: metamorphose, mutate, transform, transmogrify turn inward: introvert turn left: haw, veer turn loose: release turn off: alienate, bore, deflect, detour, disgust, divert, halt, nauseate, repel, repulse, stop, unplug, withdraw turn on: activate, arouse, begin, enchant, energize, excite, initiate, start, stimulate turn on axis: spin turn or bend in tubular organ: flexure turn or go back to place or condition: revert turn over: assign, consider, contemplate, delegate, deliver, entrust, flip, give, invert, keel, keep, ponder, reflect, relinquish, roll, rotate, spill, surrender, topple, transfer, upend, upset turn palm to face down or back: pronate turn palm to face up or forward: supinate turn to the right: gee turn up: appear, arrive, detect, discover, emerge, find, increase, materialize, show, surface, uncover, unearth turn upside-down or inside-out: invert turn while fastened to something: pivot, swivel turncoat: apostate, betrayer, defector, deserter, rat, renegade, spy, traitor turning or twisting force: torque, torsion turning or winding: anfractuous, contorted, revolving, tortuous, twisting, vertiginous turning point: climax, crisis, critical point, emergency, juncture, pivot, watershed turning point, ultimate: Rubicon turning thoughts, feelings toward oneself: introversion turning to someone for aid, security: recourse turnip: neep, plant, rutabaga, vegetable turnout: attendance, audience, crowd, gathering, output, productivity, quota, volume, yield turnpike: freeway, highway, parkway, road, thruway, tollgate turpitude: baseness, depravity, evil, immortality, vileness, wickedness turquoise: aqua, aquamarine, bluegreen, color, gemstone, greenishblue, mineral, sea-green, stone turret: belfry, gunhouse, gunmount, lathe, minaret, spire, steeple, tower turret, tower with excellent view: mirador turtle: chelonian, cooter, leatherback, loggerhead, reptile, shagtail, slowpoke, snapper, terrapin, testudinal, tortoise turtle shell: carapace, mail turtle, concerning a: chelonian, testudinal turtle. North American aquatic: terrapin turtle's bony plate: breastplate, plastron tusk: canine, fang, incisor, ivory, tooth, tush tussle: battle, brawl, conflict, contest, fight, hassle, scrap, scuffle, skirmish, spar, struggle, wrestle tutelage: guardianship, guidance, instruction, schooling, teaching, tuition tutor: coach, direct, drill, educator, guide, guru, instruct, instructor, mentor, pedagogue, prepare, school, teach, teacher, train tutor without faculty rank: docent tutorship: tutelage tuxedo: black tie
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TV AWARD - TYKE
T V award: Emmy T V screen identifying the topic, box or window above newscaster's head: topic box T V screen when a station is off the air, multicolored stripes on: color bars, colorburst T V screen, typed information rolling along: crawl twaddle: babble, balderdash, blabber, bosh, bunk, chat, chatter, drivel, gabble, jaber, nonsense, pap, poppycock, prate, rot, talk, tommyrot, tosh twang: nasality, resonance, resound, sound, twank, vibration tweak: adjust, jerk, pinch, pluck, pull, tease, twist tweet: chirp, chirrup, peep, twitter twelfth night: Epiphany twelve times a year: monthly twelve, concerning: duodecimal, duodenary twentieth anniversary: vigentennial twenty-five cents: two bits twenty-four hour occurrence or cycle: circadian twenty-six fortnights: year twenty quires: ream twenty years, every or lasting: vicennial twentyfold: vigesimal twice a week: semiweekly twice a year: biannual, biennial, semiannual twig: branch, limb, offshoot, scion, shoot, sprig twig used for grafting or planting: scion, slip twig, long rodlike: osier twig, slender flexible: switch twig, tough and supple: withe, withy twiglike work or furniture: wickerwork twilight: crpuscule, decline, dusk, eve, evening, eventide, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, sundown, sunset twilight, concerning: crepuscular twin: binate, clone, counterpart, couple, didymous, double, dual, duplicate, fraternal, identical, lookalike, pair, two twine: braid, coil, cord, encircle, encurl, entangle, interlace, interweave, knot, rope, snarl, spiral, string, tangle, thread, twist, vine, weave, wind, wrap, wreathe twinge: ache, apin, cramp, misery, pang, qualm, stitch, twitch twinge of fear: qualm twinkle: blink, flash, flicker, flit, flut-
ter, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, illuminate, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle, wink twirl: alter, braid, coil, convolute, falsify, gyrate, gyre, kink, knot, oddity, pirouette, pivot, ravel, revolve, rotation, slant, snake, spin, surprise, swivel, tangle, turn, twist, whirl, worm, wrap, wriggle, zigzag twist: bend, coil, contort, corkscrew, crink, curve, deviation, distort, entwine, gnarl, intertwine, interweave, kink, meander, misrepresent, peculiarity, quirk, revolve, screw, spin, spiral, squiggle, squirm, tendril, thread, torsion, turn, tweak, twine, warp, wind, wrench, wrest, wring, writhe twist and interweave: braid, plait twist as in pain, struggle: writhe twist out of shape: distort twisted: awry, bent, braided, complicated, contorted, convoluted, crooked, curled, gnarled, intricate, involved, knurly, slewed, tangled, tortile, wound, wrenched, wry twisted or corrupted: perverted twisted or involved, very: convoluted twisted or strained out of shape: contorted, distorted twisted to one side: amiss, askew, awry twister: cyclone, tornado, typhoon, whirlwind twisting and winding: anfractuous, tortuous twisting force: torque, torsion twisting or curling: curlicue, helix, volute, whorl twisting spiral: maelstrom, vortex, whirlpool twitch: clutch, contraction, draw, grasp, jerk, lurch, pick, pluck, pull, shake, shudder, snatch, spasm, tic, tremble, tug, twinge, vellicate, yank twitter: chat, chatter, cheep, chirp, chirrup, chitter, flutter, giggle, peep, sing, sound, titter, tweet twittering or chirping of insects: fritinancy two: binary, couple, dos, double, dual, duet, dyad, number, pair, twin two chambers, having: bicameral two contradictory parts or opinions, division into: dichotomy two-dot mark: colon two dots over Germanic vowel: umlaut
two dots over second of two vowels to indicate separate pronunciation: dieresis two-faced: deceitful, devious, dishonest, false, hypocritical, treacherous, underhanded two-footed: biped, bipedal two-footed sloth: unau two-hulled boat with sails: catamaran two meanings to phrase, one risqu: double entendre two minds, of: ambivalent two months, every: bimonthly two months in duration: bimestrial two names or terms, relating to: binomial two negatives in one sentence: double negative two of a kind: brace, pair two offspring, bearing: biparous two opposed groups, parts: dichotomy two or more distinct personalities disorder: multiple personality two or more husbands at once: polyandry two or more wives at once: polygamy two-part division by opinion: dichotomy two parts, divide into: bisect two parts, divided into: bipartite two points, in football: safety two-purpose: dual two-time: betray, cheat, deceive, double-cross, mislead two tones rapidly alternated in music: trill two trials for one offense: double jeopardy two vowel sounds blended (e.g. boil, fine): diphthong two vowels drawn together into one syllable: syneresis, synizesis two-wheeled carriage: chaise two-wheeled carriage with springs: trap two-wheeler: bicycle, bike, calche, cycle, tilbury two-year period: biennium twofold: bifold, binal, binary, diploid, double, dual, duple, duplex, paired twosome: couple, duet, duo, dyad, pair tycoon: baron, bigwig, financier, industrialist, magnate, mogul, nabob tycoon, powerful and exploitive: robber baron tying or binding: ligature tying up for sexual pleasure: bondage tyke: boy, child, cur, dog, mongrel, squirt
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TYMPANIC M E M B R A N E - TYRO
TYPE-RELATED TERMS
type aligned to a margin: justified type in one size and style, complete set of: font type measure: em, en, pica type size and style: typeface type size measure, Vt of inch: pica type size measure, Vn of inch: point type spacing between lines, measured in points: leading type style, handwriting-like: cursive type style, heavy and thick: boldface type style, slanted: italic type style, upright: roman type that extends below line: descender type that extends upward: ascender type unit of measure Vn inch: point type, half of width of square piece of: en type, width of square piece of: em typeface: agate, boldface, case, font, italic, pica, roman typeface embellishment: serif typeface, characters of a: font'W tympanic membrane: eardrum type: breed, category, character, class, classify, emblem, example, family,
form, genre, group, ilk, kind, mark, model, mold, nature, order, pattern, persuasion, race, sign, sort, species, specimen, stamp, strain, stripe, symbol, variety type or kind in art, music, literature, film: genre typesetter: compositor typesetting methods: Linotype, Monotype, photocomposition typewriter for dictation: stnotype typewriter operated by telephone: telex typewriter standard keyboard: QWERTY typewriter's bar holding paper down: bail typewriter's roller: platen typhoon: cyclone, hurricane, storm, tornado, twister typical: average, characteristic, classic, common, commonplace, conventional, everyday, exemplary, ideal, model, normal, ordinary, orthodox, regular, representative, standard, stereotypical, usual typical and regular: average, commonplace, everyday, run-of-the-mill, stock typical and standard: exemplary, paradigmatic, representative, textbook
typical example: embodiment, exemplar, image, incarnation, personification, quintessence typical example of class, quality: byword, epitome, paradigm, type typical of condition: symptomatic typical or original: archetype, prototype typical person for image or type: stereotype typical standard, model, pattern: norm typify: characterize, embody, epitomize, illustrate, personify, prefigure, represent, symbolize typographical error: errata, typo tyrannical: brutal, cruel, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, harsh, imperious, oppressive, totalitarian tyrannize: dictate, dominate, oppress, trample tyranny: absolutism, autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, fascism, oppression, repression, rigor tyrant: autarch, autocrat, bully, Caesar, czar, despot, dictator, martinet, oppressor, overlord, persecutor, tsar tyro: amateur, apprentice, beginner, greenhorn, neo, neophyte, newcomer, novice, rookie, tenderfoot, trainee
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U-shaped: hippocrepiform, horseshoe U-shaped lake: oxbow U-turn: about-face, volte-face ubiquitous: everywhere, omnipresent, pervasive, universal, widespread ugly: appalling, awful, bad, base, beastly, crabbed, cranky, dangerous, despicable, disagreeable, disfigured, disgusting, foul, frightful, gloomy, grave, grisly, gross, grotesque, gruesome, hideous, homely, horrible, ill-favored, loathsome, nasty, offensive, ominous, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, servile, shocking, terrible, threatening, toady, troublesome, unattractive, unpleasant, vile, wretched ugly and displeasing: unaesthetic, unsightly ugly and monstrous: deformed, disfigured, grotesque, misshapen, mutilated ugly structure or thing: abomination, eyesore ulcer: abscess, boil, canker, lesion, sore ulcer types: duodenal, gastric, peptic ulterior: concealed, covert, enigmatic, guarded, hidden, later, obscure, privy, secret, selfish, shrouded, subsequent, undisclosed, undivulged ultimate: absolute, best, capping, conclusive, elemental, end, eventual, extreme, farthest, final, fundamental, grand, greatest, last, maximum, paramount, peak, preeminent, primary, remote, supreme, transcendent, utmost ultimatum: demand, offer, order, requirement, terms, threat ultra: beyond, excessive, extravagant, extreme, fanatical, forward, outlandish, radical, ultimate umber: brown, brownish, chestnut, color, darken, shadowy
umbilicus: navel umbrage: anger, animosity, chagrin, displeasure, fury, grudge, hint, incense, infuriate, offend, offense, outrage, pique, protection, rage, resentment, shade, shadow, shelter, suspicion, trace, wrath umbrella: brolly, guard, parasol, protect, screen, shade, shelter, sunshade umbrella tip: ferrule umbrella, sun: parasol umpire: arbiter, arbitrator, decide, judge, mediator, moderator, negotiator, peacemaker, referee, rule unable: cannot, helpless, impotent, inadequate, incapable, incompetent, inept, powerless, unqualified, weak unable to act as desired: impotent unable to deal with numbers: innumerate unable to read: illiterate, unlettered unabridged: complete, entire, full length, in extenso, intact, unabbreviated, uncut, whole unacceptable: below par, deficient, inadequate, intolerable, lousy, poor, unsuitable, unwelcome, unworthy unacceptable person: persona non grata unaccompanied: abandoned, alone, deserted, detached, isolated, lone, single, solitary, solo, stag unaccompanied part song: madrigal unaccompanied singing: a cappella unaccountable: baffling, curious, exempt, immune, inexplicable, irresponsible, mysterious, mystic, peculiar, puzzling, strange, unexplainable, unusual unaccustomed: alien, curious, exotic, foreign, inexperienced, new, novice, rare, strange, uncommon, unfamiliar, uninstructed, unknown, unpracticed, unusual
unacquainted: ignorant, inexperienced, strange, unadorned, unaware, unfamiliar, unknown unadorned: austere, bald, bare, barren, naked, plain, rustic, simple, stark, undecorated, unelaborate unadulterated: clean, genuine, honest, pure, straight, unalloyed, uncorrupted, uncut, undiluted, unmixed, untainted, utter unaffectedly simple: naive unafraid: bold, brave, confident, courageous, daring, fearless, valiant unalterable: firm, fixed, inalterable, inflexible, permanent, rigid unambiguous: apparent, clear, distinct, explicit, obvious, plain, unblurred, univocal unanimous: agreeing, collective, consensus, consentient, harmonious, solid, uncontested, undivided, unified, united unannounced: surprise, unanticipated, undisclosed, unheralded, unpublished, withheld unanticipated income: windfall profit unappealing: disgusting, dreary, dull, plain, trite, unappetizing, unattractive, uninviting, unpleasant unappetizing: disgusting, distasteful, gross, insipid, tasteless, unappealing, uninviting, unsavory unapproachable: aloof, cold, distant, inaccessible, incomparable, superior, unequaled, unfriendly, unreachable, unsurpassed, withdrawn unarmed: bare, clean, defenseless, disarmed unaspirated consonant: lenes unaspirated, voiceless plosive: tenues unassuming: bashful, diffident, humble, meek, modest, reserved, shy, simple, unassertive
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UNATTACHED - UNCONSCIONABLE
unattached: free, independent, loose, separate, single, uncommitted, unconnected, unmarried unattractive: frumpish, homely, plain, rude, ugly, unappealing, unappetizing, undesirable, uninviting unauthorized: banned, illegal, outlawed, prohibited, taboo, unallowed, unapproved, unlawful, unofficial, unpermitted, unsanctioned unavailable: married, nonexistent, out, taken, unaccessible unavoidable: fated, imperative, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, necessary, obligatory, unpreventable unaware: heedless, ignorant, incognizant, oblivious, off-guard, unapprised, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowing, unmindful, unsuspecting, unwitting unbalanced: asymmetric, asymmetrical, lopsided, unequal, uneven, warped unbearable: inadmissible, insufferable, intolerable, oppressive, unacceptable unbecoming: disgraceful, homely, improper, inappropriate, indecent, indecorous, inelegant, lewd, malapropos, offensive, rude, tasteless, ugly, unattractive, unbefitting, unseemly, unsuitable, unworthy unbelievable: absurd, amazing, astonishing, astounding, cockeyed, fabulous, fantastic, farfetched, harebrained, implausible, impossible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, remarkable, unimaginable, unthinkable unbending: firm, inelastic, inexorable, iron, obstinate, resolute, rigid, stern, stiff, strict, stubborn unbiased: disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, even, fair, honest, impartial, indifferent, just, nonpartisan., objective, unbigoted, unprejudiced unblemished: chaste, clean, flawless, immaculate, intact, perfect, spotless, stainless, unadulterated, undamaged, unmarred, unsullied, whole unbound, unbounded: boundless, endless, free, freed, limitless, loose, open, released, unlimited, untied unbreakable: infrangible, inviolable, irrefrangible unbridled: loose, unchecked, uncontrolled, ungoverned, unleashed, unrestrained unbroken: consecutive, continual, continuous, endless, entire, intact,
sequential, sound, successive, undivided, unimpaired, uninterrupted, unmarred, unshattered, untamed, whole unburden: admit, confess, dump, empty, free, relieve, relinquish, rid, unbosom, unload uncalled-for: discourteous, disrespectful, foolish, gratuitous, groundless, impolite, needless, nonessential, rude, unessential, unjustified, unnecessary, unwarranted, wanton uncanny: creepy, eerie, eery, exceptional, fantastic, incredible, mysterious, remarkable, spooky, strange, supernatural, unbelievable, unnatural, unusual, weird unceremonious: abrupt, blunt, brief, casual, curt, familiar, hasty, inelegant, informal, short uncertain: ambiguous, ambivalent, asea, chancy, changeable, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, erratic, fitful, hazy, hesitant, iffy, indecisive, indefinite, moot, precarious, questionable, speculative, tentative, touch-and-go, unclear, unconfirmed, undecided, undetermined, unpredictable, unresolved, unsettled, unsteady, unsure, vacillating, vague, variable uncertain in number or size: incalculable uncertain in one's mind: indecisive, irresolute, unresolved, wavering uncertain in one's views: ambivalent uncertain in precise meaning: ambiguous, equivocal uncertain or impossible to foresee: unpredictable uncertain outcome, of: inconclusive uncertainty: ambiguity, ambivalence, concern, confusion, doubt, dubiety, gamble, hesitation, indecision, query, risk, skepticism, suspense, wonder, worry unchangeable: constant, fixed, immutable, inflexible, invariable, rigid, steadfast, unalterable unchanging: consistent, constant, eternal, fixed, invariable, permanent, persevering, resolute, same, stable, static, stationary, steadfast, steady, unfaltering, uniform, unvarying unchanging and motionless: immobile, stabile, stable, static, stationary unchecked: free, loose, rampant, unbounded, unrestrained, untamed, wild
uncivilized: abrupt, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, brutal, crass, crude, discourteous, disrespectful, ill-mannered, impolite, primitive, rough, rude, savage, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, ungracious, unmannerly, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar, wicked, wild uncivilized person: yahoo uncle, concerning an: avuncular unclean: contaminated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, impure, messy, obscene, polluted, profaned, sloppy, soily, sullied, tainted, unchaste, unwholesome, vile unclear: ambiguous, blurry, cloudy, confused, dim, elusive, fuzzy, hazy, imprecise, intangible, nebulous, obscure, shadowy, uncertain, unsettled, unsure, vague uncomfortable: awkward, distressful, miserable, painful, prickly, stiff, suffering, troubled, uneasy, upset uncommitted, politically: middle of the road uncommon: abnormal, bizarre, exceptional, exotic, extraordinary, infrequent, novel, occasional, odd, peculiar, rare, remarkable, scarce, special, strange, unaccustomed, unique, unusual, unwanted, wonderful uncommon thing: rarity uncommunicative: closemouthed, dumb, quiet, reserved, reticent, secretive, silent, speechless, taciturn, unresponsive, unsociable, withdrawn uncomplicated: basic, clear, easy, plain, simple uncompromising: adamant, determined, firm, grim, inflexible, obdurate, rigid, stern, strict, stubborn, unbending, unyielding unconcealed: aboveboard, apparent, bare, evident, exposed, obvious, open, overt, plain, revealed, visible unconcerned: aloof, apathetic, carefree, cold, composed, cool, debonair, detached, distant, impervious, indifferent, insensitive, insouciant, nonchalant, uncaring, uninterested, unmoved unconditional: absolute, categorical, complete, explicit, free, total, unmistakable, unquestionable unconquerable: impregnable, innate, invincible, invulnerable, resistant, secure, unbeatable unconscionable: criminal, excessive,
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UNCONSCIOUS - UNDERMINE
extreme, immoderate, immoral, inexcusable, inordinate, outrageous, unethical, unjustified, unreasonable, unscrupulous, unwarranted unconscious: asleep, automatic, comatose, ignorant, inadvertent, insensate, insensible, involuntary, lethargic, repressed, stunned, stupefied, torpid, unaware, unintentional, zonked unconscious in response: involuntary, reflex unconscious mind shared by race, society, humankind: collective unconscious unconscious part of psyche with instincts: id unconscious, as a memory: repressed unconsciously perceived: subliminal unconsciousness caused by injury or disease: coma unconsciousness from mental disturbance: catalepsy, catatonia unconsciousness from substance abuse: narcosis unconsciousness, brief: swoon, syncope uncontrollable: free, hysterical, independent, irregular, unchecked, uncontrolled, undisciplined, ungovernable, ungoverned, unmanageable, unmanaged, unregulated, unrestrained, unruly, wild uncontrolled in bodily function: incontinent unconventional: alternative, atypical, bizarre, Bohemian, casual, crazy, eccentric, informal, loose, nutty, odd, offbeat, outr, peculiar, queer, strange, uncommon, unorthodox, unusual, weird unconvincing: flimsy, implausible, lame, questionable, suspect, unbelievable, weak uncooperative: contrary, perverse uncouth: awkward, boorish, callow, clumsy, coarse, crass, crude, desolate, discourteous, disrespectful, gross, ignorant, impolite, inelegant, loud, loutish, mysterious, outlandish, raunchy, rude, strange, uncanny, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, ungainly, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar uncover: bare, detect, disclose, discover, disinter, display, disrobe, divest, divulge, exhume, expose, open, remove, reveal, unbosom, unclothe, undress, unearth, unmask, unveil uncritical: careless, casual, imprecise,
inaccurate, inexact, offhand, perfunctory, pleased, shallow, slipshod, superficial, undiscerning unctuous: fatty, greasy, fulsome, oily, rich, slippery, smarmy, soapy, soft, suave uncultivated: arid, barbaric, barbarous, coarse, crass, crude, fallow, lowbrow, rough, rude, savage, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, undeveloped, unfarmed, unplowed, wild uncultured: boorish, coarse, crass, crude, rude, uncivilized, uncouth, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar undamaged: intact undaunted: audacious, bold, brave, confident, courageous, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, resolute, serene, stalwart, unafraid, unfazed, unflinching, valiant undecided: ambivalent, doubtful, dubious, fluctuating, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, moot, open, pending, tentative, uncertain, undetermined, unresolved, unsettled, unsure, up in the air, wavering undecorated: austere, bare, plain, simple, unadorned, unembellished undeniable: actual, certain, conclusive, decisive, definite, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable, positive, proven, sure, true, unassailable, unequivocal undependable: capricious, erratic, flighty, inconsistent, irresponsible, lesser, lower, pinned, secondary, unpredictable, unreliable, unsafe, unsound, unstable, untrustworthy undependable person of group: weak link, weak sister under: below, beneath, inferior, nether, sub, subordinate under-floor or -roof space: crawl space under-water detection aid: sonar underage, legally: nonage undercoat, apply: prime, size undercover: clandestine, concealed, confidential, covert, disguised, furtive, hidden, incognito, secret, stealthy, surreptitious undercurrent: atmosphere, aura, drift, eddy, flavor, mood, overtone, riptide, sense, undertow underdeveloped: embryonic, immature, inchoate, nascent, rudimentary, undeveloped underdeveloped countries: Third World
underdog with a chance: sleeper underestimate: belittle, disparage, minimize, miscalculate, underrate, undervalue undergo: bear, brave, encounter, endure, experience, feel, pass, serve, subject, suffer, sustain, take, tolerate, weather, withstand, yield undergraduate: coed, freshman, junior, plebe, senior, sophomore, student, underclassman, upperclassman underground: beneath, buried, clandestine, hidden, illegal, revolutionary, secret, subterranean, subversive, subway, surreptitious, undercover
RELATED TERMS
underground defensive position: bunker underground drain: sewer underground entrance: adit underground passage: tunnel underground passageway or rooms: catacomb, tunnel underground urban railroad: metro, subway underground vault: crypt, undercroft underground water: aquifer, groundwater W undergrown: stunted undergrowth: brush, brushwood underhanded: clandestine, crooked, cunning, deceitful, devious, dirty, dishonest, fraudulent, furtive, secret, shady, shifty, shorthanded, sly, sneaky, subversive, surreptitious, unethical, unfair, unscrupulous, wily underhanded activity: intrigue, skullduggery underline: accentuate, ascent, caption, emphasize, feature, mark, stress, underscore underling: hireling, inferior, menial, minion, scrub, serf, servant, subordinate underlying: basic, beneath, bottom, cardinal, crucial, elemental, essential, fundamental, implicit, latent, primary, vital underlying layer: substratum underlying meaning: subtext underlying motive: ulterior motive undermine: corrupt, cripple, debilitate, demoralize, destroy, disable, drain, erode, excavate, foil, frustrate, impair, ruin, sabotage, sandbag, sap, subvert, threaten, thwart, weaken, wreck
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UNDERMINE A GOVERNMENT, ATTEMPT TO - UNDISTURBED
undermine a government, attempt to: subversion underneath: below, beneath, bottom, covered, under, underside underpinning: base, basis, foundation, ground, groundwork, substructure, support underprivileged: deprived, destitute, disadvantaged, impoverished, needy, poor, unfortunate underrate: belittle, depreciate, devalue, discount, minimize, underestimate, underprice, undervalue underscore: accent, emphasize, heighten, italicize, mark, stress, underline underside: belly, bottom, root, soffit, sole, underneath undersized: little, miniature, petite, puny, short, small, stunted, tiny understaffed: shorthanded understand: absorb, accept, appreciate, apprehend, catch, compass, comprehend, conceive, conjecture, decode, deduce, dig, digest, discern, fathom, follow, gather, get, grasp, infer, interpret, ken, know, learn, penetrate, perceive, realize, reason, recognize, see, sense, solve, surmise, sympathize, think understandable: acceptable, clear, coherent, comprehensible, intelligible, justifiable, logical, lucid, pellucid, plain, reasonable, recognizable, simple understanding: acceptance, accepting, accord, acute, agreement, amity, attitude, awareness, belief, brain, compassion, compatible, comprehension, concept, deal, diagnosis, discerning, empathy, entente, forgiving, grasp, grip, idea, insight, insightful, intellect, intelligence, intuition, judgment, ken, kindly, knowing, knowledge, meaning, notion, openminded, pact, perceptive, perspicacious, realization, reason, sagacious, sense, sensitivity, simpatico, sympathetic, sympathy, tolerance, treaty understanding between governments: entente understanding of another's situation: empathy understanding or knowledge: awareness, cognizance, discernment, grasp, perception, savvy understanding, of a broad: catholic
understatement: distortion, litotes, restraint, underestimate understatement, rhetorical: meiosis understood: accepted, assumed, clear, got, implicit, implied, inferred, knew, lucid, presumed, saw, seen, tacit, unsaid, unspoken understood only by particular group: esoteric understood, easily: accessible, lucid, luminous understudy: alternate, backup, double, replacement, substitute undertake: accept, assume, attempt, begin, commence, commit, contract, covenant, dare, endeavor, engage, execute, grant, guarantee, initiate, launch, overtake, perform, pledge, promise, seek, seize, shoulder, start, strive, tackle, try undertaker: embalmer, funeral director, mortician undertakers, group of: unction undertaking: adventure, attempt, calling, charge, commitment, covenant, effort, endeavor, enterprise, experiment, project, promise, proposition, pursuit, struggle, task, venture undertone: association, atmosphere, aura, buzz, feeling, flavor, hint, mood, mumble, murmur, overtone, sense, suggestion, whisper undertone, in an: sotto voce undertow: eddy, riptide, undercurrent, vortex, whirlpool undervalue: belittle, depreciate, disparage, minimize, underestimate, underrate underwater breathing apparatus: aqualung, scuba underwater construction structure: caisson underwater locator: sonar underwater mountain: seamount underwater reef: ledge underwater research vessel: bathyscaphe, diving bell underwater researcher: aquanaut, oceanaut underwater stupor from excessive nitrogen: nitrogen narcosis underwear: bloomers, bodice, boxers, bra, brassiere, briefs, camisole, chemise, corset, diaper, drawers, girdle, jockeys, lingerie, long underwear, panties, petticoat, shorts, skivvies,
slip, sports bra, T-shirt, teddy, underclothes, undergarment, underpants, undershirt, undies, union suit underworld (crime): Cosa Nostra, gangland, Mafia, syndicate underworld (Hell): abyss, Avernus, Erebus, Gehenna, Hades, hell, Hinnom, Jahannam, netherworld, Orcus, perdition, purgatory, Sheol, Tophet
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underworld dog, three-headed: Cerberus underworld ferryman: Charon underworld god: Anubis, Dis, Pluto, Thanatos, Yama underworld goddess: Hecate, Nepthys underworld, king condemned to: Tantalus underworld river: Acheron, Cocytus, Lethe, Phlegethon, Styx underworld, concerning: chthonic, infernal W underwrite: back, bankroll, endorse, finance, guarantee, insure, sign, sponsor, subscribe, support undesirable: disliked, displeasing, inappropriate, loathsome, objectionable, offensive, outcast, repugnant, unacceptable, unfit, uninviting, unpleasant, unsought, unsuitable, unwanted, unwelcomed undetermined: doubtful, equivocal, faint, obscure, pending, unclear, undecided, unknown, unproven, unsettled, vague undeveloped: archaic, backward, crude, green, immature, latent, primitive, primordial, uncultivated, uneducated, unevolved, unripe, untaught undisciplined: amok, intractable, lax, mutinous, recalcitrant, uncontrolled, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untrained, wanton, wayward, wild undisclosed: concealed, confidential, hidden, sealed, secret, unrevealed undisputed: accepted, acknowledged, conclusive, granted, irrefutable, recognized, sure, unchallenged, uncontested, undeniable, unquestioned undistinguished: common, everyday, mediocre, ordinary, plain, unexceptional, unnotable, unnoteworthy undistinguished writer: hack undisturbed: calm, even, peaceful,
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UNDIVIDED - UNFAIR
placid, quiet, serene, tranquil, undistracted, unmoved, unruffled, untouched undivided: absorbed, complete, entire, exclusive, one, solid, total, unanimous, unbroken, undistracted, united, whole, wholehearted undo: abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, defeat, destroy, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, erase, free, invalidate, loose, negate, neutralize, nullify, offset, open, outwit, overturn, quash, release, reverse, ruin, unblock, uncover, undermine, unfasten, unravel, untie, unwrap, upset, void undoing: blunder, cancellation, catastrophe, collapse, destruction, doom, downfall, error, misfortune, overthrow, ruin, weakness undoubtedly: assuredly, certainly, indeed, indubitably, irrefutably, positively, really, surely, truly, undeniably, unmistakably, unquestionably undress: disrobe, divest, doff, expose, peel, shed, strip, unclothe, uncover, undrape undressed: dishabille undue: excessive, exorbitant, extreme, illegal, immoderate, improper, inappropriate, needless, uncoming, undeserved, unfitting, unjustifiable, unnecessary, unreasonable, unsuitable, untimely, unwarranted, unworthy undulate: fluctuate, ripple, roll, sway, swing, wave, weave unduly: excessively, extravagantly, extremely, immoderately, inordinately, overly, unjustifiably, unnecessarily undying: ageless, agelong, constant, continual, continuing, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, permanent, perpetual, persistent, unceasing, unending, unfading unearth: dig, disclose, discover, disinter, divulge, excavate, exhume, expose, find, learn, reveal, show, uncover, uproot unearthly: awesome, eerie, ethereal, fantastic, ghostly, heavenly, miraculous, mysterious, preternatural, spectral, spooky, strange, superhuman, supernatural, uncanny, ungodly, weird uneasiness: alarm, angst, anxiety, apprehension, disbelief, discomfort, discontent, displeasure, doubt, dread, embarrassment, fear, inquietude, in-
stability, malaise, misgiving, nervousness, qualm, restlessness, trouble, uncertainty, unrest, worry uneasy: afraid, alarmed, anxious, apprehensive, awkward, concerned, difficult, edgy, fidgety, jumpy, nervous, nervy, perturbed, restless, tense, troubled, uncertain, uncomfortable, unsettled, unsure, uptight, worried uneatable: inedible uneducated: ignorant, illiterate, simple, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored unembellished: austere, bald, bare, modest, plain, simple, unadorned, undecorated, unelaborate unemotional: apathetic, cold, coldhearted, cool, deadpan, detached, dispassionate, formal, heartless, impartial, impassive, impervious, indifferent, inexcitable, insensitive, objective, phlegmatic, reserved, stoic, stoical, unconcerned, unfeeling, unsympathetic unemployed: canned, fired, idle, inactive, jobless, laid off, leisured, unoccupied unencumbered: free, free as a bird unending: ad infinitum, constant, continual, continuous, endless, eternal, ever, everlasting, infinite, lasting, perpetual, steady, timeless, unceasing, undying, uninterrupted unenlightened: ignorant, uninformed, unlearned unenthusiastic: apathetic, cool, indifferent, lackadaisical, languid, lukewarm, perfunctory, spiritless, tepid, unexcited, uninterested unenviable state: odium unequal: asymmetrical, different, disparate, dissimilar, fluctuating, inadequate, inequitable, irregular, lopsided, mismatched, unalike, unbalanced, uneven, unfair, unjust, variable, varying unequaled: matchless, nonpareil, peerless, sans pareil, supreme, surpassing, unmatched, unparalleled, unprecedented, unrivaled, unsurpassed unequivocal: absolute, categorical, certain, certainly, clear, decisive, definite, emphatic, explicit, indisputable, plain, positive, resounding, unambiguous, unmistakable
unerring: accurate, certain, dependable, exact, infallible, perfect, precise, reliable, sure, true, unfailing unethical: amoral, corrupt, crooked, dishonest, disreputable, immoral, shady, sneaky, underhand, wrong unethical situation involving public duty and personal interest: conflict of interest uneven: alop, angled, bent, bumpy, crooked, discrepant, disparate, erose, fluctuating, ill-matched, irregular, jagged, lopsided, odd, rough, rugged, spotty, tilted, unbalanced, unequal, unfair, unjust, unlevel, varying uneventful: boring, common, commonplace, dull, insignificant, monotonous, ordinary, prosaic, routine, unexceptional, unmemorable unexceptional: common, commonplace, conventional, ordinary, prosaic, regular, satisfactory, typical, uneventful, usual unexpected: abrupt, accidental, adventitious, aleatory, chance, fortuitous, impulsive, staggering, startling, sudden, surprising, unannounced, unanticipated, unforeseen, unplanned, unpredictable unexpected gain: windfall unexpected gift: bonus unexpected lucky discovery: serendipity unexpected outcome: upset unexpected reverse: setback unexpected welcome thing or occurrence: godsend unexpectedly: out of the blue, unawares unexplored area: terra incognita unexplored or unused: virgin unexpressed: tacit unfailing: certain, consistent, continuous, dependable, faithful, inexhaustible, infallible, loyal, reliable, staunch, sure, surefire, true, trustworthy, unchanging, unerring, unflagging unfair: biased, cheating, discriminatory, dishonest, dishonorable, foul, inequitable, partial, prejudiced, underhanded, unequal, unethical, uneven, unfavorable, unjust, unjustified, unwarranted, wrong, wrongful
RELATED TERMS
unfair and arrogant: high-handed unfair and offensive: invidious unfair attacker: cheap-shot artist unfair attitude or action: discrimination
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UNFAITHFUL - UNHAPPY
unfair judgment or accusation: bum rap unfairly distributed: disproportionate unfairly favored: biased, partial unfairness: inequity W unfaithful: adulterous, dishonest, disloyal, faithless, inaccurate, infidel, recreant, traitorous, treasonable, unloyal, unreliable, untrue, untrustworthy unfaithful person: infidel, philanderer unfaltering: dependable, enduring, firm, persevering, steadfast, steady, sure, true, wholehearted unfamiliar: alien, curious, different, exotic, foreign, inexperienced, new, strange, unaccustomed, unacquainted, uninformed, unknown, unversed unfamiliar things: exotica unfashionable: antiquated, dated, frumpy, out, pass, unstylish unfasten: detach, disengage, free, loosen, open, unbuckle, unbutton, undo, unhitch, unhook, unlace, unlock, unloosen, unpin, unsnap, untie unfathomable: abstruse, abysmal, baffling, bottomless, complex, deep, mysterious, profound, ungraspable, vast unfavorable: adverse, bad, contrary, damaging, detrimental, foul, hostile, ill, inauspicious, inimical, inopportune, negative, unfortunate, unkind, unlucky, untimely, untoward unfavorable review: pan unfavorable, most: worst-case unfeasible: impossible, impractical, unachievable, unattainable, unworkable unfeeling: apathetic, brutal, callous, cold, cruel, deadened, dispassionate, dull, hard, hardened, harsh, heartless, indurate, insensate, insensible, invulnerable, merciless, numb, numbness, obdurate, ruthless, senseless, stern, stolid, stony unfeigned: genuine, heartfelt, honest, natural, real, sincere, true unfermented grape juice: stum unfettered: free, loose unfilled orders or unfinished work: backlog unfinished: crude, immature, imperfect, incomplete, raw, rough, rude,
sketchy, unassembled, undeveloped, undone, unfulfilled, unpainted, unpolished, unstained unfinished business: loose ends unfit: blundering, disabled, faulty, feeble, handicapped, ill-suited, improper, incapacitated, incompatible, incompetent, ineffective, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, sick, sickly, unhealthy, unprepared, unqualified, unskilled, unsuited, untrained, weak unflagging: constant, determined, firm, staunch, steadfast, steady, tireless, weariless unflappable: calm, collected, composed, cool, relaxed, serene, unexcitable, unruffled unflinching: determined, fearless, firm, gritty, relentless, resolute, staunch, steadfast, tenacious, undaunted, unwavering, unyielding unfold: blossom, clarify, describe, develop, disclose, display, divulge, elaborate, evolve, expand, expiate, explain, explicate, flower, mature, open, release, resolve, reveal, show, solve, spread, uncover, uncurl, unfurl, unravel, unroll, untuck, unwind, unwrap unforeseen: accidental, sudden, surprising, unanticipated, unexpected, unimagined, unpredicted unforeseen but possible event: contingency unforgettable: enduring, indelible, ingrained unfortunate: afflicted, bad, calamitous, cursed, deplorable, dismal, doomed, hapless, inauspicious, inopportune, jinxed, luckless, miserable, poor, regrettable, sad, star-crossed, unhappy, unlucky, unsuccessful, wretch, wretched unfounded: baseless, false, groundless, idle, misleading, unproven, unsubstantiated, untrue, vain unfriendly: aloof, antagonistic, antisocial, cold, combative, cool, distant, forbidding, hateful, hostile, ill-disposed, inhospitable, inimical, malicious, remote, standoffish, unapproachable, ungracious, unneighborly, unsocial unfriendly relations, of: alienated, estranged unfriendly to outsiders: exclusive unfruitful: arid, barren, fruitless, impo-
tent, infecund, infertile, sterile, unproductive, unrewarding, useless, wasted unfurl: develop, display, expand, open, spread, unfold, unroll, unwind ungainly: awkward, clumsy, gawky, klutzy, lanky, lumbering, maladroit, stiff, uncouth, unwieldy ungenerous: close, grudging, harsh, mean, miserly, petty, selfish, shabby, small, stingy unglamorous one: plain Jane unglazed pottery: rabat ungodly: atrocious, blasphemous, corrupt, depraved, dreadful, hypocritical, immoral, impious, impure, outrageous, profane, rotten, sinful, unbelieving, uncivilized, unholy, wicked ungovernable: disobedient, disorderly, fractious, intractable, mutinous, outof-hand, rebellious, unbridled, uncontrollable, undisciplined, unmanageable, unruly, wild ungraceful: awkward, clumsy, coarse, gawky, inelegant, rusty, vulgar ungracious: churlish, discourteous, disrespectful, gruff, impolite, inhospitable, offensive, rude, short, thoughtless, uncivil, uncouth, unfortunate, unmannerly, unpleasant ungrammatical usage: barbarism, catachresis, solecism ungrateful: dissatisfied, grumbling, ingrate, repellent, repugnant, selfish, thankless, unappreciative ungrateful person: ingrate unguarded: careless, defenseless, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, thoughtless, unalert, unmindful, unprotected, unwary, vulnerable unguent: balm, cerate, cream, emollient, lotion, lubricant, ointment, salve unguis or ungula: claw, nail ungulate: buffalo, camel, cattle, cow, deer, elephant, giraffe, hippopotamus, hog, hoofed, hooflike, horse, llama, pig, rhinoceros, swine, tapir unhandy: awkward, bumbling, clumsy, cumbersome, fumbling, inept, klutzy, maladroit, unskillful unhappiness: dolor, grief, heartache, melancholy, misery, sadness, sorrow, woe, worry unhappy: blue, bummed, dejected, depressed, discontented, disgruntled, dismal, dismayed, downcast, forlorn,
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UNHARMED - UNIQUE
gloomy, hurting, inappropriate, inauspicious, joyless, melancholy, miserable, pessimistic, sad, saddened, sorrowful, sorry, unfavorable, unfortunate, unlucky, woebegone, wretched unharmed: harmless, intact, safe, unblemished, undamaged, unhurt, unmarred, unscathed, untouched, whole unhealthy: chancy, dangerous, detrimental, diseased, feeble, frail, hazardous, ill, noxious, risky, sick, sickly, unsanitary, unsound, unwell, unwholesome unhealthy condition: malady, malaise unhealthy hue: pallor unheard-of: extraordinary, novel, obscure, outrageous, rare, strange, unbelievable, uncommon, undiscovered, unique, unknown, unprecedented, unusual unheeding: careless, deaf, disregarding, forgotten, heedless, ignored, inattentive, inobservant, unmindful, unnoticed, unwatchful unhinge: detach, disconnect, disengage, distract, fluster, separate, unbalance, uncouple, unfasten, unhitch, unsettle, upset unholy: amiss, atrocious, corrupt, depraved, evil, fiendish, immoral, impure, indecent, irreverent, malicious, sinful, unchristian, ungodly, unhallowed, unsanctified, wicked unidentified: anonymous, mysterious, secret, unknown, unmarked, unnamed unification: alliance, amalgamation, coalition, combination, hookup, joining, linkage, merger, union, unity uniform: alike, comparable, compatible, consistent, constant, continual, equal, even, homogenous, invariable, level, like, orderly, regular, similar, systematic, unchanging; attire, costume, dress, livery, monkey suit, outfit, suit uniform in structure: homogeneous uniform of household help: livery uniform, leather belt for dress: Sam Browne belt uniform, not: heterogeneous uniform, not a: civvies, mufti uniformity: consistency, equality, harmony, homogeneity, monotony, oneness, sameness, unity
unify: ally, bind, centralize, combine, consolidate, couple, harmonize, integrate, merge, orchestrate, organize, systematize, unite unifying: ecumenical unifying treaty: pact unilateral command: ukase unimaginable: extraordinary, fantastic, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, indescribable, unbelievable, unthinkable unimaginative: arid, dreary, dull, hackneyed, humdrum, pedestrian, predictable, prosaic, routine, trite, uncreative, unexciting, uninspired, unoriginal unimpaired: free, intact, sound, unbroken, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, uninjured, unscathed, whole unimpassioned: calm, impassive, impersonal, phlegmatic, placid, serene, steady, tranquil, unemotional, unexcited unimpeachable: blameless, clean, faultless, immaculate, impeccable, irreproachable, pure, spotless, stainless, unassailable, unblemished, unquestionable, untainted unimportant: ancillary, dispensable, expendable, frivolous, immaterial, incidental, inconsequential, insignificant, irrelevant, little, marginal, meaningless, minimal, minor, minorleague, negligible, nonessential, nugatory, paltry, parenthetical, peripheral, petty, piddling, small, smalltime, subordinate, trivial, useless, worthless unimportant happening: non-event unimportant thing: bagatelle, cipher, non-entity, small beer uninformed: in the dark, oblivious, unadvised, unaware, uneducated, uninstructed uninhabited: abandoned, deserted, desolate, empty, forsaken, unoccupied, vacant uninhibited: audacious, candid, flamboyant, free, heedless, impulsive, liberated, loose, outspoken, spontaneous, uncurbed, unhampered, unreserved, unrestrained, unsuppressed uninjured: intact, sound, unbroken, undamaged, unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, whole uninspired: bland, boring, dull, lack-
luster, stodgy, uncreative, unimpressed, uninteresting, unmoved, unoriginal unintelligent: asinine, dense, dumb, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, obtuse, simple, stupid, unwise unintelligible: ambiguous, illegible, inarticulate, incoherent, jumbled, meaningless, muddled, puzzling, unfathomable unintended: involuntary unintentional: accidental, fortuitous, haphazard, inadvertent, random, unanticipated, undesigned, unintended, unplanned, unwitting uninterrupted: ceaseless, consecutive, continual, continuous, endless, sustained, unbroken, undisturbed, unending uninviting: distasteful, unappealing, unappetizing, unpleasant, untempting, unwelcoming union: alliance, association, bloc, brotherhood, club, coalition, confederation, connection, federation, fellowship, fraternity, group, guild, joining, league, local, marriage, merger, order, organization, partnership, syndicate, together, unification, unity
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union for a common purpose: alliance, bloc, confederacy, confederation, league union of businesses, investors for projects: consortium, syndicate union of plotters or intriguers: cabal union of similar businesses to regulate pricing, etc.: cartel, trust union of states with central authority, of a: federal union or merger of corporations: amalgamation union strike, non-member substitute in: scab union, esp. temporary, of parties with common cause: alignment, coalition union, political body established through federal: federation W unique: alone, distinctive, exceptional, extraordinary, incomparable, individual, inimitable, lone, matchless, nonpareil, notable, odd, one, loner, only, peculiar, peerless, preeminent, rare, single, singular, sole, solitary, special, strange, sui generis, transcen-
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UNIQUE AND UNHEARD-OF - UNKNOWN
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES

Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Development Association (IDA) International Finance Corporation (IFO) International Labor Organization (ILO) International Monetary Fund (the Fund) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Universal Postal Union (UPU) World Health Organization (WHO) World Meteorological Organization (WMO) W
dent, uncommon, unequaled, unparalleled, unprecedented, unrivaled, unusual unique and unheard-of: unprecedented unison: accord, agreement, concert concord, concordant, consonant, harmony, together, union, unity unit: ace, amp, atom, battalion, bite, brigade, BTU, bushel, carat, clan, company, component, decibel, degree, denomination, detachment, digit, entity, family, foot, gallon, gram, individual, item, length, liter, measure, measurement, meter, mile, minute, module, molecule, monad, one, ounce, outfit, part, pint, platoon, pound, quantity, quart, second, section, segment, squad, ton, tribe, troop, volt, watt, weight, whole, yard, year unit name or designation for a class or group: denomination unit, indivisible: monad unite: adjoin, affiliate, affix, aggregate, ally, amalgamate, annex, assemble, associate, attach, band, bind, blend, bond, cement, coalesce, combine, compound, condense, connect, consolidate, consort, conspire, convene, cooperate, couple, federate, fuse, gather, hitch, incorporate, join, knit, link, marry, meld, merge, mingle, mix, organize, pool, rally, regulate, solder, solidify, splice, strengthen, tie, unify, wed, weld, yoke united: allied, atone, banded, cemented, collective, cooperative, integrated, married, merged, one, unanimous, undivided, unified, wed, wedded unity: accord, agreement, alliance, association, communion, concord, congruity, consent, continuity, harmony, one, oneness, peace, same-
ness, singleness, solidarity, unification, uniformity, union, unison, wholeness unity in politics or interests: solidarity universal: accepted, boundless, broad, common, comprehensive, constant, cosmic, customary, ecumenical, entire, general, global, omnipresent, pandemic, sweeping, total, ubiquitous, undisputed, unexcluding, unlimited, whole, widespread, worldwide universal in religion: ecumenical universe: cosmos, creation, earth, everything, macrocosm, nature, world
RELATED TERMS
universe in miniature: microcosm universe was created by explosion and is still expanding theory: BigBang theory universe was created gradually and is constantly expanding theory: steady-state universe's Big Bang, matter before: ylem universe, concerning the: cosmic universe, inevitable and steady deterioration of the: entropy universe, small system representative of whole or: microcosm universe, study of the: cosmogony, cosmology W university: academia, academy, college, institution, school
RELATED TERMS
university president: chancellor university professor's paid leave: sabbatical university professor's permanent status: tenure university records officer: registrar university society for high academic standing: Phi Beta Kappa university speaker: lector university teachers: faculty university term: semester, trimester university trustee: regent university, first year student in: freshman university, former student of: alumna, alumnus university, fourth year student in: senior university, second year student in: sophomore university, third year student in: junior ^ unjust: biased, cruel, dishonest, improper, inequitable, iniquitous, oppressive, partial, prejudiced, undeserved, unfair, wrongful unjustifiable: inexcusable, insupportable, unconscionable, undue, unforgivable, unwarranted unkempt: disarrayed, disheveled, disorderly, grubby, messy, neglected, ragged, ratty, rude, ruffled, scruffy, shabby, shaggy, sloppy, slovenly, tousled, uncombed, ungroomed, unpolished, untidy unkind: bad, brutal, cruel, harsh, inconsiderate, inhumane, insensitive, malicious, mean, nasty, rough, severe, stern, uncaring, unfavorable, unfriendly, ungenerous, ungenial, ungracious, ungrateful, vile, wicked unknown: alien, anonymous, concealed, foreign, incognito, inconspic-
university admission: matriculation university community in assembly: convocation university degree ceremony: commencement university degree, first: baccalaureate university education: tertiary education
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UNKNOWN AND UNNAMED - UNPLANNED AND SELF-GENERATED
uous, nameless, nobody, obscure, strange, uncelebrated, uncharted, undiscovered, unexplored, unfamiliar, unheard-of, unidentified, unsung unknown and unnamed: anonymous, innominate unknown except by few: esoteric unknown territory: terra incognita unlawful: banned, contraband, criminal, forbidden, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, lawless, outlawed, prohibited, taboo, unauthorized unlearned: backward, ignorant, illiterate, instinctive, natural, uncivilized, uneducated, unscholarly, unschooled, untaught, untutored, unversed unleash: discharge, free, release, vent unleavened bread: pita unleavened Jewish bread: matzo unless: except, nisi, saving unlike: clashing, contrary, different, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, heterogeneous, incompatible, opposite, uneven, unrelated unlikely: absurd, doubtful, hopeless, improbable, questionable, remote, slight, unbelievable, unfit, unimaginable, unpromising, unsuitable unlimited: boundless, complete, comprehensive, countless, endless, great, huge, immeasurable, indefinite, infinite, limitless, open-ended, total, unbounded, unconditional, undefined, undeterminate, universal, unmeasured, unrestricted, untold, vast, wide unlimited money available: blank check unload: deplane, deplete, disburden, discard, discharge, dump, eject, empty, jettison, lighten, liquidate, relieve, remove, rid, shed, trash, unburden, unpack unlucky: cursed, doomed, hapless, ill, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, jinxed, miserable, misfortunate, starcrossed, unfortunate, unhappy, untoward unlucky and threatening: inauspicious, ominous, portentous, unpropitious unmanageable: disobedient, disorderly, fractious, incorrigible, rebellious, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, wild unmanly: cowardly, degrading, dishonorable, effeminate, gutless, sissy, unmasculine, womanish
unmannerly: boorish, coarse, crude, discourteous, impolite, rude, uncivil, uncouth, ungracious unmarried: available, bachelor, celibate, chaste, divorced, eligible, single, spouseless, unattached, unwedded, widowed unmarried and chaste: celibate unmarried but living together: cohabit, common-law, shacking up unmask: disclose, expose, reveal, show, uncloak, uncover, unshroud, unveil unmatched: matchless, odd, peerless, supreme, unequaled, unique, unparalleled, unrivaled unmerciful: bloodthirsty, brutal, cruel, evil, harsh, heartless, inhumane, merciless, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, severe, uncaring unmindful: careless, forgetful, heedless, inattentive, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, remiss, thoughtless, unaware, unconscious, unobservant unmistakable: apparent, certain, clear, definite, distinct, evident, explicit, obvious, plain, positive, undeniable, undisputable, unequivocal unmitigated: absolute, arrant, clearcut, pure, sheer, unbroken, unmixed unmixed: neat, pure, pureblood, purebred, sheer, simple, sincere, straight, unadulterated, unalloyed, unmitigated unmoved: adamant, calm, cool, dispassionate, firm, impassive, indifferent, insensate, staunch, steadfast, stony, stubborn, unaffected, unemotional, unshaken, untouched unmoving: immobile, inert, motionless, static, stationary, still, unemotional unnamed: anonymous, incognito, nameless, unidentified, unknown, unmarked, unrevealed, unsigned unnatural: aberrant, abnormal, affected, anomalous, artificial, fabricated, factitious, fake, forced, freakish, insincere, irregular, phony, strange, supernatural, synthetic, uncanny unnecessary: dispensable, excess, expendable, extra, gratuitous, inessential, lavish, needless, nonessential, optional, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, uncalled-for, unessential, unneeded, unrequired, useless
unnecessary and unjustified: extraneous, gratuitous, uncalled-for, unwarranted unnecessary, render: obviate unnerve: agitate, castrate, distract, emasculate, enervate, fluster, intimidate, rattle, shake, spook, undermine, unhinge, unman, unsettle, upset, weaken unnoticed: disregarded, hidden, ignored, neglected, overlooked, undiscovered, unnoted, unobserved, unrecognized, unseen unnoticed and spreading: insidious unobservant: blind, heedless, inattentive, unseeing unobstructed: clear, free, open, unhampered, unimpeded unobtrusive: humble, inconspicuous, meek, modest, quiet, reserved, unassuming unoccupied: abandoned, deserted, empty, free, idle, inactive, uninhabited, vacant unofficial: casual, informal, unauthorized, unsanctioned unofficial advisors: kitchen cabinet unoriginal: derivative, imitative, stereotype, trite unoriginal and overused: hackneyed, shopworn unorthodox: abnormal, eccentric, heretical, heterodox, nonconformist, radical, schismatic, unconventional, unholy, unusual unorthodox religious belief: heresy, heterodoxy unpaid: delinquent, donated, due, gratuitous, honorary, outstanding, overdue, owed, unsettled, voluntary unpaid debt: arrear, arrears unpaid position: honorary, volunteer unpalatable: bitter, disagreeable, distasteful, flat, repulsive, tasteless, unappetizing, uneatable, unpleasant, unsavory, weak unparalleled: alone, exceptional, matchless, peerless, superlative, unequaled, unique, unmatched, unprecedented, unrivaled, unsurpassed unperturbed: sedate unplanned: accidental, adventitious, aleatory, fortuitous, haphazard, impromptu, random, spontaneous, undesigned, unexpected, unintended, unintentional unplanned and self-generated: spontaneous, unprompted, unsolicited
646
UNPLANNED AND THROWN TOGETHER - UNRUFFLED
unplanned and thrown together: ad hoc, extemporaneous, extempore, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, off-the-cuff, on the fly, unrehearsed unplanned as a crime: unpremeditated unpleasant: abhorrent, annoying, bad, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, irksome, lousy, nasty, obnoxious, odious, off-putting, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, ugly, unhappy, unpalatable, vexatious unpleasant air: miasma unpleasant to endure: insufferable, intolerable, unpalatable unpolished: boorish, coarse, crude, discourteous, impolite, inelegant, rough, rude, rugged, tattered, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, unfinished, unrefined unpopular: avoided, detested, disliked, loathed, rejected, shunned, snubbed, unaccepted, undesirable unpractical: idealistic, impracticable, quixotic, Utopian, visionary unprecedented: abnormal, exceptional, new, novel, original, uncommon, unheard-of, unique, unparalleled, unusual unpredictable: arbitrary, capricious, erratic, fickle, iffy, incalculable, irregular, mercurial, quicksilver, random, temperamental, transient, uncertain, unstable, variable, volatile, whimsical unpredictable event or act: quirk, vagary unprejudiced: amenable, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, fair, impartial, just, nonpartisan, objective, receptive, straight, unbiased, unbigoted unprepared: asleep, impromptu, improvised, napping, raw, spontaneous, surprised, unaware, uncooked, unguarded, unready, unrehearsed unpretentious: discreet, humble, inelaborate, modest, plain, simple, unassuming, unobtrusive unprincipled: amoral, corrupt, crooked, deceitful, dishonest, immoral, shady, unconscionable, unethical, unprofessional, unscrupulous unproductive: barren, futile, idle, impotent, ineffective, infecund, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, useless unprofessional: amateur, inexperienced, inexpert, shoddy, sloppy, unethical, unprincipled, unskilled
unprofitable: barren, fruitless, gainless, hopeless, pointless, unfruitful, unlucrative, useless, vain unpromising: inauspicious unpropitious: adverse, antagonistic, contrary, ill, inauspicious, ominous, threatening unprotected: dangerous, defenseless, exposed, helpless, susceptible, unarmed, unguarded, unsafe, unsheltered, vulnerable unpunished: scot-free unqualified: absolute, bare, categorical, complete, definite, downright, firm, inadequate, incapable, incompetent, ineligible, inexperienced, outright, sheer, sure, thorough, unable, unfit, unmitigated, unprepared, unskilled, unsuited, untrained, utter unquestionable: authentic, certain, clear, conclusive, decided, definite, established, evident, implicit, incontestable, indisputable, indubitable, obvious, positive, real, sure, true, undeniable, unmistakable, veritable unquestioning: sure unrattled: poised unravel: decipher, disengage, disentangle, extricate, faze, resolve, separate, solve, undo, unfold, unlace, untangle, unwind unreadable: illegible, indecipherable unreal: aerial, artificial, chimerical, counterfeit, dreamy, fabled, fancied, fanciful, fantastic, fictitious, ideal, illusive, illusory, imaginary, imaginative, insubstantial, invented, mythical, nonexistent, pretended, surreal, unbelievable, visionary unreal object: figment of the imagination, illusion, phantasm unrealistic: absurd, foolish, idealistic, impracticable, impractical, improbable, silly, unfeasible, Utopian, visionary unreasonable: absurd, biased, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, fanatical, foolish, headstrong, illogical, impractical, inflexible, irrational, mad, obstinate, senseless, silly, undue, unfair, unwarranted unreasoning fear: panic unreasoning passion or love: infatuation unrefined: boorish, coarse, crass, crude, earthy, gross, inelegant, raw, rough,
rude, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, vulgar unrehearsed: extemporary, impromptu, improvised, informal, offhand, spontaneous unrelated: accidental, discrete, disjoined, dissimilar, extraneous, independent, separate, unassociated, unconnected unrelenting: constant, continuous, cruel, determined, implacable, inflexible, merciless, persistent, relentless, rigid, rigorous, severe, steady, tenacious, unabated unreliable: capricious, disreputable, erratic, false, fly-by-night, irresponsible, questionable, shifting, tricky, undependable, unpredictable, unsafe, unstable, untrustworthy unresolved: incomplete, indecisive, pending, questionable, speculative, tentative, unanswered, uncertain, unfinished, unsettled, unsolved, wavering unresponsive: cold, cool, frigid, insensitive, passive, unemotional, unfeeling unrest: anarchy, anxiety, chaos, commotion, confusion, discontent, disorder, disquiet, ferment, protest, rebellion, tension, tizzy, trouble, turbulence, turmoil, uneasiness, upheaval unrestrained: abandoned, audacious, blunt, candid, dissolute, excessive, extravagant, frank, free, immoderate, incontinent, inordinate, intemperate, loose, rampant, unbounded, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrolled, uncurbed, ungoverned, unhampered, uninhibited, unlimited, unrestricted, wanton, wild unrestrained revelry: riot, saturnalia unrestricted: accessible, allowable, free, open, open-door, unlimited, unrestrained unrestricted in action: carte blanche unreturned serve: ace unrivaled: peerless, superior, undisputed, unequaled, unique, unmatched, unparalleled unroll: unfurl unruffled: calm, collected, composed, cool, even, imperturbable, nonchalant, placid, poised, quiet, sedate, serene, smooth, undisturbed, unshaken, untroubled
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UNRULY - UNSUSPECTING
unruly: boisterous, difficult, disobedient, disorderly, forward, fractious, headstrong, intractable, lawless, obstinate, obstreperous, ornery, rambunctious, raucous, rebellious, restive, riotous, rowdy, stormy, tumultuous, turbulent, ungovernable, unmanageable, violent, wayward, wild unsafe: chancy, dangerous, exposed, hazardous, insecure, perilous, risky, shaky, unprotected, unreliable, unsound, untrustworthy, vulnerable unsatisfactory: bad, disappointing, inadequate, inefficient, inferior, insufficient, poor, unacceptable, unfit unsatisfiable: insatiable unsavory: disagreeable, distasteful, flat, insipid, nasty, repugnant, revolting, sickening, tasteless, unappetizing, unpalatable, unpleasant unscathed: intact, safe, sound, unharmed, unhurt, uninjured, unmarked, unscarred, untouched, whole unschooled: green, ignorant, illiterate, naive, uneducated, uninformed, unlearned, unlettered, untaught, untrained, untutored unscrupulous: corrupt, crafty, crooked, deceitful, devious, dishonest, dishonorable, immoral, ruthless, shady, sinister, unconscionable, underhanded, unethical, unprincipled, venal unseasonable: abnormal, ill-timed, inappropriate, inopportune, malapropos, premature, unripe, untimely unseasoned: bland, callow, green, immature, raw, untrained unseat: depose, dethrone, remove, replace, upset unseeable from smallness: imperceptible unseemly: boorish, cheap, coarse, crude, distasteful, improper, inappropriate, indecent, indecorous, inelegant, inept, offensive, rough, unbecoming, unbefitting, unsuitable, vulgar unseen: concealed, hidden, invisible, obscure, undetected, undiscovered, unnoticed, unobserved unselfish: altruistic, benevolent, charitable, generous, giving, humanitarian, kind, magnanimous unserviceable: impractical, unfunctional, unusable, useless unsettled: anxious, bothered, debat-
able, distracted, dubious, indecisive, mobile, nervous, outstanding, pending, remote, restless, shaken, tense, uncertain, unclear, undecided, undetermined, unpaid, unpopulated, unresolved, unstable, up in the air, variable unshakable: abiding, adamant, firm, fixed, steady, unflappable, unsinkable, unwavering unsightly: deformed, hideous, homely, repulsive, revolting, sickening, ugly, unattractive unsightly object: eyesore unskilled: amateurish, awkward, bungling, clumsy, green, incompetent, inefficient, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, maladroit, uneducated, unhandy, unskillful, untrained unsociable: antisocial, cold, cool, hostile, introverted, reserved, shy, solitary, unfriendly, withdrawn unsolicited: free, undesired, uninvited, unrequested, unsought, voluntary, volunteered unsophisticated: artless, callow, corny, cracker-barrel, crude, genuine, green, homespun, inexperienced, ingenious, innocent, naive, natural, provincial, pure, rustic, simple, uncomplicated, untutored, unworldly unsophisticated and simple: ingenuous, naive, unworldly unsound: chancy, crazy, dangerous, decayed, decrepit, defective, deranged, diseased, feeble, flawed, flimsy, foolish, fragile, frail, hairy, hazardous, impaired, imperfect, insane, insecure, rickety, risky, senseless, shaky, sick, tottering, treacherous, unbalanced, unfit, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, weak, weakened, wobbly unsparing: abundant, bountiful, extravagant, generous, giving, liberal, munificent, openhanded unspeakable: alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, disgusting, hateful, heinous, inconceivable, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inexpressible, loathsome, outrageous, repulsive, revolting, shocking, sickening, unbelievable, unimaginable, unutterable, wicked unspecified: general, undefined, undetermined, unmentioned, vague unspoiled: fresh, natural, pristine, un-
blemished, uncorrupted, unmarred, unsullied, untapped, untouched, virgin unspoken: implicit, implied, inarticulate, inferred, intimated, invoiced, mute, silent, tacit, unsaid, unstated, unuttered unstable: changeable, eccentric, emotional, erratic, fickle, flighty, flimsy, fluctuating, fragile, inconsistent, inconstant, insecure, loose, precarious, rocky, shaky, shifting, shifty, tricky, turbulent, unhinged, unreliable, unsettled, unsteady, vacillating, variable, volatile, wavering, wobbly unsteady: capricious, changeable, dizzy, erratic, fickle, fluctuating, giddy, groggy, inconstant, quivery, rickety, rocky, shaky, shifting, teetering, tippy, unreliable, unsettled, unsound, unstable, vacillating, variable, wavering, wayward, wiggly, wobbly unstudied: artless, extemporary, instinctive, naive, natural, spontaneous unsubstantiated: unattested, unconfirmed, unsupported, unverified unsuccessful: abortive, failing, fruitless, futile, hapless, hopeless, ineffectual, manqu, unavailing, unfortunate, unlucky, unprofitable, vain, wouldbe unsuitable: conflicting, improper, inadequate, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inept, infelicitous, inopportune, unacceptable, unbecoming, unbefitting, unfit, untimely, useless unsuited: inappropriate, inapt, incompatible, unfitting, unseemly unsullied: chaste, clean, immaculate, pristine, pure, spotless, unblemished, undefiled, unpolluted, unsoiled, untarnished unsure: borderline, dangerous, doubtful, hazardous, hesitant, indecisive, insecure, mistrustful, shaky, timid, uncertain, unclear, unconvinced, undecided, unstable, unsteady, untrustworthy, vacillating, weak, wobbly unsure and risky: precarious unsurpassed: insuperable, matchless, peerless, unequaled, unexcelled, unparalleled, unprecedented, unrivaled unsuspecting: credulous, gullible, innocent, naive, unaware, unwary
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UNSWAYED - UNWISE
unswayed: far, firm, impartial, unbiased, unbigoted, unprejudiced unswerving: dedicated, determined, devoted, firm, staunch, steadfast, steady, straight, true, undaunted, unfaltering unsympathetic: aloof, callous, cold, coldhearted, cool, cruel, hardhearted, harsh, heartless, hostile, insensitive, mean, repellent, stony, uncaring, uncompassionate, unemotional, unfeeling, unlikable, unpleasant unsympathetic treatment: short shrift unsystematic: catch as catch can untainted: fresh untalkative: reticent, taciturn untamed: barbaric, feral, rambunctious, savage, uncivilized, undisciplined, unsubdued, wild untangle: disentangle, extricate, free, solve, unscramble, unsnarl, untie, untwist untarnished: clean, immaculate, polished, pure, shiny, spotless, unblemished, unstained, unsullied, untainted untaught: ignorant, illiterate, instinctive, natural, spontaneous, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unschooled, untrained, untutored unthinkable: absurd, extraordinary, impossible, inconceivable, incredible, outlandish, unbelievable, unique unthinking: careless, foolish, heedless, impetuous, inadvertent, inconsiderate, insensitive, rash, senseless, stupid, thoughtless, unmindful, unwise untidy: bedraggled, careless, dirty, disarranged, disheveled, disordered, haphazard, littered, messy, rumpled, scraggly, scruffy, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, tousled, uncluttered, uncombed, ungroomed, unkempt untie: before, continuously, disengage, disentangle, extricate, free, loosen, unbind, undo, unfasten, unhitch, unknot, unlace, untangle untimely: early, improper, inappropriately, inapt, inopportune, mistimed, premature, unexpected, unfortunate, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable untold: boundless, countless, endless, enormous, huge, immeasurable, innumerable, many, numerous, staggering, undisclosed, unimaginable, unrelated, unrevealed, vast
untouched: flawless, intact, perfect, pristine, pure, sound, unharmed, unspoiled, virgin, whole untoward: adverse, awkward, difficult, improper, inconvenient, intractable, irritating, troublesome, unbecoming, undisciplined, unfortunate, ungovernable, unlucky, unmanageable, unpropitious, unruly, unseemly, vexatious, wild untrained: amateurish, green, ignorant, inexperienced, inexpert, novice, raw, undisciplined, unprepared, unqualified, unskilled, untamed, untaught, wild untrammeled: free untransferable: inalienable untried: callow, fresh, green, immature, inexperienced, new, unattempted, unproved, untested untroubled: calm, carefree, easy, easygoing, halcyon, peaceful, placid, relaxed, serene, tranquil, unbothered, unruffled, un worried untrue: deceptive, dishonest, disloyal, erroneous, faithless, false, fictitious, inaccurate, incorrect, misleading, not so, unfaithful, unloyal, untruthful, wrong untrustworthy: corrupt, crooked, deceitful, devious, dishonest, disloyal, disreputable, irresponsible, questionable, shady, shifty, slippery, tricky, unassured, undependable, unethical, unreliable, unsafe, untruthful untrustworthy person: snake in the grass untruthful: deceptive, dishonest, false, fraudulent, insincere, lying, mendacious, misleading untutored: ignorant, illiterate, naive, natural, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unread, unschooled, untaught untwist: ravel untwist a rope: unlay untypical: abnormal, bizarre, odd, strange, uncommon, unusual unusable: impracticable unused: brand-new, fresh, idle, mint condition, new, remaining, untapped, untried, vacant unused and neglected condition: desuetude unusual: abnormal, anomalous, bizarre, different, distinct, eccentric, exceptional, extraordinary, funny, novel, odd, offbeat, peculiar, phenomenal,
rare, refreshing, remarkable, scarce, special, strange, surprising, typical, uncommon, unique, unorthodox, untypical, unwonted, weird unusual happening: phenomenon unusual item: curio, rarity unvarnished: bald, bare, candid, frank, plain, simple, stark, unadorned, undisguised, unfinished unvarying: constant, even, fixed, monotonous, plain, steady, unchanging, unfluctuating, uniform, uninterrupted unveil: announce, disclose, divulge, exhibit, expose, reveal, uncloak, uncover, unmask unwarranted: baseless, groundless, idle, pointless, uncalled-for, undue, unfair, unfounded, unjustified, unprovoked, unreasonable, wrong unwary: brash, careless, credulous, heedless, imprudent, incautious, rash, reckless, thoughtless, unalert, unaware, unguarded, unsuspecting unwavering: consistent, constant, dedicated, determined, firm, intent, persistent, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, true, unchanging, unfaltering, unflappable, unshakable, unshaken unwelcome: barred, distasteful, excluded, intrusive, objectionable, unacceptable, unasked, undesired, uninvited, unpleasant, unpopular, unsought, unwanted unwelcome person: persona non grata unwholesome: baneful, corrupt, deleterious, detrimental, evil, foul, harmful, impure, insalubrious, noxious, offensive, pernicious, poisonous, repulsive, toxic, unclean, unhealthful, unhealthy, unsound unwholesome atmosphere or influence: miasma unwholesome condition: dyscrasia unwieldy: awkward, bulky, burdensome, clumsy, cumbersome, heavy, ungainly, unmanageable, weighty unwilling: against, averse, backward, disinclined, forced, grudging, hesitant, involuntary, loath, opposed, reluctant, uncooperative, uneager unwilling to yield: stoic unwind: loosen, recline, relax, rest, uncoil, undo, unravel, unroll, untangle unwise: dumb, foolish, impolitic, impractical, imprudent, inadvisable, inane, indiscreet, inept, injudicious,
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UNWITTING - URBANE
irrational, irresponsible, misguided, naive, senseless, stupid, thoughtless, unintelligent, unsound, witless unwitting: accidental, inadvertent, innocent, involuntary, unaware, unexpected, uninformed, unintended, unknowing, unplanned, unsuspecting unworthy: base, beneath, blmable, contemptible, dishonorable, shameful, unbecoming, undeserving, unfit, unseemly, unsuitable, valueless, worthless unwritten: accepted, customary, oral, traditional, understood, unsaid, unstated, verbal, vocal unyielding: adamant, determined, fast, firm, fixed, grim, hard, headstrong, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, iron, ironclad, obdurate, obstinate, pigheaded, relentless, rigid, ruthless, solid, steadfast, steely, stern, stiff, stiff-necked, stony, strict, stubborn, tenacious, tough, truculent, unbending, unbudging, uncompromising, unsubmissive, unwavering, wooden up: above, active, aloft, arisen, ascend, awake, boost, current, familiar, finished, higher, increase, jump, optimistic, raise, rise, risen, standing, versed; elapsed up and about: ambulatory, astir up-and-coming: active, alert, eager, enterprising, industrious up-and-down: bobbing, perpendicular, seesaw, uneven, vacillating, vertical, yo-yo up-to-date: abreast, au courant, au fait, current, mod, modern, with it up to now: as yet, so far, yet upbeat: arsis, cheerful, cheery, happy, hopeful, optimistic, positive, sanguine upbringing: nurture, training upcoming: approaching, forthcoming, future, imminent, impending, looming, nearing, next update: amend, modernize, refurbish, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, restore, revise upgrade: advance, ascent, boost, elevate, improve, incline, increase, raise, slope, uplift upheaval: cataclysm, catastrophe, chaos, clamor, commotion, disaster, disturbance, overthrow, revolt, revolution, shakeout, storm, tumult, turmoil
upheaval, violent: cataclysm uphill: arduous, ascending, difficult, exhausting, grueling, hard, laborious, rising, rugged, strenuous, tiring, toilsome, tough uphold: advocate, assert, assist, back, bear, brace, carry, champion, confirm, defend, encourage, lift, maintain, promote, protect, raise, support, sustain, vindicate upholder of long-established custom: traditionalist upkeep: budget, expenses, maintenance, overhead, preservation, repair, support, sustenance uplift: edify, elate, elevate, enlighten, enrichment, exalt, hoist, illuminate, improve, inspire, lift, raise, rehabilitation, rock, upgrade upon: about, above, against, astride, atop, concerning, onto, over, stop, thereafter upper: above, amphetamine, drug, elevated, elite, higher, important, over, overhead, senior, stimulant, superior, top, topmost upper class: aristocracy, elite, highbred, society, upper crust upper-class customers: carriage trade upper hand: advantage, better, command, edge, superiority, supremacy upper keyboard part of a piano duet: primo upper or dorsal surface: tergum upper part of a glacier: neve uppermost: chief, dominant, foremost, greatest, highest, leading, loftiest, main, predominant, primary, senior, supreme, top, topmost upright: aboveboard, elevated, equitable, erect, ethical, exemplary, fair, good, honest, honorable, just, moral, noble, on end, perpendicular, plumb, post, principled, prop, righteous, sincere, standing, steep, straight, true, trustworthy, vertical, virtuous upright piece or pole: mullion, pillar, post, stanchion, stile upright position: stance uprightness: dignity, honesty, honor, integrity, virtue uprising: ascending, ascent, commotion, disturbance, incline, insurgence, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, tumult, upheaval uproar: ado, ballyhoo, bedlam, brawl, brouhaha, bustle, chaos, clamor,
commotion, confusion, din, disorder, disturbance, ferment, flap, fracas, fuss, hassle, hubbub, hullabaloo, mayhem, noise, pandemonium, racket, riot, stir, tumult, turmoil, violence uproarious: boisterous, confused, hilarious, loud, noisy, turbulent, wild uproot: annihilate, deracinate, destroy, dislocate, displace, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, move, remove, transplant upscale: posh upset: agitate, anger, angry, annoy, asea, beat, bother, capsize, capsized, confuse, defeat, derange, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disconcerted, disordered, disorganize, distressed, disturb, embarrass, enrage, fluster, flustered, incense, infuriate, ired, jar, jumbled, outcome, overthrow, overturned, overwrought, perturbed, rattle, reverse, rile, riled, ruffle, shock, subvert, surprise, throw off, topple, trouble, tumble, turn, unhinge, unnerve, unsettle, worry upset and disturb: irritate, perturb, ruffle upshot: aftermath, climax, conclusion, consequence, culmination, effect, ending, finale, finish, limit, outcome, result, sequel, termination upside-down: backward, chaotic, confused, haywire, inverted, jumbled, reversed, topsy-turvy upstanding: ethical, honest, honorable, moral, principled, trustworthy upstart: comer, jackanapes, nouveau rich, parvenu, presumptuous, snob upsurge: advance, boom, improvement, increase, recovery, rise, upswing, upturn upswing: rally uptight: edgy, jumpy, tense, tensed, uneasy upward: above, ascending, greater, higher, lofty, skyward, uphill upward slope: acclivity, rise urban: central, city, civic, cosmopolitan, metropolitan, municipal, oppidan, town urbane: affable, civil, civilized, cordial, cosmopolitan, courteous, cultivated, cultured, debonair, elegant, genteel, polished, polite, refined, smooth, sophisticated, suave
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URCHIN - UTTER
urchin: boy, brat, child, delinquent, elf, gamin, hedgehog, imp, scamp, waif urge: abet, advocate, appeal, appetite, cajole, coax, demand, desire, drive, egg on, encourage, excite, exhort, force, goad, impel, importune, impulse, incentive, incite, induce, influence, insist, itch, motive, needle, passion, persuade, plead, press, pressure, prod, prompt, provoke, push, recommend, request, shove, solicit, spur, stimulate, suggest, sway, weakness, yearning, yen urge a view, action: advocate, champion, commend, promote urge and appeal: impel, induce, lobby, solicit, supplicate urge on: encourage, exhort, hearten, impel, incite, motivate urge strongly: adjure, beseech, entreat, exhort, importune urge to succeed: ambition urge, irrational: compulsion urgency: desperation, exigency, importance, insistence, necessity, need, pressure, seriousness, stress urgent: clamant, compelling, critical, crucial, demanding, dire, essential, exigent, grave, immediate, impelling, imperative, imperious, important, insistent, necessary, peremptory, pressing, required, serious urgent plea: SOS urgent request: appeal urgent, as need: dire urgent, troublesomely: importunate urgently necessary: imperative urinary system, branch of medicine involving: urology urination increasing substance: diuretic urination, excessive: diuresis urine canal out of body: urethra urine, causing increase in: diuretic urine, lacking control of: incontinent urine, releasing: micturate, urinate urn: capsule, cistern, container, ewer, jar, ossuary, pitcher, samovar, vase, vessel urn, shaped like a: urceolate usable: accessible, applicable, available, beneficial, convenient, functional, handy, helpful, open, practical, serviceable, useful, valuable, working usage: convention, custom, form, formula, grammar, habit, habitude, in-
terest, manner, method, mode, practice, procedure, rule, system, tradition, treatment, wont use: accustom, advantage, application, apply, avail, benefit, capitalize, consume, consumption, control, custom, demand, deplete, devour, duty, employ, employment, exercise, exhaust, expend, exploit, familiarize, function, gain, good, guide, habit, habituate, handle, handling, hire, incur, manage, manipulate, mileage, need, occupy, operate, practice, privilege, regulate, spend, treat, treatment, try, utility, utilize, value, wield, wont, work, worth use to greatest advantage: capitalize on, exploit, parlay, utilize use up: consume, deplete, exhaust, expend use wastefully: squander use, benefit, advantage: avail, recourse, resort use, practical: application used: accepted, consumed, old, secondhand, shopworn, utilized, worn used to: acclimatized, accustomed, attuned, familiar, habituated, oriented, wont useful: advantageous, beneficial, conducive, contributive, convenient, effective, functional, good, handy, helpful, multipurpose, practical, pragmatic, profitable, serviceable, utile, valuable, worthwhile useful and practical: functional, utilitarian useful as a means: instrumental, subservient useful in many ways: versatile useful thing or quality: asset usefulness: advantage, benefit, efficiency, practicality, suitability, utility, value useless: fruitless, futile, helpless, hopeless, idle, impracticable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient, inutile, obsolete, otiose, outmoded, pointless, to no avail, unavailing, unproductive, unprofitable, unserviceable, unworkable, vain, void, worthless useless and obsolete: obsolescent, outmoded, superannuated useless and unproductive: fruitless, futile, ineffectual, unprofitable, vain useless gift or possession: white elephant useless thing or person: deadwood
useless, make: enfeeble, nullify usher: attend, attendant, conduct, direct, doorkeeper, escort, gatekeeper, guide, herald, inaugurate, introduce, lead, officer, page, porter, precede, precursor, receive, seat, seater, servant, steer usual: accustomed, average, common, conventional, current, customary, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, natural, normal, ordinary, predictable, prevailing, prevalent, regular, rife, routine, standard, traditional, trite, typical, wonted usual and expected: customary, habitual, predictable usual and standard: conventional, prescribed, staple usurp: appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, preempt, seize, steal, take, wrest Utah capital: Salt Lake City Utah cities: Ogden, Orem, Provo Utah features: Arches, Bryce Canyon, Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, Mormon church utensil: fork, implement, instrument, knife, silverware, spatula, spoon, tool uterus: venter uterus tissue removal: D & C, dilation and curettage uterus tubes: fallopian tube, oviduct uterus, organ where fetus develops in: placenta uterus, surgical removal of part or all of: hysterectomy utilitarian: economical, effective, efficient, functional, practical, pragmatic, realistic, sensible, usable, useful utility: advantage, auxiliary, benefit, convenience, profit, secondary, service, substitute, use, usefulness utilize: avail, capitalize, consume, employ, exercise, exploit, harness, use utmost: absolute, best, extreme, farthest, final, greatest, highest, maximum, nth, paramount, ultimate Utopia: Eden, heaven, paradise, Shangri-la, Zion Utopian: Arcadian, ideal, idealistic, imaginary, impractical, perfect, unfeasible, visionary utter: absolute, complete, downright, extreme, out-and-out, outright, peremptory, perfect, rank, sheer, stark, total, unmitigated, unqualified; articulate, assert, declare, deliver, dis-
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UTTER DISORDER - UTTERLY
close, divulge, emit, enunciate, exclaim, express, issue, mumble, mutter, pronounce, reveal, say, speak, state, talk, tell, vent, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper utter disorder: chaos
utterance: announcement, articulation, dictum, discourse, expression, murmur, opinion, remark, revelation, speech, statement, talk, verbalization, vocalization, whisper, word utterly: absolutely, all, altogether, as-
suredly, completely, diametrically, entirely, full, just, merely, perfectly, positively, quite, stark, thoroughly, totally, well, wholly
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V.I.P.: big shot, bigwig, celebrity, dignitary, leader, lion, notable, personage, someone V-shaped emblem: chevron vacancy: break, cavity, chasm, emptiness, opening, position, room, space, uninhabited, vacuity, vacuum, void vacant: abandoned, absent, barren, blank, deadpan, deserted, devoid, disengaged, empty, expressionless, foolish, free, idle, inane, inexpressive, leisure, open, silly, unemployed, unfilled, uninhabited, unoccupied, untenanted, unused, vacuous, void vacate: abandon, abrogate, annul, clear, countermand, depart, dissolve, empty, evacuate, leave, quit, relinquish, repeal, rescind, retire, void vacation: furlough, holiday, intermission, leave, leisure, liberty, recess, rest, sabbatical, spite, trip vacation home, shared ownership of: time sharing vacation in Western ranch: dude ranch vacation or paid leave of absence for one year, for research: sabbatical vaccinate: immunize, inoculate, protect vaccine additional dose: booster vacillate: alternate, blow hot and cold, dither, fluctuate, flutter, hem and haw, hesitate, oscillate, rock, seesaw, shift, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waver, whiffle, wobble vacillating: changeable, fluctuating, hesitant, hesitating, oscillating, shifting, swaying, tentative, uncertain, unsure, vibrating, volatile, wavering vacuous: clear, devoid, empty, inane, silly, vacant vacuum: cavity, emptiness, nothingness, space, vacuity, void
vacuum tube: diode vagabond: aimless, beggar, bohemian, bum, deadbeat, drifter, drifting, hobo, itinerant, nomadic, rogue, rover, scamp, stiff, stray, tramp, transient, unpredictable, vagrant, wander, wanderer, wandering, wayfarer, wayward, worthless vagary: breach, caper, caprice, conceit, daydream, digression, divergence, fancy, fantasy, impulse, kink, notion, prank, quirk, rambling, roam, trick, waver, whim, whimsy vagina examination instrument: speculum vaginal examination using a magnifying device: colposcopy vagrant: beggar, bum, hobo, homeless, idler, itinerant, nomadic, panhandler, roamer, rover, tramp, undesirable, unrestrained, vagabond, waif, wanderer, wayward vague: ambiguous, bleary, blurry, cloudy, confused, dark, dim, dreamy, elusive, faint, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, illdefined, imprecise, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, intangible, loose, misty, muddy, nebulous, obscure, opaque, shadowy, sketchy, uncertain, unclear, undetermined, unexplicit, unfixed, unsettled, unspecified, unsure vague concept: inkling, notion vague feelings, having: ambiguous, ambivalent, equivocal vague state: limbo vagueness of mind: haze vain: arrogant, boastful, cocky, conceited, egocentric, egotistic, egotistical, frivolous, narcissistic, ostentatious, otiose, petty, proud, proud as a peacock, snooty, stuckup, vainglorious
vain hope: pipe dream vain, in: empty, fruitless, futile, hollow, hopeless, nugatory, senseless, to no avail, trivial, unavailing, unprofitable, unrewarded, useless, worthless vainglorious: boastful, bragging, cocky, conceited, egotistical, insolent, narcissistic, pompous, proud, vain vale: adieu, dale, dell, farewell, glen, valley valedictory: adieu, departing, farewell, final, good-bye, parting, terminal valentine: card, gift, letter, sweetheart valet: attendant, dresser, equerry, manservant, servant, squire valiant: adventurous, bold, brave, chivalrous, courageous, daring, excellent, fearless, gallant, gutsy, heroic, intrepid, noble, powerful, stalwart, steadfast, stout, stouthearted, strong, unafraid, undaunted, valorous, vigorous, worthy valid: authentic, binding, certified, cogent, compelling, conclusive, confirmed, convincing, credible, effective, efficient, genuine, good, healthy, just, lawful, legal, legitimate, powerful, realistic, reasonable, right, satisfactory, satisfying, solid, sound, strong, sufficient, telling, true, verified, weighty validate: authenticate, certify, confirm, establish, justify, legalize, prove, ratify, sanction, sign, substantiate, verify, vet validation: proof validity: cogency, effectiveness, force, genuineness, legitimacy, potency, soundness, strength, substance, weight valise: bag, baggage, grip, haversack, luggage, satchel, suitcase valley: basin, canyon, chasm, cirque,
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VALLEY ALONG CREST OF MIDOCEAN RIDGE, WIDE - VASE
combe, coulee, cove, dale, dell, depression, dingle, divide, glen, gorge, goyle, gulch, gully, hollow, ravine, rill, strath, swale, trough, vale valley along crest of midocean ridge, wide: rift valley valor: backbone, boldness, bravery, chivalry, courage, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, guts, heart, heroism, merit, mettle, nerve, prowess, resolution, spirit, spunk, tenacity, virtue valorous: bold, brave, courageous, dauntless, fearless, gallant, heroic, intrepid, noble, stout, valiant valuable: antique, asset, cherished, costly, dear, expensive, heirloom, important, precious, priceless, prized, rare, treasured, useful value: account, admire, advantage, appraise, appreciate, apprise, apprize, assess, assessment, avail, cherish, cost, distinction, esteem, estimate, estimation, evaluate, expense, importance, merit, opinion, price, prize, quality, rate, respect, set store by, significance, treasure, usefulness, utility, valuation, weight, worth
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value of business or property beyond mortgage and liability: equity value of nation's goods and services before deductions: GNP, gross national product value of property beyond debt and liability: equity value printed on bill or bond: face value, nominal value, par value value, in proportion to the: ad valorem value, loss in: depreciation value, rise in: appreciation W valued above its face value, amount something is: premium valued possession passed down: heirloom valued, highly: cherished, coveted, esteemed, prized values of a people transmitted through arts, myths: mythos values of group, moral: mores values peculiar to a specific person, group, culture, people: ethos valve: cock, faucet, flap, gate, outlet, regulator, shutoff, spigot, stopper vamoose: begone, decamp, depart, hightail, leave, scat, scoot, scram, skedaddle, skiddoo
vamp: contrive, fabricate, flirt, improvise, mend, patch, repair, seduce, seductress, siren, temptress, tramp vampire: bat, blackmailer, bloodsucker, Dracula, extortionist, lamia, monster van: camper, cart, lead, truck, vehicle, wagon vandal: hoodlum, looter, marauder, pillager, plunderer, raider, ravager, ruffian vandalize: deface, destroy, mar, trash, wreck vane: fan, feather, weathercock vanguard: forefront, front, innovators, lead, leaders, leading, trailblazers vanilla: bland, ordinary, unexciting, unoriginal vanish: dematerialize, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, exit, fade, melt, terminate, vaporize vanish gradually: evanesce vanity: cabinet, compact, conceit, egoism, egotism, emptiness, foppery, futility, idleness, narcissism, pomposity, pride, uselessness, vainglory, worthlessness vanity case: etui vanquish: beat, best, conquer, crush, defeat, expel, humble, master, overcome, overpower, overthrow, quell, reduce, rout, subdue, subjugate, subvert, suppress, surmount, trample vapid: bland, boring, colorless, dull, flat, flavorless, inane, insipid, lame, lifeless, meaningless, pointless, spiritless, stale, tasteless, trite, unanimated, unexciting, unimaginative, uninspiring, uninteresting, weak vapor: air, breath, cloud, dew, fog, fumes, gas, haze, humidity, mist, moisture, nimbus, smog, smoke, steam vapor trail: contrail vapor, convert or change into: evaporate vaporize: aerate, boil, condense, dissipate, evaporate vaporized, readily: volatile vaporous: aerial, airy, ethereal, fleeting, hazy, insubstantial, misty, smoggy, vague, volatile, wispy vapors: gas variable: capricious, changeable, diverse, fickle, fitful, flexible, fluctuating, inconstant, irregular, shifty, spasmodic, uncertain, unequal, uneven, unstable, unsteady, variant, varying, volatile, wavering
variance: argument, change, conflict, deviation, difference, disagreement, discord, discrepancy, dispute, dissension, dissent, disunity, division, fluctuation, quarrel, variation variation: alternative, change, departure, deviation, difference, disparity, modification, shade, variance, variety variation in combination of elements: permutation variation or change: vicissitude variation, abrupt: saltation variation, leeway for: latitude, play, tolerance variation, subtle or slight degree of: nuance varied: assorted, different, diverse, diversified, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, multiple, myriad, sundry, various varied greatly: manifold, multifarious, multiform, omnifarious variegated: calico, checkered, dappled, different, diversified, flecked, motley, mottled, multicolored, piebald, pied, speckled, spotted, varicolored, varied variety: assortment, brand, breed, category, class, collection, diversity, family, genus, hodgepodge, kind, medley, sort, species, strain, subdivision, type, variation variety of uses and functions, having: versatility variety show, old-time: vaudeville various: assorted, changeable, countless, different, differing, dissimilar, distinct, divers, diverse, manifold, many, miscellaneous, multitudinal, numerous, several, sundry, unalike, variable, variant, varied varlet: attendant, blackguard, footman, helper, knave, page, rascal, scoundrel, servant, vassal varnish: coat, embellish, enamel, finish, gloss, japan, lac, lacquer, polyurethane, shellac, stain, veneer vary: alter, alternate, change, contrast, depart, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, dissent, diverge, diversify, divide, fluctuate, modify, modulate, oscillate, qualify, shift, swerve, variate vary a business' products: diversify vary tone or pitch: inflect, modulate vase: amphora, container, crater, ewer, jar, jardiniere, krater, pot, urn, vessel
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VASSAL - VEHEMENT
VEGETABLES
alfalfa sprout chayote jalapeno pepper pinto bean sorrel artichoke chickpea kale plantain soybean arugula chicory kidney bean pokeweed spinach asparagus Chinese cabbage kohlrabi potato squash bamboo sprout/shoot chive leek pumpkin string bean bean collard greens lentil radiccio succotash bean sprout corn lettuce radish sugar pea beet cress lima bean rampion summer squash bell pepper cucumber mung bean red bean sweet corn black-eyed pea dandelion mushroom red cabbage sweet potato Boston lettuce eggplant muskmelon red pepper tomato broad bean endive mustard rhubarb truffle broccoli escarole navy bean rice turnip Brussels sprout fennel New Zealand spinach romaine water chestnut butter bean garbanzo bean okra rutabaga watercress cabbage garlic olive sauerkraut watermelon cardoon glasswort onion scallion wax bean carrot globe artichoke parsley sea kale white bean cassava gourd parsnip seaweed yam cauliflower green bean pea shallot yellow pepper celery green pepper pepper snap bean yellow squash chard iceberg lettuce vaults, junction petsai of two: groin snow pea zucchini W RELATED TERMS vegetable stew, seasoned hot or cold: vase handles: ansae vaunt: boast, brag, crow, display, exratatouille vase projections: ears hibit, flaunt, gasconade, prate, strut vegetable strips, long thin: julienne vase, cremation: urn veal cutlet, breaded: wiener schnitzel vegetables and meats served with fried vase, device to support stems in noodles, Chinese: chow mein veal, thin sliced and sauteed: scaloppine flower: frog W vegetables or seafood deep-fried, Japaveer: alter, avert, bend, careen, nese: tempura change, deflect, depart, deviate, divassal: beneficiary, bondman, depenvegetables served as side dish, diced gress, dip, divert, dodge, shift, skew, dent, esne, helot, liege, peasant, serf, cooked: jardiniere slue, sway, swerve, tack, turn, twist, servant, servile, slave, subject, suborvegetables, raw cut, with dip: crudits yaw dinate, tenant, thrall, varlet vegetable dish of cabbage and potatoes vegetarian: fruitarian, herbivorous, vast: ample, boundless, broad, capaplant-eating, vegan fried together: bubble and squeak cious, colossal, endless, enormous, vegetarian eating only plant products: vegetable dish of fried ground spiced extensive, far-reaching, giant, giganvegan chickpeas and fava beans: falafel, tic, great, huge, immense, large, masvegetarian who eats both dairy products felafel sive, spacious, titanic, tremendous, and eggs: lacto-ovo-vegetarian vegetable dish of shredded, salted, ferunlimited, untold, whopping, wide vegetarian who eats dairy products: mented cabbage: sauerkraut vast in number: infinite, innumerable, lactovegetarian vegetable dish with rice and meat, saflimitless, myriad vegetarian, not strict: demi-veg fron-flavored: paella vat: basin, cask, container, pit, tub, tun vegetable paste of avocado, tomato, pep- vegetate: blossom, decay, deteriorate, vaudeville: burlesque, entertainment, grow, hibernate, idle, languish, loaf, pers: guacamole revue, show, skit, theater sprout, stagnate vegetable paste of chickpeas, tahini, oil, vault: arch, bend, bound, box, case vegetation: flora, greenery, growth, lemon, garlic: hommos, hummus, mate, casemate, catacomb, cave, herbage, hibernation, inactivity, humus cavern, ceiling, cellar, chamber, lethargy, listlessness, plants, verdure vegetable paste of cornmeal: polenta clear, crater, crypt, dome, dungeon, vegetation of region or time: flora vegetable paste of sesame seeds: tahini hurdle, jump, leap, mausoleum, vegetation, flourishing: herbage, vegetable salad with bulgur wheat, sealmount, repository, roof, room, safe, verdure lions, tomatoes, mint, parsley: tabsoar, span, spring, storeroom, strongvehemence: ire bouleh, tabbouli, tabooli box, strongroom, structure, tomb vehement: angry, ardent, eager, emovegetable stew of corn, lima beans, tovault, underground: crypt, undercroft tional, emphatic, energetic, fervent, matoes: succotash vaulted alcove: apse fervid, fierce, fiery, forceful, furious,
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VERB TYPES AND TERMS

verb accompanying another to distinguish mood, voice, aspect, tense: auxiliary verb verb and one or more particles acting as unit, e.g. look up: phrasal verb verb characteristically used with other verb to indicate mood or tense: modal auxiliary verb connecting predicate to subject (e.g. be): copula, linking verb verb designating existence, like be: substantive verb expressing past action: past participle, perfect participle verb expressing present action: present participle verb form changes showing mood or tense: inflection verb form constructed by using an auxiliary word rather than inflected form, of a: periphrastic verb form ending in -ed or -ing that can function independently as adjective: participle verb form indicating time: tense verb form often preceded by to: infinitive verb formed from a noun: denominative verb functioning as a noun: gerund verb having same subject and direct object: reflexive verb indicating contingent or hypothetical action: subjunctive verb indicating ordinary objective statement: indicative verb inflected: conjugation verb like be or seem that links predicate to subject: copula, linking verb verb mood that expresses a command or request: imperative heated, hot, impassioned, impetuous, intense, lively, opinionated, rabid, raging, stormy, strong, urgent, vigorous, violent, wild vehicle on runners: sled vehicle transporting passengers on route for small fare: jitney vehicle, old broken-down: jalopy, rattletrap vehicle, three-wheeled and pedaled: pedicab vehicle, two-wheeled and pulled by one: ricksha, rickshaw vehicles traveling together: caravan, convoy veil: camouflage, cloak, cloud, conceal, cover, curtain, dim, disguise, drape, enfold, guise, hide, mantle, mask, netting, screen, shield, shroud, velum, yashmak veil material: barege, tulle veil-wearing, in India: purdah vein: capillary, channel, duct, tube, vena, venule, vessel vein conducting blood from digestive organs to liver: portal vein vein of leaf or insect wing: costa verb mood that expresses contingent or hypothetical action: subjunctive verb mood that expresses ordinary objective statements: indicative verb of active meaning but passive form: deponent verb preceded by to: infinitive verb tense used to express action completed before a specified past time: pluperfect verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object: intransitive verb that expresses action completed by a specific future time: future perfect verb that requires direct object to complete meaning: transitive verb used in speaking of action not yet occuring: future verb used to indicate subject is the object of the action: passive verb with participles ending in -ed, -ing: regular verb verb with participles varying in spelling: irregular verb verbal: articulate, oral, spoken, stated, talkative, unwritten, verbatim, vocal verbal attack: philippic, slam, tirade verbal diarrhea, to have: explaterate verbal noun ending in -ing: gerund verbs classified as to the relationship of action: aspect verbs indicating relationship between subject and action: voice verbs used to indicate speaker's attitude: moodW venal: bribable, buyable, corrupt, corruptible, crooked, dishonorable, greedy, hired, infamous, mercenary, salable, unscrupulous, vendible vend: barter, hawk, huckster, market, peddle, sell, trade vendetta: dispute, feud, fight, gripe, quarrel vendor: businessperson, dealer, hawker, huckster, merchant, peddler, retailer, salesperson, seller, trader veneer: coat, coating, cover, enamel, facade, facing, film, finish, front, gloss, layer, mask, overlay, surface, varnish, veil venerable: aged, ancient, antique, hoary, honorable, old venerate: admire, adore, cherish, honor, prize, regard, respect, revere, reverence, value, worship veneration: admiration, adoration, awe, devotion, esteem, honor, repayment, respect, reverence, vengeance, worship, wrath vengeance: reprisal, requital, retaliation, retribution, revenge
vein of ore: motherlode, roke vein of upper extremities: subclavian vein vein, into or in a: intravenous vein, puncture of a: venipuncture vein, surgical opening of: phlebotomy, venesection vein, swollen leg: varicose vein, varix vein, very small: venule veinlike deposit: lode veins draining into heart'srightatrium: vena cava veins of leaf or insect wing, area bounded by: areola veins of leaf or insect wing, system of: venation veins of neck: jugular vein veins, concerning: venous velocity: acceleration, celerity, expedition, haste, headway, momentum, motion, pace, quickness, rapidity, rate, speed, swiftness velum: covering, membrane, palate, veil velvet: plushy, velour, velveteen velvet's fuzzy surface: nap, pile velvety: velutinous
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VENGEANCE, INFLICT - VERTIGO
vengeance, inflict: exact, wreak venial: allowable, excusable, forgivable, mild, minor, pardonable, slight, tolerable, trivial, unimportant venison source: deer venom: anger, animosity, hating, hatred, malice, poison, rancor, resentment, spite, toxin, vitriol venomous: antagonistic, baleful, baneful, deadly, evil, hateful, hostile, lethal, malicious, malignant, mean, poisoned, poisonous, rancorous, spiteful, toxic, vicious, virulent vent: air, aperture, avenue, discharge, eject, emit, flue, gush, hole, opening, orifice, outlet, pipe, release, slit, spout vent, to: assert, communicate, express, expression, state, voice ventilate: aerate, air, broadcast, circulate, debate, discuss, examine, expose, fan, freshen, oxygenate, publicize, state, voice ventilator: transom venture: adventure, attempt, bet, brave, challenge, chance, danger, dare, endeavor, enterprise, essay, experiment, feat, fortune, gamble, hazard, investment, project, risk, speculate, speculation, stake, try, undertaking, wager venture out: sally forth venturesome: adventurous, audacious, bold, brave, courageous, dangerous, daring, enterprising, fearless, foolhardy, hazardous, heroic, perilous, rash, reckless, risky, speculative, spirited venue: ground, locale, place, scene, setting, site, thrust veracious: accurate, direct, honest, precise, sincere, true, truthful, valid veracity: accuracy, candor, correctness, credibility, exactness, fact, faithfulness, honesty, integrity, precision, sincerity, trueness, truth, truthfulness veranda: balcony, lanai, patio, piazza, platform, porch, portico, stoop, terrace verbalize: articulate, express, say, speak, state, talk, utter, vent, vocalize, voice verbatim: accurately, exactly, literal, orally, precisely, verbal verbiage: chatter, diction, floridity,
logorrhea, parlance, redundancy, repetition, talk, verbosity, wordage, wordiness verbose: flowery, gabby, grandiloquent, long-winded, loquacious, prolix, redundant, repetitive, talkative, tautologous, windy, wordy verboten: banned, disallowed, forbidden, prohibited, taboo, tabu verdant: blooming, fresh, grassy, green, inexperienced, innocent, lush, mossy, naive, vernal Verdi opera: Aida, Ernani, Iltrovatore, La Traviata, Otello, Rigoletto verdict: assessment, decision, decree, deliverance, determination, finding, judgment, opinion, ruling, sentence verdict of not guilty: acquittal verdict, to give a: render verdure: freshness, greenery, greenness verge: approach, border, bound, boundary, brim, brink, edge, fringe, hem, horizon, incline, limit, line, lip, margin, point, range, rim, scope, slope, staff, tend, threshold, wand verification: affirmation, averment, certification, confirmation, proof, validation verify: affirm, attest, audit, authenticate, back, certify, check, confirm, corroborate, document, establish, maintain, prove, settle, substantiate, support, test, validate veritable: actual, authentic, bona fide, factual, genuine, honest, indubitable, real, true, undoubted, valid, veracious vermilion: antimony, cinnabar, color, red, scarlet vermin: animal, ant, bedbug, centipede, flea, fly, foxes, insect, lice, mice, mosquito, pest, rat, rodent, snake, termite, weasel Vermont capital: Montpelier Vermont cities: Barre, Burlington, Rutland Vermont features: Green Mountains vernacular: cant, colloquial, dialect, endemic, idiom, jargon, language, lingo, parlance, patois, slang, speech, tongue vernal: fresh, spring, springlike, verdant, young, youthful versatile: able, adaptable, adjustable, adroit, changeable, flexible, gifted, handy, mobile, multifaceted, proficient, resourceful, skilled, talented, variable
verse: ballad, composition, jingle, limerick, meter, ode, poem, poesy, poetry, rhyme, stanza, stave, stich
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verse into metrical patterns, analysis of: scansion verse mixing two or more languages: macaronic verse of 5 anapestic lines, light humorous: limerick verse of poem: stanza, stave, stich, strophe verse repeated at intervals: burden, chorus, refrain verse spoken by alternate speakers: stichomythia verse, accent on stressed syllable in: ictus verse, crude irregular: crambo, doggerel verse, pause in a line of: caesura verse, study of metrical structure of: prosody ^ versed: abreast, accomplished, accustomed, acquainted, adept, au courant, aware, competent, experienced, familiar, informed, knowledgeable, learned, practiced, proficient, qualified, schooled, skilled, taught, trained version: account, adaptation, depiction, description, edition, interpretation, paraphrase, rendition, report, side, statement, story, translation version of a work, widely accepted: vulgate verso's opposite: recto versus: against, alternative, contrast, vs. vertebra, vertebrae: back, backbone, chine, spinal column, spine, spondyl vertebra, vertebrae parts: atlas, axis, caudal, cervical, coccyx, disk, lumbar, thoracic vertebrate: chordate vertex: apex, apogee, crown, culmination, node, peak, pinnacle, point, summit, top, zenith vertical: acme, erect, perpendicular, plumb, sheet, standing, steep, summit, upright, vertex vertical takeoff and landing: VTOL vertiginous: dizzy, giddy, revolving, rotating, spinning, turning, unstable, whirling vertigo: confusion, dizziness, giddiness, reeling, unsteadiness
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VERVE - VIE
verve: ability, animation, ardor, bounce, dash, clat, lan, energy, enthusiasm, fire, gusto, life, liveliness, oomph, passion, pep, punch, spirit, spring, vigor, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip very: absolute, absolutely, actual, actually, authentic, awfully, bare, complete, deeply, eminently, emphatically, everso, exact, exactly, exceedingly, extremely, genuine, greatly, highly, hugely, ideal, identical, mere, mighty, most, much, notably, precise, precisely, quite, real, really, remarkably, same, special, strikingly, surpassingly, terribly, thoroughly, too, true, truly, truthful, utter, veracious, veritable very much passion used as a musical direction: con molto passione very seldom: once in a blue moon, rarely vesicle: bladder, blister, cavity, cell, cyst, sac, utricle vespers: evensong, orison, prayer, service vessel: barge, barrel, basin, boat, bottle, bowl, caldron, can, canoe, carafe, cask, cogue, container, craft, crater, cresset, crucible, cruse, cup, cutter, drum, duct, ewer, flagon, flask, funnel, glass, goblet, jar, kettle, krater, liner, mug, olla, pail, pan, pitcher, pod, pot, pyx, receptacle, scow, ship, situlae, steamer, stein, tank, tub, tube, urn, utensil, vase, vat, vein, yacht vessel for cooking in fireplace, large: caldron vessels, concerning: vascular vest: clothe, coat, drape, dress, endow, garment, jacket, jerkin, robe, waistcoat vestal: chaste, nun, pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous vestibule: antechamber, anteroom, cavity, channel, corridor, doorway, entrance, entry, foyer, hall, hallway, lobby, narthex, passage vestige: evidence, footprint, footstep, hint, indication, mark, path, relic, remnant, scrap, shred, sign, tincture, tinge, trace, track vestiges: ashes, traces vestment: alb, amice, cassock, cincture, clothing, covering, dress, frock, garb,
garment, gear, gown, habiliment, hood, orale, robe, stole, tunic, uniform, vesture veteran: disciplined, experienced, expert, GI, longtimer, master, old hand, old timer, old-timer, practiced, professional, seasoned, skilled, weathered, wise veto: defeat, deny, disallow, forbid, kill, negative, nix, nyet, override, overrule, quash, refuse, reject veto by president by not signing a bill before Congress adjourns: pocket veto vex: afflict, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, dispute, distress, disturb, disturbance, fret, fuss, gall, harass, harry, infuriate, ire, irk, irritate, miff, needle, nettle, offend, perplex, pester, plague, provoke, puzzle, rile, roil, rowel, ruffle, spite, tease, torment, toss, trouble, upset, worry vexation: aggravation, agitation, annoyance, harassment, hassle, irritation, pique, weariness vexatious: afflictive, aggravating, annoying, badgering, bothersome, distressing, disturbed, harassed, irritating, nagging, pesky, thorny, tormenting, troublesome, upsetting via: along, by way of, over, per, through, with; passage, road, way viable: applicable, doable, feasible, living, possible, practicable, reasonable, workable viaduct: bridge, overpass, ramp vial: ampoule, ampul, bottle, container, flask, phial viands: chow, eats, edibles, fare, feed, food, grub, provisions, victuals, vittles viands of Virginia: hams vibrant: alive, animated, bright, brilliant, colorful, dynamic, eager, electrifying, energetic, enthusiastic, florid, glowing, pulsating, radiant, resonant, resounding, sonorous, throbbing, vigorous, vivacious, vivid vibrate: agitate, beat, echo, fluctuate, flutter, jar, oscillate, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, resonate, resound, reverberate, ripple, rock, shake, shiver, swing, thrill, throb, tremble, tremor, trill, vacillate, waver vibration: fluctuation, flutter, oscilla-
tion, pulsation, quake, quaver, quiver, reverberation, shake, thrill, trembling, tremor, vacillation, vibe vibration caused by two bodies striking each other: percussion vicar: clergyman, cleric, ecclesiastic, minister, pastor, priest, proxy, substitute vicarious: delegated, empathetic, substituted, surrogate, sympathetic vice: blemish, carnality, corruption, crime, defect, depravity, evil, failing, fault, flaw, foible, immorality, imperfection, iniquity, replacing, shortcoming, sin, weakness, wrong vice versa: again, contrariwise, contrary, conversely, oppositely viceroy: butterfly, governor, nabob, representative, ruler, satrap vicinity: area, ballpark, close, district, environs, locality, nearby, neighborhood, proximity, region, surroundings vicious: atrocious, bad, beastly, corrupt, corrupting, cruel, dangerous, debasing, depraved, diabolical, evil, ferocious, fiendish, fierce, foul, hateful, heinous, immoral, iniquitous, malicious, mean, nasty, nefarious, noxious, rotten, savage, severe, spiteful, terrible, vehement, vile, villainous, vindictive, violent, wicked, wild, wrong vicissitude: alteration, change, difficulty, diversity, mutability, mutation, reversal, shift, switch, variation, variety victim: casualty, chump, dupe, fatality, fool, goat, gull, patsy, prey, pushover, sacrifice, scapegoat, stooge, sucker, sufferer, underdog victim of exploitation: fall guy, pawn, puppet, sacrificial lamb, scapegoat, whipping boy victimize: bamboozle, burn, cheat, deceive, dupe, exploit, gull, hoodwink, persecute, prey, stiff, trick, use victor: champ, champion, conquer, conqueror, master, subjugator, vanquisher, winner victory: achievement, ascendancy, conquest, mastery, success, superiority, supremacy, triumph, win victuals: chow, comestibles, eats, edibles, feed, food, meals, nourishment, provisions, rub, supplies, viands, vittles vie: bet, compete, complete, contend,
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VIEW - VIOLENT
content, contest, endure, fight, jostle, match, oppose, rival, stake, strive, wager view: admire, aim, appearance, apprehend, aspect, attitude, behold, belief, believe, canvass, consider, contemplate, examination, examine, expectation, eye, feeling, gaze, glimpse, goal, inspect, inspection, judge, ken, landscape, look, notion, object, objective, observe, opinion, outlook, panorama, peek, perception, picture, plan, profile, regard, scan, scape, scene, scenery, scrutinize, scrutiny, seascape, see, sight, spy, standpoint, stare, summary, survey, theory, thought, vasta, vision, vista, watch, witness view of the whole, offering general: synoptic view with parts separated but shown in relation to each other: exploded view view, broad: overview, panoptic view, panorama view, distant: perspective, prospect, vista view, of a generally accepted: received view, place offering broad overall: catbird seat, ringside seat, vantage, vantage point view, place offering extensive: mirador view, structure situated with commanding: belvedere viewpoint: angle, attitude, belief, feeling, opinion, outlook, perspective, position, posture, scope, sentiment, slant, stance vigil: guard, lookout, prayers, service, surveillance, wake, watch vigilant: agog, alert, attentive, awake, aware, careful, cautious, keen, observant, sharp, shrewd, sleepless, wakeful, wary, watchful vignette: picture, scenario, scene, sketch, story vigor: activity, animation, bang, bounce, brio, dash, drive, lan, endurance, energy, enthusiasm, fire, force, getup, growth, health, intensity, invigorate, might, moxie, muscle, oomph, passion, pep, pith, potency, power, punch, spirit, stamina, steam, strength, verve, vim, virility, vitality, zeal, zing, zip vigor and liveliness: brio, lan, flair, panache vigorous: athletic, bouncing, brisk, dashing, eager, effective, efficacious,
energetic, hale, hardy, healthy, hearty, intense, lively, lusty, muscular, potent, powerful, robust, rugged, spirited, spry, stout, strapping, strenuous, strong, sturdy, tough, vibrant vile: abominable, bad, base, coarse, contemptible, corrupt, debased, degrading, depraved, despicable, disgusting, evil, filthy, foul, hateful, horrible, ignoble, impure, loathsome, low, lowly, mean, nasty, nefarious, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repulsive, revolting, servile, shocking, sickening, sinful, sleazy, sordid, ugly, unpleasant, vicious, vulgar, wicked, worthless, wretched vilify: abuse, asperse, assail, attack, belittle, berate, blacken, blaspheme, criticize, debase, debauch, defame, degrade, denounce, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, libel, malign, mistreat, reproach, revile, slander, slight, slur, smear, traduce villa: castle, chateau, dwelling, estate, home, house, manor, mansion, residence village: borough, bourg, burg, community, hamlet, home, municipality, pueblo, settlement, suburb, thorp, town, tribe village, small: hamlet villain: blackguard, boor, caitiff, creep, dastard, delinquent, demon, devil, heavy, Iago, knave, lout, lowlife, miscreant, mountebank, offender, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, sclrat, scoundrel, varlet villainous: abominable, bad, base, boorish, caddish, corrupt, criminal, dastardly, depraved, despicable, detestable, disagreeable, evil, felonious, horrible, low, mean, rotten, vicious, vile, vulgar, wicked, wretched villainy: baseness, depravity, knavery, viciousness, vileness, wickedness vim: dash, drive, lan, energy, enthusiasm, fire, force, kick, oomph, passion, pep, pepper, push, spirit, strength, vigor, vinegar, vitality, zeal, zing vindicate: absolve, acquit, advocate, assert, avenge, clear, defend, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, free, justify, maintain, protect, prove, revenge, substantiate, support, sustain, uphold vindication: extenuating circumstances, mitigating circumstances
vindictive: bitter, cruel, malign, nasty, retaliatory, revengeful, spiteful, unforgiving, vengeful vine: betel, bine, blackberry, briar, creeper, cucumber, cupseed, grapevine, honeysuckle, hop, ivy, jasmine, liana, liane, maypop, plant, rambler, raspberry, soma, watermelon, wisteria vine, twining part of: tendril vinegar bottle: cruet vinegar prefix: acetovinegar, concerning: acetic vinegar, turn into: acetify vinegarish: acerbic, acetic, acetous, acid, biting, bitter, pungent, sour, tart, vinegary vines, open latticework for training: trellis vintage: aged, ancient, antiquated, antique, choice, classical, crop, dated, grapes, harvest, old, prize, rare, selected, superior, wine violate: abuse, betray, breach, break, broach, corrupt, debauch, defile, deflower, defoul, desecrate, dishonor, disobey, disregard, disturb, encroach, force, infringe, injure, insult, interrupt, invade, offend, outrage, pollute, profane, rape, ravage, ravish, spoil, transgress, trespass, wrong violation: assault, breach, crime, delinquency, desecration, encroachment, illegality, infraction, offense, sacrilege, transgression violation of propriety: sin violation of something sacred: sacrilege violence: assault, bloodshed, brutality, clash, ferocity, fervor, fighting, force, frenzy, fury, gore, intensity, onslaught, outrage, rage, rampage, savagery, terrorism, uproar, war violence, act of extreme: outrage violence, eruption into: flashpoint violence, of unnecessary: gratuitous violent: acute, amok, ardent, berserk, destructive, enraged, explosive, extreme, fierce, fiery, forceful, forcible, frenetic, furious, harsh, heated, heavy, hotheaded, impetuous, inflamed, intense, mighty, passionate, powerful, rabid, raging, rampaging, rough, savage, severe, sharp, stormy, strong, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, vehement, vicious, wild
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VIOLET - VIRUS
VINES AND CLIMBERS

abrus climbing hydrangea golden vine monkshood vine stephanotis actinidia common hop grapevine moonseed string bean akebia common ivy green ripple morning glory summer squash Algerian ivy convolvulus greenbrier muscat Swiss-cheese plant amplopsis coral greenbrier Hall's honeysuckle oriental yam traveler's joy Arabian jasmine coral vine heart-leaf philodenpassionflower trumpet creeper ayahuasca creeping fig dron pea trumpet flower balsam apple cross vine honeysuckle peppervine trumpet honeysuckle balsam pear cruel plant hop poison ivy trumpet vine bittersweet cucumber horsebrier poison oak vanilla black pepper dang shen ivalace potato vine vegetable sponge bleeding heart vine dentata ivy primrose jasmine Virginia creeper Boston ivy dewberry jackman clematis pumpkin virgin's bower bottle gourd dichondra jade vine purple passion wandering Jew bougainvillea dusky coral Japanese creeper rag gourd watermelon bower plant elephant's foot Japanese honeysuckle rambler rose wax flower boxthorn English ivy Japanese ivy Rangoon creeper wild passion flower bryony everblooming honey- Japanese wisteria red passion flower wild yam canary creeper suckle jasmine runner bean winter jasmine cantaloupe flame flower kangaroo vine sandpaper vine winter squash cape plumbago fleevine kudzu schisandra wintercreeper catclaw vine fox grape liana sevenleaf creeper wire vine chayote giant granadilla love-charm silver lace vine wisteria Chinese wisteria glory pea melon silvervine woodbine chocolate vine glory vine Mexican blood flower smooth loofah yam W clematis golden hop miniature Japanese squash RELATED TERMS pandurate decency, excellence, fidelity, generclimbing asparagus golden trumpet violin-shaped: ivy star jasmine violent disorder: havoc, mayhem violin string: chanterelle osity, goodness, grace, honesty, violent disruption: cataclysm, conviolin, harshness of sound sometimes honor, integrity, merit, morality, pivulsion, upheaval heard on: wolf ety, power, purity, quality, rectitude, violent downpour: torrent violin, tiny narrow: kit ^ righteousness, uprightness, valor violent emission: eruct virtue, in Chinese philosophy: tao violent outburst: paroxysm viper: adder, asp, cobra, copperhead, virtuoso: artist, artiste, connoisseur, violent reaction: backlash rattlesnake, snake dilettante, expert, master, musician, violent wind of Southern France: virago: amazon, beldame, fishwife, savant, soloist, whiz mistral W harpy, scold, shrew, termagant, virtuous: chaste, ethical, exemplary, vixen, woman good, honest, honorable, innocent, violet: lavender, mauve, pansy, purple virgin: celibate, chaste, first, fresh, inijust, moral, moralistic, noble, princiviolet variety: African, Alaska, alpine, tial, intact, maiden, maidenly, modpled, pure, righteous, spotless, unsulCanada, garden, horned, Missouri, est, new, pristine, pure, unadulterlied, upright, valiant, virginal, mountain, pansy, Parma, pine, Rusated, unalloyed, uncultivated, worthy sian, sweet, trailing, water undefiled, undisturbed, unexplored, virulent: antagonistic, bitter, cutting, violin types: Amati, Guarnerius, fiddle, unsullied, untouched, unused, vestal deadly, harsh, hateful, hostile, infeckit, pochette, Stradivarius virginity, take away one's: deflower tious, irritating, lethal, malignant, RELATED TERMS virgule: slash noxious, obnoxious, poisonous, sarviolin bow off strings, bouncing: jet, virile: brave, forceful, macho, male, castic, spiteful, toxic, unhealthy, spiccato manly, masculine, potent, powerful, venomous, vindictive violin-like instrument, larger and robust, strong virus: bug, disease, flu, germ, illness, inwith lower sound: viola virtual: essential, fundamental, imfection, poison, sickness, venom violin played by plucking rather than plied, tacit RELATED TERMS bowing, of: pizzicato virtually: almost, basically, essentially, virus infecting gastrointestinal tract violin player: bower nearly, practically, totally and nervous system: enterovirus violin plucking: pizzicato virtue: advantage, chastity, courage,
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VIS--VIS - VOCAL
virus infecting respiratory or gastrointestinal systems: reovirus virus infecting upper respiratory tract: adenovirus, rhinovirus virus transmitted by arthropod, like tick or mosquito: arbovirus virus weaker, make a: attenuate W vis--vis: counterpart, date, escort, face to face, facing, opposite, tte--tte, versus visage: appearance, aspect, countenance, expression, face, features, look, mien viscera: entrails, guts, innards, insides, intestines visceral: inner, instinctive, interior, intuitive, profound viscount: nobleman, title viscous: adhering, adhesive, glutinous, gobby, gooey, gummy, limy, sticking, sticky, stiff, syrupy, tenacious, thick, tough, viscid viscous mud: slime viscous substance: gel vise: chuck, clamp, tool, winch visible: apparent, blatant, clear, conspicuous, discernible, evident, glaring, in view, macroscopic, manifest, noticeable, obvious, overt, perceivable, perceptible, revealed, seeable, seen, visual visible to naked eye: macroscopic vision: apparition, beauty, concept, dream, eyesight, fancy, fantasy, ghost, illusion, image, imagine, intuition, mirage, perception, perspective, phantom, revelation, seeing, sight, spirit, view vision due to aging, deterioration of: presbyopia vision from outer edges of retina: peripheral vision or vague semblance: simulacrum visionary: ambitious, chimerical, delusory, dreamer, dreamy, fantastic, fey, ideal, idealist, idealistic, imaginary, imaginative, impractical, philosopher, prophet, quixotic, radical, romantic, seer, speculative, stargazer, unreal, Utopian visit: afflict, apply, assail, avenge, bother, call, chat, converse, frequent, haunt, inflict, see, sojourn, stay, stopover, talk, trouble, vacation visitor: caller, company, guest, sightseer, tourist, vacationer
visitor who takes advantage: freeloader, sponger visitor, regular: frequenter, habitu vista: outlook, panorama, perspective, prospect, range, scene, scope, view visual: chart, observable, ocular, optic, optical, perceptible, picture, seeable, seen, viewable, visible visual arts applied to two-dimensional surface: graphic arts visual blight: eyesore visual defect of unequal curvature of eye surface: astigmatism visual defect seeing faraway objects: myopia, nearsightedness visual indication of a submerged problem: tip of the iceberg visualize: conceive, envision, fancy, foresee, imagine, picture, reflect, see, think, view vital: alive, animate, animated, basic, breathing, cardinal, critical, crucial, dynamic, energetic, essential, fundamental, imperative, important, indispensable, integral, invigorating, live, lively, living, necessary, needed, pivotal, requisite, significant, urgent, viable, vigorous vital essence: soul, spirit vital fluids: sera vital statistics of a population: demography vitality: animation, drive, endurance, energy, enthusiasm, liveliness, pep, pip, pizzazz, spirit, spunk, stamina, strength, verve, vigor, vim, zest vitiate: abolish, adulterate, annul, blemish, cancel, contaminate, corrupt, damage, debase, deprave, hurt, impair, injure, invalidate, neutralize, nullify, pervert, poison, pollute, sabotage, soil, spoil, taint, tarnish, undermine, undo, void, weaken vitriolic: acerbic, antagonistic, bitter, burning, caustic, sardonic, scathing, sharp vittles: chow, eats vituperate: abuse, berate, castigate, criticize, curse, ensure, insult, lambaste, rail, rebuke, reproach, scold, upbraid, vilify viva voce: aloud, oral vivacious: active, alive, animated, breezy, bubbly, cheerful, exuberant, gay, happy, lighthearted, lively, merry, pert, playful, spirited, sportive, sprightly, sunny, upbeat, vibrant, zestful
VITAMINS
beta-carotene biotin carotene choline cryptoxanthin folic acid (folate) kipoid acid niacin nicotinic acid pantothenic acid vitamin A (retinol) vitamin A2 vitamin B complex vitamin Bl (thiamine) vitamin B2 (riboflavin) vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) vitamin B12 (cobalamin) vitamin C (ascorbic acid) vitamin D vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol or calciferol) vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) vitamin E (tocopherol) vitamin G vitamin H (biotin) vitamin K (phylloquinone) vitamin M vitamin P (bioflavonoid) W vivacity: animation, brilliance, brio, dash, lan, energy, enthusiasm, fire, gusto, life, sparkle, sprightliness, verve, vigor, zeal vivid: active, alive, animated, bright, brilliant, clear, colorful, dramatic, expressive, florid, glaring, glowing, graphic, intense, lifelike, live, lively, living, lucid, picturesque, powerful, radiant, real, rich, sharp, shining, spirited, striking, strong vivify: animate, enliven, invigorate, quicken, refresh, revive vixen: fishwife, fox, hellion, scold, screech, shrew, termagant, virago vocabulary: cant, dialect, diction, dictionary, glossary, jargon, language, lexicon, lingo, nomenclature, phraseology, slang, speech, terminology, terms, thesaurus, words vocabulary of technical terms of a field: nomenclature, terminology vocabulary, concerning: lexical vocabulary, specialized: argot, cant, jargon, lexicon, lexis vocal: articulate, blunt, direct, expres-
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VOCAL QUALITY - VOMITING, CAUSING
VOLCANO-RELATED TERMS
area giving off sulfurous gases and steam: solfatara concerning a volcanic eruption: vulcanian, vulcanic gas bubble in volcanic rock filled with mineral: amygdule hole from which smoke and gases escape: fumarole inactive volcano, of an: dormant, extant last stage of activity: mofette lava fragments: cinders, scoria, slag light, porous volcanic rock: pumice molten rock flowing from volcano: lava, magma volcanic black glass: obsidian volcanic glass thread: peleshair volcanic mud: salse volcanic rock: basalt, lava, trass volcanic rocks formed after cooling: igneous volcano top: cone volcano's ejected matter: jectaW
state, talk, tenor, tone, tongue, utter, utterance, verbalize, vocalize, vote, wish
RELATED TERMS
voice alternating between falsetto and normal: yodel voice becoming husky, grating, or temporarily lost: hoarse voice box: larynx voice that varies pleasantly: lilt voice training system: solfeggio, solmization, tonic sol-fa voice, full in: orotund voice, nasal: twang voice, produce with the: vocalize voice, range of a: diapason, register voiceless: aphonic, dumb, inarticulate, inaudible, mum, mute, silent, speechless, spirate, surd voice's pitch, rise and fall of: cadence, inflection, intonation, modulation W voice a view: opine voice production for puppet: ventriloquism void: abyss, annul, avion, bare, blank, cancel, cavity, countermand, deplete, discharge, dissolve, drain, egest, emptiness, empty, evacuate, free, gap, hole, hollow, ineffective, ineffectual, invalid, lacking, leave, meaningless, negated, nul, null, nullify, opening, remove, rescind, rull, space, unoccupied, useless, vacant, vacate, vacuity, vacuum, veto, want, wanting volatile: airy, buoyant, capricious, changeable, elastic, ephemeral, erratic, eruptive, excitable, explosive, fickle, fleeting, flighty, flippant, flying, fugacious, gaseous, inconstant, lighthearted, lively, moody, rash, temperamental, transient, transitory, unstable, vaporous, variable, volage, volant, volatic volition: choice, choosing, desire, discretion, election, option, preference, will, wish volley: barrage, burst, discharge, drumfire, round, salvo, shot, shower, storm volleying, in tennis: net play voluble: fluent, glib, loquacious, revolving, rotating, talkative, twining, twisting, vocal, wordy volume: aggregate, amplification, body, book, bulk, capacity, content, cubature, dimensions, document, edition,
heap, mass, publication, quantity, scroll, size, strength, tome; loudness, magnitude, sound, tone voluminous: abundant, ample, bulky, cavernous, extensive, full, large, massive, numerous, several, spacious, swelling, vast voluntary: chosen, deliberate, elected, elective, free, freely, intentional, optional, spontaneous, unasked, unbidden, unforced, unpaid, volunteer, willful, willing, willingly voluntary action: conation volunteer: enlist, offer, proffer, suggest, tender, unpaid, voluntary voluptuous: buxom, curvy, erotic, luscious, lush, sensual, sensuous, shapely, wanton vomit: barf, disgorge, expel, heave, puke, regurgitate, retch, spew, throw up, upchuck vomit, feeling of about to: nausea vomiting, causing: emetic
VOWEL TYPES AND TERMS

curved mark over vowel for "short" sound: breve double vowel: digram, digraph horizontal line or dash over vowel for "long" sound: macron neutral vowel: schwa single vowel sound: monophthong vowel change accompanying change in grammatical function: ablaut, gradation vowel change in quality in a syllable: diphthong vowel contraction: crasis, diphthong vowel diacritics: breve, circumflex, dieresis, tilde, umlaut vowel loss from the beginning of a word: aphesis vowel marking to show separate pronunciation: dieresis, umlaut vowel sound omission in syllable or verse: elision vowel sound repeated in stressed syllables: assonance vowel sounds: ablaut, dental, labial, lene, palatal vowels drawn out: drawl vowels that sound similar or repeat: assonance vowels written and run together: digraph, ligature W
sive, fluent, oral, outspoken, resounding, sonant, spoken, uttered, verbal, voiced vocal quality: rasp, timbre, tone vocalist: caroler, entertainer, musician, performer, singer, songster vocalize: articulate, communicate, convey, express, intone, phonate, pronounce, shout, sing, speak, talk, verbalize, voice vocation: art, business, call, calling, career, craft, employment, field, job, line, occupation, profession, pursuit, racket, trade, work vociferate: bawl, bellow, call, clamor, cry, holler, howl, protest, shout, shriek, utter, yell vociferous: blatant, boisterous, clamourous, insistent, loud, loudmouthed, noisy, strident, talkative vogue: chic, craze, custom, fad, fashion, mode, modish, popular, popularity, rage, style, ton, trend voice: air, alto, announce, articulate, assert, baritone, bass, choice, communicate, declare, divulge, express, expression, language, mouth, opinion, phrase, proclaim, pronounce, say, soprano, sound, speak, speech,
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VOMITING, EATING DISORDER, SELF-INDUCED - VULPINE
vomiting, eating disorder, self-induced: anorexia nervosa, bulimia, bulimia nervosa, bulimorexia voodoo sticking of pins: invultuation voracious: consuming, edacious, esurient, glutonous, gluttonous, gorging, greedy, hungry, insatiable, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, unquenchable vortex: cyclone, eddy, gyre, spiral, tornado, tourbillion, twister, waterspout, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind votary: addict, adherent, admirer, aficionado, amateur, believer, buff, devotee, disciple, enthusiast, fanatic, follower, habitue, worshipper, zealot vote: ballot, choice, choose, confer, decide, declare, determine, elect, election, franchise, majority, plebiscite, poll, referendum, say, suffrage, ticket, voice, wish
RELATED TERMS
vote, give the right to: enfranchise vote, oral: acclamation vote, representation according to popular: proportional representation vote, right to: franchise, suffrage vote, seek someone's: canvass, solicit vote, something put to a: motion, resolution voter: balloter, citizen, elector, resident, taxpayer votes in legislative assembly, person counting: teller voting and elections, study of: psephology voting district: precinct, ward ^ vouch: affirm, assert, assure, attest, authenticate, aver, back, certify, cite, confirm, declare, endorse, establish, guarantee, maintain, prove, sponsor, substantiate, support, verify, warrant, witness voucher: affidavit, bill, certificate, chit, credential, docket, note, proof, receipt, statement, ticket vouchsafe: award, bestow, concede, condescend, deign, favor, give, grant, permit, yield vow: assure, covenant, declare, dedicate, oath, pledge, plight, prayer, promise, swear, wish, word
vote against a possible member: blackball, ostracize vote by electorate on proposal: plebiscite, referendum vote for another, person authorized to: proxy vote for someone not on ballot: write-in vote in which winner does not secure more than half the total: plurality vote of officer to break a tie: casting vote
vow or promise-bound: votary vow, concerning a: votive voyage: crossing, cruise, excursion, expedition, jaunt, journey, passage, pilgrimage, tour, travel, trek, trip, undertaking voyage, wandering: peregrination vulgar: barbaric, base, boorish, coarse, common, crass, crude, dirty, everyday, filthy, general, gross, indecent, inelegant, lewd, obscene, offensive, ordinary, ostentatious, plebeian, popular, pornographic, profane, revolting, rude, smutty, tasteless, uncouth, unrefined, vernacular, vile vulgar and showy: flashy, garish, gaudy vulgar and unrefined: philistine, uncouth vulgar language: profanity vulgar people: hoi polloi, lowest common denominator, riffraff, the great, unwashed, yahoo vulgarity: coarseness, commonness, crassness, crudeness, discourtesy, impudence, indecency, obscenity, profanity, rudeness vulnerable: accessible, assailable, defenseless, exposed, insecure, liable, open, susceptible, unguarded, unprotected, unsafe, weak vulpine: clever, crafty, cunning, foxy, ingenious, shrewdness, skillful, sly, tricky, wily
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wacky: batty, cracked, crazy, demented, deranged, dotty, eccentric, foolish, insane, irrational, loony, nuts, screwy, silly, zany wad: bankroll, bat, boodle, bundle, clump, compress, cram, fortune, heap, insert, lump, mass, mint, pad, pile, plug, roll, stopper, stuff, tuft, wealth wad of tobacco: quid waddle: hobble, shuffle, sway, totter, walk, wiggle, wobble wade: drudge, ford, plod, proceed, struggle, toil, trudge, walk wade through mud or water: slosh wading bird: bittern, crane, egret, heron, ibis, rail, scopus, snipe, spoonbill, stilt wafer: biscuit, cake, candy, cookie, cracker, disk waft: blow, breeze, carry, convey, drift, flag, float, flutter, gust, odor, puff, signal, skim, smell, wave, whiff wag: card, clown, comedian, comic, humorist, jester, joker, jokester, move, oscillate, prankster, shake, stir, sway, swing, waddle, wiggle, wigwag, wisecracker, wit, zany wage: allowance, attempt, compensation, conduct, earnings, emolument, engage, fee, fight, hire, honorarium, income, pay, payment, pursue, recompense, reward, salary, stipend, undertake wage earner: employee, laborer, worker wager: ante, bet, challenge, chance, hunch, play, pot, speculate, stake wages: income, pay, salaries, salary, stipends wages after payroll deductions: takehome pay
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waggish: comical, droll, frolicsome, funny, jesting, jocular, merry, mischievous, playful, roguish, witty waggle: brandish, sway, waddle, wave, wiggle, wobble wagon: barouche, buckboard, buggy, caisson, camion, car, carriage, cart, chariot, chuckwagon, coach, Conestoga, dray, fourgon, gilly, lorry, schooner, tram, tumbril, van, vehicle, wain wagon builder: wainwright wagon camp circle: corral, laager wagon hoops, covered: bail wagon train: caravan wagon without sides: lorry W waif: foundling, homeless, orphan, ragamuffin, stray, vagrant, wanderer wail: bawl, bemoan, blubber, complain, cry, fuss, howl, keen, lament, moan, plaint, pule, sob, ululate, undulate, weep, whimper, whine, yell, yowl waist: abdomen, blouse, bodice, corsage, middle, midriff, midsection, shirt, undershirt waistband: belt, cincture, cummerbund, girdle, sash waistcoat: benjy, gilet, jacket, jerkin, vest, weskit wait: ambush, anticipate, attend, bide, cater, court, dally, delay, expect, halt, hesitate, interim, linger, loiter, pause, postpone, remain, rest, serve, stay, stop, tarry, tend wait around: lag, loiter, tarry wait for and accost: waylay waiter: attendant, footman, garon, servant, server, slaver, steward, tray, waitress waiter at drive-in: carhop
waiters, group of: indifference waiting and deferring action as strategy: waiting game waiting for decision: limbo waiting room: foyer, lobby, vestibule waiting room for performers: green room waive: abandon, allow, cease, concede, defer, disclaim, dismiss, disregard, excuse, forbear, forgo, forsake, grant, leave, neglect, postpone, reject, relinquish, reserve, shelve, surrender, yield wake: aftermath, passage, path, track, trail, wave; arise, arouse, awaken, excite, freshen, prod, revive, rouse, service, shake, stimulate, stir, understand, vigil, watch wakeful: alert, attentive, careful, observant, restless, sleepless, vigilant, watchful waking bugle: reveille waking, partially conscious state just before: hypnopompic waking, to become gradually enlivened after: grouk wale: grain, mark, rib, ridge, streak, strip, texture, weal, weave, welt, wheat walk: aisle, alle, amble, ambulate, bobble, career, circuit, crossing, exercise, flounce, foot, footpath, gait, gangway, hike, jaunt, limp, lumber, march, mince, pace, parade, path, pathway, patrol, perambulate, plod, prance, profession, promenade, ramble, ramp, roam, saunter, shuffle, slink, step, stretch, stride, stroll, strump, strut, swagger, toddle, totter, trade, trail, traipse, tramp, travel, traverse, tread, trudge, turn, vocation, wade, wander
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WALK A BEAT - WANTING RELATED TERMS RELATED TERMS
walk about: traipse, tramp walk around: circumambulate, skirt walk casually: amble, mosey, perambulate, promenade, ramble, roam, rove, sashay, saunter, sidle, stroll, traipse walk daintily: mince walk fast: festinate, pace, stride walk for health: constitutional walk heavily: clump, plod, trudge walk like a babe: toddle walk only on toes: digitigrade walk proudly like a peacock: flounce, strut, swagger walk sideways like a crab: sidle walk slowly: dawdle, lag, loiter walk the floor: pace walk unsteadily: weave walk with heels and toes: plantigrade walk with toes turned in: pigeontoed walk, able to: ambulant, ambulatory W walk a beat: patrol walk-on: cameo walk out: leave, protest, quit, strike walkaway: breeze, defeat, easy, rout, victory walker: hiker, pedestrian, stroller, wayfarer walking: afoot, ambulate, ambulatory, digitigrade, hiking, marching, on foot, plantigrade, promenading, roaming, strolling, strutting, wandering walking area: ambulatory, esplanade, promenade walking gauge: pedometer walking stick: cane, crutch, pikestaff, staff, stilt, waddy walking, style of: carriage, deportment, gait walkway for pirates' prey: plank walkway with open colonnade facing a quadrangle: cloister walkway, narrow and elevated: catwalk wall: anger, barricade, barrier, blockade, cliff, curtain, dam, defense, difficulty, dike, distress, divider, enceinte, enclose, enclosure, encompass, fence, fortification, hindrance, immure, levee, parapet, paries, partition, rampart, ridiculous, unconventional
wall base: dado wall bottom finished in different material from upper part: wainscot wall bracket for candle backed by mirror: girandole wall bracket for candle or light: sconce wall crack filler: Spackle wall drawing or inscription: graffiti wall finish, interior-: grout, stucco wall for reinforcement, something against: buttress, pier wall hanging: arras, tapestry wall molding close to floor: baseboard wall of body part, organ, cavity: paries wall of circular building: tambour wall or embankment, protective: revetment wall or partition in boat, plane: bulkhead wall painting: mural wall plaster to coat or waterproof: parget wall to break force of waves: breakwater wall trim along floor: baseboard wall trim along top: cornice wall, concerning a: mural wall, exterior angle of: coign, quoin wall, niche in: alcove, columbarium, recess wall, ornamental ridge on top of: cresting wall, protective spikes or glass on top of: chevaux-de-frise wall, top layer of: coping wall, trim on: molding W wall types: brick wall, cavity wall, drystone wall, stone wall wallaby: animal, kangaroo, marsupial wallboard support: stud wallet: billfold, pocketbook, purse wallop: bash, beat, belt, blow, clobber, collision, crash, defeat, hit, lick, paste, plaster, pound, pummel, shellac, slam, slug, smack, smash, strike, tan, thrash, trounce, whip, whop wallow: bask, billow, delgith, flounder, glory, grovel, indulge, loll, luxuriate, revel, roll, stumble, toss walls, coarse plaster on outside: pebble dash, rock dash, roughcast, spatter dash walrus: pinniped
walrus, pertaining to: odobenid waltz: dance, march, music, whirl wampum: bead, beads, peag, page wan: anemic, ashen, ashy, blanched, bloodless, colorless, dim, dismal, fade, faint, feeble, gloomy, haggard, languid, melancholy, pale, paleness, pallid, sad, sickly, sorrowful, weak, worn wand: baton, caduceus, mace, pole, rod, scepter, sprig, staff, stick, switch, twig wand-shaped: virgate wander: amble, deviate, digress, divagate, drift, gad, gad about, gallivant, maunder, meander, ramble, range, roam, roil, rove, saunter, shift, straggle, stray, stroll, traipse, traverse wanderer: beachcomber, bum, drifter, gadder, itinerant, nomad, pilgrim, rambler, roamer, rover, traveler, vagabond, vagrant wanderer, homeless: nomad, tramp, vagabond wandering: deviation, digressiver, drifting, errant, erratic, itinerant, journey, meandering, migrant, nomadic, odyssey, planetary, rambling, roaming, roving, straying, traveling, vagabond wandering and homeless: vagrant wandering from main topic: deviation, digression, discursive, excursion, excursus wandering in search of work: itinerant, migrant wandering musician: jongleur, minstrel, troubadour wane: abate, absent, decay, decline, decrease, die, diminish, dwindle, ebb, fade, fail, lag, lessen, peter, recede, shrink, sink, subside, weaken, wilt, wither wangle: contrive, engineer, extricate, fake, falsify, finagle, juggle, maneuver, manipulate, obtain, wiggle, worm, wriggle waning: abating, decrescent want: absence, aspire, choose, covet, crave, dearth, deficiency, deficient, demand, deprivation, desire, destitution, hunger, inadequacy, lack, longing, miss, must, necessity, need, penury, poverty, prefer, privation, require, requirement, scarcity, seek, shortage, thirst, wish, yearning wanting: absent, deficient, destitute,
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WANTON - WARM AN OVEN
WARS
Algerian War American Civil War (or War Between the States) American Revolution (or War of Independence or Revolutionary War) Anglo-Dutch Wars Anglo-French Wars Arab-Israeli War Balkan Wars Boer Wars Boxer Rebellion Chinese Civil War Colonial Indian Wars Crimean War Crusades Egypt-Libya War English Civil War Falklands War First Kashmir War Franco-Prussian War French and Indian War French Revolution Gallic Wars Greco-Persian Wars Grenada Invasion Hundred Years' War Indian Wars Iran-Iraq War Korean War Kosovo War Macedonian-Persian War Manchurian War Mexican-American War Mexican Civil War Mexican War Mozambican Civil War Mozambican War of Independence Napoleonic Wars Norman Conquest Operation Desert Storm (or Persian Gulf War) Opium Wars Peloponnesian Wars Persian Gulf War (or Operation Desert Storm) PhilippineAmerican War Polish Revolution Punic Wars Revolutionary War (or American Revolution or War of Independence) Roman Civil War Russian Revolution Russo-Finnish War (or Winter War) Russo-Japanese War Rwanda Civil War Samnite Wars Second Kashmir War Seven Weeks' War Seven Years' War Sino-Japanese Wars Six-Day War Somali Civil War Southeast Asian War Spanish-American War Spanish Civil War Suez War Taiping Rebellion Thirty Years' War Vietnam War War Between the States (or American Civil War) War of 1812 War of Greek Independence War of Independence (or Revolutionary War or American Revolution) War of the Austrian Succession War of the Devolution War of the Polish Succession War of the Spanish Succession Wars of the Roses Winter War (or Russo-Finnish War) World War I World War II Yom Kippur WarW
inadequate, insufficient, lacking, less, minus, needing, needy, scanty, scarce, short, unfulfilled, without wanton: arrogant, capricious, careless, cruel, disregardful, extravagant, fast, frisky, frolic, frolicsome, fulsome, gratuitous, immoral, lavish, lecherous, lewd, licentious, loose, lustful, luxuriant, malevolent, malicious, merciless, merry, overabundant, playful, prodigal, promiscuous, revel, sensual, spiteful, spoiled, sportive, trifle, unchaste, undisciplined, unjust, unprincipled, unrestrained, unruly, voluptuous, wayward wanton woman: concubine, harlot, hussy, jade, prostitute, slut, strumpet war: battle, blitzkrieg, clash, combat, conflict, contend, crusade, feud, fight, jihad, martial, strife, struggle
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war, of period before: antebellum war, person against: dove war, person favoring: hawk war, person forced from homeland during: displaced person war, prepare for: mobilize war, rigid economy during: austerity war, threatening: gunboat diplomacy, saber rattling W warble: carol, chant, chirp, melody, quaver, sing, trill, yodel ward: block, corridor, defense, department, district, garrison, guard, precinct, protection, zone ward off: avert, block, fend, hold, parry, party, prevent, rebuff, repel, stave off ward off bad luck: knock on wood warden: constable, custodian, forestranger, guard, guardian, jailer, jailor, keeper, official, overseer, ranger, sentry, supervisor, watchdog, watchman wardrobe: apparel, armoire, bureau, cabinet, chest, closet, clothes, clothespress, costumes, dresser, garderobe, threads, trunk wardrobe of baby: layette wardrobe of bride: trousseau wardrobe or large cupboard: armoire wardrobe with drawers on one side: chifforobe
war cry: Geronimo, motto, phrase, rally, slogan, watchword war damages, payments for: reparations war god: Ares, Ashur, Huitzilopochtli, Mars, Odin, Thor war goddess: Bellona, Enyo, Inanna, Ishtar war, concerning: martial war, event prompting: casus belli war, of period after: postbellum
warehouse: accommodate, depository, depot, entrept, tape, repository, shelter, stockpile, stockroom, storage, store, storehouse wares: articles, commodities, goods, line, merchandise, stock, supplies warfare: clash, conflict, fighting, hostilities, strife, struggle warfare with lack of aggression: phony war, sitzkrieg warfare, nonnuclear: conventional wariness: caution, suspicion, watchfulness warlike: aggressive, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, combative, fighting, hawkish, hostile, martial, militant, military, pugnacious, soldierly warlock: archimage, conjuror, magician, necromancer, sorcerer, witch, wizard warm: affable, affectionate, amorous, animated, ardent, close, compassionate, cordial, eager, earnest, enliven, enthusiastic, excitable, fresh, friendly, generous, genial, gracious, heartfelt, hearty, keen, kind, kindhearted, kindly, lively, loving, passionate, pleasant, sincere, smug, sunny, sympathetic, tender; balmy, clement, fiery, flushed, glowing, heat, heated, hot, humid, lukewarm warm an oven: preheat
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WARM-BLOODED - WATCHES TO SHOW IDENTICAL TIME, SET
warm-blooded: homeothermic, homoiothermic warm-up: prelude, thaw warm, dry mountain wind: fohn warmed up food, of: rchauff warmed, in prescriptions: calef warmhearted: compassionate, kind, loving, sympathetic, tender warming dish: chafing dish warmth: affection, ardor, calescence, compassion, enthusiasm, glow, heat, hospitality, kindness, passion, spirit, temperature, zeal warn: admonish, advise, alarm, alert, apprise, caution, clue, counsel, inform, notify, predict, presage, signal, tell, threaten, tip, tip off warning: admonition, alarm, beware, caution, caveat, hint, lesson, monition, omen, portent, premonition, sign, signal warning before event: augury, auspice, omen, portent, premonition, presage, prodigy, tocsin warning coloration: aposematic coloration warning of an earthquake: tremor warning sign, serving as: sematic warning tale: cautionary tale warning, without: unawares warp: beat, bend, bias, buckle, contort, damage, debase, deflect, deform, distort, fasten, intertwine, kink, line, misinterpret, misrepresent, quirk, rope, sway, turn, twist, wrench, wrinkle warrant: assert, assurance, authority, authorization, authorize, certificate, claim, commission, defend, document, ensure, foundation, grounds, guarantee, guaranty, guard, insure, justification, justify, obligation, order, permission, permit, pledge, promise, proof, protect, protection, reason, right, safeguard, sanction, secure, subpoena, uphold, voucher, writ warranty: assurance, contract, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, promise, sanction, security warrior: combatant, fighter, GI, hero, knight, serviceperson, soldier, trooper, veteran warship: battleship, corvette, cruiser, cutter, destroyer, dreadnaught, dreadnought, frigate, gunboat, submarine
warship fleet: armada, flotilla, squadron warship's prison: brig wart: keratosis, papilloma, verruca wart on sole of foot: plantar wart wary: alert, cagey, canny, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, discreet, distrustful, guarded, leery, mindful, provident, prudent, suspicious, vigilant, watchful wash: ablution, bath, bathe, clean, cleanse, coat, cover, drench, drift, elute, float, flow, lap, launder, laundry, lave, lotion, lustrate, purify, rinse, roll, scour, scrub, shampoo, shower, slosh, soap, sponge, swirl, wet wash cycle: rinse, spin washed-out: colorless, depleted, drained, effete, exhausted, faded, pale, spent, tired washed-up: done, finished, ruined, shot, through washing: ablution, bathing, cleaning, laundry, laving, rinsing, showering, soaking washing basin, low: bidet washing machine central tube: agitator washing of organ: lavage washing substance: detergent washing the body: ablution washout: disaster, downpour, erosion, failure, fiasco, flop, gully wasp: bee, hornet, insect, vespine wasp nest or colony: vespiary wasp variety: common, cuckoo, digger, hornet, hunting, paper, sand, solitary, spider, wood, yellow jacket wasp, like a: vespine waspish: cantankerous, crabby, crotchety, fretful, huffy, irascible, irritable, ornery, peevish, petulant, snappish, spiteful, testy wassail: binge, carousal, carouse, celebration, drink, feast, festival, festivity, frolic, merriment, revel, revelry, salutation, toast waste: atrophy, badland, barren, blow, bush, chaff, consume, consumption, debris, decay, demolish, desert, desolate, destroy, destruction, devastate, devastation, devour, dissipate, dregs, dwindle, emaciate, enfeeble, excrement, exhaust, extravagance, fail, fritter, garbage, idle, junk, kill, litter, lose, misspend, murder, needless, offal, prodigality, ravage, refuse, rub-
bish, ruin, sack, sewage, sludge, soot, squander, trash, tundra, uncultivated, weaken, wither waste away: atrophy, corrode, decay, decline, fail, wilt waste conduit: sewer waste liquid: effluent waste matter of body: dejecta, egesta, excrement, excreta, feces, ordure waste matter of butchered animal: offal waste of furnace: cinder, scoria, sinter, slag waste piece of cloth: rag waste time: dally, dawdle, dilly-dally, fool around, fritter away, futz, loaf, loiter, lollygag, piddle, tarry wasted: decayed, dissipated, emaciated, exhausted, haggard, needless, shriveled, spent, squandered, superfluous, withered; drunk, stoned wasteful: careless, costly, extravagant, immoderate, improvident, lavish, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, thriftless wastefully, spend: dissipate wasteland: badlands, desert, marsh, moor, swamp, wilderness, wilds wasting away: atrophy, pining, tabescence wasting away, disease involving: atrophy, consumption, emaciation, maceration, phthisis, tabes wasting time: procrastination wastrel: idler, loafer, profligate, rake, spendthrift, squanderer, vagabond, vagrant, waster watch: defend, duty, eye, focus, follow, guard, look, lookout, mark, mind, monitor, notice, observe, oversee, patrol, police, protect, scan, scrutinize, see, sentinel, sentry, spy, stare, supervision, surveillance, view, vigil, wait; chronometer, timepiece, timer watch during the night: vigil watch face: dial watch for timing: chronograph watch part: jewel, second hand, stem watch that strikes the hour: repeater watch that winds: stem-winder watch with hands: analog watch with symbol display: digital, LCD, liquid crystal display watch, chain for attaching pocket: fob watch, very precise: chronometer watch's glass covering: crystal watch's spring: hairspring watches to show identical time, set: synchronize
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WATCHFUL - WAVE
watchful: alert, attentive, aware, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, guarded, heedful, keen, on the qui vive, open-eyed, ready, vigilant, wary, wide-awake watchful authority: Big Brother watchmaking: horology watchtower: barbican, beacon, landmark, lighthouse, lookout, mirador, observatory watchword: countersign, cry, motto, password, sign, signal, slogan water: agua, aqua, beverage, brook, deluge, dilute, douse, drench, drink, flood, fluid, hose, irrigate, lagoon, lake, liquid, moisten, moisture, oasis, ocean, pond, pool, puddle, rain, reservoir, river, saturate, sea, soak, splash, spray, spring, sprinkle, stream, tears, thin, well, wet
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water as therapeutic treatment: hydropathy water buffalo: anoa, arnee, ami water channel for reservoir overflow: spillway water channel with regulatory gate: sluice water currents of Pacific affecting weather conditions: El Nino, La Nina water divination: hydromancy water drainage hole, pit, or pool: cesspool, sump water droplets forming in reaction: condensation water hitting beach with tide: swash water layer separating temperatures: thermocline water left by boat, waves in: wake water moving in lake, bay, gulf from atmospheric or seismic changes: seiche water nymph: naiad, Undine water of earth, study of: hydrology water of soil not available for plants: echard water pipe coming from main: fireplug, hydrant water pipe, channel, canal: aqueduct, conduit, culvert, flume, main, sluice water pitcher: ewer water pressure, run by: hydraulic water pump: standpipe water receptacle, esp. for rain: cistern water search with divining rod: dowse
water supply, adding fluorine to: fluoridation water swelling: edema water to dilute, add: adulterate water to farmland, artificially supply: irrigate water underground layer: aquifer, groundwater water vapor, air filled with: humid water visible between bends in river, stretches of: reach water wheel: noria water, backward flow of: backwash water, concerning: aquatic water, cover completely in: immerse, submerge water, cover with: flood, inundate water, cultivation of plants in: aquiculture, hydroponics water, curved upper surface of: meniscus water, deprived of: dehydrated, desiccated water, fizzy: club soda, mineral water, seltzer water water, ground washed or flooded by: flood plain, wash water, growing or thriving in: aquatic, hydrophilous, hydrophytic water, level below which ground is saturated by: water table water, living on land and: amphibious water, measure depth of: fathom, plumb, sound water, of clean: potable water, of salty: brackish, briny water, of violent: turbulent water, remove salt from: desalinate water, shallow place in body of: shoal water, swift current of: race * water-and-land vehicle: amphibian watercolors, painting in transparent: aquarelle watercourse: aqueduct, brook, canal, channel, chute, conduit, creek, culvert, drain, estuary, flume, gullet, gully, gutter, inlet, ravine, river, sloot, sluice, spillway, stream, trench, wadi watered-down: adulterated, diluted, diminished, mixed, thin, weak, weakened waterfall: cascade, cataract, chute, falls, Niagara, rapids, sault waterless: anhydrous, arid, dehydrated, dry, sere, thirsty
WATER SPORTS
boating body surfing canoe polo canoe sailing canoe slalom racing canoeing distance swimming diving dragon boat racing fishing jet skiing kayaking laser sailing motorboat racing offshore yacht racing powerboat racing rafting rowing sailboarding sailing sailplaning scuba diving sculling skin diving snorkeling surfing/surfboard ing swimming synchronized swimming underwater diving water polo water ski jump water skiing whitewater canoeing Whitewater rafting windsurfing yacht racing* waterlog: drench, saturate, soak, sodden waterproof: airtight, impermeable, impervious, sealed waterproof sheet: tarpaulin waters under jurisdiction of nation, state: territorial waters watertight chamber for underwater construction: cofferdam waterway, deepen a: dredge watery: adulterated, aqueous, colorless, damp, diluted, fluid, insipid, liquid, moist, pale, runny, serous, soaked, sodden, soggy, teary, thin, weak, wet wattle: fence, framework, intertwine, interweave, rod, roof, shrub, stick, swig, tree, twist, wall wave: beckon, billow, bore, brandish, breaker, coil, comber, crest, curl,
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WAVE A WEAPON - WEAPON
curve, eager, flap, flood, flourish, fluctuate, flutter, gesture, greet, gush, influx, motion, movement, outbreak, rash, ridge, ripple, roll, roller, sea, shake, signal, surf, surge, sway, swell, swing, tide, tsunami, tube, undulate, uprising, vibrate, vibration, waft, wag, water, whitecap, winding wave a weapon: brandish wave from earthquake or volcano on seabed: tsunami wave that crests or breaks into foam: breaker, comber, roller wave to move in a direction, to cause a: propagate, transmit wave-tossed: asea, awash wave, backward pull of: undertow wave, long with no crest: swell wave, to move like a: heave, surge, swell wave, upper convex hump of: scend wavelengths between visible light and microwave: infrared wavelengths between visible light and X rays: ultraviolet wavelike: undulant waver: change, falter, flicker, fluctuate, flutter, hedge, hesitate, hover, oscillate, pause, quaver, reel, seesaw, shift, stagger, sway, swing, teeter, totter, tremble, unsteady, unsure, vacillate, vary, vibrate, wiggle wavering: fickle, fluctuating, hesitating, irresolute, irresolution, undecided, unsteady, unsure, vacillating, variable, waffling waving or gesticulating while talking: hypermimia wavy: bumpy, coiled, curly, curved, rolling, sinuate, sinuous, snaky, squiggly, undulant, undulate, unstable, vermiculate, winding wavy, in heraldry: und wax: cere, cerumen, coating, grease, oil, paraffin, polish wax-coated cheese: Edam wax eloquent: emote, orate wax model casting technique: cire perdue, lost-wax process wax, ear: cerumen waxing: increscent waxy: ceraceous, impressionable, lustrous, pale, pliable, slick, slippery, smooth, yielding waxy sealant: paraffin way: access, advance, alley, approach, artery, avenue, boulevard, career, course, custom, detour, direction, distance, door, fashion, going, habit,
idiosyncrasy, journey, lane, manner, means, method, mode, nature, opening, order, pass, passage, path, plan, policy, practice, procedure, progress, road, room, route, scheme, street, style, system, technique, tendency, track, trail, via, wont way of life: modus vivendi way of operating or functioning: modus operandi way, go one's: wend way, in the: de trop, superfluous, unwanted wayfarer: nomad, pilgrim, sojourner, traveler, viator, voyager wayfaring worker: itinerant waylay: ambuscade, ambush, assail, attack, beset, bushwhack, intercept, slink, surprise, trap wayward: arbitrary, balky, capricious, contrary, disobedient, errant, erratic, fickle, fluctuating, headstrong, inconstant, intractable, irregular, ornery, refractory, stubborn, undependable, unmanageable, unpredictable, unruly, unsteady, willful weak: anemic, anile, brittle, cowardly, debilitated, decrepit, defenseless, diluted, dissolute, distant, effeminate, effete, enervated, enfeebled, exposed, faint, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, helpless, impotent, inadequate, ineffective, infirm, lame, languid, pliable, powerless, puny, rickety, shaky, soft, spineless, tender, tenuous, thin, unaccented, unconvincing, unprotected, unsafe, unsound, unstressed, vulnerable, watery, whispered, wimpy, worn, young
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weak, watered-down: anemic, anodyne, insipid W weak-willed: feckless, irresolute, lilylivered, spineless, supine, wishywashy weaken: attenuate, cripple, crumble, damage, debilitate, decline, defeat, depress, deteriorate, devitalize, dilute, diminish, disable, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, extenuate, fade, flag, impair, languish, lessen, paralyze, reduce, sag, sap, soften, stultify, thin, tire, undermine, unnerve, wilt weaken by wearing away: corrupt, subvert, undermine weaken or deprive of strength: debilitate, deplete, devitalize, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble weaken or disable: incapacitate weaken or thin: attenuate, dilute weaken or waste away: atrophy weaken slowly: undermine weakling: baby, coward, crybaby, milksop, milquetoast, mollycoddle, ninny, pantywaist, pushover, sissy, wimp weakness: ailment, appetite, debility, defect, deficiency, desirous, flaw, foible, fondness, frailty, imperfection, inclination, languor, proneness, shortcoming, vulnerability weakness, chronic: asthenia, cachexia, debility, infirmity, tabes weakness, minor: foible weakness, mortal: Achilles' heel, fatal flaw wealth: abundance, accumulation, affluence, assets, bonanza, capital, fortune, funds, gold, goods, holdings, lucre, mammon, means, money, opulence, pelf, possessions, power, property, prosperity, resources, riches, treasure, weal, worth wealth, symbolically: gold wealthy: affluent, loaded, moneyed, prosperous, rich, upscale wealthy industrialist: tycoon wealthy people: jet set wealthy, newly: nouveau riche weapon: arm, armament, arrow, artillery, bayonet, bazooka, bomb, bomber, boomerang, carbine, catapult, claw, club, crossbow, dagger, dart, derringer, dirk, pe, firearm, gun, knife, lance, machete, missile, mortar, munitions, musket, pistol, re-
weak and depleted: decadent, degenerate, drained, effete weak and limp: languid, lethargic weak and powerless: impotent, ineffectual weak and trifling: namby pamby weak and unconvincing: flimsy, tenuous, untenable weak area: Achilles' heel, underbelly weak by stunting growth, make: etiolate weak chronically ill person: valetudinarian weak from illness or age: decrepit, infirm weak ineffectual person: milksop, milquetoast, ninny, pushover, sissy, wimp
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WEAR - WEIGHT
volver, rifle, saber, shotgun, sling, spear, sword, talon, tank, tomahawk, trident, whip
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weapon causing fire: incendiary weapon, nonnuclear: conventional weapon, remove a person's: disarm weapon, search person for: frisk weapon, wave a: brandish, flourish weapons: armament, arms, ordnance, weaponry weapons and ammunition: munitions weapons storage: armory, arsenal, cache W wear: abrade, annoy, bother, chafe, consume, corrode, corrosion, deteriorate, diminish, drain, durable, endure, erode, erosion, exhaust, exhibit, fatigue, fray, frazzle, friction, grind, impair, mileage, pester, rub, sport, tire; apparel, attire, clothes, don
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weather of a certain region: clime weather term for boundary between air masses of different temperature and humidity: front weather term for fast-moving westerly airstream: jet stream weather, lack of protection from: exposure weather, of mild: clement, temperate weather, of stormy: inclement weather, science of: meteorology weatherperson: climatologist, forecaster, meteorologist W weave: blend, braid, careen, contrive, crisscross, darn, devise, entwine, fashion, interlace, intertwine, join, knit, lace, loom, meander, plait, spin, stagger, sway, twill, unite, wattle, wobble, zigzag weave together: interlace weaving bobbin holder: shuttle weaving frame: loom weaving reel: bobbin, quill, spindle web: complexity, ensnare, entangle, fabric, fiber, gossamer, involvement, labyrinth, maze, membrane, mesh, net, network, snare, tangle, texture, tissue, trap wed: blend, connect, elope, espouse, hitch, join, link, marry, merge, pledged, spliced, tie, tie the knot, unite wedding: celebration, ceremony, espousal, marriage, nuptials, shivaree wedding ceremony: nuptials wedding party, mock serenade: shivaree wedding song: epithalamium, hymeneal, prothalamion wedge: block, cleat, club, cram, crowd, gib, jam, lump, pack, pie, sandwich, shim, squeeze, stuff wedge to stop rolling or sliding: chock wedge-shaped: cuneal, cuneate, cuneiform, sphenic wedge-shaped ancient writing: cuneiform wedge-shaped insert: shim wedlock: conjugality, marriage, matrimony, nuptials wee: bitsy, diminutive, early, infinitesimal, lilliputian, little, microscopic, miniature, minute, small, teensy, teeny, tiny weed: buckthorn, burr, cigarette, dandelion, darnel, dock, hemp, hoe, horsemint, marijuana, nettle, plan-
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
1st: clock, paper 2nd: china, cotton 3rd: crystal, glass, leather 4th: appliance, linen, silk 5th: silverware, wood 6th: iron, wood 7 th: copper, wool 8th: bronze, lace, linen 9th: china, leather, pottery 10th: aluminum, diamond, tin 11th: jewelry, steel 12th: gem, pearl, silk 13th: fur, lace, textile 14th: gold, ivory 15th: crystal, watch 20th: china, platinum 25th: silver 30th: diamond, pearl 35th: coral, jade 40th: ruby 45th: sapphire 50th: gold 55 th: emerald 60th: diamond ? tain, pot, purloin, purslane, ragweed, tare, thistle, tobacco, undergrowth, vetch weed killer: herbicide weekly: hebdomadal weep: bawl, bewail, boohoo, cry, drip, exude, grieve, lament, leak, moan, mourn, ooze, sob, tear, wail, yammer weigh: analyze, balance, bear, boist, burden, compare, consider, contemplate, count, counterbalance, evaluate, examine, influence, judge, lift, load, measure, meditate, ponder, portion, study, tax, think weigh anchor: sail weigh down: burden, depress, encumber, load, oppress, overload, press, worry weight: anchor, authority, ballast, baro, barrel, beef, bob, burden, carat, centigram, charge, clout, concern, consequence, density, dram, dumbbell, emphasis, encumber, flask, force, forcefulness, grain, gram, gravity, heaviness, heft, impact, import, importance, influence, kilogram, lade, load, lot, magnitude, mass, milligram, moment, onus, oppress, ounce, pound, poundage, power,
wear away: abrade, corrode, eat, erode, gnaw, rust wear away by chemical action: corrode wear away with friction: abrade wear down: abrade, drain, erode, exhaust, fatigue, friction, reduce, tire, waste, weaken wear out: decay, exhaust, fatigue, tire, tucker, waste wearing away with friction: abrasion, detrition wearing down by friction: attrition W wearisome: boring, dull, exhausting, laborious, strenuous, tedious, tiresome, toilsome weary: annoy, beat, bored, bushed, disgusted, drained, exhausted, fatigue, fatigued, grievous, irksome, jaded, overtired, overworked, plague, pooped, sleepy, spent, tedious, timid, tire, tired, tiresome, tore, tucker, weaken, worn weasel family, of the: musteline weasel's cousin: otter weather: brave, climate, clime, discolor, disintegrate, elements, endure, erode, overcome, rust, survive, temperature, withstand
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weather balloon instrument: radiosonde
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WEIGHT ALLOWANCE - WHAMMY
pressure, pull, responsibility, saddle, scale, scruple, significance, sinker, stone, stress, tax, ton, tonnage, urgency, value, worth weight allowance: tare, tret weight for exercise: barbell, dumbbell weight of container subtracted from gross to obtain net weight: tare weight on vertical line: plumb weight or heaviness of person: avoirdupois weightiness: authority, dignity, gravity, heaviness, importance, magnitude, significance, solemnity weightlessness in space: zero gravity weightlifting move above head: jerk, snatch weightlifting move to shoulders: clean weighty: burdensome, considerable, critical, cumbersome, difficult, grave, heavy, hefty, important, large, onerous, ponderous, powerful, serious, severe, significant, solemn, solid, substantial, taxing, telling weighty book: tome weird: abnormal, awesome, bizarre, crazy, creepy, curious, destiny, eccentric, eerie, eery, eldritch, fate, fortune, ghostly, haunting, mysterious, nutty, odd, outlandish, peculiar, predict, queer, scary, spooky, strange, supernatural, uncanny, unco, unearthly, unnatural, unusual, wild welcome: acceptable, agreeable, comfortable, cordial, desirable, desired, embrace, greet, greeting, hail, handshake, hello, hospitality, hug, ovation, pleasant, pleasurable, receive, reception, refreshing, salutation, salute, satisfying welcome person: persona grata weld: bind, combine, connect, fuse, join, link, solder, unite welfare: aid, benefit, good, happiness, health, progress, prosperity, success, weal, well-being welfare or public good: commonweal welfare, promotion of human: philanthropy well-behaved: courteous, good, mannerly, polite well-being: advantage, benefit, comfort, ease, good, happiness, health, prosperity, weal, welfare well-bred: civil, considerate, courteous, cultivated, cultured, genteel, mannerly, polished, polite, refined well-bred ways: gentility, refinement
well-chosen: felicitous well-defined: clear, definite, distinct, outlined well-disposed: friendly, kindly, sympathetic, willing well-educated: learned well-favored: attractive, beautiful, good-looking, handsome, pretty well-founded: factual, good, just, likely, probable, rational, sound, substantiated well-groomed: clean, dapper, impeccable, neat, shipshape, spruce, tidy, trim well-grounded: corroborated, substantiated, supported, valid, versed well-heeled: affluent, prosperous, rich, wealthy well-known: common, eminent, established, famed, familiar, famous, illustrious, notable, noted, notorious, popular, prominent, renowned well-made: dependable, durable, flawless, reliable, solid, sturdy well-mannered: courteous, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polished, polite, refined well-off: affluent, fortunate, loaded, lucky, moneyed, prosperous, rich, snug, successful, upscale, wealthy, well-to-do well-timed: appropriate, favorable, opportune, timely well-to-do: affluent, prosperous, rich, sitting pretty, wealthy, well-off wellspring: aquifer, beginning, fountain, fountainhead, origin, root, source welt: blow, bruise, bump, lash, lump, mark, ridge, stripe, thrash, wale, weal, wheal, wound welter: commotion, confusion, grovel, jumble, overturn, roll, toss, tumble, turmoil, uproar, wallow, wilt, wither wench: bimbo, damsel, doxy, girl, hussy, Jezebel, lass, maiden, prostitute, servant, strumpet, tramp, wanton, whore, woman wend: alter, change, go, journey, pass, proceed, saunter, shift, slav, sorb, stroll, travel wet: asoak, asop, damp, dampen, dampened, dampness, dank, dewy, douse, drench, drenched, drizzling, foggy, humid, irrigate, misty, moist, moisten, moisture, muggy, rain, rainy, saturate, shower, slippery,
snowy, soak, soaked, sodden, soggy, soppy, splash, sprinkle, sweat, wash, water, waterlogged, watery, wring wet and cold: clammy, dank wet and limp: bedraggled wet and soggy: paludal, paludian, paludinal wet and sticky: humid, muggy wet blanket: damper, drag, drip, fuddyduddy, killjoy, party pooper, sourpuss, spoilsport wet completely: douse, drench, saturate, sluice, swill wet thoroughly: saturate, soak whack: attempt, bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, blow, clobber, crack, fling, hit, knock, pound, shot, slam, smack, smash, stab, thump, thwack, try, turn, wallop, whale whale: ceta, cetacean, cete, mammal, ore, orca, sei, whopper
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whale airhole: blowhole, spiracle whale fat: blubber whale food: krill whale group: gam, herd, pod whale tail flaps: fluke whale types: baleen, beluga, cachalot, finback, grampus, humpback, killer, mysticete, orca, sperm, white whale with grooves in throat and small dorsal fin, baleen: razorback, rorqual whale with long spiral tusk, Arctic: narwhal whale, dive like: sound whale, killer: grampus, ore whale, large toothless: baleen whale, mysticete, whalebone whale whale, pertaining to: cetacean whale, strip blubber from: flense whale, white: beluga whale's hinged plates that strain plankton from water: baleen, whalebone whale's leap from water: breach whales, study of: cetology whale's waxy substance used in candles, cosmetics: spermaceti whale's waxy substance used in perfumes: ambergris whalebone: baleen, scrimshaw, stay whalebone or whale ivory, art of carving: scrimshaw W wham: bang, blow, crash, hit, knock, slam, smash, strike, whack, whammy whammy: curse, jinx, spell
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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

Energy and Motion (unit: what it measures) bar/barye/pascal: pressure dyne/newton/poundal: force erg/joule/kilowatt-hour: work or energy knot/mach: speed watt: power Heat, Light, and Sound (unit: what it measures) angstrom: wavelength of light calorie/therm: heat candela: luminous intensity decibel/phon: loudness fresnel/hertz: frequency kelvin: temperature lumen: luminous flux, the rate of flow of luminous energy Electricity and Magnetism (unit: what it measures) ampere: electric current coulomb: electric charge farad: electric capacitance, the capacity to store an electric charge gauss/tesla: magnetic flux density, the direction and magnitude of magnetic force henry: electric inductance, the property of enabling an electromagnetic force to be generated maxwell/weber: magnetic flux, the strength of a magnetic field through an area oersted: magnetic field strength ohm: electric resistance Siemens: electric conductance volt: electric potential and electromotive force Atomic Physics (unit: what it measures) becquerel/curie: radioactivity dalton/AMU/atomic mass unit: mass of an isotope rad/gray: energy absorbed from radiation rem/REM: radiation dose roentgen: X-rays or gamma rays Metric Units (unit: value) grade: one-hundredth of a right angle gram: about 0.002 pound avoirdupois hectare: 100 ares, or 2.47 acres micrometer/micron: 10 to the 6th meters, about 1/25,000 inch stere: volume equivalent of 1 cubic meter ton or metric ton: 10 quintals or 0.98421 long tons Imperial Units: Linear Measure (unit: value) 1 cable: about 608 feet 1 chain: 4 rods, 22 yards 1 1 1 1 1 fathom: 6 feet furlong: 10 chains, 220 yards hand: 4 inches league: 3 nautical miles rod/1 pole/1 perch: 5V4 yards
Imperial Units: Liquid Measure (unit: value) 1 barrel: 3V/i to 35 gallons 1 firkin: 9 gallons 1 fluid drachma: 60 minims Vs fluid ounce 1 gill/noggin: 5 fluid ounces, lA pint 1 hogshead: 2 barrels 1 minim: 1/60 fluid dram Imperial Units: Dry Measure (unit: value) 1 bushel: 4 pecks 1 peck: 8 quarts Imperial Units: Jewelers' Weights (unit: value) 1 carat: VIA (4.1667%) gold 1 grain: '/tso ounce troy 1 ounce troy: Vu pound troy, 1.097 ounces avoirdupois Imperial Units: Avoirdupois Weights (unit: value) 1 dram: 27 nAi grains, V\t ounce 1 drachma: 3 scruples 1 scruple: 20 grains Archaic and Foreign Units (unit: value) barleycorn: Vi inch catty/kati: about VA pounds (China) crore: 10 million (India) cubit: 18 to 21 inches ell: 45 inches (cloth) hide: 100 to 120 acres kilderkin: about 18 gallons lakh: 100,000 (India) maund: about 82 pounds (India) morgen: 2.116 acres (South Africa) mutchkin: 0.9 pint (Scotland) picul: 133.33 pounds (China) pipe: 105 gallons (wine) pood: 36.11 pounds (Russia) rood: lA acre shekel: about Vi ounce (ancient Hebrew) span: 9 inches; tip of thumb to tip of little finger or an extended hand tael: usually VA ounces (Asia) tierce/terce: 42 wine gallons; about 33 gallons verst: 0.6629 miles (Russia) virgate: about 14 acre*
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WHARF - WHIRLWIND
wharf: dock, jetty, landing, levee, pier, quay, slip, waterfront wharf to protect harbor, beach: jetty wheat: cereal, durum, grain, grass, semolina, spelt
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wheat boiled in milk, with sugar and spices: frumenty, furmity wheat grains, cracked: bulghur, bulgur, bulgur wheat, cracked wheat wheat husk: bran wheat particles left after sieving/ bolting, used in pasta: semolina wheat particles used in North African pasta: couscous wheat product made from entire grain of wheat, including bran: whole-wheat wheat used in pasta, hearty: durum wheat, resembling or concerning: frumentaceous wheat's protein: gluten wheat's whiskers: awn W wheedle: blandish, blarney, butter, cajole, charm, coax, con, entice, flatter, influence, inveigle, lure, persuade, sweet-talk, tempt wheedled: cajoled wheel: cam, caster, circle, cog, disk, gear, gyration, helm, lathe, loop, pivot, pully, reel, revolution, revolve, rim, roll, roller, rotate, rotation, rotor, round, rowel, sheave, spin, sprocket, swirl, tire, treadmill, turn, twirl, whirl
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wheel with axis of revolution offcenter and imparting reciprocating motion: eccentric wheel with grooved rim as on pulley: sheave wheel's toothlike projections: sprocket wheel, center of a: hub, nave wheel, protruding rim on: flange wheel, small flywheel that regulates speed of a spinning: whorl wheel, spindle of a: arbor wheel-shaped: rotiform, trochal wheeled device rotated by people or animals treading on it: treadmill wheeled vehicle, single-: monocycle, unicycle wheels inside tread of tractor or tank: bogie, bogy wheels on small child's bike, stabilizing: training wheels wheels that are closer together at bottom than top: camber W wheeze: antic, gag, gasp, joke, pant, prank, puff, rale, trick whelp: child, cub, dog, pup, puppy, wolf, youngster when: although, during, if, meanwhile, though, until, whereas, while whereas: because, considering, since, though, when, while wherefore: accordingly, ergo, therefore, thereupon, why whereupon: consequently, thereupon, whereon wherever: anywhere, regardless, wheresoever wherewithal: ability, financing, funds, means, money, resources, wealth whet: animate, appetizer, arouse, awaken, edge, excite, hone, incite, keen, pique, provoke, rouse, sharpen, stimulate, stir whether willing or unwilling: nolens volens whey: sera, serum whey cheese: ricotta whey-faced: pale which: one, that, what, whatever, who which was to be demonstrated: Q.E.D., quod erat demonstrandum whiff: aroma, breath, expel, gust, hint, inhale, odor, puff, scent, smell, sniff, stench, strikeout, tinge, trace, waft while: although, bit, during, interim, occasion, period, spell, stretch, though, time, until, whereas, yet
wheel changer's tool: tire iron wheel mounted so axis can turn freely, spinning: gyroscope wheel mounting: axle wheel on a spur, sharp-toothed: rowel wheel or ball on swivel of chair leg: caster wheel or roller, small: trundle wheel ride at amusement park, rotating: big wheel, Ferris wheel wheel rolling, sound of: trundle wheel shaft: axle wheel to keep it from moving, block or wedge placed under: chock wheel track: rut wheel turns around, pivot at end of shaft or axle which: gudgeon
whim: caprice, desire, fancy, fantasy, humor, idea, impulse, inclination, mood, notion, thought, trifle, vagary, vision whimper: complain, cry, fuss, mewl, moan, object, pule, sniffle, snivel, sob, weep, whine, yammer whimpering noise, low: croosle whimsical: amusing, arbitrary, bizarre, capricious, comical, droll, eccentric, erratic, fanciful, fantastic, fey, freakish, funny, playful, uncertain, unpredictable whimsical musical composition: humoresque whimsy: caprice, idea, notion, quality, thought, vagary, whim whine: complain, fret, fuss, gripe, grumble, mewl, moan, pule, snivel, wail, whimper, yammer whinny: neigh whip: beat, belt, birch, bludgeon, cane, castigate, cat-o-nine-tails, clobber, conquer, dart, dash, defeat, discipline, flagellate, flash, flay, flick, flog, hide, lace, lash, lick, provoke, punish, push, rawhide, rod, shellac, spank, stitch, strap, strike, swish, switch, tan, thrash, trounce, urge, wallop, whisk whip handle: crop whip mark: seal, wale, weal, welt whir: bustle, commotion, fly, hum, move, revolve, sound, swirl, swish, vibrate, whiz whirl: attempt, bustle, circle, commotion, crack, daze, flurry, flutter, gyrate, hurry, pirouette, pivot, reel, revolution, revolve, rotate, rush, shot, spin, stab, stir, swinge, swirl, turn, twirl, uproar, whack, wheel whirling: gyral, vertiginous, vorticose whirling dance: tarantella whirling mass of water or air: vortex whirling Muslim: dervish whirlpool: Charybdis, eddy, force, maelstrom, swirl, turmoil, vortex, whorl whirlpool caused by current moving contrary to main current: eddy, gulf whirlpool of large size or violence: maelstrom whirlpool-like shape: helix, spiral, volute, whorl whirlwind: bustle, cyclone, hurricane, maelstrom, quick, speedy, stir, swift, tornado, tourbillion, twister, typhoon, vortex, waterspout
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WHIRLWIND ACCOMPANIED BY STORMY DESTRUCTIVE WEATHER - WICKED
WHITE
alabaster argent blond chalk Chinese white columbine dove eggshell flake white gauze ivory lily-white marble milk-white nacre off-white oyster-white pearl platinum pure white putty silver snow-white swan-white zinc white W whirlwind accompanied by stormy destructive weather: cyclone whirlwind in western Pacific or Indian oceans: typhoon whirlwind over water: waterspout whirlwind with downward extension from cumulonimbus cloud: tornado whirlwind, small: dust devil whisk: barrel, fly, hasten, hurry, motion, race, rush, scoot, speed, sweep, whip, zip whiskers: beard, bristles, goatee, hair, mustache, sideburns, stubble, vibrissae whiskers, cat: vibrissae whiskers, fish: barbels whiskey: alcohol, booze, bourbon, Canadian, corn, drink, hooch, Irish, liquor, moonshine, mountain dew, rotgut, rye, scotch, spirits, usquebaugh, white lightening
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whisper: breathe, buzz, confide, hint, intimate, murmur, mutter, rumor, rustle, siffilate, suggestion, trace, undertone whisper intended to be overheard: stage whisper whispering: sough, susurrant, susurration whistle: flute, hiss, instrument, pipe, signal, siren, sound, toot, trill, warn whistle blast: toot whistle cord: lanyard whistle stop: burg, way station whistle, derisive: catcall whit: atom, bit, crumb, dash, fragment, iota, jot, modicum, particle, shred, smidgen, speck, trace white or light-skinned racial division: Caucasian white skin and hair, person with: albino white, hard, smooth: marmoreal white, protein in egg: albumen, albumin whitefish: cisco, ciscoes, tullibee whiten: blanch, bleach, decolor, fade, frost, lighten, pale, palliate whiteness: hoariness, paleness, pallidity whitewash: camouflage, conceal, coverup, defeat, lime, minimize, paint, palliate, sugarcoat whither: condition, place, position, result, where whittle: carve, cut, decrease, diminish, pare, reduce, sculpt, shape, shave, trim whiz: adept, bolt, buzz, dart, dizzle, expert, fly, genius, hiss, hum, hurry, marvel, master, pirr, professional, race, speed, whisk, whoosh, wizard, zip, zoom whole: absolute, aggregate, all, complete, cured, entire, entirely, entirety, fit, fixed, full, gross, hale, healed, healthy, intact, integral, one, perfect, recovered, sound, sum, thorough, total, totally, unbroken, uncut, undamaged, undivided, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unscathed
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whole step, in music: tone whole, combined parts to make coherent: synthesis whole, complementary parts that contribute to a: ensemble whole, constituting the: aggregate, sum, total whole, something that completes or makes up a: complement whole, to unite into a: combine, consolidate whole, uninterrupted: continuum whole, universe seen as a: macrocosm W wholehearted: ardent, avid, committed, complete, dedicated, devoted, earnest, emphatic, enthusiastic, genuine, passionate, serious, sincere, steadfast, sure, true, unfeigned, unreserved wholeness: completeness, integrity wholesale: abundant, bulk, complete, comprehensive, discount, extensive, mass, massive, sweeping, widespread wholesome: clean, decent, ethical, good, hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, honest, hygienic, innocent, moral, nourishing, nutritious, pure, robust, safe, salubrious, salutary, sound, uplifting, vigorous wholly: all, altogether, completely, entirely, exclusively, fully, in all, quite, solely, thoroughly, totally, well whoop: cheer, crow, cry, holler, hoot, howl, hurrah, shout, urge, yell whooping cough: pertussis whopper: big, fabrication, falsehood, lie, remarkable, story, untruth whopping: big, colossal, enormous, giant, gigantic, great, huge, immense, large, mammoth, massive, very whore: harlot, hooker, hussy, pro, prostitute, slut, streetwalker, strumpet, tramp, wench whorehouse: bordello whorl: coil, spiral, swirl, turn, twirl, twist, whirlpool why: cause, how, motive, mystery, proof, reason wick, charred part of candle: snuff wicked: abominable, adept, adroit, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, clever, corrupt, criminal, cruel, cursed, dangerous, dark, depraved, destructive, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, difficult, effective, evil, fiendish, harmful, hateful, heartless,
whiskey with beer: Boilermaker whiskey with vermouth: Manhattan whiskey, illegally distilled: moonshine, white lightning whiskey, strong distilled: aqua vitae whiskey-making factory: distillery, still *
whole and interdependence of parts, emphasis on the: holistic whole and unbroken: intact, undivided, unitary whole and unchanged: intact whole assembled from parts: synthesis whole number: integer
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WICKEDNESS - WILL (COURAGE)
heinous, hellish, horrid, immoral, iniquitous, intense, malicious, mean, mischievous, naughty, nefarious, obnoxious, outrageous, perverse, playful, reprehensible, risque, rotten, Satanic, scandalous, severe, shady, sinful, sinister, skillful, spiteful, suggestive, terrible, troublesome, unethical, unholy, unjust, unpleasant, vicious, vile, villainous wickedness: deviltry, evil, sin wicker: branch, roped, straw, twig, withe, woven wicker basket: hamper, pannier wicker willow: osier wickerwork material of palm: rattan wickerwork receptable for fish: creel wicket: arch, door, entrance, gate, hoop, opening, window wide: ample, astray, broad, capacious, commodious, dilated, distended, expanded, expansive, extensive, full, general, immense, inaccurate, large, liberal, loose, off, roomy, spacious, sweeping, vast
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wide and open extent: expanse wide discrepancy: far cry wide extent: breadth, expanse wide knowledge and skills, person with: generalist, polymath wide necktie: ascot wide range of uses and functions, having a: versatile wide river mouth: delta wide-awake: alert, attentive, aware, keen, observant, on the qui vive, quick, sharp, vigilant, watchful wide-mouthed pitcher: ewer wide-mouthed pot: olla wide-open: agape, ajar, expansive, exposed, lawless, unrestricted, vast wide-ranging in scope: catholic, comprehensive, synoptic W widely: abroad, broadly, extensively, far, generally, universally widely dispersed, become: broadcast, diffuse, scattershot widely practiced: prevalent widen: broaden, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, increase, multiply, open, ream, spread, stretch, swell widespread: acceptable, boundless, broad, common, epidemic, extensive, general, pandemic, pervasive,
popular, prevailing, prevalent, rampant, rife, sweeping, universal, unrestricted widespread and current: prevailing, prevalent, regnant widespread and general: epidemic, pandemic widespread or prevalent: endemic, predominant, rife widow holding title or property from husband: dowager widow of one's brother, practice of marrying the: levirate widow who cremates herself on husband's funeral pyre: sati, suttee widow's mourning clothes: weeds widow's property from husband: dower, dowry width: across, amplitude, breadth, compass, diameter, girth, length, magnitude, measure, range, scope, span, thickness, wideness width times length: area width, height, length: dimension wield: brandish, command, conduct, control, deal, direct, employ, exercise, exert, handle, manage, manipulate, operate, ply, rule, swing, use, utilize wife: bride, companion, consort, frau, helpmate, helpmeet, mate, missus, Mrs., partner, spouse, uxorial
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wife, man who marries and then kills: bluebeard wife at a time, having more than one: bigamy, polyamory, polygamy wife in certain societies, secondary: concubine wife or husband of monarch: consort wife or husband swapping: swinging wife who murders husband: mariticide wife, concerning a: uxorial wife, dominated by nagging: henpecked wife, killing of: uxoricide wife, legal right of husband to affections and help of: consortium wife, man married to unfaithful: cuckold wife's infidelity, man who tolerates: wittol W wig: admonishment, berate, carpet, censure, dignitary, hair, hairpiece, postiche, periwig, peruke, rebuke, reprimand, rug, scold, toupee
wig of seventeenth-eighteenth centuries: periwig, peruke wiggle: shake, shimmy, squiggle, squirm, twist, worm, wriggle wigwam: dwelling, home, lodge, shelter, tent, tepee, wickiup wild: amok, barbarian, barbarous, berserk, bestial, bizarre, carefree, chaotic, crazed, crazy, daft, delirious, dense, disarranged, disorderly, dissolute, disturbed, enthusiastic, erratic, extravagant, fanatical, fantastic, feral, ferine, ferocious, fierce, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, impractical, imprudent, inaccurate, insane, intense, irrational, irresponsible, lawless, licentious, mad, madcap, manic, native, natural, neglected, nutty, outlandish, overgrown, primitive, rabid, raging, rampant, raving, reckless, riotous, risky, rough, rowdy, savage, stormy, tumultuous, turbulent, uncivil, uncivilized, uncontrolled, uncultivated, undisciplined, unfounded, uninhabited, unmanageable, unrestrained, unruly, untamed, vicious, violent, wilderness wild adventurous undertaking: escapade wild and lacking control or order: anarchic, chaotic wild and untamed: feral, undomesticated wild animals, reserved area for: sanctuary wild animal's resting place: lair wild card: joker wild party: bash, blast, orgy, saturnalia wild rush of crowd or herd: rampage wildcat: bobcat, caracal, chaus, feline, lynx wilderness: badlands, barren, boondocks, bush, desert, forest, jungle, outback, waste, wastelands wildly excited: delirious wildly, behaving: berserk, frantic, frenetic, hysterical, madcap wile: art, artifice, attract, charm, chicanery, coax, craftiness, cunning, deceit, entice, guile, lure, maneuver, pass, ploy, ruse, scheming, shenanigans, stratagem, trick, trickery will (choice): command, decree, demand, desire, inclination, longing, pleasure, preference, want, wish will (courage): determination, discipline, guts, resolve, self-control, spunk, volition
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WILL (DOCUMENT) - WIND
will (document): bequeathal, bequest, bestowal, endowment, legacy, testament

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will during life of testator, that can be changed as a: alterable, ambulatory will for wife from husband, property left in: jointure will maker: testator will, certification of validity of: probate will, cut out of: disinherit will, give property by: devise will, leave property or money for someone in: bequeath will, leaving no valid: intestate will, leaving valid: testate will, person appointed by testator to carry out wishes in: executor, executrix will, person who has a valid: legator, testator will, person who receives money or property from: beneficiary will, property or money left in: legacy will, transfer of an estate by: demise W will, done of one's free: voluntary willful: adamant, bullheaded, capricious, deliberate, head strong, headstrong, intended, intentional, mulish, obstinate, pigheaded, premeditated, stubborn, unruly, voluntary willful and stubborn: contrary, perverse willing: agreeable, amenable, compliant, consenting, deliberate, desirous, disposed, eater, fain, fair, game, inclined, intentional, lief, obedient, prone, ready, solicitous, unforced, voluntary willing and ready: accommodating, acquiescent, compliant, obliging, ungrudging willingly: fain, lief willingness: alacrity, compliance, consent, eagerness, enthusiasm, readiness, zeal willow: itea, oiser, osier, shrub, tree, wood willow branch or twig: wicker, withe, withy willow variety: arroyo, autumn, beaked, black, drooping, gray, laurel, osier, prairie, pussy, sandbar, weeping, white
willowy: flexible, graceful, limber, lissome, lithe, pliant, slender, supple, svelte, tall willpower: determination, discipline, drive, grit, resolution, self-control, strength willpower and decision-making ability, loss of: abulia willy-nilly: ambivalent, disordered, haphazardly, inevitable, perforce, unavoidable wilt: collapse, droop, drop, dwindle, fade, flag, sag, shrivel, wane, weaken, wither wily: artful, astute, cagey, canny, clever, crafty, cunning, foxy, insidious, scheming, sharp, shrewd, sly, smooth, sneaky, streetwise, subtle, treacherous, tricky win: accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, beat, capture, charm, conquer, conquest, defeat, earn, edge, gain, get, hit, influence, net, obtain, overcome, prevail, realize, reap, score, secure, succeed, sweep, take, triumph, upset, victory wince: cower, cringe, flinch, gesture, grimace, movement, quail, recoil, reel, shrink wind: air, bise, blast, blizzard, blow, bora, breath, breeze, chinook, cyclone, draft, gale, geostrophic, gust, harmattan, hurricane, intimation, monsoon, nor'easter, puff, scent, sirocco, squall, storm, tempest, tornado, trade, tramontana, typhoon, whiff, zephyr
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wind blowing directly against course of craft: head wind wind blowing in same direction as course of craft: tail wind wind-blown: fanned, winnowed wind blows, in the direction in which the: downwind, leeward wind caused by earth's rotation: geostrophic wind current from the west 250 mph+ at 10-15 miles above earth: jet stream wind direction and speed, weather diagram showing: wind rose wind direction indicator: air sock, wind cone, wind sock, windsock wind force and velocity instrument: anemometer wind from the north: boreal wind from the south: austral
wind from the west: favonian wind gust: scud wind gust of cold from mountainous coast: williwaw wind gust of warm from mountain range: foehn wind in France, dry and cold: mistral wind in Mediterranean, strong easterly: levanter wind in one's face: noser wind in sudden burst: flaw, squall wind of Adriatic Sea, cold northeasterly: bora wind of Africa and Mediterranean, hot dusty: sirocco wind of Africa, dry dusty: harmattan wind of Africa, southerly hot: khamsin wind of Africa, strong hot sandy: samiel, simoon wind of California, strong dry hot: Santa Ana wind of Italy, cold north: tramontane wind of Mediterranean and Africa, hot southerly: sirocco wind of northwest U.S. or eastern Rocky Mountains, warm: chinook wind of Pampas, strong cold: pampero wind of Sahara and Arabian desert, strong hot: simoom wind of South America's pampas, cold southwest: pampero wind of southern California, strong dry hot: Santa Ana wind of southern France, dry cold northerly: mistral wind of Swiss Alps, cold north: bise wind of Swiss Alps, warm dry: foehn, fohn wind of the Mediterranean, strong easterly: levanter wind of the west or gentle breeze: zephyr wind sighing sound: sough, susurration wind traveling downward, of a cold: katabatic wind traveling upward or rising, of a: anabatic wind, carry lightly by: waft wind, concerning or caused by: eolian wind, dispersal of plant parts and seeds by the: anemochory wind, science of: anemology W
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WIND INSTRUMENTS
band fastening reed to instrument: ligature brass instrument bent upon itself twice and having U-shaped slide: trombone brass instrument with coiled tube and large flared bell: French horn curved wooden horn around 20 ft. long: alpenhorn device to muffle instrument: mute, sordino flared part of wind instrument: bell flexible cane strip set into mouthpiece of woodwinds: reed instrument like cornet with wider bore: fluegelhorn, flugelhorn instrument with three valves operated by pistons: cornet, trumpet large valved brass instrument with bass pitch: tuba mouthpiece: embouchure small instrument with series of holes played by inhaling and exhaling: harmonica toy instrument played by humming or singing in mouthpiece: kazoo whistlelike mouthpiece of woodwinds: fipple Brass Wind Instruments alpenhorn/alphorn almoin ballad horn baritone horn bass horn bombardon bugle clarion cornet cornopean double-bell euphonium E-flat horn euphonium flugelhorn French horn hand horn helicon horn hunting horn key trumpet lituus lur mellophone nyas taranga ophicleide orchestral horn pocket trumpet post horn sackbut saxhorn saxtuba serpent slide trombone sousaphone tenor horn tenor tuba tromba trombone trumpet tuba Woodwind Instruments bagpipe bass clarinet bass oboe bassanello basset horn bassoon bombard bombardon clarinet contrabassoon double bassoon English horn fife fipple flute flageolet flute hautboy/hautbois/oboe heckelphone hornpipe krummhorn/crumhorn musette nose flute oaten pipe oboe/hautboy/hautbois ocarina Pandean pipe panpipe penny whistle piccolo pipe pommer recorder saxophone shawm syrinx tabor tenoroon whistled
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WINDOW TYPES AND TERMS

beam forming upper member of window: lintel blind for adjusting light through window: jalousie, louver bottom part of window frame: sill circular window in ship's side: porthole crisscross framework in window: lattice dividing bar in window: transom Gothic window's lacy openwork: tracery horizontal slat blinds: Venetian blinds metal strips holding panes in stainedglass: came old-fashioned window glass with lump in center: crown glass ornamental section above window: frontispiece, gable, pediment person who cuts and fits window glass: glazier semicircular window over door or window: fanlight, lunette semicircular window: roundel short decorative window drapery: valance small window: fenestella strips separating and holding panes of glass: mullion, muntin throw out of a window: defenestrate vertical piece of window frame: jamb vertical strip dividing window panes: mullion wall or panel with windows: clerestory window above door: fanlight, transom window bars: muntins window frame: casing, sash window frame in which panes are set: sash window molding: architrave window projecting from sloping roof: dormer window sash that opens outward by hinges: casement window sash vertical member: stile window that opens on hinges at side: casement windowsill: ledge, s t o o l s
wind up: close, complete, conclude, end, finalize, finish, settle windfall: bonanza, bonus, boon, fortune, gain, godsend, gravy, luck, plum, raise winding: anfractuous, bending, coiling, contorted, convoluted, crooked, cur-
ving, devious, flexible, flexuous, indirect, intricate, meandering, rambling, roundabout, serpentine, sinuate, sinuous, snaky, spiral, tortuous, turning, twisting, zigzag winding mechanism of watch: crown windjammer: tallship windmill arm that carries sail: whip windmill blade: sail window: aperture, bay, bow, casement, dormer, fanestella, fanlight, jalousie, lancet, lucarne, lunette, mullioned, opening, oriel, picture, porthole, rose, skylight, vasistas windpipe: airpipe, bronchi, esophagus, gullet, throat, trachea windpipe-to-lung tubes: bronchi, bronchus winds blowing northeasterly in the Northern hemisphere: trade wind winds blowing southeasterly in the Southern hemisphere: trade wind winds, region with calm light: doldrums windstorm: cyclone, gale, hurricane, squall, tornado, twister, typhoon windstorm of Central Asia: bura windstorm, sudden violent: squall windy: wordy, airy, blowy, blustery, boastful, boisterous, bombastic, breezy, drafty, empty, garrulous, gassy, gusty, inflated, lengthy, pompous, rambling, stormy, talkative, tempestuous, unsheltered, verbose Windy City: Chicago wing: addition, airfoil, ala, annex, appendage, arm, backstage, branch, ell, extension, faction, flank, fly, hall, injure, limb, pennon, pinion, pinions, position, protrusion, sail, squadron, wound wing of aircraft: airfoil wing of bat, flying squirrel: patagium wing of bird: pinion wing-shaped: alar, alary wing, hollow under: axilla wing, joint in middle of bird's: alula, bastard wing, spurious wing winged: alar, alate, elevated, fast, feathered, fleet, lofty, pennate, rapid, sublime, swift, wounded winged horse: Pegasus Winged Victory: Nike wingless: apteral, apterous winglike: alar, alate, alated wink: bat, blink, flash, flicker, flirt, gleam, instant, minute, nicitate, nic-
tate, nictitate, second, signal, sleep, slimmer, sparkle, squint, twinkle, twinkling winner: champ, champion, conqueror, first, medalist, victor, victorious winner's award: laurels, medal winning: ahead, appealing, attractive, beating the odds, charming, engaging, on top, successful, sweet, triumphant, victorious, victory, winsome winnow: analyze, disperse, eliminate, examine, extract, fan, remove, scatter, select, separate, sieve, sort winsome: adorable, agreeable, appealing, attractive, captivating, charming, cute, delightful, engaging, likable, lovable, pleasant, sweet, winning winter: cold, Jack Frost, season winter, concerning: hibernal, hiemal winter, sleep during: hibernate wintry: arctic, brutal, cheerless, chilling, chilly, cold, freezing, frigid, harsh, hibernal, hiemal, icy, raw, sleety, snowy, stormy wipe: abolish, annihilate, blow, cancel, clean, delete, dry, erase, exterminate, gibe, jeer, mop, obliterate, remove, rub, sponge, stroke, swab, swipe, towel wipe out: abolish, annihilate, cancel, delete, destroy, devastate, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, massacre, obliterate, rout, slaughter, total wire: cable, coil, line, message, rod, strand, telegram, telegraph, thread wire coil activating switch: solenoid wire ornamental work: filigree wire, thin: filament wired: bound, cabled, circuited, connected, equipped, excited, sent, stimulated wiry: agile, fibrous, lean, limber, muscular, ropy, sinewy, stringy, strong, thin, tough wisdom: astuteness, depth, discrimination, enlightenment, experience, foresight, insight, instinct, intelligence, judgment, knowledge, sagacity, sense, understanding wise: advised, alert, astute, aware, brash, bright, cagey, calculating, canny, circumspect, clever, cocky, cognizant, crafty, cunning, discerning, discreet, enlightened, erudite, experienced, explain, flippant, fresh, informed, insightful, intelligent, ju-
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WINES
Alsace amontillado amoroso apple wine Asti Spumante Australian wine Aveleda Barbera Bardolino Barolo Beaujolais Bergerac blanc de noirs blush Bordeaux Bordeaux Blanc Burgundy Cabernet Sauvignon California wine Chablis Champagne Chardonnay Chateauneuf-duPape Chenin Blanc Chianti Christi claret cold duck Condrieu Cote Rtie Cotes de Nuits Cotes du Rhone dandelion wine Dao dessert wine Dolcetto Frascati domestic wine Douro dry wine Entre-deux-Mers fortified wine Frascati French wine Fume Blanc German wine Gewurztraminer Graves Grenache Hermitage hock house wine imported wine Italian wine Johannisberg Riesling jug wine Lacrima Lambrusco Liebfraumilch Macon Madeira Malaga Marsala Mateus Rose Medoc Merlot Mosel Moselle Muscadet Muscat Muscatel Napa Valley wine Navarra Nierstein noble wine Oporto Orvieto Pauillac pink wine Pinot Blanc Pinot Grigio Pinot Gris Pinot Noir Pomerol Pommard port Pouilly-Fuisse Pouilly-Fume red wine retsina Rhine Rhone Riesling Rioja ros ruby port sake Sancerre Sangiovese Sauternes Sauvignon Blanc Sekt sherry Shiraz Soave sparkling wine St. Estephe St. Julien sweet wine Sylvaner Syrah table wine tawny port Tokay-Pinot Gris Valdepenas Valpolicella vermouth vinho verde vintage wine Vouvray white cabernet white wine white zinfandel zinfandel Wines, Popular Bardolino Beaujolais Bordeaux Burgundy Cabernet Sauvignon Chablis Champagne Chardonnay Chianti Cotes du Rhone Gewurztraminer Johannisberg Riesling Lambrusco Merlot Mosel Pinot Blanc Pinot Grigio/Pinot Gris Pinot Noir Port Pouilly-Fuisse Rhine Riesling Rioja Sancerre Sauternes Sauvignon Blanc Sherry Soave Syrah/Shiraz Valpolicella White Zinfandel Zinfandel W
dicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, manner, method, onto, perceptive, politic, profound, provident, prudent, sagacious, sage, sapient, sassy, scholarly, sensible, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, smart, sophisticated, sound, subtle, tactful, tactical, versed, wary, witty wise bird: owl wise guy: sage, smart aleck, smartypants, wiseacre, wisenheimer wise or intelligent: luminous wise person or teacher: guru, luminary, pundit, sage wise saying: aphorism, maxim, mot wisecrack: barb, gag, jest, joke, quip, sally, witticism wish: aspiration, crave, desire, dream, envy, expect, fancy, goal, hanker,
hope, hunger, itch, longing, prefer, preference, request, thirst, want, whim, yearn, yearning wish of another out of respect, to submit to: defer wish, mere: velleity wish, to give someone their: gratify, pander wish, vain hope or: castle in the air, pipe dream wishbone: breastbone, clavicle, formation, fourchette, furcula, furculum wishful: anxious, desirable, desirous, eager, enthusiastic, longing, wanting, yearning wishy-washy: bland, cowardly, diluted, indecisive, insipid, jejune, listless, noncommittal, spiritless, thin, watery, wavering, weak, wimpy
wisp: band, broom, brush, bunch, bundle, clean, flock, fragment, frail, hint, indication, lock, piece, rumple, shred, slight, strand, thin, trace, tuft, whisk wispy: frail, nebulous, slender, slight wistful: craving, daydreaming, dreamy, longing, melancholy, nostalgic, pensive, reflective, sad, woebegone, yearning wit: acumen, balance, brains, card, cleverness, comedian, comic, comprehension, cunning, drollery, esprit, humor, humorist, ingenuity, insight, intellect, intelligence, irony, joker, keenness, mind, perception, punster, quickness, repartee, sageness, sanity, sarcasm, satire, senses, spirit, understanding, wisdom, wisecracker
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WITCH - WITLESS
WINE TERMS
aromatic dry and sweet wine: vermouth bouquet: aroma cask: tun cask incrustation: tartar concerning or made with wine: vinous dry white Italian wine: Soave fee for uncorking wine brought into establishment: corkage fermenting wine: must, stum fortified and blended Spanish wine: sherry fortified sweet after-dinner wine: port grape harvester: vintager Greek white wine flavored with pine resin: retsina heated wine with spices and sugar: mulled wine identified by year and origin wine: vintage inexpensive everyday table wine: vin de table, vin ordinaire, vino da tavola large ornamental wine vessel: loving cup of a dry wine: sec of a very dry wine or champagne: brut person informed about wine: connoisseur pour off wine without disturbing sediment: decant sediment of fermentation: dregs, lees study of wines and winemaking: oenology velvety wine or beer: velout wine bottle, .1875 liters: split wine bottle, 1.5 liters: magnum wine bottle, 3.03 liters: jroboam wine bottle, large: flagon wine bottle's indent on bottom: kick, punt witch: beldam, crone, enchantress, hag, hex, lamia, magician, necromancer, shrew, sibyl, sorcerer, sorceress, warlock, wizard witchcraft: black magic, charm, conjuring, diabolism, enchantment, jinx, magic, necromancy, occult, sorcery, sortilege, spell, thaumaturgy, voodoo, witchery, wizardry with: accompanying, along, alongside, amidst, among, beside, by, for, including, near, plus, upon with-it: contemporary, cool, current, in, modern, modish, stylish, trendy withdraw: abjure, abstract, alienate, annul, back down, demit, depart, detach, disengage, evacuate, leave, nullify, quit, recall, recant, recede, refrain, remove, renege, rescind, restrain, retire, retract, retreat, revoke, scratch, shrink, steal away, void, wean
RELATED TERMS
wine cellar: bodega, buttery, catacomb wine container: amula, burette, carafe, cask, chalice, decanter, fiasco, goblet, jroboam, magnum, oenochoe, olpe, tun, vat, wineskin wine cup at church: chalice wine drink with fruit juice, soda water: wine cooler wine expert: enologist, oenologist, taster wine flask: olpe wine fragrance: bouquet wine glass with stem: goblet wine made of a blend of grapes: generic wine wine made principally of one grape and so named: varietal wine maker: abkari, gourmand, vintner wine making: viniculture, viticulture wine merchant: vintner wine or beer made from rice: sake wine pitcher: ama, olpe wine punch: sangaree, sangria wine server with flared lip: carafe, decanter wine steward: sommelier wine sticking to sides of glass: legs wine tartar: argal, argol wine types: Bordeaux, brut, Burgundy, Chablis, Chianti, dry, fortified, Madeira, medium, Merlot, Moselle, Muscat, Muscatel, natural, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir, port, red, Rhine, ros, sake, Sauterne, sherry, sparkling, sweet, table, vermouth, white, zinfandel wine year: vintage winemaking refuse: rape W wither: age, atrophy, blight, decay, decline, dehydrate, deteriorate, die, droop, fade, languish, sear, shrink, shrivel, stun, wane, waste, weaken, wilt, wizen, wrinkle withhold: abstain, check, conceal, curb, deduct, deny, disallow, forbear, hide, keep, refrain, refuse, repress, reserve, restrain, retain, suppress within: among, during, ent, ento-, eso-, indoors, inside, interior, internal, into, intramural, inward within, existing or remaining: immanent, implicit, inherent, intrinsic without: absent, beyond, except, externally, lacking, less, minus, outside, outwardly, sans, unless withstand: bear, brace, brave, combat, confront, contest, cope, defy, endure, fight, oppose, repel, resist, suffer, tolerate, weather witless: asinine, crazy, dull, dumb, foolish, inane, insane, mad, mindless, senseless, silly, simple, stupid, unaware, unintelligent
withdraw and move back: recede withdraw and void: repeal, rescind, revoke withdraw as a member: dissociate, secede withdraw by degrees: wean withdraw by plan: phase out withdraw formally: secede withdraw from a commitment: renege withdraw membership: demit withdraw or cancel an order: countermand withdraw troops or occupation of area: evacuate W withdrawal: abandonment, cancellation, departure, evacuation, exit, exodus, retraction, retreat withdrawn: abandonment, aloof, detached, distant, hidden, introverted, isolated, quiet, reclusive, remote, secluded, sequestered, shy, solitary, unresponsive, unsociable withdrawn person: hermit, recluse
withdraw a statement or belief: disavow, recant, retract
WITNESS - WOMAN
WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES (MEN'S EVENTS)

Alpine Skiing downhill; super G; slalom; giant slalom; combined (downhill, slalom) Biathlon (cross-country skiing and shooting) 10km individual; 20km individual; 4x7.5km relay Bobsledding two-man; four-man Cross Country 10km classic; 15km freestyle; 30km classic; 50km freestyle; 4x10km relay Curling Figure Skating men's singles; mixed; pairs; ice dancing Freestyle Skiing aerials; moguls witness: attend, attest, authenticate, behold, beholder, bystander, certify, confirm, endorse, evidence, eye, look, notice, observe, observer, onlooker, proof, see, sign, signatory, spectator, sponsor, spot, subscribe, substantiate, testifier, testify, testimony, validate, view, vouch, watch witness chair: the stand witness testifying in writing: deponent witness, act as a: attest, testify witness, biased: hostile witness witness, deliberate false testimony by: perjury witness's declaration under oath: testimony witness's declaration under oath, written down: deposition witticism: bon mot, gag, gibe, jest, joke, mot, pun, quip, remark, sally, wisecrack witty: amusing, bright, clever, comic, facetious, funny, humorous, ingenious, jacose, jocular, jocund, pithy, salty, scintillating, sharp, whimsical, wise witty reply: bon mot, epigram, mot, quip, repartee, retort, witticism wizard: authority, clairvoyant, conjurer, diviner, expert, fiend, genius, mage, magician, master, medium, necromancer, prodigy, professional, sage, seer, shark, sorcerer, thaumaturge, warlock, witch wizened: aged, dried, lean, sere, shriveled, shrunken, silted, withered wobble: lurch, quaver, shake, shimmy, stagger, sway, teeter, topple, totter, tremble, waver, weave wobble on vertical axis: yaw wobbly: insecure, rickety, rocky, shaky, unbalanced, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, wavering woe: affliction, anguish, calamity, despair, disaster, dismay, distress, dole, gloom, grief, heartache, heartbreak, melancholy, misery, misfortune, regret, sorrow, suffering, tragedy, trouble, unhappiness, wretchedness woebegone: bleak, blue, dejected, depressed, dilapidated, dispirited, down, downcast, forlorn, funereal, gloomy, glum, melancholy, shabby, troubled, woeful woeful: dejected, depressed, dire, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, distressing, downcast, grave, heartbreaking, melancholy, miserable, mournful, paltry, pitiful, sad, sorrowful, sorry, unhappy, woebegone, wretched wolf spider: tarantula wolf, concerning a: lupine wolfs relative: jackal wolves, group of: pack, rout woman: beloved, dame, darling, dona, donna, female, femme, fiancee, frau, fraulein, gentlewoman, inamorata, lady, lover, madam, matron, milady, mistress, paramour, signora, sweetheart, wife
RELATED TERMS
Ice Hockey Luge men's singles; men's doubles Nordic Combined (ski jumping and cross country skiing) individual; team Ski Jumping individual-normal hill (k90); individual-large hill (kl20); team-large hill (kl20) Snowboarding giant slalom; halfpipe Speed Skating short track; long track W
woman adviser: egeria woman advocating women's voting rights: suffragette woman-hater: misogynist woman hired to suckle another's baby: wet nurse woman in bar hired to be friendly to patrons: B-girl woman interested in man's money: golddigger woman leader: matriarch woman living with, but not married to, man: concubine woman-man relationship without sex: platonic woman slave in harem: odalisk, odalisque woman suitable for marriage, of a: nubile woman using sexual charms: femme fatale, Jezebel, Mata Hari, siren, vamp woman warrior: Amazon woman wearing man's clothes: drag woman with excessive sexual desire: nymphomaniac woman with scholarly, literary interests: bluestocking
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WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES (WOMEN'S EVENTS)

Alpine Skiing downhill; super G; slalom; giant slalom; combined (downhill, slalom) Biathlon (cross-country skiing and shooting) 7.5k individual; 15k individual; 4x7.5k relay Cross Country 5km classic; 10km freestyle; 15km classic; 30km freestyle; 4x5km relay Curling Figure Skating women's singles; mixed; pairs; ice dancing Freestyle Skiing aerials; moguls Ice Hockey Luge women's singles Snowboarding giant slalom; halfpipe Speed Skating short track; long track W woman, attractive: beauty, belle, charmer, doll, eyeful, filly, looker, pin-up, siren, stunner, sylph, Venus woman, aggressive evil: harpy, hellcat, shrew, termagant, virago, vixen woman, alluring: femme fatale woman, column in form of: caryatid woman, conceited: prima donna woman, concerning: cynaecic, gynecic, muliebral woman, dignified: beldam, beldame, dowager, grande dame, heroine, lady, matriarch, matron, princess, queen woman, elderly wealthy widowed: dowager woman, engaged: fiance woman, flirting: coquette, soubrette woman, homosexual: lesbian woman, immoral: chippy, cocette,
courtesan, giglet, giglot, harlot, hussy, Jezebel, queen, slut, trollop, wanton woman, innocent young: damsel, ingenue woman, objectionable: gorgon, grimalkin, hag, shrew, termagant, virago, witch woman, of a shapely: buxom, voluptuous, zaftig woman, old: carlin, crone, dame, dowager, frump, grandame, granny, hag, spinster, termagant woman, pregnant: gravida woman, presence of male sexual characteristics in: virilism woman, saucy boisterous: hoyden woman, slim graceful: sylph woman, state of being a: femininity, muliebrity woman, strong: Amazon, titan, virago woman, unattractive: bag, crone, dog, dowdy, drab, frump, slattern, witch woman, young: demoiselle, filly, girl, lass, lassie, maiden, miss, wench womanhood: muliebrity womanish: effeminate, female, feminine, unmasculine, womanly womanizer: Casanova, Don Juan, ladykiller, Lothario, philanderer, rake, seducer, wolf woman's money or property given to husband upon marriage: dowry woman's private room: boudoir woman's work: distaff women, having qualities of: effeminate women, photos of minimally clothed: cheesecake women, to get together with other: sororize * wonder: admiration, amazement, astonishment, awe, curiosity, doubt, marvel, miracle, phenomenon, ponder, prodigy, puzzle, question, reverence, sensation, speculate, surprise, think, uncertain, uncertainty wonderful: admirable, amazing, astonishing, enjoyable, excellent, extraordinary, fabulous, fantastic, fine, good, grand, great, incredible, lovely, magnificent, marvelous, peachy, phenomenal, prodigious, sensational, strange, stupendous, super, superb, surprising, terrific
wonderful to tell: mirabile dictu wondrous: awesome wont: accustomed, custom, habit, likely, manner, practice, tradition, usage, use woo: address, charm, coax, court, entreat, importune, invite, seek, solicit, spark, sue, tempt woo musically: serenade wood: copse, driver, forest, fuel, golf club, grove, hurst, insane, log, lumber, oak, timber, timberland, trees, unbalanced, weald, xylem woodchuck: marmot wooded: arboraceous, arboreous, jungly, lumbering, sylvan, uncut wooded area: bosk, forest wooded area of short trees: coppice, copse wooden: awkward, bumbling, clumsy,
WINTER SPORTS
Alpine skiing biathlon (cross-country ski and rifle contest) bobsledd ing/bobsle ighing broomball cross-country skiing curling downhill skiing figure skating freestyle skiing giant slalom ice boating ice dancing ice hockey ice sailing langlauf/cross country skiing luge mogul skiing Nordic skiing off-piste skiing skating ski jumping skibobbing skiing skijoring slalom sledding sled-dog racing snow tubing snowboarding snowmobiling snowshoeing speed skating super giant slalom tobogganing W
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WOOD-RELATED TERMS
concerning wood: ligneous, xyloid dry wood for fires: kindling, punk, tinder, touchwood feeding on or destructive to wood: xylophagous initial groove made in wood for sawing: kerf inlaid wood flooring: marqueterie, marquetry inlay of wood for floors: parquetry layers of plywood: veneer longitudinal cut of wood from tree: flitch mark on wood when hammer misses nail: chatter mark, rosette mosaic worked in wood: intarsia narrow strip of wood: lath, list, slat to cut and shape shavings from wood: whittle wood alcohol: carbinol, methanol, methyl alcohol, wood spirits wood engraving: xylography wood for baseball bats: ash dull, heavy, inflexible, insensitive, lifeless, ligneous, rigid, spiritless, stiff, stolid, unbending, unemotional, ungainly, ungraceful, unnatural, wood, xyloid wooden defensive barrier: stockade wooden double-A-shaped support for sawing: sawhorse wooden embroidery frame: tambour wooden keg: firkin wooden pin: dowel, nog, peg wooden punishment device: pillory, stocks wooden serving board or platter: trencher wooden shoe: sabot wooden strips in sail: batten woodland: copse, forest, grove, timberland, weald woods: boscage, bosk, coppice, copse, silva, thicket, woodland woods, concerning: sylvan woods, open area in: clearing woodsman: forester, hunter, logger, lumberjack, sawer, trapper Woodstock's pal: Snoopy woodwind: bassoon, oboe, reed, sax woodwind flute, high-pitched transverse: fife woodwind flute, small higher-pitched: piccolo woodwind instrument with threeoctave range, double-reed: oboe woodwind larger and lower-pitched than oboe, double-reed: English horn woodwind tube with keys and finger holes: flute wood wood wood wood wood wood wood wood wood wood wood wood wood wood wood wood for black piano keys: ebony for building: lumber, timber forming sides of barrel, tub, ship: stave from broad-leaved deciduous trees: hardwood glued together to make boards: plywood knot: gnarl layer: veneer layers glued together: plywood measure: cord mixture to make paper: pulp often used for furniture: teak preservative: creosote strip used in basketmaking: splint used for modelmaking: balsa, corkwood used for paneling: wainscoting washed up by water or floating on it: driftwood W
woodwind with U-shaped lateral tube, double-reed: bassoon woodwind, largest lowest-pitched double-reed: contrabassoon, double bassoon woodwork: doors, finishing, molding, paneling, staircase, windowsill wool: cashmere, covering, duffel, fabric, fiber, flannel, fleece, frieze, fur, hair, material, mohair, tweed, yarn wool as stuffing: batting, flock wool brush: teasel wool fat: lanolin wool of goat, fine downy: cashmere wool of llamalike mammal, silky: alpaca wool, cut off or trim: clip, poll wool, having: laniferous woollike: flocculent, laniferous woolly: blurry, confused, disorganized, downy, fleecy, fluffy, hairy, lanate, lanose, peronate, soft, unclear woozy: confused, dazed, dizzy, drunk, muddled, nauseous, queasy, shaky, weak work: accomplish, achievement, act, activity, attempt, business, calling, career, chore, commitment, composition, craft, cultivate, drudge, drudgery, duty, earn, effort, employment, endeavor, exert, feat, forte, freelance, function, grind, industry, job, labor, line, livelihood, manipulate, manufacture, mill, mission, move, muscle, occupation, operate, opus, output, pains, pattern, perform, performance, piece, production, profession, pursuit, racket, skill, slave,
solve, stint, strain, struggle, sweat, task, tend, thrive, till, toil, trade, travail, trouble, undertaking, vocation RELATED TERMS work and diligence, values based on virtues of: work ethic work assigned just to keep someone busy: busywork, make-work work dilettantishly: dabble work done with no expectation of reward, of: voluntary, volunteer work for votes: electioneer work for which someone is particularly suited: forte, metier, vocation work force: labor work force reduction through retirement and resignation: attrition work force, of manual labor: bluecollar work force, of professional or office: white-collar work hard: labor, moil, slog, toil work of art: objet d'art work of art created by pasting materials on a surface: collage work or business, obsession with unfinished: zeigarnik effect work out: exercise, train work shift usually 4 P.M.-midnight: swing shift work shift usually midnight-8 A.M.: graveyard shift work slowdown protesting company decision or policy: job action work that is easy but monetarily rewarding: gravy train, sinecure
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argument about words: logomachy change in word due to mistaken assumption about meaning: folk etymology choice of words: diction concerning word meaning: semantic concerning words of a language: lexical different spelling or pronunciation of same word: variant effective word use: rhetoric explain a word's form, function, and syntactical relationship: parse express in words: verbalize hard-to-pronounce word: jawbreaker important-sounding fashionable word: buzzword improper use of word: catachresis inability to remember the right word: lethologica index of all words in a text: concordance insertion of words into words: tmesis learning disability impairing comprehension of written words: dyslexia limiting word (e.g. all, some): quantifier ludicrous misuse of word: malapropism mild word substituted for harsh one: euphemism mispronounced words: cacoepy most specific or direct meaning of word: denotation new word: coinage, neologism, neoterism new word or expression or usage: neologism nonstandard word usage or grammatical construction: solecism obsolete word used only in restricted contexts: fossil of words with more than three syllables: polysyllabic omission of word in writing: ellipsis phrase representing a type word: byword play on words: double entendre, pun ridiculous misuse of word: malapropism separation of parts of compound word with intervening words: tmesis shortened word: abbreviation, contraction specialized word list with definitions: glossary study of the rules and patterns by which words combine to form sentences: syntax study of the structure and form of words of a language: morphology study of word origins: etymology study of words and language forms: semantics study of words in sentence structure: syntax symbol representing entire word: logogram text or statement surrounding a particular word and determining its meaning: context to repeat certain words or phrases unconsciously: verbigerate transposition of sounds in two or more words: spoonerism typical arrangement or combination of words: collocation unnecessary word: pleonasm use of more words than necessary to express an idea: pleonasm use of word considered incorrect or unacceptable: barbarism, solecism usual or accepted meaning of word: acceptation vulgar or obscene word: expletive way words are used in speech and writing: diction, parlance, phraseology, style well-known as slogan word or phrase: catchphrase, catchword without the use of like or as, word used to stand for another: metaphor word adopted from another language: loanword word at top of reference book page: catchword, guideword, running head word book: dictionary, lexicon, thesaurus word borrowed and literally translated into equivalent: caique, loan translation word borrowed from another language: loanword word categories: parts of speech word change from transposing sounds or letters: metathesis word change indicating function in sentence: case word change indicating number, person, mood, tense: accidence, inflection word choice: diction word coined for one occasion: nonce word word combined with a verb completes a predicate: predicate complement word connecting elements with meaning in sentence: conjunctive word connecting words, phrases, clauses, sentences: conjunction word contrasting elements with meaning in sentence: disjunctive word core: base, stem word created by combining parts of other words: blend, portmanteau word word created by misspelling or typo: ghost word word created by removing an affix from an already existing word: back-formation word created from another by adding affix: derivative word created from initial letters of a name: acronym word derived from a verb: verbal word derived from same root as another: paronym word designating a noun or noun equivalent: substantive word division: syllabification word element added to base word to form new word: affix word expert: logogogue word expressing emotion and often standing alone: interjection word-for-word: ad verbum, exactly, literal, literally, textual, verbatim word formed by blending two words (e.g. chortle): blend word, portmaneau word word formed by combining two or more words: compound word word formed by dropping syllable of polysyllabic word: clipped form word formed by merging sound and meaning of 2 words: portmanteau word
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word formed by reordering letters of another word or phrase: anagram word formed from initial letters of lines: acrostic word formed from initial letters of series of words: acronym word group: clause, phrase, sentence word having opposite meaning to another: antonym word having same or similar meaning to another: synonym word having same sound and spelling but not same meaning or origin as another word: homonym word having same sound but not same meaning, origin, spelling as another word: homophone word having same spelling but not same origin, meaning, pronunciation as another word: homograph word history and origins: etymology word in first position of noun phrase or 2nd or 3rd position after another determiner, as 'the' or 'any': determiner word inflection: accidence word inspired by another that seems to be its inflection: back-formation word introducing noun (e.g. a, an): indefinite article word invented or used for an occasion: nonce word word inventor: coiner, neologist word less specific than another, e.g. furniture to futon: hypernym, superordinate word list of a profession or subject: lexicon, vocabulary word lover: logomaniac, logophile word misused: catachresis, malaprop, malapropism, solecism, spoonerism word modifying a noun or pronoun: adjective word modifying a verb, adjective, or other adverb: adverb word more specific than another, e.g. lemon is a citrus fruit: hyponym word no longer in use: archaism word-of-honor pledge: parole word or phrase that limits or qualifies the sense of another: modifier, qualifier word or phrase that reads the same backward or forward: palindrome word or phrase used improperly: catachresis word or word element indicating largeness or intensity: augementative word or word element indicating smallness: diminutive word or word element that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts: morpheme word or word group placed adjacent to a noun: attributive word or words expressing action: verb word-order inversion: anastrophe, hyperbaton word ordinarily meaning one thing is used to describe something else: metaphor word origin: derivation, etymology, etymon, history word origin that is popular but erroneous: folk etymology word placed before substantive and showing its relation to another word: preposition word placed next to explanatory word: apposition word play: pun word popular and important-sounding: buzzword word puzzle using pictures and symbols: rebus word reading same backwards and forwards: palindrome word related to another by sharing same root: cognate, paronym, paronymous word word related to one in another language: cognate word root: etymon word seen as a sequence of sounds rather than a unit of meaning: vocable word selection and arrangement: phraseology word shifting in syntactic function: functional shift word shortened by leaving out letters: contraction word shortened by omitting a sound or letter: syncope word shortened by omitting letters: contraction word specifying person or thing referred to: deictic, demonstrative word spelled like another but having different sound and meaning: heteronym word square: acrostic, palindrome word substituted for another closely associated word: metonymy word substituted for harsher word: euphemism word substituted for one to avoid giving offense or pain: euphemism word that connects words, phrases, clauses, or sentences: conjunction word that imitates sound it describes: onomatopoeia word that is sequence of sounds or letters but having no meaning: vocable word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or quality: noun, substantive word that makes a misleading or ambiguous statement: weasel word word that occurs once in corpus or a language: hapax legomenon word that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, and sentences: conjunction word used as descriptive substitute for name or title of person or thing: epithet word used by particular person or group: locution word used in secret code, name, or password: code word word used in sense opposite of the usual: antiphrasis word used instead of a noun: pronoun word used to designate several different things: homonym word used to indicate a noun, e.g. a, an, or the: article word weeder: editor word whose elements are derived from different languages: hybrid word with entry in dictionary, encyclopedia: definiendum, headword, lemma, main entry word with little semantic content of its own: function word word with no independent accent and linked to preceding word, e.g. 'em: enclitic word with only one recorded use: hapax legomenon wordiness: diffuseness, longwindedness, periphrasis, prolixity, redundancy, verbiage, verbosity wordless communication: pantomime
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words derived from same historical source but different routes: doublet words derived from the same root: conjugates, paronym word's earliest form in same language: etymon word's growing more positive in meaning: melioration words in a language: lexicon, lexis, vocabulary words in series having same initial sound: alliteration word's last syllable: ultima words no longer recognized nor used: archaic words of a song: lyrics words or phrases repeated at the beginning of successive sentences: anaphora words spoken without sincerity: lip service words still recognized but not used: obsolete words that combine with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase: preposition wordy: babbling, bombastic, chatty, garrulous, glib, lengthy, longwinded, loquacious, palaverous, prolix, prosy, rhetorical, superfluous, talkative, turgid, verbal, verbose, voluble, windy wordy indirect language: circumlocution, periphrasis W work that needs to be completed, share of: quota work up: agitate, arouse, develop, enhance, excite, improve, incite, refine, stimulate work, assign: delegate, depute work, counterproductive: boondoggle work, day's: darg work, dirty: glorg work, dull and tiring: drudgery work, fixed amount of: shift, stint work, one with compulsion to: workaholic work, person who regularly travels some distance to: commuter work, servile: menial work work, unfinished: backlog W workable: feasible, functional, possible, practical, useful, viable
worker: apprentice, artisan, breadwinner, commuter, craftperson, doer, employee, hand, help, hireling, laborer, operative, operator, peon, performer, proletarian, scab, serf, slave, toiler RELATED TERMS worker hired to do menial tasks: hireling worker supervisor: foreman, overseer worker trainee: apprentice worker traveling place to place, of a: itinerant, migrant worker, construction: hardhat worker, experienced but undistinguished: journeyman worker, person hired to replace a striking: scab worker, professional or clerical: white-collar worker worker, semiskilled or unskilled: blue-collar worker worker, skilled industry: operative worker, unskilled or semiskilled and often a woman: pink-collar worker W working: active, busy, effective, employed, engaged, functioning, laboring, occupied, operating working another job in addition to regular job: moonlighting working class, poorest: proletariat working conditions and environment, study of: ergonomics working from home, usually with a computer: telecommuting working hard: assiduous, conscientious, diligent, sedulous working properly: functional, operational, operative working together: collaborating, in tandem workmanship: ability, artistry, craftsmanship, expertise, performance, quality, skill workplace with poor conditions, long hours: sweatshop workshop: atelier, establishment, factory, laboratory, mill, plant, studio world: cosmos, creation, domain, earth, environment, experience, globe, humanity, kingdom, life, macrocosm, mankind, microcosm, nature, people, planet, race, realm, society, universe world of fashionable society: beau monde
world of the dead: Hades, netherworld, underworld world, comprehensive philosophy of: Weltanschauung world, ideally perfect: Utopia world-weariness: weltschmerz worldly: blase, carnal, cosmopolitan, earthly, knowing, materialistic, mortal, mundane, secular, sophisticated, sublunary, temporal, terrestrial, trerrene, urbane worldly and sophisticated: cosmopolitan worldly rather than spiritual: secular worldwide: catholic, ecumenical, extensive, general, global, international, pandemic, planetary, universal worm: angleworm, annelid, arrowworm, caterpillar, crawl, earthworm, eel, eria, ess, flatworm, fluke, grub, helminth, inch, infiltrate, larva, leech, lug, maggot, mucker, nematode, penetrate, roundworm, scoundrel, serpent, silkworm, snake, sneak, squiggle, squirm, tapeworm, threadworm, tinea, trematode, wiggle, wretch, wriggle RELATED TERMS worm-like arthropod: centipede worm-like form of insect before metamorphosis: larva worm once used by healers: leech worm or tapeworm, parasitic round-: helminth worm with segmented body: annelid worm with suckers, parasitic flat-: trematode worm with unsegmented body: nematode worm, like a: vermicular, vermiculate, vermiform worm, resembling earth-: lumbricoid W worn: beat, damaged, dilapidated, drained, drawn, eroded, erose, exhausted, fatigued, haggard, impaired, old, passe, shot, spent, stale, tired, used, wasted, weak, weary worn-out: clichd, decrepit, depleted, destroyed, deteriorated, drained, effete, etiolated, exhausted, frayed, hackneyed, impaired, overused, pass, sere, shabby, shot, spent, stale, tattered, threadbare, tired, trite, used, useless worn out by age or use: decrepit
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worn out from overindulgence: jaded worn-out horse: nag worried: afraid, alarmed, anxious, beleaguered, bothered, concerned, discomposed, disquieted, distraught, distressed, fraught, fretful, hippish, nervous, overwrought, tense, troubled, uneasy, unnerved, unstrung, upset worrier, chronic: worrywart worry: agonize, anguish, annoy, anxiety, badger, bedevil, bother, brood, burden, care, concern, despair, disconcert, distress, disturb, disturbance, dread, faze, fear, fidget, fret, fuss, gnaw, harass, harry, hector, millstone, needle, perturb, pester, plague, pother, stew, stew over, struggle, suffer, torment, torture, trouble, uneasiness, unsettle, upset, woe worry-free: carefree, sans souci worry, object of: bugaboo worry, state of: angst, apprehensiveness, consternation worse, grow: degenerate, deteriorate, regress, relapse, retrogress worsen: aggravate, complicate, compound, decay, decline, deteriorate, diminish, exacerbate, impair, regress, retrogree, sink, slide, slip worsening, gradual: degeneration, deterioration, pej oration, retrograde worship: admire, adoration, adore, blessing, celebrate, devotion, dignity, exalt, glorify, homage, honor, idolatry, idolize, invocation, liturgy, love, oblation, offering, pray, prayer, reputation, respect, revere, reverence, sanctify, venerate, veneration, vespers, worth worship object: idol worship of idols: idolatry worship of the dead: necrolatry worship ritual: liturgy worship, concerning: devotional worship, offering of: oblation worshiper: adorer, churchgoer, devotee, disciple, votary worst: bad, inferior, least, lowest, unfavorable worth: appreciation, assets, bounty, cost, deserving, desirable, equivalence, esteem, excellence, fortune, holdings, importance, merit, note, possessions, price, quality, riches, significance, stature, substance, usefulness, value, virtue, wealth, weight worth considering: tenable
worth the investment or expense: costeffective worthless: barren, base, cheap, cheesy, despicable, frivolous, fruitless, fustian, futile, idle, incompetent, ineffective, insignificant, junky, lazy, low, meaningless, nouse, nugatory, paltry, pointless, trashy, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unproductive, unusable, useless, vain, valueless, wretched worthless, make: stultify worthwhile: beneficial, constructive, helpful, important, justifiable, lucrative, productive, profitable, useful, valuable worthy: admirable, befitting, commendable, competent, dependable, deserved, deserving, estimable, ethical, exemplary, fitting, good, honest, honorable, laudable, meritorious, noble, qualified, reliable, reputable, respectable, sterling, valuable, venerable wound: affliction, anguish, break, bruise, contusion, cut, damage, distress, gash, harm, hurt, injure, injury, laceration, lesion, pain, puncture, scratch, slash, stab, sting, trauma, wing wound and disfigure: maim, mutilate wound mark: scar wound on or near the surface, of a: superficial wound resembling those of Crucifixion: stigmata woven materials: textiles woven straw mat used in Japan: tatami woven wall hanging: tapestry wow: amazement, howl, pleasure, rave, send, smash, success, triumph wrack: avenge, calamity, decimate, defeat, destroy, destruction, kelp, ruin, seaweed, shipwreck, torment, trash, vengeance, wreck, wreckage wraith: apparition, doppelganger, ghost, phantom, shadowy, specter, spirit, vision wrangle: altercation, argue, argument, bicker, brawl, controversy, disagreement, dispute, fight, haggle, hassle, quarrel, quibble, ruckus, spar, spat, squabble, tiff, tussle wrap: bandage, bind, blanket, bundle, camouflage, cape, cloak, conceal, cover, drape, encase, enclose, enfold, envelop, fold, furl, hide, mask, muf-
fler, package, roll, scarf, shawl, shroud, stole, surround, swathe, veil, wind wrap tightly in material: muffle, swaddle, swathe wrap up: bale, close, complete, conclude, end, finish, package wrapped tightly in clear plastic: shrinkwrapped wrapper: casing, cover, envelope, folder, gown, jacket wrath: anger, animosity, fury, hate, hostility, indignation, ire, offense, rage, resentment, temper wrathful: angry, displeased, enraged, furious, incensed, infuriated, irate, ired, mad, raging, vindicative wreak: avenge, cause, exact, execute, force, inflict, punish, revenge, unleash, vengeance, vent wreath: band, chaplet, circlet, coronet, crown, festoon, flowers, garland, laurel, lei wreath of flowers: chaplet, coronal, garland, laurels wreck: bash, break, clunker, collapse, crash, damage, demolish, destroy, destruction, devastation, disable, hulk, jalopy, junker, level, mangle, pileup, ravage, ruin, ruins, sabotage, shatter, smash, smashup, spoil, total, undermine, undo, vandalize wreckage: flotsam, havoc, remains, remnants, ruins, shambles wreckage, floating: flotsam, jetsam wrecked ship: hulk, wrack wrench (bend): distort, distortion, distress, injury, jerk, pain, pinch, pull, sprain, squeeze, strain, tear, turn, twinge, twist, wrest, wring, yank wrest: disapply, distort, exact, extort, extract, force, rend, seize, snatch, squeeze, take, usurp, wrench, wrestle, wring wrestle: scuffle, battle, fight, grapple, squirm, strive, struggle, tangle, toil, tug, tussle, wriggle wretch: beggar, blackguard, brute, bum, derelict, dog, ingrate, knave, liar, loser, lowlife, miscreant, outcast, pauper, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, scum, snake, villain, worm wretched: abject, afflicted, base, caitiff, calamitous, contemptible, dejected, deplorable, depressing, despicable, dismal, distressed, doleful, dreadful, forlorn, foul, gloomy, inferior, mean,
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adjustable wrench Allen wrench alligator wrench bicycle wrench box wrench box-end wrench box/open-end wrench crescent wrench crowfoot wrench flare-nut wrench gooseneck wrench hexagonal wrench lug wrench monkey wrench obstruction wrench open-end wrench pin wrench pipe-gripping wrench pipe wrench ratcheting box-end wrench socket wrench spanner spark plug wrench Stillson wrench torque wrench valve wrench "
WRESTLING TERMS
Japanese wrestling: sumo types of wrestling: freestyle, glima, Greco-Roman, sambo, schwingen, sumo, yagli weight classes: bantamweight, featherweight, flyweight, heavyweight, light-heavyweight, lightweight, middle-heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight wrestling hold with both arms under opponent's from behind: full nelson wrestling hold with one arm passed under opponent's arm from behind: half nelson wrestling hold with opponent's arm twisted behind his back: hammerlock wrestling hold with opponent's head encircled and locked under arm: headlock wrestling with hands: arm wrestling, Indian wrestling wrestling with upper-body holds: Greco-Roman ^
melancholy, miserable, paltry, pitiable, pitiful, poor, ratty, rotten, scurvy, sorrowful, sorry, squalid, terrible, unfortunate, unhappy, vile, woebegone, woeful, worthless wriggle: crawl, dodge, evade, ooze, slink, snake, squirm, turn, twist, twitch, wiggle, wind, worm, writhe, zigzag wring: choke, compress, contort, extract, pinch, press, screw, squeeze, strangle, twist, wrench, wrest wrinkle: corrugation, crease, crimp, crimpie, crinkle, crumple, fancy, fold, fold up, furrow, gimmick, idea, innovation, line, notion, pleat, pucker, purse, ridge, rimple, ruga, rumple, scrunch, seam, shrivel, trick wrinkled: corrugated, creased, folded, furrowed, lined, puckered, rugose, rugous, seamed, unironed, withered wrist: carpus wrist creases: rasceta, rascettes writ: breve, brief, command, decree, document, habeas corpus, injunction, mandate, order, process, replevin, subpoena, summons, warrant, writing writ authorizing seizure of property: attachment writ issued to bring party before judge: habeas corpus write: author, autograph, communicate, compose, correspond, create, draft, indite, inscribe, note, pen, pencil, record, scratch, scrawl, scribble, scribe, sign
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writer who gives credit to another: ghostwriter writer's assumed name: nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym writer's complete works: corpus, oeuvre writer's cramp: graphospasm writer's name above article: byline writer, fable: fabulist writer, list of works by: bibliography writer, self-employed: freelance writers and people of letters: literati W writhe: agonize, bend, contort, curl, jerk, shrivel, squiggle, squirm, suffer, toss, turn, twist, wiggle, worm, wrest, wriggle, wring writing: article, autobiography, book, calligraphy, column, composition, contract, diary, discourse, dissertation, document, editorial, epistle, essay, graffiti, handwriting, hieroglyphics, inscription, journal, letter, literature, longhand, manuscript, novel, orthography, paper, penmanship, play, poem, print, prose, publication, saga, script, shorthand, signature, skit, stenography, thesis, transcribing, verse, words
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write down: depreciate, enter, note, record write for another: ghost write hastily, illegibly: scrawl, scribble write in a different musical key: transpose write in scholarly fashion: lucubrate write musical symbols: notate write off: amortize, cancel, deduct, depreciate, devalue, discount, downgrade, drop, lower write out a copy: transcribe write, able to read and: literate W writer: author, biographer, calligrapher, columnist, composer, copyist, correspondent, critic, dramatist, editor, essayist, fabulist, hack, journalist, lyricist, novelist, playwright, poet, reporter, reviewer, scribe, scrivener, wordsmith
writing desk: escritoire, secretary writing effortlessly, of: fluent writing in flowing lines: cursive writing instrument, ancient: stylus writing of thoughts or feelings: stream of consciousness writing produced with laborious effort: lucubration writing room: scriptorium writing system alternately going left and right, ancient: boustrophedon writing systems, study and science of: grammatology writing, ancient: paleography writing, dull long piece of: diatribe, screed writing, long monotonous: screed writing, study of hand-: graphology writing, trivial: drivel, pabulum writing, wedge-shaped: cuneiform writings of one's early years: juvenilia writings of questionable authorship: apocrypha writings on public walls: graffiti written account on a subject, systematic: treatise
WRONG - WRY
written defense of a belief: apologia written in form of letter(s): epistolary written in the stars: fated written language: prose written opinion in newspaper: editorial written statement, false and malicious: libel written work prepared for printing: manuscript W wrong: abuse, amiss, astray, awry, blunder, corrupt, crime, crooked, defraud, dishonest, dishonor, erring, erroneous, error, evil, false, faulty, harm, hurt, illegal, illicit, immoral, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, incorrect, inexact, inexcusable, iniquitous, iniquity, injure, injurious, injury, injustice, malign, miscalcu-
lated, misdeed, misguided, mistaken, offend, opposite, prejudice, reverse, sinful, slander, slight, tort, tortuous, twisted, unacceptable, unethical, unfair, unfit, unjust, unsuitable, untrue, vice, vicious, violation, wicked wrong act: misdeed wrong and straying: errant, erring, wayward wrong name: misnomer wrong side of the bed, feeling of getting up on: matutolypea wrong, if anything can go wrong it will go: Murphy's Law wrong, prove a statement: confute, rebut, refute wrongdoer: criminal, crook, culprit, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, miscreant, offender, perpetrator, sinner, transgressor, trespasser, violator
wrongdoing: crime, evil, iniquity, malpractice, misbehavior, misconduct, misdeed, offense, sin, violation wrongdoing by public official: malfeasance wronged, feeling of having been: grievance wrongful: criminal, dishonest, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, improper, unethical, wicked wrongful act: iniquity, misfeasance, tort wrought: constructed, created, fashioned, formed, hammered, made, manufactured, molded, ornamented, processed, shaped, worked wry: amusing, askew, avert, awry, bent, contorted, crooked, cynical, distorted, ironic, perverse, sarcastic, sardonic, twisted, warped
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X: cross, letter, mark, signature, ten, times, unknown X, in math: multiplication symbol, times X-rated: adult, lewd, pornographic, racy X ray: actinism, CAT scan, MRI, picture, radioactivity, Roentgen ray
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X ray examination of breasts: mammography
X ray inventor: Roentgen X ray of brain: CAT scan X ray of predetermined plane: tomography X ray using nuclear magnetic resonance: magnetic resonance imaging, MRI X ray, medical treatment by: radiotherapy
X rays and radiation, branch of medicine involving: radiology W X-shaped: decussate xylophone: carillon, gambang, instrument, marimba, vibraphone
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yacht: boat, craft, cruiser, ketch, race, racer, sail, sailboat, ship, sloop yacht club, chairperson of: commodore yacht dock: marina yahoo: barbarian, beast, boor, brute, lout, roughneck, savage yak: babble, chat, chatter, chin, jabber, ox, prattle, talk, yammer, yap yammer: babble, bellyache, chat, chatter, complain, cry, fuss, gripe, grumble, scream, shout, squawk, talk, whimper, whine, yap, yell yank: extract, jerk, pluck, pull, snatch, tug, twitch, wrest Yankee: Americanized, doughboy, Easterner, GI, gringo, soldier, Yank yap: babble, bark, bumpkin, chat, chatter, clodhopper, gab, gossip, hillbilly, jabber, lecture, prattle, rustic, scold, yak, yammer, yelp yard: confine, court, curtilage, enclosure, garden, garth, grass, grounds, lawn, playground, quad, quadrangle yardstick: benchmark, criterion, gauge, measure, model, rule, ruler, standard, touchstone yarn: adventure, anecdote, fable, fabrication, narrative, story, tale yarn ball: clew, skein yarn knot: burl, slub yarn measure: hank yarn or thread around spool or coil: skein yarn with protruding pile: chenille yarn, tightly twisted woolen: worsted yaw: curve, deviate, swerve, turn, unsteady, veer, weave, zigzag yawl: boat, dandy, sailboat, vessel yawn: bore, cavity, chasm, divide, drowse, gape, open, opening, tedium yawp: bawl, complain, cry, gripe, scream, yap, yelp
yea: affirmative, aye, indeed, okay, truly, vote, yeah, yes year-old animal: yearling year types: calendar, fiscal, leap, lunar, natural, sabbatical, school, sidereal, solar, tropical year, concerning a: annual year, critical: climacteric year, specially celebrated: jubilee yearling: racehorse, suckling yearly: annual, annually, per annum, perennial, regularly yearly allowance payment: annuity yearly calendar: almanac yearn: ache, crave, desire, hanker, itch, long, lust, pant, pine, pity, want, wish, yen year's growth line in trunk: tree ring yeast: agent, barm, catalyst, ferment, foam, froth, fungus, leaven yeast or similar agent: leaven yell: bellow, call, cheer, cry, holler, howl, protest, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, squawk, squeal, wail, whoop, yowl yellow (afraid): chicken, contemptible, coward, cowardly, craven, dishonorable, frightened, gutless, jaundiced, melancholy, sensational, treacherous, unmanly yellow mushroom favored in France: chanterelle yellow sapphire: topaz yellowbelly: chicken, coward, poltroon, quitter yellowish: creamy, flaxen, golden, sandy, straw, tinged yellowish discoloration from disease: icterus, jaundice yellowish in complexion: sallow yelp: bark, cheep, cry, hoot, howl, shout, sound, yak, yap, yip yen: ache, aspiration, crave, craving,
currency, desire, hanker, hunger, inclination, itch, languish, long, longing, lust, money, passion, pine, thirst, urge, want, yearn yeoman: assistant, attendant, churl, clerk, commoner, farmer, freeholder, servant, subordinate, worker yes: affirmative, assent, assuredly, aye, certainly, da, definitely, emphatically, exactly, gladly, granted, indeed, ja, naturally, OK, okay, oui, positively, precisely, really, roger, si, yea, yep, yup yesterday: before, bygone, earlier, past, previously, recently yesteryear: old, past, time past yet: along, also, although, besides, but, despite, eventually, except, finally, further, furthermore, hitherto, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, someday, sometime, still, though, until, withal yield: abandon, accede, accommodate, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, afford, agree, allow, bear, bend, bow, buckle, capitulate, cave, cede, collapse, comply, concede, consent, crop, crumple, defer, earnings, emit, fold, generate, give, grant, harvest, income, kowtow, net, output, pay, permit, produce, profit, quit, recompense, relent, relinquish, render, resign, return, revenue, reward, soften, stoop, submit, succumb, supply, surrender, throw in the towel, truckle, waive
RELATED TERMS
yield control or possession: relinquish yield or surrender: capitulate yield right voluntarily: waive yield territory: cede
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YIELDING - YULE
YELLOW
amber calendula gamboge mustard sallow auramine canary gilded Naples yellow sand aureate Cassel yellow gilt ocher/ochre snapdragon aureolin chalcedony gold old-gold straw azo yellow chamois golden orange-yellow sulfur/sulphur barium yellow champagne goldenrod orpiment sunflower beige chartreuse golden-yellow pale yellow sunshine-yellow blond chrome yellow green-yellow palomino topaz-yellow brass citron honey pear wheaten brazen corn Indian yellow primrose xanthic brazilin cream jonquil purree xanthous brownish-yellow crocus lemon quince yellow ocher buff dandelion linen reed yolkW butter ecru luteous saffron cadmium yellow flax maize safranine yield to another's insistence: accede, ple, crossbar, enslave, fasten, harness, young, immature: adolescent, callow, juvenile, puerile hitch, join, link, marry, oppress, opacquiesce, concede younger than one's years, condition of yield to desires: gratify, indulge pression, pair, restrain, serfdom, serlooking: age ras i a yield to in respect or submission: devitude, slavery, span, strap, team, youngster: adolescent, babe, baby, boy, fer, fawn, kowtow, submit, truckle thralldom, tie, unite, vice child, colt, cub, filly, fledgling, girl, yield to or gratify: indulge yokel: boor, bumpkin, clod, clodhopjunior, kid, lad, pup, pupil, stripling, yield to something overwhelming: per, hayseed, hick, lout, oaf, rube, tad, teen, teenager, tot, youth succumb W rustic, yahoo youth: adolescence, adolescent, bloom, yolk, egg: vitellus, yellow bud, childhood, fledgling, gossoon, yielding: cession, compliant, cracking, yonder: distant, faraway, farther, furinnocence, juvenile, lad, minor, ther, remote, there, thither docile, elastic, flexible, meek, nonreprime, puberty, stripling, tad, teen, young: active, adolescent, baby, brood, sistant, obedient, passive, pliable, teenager, teener, youngster budding, callow, child, childish, pliant, soft, spongy, submissive, supyouthful: active, adolescent, boyish, fledgling, fresh, green, ignorant, imple, tractable budding, callow, childish, fresh, girlmature, inexperienced, infant, infanyielding readily: soft ish, green, immature, juvenile, new, tile, junior, juvenescent, juvenile, yielding respectfully: deference puerile, vernal, vigorous, young litter, minor, new, newborn, offyodel: carol, shout, sing, trill, warble youthful feeling restored: rejuvenation spring, pubescent, puerile, raw, strip- youthful period: nonage, salad days yoga posture: asana ling, succulent, tender, undeveloped, youthful works of writer: juvenilia yoga sitting position: lotus unseasoned, weak, youthful yogi: ascetic, fakir, mystic yowl: bawl, bellow, cry, howl, roar, young talented person: whiz kid, sound, squal, wail, yell, yelp yoke: associate, bail, bond, bondage, wunderkind yule: Christmas, Noel, Xmas brace, burden, collar, combine, cou-
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zany prank: antic zeal: ardor zeal, extravagant: fanatacism zealot: devotee, fanatic zebra, pertaining to: zebrine zenith: acme, height, meridian zephyr: aura, breeze, wind zero: aught, cipher, goose egg, naught, nil, nix, none, reset, zilch zest: ardor, lan, gusto, joie de vivre, lust, oomph, passion, pep, pizzazz, tang, vitality, zing zest and gusto used as a musical direction: con gusto
zig off a course: yaw zigzag clothing trim: rickrack zone: area, sector zone between Antarctic Circle and Tropic of Capricorn, Arctic Circle and Tropic of Cancer: temperate zone zone between Arctic Circle and North Pole, Antarctic Circle and South Pole: frigid zone zone between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn: torrid zone zone sensitive to sexual stimulation: erogenous
ZODIACAL SIGNS AND THEIR DATES

Capricorn (the Goat): Dec. 23-Jan. 19 Aquarius (the Water Carrier): Jan. 20Feb. 19 Pisces (the Fishes): Feb. 20-Mar. 21 Aries (the Ram): Mar. 22-Apr. 20 Taurus (the Bull): Apr. 21-May 21 Gemini (the Twins): May 22-June 22 Cancer (the Crab): June 23-July 23 Leo (the Lion): July 24-Aug. 23 Virgo (the Virgin): Aug. 24- Sept. 23 Libra (the Scales/the Balance): Sept. 24-Oct. 23 Scorpio (the Scorpion): Oct. 24-Nov. 22 Sagittarius (the Archer): Nov. 23-Dec. 22W
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APPENDIX - A P P O I N T OR ELECT NEW MEMBER TO GROUP

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ARGUMENT OVER DOCTRINE, P R I N C I P L E - AROMATIC CASE

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